Sensing system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10966657-B2
Application number	US-201916400146-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2019
Priority date	May 1, 2019
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

A sensor system includes a first sensor to detect environmental conditions of an environment in operational contact with a subject, a second sensor to detect physiological parameters of the subject in operational contact with an asset, and a control unit comprising one or more processors communicatively coupled with the first sensor and the second sensor. The processors receive a first signal from the first sensor indicative of the environmental conditions, and receive a second signal from the second sensor indicative of the physiological parameters of the subject, and determine a relation between the environmental conditions and the physiological parameters based on the first signal and the second signal. The processors determine a responsive action of the asset based on the first signal indicative of the environmental conditions of the environment or the second signal indicative of the physiological parameters of the subject in operational contact with the asset.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sensor system comprising:
a first sensor configured to detect one or more environmental conditions of an environment in operational contact with a subject;
a second sensor configured to detect one or more physiological parameters of the subject in operational contact with an asset; and
a control unit comprising one or more processors communicatively coupled with the first sensor and the second sensor,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive a first signal from the first sensor indicative of the one or more environmental conditions,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive a second signal from the second sensor indicative of the one or more physiological parameters of the subject,
wherein at least one of the first or the second sensors are configured to change between an active mode and a stand-by mode, wherein in the active mode the at least one of the first or second sensors are configured to detect the one or more environmental conditions or the one or more physiological parameters, respectively, and in the stand-by mode, the at least one of the first or second sensors are not configured to detect the one or more environmental conditions or the one or more physiological parameters, respectively,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine a relation between the one or more environmental conditions from the first sensor and the one or more physiological parameters from the second sensor based on the first signal and the second signal, and
wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine a responsive action of the asset based on one or more of the first signal indicative of the one or more environmental conditions of the environment in operational contact with the subject or the second signal indicative of the one or more physiological parameters of the subject in operational contact with the asset.

2. The sensor system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine a responsive action of the subject based on one or more of the first signal indicative of the one or more environmental conditions of the environment in operational contact with the subject or the second signal indicative of the one or more physiological parameters of the subject in operational contact with the asset.

3. The sensor system of claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is an environmental sensor configured to detect the one or more environmental conditions of the environment in operational contact with the subject.

4. The sensor system of claim 1 , wherein the second sensor is a physiological sensor configured to detect the one or more physiological parameters of the subject.

5. The sensor system of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the first sensor or the second sensor is transferable between a first position and a second position.

6. The sensor system of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the first sensor or the second sensor is a wearable sensor.

7. The sensor system of claim 1 , further comprising a weather center communicatively coupled with the control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to obtain one or more ambient parameters from the weather center.

8. The sensor system of claim 7 , wherein the control unit is configured to determine a relation between the one or more environmental conditions, the one or more physiological parameters, and the one or more ambient parameters.

9. The sensor system of claim 1 , wherein the control unit comprises a memory configured to store the first signal from the first sensor indicative of the one or more environmental conditions and store the second signal from the second sensor indicative of the one or more physiological parameters.

10. The sensor system of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to transmit an output signal representative of the responsive action of the asset.

11. The sensor system of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to transmit a notification to one or more of the subject or one or more users of the sensor system based on one or more of the first signal or the second signal exceeding a designated threshold.

12. The sensor system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more environmental conditions include one or more of at least one analyte of interest, particle matter contaminants, ultraviolet radiation exposure, ambient temperature, ambient atmospheric pressure, ambient relative humidity, or sensor acceleration.

13. The sensor system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physiological parameters include one or more of skin temperature, body temperature, core body temperature, skin conductivity, blood pressure, blood glucose, respiration rate, oxygen saturation, heart rate, heart sounds, or body movement.

14. The sensor system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physiological parameters are parameters related to one or more of neural, respiratory, circulatory, cardiac, hemodynamic, or metabolic physiological functions.

15. The sensor system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to control one or more operational settings of the asset based on the second signal indicative of the one or more physiological parameters of the subject.

16. The sensor system of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the first sensor or the second sensor is configured to change between a relatively-high-sensitivity mode and a relatively-low-sensitivity mode.

17. A method comprising:
detecting one or more environmental conditions of an environment in operational contact with a subject with a first sensor of a sensor system;
detecting one or more physiological parameters of the subject in operational contact with an asset with a second sensor of the sensor system;
receiving a first signal from the first sensor indicative of the one or more environmental conditions of the environment in operational contact with the subject;
receiving a second signal from the second sensor indicative of the one or more physiological parameters of the subject;
determining a relation between the one or more environmental conditions from the first sensor and the one or more physiological parameters from the second sensor based on the first signal and the second signal;
determining a responsive action of the subject based on one or more of the first signal indicative of the one or more environmental conditions of the environment in operational contact with the subject or the second signal indicative of the one or more physiological parameters of the subject;
determining a responsive action of the asset based on the second signal indicative of the one or more physiological parameters of the subject in operational contact with the asset; and
changing at least one of the first or the second sensors between an active mode and a stand-by mode, wherein in the active mode the at least one of the first or second sensors are configured to detect the one or more environmental conditions or the one or more physiological parameters, respectively, and in the stand-by mode, the at least one of the first or second sensors are not configured to detect the one or more environmental conditions or the one or more physiological parameters, respectively.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein one or more of the first sensor or the second sensor is transferable between a first position and a second position.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein one or more of the first sensor or the second sensor is a wearable sensor.

20. The method of claim 17 , further comprising obtaining one or mor

Assignees

• Gen Electric

Inventors

• Potyrailo Radislav Alexandrovich
• St Pierre Richard
• Amm Bruce Courtney
• Obi Aghogho Atemu

Classifications

• A61B5/02438

  with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient · CPC title

• A61B5/14551

  for measuring blood gases · CPC title

• A61B5/6829

  Foot or ankle · CPC title

• A61B5/6816

  Ear lobe · CPC title

• A61B2560/0242

  adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution · CPC title