Wearable Devices, Systems, Methods and Architectures for Sensory Stimulation and Manipulation and Physiological Data Acquisition

Abstract

A garment with prepositioned, definite sensory stimulating devices attached. The sensory stimulating devices include, but are not limited to, electrical stimulation, audio and physical stimulation such as localized force generation, compression, constriction, vibration, and surround sound. Predetermined and defined actuators allow the wearer to receive tissue, nerve and/or muscle stimulation and/or contraction so that the stimulation is precise as determined by its ability to conform to the scientific methodology of repeatability, reproducibility and reliability; this being due to consistency of actuator positioning in one or multiple locals on the human body. A personal surround sound can also be integrated to the garment to ensure the wearer is always in the optimal position relative to the speakers. These actuators can be force generators within the garment for the wearer to feel impact or apparatus or electrodes included in the garment to locally constrict and increase pressure to the wearer.

1 . A wearable device comprising:
 a wearable garment;   an input module to collect sensory related data;   a plurality of sensory devices connected to the wearable garment that actuate to produce one or more sensory stimulations, each of said one or more sensory stimulations for inducing physiological stimulation; and   a control centre comprising:
 a processor for determining sensory events, each of said sensory events defining a synergistic action of said one or more sensory stimulations as a signal pathway to produce one or more sensory outcomes, each of said one or more sensory outcomes for inducing a physiological response or sensory perception; 
 a transceiver for receiving the sensory related data collected via the input module, and in response, sending an activating signal to actuate one or more of said plurality of sensory devices to activate the sensory events wherein the synergistic action of two or more sensory stimulations comprise at least two of electrical muscle stimulation, audio, haptic feedback, force feedback, constriction/compression, airflow, temperature stimulation and combinations thereof. 
   
     
     
         2 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensory devices comprise electrical stimulus interfaces or electrodes. 
     
     
         3 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the input module collects physiological feedback data of a user of the wearable device in response to activating the sensory events. 
     
     
         4 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a decoder to i) collect sensory related data from the input module, the data being sent from an initiating device, and ii) transform the data into a format compatible with the control centre, wherein the decoder transmits transformed data via a communications protocol to the control centre.   
     
     
         5 . The wearable device of  claim 4 , wherein the control centre processes the transformed data from the decoder to determine the sensory events. 
     
     
         6 . The wearable device of  claim 4 , wherein the control centre stores personalized settings to determine maximum and minimum sensations for the one or more sensory stimulations of the sensory events. 
     
     
         7 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the input module collects the sensory related data from the plurality of sensory devices. 
     
     
         8 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the control centre controls signal, duration, strength, and/or pattern of the one or more sensory stimulations of each of said sensory events, whether singularly, in a sensory event array, random or other formation. 
     
     
         9 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensory devices are removable from the wearable garment. 
     
     
         10 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the control centre is removable from the wearable garment. 
     
     
         11 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensory devices are actuators for force, constriction/compression, vibration and electrical stimulation to produce the one or more sensory stimulations. 
     
     
         12 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the control centre selectively identifies a subset of said plurality of sensory devices of an area of the wearable garment to be activated. 
     
     
         13 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensory devices can deliver multiple types of said one or more sensory stimulations comprising at least one of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS), transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), micro current stimulation (MC/FSM), interferential stimulation (IFS), functional electrical stimulation (FES) and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES). 
     
     
         14 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensory stimulations produced by actuated said plurality of sensory devices may occur singularly or in any combination of synchronous, intermittent, consecutive, and imbricate. 
     
     
         15 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensory devices are connected to the wearable garment in a predetermined and defined placement based on the sensory events. 
     
     
         16 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein positions of the plurality of sensory devices on the wearable material are user adjustable and the wearable garment comprises visual indicators detailing optional positions of the plurality of sensory devices to allow accurate placement. 
     
     
         17 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the wearable garment provides a set number of allowable locations for the electrodes within the wearable material. 
     
     
         18 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensory devices comprise a plurality of speakers to provide individualized local sound for the sensory events. 
     
