Health self-checking system using remote controller and television and method thereof

• US 5,776,056 A
• Filed: 07/05/1995
• Issued: 07/07/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jung, Kwang-Kyun, Bu, Jong-Uk
• Primary Examiner(s): Kamm, William E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY
• Application Number:
  US08/498,466
• Time in Patent Office: 1,098 Days
• Field of Search: 128/633, 128/664, 128/670, 128/672, 128/691, 128/700, 128/710, 128/696, 128/903, 128/712, 128/904, 600/310, 600/473, 600/483, 600/485, 600/504, 600/513, 600/523, 600/509, 600/300, 600/525, 600/301
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0017 transmitting optical signals transmission by light H04B10/00

Abstract

A health self-checking system using a remote controller and a television and a method thereof, capable of easily checking a user'"'"'s health using a remote controller and a television by checking user'"'"'s heart rate and R-wave form, which includes a health checking information detection circuit provided in a remote controller for detecting a health checking information of a user; and a health checking information analyzing circuit provided in a television for receiving a health checking information outputted from the health checking information detection circuit and for analyzing the received health checking information and a medical data previously stored in a data base of the television and for displaying the analyzed information on the screen of a television.

Claims

1. A health self-checking system, comprising:

a remote controller;

a television unit for storing medical information;

a health checking information detection circuit provided in the remote controller for detecting health checking information of a user and for outputting the detected health checking information; and

a health checking information analyzing circuit provided in the television unit for directly receiving the health checking information outputted from the health checking information detection circuit, for analyzing the received health checking information with the medical information stored in the television unit, and for displaying user information based on the analyzed information on a screen of the television unit.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the health checking information detection circuit includes:

a first sensor for sensing an amount of circulating blood in a finger of the user and generating an output signal;

a second sensor for sensing an R-wave form from the finger of the user that represents an electrocardiogram of the heart of the user and generating an output signal;

first and second amplifying circuits for amplifying the output signals from the first sensor and the second sensor, respectively;

first and second A/D converters for converting an analog signal outputted from each of the first and second amplifying circuits into a digital signal;

a key matrix for selecting a health checking mode;

a first central processing unit for computing health checking information of the user by processing the outputs of the first and second A/D converters in accordance with the selected health checking mode by the key matrix;

a first memory for storing the health checking information outputted from the first central processing unit;

a display for displaying the health checking information outputted from the first central processing unit; and

a transmitting circuit for converting the health checking information outputting from the central processing unit into a transmittable signal and for outputting the transmittable signal from the remote controller to the health information analyzing circuit of the television unit.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the health checking information analyzing circuit includes:

a receiving circuit for converting the transmittable signal from the transmitting circuit into an electrical signal;

a third amplifying circuit for amplifying the output signal of the receiving circuit to a predetermined level;

a clock signal generating circuit for generating a clock signal relating to time information;

a second memory for storing the medical data used to analyze the health checking information;

a second central processing unit for processing the health checking information outputted from the third amplifying circuit with the medical data stored in the second memory based on the time information of the clock signal generating circuit to determine health state information; and

an on-screen processing unit for processing the health state information outputted from the second central processing unit and for displaying the processed health state information on the screen of the television unit.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the first sensor includes:

a light emitting diode (LED) for transmitting a light signal having an infrared ray band width to compute the amount of circulating blood in the finger of the user;

a photo-transistor for receiving a light reflected from the skin of the user; and

a barrier for separating the LED and the photo-transistor.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the second sensor includes an electrode that detects the R-wave form.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the health checking mode includes:

a first mode for inputting and selecting at least one of a user'"'"'s identified number, date of birth, sex, weight, and height;

a second mode for measuring a maximum blood pressure, a minimum blood pressure, and a heart rate and generating measured data thereof;

a third mode for storing and deleting the measured data;

a fourth mode for analyzing the measured data and for outputting the health checking information based on the analyzed measured data;

a fifth mode for displaying a changed health state on the display; and

a sixth mode for indicating when a certain health symptom is checked positive as a result of the analyzed health checking information.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the health checking information includes at least one of a maximum blood pressure, a minimum blood pressure, and a heart rate of the user.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein the remote controller includes:

a sliding cover for protecting the first and second sensors.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said health checking information detection circuit further includes a bio-sensor for detecting sweat from a user which is used to compute tiredness and blood sugar level information of the user.

10. A self-check health system, comprising:

a television remote controller unit for detecting health characteristics from a user, and for processing the detected health characteristics into health information; and

a display unit for receiving the health information, for analyzing the received health information to produce user information, and for displaying the user information based on the analyzed health information.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the display unit is included in a television unit which is remotely controlled by the television remote controller unit.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the television remote controller unit includes:

at least one sensor input for detecting a health characteristic; and

a first processing unit for processing at least one detected health characteristic into the health information.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the display unit includes:

a receiving unit for receiving the health information from the first processing unit;

a memory unit for storing medical data;

a second processing unit for processing the received health information with the medical data stored in the memory unit into the user information; and

a display control for displaying the user information to a screen of the display unit.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the television remote controller unit includes:

a plurality of inputs, each input generating signals; and

a sliding protective cover for protecting at least one of the inputs.

15. A method for health self-checking using a television unit and a remote controller for controlling the television unit, comprising the steps of:

sensing at least one health characteristic from a user, each health characteristic is sensed by a corresponding sensor of the remote controller;

selecting a health checking mode using the remote controller;

computing health checking information by a first processing unit within the remote controller based on the selected health checking mode and the at least one health characteristic;

analyzing the computed health checking information by a second processing unit within the television unit with medical information stored in the television unit;

generating user information based on the analyzed information; and

outputting the user information to a screen of the television unit.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of sensing at least one health characteristic includes the steps of:

sensing an amount of circulating blood of the user by a first sensor of the remote controller; and

sensing an R-wave form representing an electrocardiogram by a second sensor of the remote controller.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of sensing at least one health characteristic further includes the step of:

sensing one of a blood sugar count and tiredness level by a third sensor of the remote controller.

18. The method of claim 15 further, including the step of:

controlling the television unit by a key matrix of the remote controller.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the health checking information includes at least one of a heart rate and blood pressure health checking information.