Mobile healthcare device and method of operating the same

• US 10,292,653 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2017
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Eom, Kunsun, Namkoong, Kak, Lee, Yeolho, Jung, Myounghoon, Cho, Seongho
• Primary Examiner(s): Cerioni, Daniel L
• Application Number:
  US15/799,356
• Publication Number:
  US 20180049696A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 600547
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/053 Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of a portion of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0537 Measuring body composition by impedance, e.g. tissue hydration or fat content
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4869 Determining body composition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4872 Body fat
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/683 Means for maintaining contact with the body A61B5/6802 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6831 Straps, bands or harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/684 Indicating the position of the sensor on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6843 Monitoring or controlling sensor contact pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7425 Displaying combinations of multiple images regardless of image source, e.g. displaying a reference anatomical image with a live image geometric transforms for image registration G06T3/14; enhancement using image fusion G06T5/50; algorithms for registration of images G06T7/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/744 Displaying an avatar, e.g. an animated cartoon character
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A mobile healthcare device and method of operating the same are provided. The method includes setting a mode of the mobile healthcare device to a measurement mode, displaying a screen for guiding a user to maintain a predetermined position during the measurement mode, and, in response to a predetermined amount of time passing from a time at which the screen begins to be displayed, obtaining state information of the user based on bio information of the user, the bio information being received from a sensor.

Claims

1. A method of operating a mobile healthcare device, the method comprising:

displaying, by a display, a guidance screen for guiding a posture of a user;

receiving, from the user, an input at first electrodes and second electrodes of the mobile healthcare device, the first electrodes and the second electrodes being external to the display;

changing, by the display, the guidance screen to a dynamic screen for guiding the user to maintain the posture to prevent generation of motion artifacts, in response to the input being received at the first electrodes and the second electrodes while the guidance screen is displayed, the dynamic screen including an image that is changed according to time;

measuring, by a processor, bio information of the user, in response to the input being received at the first electrodes and the second electrodes while the dynamic screen is displayed; and

in response to the bio information being measured, changing, by the display, the dynamic screen to a new screen indicating state information of the user that is obtained based on the bio information that is measured.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the dynamic screen is displayed for 10 seconds or less.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the bio information comprises a body impedance of the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the state information comprises any one or any combination of body fat, a skeletal muscle mass, a muscle mass, a degree of obesity, a muscle strength, an edema value, a body composition ratio, and an amount of intra-abdominal fat.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing user information comprising any one or any combination of a height, a gender, and a weight of the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first electrodes are exposed through an inner surface of the mobile healthcare device, and are configured to contact a wrist of the user, and

the second electrodes are exposed through an outer surface of the mobile healthcare device, and are configured to be touched by a finger of the user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein an area of either one or each of the second electrodes is less than or equal to 0.2 cm².

8. A mobile healthcare device comprising:

first electrodes and second electrodes configured to receive an input from a user;

a display configured to display a guidance screen for guiding a posture of the user, the first electrodes and the second electrodes being external to the display; and

a processor configured to;

control the display to change the guidance screen to a dynamic screen for guiding the user to maintain the posture to prevent generation of motion artifacts, in response to the input being received at the first electrodes and the second electrodes while the guidance screen is displayed, the dynamic screen including an image that is changed according to time;

control to measure bio information of the user, in response to the input being received at the first electrodes and the second electrodes while the dynamic screen is displayed; and

in response to the bio information being measured, control the display to change the dynamic screen to a new screen indicating state information of the user that is obtained based on the bio information that is measured.

9. The mobile healthcare device of claim 8, wherein the dynamic screen is displayed for 10 seconds or less.

10. The mobile healthcare device of claim 8, wherein the bio information comprises a body impedance of the user.

11. The mobile healthcare device of claim 8, wherein the state information comprises any one or any combination of body fat, a skeletal muscle mass, a muscle mass, a degree of obesity, a muscle strength, an edema value, a body composition ratio, and an amount of intra-abdominal fat.

12. The mobile healthcare device of claim 8, further comprising a memory configured to store user information comprising any one or any combination of a height, a gender, and a weight of the user.

13. The mobile healthcare device of claim 8, wherein the first electrodes are exposed through an inner surface of the mobile healthcare device, and are configured to contact a wrist of the user, and

the second electrodes are exposed through an outer surface of the mobile healthcare device, and are configured to be touched by a finger of the user.

14. The mobile healthcare device of claim 8, wherein an area of either one or each of the second electrodes is less than or equal to 0.2 cm².

15. A method of operating a mobile healthcare device, the method comprising:

displaying, by a display, a guidance screen for guiding a user to contact first electrodes and second electrodes of the mobile healthcare device, the first electrodes and the second electrodes being external to the display;

receiving, from the user, an input at the first electrodes and the second electrodes;

in response to the input being received at the first electrodes and the second electrodes while the guidance screen is displayed, changing, by the display, the guidance screen to a dynamic screen for guiding the user to maintain the input to prevent generation of motion artifacts, the dynamic screen including an image that is changed according to time;

measuring, by a processor, bio information of the user, in response to the input being received at the first electrodes and the second electrodes while the dynamic screen is displayed; and

in response to the bio information being measured, changing, by the display, the dynamic screen to a new screen indicating state information of the user that is obtained based on the bio information that is measured.