Method and system for non-invasive measurement of prescribed characteristics of a subject
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1. A non-invasive measurement apparatus for monitoring at least one prescribed characteristic of a subject, comprising:
- a wireless device having circuitry configurable in a first mode of operation in accordance with a wireless phone architecture to operate as a wireless telephone and configurable in a second mode of operation as a subject monitoring device for monitoring the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject, at least one component of said circuitry being used in both of said first and second modes of operation,the circuitry being configured in said second mode of operation to receive a wireless signal that has been transmitted by the wireless device for a measurement of the at least one prescribed characteristic, and to receive a reflected version of the wireless signal that is reflected off the subject, wherein a difference of the received wireless signal and the received reflected version of the wireless signal is used to produce measurement data associated with the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject.
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Abstract
In the non-invasive measuring system, a wireless communication device or other sensing device, gathers Doppler information from signals transmitted by the wireless communication or sensing device and reflected off of a target subject. The gathered information is transferred, preferably, over the existing communication network infra-structure to a presentation device. By placing a body sensor on the target subject, the return of the signal reflected from the subject is enhanced and/or additional information is modulated onto the return signal.
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1. A non-invasive measurement apparatus for monitoring at least one prescribed characteristic of a subject, comprising:
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a wireless device having circuitry configurable in a first mode of operation in accordance with a wireless phone architecture to operate as a wireless telephone and configurable in a second mode of operation as a subject monitoring device for monitoring the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject, at least one component of said circuitry being used in both of said first and second modes of operation, the circuitry being configured in said second mode of operation to receive a wireless signal that has been transmitted by the wireless device for a measurement of the at least one prescribed characteristic, and to receive a reflected version of the wireless signal that is reflected off the subject, wherein a difference of the received wireless signal and the received reflected version of the wireless signal is used to produce measurement data associated with the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 27, 31, 32)
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6. A non-invasive measurement apparatus for monitoring at least one prescribed characteristic of a subject, comprising:
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a wireless device having circuitry configurable in a first mode of operation in accordance with a wireless phone architecture to operate as a wireless telephone and configurable in a second mode of operation as a subject monitoring device for monitoring the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject, at least one component of said circuitry being used in both of said first and second modes of operation, the circuitry being configured in said second mode of operation to receive a wireless signal that has been transmitted by the wireless device for a measurement of the at least one prescribed characteristic and configured to receive a reflected version of the wireless signal that is reflected off the subject, wherein a difference of the received wireless signal and the received reflected version of the wireless signal is used to produde an output signal associated with the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject; and an interface element connected to the circuitry for at least facilitating connectivity of the circuitry and communication of the output signal to an external device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 28, 33, 34)
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14. A non-invasive measuring apparatus for monitoring at least one prescribed characteristic of a subject, comprising:
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a wireless device configurable in a first mode of operation in accordance with a wireless phone architecture to operate as a wireless telephone and configurable in a second mode of operation as a subject monitoring device for monitoring the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject, at least one component of said wireless device being used in both of said first and second modes of operation; a circuit arrangement connected to the wireless device, the circuit arrangement in said second mode of operation configured to receive non-reflected radio signals that have been transmitted by the wireless device for a measurement of the at least one prescribed characteristic, configured to receive reflected versions of radio signals that are reflected off the subject, and configured to generate an output signal associated with the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject based on a difference of the non-reflected and reflected radio signals. - View Dependent Claims (15, 35, 36)
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16. A non-invasive measurement apparatus for monitoring at least one prescribed characteristic of a subject, comprising:
a wireless device having circuitry configurable in a first mode of operation in accordance with a wireless phone architecture to operate as a wireless telephone and configurable in a second mode of operation as a subject monitoring device for monitoring the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject, wherein at least one component of said circuitry is used in both of said first and second modes of operation, the circuitry including, an antenna configured in said second mode of operation to transmit a wireless signal for a measurement of the at least one prescribed characteristic and to receive a reflected version of the wireless signal that is reflected off the subject, and a mixer configured in said second mode of operation to mix the transmitted wireless signal and the reflected version of the wireless signal to obtain a difference signal that is associated with the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 37, 38)
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21. A non-invasive measuring apparatus, comprising:
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a wireless device having circuitry configurable in a first mode of operation in accordance with a wireless phone architecture to operate as a wireless telephone and configurable in a second mode of operation as a subject monitoring device for monitoring the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject, at least one component of said circuitry being used in both of said first and second modes of operation, wherein in the first mode of operation, said wireless device operates as the wireless telephone; and in the second mode of operation, said wireless device operates as the subject monitoring device and is configured to transmit a wireless signal and receive a reflected version of the wireless signal that is reflected off a subject for use in measuring at least one prescribed characteristic of said subject, wherein a difference of said transmit signal and reflected signal is used to produce measurement data associated with the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 30, 39, 40)
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25. A non-invasive measuring apparatus for monitoring at least one prescribed characteristic of a subject, comprising:
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a transmission device for at least transmitting radio signals; and a circuit arrangement connected to the transmission device, the circuit arrangement configured to receive non-reflected radio signals that have been transmitted by the transmission device for a measurement of the at least one prescribed characteristic, configured to receive reflected versions of radio signals that are reflected off the subject, and configured to generate a frequency signal associated with the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject based on a difference of the non-reflected and reflected radio signals, wherein the non-invasive measuring apparatus is embodied as a computer peripheral card.
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26. A non-invasive measuring apparatus for monitoring at least one prescribed characteristic of a subject, comprising:
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a transmission device for at least transmitting radio signals; and a circuit arrangement connected to the transmission device, the circuit arrangement configured to receive non-reflected radio signals that have been transmitted by the transmission device for a measurement of the at least one prescribed characteristic, configured to receive reflected versions of radio signals that are reflected off the subject, and configured to generate a frequency signal associated with the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject based on a difference of the non-reflected and reflected radio signals, wherein the non-invasive measuring apparatus is embodied as a PCMCIA card.
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