Mobile telephone having a vital sign measuring capability

• US 20050064902A1
• Filed: 09/24/2003
• Published: 03/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Agere Systems Incorporated (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Agere Systems Incorporated (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Scheit, Wolfgang, Goris, Norman
• Application Number:
  US10/670,107
• Publication Number:
  US 20050064902A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.100
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0462 Apparatus with built-in 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 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• 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 5/6887 mounted on external non-worn devices, e.g. non-medical devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/749 Voice-controlled interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A mobile telephone, a method of employing a mobile telephone to measure a vital sign and a vital sign measuring system. In one embodiment, the mobile telephone includes: (1) a vital sign measuring system, (2) a keypad, coupled to the vital sign measuring system, configured to allow a user to control the vital sign measuring system and (3) a display, coupled to the vital sign measuring system, configured to provide vital sign information to the user. In other embodiments, a microphone on the mobile phone allows the user to control the vital sign measuring system by voice command, and a loudspeaker on the mobile phone provides the vital sign information to the user.

Claims

1. A mobile telephone, comprising:

a vital sign measuring system;

a keypad, coupled to said vital sign measuring system, configured to allow a user to control said vital sign measuring system; and

a display, coupled to said vital sign measuring system, configured to provide vital sign information to said user.

2. The mobile telephone as recited in claim 1 wherein said vital sign measuring system comprises a body temperature sensor.

3. The mobile telephone as recited in claim 1 wherein said vital sign measuring system comprises a blood pressure sensor.

4. The mobile telephone as recited in claim 1 wherein said vital sign measuring system comprises a pulse detector.

5. The mobile telephone as recited in claim 1 wherein said vital sign measuring system is integral with a chassis of said mobile telephone.

6. The mobile telephone as recited in claim 1 further comprising a loudspeaker, coupled to said vital sign measuring system, configured to provide said vital sign information to said user.

7. The mobile telephone as recited in claim 1 further comprising a microphone, coupled to said vital sign measuring system, configured to allow said user to control said vital sign measuring system.

8. A method of employing a mobile telephone to measure a vital sign, comprising:

controlling a vital sign measuring system coupled to said mobile telephone with a keypad of said mobile telephone; and

providing vital sign information to said user with a display of said mobile telephone.

9. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein said vital sign measuring system comprises a body temperature sensor.

10. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein said vital sign measuring system comprises a blood pressure sensor.

11. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein said vital sign measuring system comprises a pulse detector.

12. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein said vital sign measuring system is integral with a chassis of said mobile telephone.

13. The method as recited in claim 8 further comprising providing said vital sign information to said user with a loudspeaker of said mobile telephone.

14. The method as recited in claim 8 further comprising controlling a vital sign measuring system coupled to said mobile telephone with a microphone of said mobile telephone.

15. A vital sign measuring system, comprising:

a body temperature sensor;

a blood pressure sensor;

a pulse detector;

a mobile telephone interface; and

control circuitry coupled to said body temperature sensor, said blood pressure sensor, said pulse detector and said mobile telephone interface, configured to provide vital sign information to a user via said mobile telephone interface and a mobile telephone coupled thereto in response to control signals received from said mobile telephone via said mobile telephone interface.

16. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein said system is integral with a chassis of said mobile telephone.

17. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein said control circuitry provides said vital sign information to said user via a display of said mobile telephone.

18. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein said control circuitry provides said vital sign information to said user via a loudspeaker of said mobile telephone.

19. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein said control circuitry accepts commands from a keypad of said mobile telephone.

20. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein said control circuitry accepts commands from a microphone of said mobile telephone.