     
         19 . The wearable device of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 an amplifier, a transmitter, and a receiver that is operatively connected to the input module to receive, amplify and transmit the sensory related data to the speakers.   
     
     
         20 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensory devices comprise vibration actuators. 
     
     
         21 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensory devices comprise force simulation device actuators that may apply physical forces to induce particular physiological sensations. 
     
     
         22 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensory devices comprise force simulation device actuators that apply localized forces. 
     
     
         23 . The wearable device of  claim 22 , wherein the force simulation device actuators may alter actuated force based on parameters comprising an amount of force that is applied minimal to maximum, a speed at which the force reaches its target amount from fast to slow, a duration to which the force is applied from amount of seconds or deactivates once target force is reached and the speed at which the force is removed from fast to slow. 
     
     
         24 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensory devices comprise constriction/compression stimulation device actuators that provide capabilities of applying a compression and/or constrictive feeling to a physiological location. 
     
     
         25 . The wearable device of  claim 24 , wherein the constriction/compression stimulation device actuators alter actuated constriction/compression based on various parameters altered to effect the sensation of constriction/compression and squeezing comprising at least one setting selected from the group consisting of pressure from minimal or a lot, tightening from minimal or a lot, speed that squeezing or constriction/compression occurs or is removed from fast or slow, the length the constriction/compression is activated for multiple seconds or once fully activated revert to deactivated state and the ability to fluctuate between the at least one setting while already activated. 
     
     
         26 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensory devices comprise force/physics stimulation device actuators that provide capabilities of applying a force comprising at least one of pulling, pushing, centrifugal or centripetal feeling to a location of an individual's body or to the body as a whole. 
     
     
         27 . The wearable device of  claim 26 , wherein the force/physics stimulation device actuators may alter actuated force based on various parameters altered to effect the sensation of force/physics comprising at least one setting selected from the group consisting of pushing from minimal or a lot, pulling from minimal or a lot, speed that pushing or pulling occurs or is removed from fast or slow, the length the pulling or pushing is activated for multiple seconds or once fully activated revert to deactivated state and the ability to fluctuate between these settings while already activated. 
     
     
         28 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the wearable garment is separated into three garment areas of the body comprising an abdominal area, an upper torso or chest and shoulder area, and coverage of both the abdominal and torso area, wherein all three garment areas may be interconnected to provide synergy and totality of sensory manipulation throughout the entire garment as defined by the signal pathway to create the sensory stimulations to produce the sensory outcome. 
     
     
         29 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the control centre determines sensory events using sensory signatures, each sensory signature defining combinations of sensory stimulations and related control parameters. 
     
     
         30 . A wearable device comprising wearable material, electrodes, an medical compliant electrical impulse amplifier transmitter Receiver (MCEIATR), and a control centre, wherein the control centre actuates the MCEIATR which in turn provides stimulus through the electrodes positioned on the wearable material wherein the stimulus comprises at least two of electrical muscle stimulation, audio, haptic feedback, force feedback, constriction/compression, airflow, temperature stimulation and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         31 . A wearable device system comprising:
 wearable material connected to a plurality of sensory devices that actuate to produce sensory stimulations, each of said sensory stimulations for inducing physiological stimulation; an initiating device for creating and transmitting sensory related data;   a decoder for transforming the sensory related data using a communication protocol;
 a control centre with a signal processor actuation and _communications interface, for actuating an medical compliant electrical impulse amplifier transmitter receiver (MCEIATR), the control centre comprising
 a processor for determining sensory events, each sensory event defining a synergistic action of one or more sensory stimulations as a signal pathway to produce one or more sensory outcomes, each sensory outcome for inducing a physiological response or sensory perception; 
 transceiver for receiving the sensory related data collected via an input module, and in response, sending an activating signal to actuate one or more sensory devices of the plurality of sensory devices to activate the sensory events; 
 the MCEIATR for providing electrical output to the sensory devices in response to the activating signal wherein the synergistic action of the one or more sensory stimulations comprise at least two of electrical muscle stimulation, audio, haptic feedback, force feedback, constriction/compression, airflow, temperature stimulation and combinations thereof.