Hydration monitoring system
First Claim
1. A hydration monitoring system comprising:
- a housing configured to couple with a beverage container wherein said housing comprisesan opening that dispenses contents of said beverage container;
a moveable seal that closes said opening; and
,one or more sensors coupled with said housing or that extend into said beverage container;
a wireless communication interface coupled with said housing;
a memory coupled with said housing;
a processor coupled with said memory and said wireless communication interface and situated insaid housing wherein said processor is configured toreceive sensor data from said one or more sensors;
calculate or estimate an amount of fluid inside of, an amount of fluid dispensed from or an amount of fluid added to said beverage container from said sensor data;
store said amount of fluid in said memory; and
,transmit said amount of fluid dispensed from said beverage container when a wireless communication channel is available to an external device; and
,a display coupled to said processor and configured to indicate said amount of fluid dispensed from said beverage container.
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Abstract
An activity and volume sensing beverage container cap system for a beverage container including a cap that couples with the beverage container, a processor, a timer and at least one activity level sensor, such as an inclinometer, coupled with the processor. The activity level sensor detects container orientation. When the container is tilted, the timer measures an amount of time in an orientation. Based on the current and previous orientation and the amount of time the container is in different orientations, the processor determines an amount of time of activity of the user, and a level of activity of the user, such as number of steps or moves per time. The inclinometer is also used to determine the amount of volume dispensed from the container when tilted over a threshold indicative of drinking. Thus one inclinometer may be utilized as both to determine activity level and volume of fluid dispensed.
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18 Claims
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1. A hydration monitoring system comprising:
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a housing configured to couple with a beverage container wherein said housing comprises an opening that dispenses contents of said beverage container; a moveable seal that closes said opening; and
,one or more sensors coupled with said housing or that extend into said beverage container; a wireless communication interface coupled with said housing; a memory coupled with said housing; a processor coupled with said memory and said wireless communication interface and situated in said housing wherein said processor is configured to receive sensor data from said one or more sensors; calculate or estimate an amount of fluid inside of, an amount of fluid dispensed from or an amount of fluid added to said beverage container from said sensor data; store said amount of fluid in said memory; and
,transmit said amount of fluid dispensed from said beverage container when a wireless communication channel is available to an external device; and
,a display coupled to said processor and configured to indicate said amount of fluid dispensed from said beverage container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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