Ear thermometer having the RFID reading function

• US 20070139204A1
• Filed: 09/27/2006
• Published: 06/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Radiant Innovation Inc.
• Original Assignee: Radiant Innovation Inc.
• Inventors: Huang, James, Weng, Vincent
• Application Number:
  US11/527,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20070139204A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.800
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 5/02 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 5/025 Interfacing a pyrometer to an external device or network; User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 5/04 Casings
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 5/049 Casings for tympanic thermometers

Abstract

An ear thermometer having the RFID reading function comprises an ear thermometer body, a display unit, an RFID reading key and a temperature detection unit. The ear thermometer can read an RFID tag of a subject and detect his ear temperature. The RFID tag and the measured ear temperature of the subject can be simultaneously displayed on the display unit of the ear thermometer. Moreover, the ear thermometer can store and call out several groups of RFID tags and temperature measurement results of different subjects.

Claims

1. An ear thermometer having the RFID reading function comprising:

an ear thermometer body;

an RFID reading unit for reading an RFID tag of a subject whose temperature is to be measured;

a temperature detection unit located at a front end of a top of said ear thermometer and used to measure the temperature of said subject;

a microprocessor connected to said RFID reading unit and said temperature detection unit, said RFID reading unit being controlled by said microprocessor to start reading said RFID tag of said subject after a measurer presses an RFID reading key, said microprocessor then activating said temperature detection unit to measure the temperature of said subject after said measurer presses a temperature detection key, said RFID tag of said subject and a temperature measurement result being finally sent to said microprocessor; and

a display unit located on said ear thermometer body and connected to said microprocessor, said display unit being used to display said RFID tag and said temperature measurement result.

2. The ear thermometer having the RFID reading function as claimed in claim 1, wherein said RFID tag can be a medical record number of said subject.

3. The ear thermometer having the RFID reading function as claimed in claim 1, wherein said RFID tag can be embedded in a long ring-shaped ID band that is worn on the body of said subject.

4. The ear thermometer having the RFID reading function as claimed in claim 1, wherein said microprocessor is connected to a memory for storing said RFID tag and said temperature measurement result for later call-out and inquiry.

5. The ear thermometer having the RFID reading function as claimed in claim 4, wherein said memory can store a plurality of groups of RFID tags and temperature measurement results of different subjects.

6. The ear thermometer having the RFID reading function as claimed in claim 1, wherein said display unit is a liquid crystal display unit.