Sexual activity measuring device

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for objectively measuring and / or collecting the characteristics of the back-and-forth movements of an object or a body part directly involved in a sexual act. This device is directly worn by the object or body part in motion. It allows the acceleration of the object or body part in motion to be acquired over time. The acquired data can be processed by a computing unit and / or used by software. The system performing the processing and / or use of the data can be embedded or remote. The data collected or processed by the device can command actions on the wearer of the device or on his or her partner(s). The device can have recreational, statistical, informative, medical or other purposes. In a medical setting, it can be used to collect objective data that can help with diagnosis.

Description

Title of the invention: Device for measuring sexual activity

[0001] The present invention relates to a device for measuring sexual activity during a sexual act.

[0002] Currently, there are three categories of devices on the market that attempt to meet this demand:

[0003] Software or applications that offer to manually and retrospectively enter information on sexual practices (duration, date, menstruation, temperature, estimation of the quality of the relationship, location, partner, practices, etc.). This type of device does not measure sexual activity in situ during the sexual act.

[0004] Applications that use the acceleration sensor and microphone contained in smartphones. The acceleration sensor and microphone are activated via the application before the sexual act and the smartphone is placed near the sexual partners. Under these conditions, the accelerometer can only capture very approximate data related to movements during the sexual act. Indeed, the data collected by this sensor are linked to the movements of the smartphone themselves induced by the movements of the mattress themselves induced by the movements of the partners. By this process, only a very vague estimate of the actual movements related to sexual activity during the sexual act can be obtained. This type of device is therefore not capable of providing an objective measurement of the movements directly related to the sexual act. The microphone, for its part, measures the sound intensity of the noises emitted by the partners during the sexual act.This measurement of sound intensity can only be a subjective interpretation and cannot be considered an objective measurement of sexual activity during intercourse.

[0005] Applications that use the sensors of smartwatches and offer to measure the duration of the act, its intensity, calories and fat burned. In no case do they measure the characteristics of the movements made during the sexual act itself.

[0006] Thus, none of the existing applications or devices measure the characteristics of the movements made during the sexual act itself.

[0007] The device relating to the invention aims to remedy this problem.

[0008] According to a first characteristic, the device concerning the invention is directly worn by the object or the part of the body directly involved in the sexual act. The measurements are directly carried out in situ and, therefore, are not indirect measurements. For this purpose, the device consists of a module (1), containing the electronics, associated in an irremovable or removable manner with a support which can be worn by the part of the body or the object directly involved in the movements of back and forth, or associated in an irremovable or removable manner with a support directly involved in the back and forth movements or even directly fixed, for example, by an adhesive system on the part of the body or the object directly involved in the back and forth movements.

[0009] [Fig. 1a] A possible embodiment of the device is proposed by way of example, consisting, according to a particular embodiment, of the module (1) irremovably associated with, for example, a penis ring (2). Other embodiments, in accordance with the spirit of the invention, are possible.

[0010] [Fig. 1b] A possible embodiment of the device is proposed, consisting, according to a particular embodiment, of the module (1) associated, in a removable manner, with a support such as, for example, a penis ring (4) having a housing capable of receiving the module (1) or a dildo (5) or a plug (6) having a housing capable of receiving the module (1) or even a buckle / belt assembly (7), the buckle having a fixing system or a housing capable of receiving the module (1) or others. Other embodiments, in accordance with the spirit of the invention, are possible.

[0011] [Fig. 1c] A possible embodiment of the device is proposed as an example, consisting, according to a particular embodiment, of the module (1) directly fixed by a patch or adhesive tape or adhesives or others on a part of the body directly involved in the back-and-forth movements.

[0012] According to a second characteristic, the device acquires over time the acceleration according to the direction of the back-and-forth movements of the object or part of the body directly involved in the sexual act. For this purpose, the module (1) contains an electronic part.

[0013] [Fig.2] In a particular embodiment, a possible architecture of this electronic part is proposed which may comprise, among other things, an acceleration sensor, a computing unit, an energy reserve system, a system for exchanging and / or storing the collected data. The electronic part may be associated, for example, with a charging cable and / or a smartphone. Other charging systems and / or other peripherals associated with the invention are possible. Other architectures of the electronic part are possible in accordance with the spirit of the invention.

