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Portable, communicating impact detection and wearer condition monitoring device and system comprising the device
P202331053
IMDEA Materials and the UPM have developed a portable and communicated device for impact detection and monitoring of the user’s condition. When a user receives an impact on the body, the device is capable of, among other functionalities, detecting the impact, identifying the type of impact and where on the body it has occurred. It also monitors vital signs and geographic location. The device is configured to wirelessly communicate the collected impact and user status information to remote system gateways within range of the device, and these gateways communicate this information to a system control centre, where this information can be analysed in a visual and understandable form.
In the event that a user of the device receives an impact to the body, the device is capable of, among other functionalities, detecting the impact, identifying the type of impact and where on the body it occurred. The device also monitors the user's vital signs and geographical location. In the event that certain established parameters are met, such as the detection of an impact of a certain magnitude or greater, or a certain physical condition of the user, the device is configured to wirelessly communicate the collected impact and user condition information to remote system gateways within range of the device, and these gateways communicate this information to a system control centre, where this information can be analysed in a visual and understandable form.