DYNAMIC BODY STATE DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20100234714A1
• Filed: 08/10/2007
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Mercier, Virginie, Asvadi, Sima
• Application Number:
  US12/377,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20100234714A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/388
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/002 adapted to accommodate electronic equipment patients' garments for medical monitoring A41D13/1281; luminous ornaments A41D27/085
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7445 Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units

Abstract

Dynamic body state display device, which is wearable by a person on the body and which is at least partly flexible, wherein the device comprises a dynamic body state sensor for measuring the dynamic body state, a storage arrangement for storing information specifying dynamic body state ranges, a processing circuit configured to process the measured dynamic body state and determine the corresponding dynamic body state range, and an at least partly flexible structure, that can be worn on the body, wherein the at least partly flexible structure comprises a display for visually indicating said corresponding dynamic body state range.

Claims

1. Dynamic body state display device (1), which is wearable by a person on the body and which is at least partly flexible, wherein the device comprises a dynamic body state sensor (4) for measuring the dynamic body state, a storage arrangement (5) for storing information specifying dynamic body state ranges, a processing circuit (6) configured to process the measured dynamic body state and determine the corresponding dynamic body state range, and an at least partly flexible structure (3), that can be worn on the body, wherein the at least partly flexible structure comprises a display (2) for visually indicating said corresponding dynamic body state range.

2. Device according to claim 1, wherein the display (2) comprises LED'"'"'s (light emitting diodes).

3. Device according to claim 1, wherein the display (2) is at least partly flexible.

4. Device according to claim 1, wherein the dynamic body state comprises a heart rate sensor.

5. Device according to claim 1, wherein the dynamic body state sensor comprises electrodes.

6. Device according to claim 1, wherein at least one sensor is configured to measure at least two different dynamic body states.

7. Device according to claim 1, wherein the structure comprises a woven and/or knitted and/or otherwise bonded structure of textile and/or synthetic textile material and/or leather or animal skin.

8. Device according to claim 1, wherein at least part of said structure is a separate module that can be attached to and separated from the device.

9. Device according to claim 1, wherein the device comprises electrodes that are conductive yarns, preferably interwoven with, knitted and/or bonded to the device, preferably for connecting the heart rate sensor and/or for driving the LED'"'"'s.

10. Device according to claim 1, wherein the display comprises a foil with LED'"'"'s of at least two different colors.

11. Device according to claim 1, wherein the display comprises organic LED'"'"'s of at least two different colors.

12. Device according to claim 1, wherein the display comprises blue and/or ultraviolet LEDs and phosphors, wherein the phosphors are configured to transform the color of the LEDs into at least one color that is different from the original color of said LEDs.

13. Device according to claim 1, wherein the display comprises LED packages that have red, green and blue LEDs, which are configured to emit multiple colors.

14. Device according to claim 1, wherein the display is configured to emit light approximately in the green range, approximately in the yellow or orange range and approximately in the red range.

15. Device according to claim 1, wherein the device comprises a user interface for setting dynamic body state ranges.

16. Device according to claim 15, wherein the user interface is separately provided together with a second storage arrangement for storing information specifying dynamic body state ranges.

17. Garment, comprising a device according to claim 1.

18. Garment, comprising a combination of garments according to claim 17 and/or parts of a garment according to claim 17, wherein the garments or parts of a garment can be physically connected and disconnected.

19. Garment according to claim 18, wherein elements of the dynamic body state device are divided over said garments or parts of a garment.

20. Method of showing a dynamic body state, wherein at least one reference range that corresponds to dynamic body states of a specific user is stored, wherein a dynamic body state of that user is measured, wherein the measured dynamic body state is compared to the at least one reference range, wherein the reference range that corresponds with the measured state is displayed over an at least partly flexible surface of a garment.