MOBILE DEVICE THAT MONITORS AN INDIVIDUALS ACTIVITIES, BEHAVIORS, HABITS OR HEALTH PARAMETERS

• US 20160220198A1
• Filed: 04/13/2016
• Published: 08/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fitbit, Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hello, Inc.
• Inventors: Proud, James
• Application Number:
  US15/098,070
• Publication Number:
  US 20160220198A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0252 using ambient temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0475 Special features of memory means, e.g. removable memory cards
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0204 Acoustic sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• 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
• 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 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/08 Detecting, measuring or recording devices for evaluating the respiratory organs A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1126 using a particular sensing technique
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4806 Sleep evaluation A61B5/4821 takes precedence; devices for inducing sleep A61M21/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4809 Sleep detection, i.e. determining whether a subject is asleep or not
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4812 : Detecting sleep stages or cycles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4815 : Sleep quality
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 : Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 : Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6823 : Trunk, e.g., chest, back, abdomen, hip
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7285 : for synchronising or triggering a physiological measurement or image acquisition with a physiological event or waveform, e.g. an ECG signal A61B6/5205, A61B6/541, A61B8/5207, A61B8/543 take precedence
• 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 5/746 : Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 : User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 : for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/002 : with telemetering systems telemetering in general G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 : Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A mobile device is provided that obtains monitored information about an individual. A display is coupled to a housing. A memory is coupled to a memory and one or more processing units (CPU'"'"'s), a peripherals interface, a Network Systems circuitry and an input/output (I/O) subsystems. A system is included with one or more sensors that detects or measure an individual'"'"'s activities.

Claims

1. A monitoring system, comprising:

a monitoring device that includes a microphone an RF transmitter and sensors to determine air quality, sound level/quality, light quality and ambient temperature near the individual, the RF transmitter serving as a communication system;

an accelerometer or a movement detection device configured to detect-movement of the individual, the accelerator and the monitoring device configured to calculate or derive sleep onset and wake time, sleep interruptions, and the quality and depth of sleep, the microphone configured to record an individual'"'"'s movement sounds detected by the accelerometer or the movement detection device, the accelerometer or movement detection device configured to cause the microphone to stop recording the individual'"'"'s movement sounds when the movement sounds are not directed to a sleep related parameter;

a telemetry system, the telemetry system in operation receiving sleep information and sleep related parameter information data of one or more individual'"'"'s, the telemetry system or the monitoring system at least partially analyzing the individual'"'"'s movement information to calculate or derive a sleep or psychiatric parameter of the individual.

2. The device of claim 2, wherein the telemetry system includes a database of one or more routines of the individual selected from one or more of:

nutrition, activity level, mind centering, sleep interruption, insomnia, difficulties in sleep, depression, daily activities and exercise.

3. The device of claim 2, further comprising:

one or more analysis tools at the telemetry system.

4. The device of claim 4, further comprising:

a feedback system or subsystem at the telemetry system that provides feedback to the individual.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the one or more analysis tools in operation compares the individual information to the base individual information in the database.

13. The device of either claim 5, wherein the feedback is in graphical form.

14. The device of claim 5, wherein the feedback system or subsystem in operation generates one or more web pages containing feedback.

6. The device of claim 6, wherein the base individual information includes threshold values.

7. The device of claim 7, the one or more analysis tools in operation compares the individual information from the system with one or more sensors to the threshold values.

8. The device of claim 7, further comprising:

an alert apparatus for the individual.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the alert is activated when an individual information exceeds a threshold value.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the alert is activated only when the individual is awake.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein the alert is an audio or visual alert.

12. The device of claim 12, wherein the monitoring system includes a display.