1. A device comprising at least one body position and activity sensor, at least one peripheral temperature sensor and at least one light sensor, configured to provide information about the circadian system status and the sleep-wake status of an individual based on the data obtained from said sensors.
2. The device as described in claim 1, wherein the device is placed on the person’s wrist.
3. The device as described in claim 1, wherein the device comprises at least one blood pressure sensor and is configured to provide information on the status of a person’s blood pressure.
4. The device as described in claim 3, wherein the peripheral temperature and the light sensors are placed on the person’s wrist and said body position and activity sensors and blood pressure sensor are placed on the person’s arm.
5. A procedure to determine the circadian system status and the sleep-wake status of a person, comprising:
a) Obtaining a peripheral temperature, motor activity per minute and body position values for an individual,
b) Drawing conclusions about the circadian system status and the sleep-wake status of an individual based on the changes in the values resulting from step a).
6. The procedure as described in claim 5 to obtain information about blood pressure and hypertension, wherein in step a) blood pressure values are also recorded for said individual, and that in step b) the blood pressure values are compared to the rest of the values to determine any changes in blood pressure upon lying down or standing up.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. In an apparatus including an electric trolling motor having at least one operational subsystem and said trolling motor having an integral electronic controller for controlling said operational subsystem, the improvement comprising:
said trolling motor also having an integral electronic diagnostic system which will receive diagnostic information pertaining to said operational subsystem;
said integral electronic diagnostic system including a wireless infrared transmitter comprising an infrared light-emitting diode which, when said trolling motor is activated, will continuously and automatically transmit, in real time, said diagnostic information pertaining to said operational subsystem for wireless reception externally of said trolling motor;
said integral electronic diagnostic system being potted by encapsulation in a covering material such that said infrared light-emitting diode projects from said covering material and said integral electronic diagnostic system has no connection ports exposed to external environmental conditions;
a diagnostic data processing system located externally of said trolling motor; and
said diagnostic data processing system including a wireless receiver comprising an infrared phototransistor which, when placed in receiving proximity to said infrared light-emitting diode, will receive said diagnostic information being continuously and automatically transmitted from said infrared light-emitting diode.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said integral electronic diagnostic system is encapsulated in an epoxy material.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:
said operational subsystem is a propulsion operation subsystem;
said trolling motor also includes a steering operation subsystem which is controlled by said integral electronic controller; and
the improvement further comprises said integral electronic diagnostic system will receive diagnostic information pertaining to each of said propulsion operation subsystem and said steering operation subsystem and said wireless infrared transmitter will continuously and automatically transmit from said infrared light-emitting diode, in real time, said diagnostic information pertaining to each of said propulsion operation subsystem and steering operation subsystem for wireless reception externally of said trolling motor.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:
said integral electronic controller includes a receiver for receiving wireless motor control signals and
the improvement further comprises said integral electronic diagnostic system will receive diagnostic information pertaining to said receiver and said wireless infrared transmitter will continuously and automatically transmit from said infrared light-emitting diode, in real time, said diagnostic information pertaining to said receiver for wireless reception externally of said trolling motor.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the improvement further comprises said wireless infrared transmitter comprising an universal asynchronous receivertransmitter.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said integral electronic controller comprises a circuit board and the improvement further comprises said universal asynchronous receivertransmitter being installed on said circuit board.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the improvement further comprises said integral electronic diagnostic system including an internal memory installed on said circuit board for storing historical data pertaining to said operational subsystem, said historical data being automatically transmitted from said infrared light-emitting diode by said integral electronic diagnostic system.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the improvement further comprises said integral electronic diagnostic system having an internal nonvolatile memory for storing historical data pertaining to said operational subsystem, said historical data being automatically transmitted from said infrared light-emitting diode by said integral electronic diagnostic system.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the improvement further comprises said diagnostic data processing system located externally of said trolling motor comprising an external computing device for analyzing said diagnostic information pertaining to said operational subsystem.