A monitoring system for measuring vibrations.

Abstract

A system for measuring vibrations transmitted to a user's hand (1) comprises a housing (2) surrounding a vibration monitor. The system further comprises a glove element (3) for holding at least the index finger and thumb, the glove element further comprises a pocket (4) configured to hold the housing (2) on the first dorsal interosseous muscle on the back of the user's hand (1).

Claims

1. A system for measuring vibrations transmitted to the user's hand (1), comprising a housing (2) surrounding a vibration monitor, The system further comprises a glove element (3) for holding at least the index finger and thumb, wherein the glove element further comprises a pocket (4) configured to hold the housing (2) on a first dorsal interosseous muscle on the back of the user's hand (1).

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the glove element (3) further comprises a wrist strap (5).

3. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the outer layer of the pocket (4) is elastic.

4. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the housing (2) further comprises a transmitter connected to the vibration monitor, and the system further comprises a remote device (6), such as a mobile phone, equipped with an application, and the transmitter is configured to wirelessly communicate with the application in the remote device to record vibration data corresponding to vibrations to which the user is exposed.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the housing (2) further comprises a receiver, and the application is configured to provide notification to the user when a predetermined level of accumulated vibration is recorded.

6. The system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the application has a connection to a computer data network.

7. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a tactile generation module configured to generate a signal when vibration reaches a predetermined threshold level.

8. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising one or any combination of sensors from the group including motion sensors, temperature sensors, gas sensors, acoustic sensors, particle sensors, and optical sensors.

9. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the vibration monitor is configured to measure vibrations of 2 Hz or higher.

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