Health management system and method using mobile phone

• US 20090157429A1
• Filed: 06/10/2008
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Hyung Jik, Ha, Ki Ryong, Jung, Joon Young, Lee, Jeun Woo
• Application Number:
  US12/155,834
• Publication Number:
  US 20090157429A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• 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 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

A health care system using a mobile phone includes the mobile phone which has sensors attached thereto, stores a biological signal measured by the sensors, and transmits the stored biological signal during a phone call; and a health care server which receives the biological signals from the mobile phone, analyzes the received biological signal to extract a characteristic value, generates health condition information of a user based on the extracted characteristic value, and transmits the generated information to the mobile phone. Further, a health care method using a mobile phone includes determining whether a physical body comes into contact with the sensors; measuring the biological signal with the sensors when the physical body comes into contact with the sensors; extracting a characteristic value from the biological signal; transmitting the characteristic value to the server; and generating the health condition information to transmit it to the mobile phone.

Claims

1. A health care system using a mobile phone, comprising:

the mobile phone which is provided with a plurality of sensors are attached thereto, the sensors being driven when a phone call is started, stores a biological signal measured by the sensors, and transmits the stored biological signal when the phone call is finished; and

a health care server which receives the biological signals from the mobile phone, analyzes the received biological signal to extract a characteristic value, generates information about a health condition of a user based on the extracted characteristic value, and transmits the generated information to the mobile phone.

2. The health care system of claim 1, wherein the mobile phone further includes:

a biological signal detecting unit for detecting whether or not the sensors come into contact with a physical body and generating a detection signal.

3. The health care system of claim 2, wherein the mobile phone drives the sensors when the detection signal is generated.

4. The health care system of claim 1, wherein the sensors has:

at least one of an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor, a photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor, and a skin temperature (SKT) sensor.

5. The health care system of claim 1, wherein the mobile phone further includes:

means for extracting the characteristic value of the user based on the stored biological signal when the phone call is finished and providing the extracted characteristic value for the health care server; and

means for displaying the extracted characteristic value on a display unit.

6. The health care system of claim 5, wherein the health care server generates the information about the health condition of the user based on the extracted characteristic value.

7. The health care system of claim 1, wherein the health care server includes:

a database for accumulatively storing the extracted characteristic value based on the received biological signal;

a knowledge base for storing a living body information determination rule to which an opinion of a health care expert is reflected; and

a reasoning unit for analyzing the extracted characteristic values based on the living body information determination rule stored in the knowledge base and generating the information about the health condition of the user.

8. The health care system of claim 7, wherein the reasoning unit analyzes the extracted characteristic values based on both the living body information determination rule stored in the knowledge base and the characteristic value stored in the database, and generates the information about the health condition of the user.

9. A health care method using a mobile phone, comprising:

determining whether or not a part of a physical body of a user comes into contact with a plurality of sensors mounted in the mobile phone when the user starts a phone call using the mobile phone;

measuring a biological signal with the sensors when a result of the determining is that the part of the physical body comes into contact with the sensors;

extracting a characteristic value based on the measured biological signal;

transmitting the extracted characteristic value to a health care server; and

generating information about a health condition of the user at the health care server based on the received characteristic value to transmit the generated information to the mobile phone.

10. The health care method of claim 9, wherein the extracting the characteristic value is conducted, after the biological signal has been measured with the sensors until the user finishes the phone call and stored in a data storing unit.

11. The health care method of claim 9, wherein the transmitting the extracted characteristic value includes:

transmitting the detected biological signal to the health care server together with the characteristic value.

12. The health care method of claim 9, further comprising:

storing the received characteristic value in a database;

reasoning the information about the health condition of the user by analyzing the received characteristic value based on pre-stored living body information determination rule; and

transmitting the information about the health condition of the user, determined through the reasoning, to the mobile phone of the user.

13. The health care method of claim 12, wherein the reasoning the information is performed by analyzing the received characteristic value based on past characteristic value pre-stored in the database and the pre-stored living body information determination rule.

14. A health care method using a mobile phone, comprising:

determining whether or not a part of a physical body of a user comes into contact with a plurality of sensors mounted in the mobile phone when the user starts a phone call using the mobile phone;

measuring with the sensors and storing a biological signal when a result of the determining is that the part of the physical body comes into contact with the sensors;

transmitting the stored biological signals to a health care server when the phone call is finished;

extracting characteristic value using the received biological signal at the health care server;

generating information about a health condition of the user based on the extracted characteristic value at the health care server to thereby transmit the generated information to the mobile phone.

15. The health care method of claim 14, further comprising:

storing the extracted characteristic value in a database;

reasoning the information about the health condition of the user by analyzing the extracted characteristic value based on pre-stored living body information determination rule; and

transmitting the information about the health condition of the user, determined through the reasoning, to the mobile phone of the user.

16. The health care method of claim 15, wherein the reasoning the information is performed by analyzing the extracted characteristic value based on past characteristic value pre-stored in the database and the pre-stored living body information determination rule.