Using audio video device as health monitor

• US 9,495,512 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2015
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nakada, Lino Mitsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN BA, HOANG VU A
• Application Number:
  US14/737,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20150278468A1
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• Field of Search: 725/11, 725/13, 600/301, 600/325, 340/870.01, 340/539.12, 379/106.02
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 5/02 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse, heart rate, blood pressure or blood flow; Combined pulse/heart-rate/blood pressure determination; Evaluating a cardiovascular condition not otherwise provided for, e.g. using combinations of techniques provided for in this group with electrocardiography or electroauscultation; Heart catheters for measuring blood pressure
• 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 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7282 Event detection, e.g. detecting unique waveforms indicative of a medical condition A61B5/4094, A61B5/4818, A61B5/349, A61B5/0823 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0453 worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4751 for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4753 : for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 : Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 : Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71

Abstract

An IPTV can receive a user name and present a screen enabling a user by means of a remote control to select health information categories, inputting numeric parameters into the selected categories which can be uploaded to an Internet server for analysis and viewed by the user for subsequent monitoring/charting.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one computer memory that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor for;

receiving from a computer input device numeric input representing a measurable physical parameter of a user;

presenting on a computer display a visualization of the user'"'"'s history of the measurable physical parameter;

correlating the parameter to at least one of;

an upper limit, a lower limit, representing respective upper and/or lower “

safe”

limits of the parameter; and

presenting with the visualization a graph of time versus parameter value and both an upper limit line representing the upper limit, a lower limit line representing the lower limit, to indicate what respective upper and/or lower “

safe”

limits of the parameter being displayed are.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable for:

responsive to respective input from a user of the apparatus, disabling and enabling automatically contacting a medical caregiver responsive to a measurement of the measurable physical parameter received by the processor not being within guidelines.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable for:

outputting for presentation on at least one display at least one selectable parameter selectable to input numbers representative thereof, the at least one selectable parameter including “

blood pressure” and

/or “

blood glucose”

, wherein the visualization includes a graph of time versus parameter value and both the upper and lower limit lines established per guidance as to what upper and/or lower “

safe”

limits of the parameter being displayed are.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable for presenting on the display a list of selectable parameters selectable to input numbers representative thereof, the parameters including “

blood pressure” and

“

blood glucose”

.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the visualization includes a graph of time.

6. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor configured for controlling a video display of a consumer electronics device;

at least one computer memory comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor for;

receiving input from a computer input device indicating an identity of a user;

receiving numeric input representing a measurable physical parameter of the user;

storing a time associated with the numeric input along with the input;

presenting on the display a visualization of the user'"'"'s history of the measurable physical parameter; and

responsive to respective input from disable and enable selector elements from a user interface (UI), disabling and enabling automatically contacting a medical caregiver responsive to a measurement of the measurable physical parameter received by the processor not being within guidelines.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the instructions are executable for:

outputting for presentation on at least the display at least one selectable parameter selectable to input numbers representative thereof, the at least one selectable parameter including “

blood pressure” and

/or “

blood glucose”

, wherein the visualization includes a graph of time versus parameter value and upper and/or lower limit lines established per guidance as to what upper and/or lower “

safe”

limits of the parameter being displayed are.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the instructions are executable for presenting on the display a list of selectable parameters selectable to input numbers representative thereof, the parameters including “

blood pressure” and

“

blood glucose”

.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the visualization includes a graph of time.

10. A method comprising:

receiving numeric input representing a measurable physical parameter of a user;

presenting on the display a visualization of the user'"'"'s history of the measurable physical parameter; and

executing at least one of (a) or (b), wherein (a) and (b) comprise;

(a) responsive to respective input from a user interface of the apparatus, disabling and enabling automatically contacting a medical caregiver responsive to a measurement of the measurable physical parameter received by the processor not being within guidelines;

(b) outputting for presentation on at least one display at least one selectable parameter selectable to input numbers representative thereof, the at least one selectable parameter including “

blood pressure” and

/or “

blood glucose”

, wherein the visualization includes a graph of time versus parameter value and upper and/or lower limit lines established per guidance as to what upper and lower “

safe”

limits of the parameter being displayed are.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, comprising:

responsive to respective input from a user of the apparatus, disabling and enabling automatically contacting a medical caregiver responsive to a measurement of the measurable physical parameter received by the processor not being within guidelines.

12. The method of claim 10, comprising:

outputting for presentation on at least one display at least one selectable parameter selectable to input numbers representative thereof, the at least one selectable parameter including “

blood pressure” and

/or “

blood glucose”

, wherein the visualization includes a graph of time versus parameter value and upper and/or lower limit lines established per guidance as to what upper and/or lower “

safe”

limits of the parameter being displayed are.

13. The method of claim 10, comprising presenting on the display a list of selectable parameters selectable to input numbers representative thereof, the parameters including “

blood pressure” and

“

blood glucose”

.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the visualization includes a graph of time.