CN105636431A - Combination speaker and light source responsive to state(s) of an organism based on sensor data - Google Patents

Combination speaker and light source responsive to state(s) of an organism based on sensor data Download PDF

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CN105636431A
CN105636431A CN201480041268.8A CN201480041268A CN105636431A CN 105636431 A CN105636431 A CN 105636431A CN 201480041268 A CN201480041268 A CN 201480041268A CN 105636431 A CN105636431 A CN 105636431A
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迈克尔·爱德华·史密斯·卢纳
德里克·博伊德·巴伦坦
斯科特·富拉姆
山卡里塔·撒哈
帕特里克·艾伦·纳伦
耶利米·鲁宾逊
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Abstract

Techniques associated with a combination speaker and light source ("speaker-light device") responsive to states of an organism based on sensor data are described, including generating chemical sensor data in response to one or more chemicals sensed by one or more chemical sensors in the same or different speaker-light devices. A scent generator may be activated to counter an odor caused by a chemical detected by the chemical sensor(s). The speaker-light device may activate an air mover operative to circulate ambient air over the chemical sensor. The speaker-light device may take an appropriate action in response to detected chemicals that affect states of the organism. Some or all of the actions taken may be taken by other devices in communication with the speaker-light device(s). An action may include generating and presenting a path or route to be taken by a user to an area of safety or reduced chemical concentration.

Description

Respond combination loudspeaker and the light source of the organism state based on sensing data
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to Electrical and Electronic hardware, dynamo-electric and computing equipment. Respond the combination loudspeaker of organism state based on sensing data and the correlation technique of light source more particularly, to a kind of and be described.
Background technology
Illumination conventional device is generally not provided audio playing function, and is generally not provided light conventional equipment for audio frequency broadcasting (that is, speaker). Although having and carrying light function and decorate or the conventional speakers of a part as user interface, the speaker of this routine is generally not configured to the environment of offer ambient lighting or light. It addition, usually not configuration conventional speakers is installed to or uses optical receptacle to power.
Illumination and broadcasting audio frequency conventional equipment generally also lack the state for automatically responding to a people and environment, the function of significant mode of being particularly correlated with a content.
Therefore, what is desired is that a speaker combined and light source are in response to based on sensing data, without the limitation of conventional art.
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Each embodiment or example (" embodiment ") disclose in the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings:
Figure 1A illustrates the exemplary physiologic information generator of electrod-array and setting in the wearable frequency band that can use data according to some embodiments;
The embodiment of the Figure 1B to 1D electrod-array according to some embodiments;
Fig. 2 is a functional diagram, according to some embodiments be depicted in wearable device realize physiologic information generator;
Fig. 3 A to 3C is the sectional view of the subset of the electrod-array of the arm including adjacent wearer according to some embodiments description electrode;
Fig. 4 describes the part according to the electrod-array in the case material being arranged in wearable device of some embodiments;
Fig. 5 describes an example according to some one physiologic information generators of embodiment;
Fig. 6 be according to some embodiments for selecting a sensor example flow diagram;
Fig. 7 is for determining the example flow diagram using the wearable device physiological property with array electrode according to some embodiments;
Fig. 8 illustrates the exemplary calculating platform being arranged in wearable device according to various embodiments.
Fig. 9 describes the physiological signal extractor according to some embodiments;
Figure 10 is the flow chart for extracting physiological signal according to some embodiments;
Figure 11 is a block diagram according to some embodiments, for describing the example that a physiological signal extracts;
Figure 12 describes an example of the offset generator according to some embodiments;
Figure 13 describes according to some embodiments, for the sensor signal decomposed, to form the flowchart illustration of independent signal;
Figure 14 A to 14D illustrates the various signals for extracting physiological property signal according to various embodiments;
Figure 15 describes the recovery signal according to some embodiments;
Figure 16 describes the physiological signal of the extraction according to various embodiments;
Figure 17 illustrates the example calculation platform of the wearable device being arranged on according to various embodiments;
Figure 18 is to be a chart according to some embodiments, for describing to be configured to receive the physiological status that sensing data originates, for instance, at the far-end of limbs;
Figure 19 is according to some embodiments show sleep manager;
Figure 20 A illustrates according to some embodiment wearable devices, including skin-surface microphone (" SSM ");
Figure 20 B describes the example that a physiological data according to some embodiments arranges, as may identify which state characteristic and the parameter value of sleep on physiology;
Figure 21 illustrates the abnormal condition managing according to some embodiments;
Figure 22 illustrates according to some embodiments, and sad being configured to of affective state manager receives the sensing data derived from bioimpedance signal;
Figure 23 illustrates the example calculation platform of the wearable device being arranged on according to various embodiments;
Figure 24 A to 24B illustrates example combinations speaker and the light supply apparatus using optical receptacle to power;
Figure 25 illustrates the combination loudspeaker for handling, and uses sensing data to determine the example system of light source according to a physiological status;
Figure 26 illustrates combination loudspeaker and the light supply apparatus of example architecture;
Figure 27 A to 27B illustrates the side view of exemplary combinations speaker and light supply apparatus; ;
Figure 27 C illustrates the top view of example combinations speaker and light supply apparatus;
Figure 28 illustrates the exemplary calculating platform being arranged in combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus or being associated with combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus;
Figure 29 A-29B illustrates the exemplary flow for combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus;
Figure 30 illustrates for controlling the speaker combined, and the example system of the light supply apparatus according to a physiological status;
Figure 31 illustrates for controlling a combination loudspeaker, and the exemplary flow of the light supply apparatus according to a physiological status;
The example system that Figure 32 describes, is used for controlling a combination loudspeaker, and according to the physiological status sensed by the chemical sensor being referred to alternatively as environmental sensor light supply apparatus and/or chemical substance;
Figure 33 depicts the example architecture of combination loudspeaker and the light supply apparatus including a chemical sensor;
Figure 34 illustrates the top view of the example architecture of combination loudspeaker and the light supply apparatus including a chemical sensor;
Figure 35 illustrates the side view of the example architecture of combination loudspeaker and the light supply apparatus including a chemical sensor;
Figure 36 depicts the sectional view of example combinations speaker and the light supply apparatus including a chemical sensor and aerator;
Figure 37 describes to include combination loudspeaker and the light supply apparatus of a chemical sensor coupling and extraneous air flow rate increment device and a sectional view including combination loudspeaker and the light supply apparatus being positioned at the chemical sensor example near external blower;
Figure 38 illustrates the combination loudspeaker of the different floors of the structure including being arranged on multiple room and the structure plan view from above of light supply apparatus;
Figure 39 illustrates the example in the path of the speaker by one or more combinations and light supply apparatus generation; And
Figure 40 illustrates the exemplary process diagram of a kind of control combination speaker according to one or more chemicals detected by one or more chemical sensors and light supply apparatus.
Although above-mentioned accompanying drawing illustrates various embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention being not intended to be limited to the embodiments so described. But it should be understood that in the accompanying drawings, identical label represents identical structural detail. Moreover, it should be understood that described accompanying drawing is not drawn necessarily to scale.
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Various embodiments or example can realize in many ways, including as system, processing, equipment, device, and the method that the detection with wearable device structure with enhancing is associated by motion sensor. In certain embodiments, motion can use in response to the power applied, and produce an output and represent the accelerometer of signal of acceleration and detect that (and therefore in some cases, speed or displacement) produced by power. Embodiment can be used to coupling or fix the main part on a wearable device. The technology described relates to system, equipment, device, and method and uses accelerometer, maybe can detect other equipment of motion, with the motion of detecting element or a part for whole system. In some instances, described technology can be used for precisely and reliably detecting the motion of an element of a part for human body or another complication system. In the ordinary course of things, the operation of disclosed method can perform with random order, unless stated otherwise in claim.
One detailed description of one or more examples provides presented below together with accompanying drawing. Being described in detail in connect with such example provides, but is not limited to any specific example. Its scope is only contained by claims and many replacement schemes, the restriction of amendment, and equivalent. Many concrete details are set forth in the following description, in order to provide thorough explanation. There is provided for illustrative purposes, the technology of these details and description can according to do not have these specific detail or all claim when practice. In order to clear, it is known that the technologic material in the technical field of relevant embodiment is not described in detail, to avoid unnecessarily obscuring description.
Fig. 1 illustrates the exemplary array of electrode and is arranged on the physiologic information generator of the wearable frequency band that can use data, according to some embodiments. chart 100 illustrates that electrode 110 is coupled to and is configurable to generate the array 100 represented with the data one physiology information generator 120 being worn or carrying one or more physiological features that array 101 user is associated. also illustrate that motion sensor 160, wherein, for instance, it is possible to include accelerometer. motion sensor 160 is not limited to accelerometer. the example 160 of motion sensor can also include gyrosensor, optical motion sensor is (such as, laser or the motion detector of LED used in optical mouse, as), magnet unit motion sensor is (such as, the magnetic field of detection, or change their detection campaign), electromagnetic sensor etc., and be configured to detection or determine any sensor of motion, such as based on physiological property (such as, use myoelectricity (" electromyogram "), with the signal of telecommunication that the amount determined whether there is and/or move is produced by myocyte based on motion sensor), and analog. electrode 110 can include any suitable structure, and for transmitting the signal of signal and pickup, whether signal is electricity, and magnetic, light, based on pressure, physical environment, acoustics etc., according to various embodiments. according to some embodiments, electrode 110 array 101 is configured to coupling electric capacity to target location. in some embodiments, array 101 and physiologic information generator 120 are disposed in a wearable device, the such as wearable band 170 that can use data, it can include, encapsulation, or the shell substantially encapsulated, the operation array 101 in electrode 110, physiologic information maker 120 can determine that the tissue of the wearer of the one or more type bio-electrical impedance (" bio-impedance ") to determine measurement monitoring of physiologic characteristic. such as, the driving signal with known amplitude and frequency can be applied to a user, is received as bioimpedance signal from this tank signal. bioimpedance signal is the signal measured, and it includes real part and complicated parts. the example of real component includes the extracellular of tissue and intracellular space, and among other things, and the example of complicated parts includes honeycomb membrane capacitance, etc. additionally, the bioimpedance signal recorded can include the true and/or complicated parts and the blood existence (or being absent from) by arterial pulse structure that are associated with artery structure (such as, arterial cell etc.). in some instances, one heart rate signal, or other physiological signals, can determine that (namely reclaiming) passes through from measured bioimpedance signal, such as, the waveform driving signal is compared by measured bioimpedance signal, to determine the complicated assembly that a Phase delay (or transfer) records.
Physiologic information generator 120 is shown as including a sensor selector 122, and motion artifacts reduces unit 124 and a physiological property determinant 126. Sensing selector 122 is configured to select a subset of electrode, and is configured to the selected subset using electrode to obtain physiological property, according to some embodiments. The example of one subset of electrode includes subset 107, and it is by electrode 110d and 110e, and subset 105, and it is by electrode 110c, 110d and developer sheet 110e. More or less of electrode can use. The electrode 110 (in multiple electrode 110 subgroups) that sensor selector 122 is configured to determine that, the target location that these one or more subsets are adjacent. As used herein, term " target location ", refer to a physiological feature from which and can determine that at area of space. First target region can be adjacent physiological feature, and source is blood vessel 102 such as, can be captured and analyze with an impedance signal, to identify one or more physiological feature. Target area may reside within two-dimensional space, for instance the region on the skin of the user in the source of contiguous physiological property, or in three dimensions, a such as volume, it includes the source of physiological property. Sensor selector 122 operates with via a selection subsets or drive the first signal to target location, or from target location, or both receive secondary signal. Described secondary signal includes the data representing one or more physiological feature. Such as, sensor selector 122 can configure the operation of electrode (" D ") 110b as driving signal (such as, AC signal) target location that converts to, such as to the drive electrode on the skin of user, and electrode (" S ") 110a can be configured to as a receptor electrode (namely, one receiver electrode), to receive secondary signal from described target location, on from the skin of user. In such configuration, sensor selector 112 can drive the target location converted to via the current signal in electrode (" D ") 110b so that electric current is by described target location to another electrode (" S ") 110a. In various embodiments, target location can be adjacent to blood vessel 102102 example that maybe can include blood vessel and include Radial artery, ulna tremulous pulse, or in other blood vessel any. Array 101 is not limited to the arm being positioned adjacent in blood vessel 102 but it also may be arranged on the people of user any part (such as, at ankle, ear-lobe, around finger or on finger tip, etc.). Note that each electrode 110 can be configured to a driver or tank electrode. Therefore, electrode 110b be not limited to a drive electrode and can be configured to some implement tank electrode. " sensor " can refer to as the term is employed herein, for instance according to some embodiments, the combination of one or more drive electrodes and one or more receptor electrode, for determining the value and/or signal that one or more bio-impedance is relevant.
In some embodiments, sensor selector 122 can be configured to determine that whether the subset in electrode 110a and the 110b of (periodically) is best electrode 110, enough representativenesses of the one or more physiological features for obtaining from secondary signal. In order to illustrate, electrode 110a and 110b consider when can be shifted from target location, such as, wearable device 170 is to be substantially perpendicular to the displacement of electrode 110a and 110b of blood vessel 102 by displacement in one plane to increase the impedance (and/or reactance) of a current path, between electrode 110a and 110b, or otherwise therefrom retrieve described secondary signal by enough remote for these electrode wide positions with degraded or decay. And electrode 110a and 110b can be shifted from target location, other electrodes were displaced on former position occupied by electrode 1110a and 110b (that is, being adjacent to target location). Such as, electrode 110c and 110d can move adjacent to the position of blood vessel 102. In this case, sensor selector 122 operates to determine electrode 110, such as the optimal subset of electrode 110c and 110d, to obtain the one or more physiological feature. Therefore, the blood vessel 102 no matter displacement of wearable device 170 is relevant, sensor selector 122 can determine the best subset of the electrode for extracting the physiological property information from adjacent blood vessel repeatedly. Such as, sensor selector 122 can retest subgroup sequence (or at any other material), to determine the target location which is positioned proximate to. Such as, sensor selector 122 can select at least one subset 109a, in subset 109b, on subset 109c, and other similar subsets, obtain physiological data as therefrom subset.
According in some embodiments, electrod-array 101 can be configured to obtain from multiple sources, such as one or more physiological features of multiple blood vessel. In order to illustrate, it is considered to be, for instance, blood vessel 102 is a ulnar artery adjacent electrode 110a and 110b and Radial artery (not shown) is on adjacent electrode 110c and 110d. Along with physiology multiple source characteristic information is available, there is such multiple target location. Therefore, sensor selector 122 can select electrode 110, and each of which is multiple subsets of in the target location of adjacent multiple number. Then physiologic information maker 120 can use signal data to confirm the degree of accuracy of the data obtained from each multiple sources, or the subset of one of the electrode used is (such as, be associated with a radial artery) time the subset (such as, be associated with ulnar artery) of other electrodes one or more unavailable.
Note, receive the 110a of the relevant component of signal of the physiology on electrode and the sports component of signal secondary signal that can be configured, if array 101 is moved. The motion artifacts of the electrode 110a that the relevant assembly that moves includes inducing or noise. Motion artifacts reduces unit 124 and is configured to receive the motion-relating signals produced at one or more motion sensors 160, and also is configured to receive at least described sports signal component of described secondary signal. Motion artifacts reduces unit 124 and is operated eliminating the size of sports signal component, or reduce the sports component of signal size relative to the physiology coherent signal composition of amplitude, thus produce the upper correlated signal components (or being similar to this) of the physiology as output. Therefore, motion artifacts minimizing unit 124 by producing, can obtain the amplitude of the amount sports signal component of minimizing (that is, motion artifacts) of the signal correction the moving relevant connection of physiology correlated signal components with by one or more accelerometers.
Physiological feature determiner 126 is configured to receive the component of signal that the physiology of described secondary signal is correlated with, and it is further configured to process (such as, numeral) the data of signal, derive physiological signal including one or more physiological features, such as arbitrary heart rate (" HR ") signal or breath signal, or the two. Such as, physiological property determiner 126 is configured in the physiology correlated components signal (such as, in different frequency ranges) amplifying and/or filtering to extract certain physiological signal. According to various embodiments, heart rate signal can include the impulse wave of (or can based on). Pulse wave in comprise based on the inceptive impulse ripple portion collapsible part produced by heart of concluding a bargin, and based on the echo portion diastole assembly produced by the reflection from other limbs inceptive impulse ripple portions. In some instances, human resources's signal can include or otherwise relate to a kind of electrocardiogram (" ECG ") signal. Physiological property determinant 126 is further configured to and calculates other physiological propertys based on acquired one or more physiological features. Or, physiological feature determiner 126 can use other information calculate or obtain physiological feature. The example of other information include the data that motion is relevant, including activity, the type that wherein user is engaged in, for instance run or sleep, the data that position is relevant, the data of environmental correclation, such as temperature, atmospheric pressure, noise level etc., and the data of the sensor of any other type, the level relevant including pressure and the level of activation of wearer.
In some cases, motion sensor 160 can be positioned proximate to described target location (not shown), to determine via instruction blood vessel 102, identified the exercise data physiological feature of the motion of physiological feature that heart rate is relevant by this blood pulse. Exercise data, therefore, can be used for supplementing impedance measuring, the physiological property obtained. Additionally, one or more motion sensors 160 can also be used to determine wearable device 170 and their relative motion, the direction of the target location to determine or predict. By the target location predicted, sensor selector 122 can use the target location predicted, in the way of starting the selection to electrode 110 best subset, decreases the time, to determine a target location.
In view of the foregoing, the structure of function and/or electrod-array 101 and physiologic information generator 120, and their parts, obtain and derive during can being conducive to the environment of the body movement that physiological property is working on user the motion that can give on wearable device, thus exposing the component that electrod-array is correlated with to motion. Physiologic information generator 120 is configured to suppress or negates otherwise receive from target location, thus promote to wearable device 170 activity that provides heart relevant real-time wearer artificial (or near real-time) relevant with the motion of the signal of respiratory activity. So, the wearer of wearable device 170 needs not to be fixing or otherwise interrupts, and wherein, wearer is engaged to achieve the activity of healthy relevant information. Additionally, electrode 110 and physiologic information generator 120 array 101 are configured to hold wearable device displacement or motion about 170 or the position relative to one or more targets. Such as, if wearer deliberately rotates wearable device about 170, for instance, in the wrist of user, then target location (that is, the front rotation) initial subset that electrode 110 is adjacent is moved further wide position. As another example, the motion (such as, impulsive force experiences during travelling) of wearer may result in the wrist that the travelling of wearable device 170 is relevant. So, physiologic information generator 120 is configured to determine whether that the electrode 110 being chosen over is as best electrode 110, for obtaining other subsets of the subset of physiological feature. Such as, physiologic information maker 120 can pass through the electrode optimal subset that the multiple combination of drive electrode and receptor electrode (such as, subset 109A, 109B, 109C etc.) is configured to the cycle and determines. In some embodiments, no matter at array 101, electrode 110 promotes that physiological data catches the sex of wearer. Such as, electrode 110 can be arranged on array 101, to hold the data collection of a sex, and its unrelated sex specific physiological size. In at least one embodiment, although representing that the gender data wearer can be that in addressable auxiliary physiologic information maker 120, the optimal subset electrode 110 of the electrode 110 of selection is depicted as by equidistantly, array 101 is not limited to. In some embodiments, electrode 110 can more densely packed carry out the cluster blood vessel 102 along each several part place of array 101 it is more likely that adjacent. Such as, electrode 110 can more densely packed be gathered in wearable device 170, and thus approximate part 172 is more likely than other part adjacent radial or ulnar artery approximate part 172. And wearable device 170 is shown having elliptical shape, but it is not limited to such shape, and can have any shape.
In some cases, the multiple subset of electrode that wearable device 170 can select uses the second subset of contiguous second target location, catches data when the first object position that the first subset is adjacent is unavailable, so that data acquisition. Such as, including the part of the first subset wearable device 170 of electrode 110 (first object position adjacent at first) can be moved into a position further from radial direction away from blood vessel, as Fig. 3 C describe from a radial distance 392 skin of wearer. That is, the subset of electrode 310a and 310b is radially displaced in the mounted position of the device is distance 392. It can be closer to the second subset in the radial direction towards another blood vessel that electrode 31 and 31 is adjacent to the second target location as shown in Figure 3 C, and, thus, electrode can obtain the second subset of physiological feature, when the first subset of electrode can not. Referring back to Fig. 1, electrode 110 array 101 is easy to wearable device 170, and it need not be fixedly secured to wearer. It is to say, wearable device 170 can be attached in wearer, wherein wearable device 170 can relative displacement to the datum mark being fixed to wearer, and continue to obtain and generate a part for the mode of the information about physiological property. In some instances, wearable device 170 can be described as " being freely fitted together to " or " floating " part wearer, for instance wrist, and thus array 101 has the therefrom pickup enough sensor points of physiological signal.
Additionally, accelerometer 160 can be used to replace electrode with detection and pulsatile blood flow, this is in turn, it is possible to the execution of the subset of the motion that in instruction oxygen-rich blood, whether presence or absence is associated. Or, accelerometer 160 can be used to supplement data produced by the one or more bioimpedance signals being obtained collection by array 101. Accelerometer 160 can be also used for determining wearable device 170 and identical relative motion, the direction of the target location to determine or predict. Sensor selector 122 can use the target location predicted, to start the optimal subset to electrode 110, this is likely to the reduction time and determines the selection of a target location. The 110 of electrod-array 101 can arrange in a material composition, for instance, shell, according to some embodiments. Therefore, electrode 110 can be protected against environment, accordingly, it would be desirable to not by corrosive elements. In some instances, one or more electrodes 110 can have the surface exposed at least some of on. Being configured to coupling electric capacity to one target location as electrode 110 array 101, electrode 110, thus promoting that high impedance signal couples so that the first and second signals can pass fabric and hair. So, electrode 110 is not necessarily limited to the direct skin contact with wearer. Additionally, electrode 110 array 101 is without external physiological characteristics limbs or source. Array 101 can be linear character, or can be configured to include straight pars convoluta.
