System and method for providing assistance during medical emergency

• US 10,015,649 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2018
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ulmansky, Asaf, Goren, Adi
• Primary Examiner(s): Batista, Marcos
• Application Number:
  US15/862,923
• Publication Number:
  US 20180132081A1
• Time in Patent Office: 179 Days
• Field of Search: 4554042, 370338
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/18 for vehicle drivers or machine operators
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4306 for evaluating the female reproductive systems, e.g. gynaecological evaluations
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/42 for mass transport vehicles, e.g. buses, trains or aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/46 for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

Various aspects of a system and method to provide assistance during a medical emergency are disclosed herein. The system comprises one or more circuits in an electronic device configured to receive sensor data associated with a user from one or more sensing devices. A change in health condition of the user is detected based on the received sensor data. Alert information that corresponds to the detected change is communicated to one or more other electronic devices associated with one or more other users. The one or more other users are selected based on profiles of the one or more other users.

Claims

1. A first vehicle, comprising:

an electronic device that comprises at least one circuit configured to;

generate alert information corresponding to a detected change in health condition of a first user associated with said first vehicle;

transmit said alert information to a second vehicle; and

receive instruction information from said second vehicle, wherein said instruction information is generated based on said alert information, a profile of a second user associated with said second vehicle, and a health profile of said first user, wherein said health profile includes information related to a medical history of said first user.

2. The first vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said at least one circuit is further configured to transmit said alert information to a server.

3. The first vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said second vehicle communicates said instruction information to said first user associated with said first vehicle via vehicle-to-vehicle communication, wherein said at least one circuit is further configured to output said instruction information at said first vehicle as at least one of audio, text, or video instructions.

4. The first vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said at least one circuit is further configured to transmit said alert information corresponding to said detected change in said health condition of said second user from said second user via vehicle-to-vehicle communication.

5. The first vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said at least one circuit is further configured to customize said alert information based on said profile of said second user.

6. The first vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said transmitted alert information comprises metadata associated with at least one of said detected change in said health condition of said first user or a current location of said first user.

7. The first vehicle according to claim 6, wherein said metadata comprises at least one health parameter of said first user determined one of prior to, during, or post said detected change in said health condition of said first user.

8. The first vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said profile of said second user comprises at least one of an expertise level, a type of expertise, a current position, or availability of said second user.

9. The first vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said electronic device is one of a wearable device, an electronic control unit (ECU) used in said first vehicle, an in-vehicle infotainment device, a server, or a mobile device.

10. The first vehicle according to claim 9, wherein said ECU is further configured to:

control a speed of said first vehicle, stop said first vehicle, control steering of said first vehicle, or establish communication with said server to communicate said alert information based on said detected change in said health condition of said first user.

11. The first vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a sensing device configured to generate sensor data, and wherein said at least one circuit is configured to detect a change in said health condition of said first user based on said sensor data.

12. The first vehicle according to claim 11, wherein said sensing device corresponds to at least one of a wearable device worn by said first user, an in-vehicle sensor, or an electronic sensor implanted in said first user.