APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BODY INFORMATION ACQUISITION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20120041280A1
• Filed: 08/16/2011
• Published: 02/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Jong-Min
• Application Number:
  US13/210,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20120041280A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0431 Portable apparatus, e.g. comprising a handle or case
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/028 Microscale sensors, e.g. electromechanical sensors [MEMS]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02141 Details of apparatus construction, e.g. pump units or housings therefor, cuff pressurising systems, arrangements of fluid conduits or circuits A61B5/02233, A61B5/0235 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6826 Finger
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6843 Monitoring or controlling sensor contact pressure

Abstract

A method for determining a user'"'"'s body information in a mobile terminal includes determining whether a user touch is detected on a touch panel, which incorporates a Bio Micro Electric Mechanical System (MEMS) technology, and if so, determining the user'"'"'s body information which in turn is transmitted to an upper node. Body information analysis results are received from the upper node and displayed subsequently. As a result, a mobile user has an advantage of managing his or her health via on line using a touch panel of a mobile terminal without visiting a hospital separately.

Claims

1. A method for determining a user'"'"'s body information in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

determining, by a touch panel, whether exists touch input is detected in the touch panel of the terminal having a Bio Micro Electric Mechanical System (MEMS) technology provided thereon;

upon detecting the touch input, determining, by a controller, the user'"'"'s body information via the touch panel;

transmitting, by the controller, the determined body information to an upper node via a modem;

receiving, by the controller, body information analysis results from the upper node via the modem; and

displaying, by the controller, the body information analysis results via a display unit.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the user'"'"'s body information comprises:

analyzing the user'"'"'s body fluid determined via a window inside the touch panel to which the Bio MEMS technology has been applied; and

determining the user'"'"'s blood pressure or pulse using a pressure sensor inside the touch panel.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing, by the controller, the determined body information;

displaying, by the controller, an analysis result;

transmitting, by the controller, an analysis result to the upper node; and

when a response to the analysis result is received from the upper node, displaying, by the controller, the response.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the upper node comprises a server belonging to a company to which the mobile terminal has subscribed or a hospital server.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing, by the controller, the body information and information for communicating with the upper node to a storage.

6. An apparatus of a mobile terminal that determines a user'"'"'s body information, comprising:

a touch panel having a window to which a Bio Micro Electric Mechanical System (MEMS) technology has been applied and detecting the user'"'"'s touch;

a modem for transmitting/receiving information to/from an upper node;

a controller for, upon detecting a touch input on the touch panel, determining the user'"'"'s body information via the touch panel, transmitting the determined body information to the upper node via the modem, and receiving body information analysis results from the upper node via the modem; and

a display unit for displaying the body information analysis results.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a pressure sensor.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller analyzes the user'"'"'s body fluid determined via a window inside the touch panel to which the Bio MEMS technology has been applied, and determines the user'"'"'s blood pressure or pulse using a pressure sensor inside the touch panel.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller analyzes the determined body information, displays an analysis result via the display unit, transmits the analysis result to the upper node via the modem, and upon receiving a response to the analysis result from the upper node via the modem, displays the response via the display unit.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the upper node comprises a server belonging to a company to which the mobile terminal has subscribed or a hospital server.

11. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a storage for storing the body information and information for the controller to communicate with the upper node.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the server analyzes the received body information, transmits an analysis result to the mobile terminal and the hospital server, and when receiving a response to the analysis result from the hospital server, transmits the response to the mobile terminal.

12. A mobile communication system for performing a user'"'"'s health management, comprising:

a mobile terminal for determining whether a touch input is detected on a touch panel to which a Bio Micro Electric Mechanical System (MEMS) technology has been applied, and if so, determining the user'"'"'s body information, transmitting the determined body information to a server, and upon receiving a response from the server, displaying the response;

the server for transmitting the body information transmitted by the mobile terminal to a hospital server, and transmitting a response transmitted by the hospital server to the mobile terminal; and

the hospital server for analyzing the user'"'"'s body information transmitted by the server, and when an abnormal part exists as a result of the body information analysis, transmitting an analysis result comprising the abnormal part and a processing guide for the abnormal part to the server.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the mobile terminal analyzes the determined user'"'"'s body fluid via a window inside the touch panel to which the Bio MEMS technology has been applied, and determines the user'"'"'s blood pressure or pulse using a pressure sensor inside the touch panel.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the mobile terminal analyzes the determined body information, displays an analysis result, transmits the analysis result to the server, and when receiving a response to the analysis result from the server, displays the response.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the mobile terminal, the server, and the hospital server store the body information and information for communicating with a different node.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein when an abnormal part exists in the received analysis result, the hospital server transmits a processing guide for the abnormal part to the server.