MULTI-FUNCTIONAL USER WEARABLE PORTABLE DEVICE

• US 20150223705A1
• Filed: 04/09/2015
• Published: 08/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rajendra Padma Sadhu
• Original Assignee: Rajendra Padma Sadhu
• Inventors: SADHU, Rajendra Padma
• Application Number:
  US14/682,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20150223705A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0008 Temperature signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• 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 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1117 Fall detection
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4818 Sleep apnoea
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7405 using sound
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7455 characterised by tactile indication, e.g. vibration or electrical stimulation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/747 in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/17 Emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 : of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 : electric
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0446 : worn on the body to detect changes of posture, e.g. a fall, inclination, acceleration, gait
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0453 : worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 : for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 : Home automation networks

Abstract

A multipurpose wearable portable device is disclosed that can collect and process data/information/parameter values from one or more sensors and compares the same with one or more predefined/threshold value to suggest one or more actions and/or generate alerts/messages/suggestions to be performed by one or a combination of remote system, wearer, home automation network, healthcare provider, doctor, caretaker, among other stakeholders.

Claims

1. A wearable portable communication device comprising:

a wearable device;

a microcontroller;

a plurality of sensors operatively coupled to said microcontroller to sense one or more health parameters based on conditions determined by the microcontroller;

a pre-loaded program executed by the microcontroller for storing and enabling processing of data collected from one or more of said plurality of sensors; and

a display on the wearable device that displays one or a combination of health parameters, alerts, messages, and reminders to a user wearing said wearable device, wherein said wearable device is operatively coupled by the microcontroller and a transmitter communicatively coupled with a home automation network and configured to control said home automation network and perform at least one of specific actions on said one or more sensory data and specific user actions that are either pre-programmed or programmed on demand.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein said one or more health parameters are heart rate, blood pressure, breath rate, body temperature, oxygen level, sudden fall, location, physiological parameters, psychological parameters, and biological parameters.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein said plurality of sensors are an accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, UV sensor, light sensor, proximity sensor, location sensor, temperature sensor, humidity sensor.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein said wearable device is one of a watch, a belt, spectacles, a band, and a head strip.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein said location sensor is one of a GPS locator and triangulation method-based location identification means.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein said wearable device further comprises a first home automation control option, wherein selection of said first home automation control option enables unlocking of door of home of said user.

25. The device of claim 1, wherein the microcontroller of the wearable device is configured to perform at least one of specific action on said one or more sensory data from at least one sensor that is either built-in the device or commutatively coupled and specific user actions that are either pre-programmed or programmed on demand

26. The device of claim 1, wherein the wearable device is communicatively coupled with a webserver where user preferences and programming instructions are stored to load on demand.

27. The device of claim 26, wherein the webserver provides access to user of all the sensory data, alerts, reminders, preferences and actions to be performed.

7. A wearable portable communication device comprising:

a microcontroller housed in a wearable communication device;

a plurality of sensors operatively coupled to, and controlled by, said microcontroller and configured to sense one or more surrounding parameters, said surrounding parameters selected from a group comprising temperature, humidity, location, magnetic field, light, and object proximity;

a pre-loaded program executed by the microcontroller for storing and processing data collected from one or more of said plurality of sensors; and

a display on the wearable communication device to display one or more of a combination of health parameters, alerts, messages, and reminders to a user wearing said device, wherein said device is operatively coupled by a transmitter on the wearable communication device with a home automation network and configured to control said home automation network based on said one or more surrounding parameters.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein said plurality of sensors comprise at least one of an accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, UV sensor, light sensor, proximity sensor, location sensor, temperature sensor, humidity sensor.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein said device is one of a watch, a belt, spectacles, a band, and a head strip.

10. The device of claim 7, wherein a change in one or more of said one or more surrounding parameters is compared, by the microcontroller, with respective threshold values stored in a database associated with the microcontroller to control said home automation network.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein a detection of temperature by one of the plurality of sensors that is beyond a defined temperature threshold range stored in a database associated with the microcontroller triggers the microcontroller in said device to issue control signal by a transmitter for changing thermostat settings of said home automation network.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein a detection of humidity by one of the plurality of sensors that is beyond a defined humidity threshold range stored in a database associated with the microcontroller triggers the microcontroller in said device to issue control signal by a transmitter for changing humidifier settings of said home automation network.

13. A wearable portable communication device comprising:

a microcontroller;

a plurality of sensors operatively coupled to said microcontroller and configured to sense one or more health parameters;

a pre-loaded program stored in a memory and executed by the microcontroller for storing and enabling processing of data collected from one or more of said plurality of sensors; and

a display configured to display one or more of health parameters, alerts, messages, and reminders to a user wearing said device, wherein said device is operatively coupled by a transmitter with a remote healthcare system and is configured to transmit and receive one or more of messages, alerts, instructions, communications to or from said remote healthcare system, wherein said remote healthcare system enables monitoring of said one or more health parameters.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein said microcontroller of said device is operatively coupled with a database configured to log at least one part of said one or more health parameters.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein said one or more health parameters comprise heart rate, blood pressure, breath rate, body temperature, oxygen level, sudden fall, location, physiological parameters, psychological parameters, and biological parameters.

16. The device of claim 13, wherein said plurality of sensors comprise an accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, UV sensor, light sensor, proximity sensor, location sensor, temperature sensor, and humidity sensor.

17. The device of claim 13, said device further comprising a selectable emergency option, wherein selection of said emergency option enables a user of said device to transmit one or more alerts to a defined number of stakeholders, wherein said stakeholders are selected from at least one of a doctor, healthcare provider, hospital, nurse, family member, caretaker, and a health-concerning stakeholder.

18. The device of claim 13, further comprising:

a geo-fence in the device configured to mark a logical geographical boundary for said user, and use a location sensor to determine an exact location of said user, the device further raising at least one of an alert, a message, a communication, and a notification to at least one stakeholder when said user moves out of said logical geographical boundary.

19. The device of claim 13, wherein said device is configured with an accelerometer for detecting a sudden action of said user, and said device issues one or more of an alert, a message, a communication, and a notification to at least one stakeholder.

20. The device of claim 13, wherein said device is configured to at least receive or generate one or more reminders to take medicines, perform physical actions, and perform one or more pre-defined actions.

21. The device of claim 20, wherein, if said user does not acknowledge said one or more reminders, one or more of an alert, a message, a communication, and a notification is sent to at least one stakeholder.

22. The device of claim 13, wherein said device is operatively coupled with a software application configured to present at least one part of said one or more health parameters.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein said device is a web-based application.

24. The device of claim 13, wherein said device measures, with an operatively coupled pulse oximeter, oxygen saturation readings to enable performance of sleep apnea test.