Wireless synchronized movement monitoring apparatus and system
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1. A wearable movement monitoring apparatus comprising:
- (a) a kinematics sensor module with a resolution of 14 bits or more comprising an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, or combinations thereof, and said kinematics sensor configured to acquire more than 20 samples per second; and
(b) a bidirectional wireless communication module configured to wirelessly synchronize the sampling time instances of said kinematics sensor module with the sampling time instances of at least a second wearable movement monitoring apparatus using a wireless synchronization scheme/protocol, said bidirectional wireless communication module including a chip antenna, a printed circuit board antenna, or a patch antenna.
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include a movement monitoring apparatus comprising a wireless synchronization scheme. Depending on the particular embodiment such wireless synchronization scheme is a master synchronization scheme or a mesh synchronization scheme. Additionally, in a particular embodiment, the movement monitor further comprises a robust wireless data transfer data controller. The disclosure includes a description of the complete system, namely, the wireless synchronized movement monitors with robust data transfer capabilities, the docking station, the access point, and the computer-implemented analysis system.
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1. A wearable movement monitoring apparatus comprising:
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(a) a kinematics sensor module with a resolution of 14 bits or more comprising an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, or combinations thereof, and said kinematics sensor configured to acquire more than 20 samples per second; and (b) a bidirectional wireless communication module configured to wirelessly synchronize the sampling time instances of said kinematics sensor module with the sampling time instances of at least a second wearable movement monitoring apparatus using a wireless synchronization scheme/protocol, said bidirectional wireless communication module including a chip antenna, a printed circuit board antenna, or a patch antenna. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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