Patent ID: 8162857

Claim:
Limb movement monitoring system, comprising: a motion sensor ( 1 ), a garment comprising spatially addressable photonic textiles ( 2 ) and spatially resolving pressure-sensitive textiles ( 3 ), a processing unit ( 5 ) which receives data from the motion sensor ( 1 ) and from the spatially resolving pressure-sensitive textiles ( 3 ) and which issues illumination commands to the spatially addressable photonic textiles ( 2 ), a database ( 6 ) in communication with the processing unit ( 5 ), wherein the database ( 6 ) stores data from the motion sensor ( 1 ) resolved into individual spatial descriptors and time, the database ( 6 ) stores data from the pressure-sensitive textiles ( 3 ) resolved into at least the categories of x and y coordinates and pressure, the database ( 6 ) furthermore comprises comparison motion data resolved into individual spatial descriptors and time, the processing unit ( 5 ) compares the motion data from the motion sensor to the comparison motion data in the database ( 6 ), and the processing unit ( 5 ) issues illumination commands to the spatially addressable photonic textiles ( 2 ) based upon the deviation of the motion data from the comparison motion data and the deviation of the pressure data from a preset threshold.