Portable electronic apparatus with a user physical status sensing and warning circuit

• US 20110032098A1
• Filed: 08/06/2009
• Published: 02/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cheng-Yun Yang
• Original Assignee: Cheng-Yun Yang
• Inventors: Yang, Cheng-Yun
• Application Number:
  US12/461,281
• Publication Number:
  US 20110032098A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/540
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1116 Determining posture transitions
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/06 indicating a condition of sleep, e.g. anti-dozing alarms

Abstract

An portable electronic apparatus is disclosed having a sensor module adapted for sensing the user'"'"'s physical status, a memory unit having stored therein predetermined configuration status data, an alarm, and a microcontroller for driving the sensor module to detect the user'"'"'s physical status, comparing the detected physical status data to the configuration status data stored in the memory unit, determining the detected physical status data to be an abnormal physical status when the comparison result matches, and driving the alarm to produce a warning signal when an abnormal physical status is determined.

Claims

1. An portable electronic apparatus, comprising at least one speaker for voice output, a microphone for converting sound into an electrical signal, a wireless transmission module for two-way wireless communication with an external electronic device, and a user physical status sensing and warning circuit, wherein said user physical status sensing and warning circuit comprises:

a sensor module adapted for sensing the physical status of a user using the portable electronic apparatus;

a memory unit having stored therein predetermined configuration status data;

an alarm controllable to produce a warning signal; and

a microcontroller electrically connected with said at least one speaker, said wireless transmission module, said microphone, said sensor module, said memory unit and said alarm, said microcontroller being adapted for driving said sensor module to detect the physical status of the user, comparing the detected physical status data to the configuration status data stored in said memory unit, determining the detected physical status data to be an abnormal physical status when the comparison result matches, and driving said alarm to produce a warning signal when an abnormal physical status is determined.

2. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said microcontroller is an ARM (Advanced RISC Machines) embedded processor, having a built-in software program adapted for reading, judging and comparing the physical status data detected by said sensor module.

3. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a keypad electrically connected to said microcontroller, said keypad comprising a plurality of switch means operable by the user to run a program built in said microcontroller, to perform editing and to input voice signals selectively.

4. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a power supply module to provide the portable electronic apparatus with the necessary working voltage, said power supply module comprising a connection interface connectable to an external power source and a power control circuit electrically connected to said microcontroller for controlling input of an external power supply and output of internal storage power supply to said microcontroller.

5. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wireless transmission module is selected from a group of Bluetooth, RF (radio frequency), Wi-Fi, wireless LAN (local area network), ZigBee and infrared type transmission modules.

6. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sensor module is selected from a group of vibration sensors, G-sensors and gyroscopes.

7. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said memory unit comprises at least one first memory block, each said first memory block having stored therein predetermined configuration status data;

said microcontroller transmits the detected physical status data being determined to be an abnormal physical status to one said first memory block to update the storage configuration status data.

8. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said first memory block of said memory unit is selected from a memory group of DRAM/EDO DRAM, SDRAM, SRAM and Flash chip.

9. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said memory unit comprises at least one first memory block and at least one second memory block, said at least one first memory block and said at least one second memory block each having stored therein reference configuration status data, the reference value of the configuration status data stored in said at least one first memory block being greater than that stored in said at least one second memory block;

said microcontroller transmits the detected physical status data being determined to be an abnormal physical status to said memory unit to update the storage configuration status data of said at least one second memory block.

10. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said first memory block and said second memory block of said memory unit are respectively selected from a memory group of DRAM/EDO DRAM, SDRAM, SRAM and Flash chip.

11. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said abnormal physical status includes immovability of the head of the user over a predetermined period that is regarded as maintenance of one single posture over a predetermined period, inclination of the head of the user over a predetermined angle, and rotation of the head of the user over a predetermined angle.

12. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said alarm is selected from a group of vibrator, music generator and voice message generator.

13. An portable electronic apparatus, comprising at least one speaker for voice output, and a user physical status sensing and warning circuit, wherein said user physical status sensing and warning circuit comprises:

a sensor module adapted for sensing the physical status of a user using the portable electronic apparatus;

a memory unit having stored therein predetermined configuration status data;

an alarm controllable to produce a warning signal; and

a microcontroller electrically connected with said at least one speaker, said sensor module, said memory unit and said alarm, said microcontroller being adapted for driving said sensor module to detect the physical status of the user, comparing the detected physical status data to the configuration status data stored in said memory unit, determining the detected physical status data to be an abnormal physical status when the comparison result matches, and driving said alarm to produce a warning signal when an abnormal physical status is determined.

14. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said microcontroller is an ARM (Advanced RISC Machines) embedded processor, having a built-in software program adapted for reading, judging and comparing the physical status data detected by said sensor module.

15. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 13, further comprising a keypad electrically connected to said microcontroller, said keypad comprising a plurality of switch means operable by the user to run a program built in said microcontroller, to perform editing and to input voice signals selectively.

16. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said sensor module is selected from a group of vibration sensors, G-sensors and gyroscopes.

17. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said memory unit comprises at least one first memory block, each said first memory block having stored therein predetermined configuration status data;

said microcontroller transmits the detected physical status data being determined to be an abnormal physical status to one said first memory block to update the storage configuration status data.

18. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said memory unit comprises at least one first memory block and at least one second memory block, said at least one first memory block and said at least one second memory block each having stored therein reference configuration status data, the reference value of the configuration status data stored in said at least one first memory block being greater than that stored in said at least one second memory block;

said microcontroller transmits the detected physical status data being determined to be an abnormal physical status to said memory unit to update the storage configuration status data of said at least one second memory block.

19. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said abnormal physical status includes immovability of the head of the user over a predetermined period that is regarded as maintenance of one single posture over a predetermined period, inclination of the head of the user over a predetermined angle, and rotation of the head of the user over a predetermined angle.

20. The portable electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said alarm is selected from a group of vibrator, music generator and voice message generator.