Monitoring a wearing of a wearable device
US9953507B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 28, 2016 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 28, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B29/185
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for determining whether a user is wearing a wearable monitoring device is disclosed. The wearable monitoring device includes an accelerometer and a processor. The accelerometer detects a three-dimensional motion of the monitoring device and generates accelerometer data for each axis corresponding to the three-dimensional motion. The wearable monitoring device accesses the accelerometer data, detects a presence of a rhythmic pulse in one or more axes of the accelerometer data, and determines that the user is wearing the monitoring device in response to detecting the presence of the rhythmic pulse in the one or more axes.
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