Abstract:
An apparatus including an elongated apparatus structure configured to fit around a body part of a user and an actuator configured to change shape of the elongated apparatus structure. The actuator is configured to change tightness of the elongated apparatus structure around the body part of the user based on an action the apparatus is performing.
Abstract:
Supervisar la deformación de un aparato electrónico flexible. Se detectan los cambios en el espacio dentro del aparato entre al menos dos puntos de medición; y el grado de deformación del aparato se determina basándose en los cambios detectados en el espacio dentro del aparato entre los al menos dos puntos de medición.
Abstract:
APPARATUS WITH ELASTICALLY TRANSFORMABLE BODY Abstract 5 An apparatus 500 comprises a transformable body 540 configured to be elastically stretchable between at least a first configuration and a second configuration, a user input device 560, a user input device 560 configured to receive user input signal, a communication interface 550 configured to provide a wireless link for the apparatus 500 and a flexible interconnection between at least two components within the 10 transformable body. The apparatus 500 may perform determining of user information based on the user input signal, transmitting at least part of the user information over the wireless link to a remote processing unit 140, 160, receiving feedback information from the remote processing unit 140, 160 and presenting the feedback information 450 to the user. 5345355_1 P001579 Fig. 2a Fig. 2b Fig. 2c
Abstract:
A flexible device for carrying one or more sensors and able to at least partially enclose an appendage of a user, preferably comprising a wrist device that wraps around and can be worn on a users wrist. The device may include wireless communication means. The device has a support structure defining an inner (wearer contacting) side with a first section of flexible circuitry that can carry one or more sensors 105a. The sensors may include heat rate, blood pressure, blood glucose, temperature. An outer side of the support can carry more flexible circuitry and sensors 109a for an external environment. The sensors may include temperature, humidity, touch, strain. The device can comprise rigid portions and flexible portions A, B. The device may be controlled by user manipulation. The device may include accelerometers and GPS receivers.
Abstract:
Provided are adaptive wearable devices that measure physiological conditions, methods of operating the device, and computer programs for use with the device. The adaptive wearable device provides improved reliability in data due to the adaptive structure and can be made waterproof with the incorporation of a polymer material. In the context of a wearable device, an apparatus is provided that includes a support structure configured to at least partially enclose the torso or an appendage of a user, a spring module disposed on the support structure, a first section of flexible circuitry disposed on the spring module and a first sensor disposed on the spring module and configured to monitor the user.
Abstract:
A flexible device 100 which at least partially encloses an appendage of a user, the device having a support structure 101 with an inner (wearer contacting) side 102 and an outer side 106, and a section of flexible circuitry 103 towards the inner side. The device is preferably a wrist device that wraps around and can be worn on a users wrist. The device may include wireless communication means. Preferably, the flexible circuitry can carry one or more sensors 105. The sensors may include heart rate, blood pressure, blood glucose, or temperature. An outer side of the support can carry more flexible circuitry 107 and sensors 109 for an external environment, sensing parameters such as temperature, humidity, touch or strain. The device can comprise rigid portions and flexible portions. The device may be controlled by user manipulation. The device may include accelerometers and GPS receivers. The flexible circuitry may be separate from the support structure in the form of a sensor, with its own attachment mechanism for attaching the circuitry to an appendage. The support structure may overlay the sensor partially or entirely, or be located adjacent to the sensor. Also claimed is a wearable sensor element in combination with a separate wearable device for controlling the sensor.
Abstract:
An apparatus comprises a sensing unit having a plurality of laterally-spaced fluid sensitive elements 902 and at least one readout node 903 associated with the fluid-sensitive elements, wherein the fluid-sensitive elements are configured to exhibit a characteristic response to the presence of a fluid 906 in their respective localities, and wherein the at least one readout node is configured to receive signalling from the associated fluid-sensitive elements indicative of the characteristic response, and transmit signalling to a reader 904 to enable the presence and location of the fluid to be determined based on the signalling received from the fluid-sensitive elements. The fluid may be moisture, carbon dioxide or ammonia for example. The apparatus may form an array of sensors tailored to cover a specific area for wireless monitoring, where the sensors are based on impedance, resistance, or capacitance measurements.
Abstract:
An apparatus including an elongated apparatus structure configured to fit around a body part of a user and an actuator configured to change shape of the elongated apparatus structure. The actuator is configured to change tightness of the elongated apparatus structure around the body part of the user based on an action the apparatus is performing.
Abstract:
An apparatus comprises a transformable body configured to be elastically stretchable between at least a first configuration and a second configuration, a user input device, a user input device configured to receive user input signal, a communication interface configured to provide a wireless link for the apparatus and a flexible interconnection between at least two components within the transformable body. The apparatus may perform determining of user information based on the user input signal, transmitting at least part of the user information over the wireless link to a remote processing unit, receiving feedback information from the remote processing unit and presenting the feedback information to the user.
Abstract:
An apparatus including a first portion comprising a projection extending in a first direction; a second portion comprising an aperture extending in the first direction, where the first portion and the second portion are configured for relative movement in at least the first direction; and wherein the projection extends from the first portion in the first direction between the first portion and the second portion through the aperture and wherein the aperture surrounds the projection with clearances configured to enforce limits on relative movement of the first portion and the second portion while enabling reciprocating movement of the first portion and the second portion in the first direction towards each other and away from each other.