In some embodiments, wearable device 170 can be at communication (such as, wired or wireless connection) and mobile equipment 180, such as mobile phone or computing equipment. In some cases, mobile equipment 180, or the computing equipment (not shown) connection wearable device 170 of any networking or mobile equipment 180, it is possible to provide the structure of any features described herein of at least some and/or function. In Fig. 1 as depicted and accompanying drawing subsequently, the function of structure and/or any features described above can at software, hardware, firmware, and circuit or their any combination realize. Note, said structure and element, and their function, can be aggregated or in conjunction with other structures one or more or element. Alternatively, element and their function can be subdivided into composition daughter element, if any. For software, the above-mentioned technology of at least some can use various types of programming or formatted language, framework, syntax, application program, agreement, object, or technology to realize. Such as, at least one in element describes at figure. 1A (or any subsequent figure) can represent one or more algorithm. Or, at least one in element can represent a part of logic, and it includes hardware configuration to provide composition structure and/or a functional part.
Such as, physiologic information generator 120 and its any one or more parts, such as sensor selector 122, motion artifacts reduces unit 124 and physiological feature determiner 126, can at one or more computing equipments (namely, any mobile computing device realizes such as wearable device or mobile phone, if be worn or carried by), it includes the one or more processors being configured to perform in one or more algorithm in memory. Therefore, (or any subsequent figure) of at least some element in figure ia can represent one or more algorithm. Or, at least one in element can represent a part of logic, and it includes hardware configuration to provide composition structure and/or a functional part. These can change and be not limited to the example or the explanation that provide.
As hardware and/or firmware, above-mentioned structure and technology can use various types of programming or integrated circuit design language, including hardware description language, ratio is as such arranged to any register transfer language (" RTL ") of design field-programmable realizes gate array (" FPGAs "), special IC (" ASICs "), multi-chip module, or the integrated circuit of any other type. Such as, physiologic information generator 120, wherein one or more parts, for instance sensor selector 122, motion artifacts reduces unit 124 and physiological feature determiner 126, it is possible to include one or more circuit realiration at one or more computing equipments. Therefore, at least one in element in figure ia (or any subsequent figure) can represent one or more parts of hardware. Or, at least one in element can represent a part of logic, and it includes circuit configuration to provide composition structure and/or a functional part.
According to some embodiments, term " circuit " can refer to, for instance, with any system, it includes multiple parts, and electric current flows through the one or more function of this execution, and described parts include discrete and complicated assembly. The example of discrete component includes transistor, resistor, capacitor, inducer, diode and analog, and the example of the parts of complexity includes memorizer, processor, analog circuit, digital circuit, and analog, including field programmable gate array (" FPGAs "), application specific integrated circuit (" ASICs "). Therefore, circuit can include electronic component and logic element a system (such as, logic, be configured to perform instruction, so that the executable instruction of the algorithm of a group, for instance, therefore, be the assembly of a circuit). According to some embodiments, term " module " can refer to, for instance, at arbitrary hardware circuit or software, or the algorithm realized in its combination or one part, and/or logic (such as, a module may be implemented as a circuit). In some embodiments, algorithm and/or algorithm wherein are stored in memorizer is a circuit " assembly ". Therefore, can also the referring to of term " circuit ", for instance, the system of parts, including algorithm. These can change and be not limited to the example or the explanation that provide.
The embodiment of the electrod-array shown in Figure 1B to 1D, according to some embodiments. Flow process Figure 130 of Figure 1B depicts array 132, and it includes subarray 133A, 133B, and electrode 110 is configured to produce to represent one or more and is associated with array 132. In the data 133c of the characteristic being associated the user of various embodiments, drive electrode and receptor electrode can be arranged in identical subarray or at different subarrays. Note, the arrangement of subarray 133a, 133b, and 133c can represent physics or spatial orientation and do not necessarily mean that in each subarray electrode 110 between electricity, magnetic, or partnership. Such as, drive electrode (" D ") 110f can be configured to drive electrode to drive sink electrode under signal (" S ") 110g on subarray 133b at subarray 133a. As another example, drive electrode (" D ") 110h can be configured to drive under a signal sink electrode (" S ") 110k at subarray 133c at subarray 133a. In some embodiments, distance between subarray electrode 110 can change, in different regions, including a region, wherein adjacent blood vessel place the 102 of electrode group 134 more likely relative to place other electrode adjacent blood vessel 102 electrode group 134 can include electrode 110 than array 132 as group 134 other parts it is expected to be arranged more high density blood vessels adjacent 102 than the electrode 110 of other groups. Such as, oval array more likely (not shown) can be disposed in the device 170 of Figure 1A. Therefore, electrode group 134 is disposed in the region 172 of Fig. 1, and this is likely to adjacent or Radial artery or ulna tremulous pulse. And three subarrays are illustrated, more or less of is possible.
With reference to Fig. 1 C, (" �� ") 144 at any angle of the array 142 shown in flow process Figure 140 towards dead in line or be parallel to blood vessel 102. Therefore, the electrode 142 of array each need not realize orientation orthogonal; And array 142 may be oriented with between angle 0 degree and 90 degree, it is included. In a specific embodiment, array 146 can be arranged in parallel (or almost parallel), with (or one part) in blood vessel 102a.
In Fig. 1 D, chart 150 depicts the electrode 152 including a spiral array of wearable device 170a and is disposed therein, and thus electrode 110m and 11 may be structured to the electrode of a pair driver and receptor. As it can be seen, the axis 151 that direction that be substantially parallel alignment of electrode 110m and 110n, it can represent the general direction of blood flow by blood vessel.
Fig. 2 is a functional diagram, be depicted in wearable device realize physiologic information generator, according to some embodiments. Function Figure 200 illustrates the wearable device 209 that user 203 wears, and it includes being configurable to generate signal, including the physiologic information maker 220 of the data representing physiological property. As it can be seen, sensor selector 222 is configured to the subset 205 of the subset 207 of electrode or the electrode selected. Electrode subset 205 includes the electrode 207 of electrode 210c, 210d, and 210e and subset and includes electrode 210e and 210d. For illustrative purposes, it is considered to sensor selector 222 selects in electrode 210d and 210c, as a subset of the electrode of the target location adjacent with catching physiological property. The AC signal that sensor selector 222 applies, as the first signal, enters electrode 210d to produce sensor signal (" raw sensor signal ") 225, as secondary signal, from electrode 210c. Sensor signal 222 includes the signal composition that sports component of signal is relevant with physiology. Motion sensor 221 is configured to catch the motion-artifact signal 223 generating the exercise data that the wearable device 209 (or being at least electrode) according to expression experience moves. A kind of motion artifacts minimizing unit 224 is configured to receive the motion artifacts minimizing unit 224 of sensor signal 225 and motion-artifact signal 223 and is operated deducting motion-artifact signal 223 from sensor signal 225, obtain as physiology relevant signal component (or it is similar to) that original physiologic signal 227. is in some instances, original physiologic signal 227 represents that one does not expand, and unfiltered signal includes the data of one or more physiological features and represents. In certain embodiments, motion sensor 221 produces motor message, such as the signal of accelerometer. These signals (shown in by a dotted line, for instance), wherein, in turn, it is configured to determine motion-artifact signal 223. In some embodiments, motion-artifact signal be supplied to motion artifacts reduce unit 224223 represent include or interior raw sensor implement motor message 225 (such as, with physiological signal (multiple)). Therefore, a motion-artifact signal can describe a motor message, if the motion sensor that senses or be integrated with one or more physiological signal. One physiological feature determiner 226 is configured to receive original physiologic signal 227 and is amplified and/or such as screens different physiological signal components from original physiologic signal 227, and physiological signal 227 can include modulation upper (or with associate) breath signal heart rate (" HR ") signal one by one. But, physiological feature determiner 226 is configured to perform Digital Signal Processing, to generate a heart rate (" HR ") signal section 229a and/or breath signal 229B. The part 240 of breath signal 229B represents that impedance signal is due to cardiomotility, at least in some cases. In addition, HR signal section 229a that physiological property determiner 226 is configured with or breath signal 229B, or both, to derive other physiological propertys, such as blood pressure data (" BP ") 229C, one maximal oxygen consumption (" VO2 maximum ") 229D, or any other physiological feature.
Physiological feature determiner 226 can be derived and use other data being generated by wearable device 209 or being accessed, other physiological propertys of the type that such as movable abrasion engages, environmental factors, such as temperature, position etc., whether wearer is subject to any chronic disease or disease and the information that any other health or health are correlated with. Such as, if wearer is diabetics or has parkinson, motion sensor 221 can be used to the disease of detection and wearer and trembles. Wearable device little, but rapid movement, along with change (such as, in the change of a heart rate signal) and/or the breathing of heart rate, physiologic information maker 220 can generate data (such as, a warning) and represent that the detection wearer overlapped just is experiencing and trembles. For diabetics, wearer can be potentially encountered and rocks because of blood sugar level extremely low (such as, be brought down below and range for 38 to 42 milligrams/deciliters). These levels below, brain is likely to become uncontrollable health. In addition, if the arm shake of wearer has enough motions, with from adjacent target location, above-mentioned electrod-array, one subset of the electrode of replacement as described herein, be conducive to the subset that the heart rate continuing monitoring is positioned by repeating selection electrode best (such as, adjacent target location), for receiving the sound signal relevant with precise physiological.
Fig. 3 A to 3C is the sectional view of the array of the subset describing the arm that electrode includes adjacent electrode wearer, according to some embodiments. Figure 30 0 figure. Layout shown in Fig. 3 A is about electrod-array, for instance, the wrist of wearer. At this profile, electrod-array includes electrode 310a, 310b, 310c, 310d, 310e, 310f, 310g, 310h, 310i, 310j and 310k, among other things, arranges about wrist 303 (or forearm). The sectional view of wrist 303 also show radius 330, ulna 332 bone, musculus flexor/ligament 306, Radial artery (" R ") 302, and a ulna tremulous pulse (" U ") 304. Radial artery 302 is can be different in distance 301 (no matter linear or angle) from the distance 301 of ulna tremulous pulse 304, on average, for different sexes, according to masculinity and femininity anatomical structure. It should be noted that above-mentioned electrod-array can eliminate electrode and specifically arrange, due to contact (such as, contact float), or the association of any other problem is based on the different anatomical structure of sex, the preference of wearer, problem can affect the placement of electrode, is otherwise not likely to be the best. To carry out suitable electrode selection, sensor selector, as described herein, gender-related information can be used (such as, wearer is male or women) predict an electrode subset so that and they are target location 304a and the 304b of more than the position of adjacent (or substantially adjacent). The best region (or volume) that target location 304a and 304b represents, in this measurement, monitors and becomes to catch and associated biomolecule resistance data. Specifically, target location 304a represents that the adjacent radial artery 302 in best region picks up bioimpedance signal, and target location 304B represents the signal that the adjacent ulna tremulous pulse 304 in another kind of best region removes to connect other bio-electrical impedance.
Elasticity in order to wearable device is described maintains the ability of the one or more displacements in wearable device monitoring of physiologic characteristic (such as, around or along wrist 303), it is believed that this is that a sensor selector configures in initial electrode 310b, 310d, 310f, 310h, 310j as drive electrode and electrode 310a, 310c, 310e, 310g, 310i, and 310k are for converging electrode. It is further believed that the electrode that sensor selector is determined, it includes in electrode 310b and in 310c as the first subset of the first optimal subset, and also the electrode determined, including the second subset as the second optimal subset of electrode 31 and 310g. Note that in electrode 310b and 310c it is adjacent target location 304a and electrode 310f and 310g adjacent target sites 304b. These subsets are used to periodically (or periodically) and monitor the signal of self-electrode 310c and 310g, until the first and second subsets no longer best (such as, when the moving displacement of wearable device is relative to the subset of target location). Note, driver and receptor electrode, for electrode 310b, in 310c, 310f, and the function of 310g can overturn (such as, electrode 310a and 310g can be configured to drive electrode).
Fig. 3 B illustrates that the array of Fig. 3 A shifts from initial position, according to some examples. Especially, chart 350 depicts that electrode 310f and 310g is displaced to an adjacent radial direction tremulous pulse 302 in position and electrode 310j and 310k and is moved to an adjacent ulna tremulous pulse 304 in position according to some embodiments, sensor selector 322 is configured to electrode test subset, to determine at least one subset, such as electrode 310f and 310, are positioned at adjacent target location (near radial artery 302). To determine that electrode 310f and 310g is as best subset, sensor selector 322 is configured to drive signal to be applied to drive electrode to produce digital data samples, such as data sample 307a, 307b, and a 307c. In this example, the physiological feature of the part that each data sample represents, a part for such as heart rate signal. Sensor selector 322 is operated comparing data sample comparison configuration file 309, to determine which data sample 307a, 307b, optimal with 307c or be equivalent to one group of predefined data represented by profile data 309 data 309, in this instance, expression wishes that HR part or threshold value represent best coupling. In addition, profile data 309 can represent that sensor selects pattern relative to other data samples all (such as, data sample 307A is stored as description file data 309, until the most healthy and the strongest and HR part accurately that period measures, if and, another data sample provides more healthy and stronger and/or data sample accurately). As shown in the figure, data sample 307a is matching profile data 309 substantially, and as distance increase away from radial artery 302 therefore data sample 307b and 307c decay day by day, sensor selector 322 identifies that electrode 31 and 310g are as best subset, this can be used in the subset of data capture pattern to monitor the physiological property of (such as, continuously) wearer. It should be noted that the character as each several part of human resources's signal of data sample 307a, 307b, and 307c is the purpose in order to explain, and be not intended to be restrictive. Data sample 307a, 307b, and 307c need not to be the part of a waveform or signal, and should not necessarily be limited by heart rate signal. On the contrary, data sample 307a, 307b, and 307c can relate to a breath signal, raw sensor signal, original physiologic signal, or other signal any. Data sample 307a, 307b, and 307c can represent a signal attribute measured, for instance size or amplitude, pin description thereof file data 309 matches. In some cases, the optimal subset of electrode can apply the first signal (such as, drive signal) to when target location be associated (such as, in a period of time) of minimal amount of impedance and/or reactance.
Fig. 3 C depicts the orientation that the electrod-array of Fig. 3 A is different due to the changing in orientation of of wrist wearer, according to some examples. In this example, electrod-array is illustrated as being disposed in a wearable device 371, and it has outer surface 374 and inner surface 372 in certain embodiments, and wearable device 371 can be configured to " loose fit " and be wound in wrist, so that relevant rotation wrist. In some cases, a part for wearable device 371 (with corresponding electrode 310a and 310b) by gravity (" G ") 390, it is away from wrist 303 pull portion structure, thus forming a gap 376. Gap 376, in turn, the radial distance 392 (that is, in radial directions away from wrist 303) that caused inner surface 372 and electrode 310a and 310b with radial displacement. Gap 376, in some cases, it is possible to be a air gap. Radial distance 392, at least in some cases, it is possible to electrode 310a and 310b can be affected and receive the ability of signal of adjacent Radial artery 302. In any case, electrode 310f and 310g is positioned in another part of wearable device 371, and can be used to receive adjacent ulna tremulous pulse 304 with, or replace, electrode 310a and 310b co-operation signal. Therefore, electrode 310f and 310g (or electrode other subset any), it is provided that the data acquisition ability of redundancy should other subset unavailable.
Secondly, it is contemplated that the sensor of Fig. 3 B selects 322 to be configured to determine that position 310f and the 310g (such as, in wearable device 371) of electrode is relative to gravity 390. The relative motion of the position of one direction confirmable electrode 3109f and 310g of motion sensor (not shown) in any number of action in arbitrary clockwise direction (" dCW ") or counter-clockwise direction (" dCCW "). Need not by fixation to wrist 303 as wearable device 371, at least in some instances, position 310f and the 310g of electrode is likely to " cunning " position relative to ulna tremulous pulse 304. In one embodiment, sensor selector 322 can be arranged to determine whether another subset of electrode is best, if electrode 310f and 310g displacement one subset being more suitable for of farther ratio. In sensor selection pattern, sensor selector 322 is configured to select another subset, if it is required, by start data sample catch in electrode 310f and 310g and other subsets near proceeding to, to confirm electrode 310f and the 310g of this initial selected or to select another subset. By this way, if the identification of best subset can perform selection course, otherwise (position of the last known target location such as, started) of time less in specific subset at ratio.
A part for electrod-array in the case material of the wearable device of the layout that Fig. 4 describes, according to some embodiments. Figure 40 0 illustrates electrode 410a and is arranged in wearable device 401, it has outer surface 402 and inner surface 404 in some embodiment 410b, wearable device 401 includes wherein to be encapsulated in a material in electrode 410a and 410b, to reduce material or elimination is exposed to the wearable device 401 corrosiveness of the environment element of outside. Therefore, it will be capacitively coupled to skin 405 and send high impedance signal by material in electrode 410a and 410b that material 420 is arranged and between the surface of inner surface 404 drive electrode, such as a current signal, the distance (" D ") 422 crossed, optionally, the skin 405 of wearer is entered by fabric 406 or hair. It addition, current signal can pass through the inner surface 404 between air gap (" AG ") 424 and skin 405 notes, in some implementations, in electrode 410a and 410b, it is possible to expose (or part exposes) and be forced out, by inner surface 404. In certain embodiments, in electrode 410a and 410b can by the material of electric conductivity, such as the external environment condition of the wearable device 401 that conducting polymer or the like is connected to.
Fig. 5 describes an example of a physiologic information generator, according to some embodiments. Chart 500 illustrates the array 501 of the electrode 510 that can be arranged on wearable device. One physiologic information generator can include one or more sensor selector 522, for producing exercise data, motion artifacts reduces the accelerometer 540 of unit 524, signal controller 530 is included with the sensor selector 522 of a physiological property determinant 526, one multiplexer 501 (or equivalent switch mechanism), one signal driver 532, signal receiver 534, motion judgement 536, and the sensor selector 522 of target location determiner 538 be configured at least two pattern operation exist. First, the electrode that sensor selector 522 can select is in the subset of the sensor selection pattern of operation. Second, the selected subset of the operable electrode of sensor selector 522 obtains physiological property, as operation data capture pattern, according to some embodiments. Pattern is selected at sensor, signal controller 530 is configured to (or parallel) configures continuously electrode as drive electrode and the subset receiving electrode, and cause electrode 510 that multiplexer 501 selects subset in such a mode, signal driver 532 applies to be driven through the subset of the selection that multiplexer 501 signals to electrode, via the sensor signal of multiplexer 501, receive from this signal receiver 534. Signal controller 530 obtains for the data sample of lower selection subset, and the signal controller 530 of another subset 510 of the electrode then selected repeats the catching of sample of data, and is configured to determine that the optimal subset for monitoring purpose electrode. Then, sensor selector 522 can in the data capture pattern of operation, wherein sensor selector 522 (or essentially continuously) continuously is from electrode 501, to determine that physiological property is in real time (or catch sensor signal data close to the subset of at least one real-time selection be operated the-time).
In some embodiments, target location determiner 538 is configured to start the sensor and selects pattern, to determine the subset of a target location that electrode 510 is adjacent. In addition, target location determiner 538 can also follow the tracks of the deposit position of which array 501 from accelerometer 540 such as based on the displacement of the wearable device of exercise data, target location determiner 538 can be configured to determine a best subset, if the initial electrode displacement wide position selected. In sensor selection pattern, target location determiner 538 may be configured to select another subset, the need to, by start data sample catch the last known subset electrode in adjacent target location, and other subsets near proceeding to, to confirm this electrode selected at first or to select another subset. In some instances, the orientation of wearable device, based on accelerometer data (such as, gravity direction), it is also possible in the electrode 501 selected, the subset being used for assessing is as best subset. Whether motion determiner 536 is configured to detect a quantity of motion being associated with the displacement of wearable device. So, motion judges 536 to detect motion, and produces a signal to indicate wearable device to be shifted, and afterwards, signal controller 530 can determine that by more closely near the blood vessel selection than other one new subset of subset, for example. In addition, motion judges that 536 can cause signal controller 530 at extreme movements (such as, during this period, would be likely to occur of larger amount of motion artifacts), and so that data are when constantly catching, have less than cycle of extreme amount disable data capture campaign (such as, time-out before a tennis player eats). Data storage bank 542 can include representing wearer, and this is by the signal controller 530 addressable gender data of electrode in the subset determined.
In certain embodiments, signal driver 532 can be constant current source include an operational amplifier be configured to amplify, with produce, for instance, alternating current 100 �� �� (" AC ") is in different frequencies, for instance 50 kilo hertzs. Noting, signal driver 532 can provide any size (signal that such as, a multi-frequency is constituted) of exchange in any frequency or combination of frequency. Such as, signal driver 532 can generate amplitude (or amplitude), as between 50 �� �� and 200 �� ��, as an example. It addition, signal driver 532 can generate from the AC signal lower than 10kHz to 550 KHz or higher frequency. According to some embodiments, multiple frequencies are used as the signal driving signal individually or the multiple frequencies being combined into are constituted. In certain embodiments, signal receiver 534 can include a difference amplifier and a gain amplifier, and both of which can include operational amplifier.
Motion artifacts reduces unit 524 and is configured to from the signal receiver 534 received, and the signal composition that the physiology to produce input is correlated with is transformed in the raw sensor signal of physiological property determinant 526 and deducts motion artifacts. Physiological feature determiner 526 can include one or more filter, with from original physiologic signal, it is that the frequency that can be used for filtering from the first filter is such as constructed the motion artifacts minimizing unit 524 output one or more physiological signals of extraction, to extract heart rate signal between 0.8 hertz and 3 hertz, and second wave filter can be that the breath signal that the frequency filtering between 0 hertz and 0.5 hertz extracts from physiology correlated signal components configures. Physiological property determinant 526 includes being configured to calculate physiological feature 550, such as VO2 maximum, based on the computer of the characteristic of the signal extracted from array 501.
