Mobile wireless appliance

• US 9,060,683 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2013
• Issued: 06/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: West 74th Street, Series 75 of Allied Security Trust I (Allied Security Trust)
• Inventors: Tran, Bao
• Primary Examiner(s): Gedeon, Brian T
• Application Number:
  US13/845,049
• Publication Number:
  US 20140266787A1
• Time in Patent Office: 828 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2505/03 Intensive care
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0204 Acoustic sensors
• 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 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• 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 5/021 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 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4806 Sleep evaluation A61B5/4821 takes precedence; devices for inducing sleep A61M21/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6816 Ear lobe
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6826 Finger
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• 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 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/02 : Measuring pulse or heart rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/06 : Measuring blood flow measuring volume flow in general G01F, e.g. G01F1/66, G01F1/72; measuring speed of fluids in general G01P5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/4427 : Device being portable or laptop-like
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/488 : involving Doppler signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/565 : involving data transmission via a network
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 : for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 : Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 : Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/14 : Calling by using pulses

Abstract

A wireless system for a person includes a wearable appliance with an accelerometer; a wireless device in communication with the wearable appliance; and a remote computer coupled to the wireless device to provide information to an authorized remote user.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a wearable appliance including an accelerometer, a touch screen, a microphone, and a vital sign sensor, said wearable appliance, configured to be worn in proximal contact with a user'"'"'s skin; and

a wireless device in communication with the wearable appliance to communicate data or notifications to the wearable appliance, wherein the wireless device transmits messages for display on the wearable appliance and receives voice commands input detected from the wearable appliance.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises one of:

EKG detector, ECG detector, electromagnetic detector, ultrasonic detector, optical detector.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless device comprises a telephone, a mobile telephone, or a cellular telephone.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the appliance determines patient movement using the accelerometer.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable appliance includes a positioning system receiving wireless signals or data transmitted from a base station to provide location information.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable appliance is a watch that displays data or application icon on the touch screen.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable appliance determines user health or fitness from information received from the accelerometer and the vital sign sensor.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable appliance is a watch that displays notifications from the wireless device on the touch screen.

9. The system of claim 1, comprising a remote computer coupled to the wireless device to provide information to an authorized remote user.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the message comprises one of:

text message, caller identification, email message, weather, calendar reminder.

11. A system, comprising:

a telephone with an accelerometer, a microphone for voice recognition and a software application to monitor user fitness; and

a wearable appliance with a display, a microphone for capturing voice commands, an accelerometer, and one or more fitness sensors, the wearable appliance, configured to be worn in proximity with a user'"'"'s skin and in communication with the telephone to display notifications from the telephone to the user, the wearable appliance controlling the telephone by voice commands or by entering data to the telephone using voice recognition.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the fitness sensor comprises one of:

EKG detector, ECG detector, electromagnetic detector, ultrasonic detector, optical detector.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the wearable appliance further comprises assistive software that understands voice commands directed at the wearable appliance.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the wearable appliance includes a positioning system receiving wireless signals or data transmitted from an 802.X station to provide location information.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the wearable appliance includes a vital sign sensors.

16. A system, comprising:

a cellular telephone including an accelerometer and a health application; and

a wearable device including an accelerometer, a touch screen, a voice capture unit, and a heart rate sensor wherein the wearable device is configured to be worn on or above a user'"'"'s skin, further wherein the wearable device is in wireless communication with the cellular telephone to transmit data to the cellular telephone and to display notifications from the cellular telephone.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the wearable device controls a play list;

displays an image to select music, video or application;

or renders an audiovisual data stream.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the notification comprises one of:

text message, caller identification, email message, weather, calendar reminder.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the wearable device displays one or more application icons on the touch screen.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the wearable device includes an application to collect information generated by the accelerometer and heart rate sensor, and wherein the application generates, using at least the information generated by the accelerometer and heart rate sensor, an analysis of at least one of exercise and sleep, and wherein the wearable device transmits the analysis to the health application on the cellular telephone.