METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION OF USER

• US 20100305414A1
• Filed: 03/15/2010
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Hong-sig, KOO, Yoon-seo, SOHN, Jun-il
• Application Number:
  US12/723,932
• Publication Number:
  US 20100305414A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0209 adapted for power saving
• 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

Abstract

A method of transmitting biological information includes selecting a transmission mode from a plurality of transmission modes and transmitting biological information of a user to an external device using the selected transmission mode. Each of the transmission modes transmits different quantities of data to the external device based on a state of the biological information of the user.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting biological information, the method comprising:

selecting a transmission mode from a plurality of transmission modes, each of the transmission modes transmitting different quantities of data to an external device based on a state of biological information of a user; and

transmitting the biological information of the user to the external device using the selected transmission mode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting the transmission mode comprises selecting a transmission mode, from the plurality of transmission modes, in which a first quantity of data is transmitted to the external device, when a normal state of the biological information is maintained for a predetermined amount of time.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the transmitting the biological information comprises transmitting a portion of the biological information to the external device according to a priority, which is based on characteristics of all portions of the biological information, using the selected transmission mode.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the characteristics comprise at least one selected from a group consisting of data size and an importance of each portion of the biological information.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the transmitting the biological information comprises transmitting portions of the biological information to the external device, each portion including a transmission frequency which varies according to a priority, which is based on characteristics of all portions of the biological information, using the selected transmission mode.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the characteristics comprise at least one selected from a group consisting of data size and an importance of each portion of the biological information.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein

the selecting the transmission mode further comprises selecting a second transmission mode, from the plurality of transmission modes, in which a second quantity of data is transmitted to the external device, when an abnormal state of the biological information is detected, and

the first quantity of data is smaller than the second quantity of data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the transmitting the biologic information comprises transmitting all of the biological information to the external device using the selected second transmission mode.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the transmitting the biologic information comprises transmitting the biological information to the external device using at least one of the first transmission mode and second transmission mode while equalizing a transmission frequency of each portion of the biological information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the biological information comprises transmitting the biological information to the external device by controlling a transmission frequency of at least one portion of the biological information based on a state of the biological information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting the transmission mode comprises:

comparing values indicating the state of the biological information to threshold values and

selecting one of the transmission modes from the plurality of transmission modes according to a result of the comparing the values indicating the state of the biological information to the threshold values.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the threshold values are determined by the external device.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the values indicating the state of the biological information comprise at least one selected from a group consisting of an electrocardiograph, a photoplethysmograph, a heart rate, a blood oxygen saturation, an intensity of a wireless signal transmitted to the external device and a maintaining time of the selected transmission mode.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the threshold values comprise at least one selected from a group consisting of maximum heart rate, minimum heart rate, heart rate variation, minimum blood oxygen saturation, blood oxygen saturation variation, minimum wireless signal intensity and maximum transmission mode-maintaining time.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing biological information which is not transmitted to the external device,

wherein the stored biological information is downloaded to the external device using a wired connected.

16. A computer program product comprising a computer readable computer program code for executing a method of transmitting biological information, and instructions for causing a computer to implement the method, the method comprising:

selecting a transmission mode from a plurality of transmission modes, each of the transmission modes transmitting different quantities of data to an external device based on a state of biological information of a user; and

transmitting the biological information of the user to the external device using the selected transmission mode.

17. An apparatus for transmitting biological information comprising:

a controller which selects a transmission mode from a plurality of transmission modes, each of the transmission modes transmitting different quantities of data to an external device based on a state of biological information of a user; and

a transmitter which transmits the biological information of the user to the external device using the selected transmission mode.