System For Determining Helmet Temperature And Events

Abstract

A system for determining events of a helmet includes a helmet body, at least one detector configured with the helmet body for generating a signal in response to a detected metric and a processor for processing signals from the detector to identify detected metrics that pass a predetermined metric threshold. In particular, a system for determining helmet temperature includes a helmet body, at least one temperature sensor configured with the helmet body, for sensing temperature within the helmet, and a for processing signals from the temperature sensor to identify temperatures that exceed a predetermined temperature threshold.

1 . A system for determining helmet temperature, comprising:
 a helmet body;   at least one temperature sensor configured with the helmet body for sensing temperature within the helmet;   a processor for processing signals from the temperature sensor to identify temperatures that exceed a predetermined temperature threshold.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising an interface for wirelessly reporting above threshold temperatures to a remote location. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , the processor and temperature sensor being configured with a common housing. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , the common housing comprising part of the helmet body. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a wireless transmitter for transmitting information indicative of the temperature to a remote location. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , further comprising a wireless receiver for receiving the information at the remote location. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , the wireless receiver selected from the group of a computer, a pager like unit, a watch, a cell phone, an MP3 player and an electronic PDA. 
     
     
         8 . A system for determining events of a helmet, comprising:
 a helmet body;   at least one detector configured with the helmet body for generating a signal in response to a detected metric;   a processor for processing signals from the detector to identify detected metrics that pass a predetermined metric threshold.   
     
     
         9 . System of  claim 8 , the detected metric selected from the group of acceleration, vibration, airtime, speed, power, impact, drop distance, spin/rotation, inversion, temperature, humidity, moisture, altitude, pressure, chemical composition or content, pH and pulse. 
     
     
         10 . System of  claim 8 , the one or more helmet events selected from the group of airtime, speed, power, acceleration, impact, g's, drop distance, jarring, jerk, spin/rotation, a flip-over event, temperature, humidity, moisture, altitude, pressure, chemical exposure, stress characteristics and heart rate characteristics. 
     
     
         11 . System of  claim 8 , further comprising an interface for wirelessly reporting the metrics that pass the threshold to a remote location. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 8 , further comprising a wireless transmitter for transmitting information indicative of the metrics that pass the threshold to a remote location. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , further comprising a wireless receiver for receiving the information at the remote location. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , the wireless receiver selected from the group of a computer, a pager like unit, a watch, a cell phone, an MP3 player and an electronic PDA. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 8 , the processor determining one or more events from the metrics that pass the threshold. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 8 , further comprising a wireless transmitter for transmitting the one or more events to a remote location. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 9 , the transmitter transmitting events (a) in real-time, upon determination of the events, (b) at preselected time intervals or (c) upon receipt of an interrogation signal from a receiver at the remote location. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 8 , the threshold comprising one of:
 (a) an upper threshold, wherein the processor identifies detected metrics that exceed the upper threshold, or   (b) a lower threshold, wherein the processor identifies detected metrics that fall below the lower threshold.   
     
     
         19 . A system for determining events of a helmet, comprising:
 at least one detector, a clock and a processor, each configured with a helmet body, the detector generating a signal in response to a detected metric; the processor processing signals from the detector to identify detected metrics that pass a predetermined metric threshold, and for time-tagging the metrics that pass the threshold with time of occurrence information from the clock.   
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the detector comprises one or more of an accelerometer, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a pressure sensor, an altimeter, a spin or rotational sensor, a speed sensor and a velocity sensor.