Fig. 6 is the example flow diagram for selecting sensor, according to some embodiments. At 602 places, the selection of the selection at gear selecting mode sensor of the first subset of the electrode that flow process 600 provides and the second subset of electrode. 604, one in the first and second subsets the first and second subsets as drive electrode Yu another electrode on selected electrode are selected as a receptor electrode. Particularly, the first subset of electrode can such as, and including one or more drive electrodes, and the second subset of electrode can include one or more tank electrode. At 606 places, one or more data samples are captured, and represent the data sample of the part (or their value) of the signal measured. Based on a determination that data sample in a target location indicating that adjacent electrode, the electrode of described optimal subset is in 608 subsets identified at 610 places, and determined electrode is selected to catch signal, including the assembly that physiology is relevant. Although not being not detected by motion 612, stream 600 moves to 616 to catch, for instance, heart and breath data are continuous. When motion detects 612, data acquisition can continue. But stream 600 moves to 614, to determine whether to the future position of application. In some cases, the target location of prediction is based on the amount on the basis of initial target location (such as, relative to the subset initially determined that of electrode) and direction of displacement, with calculating subsequently, it is according to accelerometer data, to predict a new target location. One or more motion sensors can be used to determine the orientation of a wearable device, and identical relative motion (such as, between a period of time or event), to determine or future position. Or, it was predicted that target location can refer to last known target location and/or electrode subset. In 618, the selected target location based on prediction of electrode confirms whether the subset that electrode had previously selected is optimum, or one new, and whether optimal subset is confirmed as stream 600 moves back to 602.
Fig. 7 is for determining the example flow diagram using wearable device with arrangement electrode physiological property, according to some embodiments. At 702 places, stream 700 provides and selects pattern at sensor, and this sensor includes the selection of sensor, for instance, two or more electrodes. 704, sensor signal data is caught data capture pattern. 706, the workpiece that motion is relevant, it is possible to reduce or eliminate from sensor signal, obtain the signal composition that physiology is relevant. One or more physiological features can be identified 708, for instance, the signal composition that the physiology that laggard row number processes is relevant. 710, one or more physiological features can calculate based on the data signal extracted in the physiological property example 708 calculated and include maximal oxygen consumption (" VO2 maximum ").
Fig. 8 illustrates and is arranged in wearable device at the exemplary calculating platform according to various embodiments. In some instances, calculate platform 800 and can be used to realize computer program, apply, method, process, algorithm, or other software performs above-mentioned technology. Calculate platform 800 and include bus 802 or other communication agency, for transmitting information, for connexon system and equipment, such as processor 804, system storage 806 is (such as, RAM etc.), storage device 808 (such as, ROM etc.), communication interface 813 is (such as, Ethernet or wireless controller, bluetooth controller etc.), in order to communicate via the communication of communication link 821 port, for instance, with computing equipment, including mobile computing and/or and communications device processor. Processor 804 can with one or more CPU (" CPU's "), as by Intel company, the solution of CircuitCo printed circuit board (PCB), or one or more virtual processor. Manufacture, and any combination of CPU and virtual processor realizes. Calculate platform 800 and exchange data representation via input and output device 801, include but not limited to, keyboard, mouse, audio frequency input (such as, the equipment of speech-to-text), user interface, display, monitor, the input of vernier and output, touch-sensitive display, LCD or light-emitting diode display, and other liter/O relevant device.
According to some embodiments, calculate that the specific operation that platform 800 performs performs by processor 804 one or be stored in multiple sequences of one or more instructions of system storage 806, and calculating platform 800 can realize in client-server configures, the peer of peer-to-peer, or as any mobile computing device, including smart phone etc. Such instruction or data can be read in system storage 806 from another non-transitory computer-readable medium, for instance storage device 808. In some instances, hard-wired circuit can substitute for or use with performing software instruction combination. Instruction can be embedded in software or firmware. Term " non-transitory computer-readable medium " refers to participation and provides instructions to the processor 804 any tangible medium for performing. Such medium can take many forms, includes but not limited to non-volatile media and Volatile media. Non-volatile media includes such as, CD or disk etc. Volatile media includes dynamic memory, for instance system storage 806.
Non-transitory computer-readable medium includes common form, for instance, floppy disk, flexible disk, hard disk, tape, other magnetizing mediums any, CD-ROM, other optical medium any, punched card, paper tape, any other physical medium has hole, RAM, PROM, EPROM, FLASH-EPROM, any other memory chip or box, or the pattern of any other medium that computer can read from which. Instruction can also be sent or use transmission medium to receive. Term " transmission medium " can include any tangible or intangible medium and can store, coding or performed the instruction for performing by machine, and includes numeral or analog communication signal or other intangible medium, to promote the communication of this instruction. Transmission medium includes coaxial cable, copper cash, and optical fiber, including the wire comprising the bus 802 computer data signal for transmitting.
In some instances, can pass through to calculate platform 800 according to some embodiments, calculate platform 800 and can pass through communication link 821 (such as, cable network, such as LAN, PSTN, or any wireless network is coupled for the job sequence that performs), perform to coordinate instruction with this sequence (or asynchronous) each other with any other processor. Calculate platform 800 to send and receive message, data and instruction, including program code (such as, application code) communication interface of execution can be received by processor 804 at it by the program code of communication link 821 and 813 reception, and/or it is stored in memorizer 806 or other non-volatile memories for performing after a while.
In the example illustrated, system storage 806 can include the various modules realizing the executable instruction of function described here. In the example illustrated, system storage 806 includes the physiologic information maker module 854 being arranged for carrying out the user's physiologic information determining the wearable device worn with this. Physiologic information maker module 854 can include sensor selector module 856, and motion artifacts reduces unit module 858 and a physiological feature determiner 859, and any of which can be configured to supply one or more function as herein described.
The physiological signal extractor that Fig. 9 describes, according to some embodiments. Figure 90 0 illustrates that including a physiological signal extraction 936. reduces unit 924 at the motion artifacts of some embodiments, motion artifacts reduces unit 924 can be arranged on or be attached to a wearable device 909, and it can be configured to attach to or otherwise be worn 903 by user. As it can be seen, user 903 is currently running or jogs, thus the quadruped locomotion of user 903 makes power, causes that wearable device 909 is to experience motion. Motion artifacts reduces unit 924 and is configured to receive sensor signal (" raw sensor signal ") 925, and be configured to reduce or negative motion artifacts with or to physiological signal due to the relevant noise that moves, the signal mixing 925. that otherwise can affect sensor continues Figure 90 0, signal receiver 934 is coupled to a sensor, including such as, one or more electrodes. Such electrode, it is possible to enumerate electrode 910A and electrode 910B. In certain embodiments, signal receiver 934 includes structure and/or the function signal receiver 534 of similar Fig. 5. In operation, signal receiver 934 is configured to receive one or more ac current signal, such as the signal of high impedance, as the signal that bio-impedance is relevant. Signal receiver 934 can include difference amplifier, gain amplifier, or is configured to receive, and adjusts (such as, amplify), and transmission sensor signal 925 reduces other operational amplifier any of unit 924 with motion artifacts.
In certain embodiments, signal receiver 934 is configured to receive the signal of telecommunication representing information that acoustics is relevant from a mike 911. The example of the relevant information of acoustics include the data representing heart beating or heart rate as sense microphone 911 so that sensor signal 925 can be from the physiological signal sensed, the signal of telecommunication such as impulse wave or heart beating that relevant acoustic energy derives. Wearable device 909 can include mike 911 and be configured to contact (or be positioned adjacent to) wearer, thus mike 911 is suitable to receive sound and by wearer (with the sound being associated, such as, the skin physiology information of acoustic energy produced by source). Mike 911 can also be arranged on wearable device 909 according to some embodiments, and mike 911 may be implemented as a skin-surface microphone (" SSM ") or one part, according to some embodiments. SSM can be configured so that its can from tissue, rather than in air sound source acoustic energy response originate acoustic microphones. So, being easy to the amount passed through at SSM, SSM may be adapted to the medium of (such as, relative to the acoustic impedance of tissue) and relatively accurately detects physiological signal. Piezoelectric transducer can be implemented the example of (such as, rather than barrier film) SSM structure with described in U.S wherein. Patent application 11/199856, the applying date is on August 8th, 2005, and U.S. Patent Application No.: 13/672398, and the applying date is on November 8th, 2012, and both of which is incorporated herein by. As used herein, term tissue can refer to, at least in some instances, such as skin, muscle, blood or its hetero-organization. In certain embodiments, piezoelectric transducer may be constructed a SSM. Represent that the data of sensor signal 925 can include from the information in the acoustic signal of or other microphones of SSM, according to some examples.
According to some embodiments, physiological signal extracts 936 and is configured to receive sensor signal 925 and represent the data from another sensitive information 915, secondary transducers 913. In some instances, sensor 913 is configured as motion sensor (such as, accelerometer) the one or more axles in the acceleration of sensing, and produces the signal of the motion of the amount of instruction motion and/or acceleration. It is noted that this sensor 913 need not so limit, and it can be other sensor any. The example of suitable sensor is in U.S. Non-provisional Patent patent application serial numbers 13/492857, and the applying date is on June 9th, 2012, and it is herein incorporated by reference open. In addition, physiological signal extracts 936 and is configured to operate to identify a pattern (such as, move " signature "), based on the data of the motor message produced by sensor 913, it is used for decomposing sensor signal 925 one-tenth motor message component 937a and physiological signal, can assembly 937b. As shown in the figure, the motion artifacts that motor message component 937a and physiological signal component 937b can correspondingly use reduces unit 924, or other structure any and/or function described herein, to form exercise data 930 and one or more physiological data signals, such as physiological feature signal 940,942, with 944 physiological property determiner 926 be configured to receive an original physiologic signal physiological signal component 937b, and different physiological signal components can be filtered, with physiology characteristic signals (multiple). Such as, physiological property determiner 926 can be configured to analyze described physiological signal component, to determine a physiological property, such as heart beating, heart rate, pulse wave, breathing rate, Mayer wave, the physiological property similar with other. Physiological feature determiner 926 is also configured as generation and includes during an interval, and one or more parts that motion exists represent physiological characteristic data physiological property signal. The example of physiological property signal includes representing one or more heart rates 940, breathing rate 942, Mayer wave frequency 944, and any other characteristic sensed, for instance galvanic skin response (" GSR ") or skin conductivity data. It should be noted that term " heart rate " can refer to, at least in some embodiments, with the physiological signal that any heart is relevant, include but not limited to, heartbeat, heart (" BPM ") per minute, the beat of pulse etc. In some instances, term " heart rate " can also refer to heart variation (" HRV "), which describes the change of interval between heart beating. HRV describes the change of beat and defeats interval, and can frequency content (such as, low frequency and high fdrequency component), and term at least in some cases illustrates.
In view of the foregoing, function and/or motion artifacts reduce the structure of unit 924, and its parts and/or adjacent component, user is engaged in physics and extracts and can be conducive to physiological property during derivation activity, it is possible to give wearable device, wherein biometric sensor, such as electrode, can receive and be exposed to bio-impedance sensor signal, or include, the motion on workpiece that motion is relevant. Such as, physiological signal extraction 936 can be configured to reception and include in this interval, and one or more parts that wearable device is in motion represent the sensor signal of physiologic performance data. User 903 need not be required to remain stationary as, to determine the characteristic signal of physiological signal. Therefore, user 903 can during body movement or the time, and wherein user 903 substantially or relatively transmits period and receives heart rate information, respiration information, and other physiologic information. In addition, according to various embodiments, physiological signal extraction 936 is easy to user 903 and is therefore sensed limbs in physiological property signal or appurtenance, front end in wrist etc., motion artifacts reduces the various enforcements of unit 924 can enable the detection of physiological signal in user 903, relevant artificial and they physiological signal impact effects that are minimum or that reduce on required measurement of moving of extremity. By the detection of promotion physiological signal at extremity, wearable device 909 can assist user 903 with that detect the health of the people of oncoming disease or condition (such as, oncoming tremble, sleep state etc.) relative to the other parts of health of people, such as limbs or appendicular proximal part.
According in some embodiments, physiological signal extracts 936 can include bias generator, and it is not shown. Offset generator is configurable to determine that one is associated with this motion sensor signal, the quantity of motion of such as accelerometer signal, and the amplifier to adjust, wherein, configure the dynamic range of the operation of described amplifier, to receive the sensor signal amount in response to motion. One example of this amplifier is arranged to front-end amplifier to be strengthened, for instance, signal to noise ratio is operational amplifier. Situation, wherein, the motion associated workpiece amplitude that increases sharply of induction is to sensor signal, and amplifier can be driven into saturated, and this makes the amplitude limit of the output of amplifier in turn. Offset generator is also deployed on deviant and is applied to an amplifier to revise the dynamic range of amplifier, to reduce or negative motion artifacts is likely to additionally to affect the amplitude of described sensor signal significantly. The example of offset generator is described as Figure 12 in relation. in some embodiments, (namely physiological signal extracts 936 can include being configured determine to the window validator of persistent period, the effective window of time), wherein sensor signal data can be predicted to be motion effective (namely, persistent period, amplitude therein-relevant historical relic signal is likely to not affect physiological signal). One example of one window validator illustrates in fig. 11.
Figure 10 is the flow chart for extracting physiological signal, according to some embodiments. At 1002 places, motion sensor signal is a relevant sensor signal, and this signal includes the artificial signal that the signal of one or more physiological feature is relevant with one or more motions. In some instances, the signal of the motion sensor being associated, make two signals each other with bioimpedance signal, relevant manually can deducting from bioimpedance signal of thus moving extracts a physiological property signal, to compare. In at least one embodiment, can carry out at 1002 data associations to the signal including the motion sensor that scaled data represents, so that fouling promotes for representing the value that the data of sensor signal equivalence are made, so that they can mutually (promotion such as, compared deducts another signal). 1004, a sensor signal is decomposed the signal extracting one or more physiological signal and one or more motion sensor, thus from motor message separation physiological signal. The physiological signal 1006 extracted. Having analyzed in some instances, the frequency of the physiological signal extracted is analyzed, to determine a dominant frequency component or dominant frequency component. And, such analysis 1006 it may also be determined that physiology extract physiological signal power spectral density. 1008, the associated component of described physiological signal can be identified, based on the determination of described dominant frequency component. 1010, at least one physiological signal produces, such as heart rate signal, a breath signal or Mayer wave signal. These signals each can be corresponding with one or more, is used for forming the one or more physiological signal dominant frequency component and is associated.
Figure 11 is a block diagram, describes the example that a physiological signal extracts, according to some embodiments. Chart 1100 illustrates that physiological signal extracts 1136, it includes a stream selector 1140, one data relevant 1142, optional window validator 1143, one parameter estimator 1144, and the physiological signal extractor 1136 of a separator-filter 1146 can also include an optional bias generator 1139 and be discussed later. Such as Figure 11, physiological signal extract 1136 from, for instance, bio-impedance sensor receives a raw sensor signal, and also receive from motion sensor 1141, it can include the signal 1143 of one or more motion sensors of one or more accelerometers in certain embodiments. Multiple data streams can represent in multi-axial accelerometer data. Stream selector 1140 is configured to receive, for instance, multiple accelerometer's signals are along one or more different axle designated movements. Additionally, stream selector 1140 is configured to select an accelerometer data stream (such as, the amplitude peak of the axis of acceleration) with largest motion component. In some instances, stream selector 1140 is configured to selection and has at the highest variation acceleration that moves, and thus this axle can be used for pursuit movement or identifies the general direction of motion or the axis of plane. Optionally, before the size of the receivable raw sensor signal of offset generator 1391 revises an amplifier, the dynamic range of the raw sensor signal of relevant 1142 receptions of this input signal data.
Data relevant 1142 are configured to receive the selected stream of described raw sensor signal and accelerometer data. The sensor signal of the relevant 1142 operation associations of data and the signal of selected motion sensor. Such as, data relevant 1142 can the amplitude of the signal of motion sensor that selects of convergent-divergent, equivalent range for sensor signal with a kind of. In certain embodiments, data relevant 1142 can be the conversion of the signal data between bio-impedance sensor signal space and acceleration information space. Such conversion can perform alternatively so that the signal of motion sensor, the signal of especially selected motion sensor, is equivalent to bio-impedance sensor signal. In some instances, cross-correlation function or auto-correlation function can be implemented to association expression motion sensor signal and described sensor signal data group.
Parameter estimator 1144 be configured to the motion sensor signal receiving the selection from stream selector 1140 with from data relevant 1142. Described relevant data signals in some instances, parameter estimator 1144 is configured to estimate parameter, such as coefficient, for filtering the physiological feature signal of the artificial signal being correlated with from motion. Such as, the signal of selected motion sensor, such as accelerometer's signals, generally do not include biologically-derived signal data, and, therefore, for one or more coefficients of physiological signal component, it is possible to reduce or effectively it is determined as zero. Separator-filter 1146 is configured to from stream selector 1140. In operation, the coefficient that separator-filter 1146 receives, and the source of the signal recovered it is configured to by relevant 1142 data being associated of data and selected motion sensor signal. Such as, separator-filter 1146 can produce a physiological property signal (" P ") recovered 1160 and motor message (" M ") 1162 separator-filter 1146 recovered, therefore, it is operated including bio signal with sensor signal separately and converts additive or the element deducted to the relevant artificial signs that moves. Reclaim signal 1160 and 1162 and can be used for further determining that the signal of one or more physiological feature, such as heart rate, breathing rate, and a Mayer wave.
Window validator 1143 is optional, according to some embodiments. Window validator 1143 is configured to receive motion sensor signal data, to determine a persistent period (namely, the effective window of time), wherein sensor signal data can predict it is effectively (namely, persistent period, the relevant artificial range signal of motion therein is likely to not affect physiological signal). In some cases, window validator 1143 is configured to saturation conditions one front-end amplifier (or any other condition, for instance exercise induced condition) of prediction, and thus described sensor signal data is considered invalid.
Figure 12 describes an example of the offset generator according to some embodiments. The skew that chart 1200 is described includes dynamic range determiner 1240 and optional amplifier 1242, and it can be arranged on or offset generator 1239 is not to detect bio-impedance Correlative Signal Generator 1239, and bioimpedance signal is usually " small-signal; " it is to say, these signals have relatively small amplitude, it is possible to by changing distortion in impedance, the coupling between electrode and skin is destroyed. Offset generator 1239 can be configured to determine that and be and motion sensor signal (" M ") 1260, the amount of the motion that such as accelerometer signal is associated, and adjusting the dynamic range of the operation of amplifier 1242, it can be that an operational amplifier is configured to front-end amplifier. In addition, skew generates 1239 and can also be optionally configured to receive sensor signal (" S ") 1262 and relevant data (" CD ") 1264, any one or both can be used to determine the first dynamic range whether revising amplifier 1242, if it is, modify predetermined extent with dynamic range therein. In some cases, the dynamic range in which kind of degree should by deviant specified modification. As indicated, amplifier 1242 is configured to generate the shifted sensor signal 1244 being conditioned or being otherwise suitable for avoid or reduce slicing.
Figure 13 is a flow chart, for the sensor signal decomposed, to form the flow chart depicted example of independent signal, according to some embodiments. Stream 1300 can realize in the mode that the many different technology of various uses are different. In some instances, stream 1300 and its element can be realized by parts described here or the one or more of element, according to various embodiments. In examples below, although being not intended to restriction, the analysis aspect in stream 1300, for extracting physiological property signal description according to one or more technology performing independent component analysis (" ICA "). 1302, sensor signal is received, and selected at the signal of the motion sensor of 1304. As test experimenter, or user, it is wear wearable device and is movable physically, the bioimpedance signal then received can include two signals: sensor signal 1), including one or more physiological signals, such as heart rate, breathing rate, and Mayer wave, with 2) move relevant artificial signal. In addition, one or more physiological signals and motion sensor signal (or the relevant artificial signal that moves) can be correlated with at the present embodiment 1306, and a physiological signal is assumed the statistical iteration (or close to statistically independent) of a motion sensor signal or relevant historical relic. In some instances, stream 1300 offer is transformed into additivity for separating multivariate signal or subtracts the basis of sub-component, and between non-gaussian source signal, one supposes that mutual statistical is independent. Estimate physiologically sample component and can maximize based on such as Minimum mutual information with the statistical independence of the relevant artifact signals component that moves, and maximize the non-gaussian of source signal.
Further in stream 1300, it is considered to two statistical iteration noun Gaussian source signal S1 and S2, and two point of observation O1And O2. In some instances, point of observation O1(t) and O2The sample of t time index that () is associated from identical sensor with the sample of observation respectively, in different positions. Such as, O1(t) and 02(t) from the first bio-impedance sensor (or electrode) with from the second bio-impedance sensor (or electrode), the sample observed can be represented respectively. In other example, O1(t) and O2The expression of (t) can respectively from a first sensor, such as bio-impedance sensor, with from the second sensor, such as accelerometer, it was observed that sample. 1308, with one or more at two point of observation O1And O2Carry out the data that pretreatment is associated. Such as, the data for observation station can be concentrated, and brightens, and/or reduces in size, it is characterised in that pretreatment can reduce the complexity determining described source signal and/or reduce the number of parameter or the coefficient to estimate. Centering process example include: the meaning deducting data from sample is translated around core sample. One example of whitening is Eigenvalues Decomposition. In some embodiments, pretreatment may differ from 1308 or is similar to, as described herein, at least in some cases, and the dependency of data.
Observation station O1(t) and O2T () can be expressed as:
O1(t)=a11S1+a12S2 (equation 1)
O2(t)=a21S1+a22S2 (equation 2)
Wherein O=AxS, the matrix of representative, and a11, a12, a21, and a22Represent parameter (or coefficient), it is possible to estimate. 1310, above-mentioned equation 1 and 2 may be used to determine whether assembly, is used for producing the source signal of two (2) statistics independences, thus A and S can be extracted from O. In certain embodiments, A and S can be iterated extraction, the error rate specified based on user and/or maximum iteration time, except other business. Additionally, coefficient a11, a12, a21And a22Can revise, for instance, one or more coefficients of physiological property and biotic component are arranged at or close to zero, generally do not include physiological signal such as accelerometer's signals. In at least one embodiment, the parameter estimator 1144 of Figure 11 can be configured to determine that estimation coefficient.
