Patents by Inventor Hong Yan Ching

Hong Yan Ching has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Monitoring user activity using wearable motion sensing device
    Patent number: 10347108
    Abstract: Facilitation of monitoring and analysis of user motion is performed to facilitate detecting when a user has fallen. A device can comprise a housing configured to attach to a body part of a human, a sensor module configured to capture motion data corresponding to motion of an object to which the device is attached, and a communication module configured to communicatively couple the sensor module to another device and transmit the motion data to the other device, wherein the motion data is configured to be analyzed by the other device to determine a type of the motion of the object, and in response to a determination that the type of motion is a falling motion, the other device is configured to activate a notification mechanism to notify an entity that the human has fallen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Hong Yan, Leanne Lai Hang Chan, Hung Chim, Hong Yan Ching, Chi Kuen Choi
  • MONITORING USER ACTIVITY USING WEARABLE MOTION SENSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160210838
    Abstract: Facilitation of monitoring and analysis of user motion is performed to facilitate detecting when a user has fallen. A device can comprise a housing configured to attach to a body part of a human, a sensor module configured to capture motion data corresponding to motion of an object to which the device is attached, and a communication module configured to communicatively couple the sensor module to another device and transmit the motion data to the other device, wherein the motion data is configured to be analyzed by the other device to determine a type of the motion of the object, and in response to a determination that the type of motion is a falling motion, the other device is configured to activate a notification mechanism to notify an entity that the human has fallen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Hong Yan, Leanne Lai Hang Chan, Hung Chim, Hong Yan Ching, Chi Kuen Choi