System and method for automatic sensor position recognition

Patent Number: 9386923

Patent Date: 2016-07-12

Patent type: utility

An automatic sensor position recognition system including a position recognition unit located at pre-determined positions on a person's body and bearing a unique identification; a sensor bearing a unique identification; a communication unit assigned to the sensor and being in communication with the position recognition unit and the sensor; a data processing unit in communication with the communication unit; and a database being in communication with the data processing system and comprising the correlation of the unique identification of the position recognition unit and the pre-determined position of the position recognition unit. The system provides an automatic association between sensors and body segments as well as means to obtain these associations.

Inventors

First Name Last Name City State Country
Juergen Te Vrugt - - -
Gerd Lanfermann - - -
Richard Daniel Willmann - - -
Stefan Winter - - -
Edwin Bongers - - -

IPCs

Section Class Sub Class Group Sub Group
G 08 B 23 00
A 61 B 5 00
A 61 B 5 06
A 61 B 19 00
A 61 B 5 0402
A 61 B 5 0488
A 61 B 5 11

Assignee

Organization First Name Last Name City State Country
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. - - - - -