Living Body Variable Measuring System with Wireless Internet Access and Biometric Authentication

• US 20090041306A1
• Filed: 08/08/2007
• Published: 02/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Justin Y. Kwong
• Original Assignee: Justin Y. Kwong
• Inventors: Kwong, Justin Y
• Application Number:
  US11/835,421
• Publication Number:
  US 20090041306A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/115
• 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 5/107 Measuring physical dimensions, e.g. size of the entire body or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4872 Body fat
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6897 Computer input devices, e.g. mice or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A physiological data measurement and analysis system comprises: a central processing centre for receiving physiological data for at least one subject, analysing the data and generating physiological information related to improving the subject'"'"'s physiological condition based on the analysed data; at least one satellite station for measuring and transmitting selected physiological data of at least one subject to the central processing centre and receiving the generated physiological information from the central processing centre; and a communications network for coupling the central processing centre to each satellite station.

Claims

1. A physiological data measurement and analysis system comprising:

a central processing centre for receiving physiological data for at least one subject, analysing the data and generating physiological information related to improving the subject'"'"'s physiological condition based on the analysed data;

at least one satellite station for measuring and transmitting selected physiological data of at least one subject to the central processing centre and receiving the generated physiological information from the central processing centre; and

a communications network for coupling the central processing centre to each satellite station.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the satellite station comprises an electronic weight scale, a display, a data communication transceiver, a biometric identity sensor, a data input device and an electronic tape measure.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the satellite station further comprises an electronic stadiometer.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the biometric identity sensor, the data input device and the electronic tape measure mount within a detachable subject input unit that communicates with the remainder of the satellite station by way of a communication path.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the communication path is a wired path.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the communication path is wireless path.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the communications network is the Internet.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the data communication transceiver is a digital signal line (DSL) modem.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the data communication transceiver is a cable modem.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the data communication transceiver is a wireless access point (WAP).

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the WAP communicates in accordance with the IEEE 802.11 protocol.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the WAP communicates in accordance with the IEEE 802.16 protocol.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the central processing centre stores previous subject physiological data and analyses both previous and current physiological data to generate the physiological information.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the generated physiological information comprises recommendations for the subject'"'"'s diet.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the generated physiological information comprises recommendations for the subject'"'"'s exercise.

16. A method of measuring and analysing physiological data, comprising the steps of:

measuring selected physiological data of at least one subject in at least one satellite location;

transmitting the measured physiological data to a central location remote from each satellite location;

analysing the measured physiological data;

generating physiological information related to improving the subject'"'"'s physiological condition based on the analysed data; and

transmitting the generated physiological data to the satellite location for display to the subject.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the generated physiological information comprises recommendations for the subject'"'"'s diet.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the generated physiological information comprises recommendations for the subject'"'"'s exercise.