Wireless monitoring of safety helmets
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1. A system, comprising:
- a memory that stores executable instructions; and
a processor, coupled to the memory that facilitates execution of the executable instructions to perform operations, comprising;
receiving pressure data from a wireless transceiver coupled to a pressure sensitive sensor attached to a helmet associated with a subject identity, wherein the pressure data represents a pressure within the helmet;
preprocessing the pressure data;
extracting information from the pressure data and compressing the pressure data for storage in the memory;
performing a rules-based analysis of head acceleration force data corresponding to the pressure data to facilitate a determination of statistical feedback data representing results of a statistical analysis based on the head acceleration force data; and
in response to determining, based on the statistical feedback data, that a deviation from an average of the pressure satisfies a defined condition with respect to pressure change data corresponding to a defined performance level of another subject identity and indicating a likelihood that a head injury was sustained by a head within the helmet associated with the subject identity, sending an alert to a device of an emergency service.
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Abstract
The subject disclosure provides a system and method for remote monitoring of a subject wearing a sports helmet. In one aspect, the system includes a safety helmet and a sensor integrated with the helmet for continuously gathering head acceleration force data, the head acceleration force data associated with the head movements of a subject. The system also includes a wireless transceiver coupled to the sensor for transmitting the head acceleration force data and a mobile device for receiving the head acceleration force data from the wireless transceiver. The system further includes a database engine for displaying the head acceleration force data to a user.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a memory that stores executable instructions; and a processor, coupled to the memory that facilitates execution of the executable instructions to perform operations, comprising; receiving pressure data from a wireless transceiver coupled to a pressure sensitive sensor attached to a helmet associated with a subject identity, wherein the pressure data represents a pressure within the helmet; preprocessing the pressure data; extracting information from the pressure data and compressing the pressure data for storage in the memory; performing a rules-based analysis of head acceleration force data corresponding to the pressure data to facilitate a determination of statistical feedback data representing results of a statistical analysis based on the head acceleration force data; and in response to determining, based on the statistical feedback data, that a deviation from an average of the pressure satisfies a defined condition with respect to pressure change data corresponding to a defined performance level of another subject identity and indicating a likelihood that a head injury was sustained by a head within the helmet associated with the subject identity, sending an alert to a device of an emergency service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a mobile device comprising a processor, pressure data from a transceiver coupled to a pressure sensitive sensor integrated with a helmet, wherein the pressure data represents a pressure applied to a head within the helmet, and wherein the head corresponds to a subject identity; preprocessing, by the mobile device, the pressure data; extracting information from the pressure data and compressing the pressure data for storage in a memory; performing a rules-based analysis of head acceleration force data corresponding to the pressure data to facilitate a determination of statistical feedback data representing results of a statistical analysis based on the head acceleration force data; and in response to determining, based on the statistical feedback data, that a deviation from an average of the pressure satisfies a defined condition with respect to other subject pressure data corresponding to a defined performance level of another subject identity and indicating a likelihood that a head injury was sustained by the head within the helmet, alerting, by the mobile device, a device of an emergency service. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A mobile device, comprising:
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a memory that stores executable instructions; and a processor, coupled to the memory that facilitates execution of the executable instructions to perform operations, comprising; receiving, via a wireless connection, pressure data from a wireless transceiver coupled to a pressure sensor of a helmet, wherein the pressure data represents a pressure that has been applied to a head of a subject identity; preprocessing the pressure data; extracting information from the pressure data and compressing the pressure data for storage in the memory; performing a rules-based analysis of head acceleration force data corresponding to the pressure data to facilitate a determination of statistical feedback data representing results of a statistical analysis based on the head acceleration force data; and in response to determining, based on the statistical feedback data, that a deviation from an average of the pressure satisfies a defined condition with respect to reference pressure data corresponding to a defined performance level of another subject identity and indicating a likelihood that head injury was sustained by the head within the helmet, alerting a device of an emergency service. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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