Matrix in some instances can be based on the coefficient of estimation and constitute, and at least some coefficient 1310 is configured to the decay value for the physiological signal component of motion sensor signal. One example of this matrix is a hybrid matrix. Additionally, coefficient matrix can reverse, to form an inverted hybrid matrix (such as, to form " going a mixing " matrix). The anti-phase hybrid matrix of coefficient can be applied (such as, iteration), to observe sample point O1 (t) and O2 (t), with Restorer varieties signal, such as the physiological property signal recovered and a motor message recovered (such as is recovered the artifact signals that motion is relevant). In at least one embodiment, the separator-filter 1146 of Figure 11 is configurable to the sample that an inverse matrix is applied to the motor message component of described physiological signal component, and determine the physiological property signal reclaimed, and the motor message (such as, a muscular movement signal reclaimed) that will reclaim. Noting, the various described functions of stream 1300 can structure one or more implementing or being distributed in 1 description described in this paper. Note, that is, when stream 1300 by with prosecutor face in the above-described embodiments described in, stream 1300 can use various technology and structure to realize, and is both not intended to be also not necessarily limited to use ICA's in various embodiments. Other signal separating methods also can be implemented, according to various embodiments.
Figure 14 A to 14D describes for the various signal of physiological property signal extraction, according to various embodiments. Figure 14 A illustrates and receives, for instance, bioimpedance signal, amplitude therein is about 20 in the sensor signal of some sample changed. In this example, it is possible to use checking window heart rate extract, thus sensor signal down-sampled by, for instance, 100 times (that is, sensor signal is sampled, for instance, 15.63 hertz). Also illustrate that in the drawings. Figure 14 A is an optional window 1402, and for indicating in the checking window of Fig. 1, data are considered as effective, by measuring, for instance, the validator 1143 of the window of Figure 11. Return to Figure 14 A to 14C, Figure 14 B and first logistics for the first axle of accelerometer data is shown. Figure 14 C and Figure 14 D describes the second axis of a second data stream of accelerometer data and the 3rd stream for the 3rd axis of accelerometer data, respectively. Figure. Figure 14 A to 14C is used to describe many examples and the embodiment of only minority.
When Figure 15 describes to reclaim signal, according to some embodiments. Chart 1500 depicts the amplitude of the various signals more than 160 samples. Signal 1502 represents the amplitude of the signal of our sensor, and the amplitude of the accelerometer signal that signal 1504 represents. Signal 1506,1508 and 1510 represents the first acceleration signal; Second accelerometer signal and the 3rd accelerometer signal, amplitude respectively.
Figure 16 describes the physiological signal extracted, according to various embodiments. The size that chart 1600 is described uses the first accelerometer stream as the physiological property signal extracted in selected accelerometer stream, in units of volt. For this example, the analysis of the data that fast fourier transform (" FFT ") is shown in figure. Figure 16 produces to be estimated as a heart rate, for instance, 77.6274bpm.
Figure 17 illustrates and is arranged in wearable device at the exemplary calculating platform according to various embodiments. In some instances, calculate platform 1700 and can be used to realize computer program, apply, method, process, algorithm, or other software performs above-mentioned technology, and can include as set forth similar structure and/or function at Fig. 8. But in the example illustrated, system storage 806 can include the various modules realizing the executable instruction of function described here. In the example illustrated, the motion artifacts that system storage 806 includes being configured to determine the physiologic information of the user of the wearable device worn with this reduces unit module 1758. Motion artifacts reduces unit module 1758 can include a stream selector module 1760, one data correlation module 1762, one coefficient estimator module 1764, with a mixing inverse filter module 1766, any of can be configured to supply one or more function as herein described.
Figure 18 describes to be configured to receive the physiological status determiner that sensing data originates, for instance, in the distal part of a limb, according to some embodiments. As shown in the figure, Figure 180 0 depicts a physiologic information generator 1810 and physiological status determiner 1812, wherein, at least in an example shown, be configured to set or from receive signal, user 1802 distal part 1804 in certain embodiments, physiologic information generate 1810 and physiological status determiner 1812 be arranged on a wearable device (not shown). It is configured to from one or more biosensors and one or more motion sensor, and other kinds of sensor receives the physiologic information generator 1810 of signal and/or data. In an example shown, physiologic information generator 1810 is configured to receive a raw sensor signal 1842, and it can be similar or be substantially similar to other raw sensor signals described herein. Physiologic information generator 1810 is additionally configured to receive other sensor signal, including temperature (" temperature ") 1840, skin conductivity (is described as GSR data signal 1847), pulse wave, heating rate (e.g., heartbeat is per minute), breathing rate, heart variability, and it is configured to include physiologic information or other sensing signal any of any out of Memory of the physiological function about a people. Other sensor, for instance can with described in U.S. On the April 23 of patent application 13/454040 application, 2012, it was incorporated herein by. Physiologic information generator 1810 is additionally configured to from one or more motion sensors (multiple), for instance accelerometer receives motion (" MOT ") signal data 1844. It should be noted that raw sensor signal 1842 can be the signal of telecommunication, such as bioimpedance signal, or acoustical signal, or the signal of any other type. According to some embodiments, physiologic information generator 1810 is configured to from a raw sensor signal 1842 such as, heart rate (" HR ") signal and/or heart variation (" HRV ") signal 1845 and breathing rate extract physiological signal (" RESP ") 1846 can such as determine, motion artifacts reduce unit (not shown). Physiologic information generates 1810 signals of physiological features being configured to transmit detection or the signal obtaining physiological feature in some instances that used by physiological status determiner 1812 (such as, signal from detecting), physiological feature signal can include muscle (such as middle electric pulse, as proved, in some cases, by myoelectricity (" electromyogram "), with the amount based on the signal of telecommunication that is static by myocyte or that shrink and produce determined whether there is and/or move.
As shown in the figure, the state-estimator 1812 of live body includes sleep manager 1814, one abnormality manager 1816, it is configured to receive the signal of various physiological feature with the physiological status determiner 1812 of an affective state manager 1818, and determine the physiological status of a user, such as user 1802. physiological status includes, but not limited to sleep, and awakening, from the deviation (i.e. an abnormality) of the physiological status of specification, the state of affective state (that is, emotion, sensation, emotion etc.). sleep manager 1814 is arranged to detection Sleep stages as physiological status, and the stage of sleep, including REM sleep and non REM sleep, including as shallow sleep and deep sleep. sleep manager 1814 is additionally configured to the outbreak of prediction or becomes or between the different phase slept, even if this change is the imperceptible sleep manager 1814 to user 1802 is able to detect that user 1802 is converted to sleep state from wakefulness, and such as, the vibratory response that can produce is (such as, by vibration produce) or any other alarmed user 1802 sleep manager 1814 can also predict that a sleep stage transition to any alarmed user 1802 or disables such alarm, if, such as, this alarm is report to the police (namely wakeup time is reported to the police), state consistency with REM sleep. when being occurred by the alarm postponed, user 1802 has been allowed to the state of REM sleep, to guarantee or to improve sleep quality. such alarm can assist user 1802, to avoid in critical activity, enters sleep state as driven from wakefulness.
Abnormality manager 1860 is configured to detect a deviation in the reaction from the general physiological status of specification, for instance, to various stimulations, as, when nervous, damaged, disease, disease, disadvantage, the performance of a kind of disease, and analog. Abnormality manager 1860 can be configured to determine that one is trembled, for instance, it is possible to it is the existence of a kind of performance of disease or disease. Such trembling may indicate that diabetes are trembled, and epilepsy is trembled, and one trembles due to parkinson, or the like. In some embodiments, abnormality manager 1860 is arranged to tremble relevant disadvantage or user 1802 perception before or other of detection and recognizes the outbreak of such situation of trembling. Therefore, abnormal state supervisor 1860 can be predicted can by remedying, for instance, medicine and may remind the user that 1802 to the morbidity of the imminent disease trembled. User 1802 intensity of trembling of Drug therapy then can be taked to increase before (for example, it may be possible to can weaken or the intensity of incapabitated user 1802). Additionally, anomic manager 1860 can be configured, to determine whether the physiological status of user 1802, it is the state of a kind of misery, the wherein misery of user 1802 experience. In determining a pain status, wearable device (not shown) can be configured to via wireless communications path to send the existence third party of pain, resolves with the agonizing state reminding other people.
Affective state manager 1818 is configured to use at least physiological sensor data as used herein to form affective state data representation, term " affective state " can refer to, at least in some embodiments, approximate affective state with the user 1802 of a kind of sensation, a kind of mood, and/or the emotional state of user. In some cases, affective state data can include data, it was predicted that the emotion of user 1802 or the user 1802 of estimation or approximate emotion concurrent or feel to have and/or in response to another person, environmental factors, environmental factors, and like alternately. In some embodiments, affective state manager 1818 is configured to determine that the level of intensity, based on the value that sensor is derived, and determine whether with a Negative Affect (such as the level of intensity, feel blue), or positive emotion (such as, the good mood that is associated). One example of affective state manager 1818 is an affective state predicting unit, and application number 61/705598 applying date as described in US provisional patent is JIUYUE in 2012 25, and it is incorporated herein by for all purposes. And affective state manager 1818 is configured to receive the signal of any amount of physiological feature, wherein, the affective state of the user 1802 determined, in that affective state manager 1818 can measure based on raw sensor signal 1842 use sense in some instances and/or derivative Mayer wave, the Mayer wave detected can be used to determine that heart variation (" HRV ") can contrast Mayer wave as heart variation. In addition, affective state manager 1818 can use, at least in some embodiments, affective state that HRV determines or the emotional state of user 1802, HRV is likely to relevant to the affective state of user 1802 note, although physiologic information generate 1810 and physiological status determinant 1812 above with reference to distal portions 1804, one or more element may be provided at, or receive from it, the signal of proximal part 1806, according to some embodiments.
Figure 19 illustrates sleep manager, according to some embodiments. As it can be seen, Figure 19 describe include one sleep predictor 1914, sleep manager 1912 is configured to determine the sleep of physiological status, as sleep state or wherein user be the sleep manager 912 of an awake wakefulness. Sleep manager 1912 is configured to receive the signal of physiological feature, such as represent breathing rate data (" RESP ") 1901, heart rate (" HR ") 1903 (or heart variability, heart rate variability), the data 1905 that motion is relevant, the skin conductivity (" GSR ") 1907 such as optional with other physiological datas and optional temperature (" temperature ") 1909, etc. As Figure 194 0, one people, by the time 1951 between sleep onset time 1950 and sleep end time 1952, one or more sleep cycles has a motion being generally reduced, as a people from waking state 1942 by entering the stage of sleep, as entered shallow dormancy 1946 in period 1954. In the instruction " hypnic tic " of persistent movement or involuntary muscle twitches motor process, the shallow people sleeping state 1946 would generally occur subsequently into deep sleep 1948; wherein; one people has minimizing heart rate and body temperature; either with or without the motion of voluntary muscle, to confirm or to set up a user to be in deep sleep. Generally speaking, shallow sleep state and deep sleep, be nonrapid eye movements,sleep state. Continue Figure 194 0, heavy sleeper in period 1953 subsequently into the movable rapid-eye-movement sleep (REM sleep) state 1944 of a muscle.
According to some embodiments, sleep manager 1912 is configured to determine that the stage slept at least based on described heart rate and breathing rate. Such as, sleep manager 1912 can determine that the regularity of heart rate and breathing rate, to determine that this people is in non REM sleep state, and, thus, it is possible to the stage signal producing instruction sleep is a non REM sleep state, such as shallow sleep or deep sleep. At shallow sleep and deep sleep, the breathing rate of a heart rate and/or user can be described as regularly or not significant difference. Therefore, the regularity of heart rate and/or breathing rate may be used to determine the physiologic sleep state of user. Heart rate and/or the regularity of breathing rate in some instances can include the change of any heart rate or breathing rate less than 5%. In other cases, the regularity of heart rate and/or breathing rate can be changed up to 15% by any amount. These percentage ratios are only examples, and are not intended to limit, and the tolerance that it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that carry out conventional cardiac speed and breathing rate can based on the feature of user, such as age, body-building, the level of sex etc. Sleep manager 1912 can use exercise data 1905, and to confirm whether user is in sleeping state or the motion of detection indicatrix, such as a part for motion, this shows involuntary muscle twitches deep sleep.
As another example, sleep manager 1912 can determine that the scrambling (or variability) of heart rate and breathing rate, to determine that this people is a REM sleep state, and, thus, it is possible to the stage signal producing instruction sleep is REM sleep state. At REM sleep, the breathing rate of a heart rate and/or user can be described as irregular or has enough variations, to determine that this user is REM sleep. Therefore, the transmutability of heart rate and/or breathing rate can be used for determining the physiologic sleep state of user. Heart rate and/or the scrambling of breathing rate in some instances can include any heart rate or breathing rate and vary more than 5%. In other cases, the transmutability of heart rate and/or breathing rate can change to 15% by any amount from 10%. These percentage ratios are only examples, and are not intended to limit, and the variable heart rate of tolerance that it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that and breathing rate can based on the feature of user, such as age, horizontal body-building, sex etc. Sleep manager 1912 can use exercise data 1905, and to confirm whether user is in REM sleep state, by detecting the motion of indicatrix, for instance a part for motion, it includes negligible, with not motion.
Sleep manager 1912 is shown as including sleep predictor 1914, and it is configured to the outbreak of prediction or becomes or between the different phase slept. User's possibly cannot this change between perception sleep state, be such as transitioned into sleep state from waking state. Sleep predictor 1914 is able to detect that this is converted to sleep state from a wakefulness, as being depicted as transition 1930, transition 1930 can be passed through based on the conversion from heart rate irregular time clear-headed and breathing rate, determines sleep period breathing rate in early days with more regular heart rate and sleep predictor 1940. It addition, the amount of the motion reduced can also represent transition 1930 in certain embodiments, exercise data 1905 includes a speed or speed, the speed that a user is traveling at, such as automobile. Namely will transition to sleep state from wakefulness in detection, sleep predictor 1914 generates alarm signal, such as vibrates enabling signal, configures and conveys to user he or she is about to sleep producing vibration (or other any responses). Therefore, if user drives, it was predicted that 914 times, keeping waking state, during this period, user can avoid falling asleep. Sleep prediction 1914 may be configured to also to detect changes 1932 to deep sleep and transition 1934 deep sleep to rapid-eye-movement sleep (REM sleep) state from sleeping state. In some embodiments, transition 1932 can pass through the change detected in the stage 1934, determines, in transition 1934 additionally from the process of canonical variable heart rate or breathing rate REM, when transition 1934 can be illustrated by the reduction of sports level, to about zero sleep state. Additionally, sleep prediction 1914 can be configured to prediction sleep stage transition to disabling alarm, as wakeup time is reported to the police, with the state consistency of REM sleep. When being occurred by the alarm postponed, user has been allowed to the state of REM sleep, to improve sleep quality.
Figure 20 A illustrates wearable device, including skin-surface microphone (" SSM "), in various configurations, according to some embodiments. according to various embodiments, the mike (" SSM ") of skin surface can be cooperated to realize and (or together with), for one or more electrodes of bio-impedance sensor, as described herein. in some cases, the mike (" SSM ") of skin surface can substitute for realizing for bio-electrical impedance sensor electrode. chart 2000 in Figure 20. illustrating wearable device 2001, it has outer surface 2002 and inner surface 2004. in some embodiments, wearable device 2001 includes being configured to the sensor 2010a of location, and (a housing 2003 such as SSM includes, such as, one piezoelectric transducer or any other suitable sensor), to receive acoustical signal from tissue, as skin surface 2005 such as figure originates, this sensor of surface 2004 of the expose portion that can form outer wear-resistant housing 2003 at least partially of sensor 2010a can be configured to contact skin 2005. in certain embodiments, sensor is (such as, SSM) position 2010b can be arranged on from inner surface 2004 material, one distance (" D ") 2022, such as sealant, may be used for forming wearable shell 2003, element with minimizing or the environment eliminating the wearable device 2001 being externally exposed. in some embodiments, a part for sealant or any other material can be arranged or be otherwise formed in region 2010a, with the propagation of convenient acoustical signal to piezoelectric transducer. material and/or sealant can have the value of acoustic impedance of coupling or the substantially acoustic impedance of coupling tissue and/or skin. when the value of the acoustic impedance of material and/or sealant can be described as being substantially similar to tissue and/or skin, the acoustic impedance of material and/or the sealant change human tissue less than 60% or skin according to some embodiments.
The impedance with acoustic impedance match or substantially match that tissue can have in the scope of value of acoustic impedance, including the example of 1.5x106Paxs/ rice (such as, an approximate acoustic impedance of skin) material. In some instances, the impedance of the coupling or substantially match that tissue with the acoustic impedance of material can provide 1.0x106Paxs/m and 1.0x107Paxs/ rice between a scope. Noting, other value of acoustic impedance can be implemented to form the part of or housing 2003. In some instances, this material and/or sealant can be formed include the dielectric gel of at least one silicon gel, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) (TPE), and rubber compound, but it is not limited to this. As an example, housing can use the TPE product of Kraiburg company to be formed. As another example, shell can useSilica gel product is formed. It is used as other material. In certain embodiments, sleep manager 1912 detects and perspires period REM sleep state via skin conductivity increase, and determines that this user is having a dream, and thus produces a signal and stores such event or produce other effect.
Further to Figure 20 A, wearable device 2001 also includes a physiological status determiner 2024, manager 1912, vibrational energy source 2028, and a transceiver 2026, can be configured to receive the physiological status determiner 2024 of signal, originate be no matter from sensor 2010a or sensor as acoustical signal at the material level 2010b matched by acoustic impedance. Dormant condition detected (such as, sleep state is changed), sleep manager 1912 can be configured to condition and be communicated to physiological status determiner 2024, this is in turn, generate a notification signal as vibrating activating signal, so that vibrational energy source 2028 is (such as, mechanical motor is as vibrator), to give vibration to a user by housing 2003, in response to described vibrating activating signal, with the existence (such as, being converted to sleep state from a wakefulness) that the sleep of instruction is conditions associated. According to some embodiments, sleep manager 1912 can generate the vibrational energy source 2028 waking enable/configuration up to enable or disable, and the ability to produce an alarm signal forbids signal 2013. Such as, if sleep manager 1912 determines that user is a REM sleep state, sleep manager 1912 produces one and wakes up and forbid signal 2013, to prevent vibrational energy source 2228 from waking user up. But, if sleep manager 1912 determines that user is waking the non REM sleep state that time of fire alarming overlaps up with one, or have shortly after that, generation is enabled signal 2013 by sleep manager 1912, to allow vibrational energy source 2028 to wake user up. In some cases, wake permission signal up and forbid that signal can be identical signal with clear-headed, but in different states. It is configured to send signal 2019 as via notification signal additionally, wearable device 2001 can include a transceiver 2026 alternatively, for instance, RF communication signal path. In some instances, transceiver 2026 can be configured to send signal 2019, to include from sensor 2010 reception, the representative of the data of the acoustic signal in such as SSM.
The physiological property of Figure 20 B description and parameter value, it is possible to identify a dormant example, according to some embodiments. Figure 20 50 illustrates and includes data, for determining the data arrangement 2060 of sleeping state, a data arrangement 2062, it includes data, is used for determining deep sleep and data arrangement 2064, and it includes data, for determining REM sleep state, according to various embodiments. Also illustrate that in the drawings. 20B, sleep manager 1912 and sleep predictor 1914 can use data placement 2060,2062 and 2064, to determine the different Sleep stages of this user. As shown in, one or more physiological features that each sleep state can be defined, such as heart rate, heart rate variability, pulse wave, breathing rate, the scope of motion, the motion of type, skin conductivity, temperature, and any other physiological property or information. Each physiological property it is associated as it can be seen, can include the value that one or more and described physiologic characteristic is associated with a parameter area. Such as, if the user of heart rate falls in scope H1-H2, as diagram data arranges 2064, sleep manager can determine whether user is use this information at REM sleep. In some cases, parameter value, set forth scope, perhaps based on the feature of user, such as age, health level, sex etc. In one example, sleep manager 1912 operates the various values of physiological feature to analyze and calculates best fit and determine described parameter value, to determine the corresponding sleep state of this user. Physiological property and parameter value, and data placement 2062 to 64 years is only an example, it is no intended to limit.
Figure 21 illustrates abnormal state supervisor 2102, according to some embodiments. Figure 21 00 depicts abnormal state supervisor 2102 and includes the determiner 2110 that trembles, pain/stress analysis instrument 2114 and disadvantage determiner 2112. anomic manager 2102 receive sensing data 2104 and are configured to detect a deviation one user response from the general physiological status of specification, for instance, to various stimulations, as when nervous, damage, disease, disease, disadvantage, a kind of performance of disease, the symptom of disease, and analog. Also illustrate that at Figure 21 00 and managed 2102 by abnormality, including movable information storage vault 2130, user's characteristic information storehouse access library 2140 and pain configuration file thesaurus 2144 movable information storehouse 2130 include information data 2132, it includes data and defines and be configured to restriction and tremble, or a part, its motion with coherent detection. User's characteristic information storehouse 2140 includes and user-dependent data 2142, describes user, for instance, at the age of term, health level, sex, disease, disease, disease, disadvantage, and it would furthermore be possible to any further feature user of the judgement of the physiological status of impact. Pain section bar 2144 includes data 2146, it is possible to whether definition user is in agonizing state. In certain embodiments, data 2146 are to include physiological property to be similar to the data arrangement shown in Figure 20 B. Such as, the physiology sign of pain can include, for instance, increase breathing rate, increase a breathing cycle (such as, deeper suction and exhalation), change and/or variant is at blood pressure, change and/or length change heart rate, increase and perspire (such as, the skin conductivity of increase), add muscle tone (such as, as determined the electric pulse of instruction increase by physiological property or by muscle, etc.). Based on such physiological property, pain/stress analysis instrument 2114 may be configured to the misery that detection user is experiencing, and pain is in some cases, level. In addition, pain/stress analysis instrument 2114 may be configured to send the data 2118 representing pain status information to communication module, for by wearable device 2170 or other move equipment 2180 and send (or any via communication path 2182 (such as, other entity in wireless communications path and/or network or computing equipment)) to the information that third-party pain status is relevant.
