US 12,411,540 B2
Systems for collaborative interaction using wearable technology
Eunkyoung Swearingen, Columbus, OH (US); Scott Swearingen, Columbus, OH (US); Susan Thrane, Weaverville, NC (US); Asimina Kiourti, Columbus, OH (US); Balaji Dontha, Columbus, OH (US); and Ian Williamson, Kansas City, MO (US)
Assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation, Columbus, OH (US)
Appl. No. 18/275,754
Filed by Ohio State Innovation Foundation, Columbus, OH (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 3, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/015077
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/169949, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/145,082, filed on Feb. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0118743 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); A63F 13/212 (2014.01); A63F 13/533 (2014.01); G09B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/011 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); A63F 13/212 (2014.09); A63F 13/533 (2014.09); G09B 5/02 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a wearable sensor configured to sense a collaborative interaction event, the wearable sensor comprising a human body communication sensor configured to sense skin-to-skin contact between two different users;
a microcontroller comprising a wireless transceiver, wherein the microcontroller is in operable communication with the wearable sensor, and wherein the microcontroller is configured to:
receive a sensor signal from the wearable sensor; and
transmit, using the wireless transceiver, the sensor signal; and
a computing device in operable communication with the microcontroller, wherein the computing device comprises a processor and a memory, the memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive the sensor signal from the microcontroller;
analyze the sensor signal to detect the collaborative interaction event; and
generate a control command in response to detecting the collaborative interaction event.