[0014] According to a third characteristic, the device can carry out the processing of the raw data collected during the acquisition in an on-board and / or remote calculation unit.

[0015] [Fig.3] A part of a possible flowchart for processing this data is proposed as an example, in accordance with the spirit of the invention. Other algorithms or flowcharts are possible in accordance with the spirit of the invention. According to a particular embodiment, the device can recover the values of the acceleration over time of the object or member directly involved in the back-and-forth movements during the sexual act, eliminate (for example, using a filtering process) the part due to the intensity of gravity (if the acceleration sensor is sensitive to it), can deduce therefrom, among other things, the total number of back-and-forth movements, the frequency of the back-and-forth movements, can calculate, among other things, by successive integrations the speed of the object or part of the body performing these back-and-forth movements during the sexual act and / or the distance traveled by this object or this part of the body.According to a particular embodiment, the device can recognize, from a processing of the data collected by the acceleration sensor, the beginning and the end of active sequences during the sexual act and can then trigger a sequence of recording and processing of the collected data. This method is particularly useful for excluding unnecessary measurements (for example, pause periods during the sexual act are ignored) but it can have other purposes (for example, associated with connected peripherals, triggering an audio or video signal, acting on the light intensity of the room where the sexual act takes place, putting the smartphone in airplane mode, or others...). According to one aspect, the device can identify the type of posture and / or position of the wearer of the device during the duration of the sexual act.According to a particular embodiment, by using the average value of the acceleration provided by the sensor along the preferred axis (that of the back and forth movements) which corresponds to the component of the intensity of gravity projected onto this axis, it is possible to deduce information concerning the inclination relative to the vertical (for example) of the object or the part of the body involved in the back and forth movements and it is possible to deduce therefrom the probable position adopted by the wearer of the device. Other embodiments are possible for identifying the probable position adopted by the wearer of the device, for example, by adding other sensors (for example, a gyroscope or a magnetometer) or using a classification algorithm by learning or others.

[0016] According to a fourth characteristic, the device can carry out the exploitation of the data processed by the calculation unit thanks to embedded or remote software processing. According to one aspect, the data captured and / or processed can be the subject of software exploitation integrated into the device or remoted onto one or more peripherals such as a computer, smartphone, tablet or specific hardware device, these peripherals being able to exploit the data captured and / or processed by the device via a local or open network such as the Internet. This software processing can have, by way of example, recreational, statistical, informative, medical or other aims.

[0017] According to a fifth characteristic, the data collected and / or processed by the device can control or remotely control, directly or a posteriori, feedback on the wearer of the device or local or non-local actions on one or more partners. For example, these feedbacks or actions may be mechanical (vibrations, pressures, suctions or others) or luminous or video or audio type or animations paced or not according to the rhythm of the wearer's movements, or others. These feedbacks or actions may be for recreational purposes, medical purposes or others.

Claims

Claims

1. Device, characterized in that it measures the characteristics of the back-and-forth movements during a sexual act using a module containing, among other things, an acceleration sensor, a calculation unit, an energy reserve system, a system for exchanging and / or storing the collected data, associated in an irremovable or removable manner with a support that can be worn by the part of the body or the object directly involved in the back-and-forth movements, or associated in an irremovable or removable manner with a support directly involved in the back-and-forth movements or even directly fixed, for example, by an adhesive system on the part of the body or the object directly involved in the back-and-forth movements.

2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that it can recognize the beginning and end of active sequences during the sexual act.

3. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it can identify the type of posture and / or position of the wearer of the device during the sexual act.

4. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the data captured and / or processed can be the subject of software exploitation integrated into the device or transferred to one or more peripherals such as a computer, smartphone, tablet or specific hardware device, these peripherals being able to exploit the data captured and / or processed by the device via a local or open network such as the Internet. This software exploitation can have, by way of example, recreational, statistical, informative, medical or other aims.

5. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the data collected and / or processed by the device can control or remotely control, directly or a posteriori, feedback on the wearer of the device or local or non-local actions on one or more partners. These feedbacks or actions may have, by way of example, recreational, medical or other aims.

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