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Self-powered vibration sensor

  • US 7,927,292 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2007
  • Issued: 04/19/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automatic vibration monitoring and feedback system comprising:

  • a self-powered vibration sensor that detects vibrations of a user, produces a plurality of radio frequency (RF) pulses at a rate that is directly proportional to the detected vibration, and transmits said RF pulses, wherein said self-powered vibration sensor comprises a non-battery component comprising an accelerometer that detects vibration and converts the detected vibration into equivalent electric current, wherein said vibration comprises of acceleration and motion across three coordinate axes;

    a programmable interactive device in wireless communication with said self-powered vibration sensor, wherein said programmable interactive device receives said RF pulses from said vibration sensor and converts said RF pulses into meaningful information, wherein said meaningful information is associated with energy consumed by said user based on a user profile that is periodically modified; and

    a server that is remotely linked to said programmable interactive device, wherein said server comprises computer applications that receive said meaningful information from said programmable interactive device and provide feedback to said programmable interactive device based on said meaningful information, wherein said programmable interactive device is calibrated to build said user profile based on user interactive calibration sessions, and wherein said calibration sessions are programmed in said programmable interactive device to compare said RF pulses with reference data obtained from a known reference caloric measurement device.

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