Device for providing health management service and method thereof

• US 10,236,081 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2017
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ahn, Hyun Gi, Roh, Dong Hyun, Min, Kyung Sub
• Primary Examiner(s): Previl, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US15/829,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20180157801A1
• Time in Patent Office: 473 Days
• Field of Search: 3405731, 34053912, 34053911, 3405391, 34053922, 34053924, 34053929, 340575, 340571, 3405721-5729, 3405735, 340586, 34063611, 3406916
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

An electronic device includes a display, communication circuitry, at least one sensor, and a processor electrically connected with the display and the at least one sensor. The processor is configured to, based on state information obtained by the at least one sensor satisfying a predefined condition when a health state of a user corresponds to a first state, control transmitting the state information to an external server through the communication circuitry, control receiving from the external server a symptom check result corresponding to the state information, set a health state of the user to a second state based on the symptom check result, and provide a user interface (UI) for user health management at least once until the health state of the user changes from the second state to the first state based on at least one of the state information and the symptom check result.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

communication circuitry;

at least one sensor; and

a processor electrically connected with the display, the communication circuitry, and the at least one sensor,

wherein the processor is configured to;

based on first user-related state information obtained by the at least one sensor being determined to satisfy a predefined condition when a health state of a user corresponds to a first health state, control transmitting the first user-related state information to an external server through the communication circuitry;

control receiving, from the external server, through the communication circuitry, a first symptom check result corresponding to the first user-related state information;

set the health state of the user to a second health state different from the first health state based on the first symptom check result being determined to correspond to the second health state; and

control displaying a user interface (UI) for health management of the user at least once on the display until the health state of the user changes from the second health state to the first health state based on at least one of second user-related state information obtained subsequent to the first user-related state information by the at least one sensor being determined to not satisfy the predefined condition and a second symptom check result corresponding to the second user-related state information being determined to correspond to the first health state.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor includes one or more of an electromyography (EMG) sensor, an electroencephalogram (EEG) sensor, an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor, an oxygen saturation measurement sensor, a gesture sensor, a gyro sensor, a barometric pressure sensor, a magnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor, a grip sensor, a proximity sensor, a temperature/humidity sensor, a photoplethysmograph (PPG) sensor, and a gas sensor.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first user-related state information includes biometric information and user movement information.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the predefined condition is defined based on the biometric information and the user movement information.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the first health state corresponds to a normal health state, and

the processor is configured to determine the normal health state of the user based on user-related state information obtained by the at least one sensor during a specified time period.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to control transmitting the first user-related state information to the external server based on context information obtained through the communication circuitry and the first user-related state information being determined to satisfy the predefined condition.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second health state includes at least one of a self-care health state and a clinic health state.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

control displaying, on the display, a user interface (UI) for checking user symptoms;

control receiving user input to the UI; and

set the health state of the user based on at least one of the user input, the first user-related state information, and the first symptom check result.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to determine a type of the symptoms based on the first user-related state information.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

control displaying on the display of a UI to query whether to check user symptoms;

based on user input to the UI indicating not to check symptoms, control displaying a guide for user health management on the display.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

based on the second user-related state information being determined to not satisfy the predefined condition when the health state of the user is the second health state, control displaying on the display of a UI to query whether the user is recovered; and

set the health state of the user to the first health state based on a user input to the UI.

12. A user health management method for an electronic device, the method comprising:

obtaining first user-related state information;

based on the obtained first user-related state information being determined to satisfy a predefined condition when a health state of a user corresponds to a first health state, controlling transmitting of the first user-related state information to an external server;

controlling receiving from the external server of a first symptom check result corresponding to the first user-related state information;

setting the health state of the user to a health second state different from the first health state based on the first symptom check result being determined to correspond to the second health state; and

displaying a user interface (UI) for user health management at least once until the health state of the user changes from the second health state to the first health state based on at least one of second user-related state information obtained subsequent to the first user-related state information by the at least one sensor being determined to not satisfy the predetermined condition and a second symptom check result corresponding to the second user-related state information being determined to correspond to the first health state.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first user-related state information includes biometric information and user movement information.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

before the transmitting of the first user-related state information, determining a normal health state of the user based on user-related state information obtained by at least one sensor during a specified period,

wherein the first health state corresponds to the normal health state.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

obtaining context information of the user; and

controlling transmitting of the context information and the first user-related state information to the external server based on the context information and the first user-related state information being determined to satisfy the predefined condition.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

displaying a UI to check user symptoms;

receiving a user input to the UI to check user symptoms; and

determining the health state of the user based on at least one of the first user-related state information and the user input to the UI to check user symptoms.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

determining a type of symptoms to be checked based on the first user-related state information.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

displaying a UI to query whether to check user symptoms;

based on a user input for not checking symptoms, controlling displaying of a guide for user health management.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

based on the second user-related state information not satisfying the predefined condition when the health state of the user is the second health state, controlling displaying of a UI to query whether the user is recovered; and

setting the health state of the user to the first health state based on a user input to the recovery UI indicating user recovery.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions that, when executed by an electronic device providing a function of managing a health state of a user, cause the electronic device to perform:

obtaining first user-related state information of the user;

based on the obtained first user-related state information being determined to satisfy a predefined condition when the health state of the user corresponds to a first health state, transmitting the first user-related state information to an external server;

receiving from the external server a first symptom check result corresponding to the first user-related state information;

setting a health state of the user to a second health state different from the first health state based on the first symptom check result being determined to correspond to the second health state; and

displaying a user interface (UI) for user health management at least once until the health state of the user changes from the second health state to the first health state based on at least one of second user-related state information obtained subsequent to the first user-related state information by the at least one sensor being determined to not satisfy the predetermined condition and a second symptom check result corresponding to the second user-related state information being determined to correspond to the first health state.