SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMERGENCY ALARM

• US 20070285226A1
• Filed: 06/11/2007
• Published: 12/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seyfarth Shaw
• Original Assignee: Healthpia America
• Inventors: Yi, Kyoung-Soo
• Granted Patent: US 7,764,170 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.120
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02405 Determining heart rate variability
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/332 Portable devices specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7405 using sound

Abstract

An emergency alarm system is provided, including: a mobile communication terminal to measure and transmit a user'"'"'s bio signal and to output sound data with a bell sound when an emergency alarm signal is received from a health care server; and a health care server to determine from the bio signal whether or not the user is in an emergency, and to transmit an emergency alarm signal to the mobile communication terminal when the user is determined to be in an emergency.

Claims

1. An emergency alarm system comprising:

a mobile communication terminal to measure and transmit a user'"'"'s bio signal and to output sound data with a bell sound when an emergency alarm signal is received from a health care server; and

a health care server to determine from the bio signal whether or not the user is in an emergency, and to transmit an emergency alarm signal to the mobile communication terminal when the user is determined to be in an emergency.

2. The emergency alarm system of claim 1,

wherein the mobile communication terminal comprises:

a bio-signal measurement unit to measure a user'"'"'s bio signal;

a data storage unit to store sound data notifying an emergency;

a communication unit to communicate with the health care server;

a control unit to transmit the bio signal measured by the bio-signal measurement unit through the communication unit, and to output one of the sound data with bell sound stored in the data storage unit when the emergency alarm signal is received from the health care server; and

a data output unit to regenerate the sound data outputted from the control unit into an audible sound and output the audible sound through a speaker.

3. The emergency alarm system of claim 2, wherein the mobile communication terminal further comprises a phone-book storage unit to store calling numbers and sound data corresponding to the calling numbers, and

the control unit selects and outputs sound data with a bell sound corresponding to a calling number of an emergency alarm signal based on the data stored in the phone-book storage unit.

4. The emergency alarm system of claim 3, wherein the control unit outputs the sound data with a maximum volume when the emergency alarm signal is received from the health care server.

5. The emergency alarm system of claim 4, wherein the mobile communication terminal further comprises a local area radio unit for local area communications, and

when no signal is input for a predetermined time after the control unit outputs the sound data with a bell sound, the mobile communication terminal transmits an emergency-alarm output signal through the local area radio unit, and

the emergency alarm system further comprises an emergency alarm device comprising:

a local area radio unit to receive the emergency-alarm output signal from the mobile communication terminal; and

an alarm output unit to output an emergency alarm when the emergency-alarm output signal is received through the local area radio unit.

6. The emergency alarm system of claim 1, wherein the health care server comprises:

a communication unit to receive a bio signal from the mobile communication terminal;

an emergency determination unit to determine based on the bio signal received by the communication unit whether or not the user is in an emergency condition; and

an emergency alarm unit to generate and transmit an emergency alarm signal to the mobile communication terminal through the communication unit when the user is determined to be in an emergency condition.

7. The emergency alarm system of claim 6, wherein the emergency alarm unit analyzes the bio signal and transmits an emergency alarm signal to another calling number based on the analysis.

8. The emergency alarm system of claim 6, further comprising a message server to generate and transmit a short message service (SMS) message, wherein the emergency alarm unit transmits an emergency alarm signal in the SMS message through the message server.

9. The emergency alarm system of claim 8, wherein the mobile communication terminal further comprises a message parsing unit to parse the received SMS message, and the control unit outputs sound data with a bell sound corresponding to the parsed SMS message.

10. The emergency alarm system of claim 7, wherein the health care server further comprises a subscriber data storage unit to store a number of a guardian'"'"'s mobile communication terminal corresponding to a number of the mobile communication terminal, and the emergency alarm unit further transmits information of the mobile communication terminal and the emergency alarm signal to the guardian'"'"'s mobile communication terminal based on information stored in the subscriber data storage unit.

11. The emergency alarm system of claim 8, wherein the health care server further comprises a subscriber data storage unit to store a number of a guardian'"'"'s mobile communication terminal corresponding to a number of the mobile communication terminal, and the emergency alarm unit further transmits information of the mobile communication terminal and the emergency alarm signal to the guardian'"'"'s mobile communication terminal based on information stored in the subscriber data storage unit.

12. An emergency alarm system comprising a mobile communication terminal, wherein the mobile communication terminal comprises:

a bio-signal measurement unit to measure a user'"'"'s bio signal;

a data storage unit to store sound data notifying an emergency;

an emergency determination unit to determine based on the bio signal measured by the bio-signal measurement unit whether or not the user is in an emergency condition;

a control unit to output one of the sound data with bell sound stored in the data storage unit when the user is determined to be in an emergency condition; and

a data output unit to regenerate the sound data outputted from the control unit into an audible sound and output the audible sound through a speaker.

13. The emergency alarm system of claim 12, wherein the mobile communication terminal further comprises a communication unit to transmit the bio signal measured by the bio-signal measurement unit to a health care server, and

the emergency alarm system further comprises a health care server to store the bio signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal and manage the user'"'"'s health condition.

14. An emergency alarm method in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

measuring a user'"'"'s bio signal;

transmitting the bio signal outside and receiving an emergency alarm signal from a health care server; and

outputting sound data with bell sound stored in a data storage unit when the emergency alarm signal is received.

15. The emergency alarm method of claim 14, wherein outputting sound data with bell sound comprises outputting sound data with bell sound corresponding to a calling number of the received emergency alarm signal.

16. An emergency alarm method in a health care server, comprising:

receiving a bio signal;

determining based on the bio signal whether or not a user'"'"'s health condition is in an emergency; and

generating and transmitting an emergency alarm signal to a mobile communication terminal when the user is determined to be in an emergency condition.

17. The emergency alarm method of claim 16, wherein transmitting an emergency alarm signal to a mobile communication terminal comprises transmitting an emergency alarm signal in an SMS message to a mobile communication terminal.