Fall prevention system having a sensor for determining an indication of the risk of a fall
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1. A fall prevention system that is suitable for being worn by a user, comprising:
- a sensor configured to determine an indication of the risk of the user falling;
two or more feedback devices configured for attachment to different parts of the user'"'"'s body having different levels of sensitivity to feedback, each feedback device being controllable to apply the feedback to said respective part; and
a controller configured to in response to the determined indication, control the feedback devices such that the feedback is applied to a more sensitive part of the user'"'"'s body when the indication of the risk of the user falling is relatively high, and such that feedback is applied to a less sensitive part of the user'"'"'s body when the indication of the risk of the user falling is relatively low.
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Abstract
There is provided a fall prevention system that is suitable for being worn by a user, comprising a sensor for determining an indication of the risk of the user falling; two or more feedback devices for attachment to respective parts of the user'"'"'s body, each feedback device being controllable to apply feedback to said respective part; and a controller configured to control the two or more feedback devices such that feedback is applied to a particular part of the user'"'"'s body in response to the determined indication.
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1. A fall prevention system that is suitable for being worn by a user, comprising:
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a sensor configured to determine an indication of the risk of the user falling; two or more feedback devices configured for attachment to different parts of the user'"'"'s body having different levels of sensitivity to feedback, each feedback device being controllable to apply the feedback to said respective part; and a controller configured to in response to the determined indication, control the feedback devices such that the feedback is applied to a more sensitive part of the user'"'"'s body when the indication of the risk of the user falling is relatively high, and such that feedback is applied to a less sensitive part of the user'"'"'s body when the indication of the risk of the user falling is relatively low. - View Dependent Claims (4, 7, 8, 15, 16)
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2. A fall prevention system that is suitable for being comprising:
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a sensor configured to determine an indication of a risk of the user falling; two or more tactile feedback devices configured for attachment to different parts of a body of the user, the user'"'"'s body including a higher part and a lower part, each of the feedback devices being controllable to apply the tactile feedback to one of the upper and lower parts of the user'"'"'s body; and a controller configured to control the two or more feedback devices such that the tactile feedback is applied to the lower part of the user'"'"'s body in the event that the indication indicates a relatively low risk of falling, and the upper part of the user'"'"'s body in the event that the indication indicates a relatively high risk of falling. - View Dependent Claims (3, 5, 6, 17, 18, 19)
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9. A method of operating a fall prevention system that is being worn by a user, the method comprising:
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attaching two or more tactile feedback devices to respective different parts of the user'"'"'s body, each feedback device being controllable to apply feedback to said respective part wherein the two or more feedback device are attached to respective parts of the user'"'"'s body having different levels of sensitivity to said feedback; determining an indication of the risk of the user falling; and controlling said feedback devices to apply feedback to one of said respective parts of the user'"'"'s body in response to the determined indication. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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