The determiner 2110 that trembles is configured to determine that one is trembled, for instance, it is possible to it is the existence of a kind of performance of disease or disease. As discussed, such trembling may indicate that diabetes are trembled, and epilepsy is trembled, due to the parkinson that trembles, or the like. In some embodiments, the determiner 2110 that trembles is configured to detect the user's perception trembling relevant or other recognize the outbreak of the disadvantage before such trembling or disease. Specifically, the distal portions wearable device being arranged on a limb can be it is more likely that at least in some cases, is arranged on proximal part to compare when more easily detecting and tremble.
Therefore, abnormal state supervisor 2102 can be predicted can by remedying, for instance, medicine and may remind the user that is about to the morbidity of the disease trembled. In some cases, it is determined that device disadvantage 2112 is configured to receive and represents that one is trembled and data 2142 represent the data of user personality, and also is configured to determine that described disadvantage puzzlement user. Such as, if data 2142 indicate user to be diabetics, it is likely to show relevant the trembling of diabetes from the data 2110 of trembling judging to receive of trembling. Therefore, disadvantage determiner 2112 can be configured to produce, for instance, the blood glucose amount of user is reduced to and is caused this diabetes to tremble the alarm of low level amount. Alarm may be configured to prompting user and obtains the imminent abnormal physiology of the user that medicine is treated. In another example, the disadvantage in determiner 2110 of trembling judges that 2112 cooperations are trembled with epilepsy determining that this user is experiencing, and generate alarm, so that user or take medicine or stop being bonded on a crucial activity, as driven, before tremble become worse (that is, be likely to infringement or paralysis user intensity). Tremble and corresponding disadvantage in detection, such the trembling of data representation that abnormality manager 2102 sends arrives wearable device 2170 or mobile computing device 2180 via communication module existence 2118, this sends 2182 to third party or any other entity via network in turn. In some instances, abnormality manager 2102 be configured to from due to nervous and or motion and/or the shake of damage distinguish disadvantage associated tremor.
Figure 22 illustrates that affective state manager is configured to receive the sensing data derived from bioimpedance signal, according to some embodiments. Figure 22 illustrates the basis for assessing user, for instance the exemplary affective state manager 2220 of the affective state of the data obtained from wearable calculation element, according to some embodiments. Figure 22 00 illustrates and includes in a wearable device 2210, and user 2202, and thus user 2202 experiences the stimulation of one or more types, thus it is possible to vary user 2202, physiological status, for instance the emotional state of the heart. In some embodiments, wearable device 2210 is wearable computing equipment 2210A, and it includes one or more sensor, to detect user, and environment, and from/interact the otherwise attribute with the response stimulated.
Affective state manager 2220 is shown as including a physiological status analyzer 2222, one pressure source analyzer 2224, module 2223 is formed according to some embodiments with an emotion, physiological status analyzer 2222 is configured to receive and analyze described sensing data, such as bio-impedance based sensor data 2211, the affective state of the user 2202 calculated. The value that the sensor of intensity in some embodiments is derived represents, and the value that sensor is derived can represent the cluster set (such as, a cluster set sensor data values assembled) of sensing data. In some instances, the aggregate value of sensing data can pass through obtain, first, distribution one weight each sensing by with one or more physiological features, for instance those are in the value (such as, parameter value) of Figure 20 sensor being associated. And, second, collect each weight, to form the value assembled. Affective state manager 2220 can also receive the manager (not shown) that the data 2114 relevant to activity are correlated with from multiple activities. One or more movable relevant manager (not shown) can be configured to receive the movable supplemental characteristic representing relevant with the movement of one or more motions or user, and keeps representing one or more activity spectrum data. Movable relevant parameter Expressive Features, the attribute of key element or action or user's engaging wherein, and can set up from sensing data or derivative based on calculating motion. The example of parameter include motor performance, such as a step, stride, swimming stroke, racing boat apoplexy, bicycle pedal stroke, and analog, this depends on the activity that user is participating in. As used herein, athletic performance be motion a unit (such as, one is essentially repeated motion) arbitrary single activity of representing or active subset, and can be detected, such as, be configured to one or more accelerometer and/or logic determines the activity of a concrete action behavior composition.
According in some embodiments, the management relevant to activity can include nutritional care device, sleep manager, one active manager, the active manager of sitting, and analog, the example can find in U.S. Patent Application No. 13/433204, applies for the attorney docket ALI-013CIP1 on March 28th, 2012; U.S. Patent Application No. is 13/433208, submits the attorney docket ALI-013CIP2 on March 28th, 2012 to. Number of patent application 13/433208, submits the attorney No.ALI-013CIP3 on March 28th, 2012 to; U.S. Patent Application No. 13/454040, on April 23 2012 applying date, has attorney docket ALI-013CIP1CIP1 in 2012. Number of patent application 13/627997, the applying date is JIUYUE in 2012 26, attorney docket ALI-100; All these in this case all purposes be expressly incorporated herein by reference.
In some embodiments, stress be configured to receive the data 2114 relevant to activity by analyzer 2224, to determine that the mark of pressure is the positive affective state of balance, the substitute is the affective state of passiveness. Such as, if the data relevant to activity 2114 represent that user 402 seldom sleeps, it is simply that be hungry, far distance of just having passed by, then user 2202 is and compares and tend to irritability or the negative framework (thus " feel blue) at me. Additionally, user 2202 is likely to be susceptible to suffer from negative stimulation, undesirable stress or undesirable irritant reaction particularly can be considered. Therefore, the relevant data 2114 of such activity can be used to determine whether the intensity that the state analyzer 2222 from live body obtains is negative or positive, as shown in the figure.
Perception formed module 2223 be configured to receive from physiological status analyzer 2222 and stress the emotion predicted of analyzer 2224 data, wherein user 2202 just experiences (such as, as the affective state of a plus or minus). Affective state manager 2220 can pass through network (multiple) affective state data 2230 and be sent to third party, and another people (or computing equipment body), or any other entity, such as emotional feedback. Noting, in some embodiments, the state analyzer 2222 of live body is just enough to determine affective state data 2230. In other embodiments, stress analysis instrument 2224 is to be enough to determine affective state data 2230. In various embodiments, physiological status analyzer 2222 and stress analyzer 2224 may be used for combination or with other data or function, to determine affective state data 2230.
As it can be seen, the value 2290 that the sensor assembled is derived can be indicated the level of intensity to produce by physiological status analyzer 2222. Stress be configured to determine in the scope whether level of intensity is the interior of a scope Negative Affect or a scope positive emotion by analyzer 2224. Such as, it is similar or approximate that the intensity 2240 at a series of Negative Affect can represent an emotional state, painful, and within the scope of one the intensity 2242 of positive emotion can to represent an emotional state similar or approximate, happiness. As another example, it is similar or approximate that the intensity 2244 at a scope Negative Affect can represent an emotional state, depression/sadness, and in the scope of intensity 2246 positive emotion can to represent an emotional state similar or approximate, lax. It is configured to send this information describes the prediction emotion of user as affective state data 230 as it can be seen, intensity 2240 and 2242 is greater than intensity 2244 and 2246 emotive meaning preparation module 2223. One example of affective state manager 2220 is described affective state 2012 temporary patent application US61/705598 applyings date of predicting unit JIUYUE of working as 25, it is incorporated herein by for all purposes.
Figure 23 illustrates and is arranged in wearable device at the exemplary calculating platform according to various embodiments. In some instances, calculate platform 2300 and can be used to realize computer program, apply, method, process, algorithm, or other software performs above-mentioned technology, and can include as set forth similar structure and/or function at Fig. 8. But in the example illustrated, system storage 806 can include the various modules realizing the executable instruction of function described here. In the example illustrated, system storage 806 includes the physiologic information generator 2358 being configured to determine user's physiologic information of the wearable device worn with this, and the physiological status determiner 2359 of a physiological status determiner 2359 can include sleep manager module 2360, abnormality management module 2362, with an affective state manager module 2364, any of can be configured to supply one or more function as herein described.
In at least some embodiments, the structure of any features described above and/or function can at softwares, hardware, firmware, and circuit or their combination realize. Note, said structure and element, and their function, it is possible to other structures one or more or what element was assembled. Alternatively, element and their function can be subdivided into composition daughter element, if any. As software, above-mentioned technology can use various types of programming or formatted language, framework, syntax, application program, agreement, object, or technology to realize. For hardware and/or firmware, above-mentioned technology can use various types of programming or integrated circuit design language, including hardware description language, than as such arranged to any register transfer language (" RTL ") of design field programmable gate array realizes (" FPGAs "), special IC (" ASICs "), or the integrated circuit of any other type. According to some embodiments, term " module " can refer to, for instance, at arbitrary hardware circuit or software, or the algorithm realized in its combination or one part, and/or logic. These can change and be not limited to the example or the explanation that provide.
Figure 24 A-24B illustrates example combinations speaker and the light supply apparatus using optical receptacle to power. Here, equipment 2400 includes shell 2402, parabola 2404, detent mechanism 2406, optical receptacle adapter 2408, passive radiation 2410 to 2412, light source 2414, circuit board (PCB) 2416, speaker 2418, header board 2420, backboard 2422 and optical diffuser 2424, in some instances, equipment 2400 may be implemented as speaker and the light source (hereinafter referred to as " speaker electro-optical device ") of combination, including a controllable light source (that is, light source 2414) and a speaker system (that is, speaker 2418). In some instances, light source 2414 can be configured to supply adjustable and controllable light, and including opening or closing state, the color of change, brightness, and the pattern of irradiance, without restriction. In some instances, light source 2414 can be used in the controller of data communication or control interface (not shown) and be furnished with light source 2414 (namely using the communication equipment of upper 2416 realizations of PCB), uses wired or wireless network (such as, power line controls standard (such as, G.hn, HomePlugAV, HomePlugAV2, IEEE1901 etc.), Ethernet, WiFi (such as, the a/b/g/n of 802.11/exchange, or similar), bluetooth etc.). In some instances, light source 2414 can use one or more light emitting diode (LED), is coupled to printed circuit board (PCB) 2416. Such as, light source 2414 can include the LED (be implemented such as, red, green, blue, white wait) of different colours, and it can be used alone or combine use, to produce the broad spectrum activity of colourama, and various tone. Each LED, or the light emitting diode arranged, it is possible to independently controlled, to produce various pattern. In other example, light source 2414 can use different types of light source to realize (such as, electric filament lamp, light-emitting electrochemical cell, halogen, compact fluorescent lamp, or similar). In some instances, printed circuit board (PCB) 2416 may be mounted to back plate 2422, it is coupled to a driver (not shown) to speaker 2418, to provide a fin, combined in certain embodiments for light source 2414 or otherwise, printed circuit board (PCB) 2416 can provide a control signal to light source 2414, for instance, to open and close light source 2414, or control and light source 2414 are (such as, amount, amplitude, brightness, color, quality, light, or similar) the various characteristics that are associated. In some instances, printed circuit board (PCB) 2416 can be configured to realize one or more control module or system (such as, mechanism module 2620 and noise cancellation module 2604 are in fig. 26, motion analysis system 2764 and noise-removal system 2762 are in Figure 27 C, mechanism module 2810 and noise cancellation module 2812 are in the diagram, Deng), as described herein, the light characteristic that is associated control signal in some instances is exported with light to produce to be configured to pass light source 2414 change, light source 2414 can light towards parabola 2404, as shown in the figure. In some instances, parabola 2404 can be configured to directly from light source 2414 (that is, towards header board 2420 and optical diffuser 2424) before housing 2402, and it can be transparent. In some instances, parabola 2404 can be movably (such as, rotate, rotate, displacement, reorientate, or similar), use detent mechanism 2406, it is possible to manually or electronically, such as, the location enforcement body 2406 in the data communication of the circuit in remote controller is used.Such as, parabola 2404 can be moved to change the pattern that output illumination is penetrated. In some instances, parabola 2404 can be that acoustics is transparent, make housing 2402 additional volume (namely, around with outer parabola 2404) can provide for acoustics with passive radiating system and use (such as, including passive radiation 2410 to 2412, etc.).
In some instances, optical receptacle adapter 2408 can be configured to the light socket of coupling (such as, standard murexine, as indicated, bayonet socket, two-way friendship, double, two pins or the like) for power supply (that is, electric) equipment 2400. in some instances, optical receptacle adapter 2408 can be coupled to the opposition side on shell 2402, with optical diffuser 2424 and/or speaker in some instances 2418, shell 2402 can be configured to hold one or more parabola 2404, detent mechanism 2406, passive radiation 2410 is to 2412, light source 2414, printed circuit board (PCB) 2416, speaker 2418 and header board 2420 electronics (not shown), it is configured to support control, audio frequency plays back, light exports, and in the other side of device 2400, can be dress in Anywhere or shell 2402, such as at plate (such as, plate 2704 in Figure 27 A-27C. ) outside. in some instances, optical receptacle adapter 2408 can be configured to from a standard lamp or electric power connector socket receive electric power (such as, E26 or E27 spiral shell pattern, T12 or GU4 sells style, or similar), use any one or two AC and DC power. in some instances, equipment 2400 can also be connected with Ethernet and realizes.
In some instances, speaker 2418 can at center header board 2420, and it can be suspended by sealing. in some instances, header board 2420 can be transparent, and install or otherwise with one or more passive radiators. in some instances, speaker 2418 can be configured to be controlled (such as, to play audio frequency, tuning amount, or similar), use the data communication in a controller (not shown) remotely to use speaker 2418 to utilize wired or wireless network. in some instances, housing 2402 can acoustic seal, during to provide a resonator cavity with passive radiator 2410 to 2412 (or other passive radiation, for instance, be arranged on header board 2420 (not shown) and combine. in other instances, radiator within 2410 to 2412, can be disposed in different inner surface of housing 2402 than shown in acoustic seal shell 2402 with one or more passive radiators (such as, passive radiation 2410 to 2412) combination improve low-frequency audio signal reproduce, and optical diffuser 2424 can be that acoustics is transparent, thus the front end of housing 2402 that sound can project from speaker 2418 is by optical diffuser 2424 in certain embodiments, optical diffuser 2424 can be configured to waterproof (such as, use a sealing member, chemical waterproofing material, Deng). in some instances, optical diffuser 2424 can be configured to propagate light (namely, use parabolic mirror 2404) equably light exit housing 2402 and reflected in some instances by transparent front plate 2420, (namely optical diffuser 2424 can be configured as the transparent mode at frequency selectivity of acoustics, acoustics is transparent, or be designed as and do not interfere with sound wave, frequency in some selection), as additional sound chamber's volume (namely, form the front end of sound chamber's volume and housing 2402, limit by header board 2420, as passive radiator system, it includes housing 2402, radiator 2410 to 2412 years, with equipment 2400) the parts of other parts. in other example, quantity, type, function, structure, and show the configuration of the element that can change, and the example provided is provided.
At Figure 24 B, speaker electro-optical device 2450 may also include shell 2402, parabola 2404, detent mechanism 2406, optical receptacle adapter 2408, passive radiation 2410 to 2412 years, light source 2414, circuit board (PCB) 2416, speaker 2418, header board 2420, backboard 2422 and optical diffuser 2424, and the sensor of 2452 to 2458 years. in some instances, sensor 2454 can include optics or optical sensor (such as, infrared (IR), LED, luminosity, photoelectricity, photodetector, photodiode, photoelectricity, optic position sensor, optical fiber etc.), and can be arrange, place, coupling, or it is otherwise positioned within upper speaker 2418 or the relative side to light source 2414 of header board 2420, disperseed by parabola 2404 so that sensor 2454 is blocked from light source 2414, and described light without interference with sensor 2454 from the ability detecting light than the source outside light source 2414 in some instances, sensor can include one or more sonic transducer (such as to 2458 in 2456, mike, acoustic vibration sensor, the mike of skin surface, MEMS (MEMS) etc.), and can be arranged, place, coupling, or it is otherwise positioned within upper shell 2402 or the side of header board 2420, away from the direction of audio frequency output by speaker 2418, to minimize the sound being detected surrounding by the sensor of any interference of speaker 2418 Yu 2456 to 2458, exported by the audio frequency of described speaker 2418 beyond voice or sonic vibration. in some instances, one or more sensors 2452 to 2458 include other type of sensor (such as, chemistry (ability such as, CO2, O2, CO etc.), temperature, motion, etc.), as described herein. in other example, quantity, type, function, structure, and show the configuration of the element that can change, and the example provided is provided.
Figure 25 illustrates the combination loudspeaker for handling, and determines the example system using sensing data according to a physiological status light source. Here, system 2500 includes wearable device 2502, mobile device 2504, and the element that speaker light 2506 and controller 2508 are liked-numbered and name can describe shown in those other the description of the element of identical or basic simlarity. In some instances, wearable device 2502 can include sensor array 2502A, and physiological status determines body 2502b and communication equipment 2502c. As used herein, " facility " refers to any, some or all of feature and the structure being used to implement a given function. In some instances, communication equipment 2502c can be configured to communication (that is, exchange data) with miscellaneous equipment (such as, mobile device 2504, controller 2508, or similar), such as, short-range communication protocols (such as, bluetooth is used, ultra broadband, NFC, or the like) or longer field communication protocols is (such as, satellite, mobile broadband, global positioning system, wireless network etc.). In some instances, physiological status determine body 2502b can be configured to physiological status (relevant output data (i.e. status data, as described herein), for instance, sleep, awakening, the physiological status of a kind of specification, in the state of a deviation specification physiological status, affective state, or similar), its physiological status determines that body 2502b can be configurable to generate use and utilize the sensor array 2502A sensing data caught, as described herein. Such as, physiological status determines that body 2502b can be configurable to generate status data 2520 to 2522 years. In some instances, wearable device 2502 can be configured with communication equipment 2502c status data 2520 and be sent to mobile equipment 2504. In some instances, wearable device 2502 may be configured to use communication equipment 2502c to communicate status data 2522 and arrives controller 2508.
In some instances, mobile equipment 2504 can be configured to run application program 2510, it may be configured to receive and process status data 2520 to produce data 2516 in some instances, (namely data 2516 can include light data, the data of light characteristic, such as described this paper) the consistent status data provided by wearable device 2502 (such as, status data 2520 etc.) of relevant light pattern. such as, a wakeup time that is predetermined or that specify is represented at status data 2520, application 2510 can generate and implement speaker light 2506 in another example, wherein, status data 2520 represents under the relative photo data quiescent condition brightened gradually of sleep or light source, application program 2510 can generate the light data relevant to the light modulation of the light source realized in also having other example at speaker light 2506, can with a light pattern by applying light data produced by 2510, the level of light, or be associated, such as, according to an activity (such as, dance, sit quietly, take exercise, take a walk, sleep etc.) by status data 2520. pointed by some instances, (namely data 2516 can include voice data, audio characteristic data, as described herein) the consistent status data provided by wearable device 2502 (such as, status data 2520 etc.) of relevant audio frequency output. such as, application program 2510 can be configurable to generate and audio content (such as, the playlist play, audio file, including the sound of animal, audio file, including voice recording, or the like) and moving phase association (such as, the voice data being associated of dancing, sit in meditation, motion, walk, sleep, etc.) use in realize speaker speaker light 2506 time status data 2520 represent that activity has begun to or carries out. in another example, application program 2510 can be configurable to generate and adjust white noise or other environment noise (such as, improve sleep quality, alleviate a wakeup process, to mate mood or activity, or similar) output achieves a speaker by the voice data speaker light 2506 being associated, when status data 2520 represents similar physiological status. in other examples, application program 2510 can be implemented directly at controller 2508, for instance, use status data 2522, as about status data 2520 described herein. the data that same or analogous kind physiological status is relevant can be included in some instances, controller 2508 can be configured to produce one or more control signal, such as, the API2512 used, and send the one or more control signal to speaker light 2506 to adjust light source and/or speaker. such as, one or more control signals can be configured to make light source dimmed or brighten. in another example, one or more control signals can be configured to make described light source to show light pattern. in another example again, one or more control signals can be configured to make speaker to play audio content. in another example again, one or more control signals can be configured to make speaker playing environment noise. in other example, quantity, type, function, structure, and show the configuration of the element that can change, and the example provided is provided.
The combination loudspeaker of the example architecture shown in Figure 26 and light supply apparatus. here, combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus (i.e. speaker optical device) 2600 include bus 2602, remove noise module 2604, speaker 2606, internal memory 2608, logic 2610, sensor array 2612, photocontrol module 2614, light source 2616, communication equipment 2618, mechanism module 2620, the same with power module 2622, the element of numbering and name can describe shown in those other the description of the element of identical or basic simlarity. in some instances, sensor array 2612 can include one or more motion sensor (such as, accelerometer, gyro sensor, optical motion sensor is (such as, laser or the motion detector of LED used in optical mouse, as), magnet unit motion sensor is (such as, the magnetic field of detection, or change they for detecting motion), electromagnetic sensor, MEMS, Deng), chemical sensor is (such as, carbon dioxide (CO2), oxygen (O2), carbon monoxide (CO), airborne chemistry, toxin etc.), temperature sensor is (such as, thermometer, thermometer, infrared thermometer, resistance thermometer, heat flux sensor, Deng), humidity sensor, Passive Infrared Sensor, ultrasonic sensor, proximity transducer, pressure transducer, optical sensor and acoustic sensor, as described herein, etc.. in some instances, from speaker 2606 from sound (namely noise remove module 2604 can be configured to, acoustics) remove audio frequency output be used in sensor array 2612 such as acoustic sensor be captured, noise remove module 2604 can be configured to deduct described output from speaker 2606 from vocal input to sensor array 2612, with determine ambient sound room or around speaker electro-optical device 2600 in other examples in other environment, noise remove module 2604 can be configured to remove a different set of known noise (such as, permanent environment noise, the noise that frequency selects, the voice of environment noise separation or voice command etc.). in some instances, mechanism module 2620 can be configured to generate the exercise data using the sensing data caught by sensor array 2612, the mark of this exercise data instruction is (namely, by motion signature or motion fingerprint), or activity or gesture are (such as, fingerpoint, arm ripple, hands ripple, thumb etc.) by a people room carry out or around speaker electro-optical device 2600 with determine the moving phase association using sensing data technology other environment described in the U.S. Patent Application No. 13/433204 (attorney ALI-013CIP1) of CO-PENDING, March 28 2012 applying date, and with determine, personal with identifying, the technology that motion fingerprint or signature are associated is in the U.S. Patent Application No. 13/181 of CO-PENDING, 498 (attorney ALI-018), the applying date is on July 12nd, 2011, all these is herein incorporated by reference with it in full for all purposes. in some instances, mechanism module 2620 can also be configured to determine that a level, amount, or the type of sports in a room or environment, with the such information of cross reference and the data representing that a number personal device is generated by communications facility 2618, therefore many people, at described room or environment, to determine that the character of setting is (such as, society, private, use one people of single medium equipment, use two or more people of independent media device, one people uses multiple media device, one group uses single medium equipment, the rest of one people or sleep, adult and baby have a rest or sleep etc.) people.In some instances, described activity or gesture can cause speaker electro-optical device 2600, such as, based on being stored in memorizer 2608, file data 2608a is described (such as to change or to revise light characteristic, color, brightness, color is adjusted, pattern, amplitude, frequency etc.) by light source 2616 and/or audio frequency characteristics light export be associated (such as, relevant volume is exported to by loudspeaker audio, perceived loudness, amplitude, acoustic pressure, noise reduction, frequency selects, normalization, Deng) 2606 in some instances, light characteristic can utilize photocontrol module 2614, it can include an optical controller and a driver is modified. in other instances, describe file data 2608a can be associated with audio frequency characteristics by light characteristic, thus causing the direct control signal of photocontrol module 2614 (namely, optical control signal) can revise to light source 2616 to be output with light and be output by speaker 2606 by the light characteristic being associated for audio frequency, therefore relevant light output, audio frequency output is (light source 2616 such as, flash of light or zlasing mode are loud, high-tech music, or other fast paces, music is clapped with rhabdion and is coordinated output, dim, warm, stable light is slow, soft, and instrumental music coordinates output, etc.). in some instances, speaker 2606 may be implemented as speaker system, and including one or more basses, high pitch, other drives, passive or mixed radiation system, reflex port, and analog. in other example, quantity, type, function, structure, and show the configuration of the element that can change, and the example provided is provided.
In some instances, personal information 2608a can include the best illumination of the configuration file display relevant to activity and (namely sound equipment exports, light and acoustic characteristic) it is that (e.g., warm, gold-tinted and/or soft background music are the social environment in night in activity, low, the rest of gold-tinted and/or white noise or sleep, bright blue and white light, it does not have music or sound are for work or study on daytime). in some instances, description file data 2608a can also be for one or more user and includes the configuration file relevant to identity, the configuration file that described identity is relevant include indicating for room or around the hobby priority data of user of other environment light features of speaker electro-optical device 2600 and audio frequency characteristics, this preference data can be uploaded to or be saved in speaker electro-optical device 2600, such as, from (owing to a user or the owner such as, wearable device, mobile equipment, portable set, or other equipment) use communication equipment 2618 personal device, or it can manually be operated within a period of time by speaker electro-optical device 2600 and be used mechanism module 2620 to determine (such as by user, gesture command, motion fingerprint etc.), communication equipment 2618 is (such as, identity data is learnt to receive from personal device), or the like. in other examples, profile data 2608a can include the light of data that is associated and the data of audio frequency characteristics and other type of sensor and from data (such as, for the toxic chemical concentration being associated with one or more gestures or smog, the vision of light and acoustic characteristic or audio alarm or voice command, etc.). in some instances, personal equipment can be configured to execution and be configurable for input, uploads, or otherwise indicates, and the illumination of user or owner and audio-preferences provide the application program of an interface.
In some instances, communication equipment 2618 can include antenna 2618a and communication controler 2618b, and may be implemented as intelligent communication device, technology associated therewith is in the U.S. Patent Application No. 13/831 of CO-PENDING, 698, (described in attorney ALI-191CIP1), the applying date is on March 15th, 2013, and it is incorporated herein by all proposing it for all purposes. As used herein, " facility " refers to any, some or all of feature and the structure being used to implement a given function. In some instances, communication controler 2618b can include one or two short haul connection controller (such as, bluetooth, NFC, ultra broadband etc.) and relatively long distance communication controler (such as, satellite, mobile broadband, global positioning system, wireless network etc.). In some instances, communication equipment 2618 can be configured to Ping or otherwise sends the information detected or inquire, the antenna 2618a that one network or personal device use, such as, to obtain preference data or to there is light characteristic or other data that audio frequency characteristics is associated, as described herein. In some instances, antenna 2618A may be implemented as a receptor, transmitter, or transceiver, is configured to detection and the radio wave produced, for instance, to from the signal of telecommunication. In some instances, antenna 2618a can be configured to detect in wider scope, including the wireless signal of license and unlicensed band. In some instances, communication equipment can include other integrated circuit (not shown) for making the communication capacity (such as, the low-yield SOC(system on a chip) of bluetooth (SoC), etc.) of advanced person.
In some instances, logic 2610 may be implemented as the application software of the memorizer of firmware or middle installation (such as, at the memorizer 2608 of Figure 28, memorizer 2806, or the like), and perform (such as, the processor 2804 of Figure 28) by processor. Including logic 2610 can be programmed instruction or code (such as, source, object, binary executable, or other), work as startup, call, or example, perform various function. In some instances, control function that logic 2610 can provide and signal, with other assembly of speaker electro-optical device 2600, including speaker 2606, photocontrol module 2614, communication equipment 2618, sensor array 2612, or other parts. In some instances, one or more assemblies of spokesman's electro-optical device 2600, as described herein, can connect and realize the PCB (such as, printed circuit board (PCB) 2416 is from Figure 24 A-24B, as described herein) used. In some instances, power model 2622 can include power converter, transformator, and is used for supplying power to other element of speaker electro-optical device 2600. At other electric elements of some embodiments, power module 2622 is alternatively coupled to an optical receptacle adapter (such as, at the optical receptacle adapter 2408 of Figure 24 A-24B, at Figure 27 A-B optical receptacle adapter 2722, Deng), to retrieve electrical power from power supply. In other example, quantity, type, function, structure, and show the configuration of the element that can change, and the example provided is provided.
Figure 27 A to 27B illustrates viewpoint exemplary combinations speaker and the light supply apparatus of side. here, speaker, optical device 2700 includes shell 2702 and plate 2704 forms a shell, speaker 2706, casing of loudspeaker box 2708, platform 2710, light source 2714, electronics 2712a, 2712b, optical sensor 2716a, 2716b, acoustic sensor 2718a, 2718b, and optical receptacle adapter 2722. element liking-number and name can describe identical or basic simlarity element those other description shown in. in some instances, platform 2710 can be configured with coupling light source 2714 with plate 2704 in other examples, platform 2710 can be configured with the different piece (that is, shell 2702) of coupling light source 2714 to housing. in some instances, platform 2710 can include being configured to receive, or is coupled to, light source 2714, and provides the terminal (that is, light source 2714 may be inserted into described terminal) that control signal arrives light source 2714. in some instances, one terminal also is coupled to an optical controller (such as, photocontrol module 2614 in Figure 26, optical controller/the driver 2752 of Figure 27 C, Deng), the control signal (that is, optical control signal) that the terminal constituted receives, is configured to one light characteristic of amendment. in some instances, speaker housings 2708 can be arranged or between speaker 2706 and light source 2714. in some instances, speaker housings 2708 can use transparent material to allow light from light source 2714 by being formed. in some instances, speaker housings 2708 can use acoustics opaque material so that exporting from the audio frequency of speaker 2706 and is not advanced by speaker housings 2708 and formed, exporting from described audio frequency thus shielding acoustic sensor 2718a-2718b. in other example, speaker housings 2708 can use acoustic window material to be formed, and the acoustics 2718a-2718b caught by acoustic sensor can by noise-removal system (such as, noise remove module 2604 is in fig. 26, noise-removal system processes 2762 after a while at Figure 27 C, or etc.), as described herein, the sound belonging to environmental data to remove or to deduct audio frequency output to derive from speaker 2706 is not created during also having other example by speaker electro-optical device 2700, acoustic sensor 2718a-2718b can be configured in the face of away from speaker 2706, such as with an angle, so that the audio frequency output minimized from speaker 2706 is captured by acoustic sensor 2718a-2718b. in some instances, optical sensor 2716a-2716b may be located at below platform 2710, or otherwise deviates from, light source 2714, in the amount of the captured light minimized from light source 2714 by optical sensor 2716a-2716b. in other example, optical sensor and acoustic sensor can realize in the mode that speaker light device 2700 is different, as shown in Figure 27 B, and describe as follows.
In some instances, shell 2702 can be hemispherical or substantially hemispheric in shape. In some instances, shell 2702 can be that part is opaque so that from light source 2714 be directed out casing 2702 by part, it is transparent (such as, translucent or transparent). In other example, shell 2702 can be partly or completely all-transparent and/or transparent.
In some instances, platform 2710 and electronic component 2712a-2712b can be connected to plate 2704 in some instances, platform 2710 may also couple to light source 2714, and can including a fin, for light source 2714 in some instances, expansion structure 320 can be included as the optical receptacle adapter 2722 of coupling plate 2704, wherein, speaker, lamp device 2700 is configured to be inserted into, and inserts or be otherwise coupled to recessed lighting fitting or electric power connector socket. In some instances, electronics 2712a-2712b can include motion analysis system, power system, a speaker amplifier, a noise-removal system, and a printed circuit board (PCB), and analog, as described in Figure 27 C.
In some instances, one or more passive radiator (not shown), can realize at shell 2702, be no matter in an opaque speaker housings 2708 of acoustics or entrant sound speaker housings 2708 both sides arrived, to be formed for speaker 2706 passive radiation system. In other example, quantity, type, function, structure, and show the configuration of the element that can change, and the example provided is provided.
Figure 27 B illustrates a side view, another example loudspeaker electro-optical device. Here, speaker, optical device 2730 includes optical sensor 2716 and acoustic sensor 2718a-2718c, one of above-mentioned miscellaneous part. The element of sample numbering and name can describe shown in those other the description of the element of identical or basic simlarity. In some instances, optical sensor 2716a-2716b is (such as, infrared ray, LED, or it is similar, as described herein) can arrange or be positioned at the speaker 2706 side back to light source 2714, speaker 2706 is thus shielding optical sensor 2716 and exporting from the light of light source 2714 from detection. In other embodiments, quantity, type, function, structure, and show the configuration of the element that can change, and the example provided is provided.
The example combinations speaker of the top view shown in Figure 27 C and light supply apparatus. Here, speaker, optical device 2750 includes housing 2704, speaker 2706, platform 2710 has been hidden speaker 2706, and electronics 2712, including optical controller/driver 2752, sensor array 2754, power-supply system 2756, speaker amplifier 2758, circuit board 2760, remove noise factor 2762, and motion analysis system 2764 the same-element of numbering and name can describe identical or basic simlarity element those other description shown in. In some instances, housing 2704 can include a hemispherical shell to be connected to plate as described herein. In other examples, housing 2704 can be formed and illustrate and describe (such as, cube, rectangle frame, ball shape, avette, bulb-shaped etc.) at different shape ratios. In some instances, optical controller/driver 2752 can be configured to supply control signal to light source (such as, at the light source 2414 of Figure 24 A-B. At the light source 2616 of Figure 26, at Figure 27 A-B light source 2714, etc.) revise light and be output (such as, dim, bright, change color, the characteristic of tone variations, open, close, start/stop or changing light pattern etc.). In some instances, power system 2756 can include circuit, is configured to the described power model of operation (such as, at figure power module 2622. 26, etc.), for from plant-grid connection power, for instance, utilize optical connector socket, as described in this article. In some instances, sensor array 2754 can include various sensor, as described herein, and can be configured to supply sensing data and motion analysis system 2764 and noise-removal system 2762 for further process, as described herein. In some instances, motion analysis system can include circuit, be configured to one mechanism module of operation (such as, mechanism module 2620 in fig. 26, etc.), as described herein. In some instances, noise-removal system 2762 can include circuit, is configured to one noise remove module of operation (such as, in the noise cancellation module 2604 of Figure 26, or the like), as described herein. In other example, quantity, type, function, structure, and show the configuration of the element that can change, and the example provided is provided.
Figure 28 illustrates and is arranged in or has combination loudspeaker and exemplary calculating platform that light supply apparatus is associated. The element of sample numbering and name can describe shown in those other the description of the element of identical or basic simlarity. In some instances, calculate platform 2800 and can be used to realize computer program, apply, method, process, algorithm, or other software performs above-mentioned technology, and can include as set forth similar structure and/or function in Fig. 8 and 23. In shown example, system storage 2806 can include comprising the various modules of the executable instruction realizing function as herein described. In the example illustrated, system storage 2806 includes mechanism module 2810 and is configured to analyte sensors data and generates the exercise data relevant to the motion detected, as described herein. Also show and be configured to remove or reduce the known acoustical signal being caught acoustic sensor data by sonic transducer, noise remove module 2812 as described herein.
In at least some embodiments, the structure of any features described above and/or function can at softwares, hardware, firmware, and circuit or their combination realize. Note, said structure and element, and their function, it is possible to other structures one or more or what element was assembled. Alternatively, element and their function can be subdivided into composition daughter element, if any. As software, above-mentioned technology can use various types of programming or formatted language, framework, syntax, application program, agreement, object, or technology to realize. For in hardware and/or firmware, described herein use various types of programming or integrated circuit design language, including hardware description language, ratio is as such arranged to design structure and the technology array (" FPGAs ") that any register transfer language (" RTL ") of field programmable gate is implemented, special IC (" ASICs "), multi-chip module, or the integrated circuit of any other type. Such as, speaker electro-optical device 2400,2450,2600,2700, and 2750, wherein one or more assemblies, it is possible to include one or more circuit realiration at one or more computing equipments. Therefore, at least one in the element in Figure 24-27C can represent one or more parts of hardware. Or, at least one in element can represent a part of logic, and it includes circuit configuration to provide composition structure and/or a functional part. In other example, quantity, type, function, structure, and show the configuration of the element that can change, and the example provided is provided.
Figure 29 A-29B illustrates the exemplary flow for combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus. Here, process 2900 starts from catching the movement using motion sensor (2902), for instance, realize in a speaker light device, as described herein. In some instances, described motion can include an activity, a kind of attitude (that is, hands or arm gesture), or motion fingerprint (such as, gait, arm swing, or the like). Described motion sensor can produce the sensing data of motion that is associated with this motion response to described in the motion (2904) caught. Then the data moved can pass through to use the data of motion sensor, and with one or more gestures, the mechanism module of the exercise data that movable and motion fingerprint (2906) is associated is derived. In some instances, mechanism module can realize at described speaker light device. In some instances, such exercise data can be collected by cross reference or with from personal device, for instance preference data is correlated with, in figure use procedure 2920. As shown in fig. 29b, as described herein, to determine one or more required light characteristics and/or audio frequency characteristics. In some instances, mechanism module can be configured to determine desired light characteristic and/or audio frequency characteristics. In some instances, mechanism module can be configured to perform the cross reference of exercise data with preference data. In other example, mechanism module can provide exercise data, or desired light and/or the audio characteristic data that is associated with exercise data, the light needed for the cross reference of exercise data is determined with preference data or revise and/or acoustic characteristic data are performed to another module. Once the data of desired light characteristic are determined (in some cases, according to the confirmation of preference data or amendment), it is possible to when producing optical control signal (2908) being associated with described desired light characteristic, optically-controlled signal be configured to amendment light output (such as, brightness, color, tone, pattern, amplitude, frequency, open, close, or the like) by a light source, as described herein. In other example, one it can be evaluated that to keep light characteristic because they are (that is, current light characteristic match to determine required light characteristic). Once desired audio characteristic data determines (in some cases, according to the confirmation of preference data or amendment), it is possible to produce the audio control signal (2910) being associated with described desired audio feature; described audio control signal is configured to the audio frequency of amendment and exports (such as; volume, perceived loudness, amplitude; acoustic pressure; noise reduction, frequency selects, normalization; Deng) by speaker, as described herein. Optical control signal can be sent to photocontrol module, and is sent to a speaker (2912), and the speaker electro-optical device in the audio control signal of photocontrol module and speaker is implemented. In other example, said method can in sequence of steps, function, process, or otherwise change, and is not limited to those and illustrates and describe.
Shown in Figure 29 B, process 2920 starts from detection and uses communication equipment (that is, realizing in a speaker light device, as described herein), the radiofrequency signal that radio frequency is associated with personal device (2922). In some instances, the intensity of radiofrequency signal can be used to determine the nearness (that is, wearable device, portable set, mobile equipment, or owing to other device of user/owner) of personal device. In some instances, one speaker light device can be configured to Ping or otherwise send a query to, (namely personal device to obtain identity, identify) data that are associated with the owner of user or described personal device, and described identity data cocoa is associated with the configuration file being stored in a speaker light device in the memorizer of realization, as described herein. In some instances, a speaker, illuminator can also receive the preference data that one or two and a required acoustic characteristic (2924) of the light characteristic desired with are associated. The light characteristic desired with one or two, and the control signal that desired audio frequency characteristics (2926) is associated can be produced, it is configured to amendment light output and/or audio frequency output, control signal as described in this article. Once produce, this control signal may be sent to that photocontrol module and/or a speaker, for instance, it is carrying out a speaker electro-optical device (2928). In other example, said method can in sequence of steps, function, process, or otherwise change, and is not limited to those and illustrates and describe.
Figure 30 illustrates the combination loudspeaker of the control according to a physiological status and the example system of light supply apparatus. Here, system 3000 includes wearable device 3002, and mobile device 3004 is the same with 3008 with speaker electro-optical device 3006, and numbering and the element named can describe shown in those other the description of the element of identical or basic simlarity. In some instances, wearable device 3002 can include sensor array 3002a and include one or more sensor, is configured to generate the application 3010 of status data and communication equipment 3002c, as described herein. In some instances, mobile device 3010 can be configured and is configured to generate application 3010 to run, and sends speaker electro-optical device 3006 and 3008 to, one control signal (such as, optically-controlled signal, audio control signal, Deng), it is configured to one light characteristic of amendment and/or audio frequency characteristics. In some instances, speaker electro-optical device 3006 and 3008 realize various sensors (such as, motion sensor 3006a and 3008a, acoustic sensor electrode 3006b and 3008b, temperature sensor 3006c and 3008c, camera sensor 3006d and 3008d, and analog) original sensor data wearable device 3002 can also be provided to notify physiological status determiner 3002B or to mobile equipment 3004 to notify application 3010, it is currently in use such original sensor data to generate the data of status data and control signal, as described herein. In some instances, speaker electro-optical device 3006 and 3008 can use communication equipment 3006g and 3008g, sends original sensor data respectively and to wearable device 3002 or moves equipment 3004. In some instances, speaker electro-optical device 3006 and 3008 can also be configured to derive exercise data, the data that other motions are relevant, or identity data, use mechanism module 3006e and 3008e, and provide mobile data (that is, using communications facility 3006g and 3008g) to moving equipment 3004 and/or wearable device 3002.
In some instances, speaker electro-optical device 3006 and 3008 can also be configured to use noise remove module 3006f and 3008f, to derive acoustics or voice data respectively. Such as, noise remove module 3006f can obtainable voice data, sound sound including surrounding deducts or deletes audio frequency output (i.e. " noise ") by speaker, and light realizes speaker from the input of the 3006 acoustic sensor electrode 3006b total sound caught. As used herein, " noise " refer to without wishing to be included in voice data derived for the purpose of any sound or acoustic energy, it can include environment noise in some instances, speaker output in other example, and analog. In other instances, noise remove module 3006f and 3008f can be configured to derive voice data and includes voice or by removing environmental acoustics sound and the voice command of audio frequency output from speaker. In some instances, mechanism module 3006e and 3008e can also receive from acoustic sensor electrode 3006b and 3008b, respectively from temperature sensor 3006c and 3008c separated image/from the sensing data 3008d of video camera 3006d and the temperature data of video data, distinguish and/or respectively from noise remove module 3006f and 3008f, derive voice data. In some instances, mechanism module 3006e and also 3008e can described in cross reference with sight (such as, activity or configuration preferences file, or similar) sensing data be stored in memorizer (such as, at the memorizer 2608 of Figure 26, including section bar 2608a, etc.), to determine the acoustic characteristic of desired light characteristic and/or expectation, and produce that there are one or more control signals that the characteristic of described desired light and/or sound is associated. In other example, speaker electro-optical device 3006 can receive the control signal relevant to desired light and/or audio frequency characteristics and from wearable device 3002 and/or move equipment 3004 (such as, as determined by application program 3010) with 3008.
In some instances, speaker electro-optical device 3006 and 3008 can also include speaker and a light source (such as, speaker 2606 in Figure 26 and light source 2616, speaker 2418 and shown in the light source 2414 of Figure 24 A-B, Deng), and other electricity assemblies are (such as, photocontrol module 261426 at Figure 27 A-B, electronics 2712a-2712b, printed circuit board (PCB) 2760, optical controller/driver 2752 and speaker amplifier 2758 at Figure 27 C, etc.), for controlling a speaker and a light source, as described herein. In some instances, speaker electro-optical device 3006 and 3008 can produce optical control signal for changing the characteristic of light, and for revising the audio control signal of audio frequency characteristics. In other example, speaker electro-optical device 3006 and 3008 can receive one or more wearable device 3002 from or control signal and mobile equipment 3004, is used for revising a light characteristic and/or audio frequency characteristics. In the configuration of the element that other example, quantity, kind, function, structure, and display can change, and it is not limited to the example provided.
Exemplary process diagram shown in Figure 31, for combination loudspeaker and the light supply apparatus of the control according to physiological status. Here, process 3100 starts from producing motion sensor data in response to the motion using motion sensor (3102) to catch. Use motion sensor data, exercise data can by being configured to determine that or more gesture, identity, and an activity (3104), mechanism module as described herein is derived. In some instances, sonic transducer data can respond the voice capturing of the acoustic sensor (3106) being generated to use. Utilizing acoustic sensor data, voice data can deduct noise signal by being configured to from acoustic sensor data (3108), and noise cancellation module as described herein derives. In some instances, when radiofrequency signal can also use communication equipment to detect, radiofrequency signal is associated with personal device (3110). The data of state, then can obtain from personal device (3112), and use one or two and voice data (3114) of status data and an exercise data, and desired light characteristic is determined. In some instances, optical control signal can be generated, and with the characteristic of required light, the light being configured to amendment exports by light source, including light color, tone, pattern, or the optical control signal that similar optical control signal is correlated with. In some instances, required acoustic characteristic can also use one or two and described voice data of status data and an exercise data to determine. In some instances, audio control signal can also produce, and is configured through the audio control signal of the audio frequency output that speaker is revised. In some instances, one or more mobile data, voice data, and described status data can be sent to another equipment, such as mobile equipment, as described herein, it is configured to generate mobile equipment and/or the audio control signal of optical control signal. In other example, said method can in sequence of steps, function, process, or otherwise change, and is not limited to those and illustrates and describe.
The example system 3200 that Figure 32 describes, is used for controlling the combination loudspeaker by chemical sensor and the light supply apparatus (being also referred to as environmental sensor) of state and/or chemical substance sensing according to live body. Here, system 3200 can include wearable device 3002, and mobile equipment 3004 and one or more speaker electro-optical device 3206 and 3208 are just above in reference to Figure 30. Device one or more can be wired and/or with radio communication each other, and be denoted as communication link 3221 (such as, bluetooth, bluetooth low energy consumption, NFC, ultra broadband, software radio, wireless network, the honeycombs such as WiMAX, IEEE802.X, Ethernet, USB etc.). The element of sample numbering and name can describe those other the description of the element of identical or basic simlarity and illustrate (such as, as in Figure 30 or other accompanying drawing). Here, speaker electro-optical device 3206 and 3208 can include one or more chemical sensor 3206h and 3208h. Alternatively, speaker electro-optical device 3206 and 3208 can also include the operable chemical sensor (3206h, 3208h) being associated with the air stream 3211 of coupling of aerator 3206i and 3208i. Alternatively, speaker electro-optical device 3206 and 3208 can also include smell generator (not shown), and this will be described below. Air stream 3211 can include the compound of chemicals, gas, particulate matter, drop, or other air and may be present in ambient air (3201,3203), and wherein speaker electro-optical device 3206 and 3208 is positioned. Although Figure 32 depicts two speaker electro-optical devices 3206 and 3208, it may be possible to that describes in the example of Figure 32 compares more or less of speaker electro-optical device. In some instances, aerator is not included in speaker electro-optical device 3206 and 3208, it is possible to be positioned to housing 2402 from outside, such as ceiling fan or the operable air-flow to produce of other device.
Can be detected (such as by the speaker electro-optical device in one or more chemical sensors, by chemical sensor 3206h and/or 3208h) can include but not limited to: carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), the chemicals nitrogen of oxide is (such as, nitrogen oxides-NO2, �� �� ��), sulfur dioxide (SO2), sulfate (SO4), VOC (VOC), ozone is (such as, ground level ozone-O3), plumbous (Pb), hydrargyrum (Hg), fluohydric acid gas (HF), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), solid or liquid substance suspend in atmosphere (such as, submillimeter wave material and/or liquid, aerosol), air pollution is (such as, artificial or naturally occurring), asbestos, Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) (CFC), chlorine (Cl, CL2) gas, hydrochloric acid/hydrogen chloride (HCL), HCFC (HCFC), toxic air contaminant is (such as, insecticide, power plant, industrial chemical etc.), methane (CH4) is (such as, from cattle, domestic animal etc.), in radon (Rn), second hand smoking is from Nicotiana tabacum L., close by plastics and other material, exit with greenhouse gases, name just a few. the raw atmospheric compounds of one or more types can be chosen to detect, such as gas, granule, aerosol including the one or more chemical sensors in a speaker electro-optical device, for instance. the one or more chemical sensor can be chosen to detect atmospheric compounds, and it is a problem that user pays close attention to most and/or most possible position (such as, house, apartment, working space) the speaker optical device existed is mounted in. such as, who lives to may be mounted at his/her speaker's illuminator near vaccary user and select that chemical sensor is operable to be generated by excrement sensing methane (CH4). as another example, the user living in the vicinity of a coal-fired power plant can select a chemical sensor operable to sense carbon dioxide (CO2) and/or sulfur dioxide (SO2). one chemical or multiple sensors could be for sensing chemicals and/or compound (such as, VOC) in an atmosphere is likely to affect and sleeps (such as, REM sleep and non REM sleep) user.
In some instances, chemical sensor (multiple) is designed to detachably exchange at speaker electro-optical device, make that this chemicals is to be sensed can be inserted into and take out by the particular kit of chemical sensor, from speaker captured-optical device. As an example, a speaker electro-optical device can include the position for being inserted into and need to remove as the sensing that user changes from speaker electro-optical device one or more chemical sensor. Such as, speaker electro-optical device can include slit, port openings, multiple chemical sensors of harbour etc., and user can select two chemical sensors, one for the GHG carbon dioxide (CO2) that senses and sulfur dioxide (SO2) and another be used for sensing the gas in radon (Rn). Afterwards, this user becomes concern ozone (O3), and one that inserts that an ozone chemistry sensor is inserted in the available time slot in speaker electro-optical device. Being likely to of module and/or chemical sensor external member is installed and optionally deletes other example after speaker electro-optical device, smog and/or other fiery relevant airborne particulate is operationally detected including chemical sensor, carbonized carbonaceous (CO) is operationally detected with chemical sensor, it can pass through a stove, water heater, lawn tool or automobile produce. In other embodiments again, part or all of some chemical sensor (multiple) can be irremovable from speaker electro-optical device.
Focusing on Figure 33, example architecture therein, it combination loudspeaker including one or more chemical sensor 3320 and light supply apparatus 3300 are depicted. here, combination loudspeaker and light source (that is, speaker electro-optical device) 3300 include bus 3302, and can be included some with reference to the element described in above-mentioned Figure 26, and e.g., noise remove module 2604, speaker 2606, memorizer 2608, logic 2610, photocontrol module 2614, light source 2616, communication equipment 2618, mechanism module 2620, the same with power module 2622, the element of numbering and name can describe shown in those other the description of the element of identical or basic simlarity. in some instances, sensor array 3312 can include one or more motion sensor (such as, accelerometer, gyro sensor, optical motion sensor is (such as, laser or the motion detector of LED used in optical mouse, as), magnet unit motion sensor is (such as, magnetic field in detection, or change they for detecting motion), electromagnetic sensor, MEMS, Deng), chemical sensor is (such as, carbon dioxide (CO2), oxygen (O2), carbon monoxide (CO), chemical substance in air, toxin etc.), temperature sensor is (such as, thermometer, thermometer, infrared thermometer, resistance thermometer, heat flux sensor, Deng), humidity sensor, Passive Infrared Sensor, ultrasonic sensor, proximity transducer, pressure transducer, optical sensor and acoustic sensor, as described herein, etc.. sensor array 3312 can include at least one chemical sensor 3320 together with its other sensor, chemical sensor (multiple) 3320 can be outside sensor array 3312 or both. combination loudspeaker and light source 3300 can include internal drum blower fan 3340 and move 3341 plus the extraneous air of bus 3302 and can couple 3304 and be controlled with bus 3302 with by the combination loudspeaker in logic and/or software and light supply apparatus 3300. chemically the signal of sensor (multiple) 3320 can be processed such as processor (such as, �� �� 3350) etc. by the computing engines performed on logic 2610 and/or software and be included in the logic 2610 of Figure 33 or combination loudspeaker and source apparatus 3300 is arranged in light other places. depict the speaker of combination and light supply apparatus 3300 mainly plus the element in bus 3302, other configurations can also use and some such as photocontrol modules 2614 is described can coupling element each other, coupling 3306 and light source 2616, for instance. extraneous air moves 3341 can wirelessly couple 3343 and communications facility 2618, and is likely to the operation having it wirelessly via the wireless spread-spectrum technology with equipment 3300.
Combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus 3300 can include smell generator 3377 and operate to produce (such as, to disperse as aerosol, gas, liquid, mist, drop or the like) one or more chemicals 3379, affect user, as reduced pressure, the user of body and mind relaxing more and more pays close attention to, and concentrates, attention, help user to fall asleep, or help user to wake up from dream, for instance. Above-mentioned aerator (internally and/or externally) can be used in conjunction with smell generator 3377 with dispersion/circulation 3379. one or more chemical substances as will be described below, equipment 3300 can be the smell-generator of the mode in communication and outside, and it can be used for the smell generator 3377 of same purposes.
Move now to Figure 34, in a top view, the description of it example combinations speaker including one or more chemical sensor 3320 and light supply apparatus 3400. here combination loudspeaker and light source 3400 include housing 2704, speaker 2706, platform 2710 has been hidden speaker 2706, electronics 2712, including optical controller/driver 2752, sensor array 2754, power-supply system 2756, speaker amplifier 2758, printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB) 2760, noise-removal system 2762, and motion analysis system 2764 the same-those other the description of the element of numbering and the name element that can describe identical or basic simlarity illustrates, and more or less of element can be included be shown in other describe (such as, see Figure 27 C). one or more chemical sensors 3320 may be provided at device 3400, optionally, one or more aerators 3340 may be provided at the PCB2760 of device 3400 can include other elements described in equipment 3400, such as motion analysis system one or more 2764, optical controller/driver 2752, or sensor array 2754, for instance. printed circuit board (PCB) 2760 can include one or more environmental sensor, for instance chemical sensor 3320. in some instances, one or more can the including of one chemical sensor 3320 can couple (3404 at sensor array 2754. plate or other circuit at device 3400,3304) there are internally and/or externally aerator (3340,3341), with the operation controlled and/or the state determining described aerator.
In some instances, one or more chemical sensors (multiple) 3320 can remove as an example from equipment 3400, chemical sensor can be used to sensing carbon monoxide (CO) gas can be removed and upgrade version change CO sensor or have different types of sensor replace, such as one oxide being used for sensing nitrogen (�� �� ��) or carbon dioxide (CO2). Removable sensor 3320 can also allow to carry out keeping in repair and/or change defective sensor or expired sensor (such as, cigarette and/or fire perceiving device are likely to need to change every about 5 years). At Figure 34, device 3400 can include slit, craft port, or it is similar, it is expressed as 3470, and sensor 3320 can be inserted into or removes the dotted line 3472. described in groove when inserting 3470, and sensor 3320 can with the circuit of electrical connection via being connected 3471 circuit that can couple at PCB2760, for instance device 3400. Detachably/removable sensor 3320 can be in box or other structure, it can include being connected with one 3471 connection electrical nodes and be inserted into the adapter of slot 3470 when sensor 3320, include but not limited to the form (USB) of USB (universal serial bus), lightning, RS-232, XLR, RCA, TRS, TRRS, DIN3.5mm plug, or other can be used for the electrical connection between moveable/removable sensor 3320 of equipment of setting up 3400 and system (such as, printed circuit board (PCB) 2760).
Similarly, it is operable to launch or to produce abnormal smells from the patient 3379 that device 3400 can include one or more smell generator 3377, can be removable with smell-generator 3377, from a slit, craft port, or similar, it is expressed as 3378. smell generators 3377 and can be inserted into or delete in groove 3378 and described by dotted line 3376. Detachably/removable smell-generator 3377 can be in box or other structure, it can include arriving 3378. 1 kinds of adapters of slot with when smell generator 3377 is inserted into 3376, include but not limited to a kind of form (USB) connecting 3374 connection electrical nodes of USB (universal serial bus), lightning, RS-232, XLR, RCA, TRS, TRRS, DIN3.5mm plug, or other can be used for setting up removable/this device 3400 of electrical connection (such as, printed circuit board (PCB) 2760) between replaceable smell generator 3377 and system.
Above-mentioned aerator can include fan or other equipment, is used for producing air stream. The position that chemical sensor can be positioned on housing (such as, 2402,2704) is operable to couple air stream 3211 with chemical sensor (such as, sensor 3206h, 3208h, 3320), it is positioned to connect stream 3211 with air fluid from around 3201,3203). Aerator (such as, 3206i, 3208i, 3340) can by continuously or periodically and operate can by logic 2610 (such as, processor, controller, FPGA, �� ��, �� �� etc.) or other circuit and/or control software design at speaker electro-optical device. In other example, aerator may be located at the speaker light device of outside, and can be controlled (such as, for the switch of fan or ceiling fan) by speaker light device or by other equipment. The angle of rake example of extraneous air includes fan, air conditioning system, and ceiling fan. Housing 2402 can include slit, opening, vent etc., and it allows air to flow through chemical sensor or by inner air propeller, an external blower or both. Extraneous air propeller can be controlled (such as, opening, close, have its speed/change in flow) by speaker's light device. Such as, speaker, lamp device may be mounted to or can be used on/off ceiling fan in the nearness of a ceiling fan and the signal (S) from speaker electro-optical device, and also the direction of rotation (such as, moving to air up or down) of fan speed and/or ceiling fan can be controlled.
At Figure 35, the viewgraph of cross-section of example combinations speaker and light supply apparatus 3500 includes one or more chemical sensor (3520a, 3520b), it can be located at or at shell 2702 (such as, being arranged on the interior section 35023500 of device). Housing 2702 can include being formed in one or more holes 3511 of housing 2702 or one or more parts of other structure (such as, air vent, groove, through hole, grating, door etc.) (such as, 2712a, 2712b, 2704), its coupling can enter with shell 2702 surrounding atmosphere 3501 and/or by one or more holes 3501 and couple 3211 and (such as, touching) one or more chemical sensors (3520a, 3520b) through described interior section 3502. The one or more chemical sensor (3520a, 3520b) may be located at or in the configuration shown in equipment 3500 and Fig. 1 Anywhere. 35 is only that a nonrestrictive example can realize with other configuration. As an example, the exterior section (such as, the 2704s of a panel 2704) of housing 2702 can include one or more chemical sensor 3520c and be connected with exterior section. This exterior section can be chosen, to guarantee the efficient coupling 3211 between ambient air (such as, air) and chemical sensor (such as, 3520c). In some instances, the speaker combined at a surrounding air stream and light supply apparatus 3500 are disposed in (ENV) 3550 to be enough in the ambiance that provides 3501 enough flows to exceed the chemical sensor (multiple) that the one or more chemical sensor makes environment 3501 couple 3211 bands (such as, abut/cross or flow through). One or more holes 3511 upper shell 2702 of position can be to rely on application, and at the example shown in Figure 35. For the non-limiting embodiment of equipment 3500 and other position and/or be configured to 3511 enforceable holes. In ambiance, 3501 can flow into and/or by the interior section 3502 of hole 3511 bleeder 3500, it is likely due to natural air stream (such as with these flowings, electric current by producing at ambient conditions) or condition ENV3550, it is likely due to from one or more aerators as explained below, or both force air-flow.
Turning now to Figure 36, the cross-sectional view at an example combinations speaker and light supply apparatus 3600 depicts one or more chemical sensor and one or more aerator attendant equipment 3600. Here, as an example, one aerator 3602 is (such as, one radial direction Air Blast fan) interior section 3502 can be arranged on, and can couple 3606 circuit operable to activate aerator 3604, enter or flow out interior section 3502 (such as, by producing at 3502 differential pressure gradients �� ��) the so coupling of this ambiance 3501 and the one or more chemical sensor producing stream 3511, as mentioned above. As another example, aerator 3625 can be arranged on interior section 3502, and the circuit operation of 3629 can be coupled to activate fan blade 3627,3511 enter or flow out the circuit of interior section 3502 producing stream, being used for controlling aerator and may be disposed at the printed circuit board (PCB) 2760 of Figure 34 or the logic 2610 of Figure 33. Such as, the position of aerator depicted in figure 36, is all that non-limiting embodiment and other type and position (such as, external mounting has aerator) can be implemented. Stream 3551 can be used for that substitute and/or other purpose, includes but not limited to remove the used heat produced by the parts of combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus 3600 (such as, cooling down) for heat, clean or clean the chemical sensor polluted, dust, microgranule etc., only lift several, for instance. Aerator can be continuously activated, off and on, on-demand, or on the basis needed, for instance.
With reference now to one of them sectional view of Figure 37, combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus, it includes chemical sensor 3700A coupling and extraneous air shifter 3720 and a combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus, and the mover 3720 that it example 3750 of an example 3790 including a chemical sensor 3700b is positioned proximate to extraneous air is depicted. Here, chemical sensor (3700a, 3700b) can sense chemicals or other compound of environment 3780, as mentioned above. Can be that a ceiling fan is installed to a structure 3721 at example 3750 aerator 3720. Electrical connection 3730 can provide power supply and/or control signal for aerator 3720 and to may be provided for electric power and/or control signal for equipment 3700a. Electrical connection 3730 can electrical terminal block 3731 by being connected with structure 3721. Wireless link 3321 and/or 3343, as mentioned above, it is also possible to use the order of communication between aerator 3720 and/or equipment 3700a, control, data and other signal. Stream 3501 can flow through equipment 3700A produced by the motion of Lobe blowers 37203722 here at least partially and/or flows through hole 3511 and be internally and/or externally arranged on equipment 3700a device 3700A and Mr. and Mrs and chemical sensor.
Alternately or except device 3700a, equipment 3700b can be arranged on the angle of rake air stream 3501 of extraneous air, such as aerator 3720. such as nearness, device 3700b can be installed in ceiling or wall is to receive at least some of of stream 3501 near enough close to aerator 3720. here the movement 3501 flowing through the blade 3722 of air propeller 3720 produces to can flow through equipment 3700b and/or flow through the coupling of equipment 3700 and chemical sensor in hole 3511 to be internally and/or externally arranged on equipment 3700b. during order, controlling, data and other signal can use one or more wire link 3771, wireless link 3321, or wireless link 3343 to communicate between aerator 3720 and/or equipment 3700a. order, data, control and other signals, example (3700a for device, 3700b) include but not limited to barrel tumbler blower fan or closedown, control fan speed, control direction of rotation (such as, clockwise or counterclockwise to arrange the direction of stream 3501) blade 3722, control the rotation speed of the fan function as ambient temperature, control the fan speed function (3700a as device, temperature 3700b), activation is (such as, turning aerator " ON ") or deexcitation is (such as, turning aerator " the aerator 3720 of pass ") for chemical sensitisation by specific chemical sensor (multiple) at equipment (3700a, 3700b), name just a few.
Attention is directed to one of them the plan view from above of structure 3800 of Figure 38, including the description of multiple combination loudspeakers He the light supply apparatus of the different floors of the structure 3800 being arranged on multiple room. Here, replacing the parts of all each combination loudspeaker and the light supply apparatus described, each equipment is represented at Figure 38 simply by its each chemical sensor (multiple) 3320. Structure 3800 can be the family of house or other forms are by user and their client device optional, such as smart phone, panel computer, pad, media device, wireless medium devices, it is that nonrestrictive such as proposing has different configurations and the descriptive purpose in different number of multiple combination loudspeakers and light supply apparatus and other structure that wireless path device etc. captures the structure 3800 of structure.
From the bottom of Figure 38 to top, structure 3800 includes bottom, intermediate layer, and a top layer and is connected by stair 3811. can being monitored by the one or more chemical sensors 3320 being positioned near these environment of one or more internal medium of ENV3850a-3850g that each floor includes multiple window 3831 and each floor of multiple door 3833. also includes being represented as. one or more external environment conditions build 3800 (such as, courtyard, backyard, balcony, front courtyard, parking lot, track etc.) can by one or more chemical sensors 3320, such as ENV3891 monitoring etc. each chemical sensor 3320 can be at radio communication 3321 and other Radio Resources, include but not limited to resource 3899 (such as, cloud, the Internet, website, webpage, NAS, data store, server, PC, notebook computer, wireless client device etc.), monitoring device 3851 is (such as, domestic automation system, building automation system, HVAC controller, atmosphere control system, warning system etc.), HVAC system 3881 is (such as, stove, air-conditioning, heating, cooling, air filtration, humidifier etc.), with network path device (wiredly and/or wirelessly) 3852.
If each combination loudspeaker and the light supply apparatus represented by its corresponding chemical sensor 3320 is it is known that pass through other combination loudspeakers of wireless link 3321 information and the position of light supply apparatus by being sent to these equipment, including the information being stored in these equipment in data, information is sent to from other equipment, these equipment such as client device 3803, media device 3805, wearable device 3801, and resource 3899, for instance. one or more users 3802 of may know that such as each combination loudspeaker represented by its corresponding chemical sensor 3320 and light supply apparatus and/or with one or more users, such as client device 3803 (such as, smart phone) equipment that is associated, and place/or wearable equipment 3801 are (such as, data energy band frequency band) put on by user's (such as, in the other parts of wrist or the health of user). user data includes but is not limited to the activity slept, sleep behavior, sleep quality, the time of sleep, REM sleep, non REM sleep, accelerometer is (such as, signal from motion sensor), biological attribute data, the awakening (SNS) of sympathetic nervous system, step is (such as, from walking/running), motion, caloric intake, heat consumes, diet, aquation, almanac data, with other customer-specific data, can catch and/or otherwise by the addressable several Figure 38 of the wireless device described and can use by the chemical sensor 3320 in conjunction with each of which of one or more speakers combined and light supply apparatus to data communication to user, produce to report to the police, generate notice, there is provided emergency instruction (such as, in the event of a fire, cigarette, toxic gas/chemical concentration), adopt or the action of suggestion is to the health of user and/or healthy and helpful, or it can to user, such as.
