Wireless communication system

• US 9,019,098 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2012
• Issued: 04/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Okano, Hideo
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Hai
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wu, Zhen Y
• Application Number:
  US13/489,087
• Publication Number:
  US 20120313760A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,057 Days
• Field of Search: 340/10.1, 340/573.1, 340/539.12, 600/300, 600/301, 705/2, 705/3, 370/311
• US Class Current: 340/539.12
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A wireless communication system may include a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly receive vital data from a sensing terminal, a storage unit configured to store comparison vital data, a comparison unit configured to compare the wirelessly received vital data with the comparison vital data, and a control unit configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit an instruction for stopping wireless transmission of the vital data to the sensing terminal that has wirelessly transmitted the vital data based on a comparison result of the comparison unit.

Claims

1. A wireless communication system comprising:

a wireless communication interface configured to wirelessly receive vital data from a sensing terminal;

a memory configured to store comparison vital data;

a processor configured to compare the wirelessly received vital data with the comparison vital data and control the wireless communication interface to transmit an instruction for stopping wireless transmission of the vital data to the sensing terminal that has wirelessly transmitted the vital data, when no abnormality is detected in the vital data based on a comparison result of the processor; and

an RF interface configured to receive an activation signal from the sensing terminal,

wherein, when the RF interface receives the activation signal from the sensing terminal, the processor activates the wireless communication interface.

2. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, wherein the memory stores heart rate data or blood sugar data as the comparison vital data.

3. The wireless communication system according to claim 2, wherein the processor controls the wireless communication interface to transmit the instruction based on the result obtained by comparing the wirelessly received vital data with the comparison vital data for a plurality of cycles.

4. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, wherein, when, comparing two of a plurality of sensing modes of the sensing terminal, a mode having a relatively long sensing interval is defined as a first mode and a mode having a relatively short sensing interval is defined as a second mode, the instruction includes an instruction for operating the sensing terminal in the first mode.

5. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, wherein the processor controls the wireless communication interface to transmit an instruction for stopping an operation of the wireless communication interface in the sensing terminal that has wirelessly transmitted the vital data.

6. A wireless communication system comprising:

a server; and

a wireless communication terminal,

wherein the server comprises;

a wireless interface configured to communicate with the wireless communication terminal;

a memory configured to store comparison vital data;

a first processor configured to compare vital data received from the wireless communication terminal with the comparison vital data and control the wireless interface to transmit a comparison result signal indicating a comparison result of the first processor to the wireless communication terminal, and

wherein the wireless communication terminal comprises;

a first wireless communication interface configured to wirelessly receive the vital data from a sensing terminal;

a second communication interface configured to transmit the vital data received from the sensing terminal to the server;

a second processor configured to control the first wireless communication interface to transmit an instruction for stopping wireless transmission of the vital data to the sensing terminal that has wirelessly transmitted the vital data, when no abnormality is detected in the vital data based on the comparison result signal received from the server; and

an RF interface configured to receive an activation signal from the sensing terminal,

wherein, when the RF interface receives the activation signal from the sensing terminal, the second processor activates the first wireless communication interface.

7. A wireless communication method comprising:

wirelessly receiving vital data from a sensing terminal;

storing comparison vital data;

comparing the wirelessly received vital data with the comparison vital data;

controlling the wireless communication step to transmit an instruction for stopping wireless transmission of the vital data to the sensing terminal that has wirelessly transmitted the vital data, when no abnormality is detected in the vital data based on a comparison result in the comparing; and

receiving an activation signal from the sensing terminal,

wherein, when the activation signal is received from the sensing terminal, the wirelessly receiving step is activated.