Electronic apparatus

• US 10,424,181 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2016
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Okabe, Ryosuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Quang
• Application Number:
  US15/552,792
• Publication Number:
  US 20190035247A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 5/0023 for therapeutic purposes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0257 Proximity sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02416 using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation A61B5/14552 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7282 Event detection, e.g. detecting unique waveforms indicative of a medical condition A61B5/4094, A61B5/4818, A61B5/349, A61B5/0823 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0453 worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00

Abstract

An electronic apparatus is worn on a body of a user. At least one processor determines whether biological information of the user contains an abnormality. An abnormality notification screen is displayed on a display when the at least one processor determines that the biological information contains the abnormality, the abnormality notification screen notifying an abnormality in the user.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus worn on a body of a user, the electronic apparatus comprising:

a biological information obtaining unit to obtain biological information indicating a health condition of the user;

at least one processor configured to determine whether the biological information of the user contains an abnormality; and

a display on which an abnormality notification screen is displayed when the at least one processor determines that the biological information contains the abnormality, the abnormality notification screen providing a notification of the abnormality in the user,

wherein the at least one processor determines an occurrence time at which the abnormality has occurred in the user and measures an elapsed time since the occurrence time of the abnormality in the user,

the electronic apparatus is driven by a battery,

when a voltage of the battery, detected by a battery voltage detector of the electronic apparatus, becomes smaller than a threshold, the abnormality notification screen displays the occurrence time at which the abnormality has occurred in the user on the display, and

when the voltage of the battery is not smaller than the threshold, the abnormality notification screen displays the elapsed time since the occurrence time of the abnormality in the user on the display.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the abnormality notification screen comprises useful information that is useful in taking an appropriate action for the user in response to the abnormality.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the useful information comprises at least one of a chronic disease name, a blood type, and attending physician information relevant to an attending physician of the user.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the useful information comprises a name and a contact of the user.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a transmitting unit to wirelessly transmit a notification signal notifying the abnormality in the user when the at least one processor determines that the biological information contains the abnormality.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the notification signal comprises position information indicating a position of the electronic apparatus.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display is an electronic paper.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the abnormality notification screen is displayed on the display when the user performs a predetermined operation to the electronic apparatus, irrespective of a result of the determination whether the biological information of the user contains the abnormality.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the electronic apparatus outputs at least one of light and sound when the at least one processor determines that the biological information contains the abnormality.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a normal screen does not include user information relevant to the user except for the biological information, the normal screen being displayed on the display when the at least one processor determines that the biological information does not contain the abnormality.