Software application transmission via body interface using a wearable device in conjunction with removable body sensor arrays system and method

• US 10,049,184 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2017
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Original Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Inventors: Milevski, Veniamin, Boesen, Peter Vincent
• Primary Examiner(s): Wendell, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US15/720,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20180101656A1
• Time in Patent Office: 319 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0008 Temperature signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0028 Body tissue as transmission medium, i.e. transmission systems where the medium is the human body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6815 Ear
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/015 Input arrangements based on nervous system activity detection, e.g. brain waves [EEG] detection, electromyograms [EMG] detection, electrodermal response detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A method for communicating data from wearable devices, the method includes sensing data with a wearable sensor worn by an individual and communicating the data from the wearable sensor to an earpiece worn by the individual. The method may further include communicating software instructions for analyzing the data sensed with the wearable sensor from the wearable sensor to the earpiece. An earpiece includes an ear piece housing, a processor disposed within the ear piece housing, a speaker operatively connected to the processor, and a microphone operatively connected to the processor. The earpiece is configured to receive at the processor the software instructions for processing data collected from one or more remotely located sensor devices from the one or more remotely located sensor devices and to process the data according to the software instructions.

Claims

1. A method for communicating data from wearable devices, the method comprising:

sensing data with a wearable sensor worn by an individual;

communicating the data from the wearable sensor to an earpiece worn by the individual;

communicating software instructions for analyzing the data sensed with the wearable sensor from the wearable sensor to the earpiece; and

analyzing the data sensed with the wearable sensor at a processor of the earpiece using the software instructions.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the communicating is galvanically communicating.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the wearable sensor is in contact with skin of the individual.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the earpiece comprises a galvanic contact area for positioning against skin of a user.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the communicating is wirelessly communicating.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving authorization from the individual to execute the software instructions on the earpiece prior to analyzing the data sensed with the wearable sensor.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising wirelessly communicating the data from the earpiece to a computing device.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the computing device is a mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone.

10. An earpiece comprising:

an ear piece housing;

a processor disposed within the ear piece housing;

a speaker operatively connected to the processor;

a microphone operatively connected to the processor;

wherein the earpiece is configured to receive at the processor software instructions for processing data collected from one or more remotely located sensor devices from the one or more remotely located sensor devices and to process the data according to the software instructions.

11. The earpiece of claim 10 further comprising a wireless transceiver disposed within the ear piece housing and wherein the software instructions for processing the data and the data collected from the one or more remotely located sensor devices is received through the wireless transceiver.

12. The earpiece of claim 10 wherein the earpiece is configured to communicate with the one or more remotely located sensor device through a galvanic linkage.

13. A system comprising:

a first wearable device comprising a sensor and software instructions stored on a machine readable storage medium for processing data collected by the sensor;

a second wearable device comprising;

a wearable device housing;

a processor disposed within the wearable device housing;

wherein the second wearable device is configured to communicate with the first wearable device to collect data from the first wearable device, to receive the software instructions from the first wearable device, and to process the data at the processor of the second wearable device using the software instructions.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the second wearable device is configured to prompt a user to authorize the software instructions from the first wearable device.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein the second wearable device further comprises a speaker operatively connected to the processor and a microphone operatively connected to the processor.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the second wearable device is an earpiece.