Remote body temperature monitoring device

• US 20080018480A1
• Filed: 07/20/2006
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GT Investments (BVI) Limited
• Original Assignee: GT Investments (BVI) Limited
• Inventors: Sham, John C.K.
• Application Number:
  US11/489,973
• Publication Number:
  US 20080018480A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0008 Temperature signals
• 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: G08B 21/04 responsive to non-activity, e.g. of elderly persons G08B21/06 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for monitoring the body temperature of a subject and to provide an alert locally or remotely to a third party if the bodily temperature of the subject is determined to be abnormal. The device preferably employs infra-red (IR) radiation to remotely measure the temperature of the subject without contact with the subject'"'"'s skin. The alert system is preferably configured to transmit an alert to a selected third party via a conventional telephone line (plain ordinary telephone service or POTS) or through a wireless mobile communication system. The subjects in the preferred embodiment are infants and young children, seniors, invalids and others who are otherwise confined to a circumscribed area for health reasons.

Claims

1. A body temperature sensing and communication device, comprising:

a temperature sensing device having a temperature signal transmitter and a temperature signal receiver;

the temperature signal transmitter transmitting a signal for measuring a temperature of a subject without physical contact with the subject;

the temperature sensing device having a second signal transmitter for transmitting the temperature measurement to a temperature information receiver;

the temperature information receiver being associated with a memory storage for storing the temperature measurement;

the memory storage configured to store a temperature value for comparison with the temperature measurement.

2. The body temperature sensing and communication device according to claim 1, the temperature sensing device further comprising a motion detector for detecting a movement of the subject within a proximate distance from the temperature sensing device.

3. The body temperature sensing and communication device according to claim 2, wherein the motion detector comprises an infrared motion sensor.

4. The body temperature sensing and communication device according to claim 2, wherein the motion detector comprises a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor image sensor.

5. The body temperature sensing and communication device according to claim 1, wherein the temperature signal transmitter is an infrared signal transmitter and the temperature signal receiver is an infrared signal receiver.

6. A body temperature sensing and communication device, comprising:

a temperature sensing device having a temperature signal transmitter and a temperature signal receiver;

the temperature signal transmitter transmitting a signal for measuring a temperature of a subject without physical contact with the subject;

the temperature sensing device having a second signal transmitter for transmitting the temperature measurement to a temperature information receiver;

the temperature information receiver having a stored temperature value for comparison with the temperature measurement, and having a stored transmission destination for transmitting an alert.

7. The body temperature sensing and communication device according to claim 6, the temperature sensing device further comprising a motion detector for detecting a movement of the subject within a proximate distance from the temperature sensing device.

8. The body temperature sensing and communication device according to claim 7, wherein the motion detector comprises an infrared motion sensor.

9. The body temperature sensing and communication device according to claim 7, wherein the motion detector comprises a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor image sensor.

10. The body temperature sensing and communication device according to claim 6, wherein the temperature signal transmitter is an infrared signal transmitter and the temperature signal receiver is an infrared signal receiver.

11. The body temperature sensing and communication device according to claim 6, wherein the stored transmission destination is a telephone number.

12. A body temperature sensing and communication device, comprising:

a temperature sensing device having a temperature signal transmitter and a temperature signal receiver;

the temperature signal transmitter transmitting a signal for measuring a temperature of a subject without physical contact with the subject;

a sensor for detecting a presence of the subject and activating the temperature signal transmitter;

the temperature sensing device having a second signal transmitter for transmitting the temperature measurement to a temperature information receiver;

the temperature information receiver having a stored temperature value for comparison with the temperature measurement, and having a stored transmission destination for transmitting an alert.

13. The body temperature sensing and communication device according to claim 12, wherein the sensor for detecting a presence of the subject comprises an infrared motion sensor.

14. The body temperature sensing and communication device according to claim 12, wherein the sensor for detecting a presence of the subject comprises a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor image sensor.

15. The body temperature sensing and communication device according to claim 12, wherein the temperature signal transmitter is an infrared signal transmitter and the temperature signal receiver is an infrared signal receiver.

16. The body temperature sensing and communication device according to claim 12, wherein the stored transmission destination is a telephone number.

17. A body temperature sensing and communication device, comprising:

a means for measuring a body temperature of a subject without physical contact with the subject;

a means for conveying a measured body temperature to a temperature information receiver;

the temperature information receiver having a stored temperature value for comparison with the measured body temperature, and having a stored transmission destination for transmitting an alert.