Patent ID: 9476765
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G01J,G08B

Claim Text:
1. A device for monitoring a user's exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, the monitoring device comprising: a UV sensor that detects UV radiation and that provides a signal indicative of an amount of the incidental UV radiation on the monitoring device, wherein the signal from the UV sensor is a voltage that is proportional to a UV index; a display unit; a power source; an orientation unit that detects displacement of the monitoring device from a default orientation and that transmits orientation data indicative of an orientation of the monitoring device; a control circuit including a processor, the processor being configured to receive the signal from the UV sensor, to receive the orientation data from the orientation unit, to determine a UV index value for radiation being received from each of a plurality of directions, respectively, and to communicate UV exposure information to the display unit for viewing by the user.