Device having a sensor for sensing an object and a communicator for coupling the sensor to a determiner for determining whether a subject may collide with the object
First Claim
1. A device, comprising:
- a sensor configured to be attached to a body portion of a subject, to sense an object, and to generate information related to the object; and
a communicator configured to provide the information generated by the sensor to a determiner-notifier that is configured to determine, in response to the information, a trajectory of the subject independently of the object and whether the body portion will come within a threshold distance of the object if the trajectory remains unchanged, and to generate a notification in response to determining that the body portion will come within the threshold distance of the object if the trajectory remains unchanged.
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Abstract
An embodiment of a device includes a sensor and a communicator. The sensor is configured to be attached to a body portion of a subject, to sense an object, and to generate information related to the object. The communicator is configured to provide the information to a determiner-notifier that is configured to determine, in response to the information, if the body portion may contact the object, and to generate a notification in response to determining that the body portion may contact the object. Such a device (e.g., attached to, or part of, a shoe) may be useful to warn a subject of a potential collision between an object (e.g., stairs, furniture, door jamb, curb, toy) and a body part (e.g., foot, toes) in which the subject has lost feeling, the ability to feel pain, or proprioception. And such a warning may help the subject to avoid inadvertently and repeatedly injuring the body part.
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29 Claims
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1. A device, comprising:
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a sensor configured to be attached to a body portion of a subject, to sense an object, and to generate information related to the object; and a communicator configured to provide the information generated by the sensor to a determiner-notifier that is configured to determine, in response to the information, a trajectory of the subject independently of the object and whether the body portion will come within a threshold distance of the object if the trajectory remains unchanged, and to generate a notification in response to determining that the body portion will come within the threshold distance of the object if the trajectory remains unchanged. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A device, comprising:
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means for sensing an object and for generating information about the object, the means for sensing attachable to a body portion of a subject; and means for providing the information generated by the means for sensing to means for determining, in response to the information, a trajectory of the body portion independently of the object and whether the body portion will come within a threshold distance of the object if the trajectory remains unaltered, and for generating a notification in response to determining that the body portion will come within the threshold distance of the object if the trajectory remains unaltered.
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21. A method, comprising:
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sensing an object with a sensor that is attached to a subject; generating information in response to sensing the object; transmitting the information; determining, in response to the transmitted information and independently of a trajectory of the object, a trajectory of the subject; determining whether the subject will contact the object if the trajectory of the subject remains unaltered; and generating a notification in response to determining that the subject will contact the object if the trajectory of the subject remains unaltered. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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