BELT WITH HEALTH MANAGEMENT FUNCTION

• US 20100240967A1
• Filed: 03/27/2008
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, The Catholic University of Korea Industry
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, The Catholic University of Korea Industry
• Inventors: Park, Sun-Hee, Oh, Soo-Young, Pyun, Kwang-Ho, Shim, In-Sop, La, Hyen-Oh, Choi, Chang-Jin, Kim, Se-Hong, Kim, Seunghwan, Kim, Kyung-Soo
• Application Number:
  US12/600,182
• Publication Number:
  US 20100240967A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0537 Measuring body composition by impedance, e.g. tissue hydration or fat content
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/107 Measuring physical dimensions, e.g. size of the entire body or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6831 Straps, bands or harnesses

Abstract

A belt with a health management function includes a health information extraction module extracting health related information from various biomedical signals, a buckle housing the health information extraction module, and a strap connected to an end of the buckle. The health information extraction module includes a sensor module detecting various biomedical signals, and a process/extraction unit digitally processing the detected biomedical signals and extracting the health related information from the processed digital signals.

Claims

1. A belt with a health management function, the belt comprising:

a health information extraction module extracting health related information from various biomedical signals;

a buckle housing the health information extraction module; and

a strap connected to an end of the buckle.

2. The belt of claim 1, wherein the health information extraction module comprises:

a sensor module detecting the various biomedical signals; and

a process/extraction unit digitally processing the detected biomedical signals and extracting the health related information from the processed digital signals.

3. The belt of claim 2, wherein the health information extraction module further comprises:

a communication unit transmitting the health related information to the outside; and

a display unit displaying the health related information.

4. The belt of claim 2, wherein the sensor module includes a pressure sensor so that the process/extraction unit extracts abdominal pressure information.

5. The belt of claim 4, wherein the process/extraction unit further extracts waist circumference information from the extracted abdominal pressure information.

6. The belt of claim 2, wherein resistors are provided on an inner surface of the strap, and a displacement sensor is included in the sensor module to detect a change in the resistance of the resistors so that the process/extraction unit extracts waist circumference information.

7. The belt of claim 2, wherein an acceleration sensor is provided in the sensor module so that the process/extraction unit extracts information regarding the number of walked steps and information regarding consumed calories.

8. The belt of claim 2, wherein a position sensor is provided in the sensor module so that the process/extraction unit extracts information regarding the position of a user.

9. The belt of claim 2, wherein an electrical potential sensor for an electrocardiogram is provided in the sensor module and the electrical potential sensor is connected to a connector, for the electrocardiogram, provided in the health information extraction module, through a lead wire, so that the process/extraction unit extracts information regarding the electrocardiogram of a user.

10. The belt of claim 2, wherein an electrical potential sensor for a measurement of body fat is provided in the sensor module and the electrical potential sensor is connected to a connector, for the measurement of body fat, provided in the health information extraction module, through a lead wire, so that the process/extraction unit extracts information regarding body fat of a user.

11. The belt of claim 2, wherein a temperature sensor for a measurement of temperature is provided in the sensor module and the temperature sensor is connected to a connector, for the measurement of temperature, provided in the health information extraction module, through a lead wire, so that the process/extraction unit extracts information regarding the temperature of a user.

12. The belt of claim 2, wherein a blood pressure sensor for a measurement blood pressure is provided in the sensor module and the electrical potential sensor is connected to a connector, for the measurement of blood pressure, provided in the health information extraction module, through a lead wire, so that the process/extraction unit extracts information regarding the blood pressure of a user.

13. The belt of claim 1, wherein a groove is formed in a surface of the buckle to facilitate a rotary opening/closing of the health information extraction module from the buckle.