Method for transmitting physiological detection signals through mobile phone device via bluetooth/Wi-Fi communication system

• US 9,208,286 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2013
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yuan-Hsiang Chou
• Original Assignee: Yuan-Hsiang Chou
• Inventors: Chou, Yuan-Hsiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Lin, Kenny
• Application Number:
  US14/093,017
• Publication Number:
  US 20140148138A1
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• 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 method for transmitting physiological detection signals through a mobile phone device via a Bluetooth/Wi-Fi communication system includes steps of providing at least a physiological signal detector for performing a physiological examination on a subject so as to generate at least one physiological detection signal which is transmitted to a built-in Bluetooth/Wi-Fi module of a mobile phone of a subject through a communication interface and a Bluetooth/Wi-Fi module at a detection end. The physiological detection signal is encoded by the mobile phone of the subject to be a message or a signal code containing a data transmission command and a data format protocol and is transmitted to a mobile phone or an App ID of a remote caretaker, so that the caretaker is able to instantly control a physiological state of the subject.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting physiological detection signals through a mobile phone device and a Bluetooth communication system, comprising:

providing at least a physiological signal detector for performing a physiological examination on a subject so as to generate at least one physiological detection signal;

providing a communication interface for transmitting the physiological detection signal from the physiological signal detector to a Bluetooth module at a detection end;

the Bluetooth module at the detection end intended to transmit the physiological detection signal;

utilizing a mobile phone equipped with a built-in Bluetooth module of the subject to receive the physiological detection signal; and

creating a message containing a data transmission command and a data format protocol by encoding the physiological detection signal through the mobile phone of the subject, then transmitting the message to a mobile phone of a caretaker, or creating a signal code containing a data transmission command and a data format protocol by encoding the physiological detection signal through the mobile phone of the subject, then transmitting the signal code to an application (App) identification (ID) of a smartphone so as to be allowed to be downloaded to the mobile phone of the caretaker;

wherein the mobile phone of the subject is further intended to incorporate the physiological detection signal into the message and to transmit the message to the mobile phone of the caretaker, and then sending an acknowledgement message to the physiological signal detector through the Bluetooth module at the detection end for acknowledging that the message containing the physiological detection signal is being sent to the mobile phone of the caretaker.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transmission command and the data format protocol are created based on a communication standard of ASCII.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transmission command and the data format protocol comprise command initiation, command operation, and content format, the command initiation is intended to initiate operations of transmitting a message, transmitting a string, and transmitting physiological detection values including oximeter density, sphygmomanometer values, glucose meter values, and physiological detection signals.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the physiological signal detector is intended to enable the Bluetooth module at the detection end to detect the built-in Bluetooth module of the mobile phone of the subject, and the mobile phone of the subject is intended to enable the built-in Bluetooth module to detect the Bluetooth module at the detection end so as to allow the Bluetooth module at the detection end and the built-in Bluetooth module of the mobile phone of the subject to communicate with each other.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the physiological signal detector is stored with phone numbers of the mobile phone of the caretaker, and is intended to transmit the physiological detection signal and the phone numbers of the caretaker to the built-in Bluetooth module of the mobile phone of the subject through the Bluetooth module at the detection end, whereby enabling the mobile phone of the subject to call the phone numbers of the caretaker or the App ID of the smartphone according to a commander, the physiological signal detector transmitting the at least one physiological detection signal with a predetermined order and the phone numbers of the caretaker to the Bluetooth module at the detection end.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the Bluetooth module at the detection end and the built-in Bluetooth module of the mobile phone of the subject are respectively communicated based on Standard BT 2.0+EDR Class II.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the Bluetooth module at the detection end is electrically connected to the physiological signal detector, and the communication interface is a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter.

8. A method for transmitting physiological detection signals through a mobile phone device and a Wi-Fi communication system, comprising:

providing at least a physiological signal detector for performing a physiological examination on a subject so as to generate at least one physiological detection signal;

providing a communication interface for transmitting the physiological detection signal from the physiological signal detector to a Wi-Fi module at a detection end;

the Wi-Fi module at the detection end intended to transmit the physiological detection signal;

utilizing a mobile phone equipped with a built-in Wi-Fi module of the subject to receive the physiological detection signal; and

creating a message containing a data transmission command and a data format protocol by encoding the physiological detection signal through the mobile phone of the subject, then transmitting the message to a mobile phone of a caretaker, or creating a signal code containing a data transmission command and a data format protocol by encoding the physiological detection signal through the mobile phone of the subject, then transmitting the signal code to an application (App) identification (ID) of a smartphone so as to be allowed to be downloaded to the mobile phone of the caretaker;

wherein the mobile phone of the subject is further intended to incorporate the physiological detection signal into the signal code and to transmit the signal code to the App ID of the smartphone, and then sending an acknowledgement message to the physiological signal detector through the Wi-Fi module at the detection end for acknowledging that the signal code containing the physiological detection signal is being sent to the App ID of the smartphone.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the data transmission command and the data format protocol are created based on a communication standard of ASCII.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the data transmission command and the data format protocol comprise command initiation, command operation, and content format, the command initiation is intended to initiate operations of transmitting a message, transmitting a string, and transmitting physiological detection values including oximeter density, sphygmomanometer values, glucose meter values, and physiological detection signal.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the physiological signal detector is intended to enable the Wi-Fi module at the detection end to detect the built-in Wi-Fi module of the mobile phone of the subject, and the mobile phone of the subject is intended to enable the built-in Wi-Fi module to detect the Wi-Fi module at the detection end so as to allow the Wi-Fi module at the detection end and the built-in Wi-Fi module of the mobile phone of the subject to communicate with each other.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the physiological signal detector is stored with phone numbers of the mobile phone of the caretaker, and is intended to transmit the physiological detection signal and the phone numbers of the caretaker to the built-in Wi-Fi module of the mobile phone of the subject through the Wi-Fi module at the detection end, whereby enabling the mobile phone of the subject to call the phone numbers of the caretaker or the App II) of the smartphone according to a commander, the physiological signal detector transmitting the at least one physiological detection signal with a predetermined order and the phone numbers of the caretaker to the Wi-Fi module at the detection end.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the Wi-Fi module at the detection end is electrically connected to the physiological signal detector, and the communication interface is a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter.