Automatic adjustment of helmet parameters based on a category of play

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10136855-B2
Application number	US-201514745491-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2015
Priority date	May 12, 2015
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for automatic adjustment of helmet parameters based on a category of play. Aspects include monitoring a plurality of sensors in a helmet and determining the category of play for a user of the helmet based on data received from the plurality of sensors. Aspects further include automatically adjusting one or more parameters of the helmet based on the category of play.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for automatic adjustment of helmet parameters based on a category of play, the method comprising:
monitoring a plurality of sensors in a helmet;
determining the category of play for a user of the helmet based on data received from the plurality of sensors; and
automatically adjusting parameters of the helmet based on the category of play, wherein the parameters include at least one of a stiffness, a size and a shape of a padding of the helmet,
wherein a type of an adjustment and an amount of the adjustment are determined based on a model of expected risks for the category of play for the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the padding is disposed on an internal surface of the helmet.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parameters include the stiffness of the padding of the helmet, adjusting the stiffness of the padding of the helmet by increasing the stiffness in a first area of the padding and decreasing the stiffness in a second area of the padding.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein automatically adjusting one or more parameters of the helmet based on the category of play includes adjusting a tightness of a chin strap of the helmet.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more parameters are adjusted based on a risk profile associated with the category of play.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the risk profile is further based on a medical history of the user of the helmet.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Kozloski James R
• Lamorey Mark C H
• Pickover Clifford A
• Rice John J

Classifications

• A61B2503/22

  Motor vehicles operators, e.g. drivers, pilots, captains · CPC title

• A42B3/0433

  Detecting, signalling or lighting devices · CPC title

• A61B5/7275

  Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor · CPC title

• A61B5/1123

  Discriminating type of movement, e.g. walking or running (A61B5/1116, A61B5/112 take precedence) · CPC title

• A61B5/4064

  Evaluating the brain (for intracranial pressure A61B5/031; for cerebral blood gases A61B5/14553; using EEG A61B5/369) · CPC title