Systems, articles and methods for signal routing in wearable electronic devices that detect muscle activity of a user using a set of discrete and separately enclosed pod structures
US11426123B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 15, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/7475
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Wearable electronic devices that employ techniques for routing signals between components are described. An exemplary wearable electronic device includes a set of pod structures with each pod structure positioned adjacent and physically coupled to at least one other pod structure. The set of pod structures includes multiple sensor pods and at least one processor pod. Each sensor pod includes an on-board sensor to in use detect user-effected inputs and provide signals in response to the user-effected inputs. The signals are serially routed via successive ones of adjacent pod structures by respective communicative pathways until the signals are routed from the sensor pods to the processor pod. A processor on-board the processor pod processes the signals. Systems, articles, and methods for routing electrical signals and/or optical signals, including analog signals and/or digital signals, between pod structures are described.
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