HEALTH MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A health monitoring method of a health monitoring apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving an acoustic signal from a sensing device attached to a diaper;
determining whether any body wastes have been discharged based on a spectrum extracted from the acoustic signal;
when it is determined that body wastes have been discharged, obtaining an image of the diaper by using a camera;
obtaining characteristic information of the body wastes based on a color pattern extracted from the obtained image; and
transmitting information regarding the diaper wearer'"'"'s physical condition to an external terminal based on the characteristic information.
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Abstract
A health monitoring apparatus for determining whether or not a diaper wearer has excreted based on spectrum information detected from an acoustic signal generated from the diaper, and monitoring the diaper wearer'"'"'s physical condition according to the characteristics of the body wastes through color pattern-based image processing, and a health monitoring method using the same are provided. The health monitoring method of a health monitoring apparatus includes: receiving an acoustic signal from a sensing device attached to a diaper; determining whether any body wastes have been discharged based on a spectrum extracted from the acoustic signal; when it is determined that body wastes have been discharged, obtaining an image of the diaper by using a camera; obtaining characteristic information of the body wastes based on a color pattern extracted from the obtained image; and transmitting information regarding the diaper wearer'"'"'s physical condition to an external terminal based on the characteristic information.
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1. A health monitoring method of a health monitoring apparatus, the method comprising:
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receiving an acoustic signal from a sensing device attached to a diaper; determining whether any body wastes have been discharged based on a spectrum extracted from the acoustic signal; when it is determined that body wastes have been discharged, obtaining an image of the diaper by using a camera; obtaining characteristic information of the body wastes based on a color pattern extracted from the obtained image; and transmitting information regarding the diaper wearer'"'"'s physical condition to an external terminal based on the characteristic information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A health monitoring apparatus comprising:
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a communication unit configured to receive an acoustic signal from a sensing device attached to a diaper; a camera configured to acquire an image of the diaper; and a controller configured to determine whether or not any body wastes have been discharged based on a spectrum extracted from the acoustic signal, control the camera to acquire the image when it is determined that body wastes have been discharged, obtain characteristic information of the body wastes based on a color pattern extracted from the obtained image, and control the communication unit to transmit obtained information regarding the diaper wearer'"'"'s physical condition to an external terminal based on the characteristic information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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