Application program comprises the application programming interface (API) of (APP), data structure, at the mapping of the algorithm of one or more equipment or the structure 3800 of other form and combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus (such as, 3320) position that can include data includes but not limited to one or more combination loudspeakers and light supply apparatus (such as, 3320), client device 3803, wearable device 3801, media device 3805, with resource 3899, for instance. As an example, the processor of the client apparatus 3803 performed on one APP can include the figure of structure 3800, and also the APP that can include chemical sensor 3320 can be embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and to reside in client device 3803 be position access client equipment (such as, via wireless link 3321). One or more combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus 3320 can also include (such as, at nonvolatile memory) maybe can use (such as, by client apparatus 3803, resource 3899) map of structure 3800, and data map can be used in and come the room that path user is different, space, or other environment internally and/or externally structure 3800 based on signal sensing to chemically sensor 3320 and/or other system in combination and speaker light supply apparatus.
Hereinafter can operate to monitor environment (3201 for the one or more combination loudspeaker 3320 in non-limiting how chemical sensor and light supply apparatus, 3501) at respective environment and take one or more action, if in any embodiment, once the chemicals that detection is paid close attention to user or is likely to be harmful to user. As first example, if user 3802 sleeps in a bedroom, the upper strata in bedroom and ENV3850A include the above-mentioned nominal concentration chemical sensor 3320 of carbon dioxide (CO2) and are detected, sound can be passed through with sensor 3320 then in conjunction with speaker is relevant with light supply apparatus, sound equipment, light, light color, the color of varying strength and/or light, electronic information is (such as, Email, note, voice mail etc.) notify user 3802 open one more at the window 3831 in bedroom to increase air circulation ENV3850a. Other chemical sensors 3320 can be inquired about, to determine it is proposed that action (such as, open window 3831) be probably effectively, or be likely to make thing become even worse. Such as, chemical sensor 3320 is positioned at the ENV3891 of external environment condition, and can be queried to determine the source of this carbon dioxide be not 3800 of the outside from source structure so that opens the window 3831 by what is worse by increasing the concentration CO2 gas at ENV3850a potentially further. In some instances, notice can be designed to wake user 3802 up so that it is proposed that action can take immediately; And, in other examples, it may occur that the user 3802 of notice wake up after, user 3802 can be taken based on the action in future of this notice, as sleep or before taking a nap 3831 to opening or more window. Icon (such as, one fan) can be presented on the equipment of user 3802, such as client device 3803, icon can be used to notify that this fan is switched on, to reduce the concentration (user is multiple) of some chemistry, CO2 gas described above.
As in second example, user 3802 can upper strata in another room studied, one of them chemical sensor 3320 is in generally relevant with the degasification environmental chemicals (such as, from new laying carpet or plastics) of ENV3850b detection. Here, may indicate that the motor message accelerometer that user 3802 generates is to be slowed by from by motion sensor at wearable device 3801, this sensing data can together with other data, as the detection of degassed chemicals, synthesis, to determine that a possible reason is probably from user 3802 physiological change breathing chemicals of giving vent to anger in low reason. Determine and/or Data Synthesis can one or more combination loudspeaker within a processor and light supply apparatus, client device 3803, media device 3805, wearable device 3801, external resource (such as, resource 3899), or carry out some above-mentioned combinations. The one or more combination loudspeaker taked and the effect of light supply apparatus are (such as, it is associated at ENV3850b with chemical sensor 3320) can include sending text messages to the client device 3803 of user 3802, instruction user 3802 opens one or more window 3381, another room withdrawn from a room, open ceiling fan 3832, open fan 3832 and the window 3381 opened is example. In another example, the action taked can include one or more combination loudspeaker and and/or automatically and notify user, without user intervention 3802 light supply apparatus, make described fan 3832 to open " ON ", so that air circulates whole ENV3850b. In other embodiments again, one window 3831 of opening and closing one or more can be able to be communicated with the control of light supply apparatus by a control system 3851 and one or more combination loudspeakers 3321 signal, to control system 3851, indicate above-mentioned control system 3851 at the room ENV3850b window 3831 opened. Another signal can command control system, with beat fan 3832. described in opening/closing open the window 3831 with connect the action that fan 3832 can be taked, and the part of the user 3802 in nonintervention, and can operate to increase air and circulate in ENV3850b and can allow to cancel or reduce chemicals from venting. Fan 3832 can include fan 3700A or 3700b with reference to above-mentioned Figure 37.
As the 3rd example, chemicals that smog and/or fire are associated and gas can detect and be likely to trigger one or more device alarm or other alarm signals by being positioned at ENV3850c and/or ENV3850d chemical sensor 3320, such as the speaker of combination and light source, media device 3805, client device 3803, wearable device 3801, control system 3851 or other people. One or more combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus can also pass on the safe escape route of 3802 away from cigarette/fire and/or to leave the combination loudspeaker of structure 3800 and light supply apparatus can be inquired about each other and can operate with based on the route of retreat being not detected by cigarette/fire combination loudspeaker and light source device to user.
In order to further illustrate the example of possible route, can produce and send to user 3802 and/or by the addressable equipment of user 3802, attention, now for the example in one of them path of Figure 39, generates during by the speaker of one or more combinations and light supply apparatus and is depicted. Here, from a some X potential danger (such as, fire/cigarette is in intermediate floor kitchen) start for user 3802, assuming that for illustrative purposes, user 3802 is in or points of proximity X detects at ENV3850c and/or 3850d chemical sensor 3320 in fire/smog kitchen and chemicals at moment fire/cigarette symbol. (such as, the client computer device 3803 by APP) is predicted by the layout of one or more speakers combined and the structure 3800 of light supply apparatus and/or another device here it is possible to use. Part or all of some combination loudspeakers and light supply apparatus can be queried to determine the chemical sensor 3320 of the position of the user 3802 of detected harmful chemical substance of which chemical sensor 3320 ENV wherein, the harmful chemical substance of its detection can be compared namely detected harmful chemical and path (multiple) with the position of chemical sensor 3320 and can be followed for user 3802 by structure 3800 and calculate (such as away from deathtrap, X is in kitchen), and with the region of safety (such as, point Y1, Y2, Y3).
As an example, path can calculate user 3802 from X to the some Y1 followed the balcony at intermediate floor, it is possible to by first reaction rescue. As another example, path b can be calculated as user and use the first order staircase 3811 as route of retreat structure 3800 of courtyard door 3831 from X to the some Y3 followed from using the staircase 3811 Qianmen 3831 as the route of retreat to structure 3800 can calculate user as some Y2, path c in the first order that yet another embodiment to be followed X.
Path is it is possible that other emergency, for instance, consider path e from a some Z at intermediate floor, staircase 3811 is to a some Y4 upstairs on year-on-year basis. Here, path e is by calculating, at ENV, chemical substance/gas that 3850d detection is relevant with ENV3850d tobacco smoke by chemically based sensor 3320. Path e can be able to select to detect environment at ENV3850b according to chemical sensor 3320, is chemicals/gas that open Nicotiana tabacum L. is relevant.
Above-mentioned path can be presented to user 3802 device visually, a display 3804 showing such as client apparatus 3803, for instance. one or more other forms in above-mentioned approach, including being presented to user 3802, but are not limited to oral instruction, sound, light, and vibration. another kind of equipment, the equipment that such as moves can be used for the speaker of one or more combinations that maps and the position of light supply apparatus at them in ENV, the position that they monitor and service is arranged on. such as, client device 3803 can perform this APP and the GUI at display 3804 can instruct the user 3802 side, position to client device 3802 or contact with the structure 3800GPS of each combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus or other every layer, positions can use client device 3803 or addressable based on system (such as, by link 3321), to determine that each combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus can also the walls of circumference moving structure 3800 map along main wall or other structures in the position 3803 of the client device of structure 3800, door, window, the position of other association areas of staircase and structure 3800.
Other chemical substance of detection, such as the emergency alarm that carbon monoxide (CO) also can trigger, and may result in one or more possible emergency route be calculated and. Such as, the carbon monoxide (CO) of detection is presented to user 3802 at ENV3850e and be may result in the concentration automatically raised to reduce CO at garage door in lower floor garage by chemical sensor 3320, it is also possible to the CO IA away from structure 3800 to other places of safety causes that safety calculates more than described by path. In some chemical substances, such as CO, such as, can be finer and close than surrounding air, fan such as above-mentioned can being activated to is drawn and/or obscures (such as, circulation) surrounding air, to determine that this air includes CO or other fine and close chemistry (multiple) lower floor, it is possible to chemical sensor cannot be risen to and can exist and use CO above description to be that a limiting examples of a type of chemistry can use one or more chemical sensors 3320 detect at the speaker of one or more combinations and light supply apparatus except the level of CO3320 chemicals etc. Not every can be that harmful or poisonous user can be detected 3802 chemicals by one or more chemical sensor 3320 and may include but be not limited to the chemical substance of chemical substance and may affect healthy by using one or more chemical sensors 3320 detect to need, mental health, one or the detail parameters relevant with sleep, can walk just to walk, consciousness, attention, pressure, loosen, mood, or the 3802 fuselages more biological characteristic parameter of or user is (as breathed, heart rate, blood pressure, the awakening etc. at SNS), for instance.
Although it is emergency that previous example describes a scene, 3802 health of user, safety, or welfare may be affected, may result in the speaker of one or more combinations and take action (multiple) light supply apparatus, as presented the region of the dangerous safety in region, the route of retreat from one. but, their various systems can also be used under the nonemergency of the environment of user 3802, such as chemical sensor and other environment also detect the speaker of one or more combinations that chemicals cause and light supply apparatus analysis (such as, CO2) know and make user 3802 drowsy, reduce activity. one or more miscellaneous equipments in the drowsiness sensor that can use other, such as wearable device 3801 is (such as, use accelerometer from motion sensor) and/or media device 3805 detect (such as, using proximity transducer and/or passive exercise sensor). historical data is (such as, almanac from relevant user 3802 user data) can be used to association sleepiness with chemistry (multiple) (such as, and analyze by the speaker of one or more combinations and the existence of light supply apparatus and/or external equipment (such as CO2), server or cloud resource) may result in speaker and the light supply apparatus of one or more combinations that an action will be taked, it is proposed to user 3802 moves (such as from environment as presented, ENV3850a), wherein chemicals (multiple) causes another environment of drowsiness existence (such as, ENV3850d) in the detection not having this chemistry (S) it is. proposition can also include routing information (such as, by staircase 3811) from adverse environment (such as, ENV3850a), with more favourable environment (such as, ENV3850d). in other example, detect one or more chemical substances to may result in one or more combination loudspeakers and light source and access (such as, use wiredly and/or wirelessly communication) other systems one or more, such as a fan is (such as, ceiling fan 3832), HVAC system 3881, opening/closing window 3831, beat opening/closing Yishanmen (such as garage door 3837), activate security system (such as, report to the police), send a message to a security service and/or the first respondent (such asFire-fighting, police, medical personnel, 911 etc.), send a message to client device (such as, equipment 3803), simply name just a few.
The speaker of one or more combinations and light supply apparatus can learn in time, use the input of any amount of data and an each of which system one or more, and the various chemicals detected by chemical sensor 3320 are the users how to affect. at first, the chemistry that detects and dependency possibly between the impact of user cannot be immediately determined that, but, dependency As time goes on, it is possible to determined by analysis user's almanac data (such as, dormant data) of data signature performance place of a pattern or other forms or the time of chemistry detected around. such as, if from the detection of the chemical substance of tobacco smoke and the sleep pattern of a period of time user indicate user be when sleep peaceful (not such as, exercise data from catching), sleeplessness, as long as (such as, time data, exercise data, biometric data), then the dependency between tobacco smoke and user data is probably relevant determination, if tobacco smoke exists user, will not have a good sleep and the take action process of suggestion can be presented to user (such as via smart phone, one media device, speaker in combination and the speaker of light supply apparatus, vibration etc. in wearable device).
The almanac data of relevant user can include other healthy relevant data that relevant medical history, medical data, and the existence being determined for one or more chemical substance detected are likely to what impact (plus or minus) user has. A kind of data store such as cloud, NAS, the Internet, internal memory pool speaker and light supply apparatus, and as an example, if this almanac data instruction user has respiratory system disease or asthma, then detect the history of known chemicals to impair user and may result in suitable action, asthma attack can caused by the chemical substance detected such as to point out user to be maintained near his/her inhaler when, or activate an air filtering system, cleaning or remove Harmful chemicals is in the environment from user. In some instances, chemistry is detected by chemical sensor (multiple) 3320 and is likely to be considered foul or penetrating odor to user, as when industrial pollution from agricultural or stock keeping/cattle. Almanac data can include those abnormal smells from the patients sensitivity information to user, and take to include combination loudspeaker and air filter unit that light supply apparatus (multiple) activates, fan or smell generator (3377,3980) action is (such as, air freshener) to launch chemicals (3379,3981), it can resist the chemicals (see smell generator 3990 at ENV3850b Figure 39) that abnormal smells from the patient is caused. In some instances, smell generator 3980 can be outside, with such as combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus (multiple) depicted in figure 39. Can be internal combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus (multiple) (such as, as in smell-generator 3377 shown in Figure 33), or both. Abnormal smells from the patient generates the mood that can be used to affect user and/or induction in the desired behavior of user, as when being intended to the chemicals 3981 loosening user's transmitting, sensing data represents that user emphasizes, luminescence is intended to make the chemicals 3981 of user to sleep, send and be intended to from dream, wake user's chemicals 3981 up, or distribute be intended to improve user wholwe-hearted, it is absorbed in, or concern chemicals 3981 is example. Abnormal smells from the patient generate can concert with from this combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus (S) and/or other device of communicating with combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus (multiple), such as sound, music, light, color etc. makes to use up in stimulating, the light of color temperature is (such as, from about 2700K to about 6000K), vibration, the information presented at visual displays is (such as, the screen 3804 of equipment 3803), or aforesaid combination.
Known danger that to be the chemistry detected by chemical sensor (multiple) 3320 in other example can be is to user (such as, fire, cigarette, industrial chemical, toxic chemical) and take an immediate action, notify user and/or other people can take the speaker by one or more combinations and light supply apparatus and/or other device communicated with one or more combination loudspeakers and light supply apparatus. A kind of structure, the structure on a building or other kinds of ground is needed not to be including the speaker of one or more combinations and light supply apparatus and related chemistry sensor 3320 thereof, but may also comprise but be not limited to vehicle, open space is parking lot such as, park, field, stadium, square, simply names just a few.
Focusing on Figure 40, described by the combination loudspeaker of one or more chemical sensors control as above and the exemplary process diagram 4000 of light supply apparatus being used for the one or more chemicals according to detection. One or more chemical sensors (such as, at the signal of the 3471 of the chemical sensor 3320 of Figure 34) in a single stage can be read out (such as, by circuit and/or processor) 4002 output. At this, read output signal from one or more chemical sensor and can include reading the output of all of chemical sensors simultaneously or almost simultaneously, it is possible to include reading the output of such as one the chemical or multiple sensor in some sequence.
Determination in the stage 4004 may be made regarding whether that signal has been detected a chemical or multiple sensor (such as, the signal of detection in an output of chemical sensor (S)). Be detected without signal, then the branch of NO can take stream 4000, another stage, such as the stage 4002, wherein can continue to be read from the output of the one or more chemical sensor. If the output (multiple) of one or more chemical sensor that signal has been detected, a stage 4006 can be brought to followed by YES branch.
In the stage 4006, there is the signal processing of each of which for its output chemical sensor of being detected of signal, to determine which action (multiple), if any, the speaker of one or more combinations taked and light supply apparatus it are required for and/or by other device communicated with the speaker and light supply apparatus of the one or more combination. the speaker of one or more combinations of the signal processing that can occur in inside and light supply apparatus, externally to speaker and the light supply apparatus of the one or more combination, or both. processing can include hardware, software or both. can at the combination loudspeaker of the process (such as, logic 2610 and/or 3360 �� ��) of inside generation and/or outside (such as, resource 3899) and light supply apparatus. for processing and/or whether the described action determined is will take to include from internally and/or externally source, including data, but it is not limited to resource 3899 data, memorizer 2608, cloud, the Internet, user's almanac data, data store, data base, NAS, in RAID, break off for one, the algorithm of client device etc. and/or be embodied in a non-transitory mechanized data and can be applied to process and/or determine can by different types of chemical sensor (such as from different algorithms and/or data, CO sensor be numbered sensor) be applied to signal.
In the stage 4008, if needing action, if then the branch of YES can be brought to a stage 4010 and not need action, then the branch of NO can be brought in another stage and flow 4000, if a stage 4012 is in level 4010, it is possible to take action that the type (multiple) of the chemical substance detected by each chemical sensor is suitable by the speaker of one or more combinations and light supply apparatus and/or the speaker of one or more combinations communicated by other equipment and light supply apparatus. Such as, if a combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus include the chemical sensor of four (4) of such process and this kind of sensor of two (2), and be judged as that needs are taken action at their output signal, then operate suitable equipment in this stage 4010 can take by suitable. In this example, different suitable action, it is possible to take two sensors and these actions can be taken through identical or different equipment. Further example, if the one or two sensor detects the chemicals being associated with paint-like flavour, then the message that suitable action can include communicating is sent to user and leaves environment (such as, between one), wherein smog all exists, combination sound box can be included, and the smog in room exists and/or opens this room, to increase the fan open window light supply apparatus of air circulation. If the user in the second detection room in the two sensor is the CO gas in high concentration, suitable action includes presenting path, an emergency exit to user (such as, display 3804 at client apparatus 3803) and visually and/or audibly guide user along the line to some safety (such as, outdoor), open the window in room, or use its speaker 1 to send alarm, by vibrating a wearable device (such as, wear binder 3801), or it is used in the sound system (such as, media device 3805) of a media apparatus.
A stage 4012, if signal processing completes, can be acquired followed by YES branch and flow 4000 can terminate, or can be transitioned into a stage as mentioned above at other stream. If signal processing is not fully complete, then the branch of NO can be acquired and flow and 4000 may switch to another stage, for instance the stage 4006, wherein processes and can continue.
It may happen that in parallel or series with other flows as it has been described above, and data signal and the other system from combination loudspeaker internally and/or externally and light supply apparatus can be used in stream 4000. Such as, one or more data, signal, and process and user-dependent sleep are as can be used for determining the sleep whether chemical substance of chemically sensor detection is likely to affect user with reference to above-mentioned Figure 19-20B. Aerator is period stream 4000 as mentioned above, in one or more stages can be activated (such as, conducting) or close (such as, disconnect), such as the stage 4002 during reading or be example in the processing procedure in stage 4006. The suitably action taked in the stage 4010 can include activating (such as, connect) or deexcitation is (such as, close) in response chemical sensor 3320 detect the chemicals smell generator 3377 that is associated with sulfur (S), such as, (such as from industrial pollution) at the environment of user. And chemical sensor 3320 detects that the corresponding action of sulfur (S) can be activate smell generator 3377. When the concentration of the sulfur (S) that chemical sensor 3320 no longer detects or sulfur is lower than threshold value, corresponding action can be off smell generator 3377.
Although previous embodiment in some details in order to be clearly understood from being described, the technology of the invention described above is not limited to the details provided. There are many alternative of many technology realizing foregoing invention. Disclosed example is illustrative and not restrictive.

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1. a method, it is characterised in that including:
Read the sensor output of the chemical sensor being included in combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus;
Signal in detection sensor output;
After detection, process described signal to determine that described combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus or other devices more than one with described combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus radio communication need to take which or which action, if any; With
The type of the chemicals for being detected by described chemical sensor, takes suitable action.
2. method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described suitable action includes activating aerator and blows over described chemical sensor to produce air stream.
3. method according to claim 2, it is characterised in that described aerator is included in described combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus.
4. method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described suitable action includes presenting exit route on the display of client terminal device carrying out radio communication with described combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus.
5. method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that farther include:
Smell-generator, described smell-generator and described combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus communication.
6. method according to claim 5, it is characterised in that described suitable action includes activating described smell generator, to produce abnormal smells from the patient.
7. method according to claim 5, it is characterised in that produced described abnormal smells from the patient can be operable to resist the abnormal smells from the patient that the chemicals sensed by described chemical sensor is created.
8. method according to claim 5, it is characterised in that described smell generator is included in described combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus.
9. method according to claim 5, it is characterised in that described smell generator is positioned at the outside of described combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus, and described communication includes wireless communication link.
10. method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described suitable action farther includes:
Access the almanac data of user;
Process from the relevant data of the sleep pattern to described user of described almanac data;
Based on described process, it is determined which type of impact the sleep of described user is produced by the chemicals sensed by described chemical sensor, if any; With
Any impact that the sleep of described user is produced by the described chemicals sensed by described chemical sensor is presented to described user.
11. method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described suitable action includes activating aerator to produce air stream in the environment that described chemical sensor is set, and described aerator is positioned at the outside of described combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus.
12. method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described suitable action farther includes:
Access the almanac data of user;
Process from the relevant data of the sleep pattern to described user of described almanac data;
Based on described process, it is determined that what impact the sleep of described user is produced by the described chemicals sensed by described chemical sensor, if any; With
Taking suitable action to include generating stimulation, described stimulation can be operated such that described user sleep or described user is waken up from sleep.
13. method according to claim 12, it is characterised in that described stimulation includes producing sound.
14. method according to claim 12, it is characterised in that described sound produces by being positioned at outside described combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus and with described combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus radio communication device.
15. method according to claim 12, it is characterised in that described stimulation includes producing light from the light source included described combination loudspeaker and light supply apparatus.
16. method according to claim 15, it is characterised in that farther include:
Change the color of the intensity of described light, described light, or one or more in the colour temperature of described light.
17. method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described suitable action farther includes:
Access the almanac data of user;
Process from the relevant data of the sleep pattern to described user of described almanac data;
Based on described process, it is determined which type of impact the sleep of described user is produced by the described chemicals sensed by described chemical sensor, if any; With
Taking suitable action to include activating smell generator, described smell generator can be operated to generate abnormal smells from the patient, and described abnormal smells from the patient can be operated such that described user falls asleep maybe can be operated such that described user wakes up from sleep.
18. method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described suitable action farther includes:
Window in the structure that described combination loudspeaker and light source be arranged is opened or closed.
19. method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described suitable action farther includes:
Activate described combination loudspeaker and heating in described structure that light source is arranged, heating ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system.
20. method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described suitable action farther includes:
Activate described combination loudspeaker and security system in described structure that light source is arranged.
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