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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Lifeline Systems Company, Framingham, MA (US);
Inventor:
Chaitanya Dongre, Vaals, NL;
Assignee:
Lifeline Systems Company, Framingham, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/043 (2013.01); A61B 5/1117 (2013.01); A61B 5/1118 (2013.01); A61B 5/6822 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); G08B 21/0446 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0266 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lanyard device () having a flexible neck cord () and at least one strain sensor () arranged for sensing strain in the flexible neck cord; and a personal lanyard monitoring system including the lanyard device (). A position recognition unit () is configured for comparing strain data obtained from the at least one strain sensor () to predetermined strain data, and recognizing a position of the flexible neck cord () in dependence on a result of the comparison.