An apparatus method and computer program for a wearable device

    公开(公告)号:GB2526131A

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-18

    申请号:GB201408635

    申请日:2014-05-15

    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.

    An apparatus, method and computer program for a wearable device

    公开(公告)号:GB2526163A

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-18

    申请号:GB201414396

    申请日:2014-08-14

    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.

    An apparatus and associated methods

    公开(公告)号:GB2524288A

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-23

    申请号:GB201404927

    申请日:2014-03-19

    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.

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