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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Barry Alan Matsumori, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth Kaskoun, San Diego, CA (US);
Matthew Nowak, San Diego, CA (US);
Nicholas Yu, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Barry Alan Matsumori, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth Kaskoun, San Diego, CA (US);
Matthew Nowak, San Diego, CA (US);
Nicholas Yu, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6804 (2013.01); A61B 5/0024 (2013.01); A61B 5/02 (2013.01); A61B 5/6802 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 19/3418 (2013.01); G08B 21/0438 (2013.01); A41D 2300/32 (2013.01); A61B 5/002 (2013.01); A61B 5/0006 (2013.01); A61B 5/0008 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01);
Abstract
A hermetically sealed electronic closure device, or button, includes a self-renewing power source, a sensor for measuring a metric, a memory storing information, a data processing circuit for controlling operations of the device, and a transceiver for sending and receiving information. The device is a standard part of a clothing item that is inconspicuous to a wearer of the clothing item.