Monitoring Device, Method and system

• US 9,504,393 B1
• Filed: 04/27/2014
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yukka Magic LLC
• Original Assignee: Impact Sports Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Rulkov, Nikolai, Brady, Donald, Hunt, Mark, Elhag, Sammy, Lui, Steve
• Primary Examiner(s): Kahelin, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Alter, Mitchell E
• Application Number:
  US14/262,771
• Time in Patent Office: 947 Days
• Field of Search: 600485-515
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02427 Details of sensor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14552 Details of sensors specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/221 Ergometry, e.g. by using bicycle type apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6805 Vests
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices

Abstract

A monitoring device (20) and method (200) for monitoring the health of a user is disclosed herein. The monitoring device (20) is preferably an article (25), an optical sensor (30), a circuitry assembly (35) a display member (40) and a control component (43). The monitoring device (20) preferably displays the following information about the user: pulse rate; calories expended by the user of a pre-set time period; target zones of activity; time; and distance traveled.

Claims

1. A device for monitoring a user'"'"'s real-time heart rate, the device comprising:

a processor;

an optical sensor adapted for placement in proximity to the artery of the user;

a control component; and

a display member;

wherein the optical sensor is configured to generate a digital signal corresponding to the flow of blood through an artery of the user;

wherein the processor is configured to process the digital signal to obtain an average pulse value of a first set of time periods, wherein a pulse of the average pulse value is a pulse output of a light to frequency conversion process;

wherein the processor is configured to process the digital signal to obtain an average pulse value of a second set of time periods, the second set of time periods less than the first set of time periods, wherein the second set of time periods is overlapping to the first set of time periods;

wherein the processor is configured to subtract the average pulse value of the second set of time periods from the average pulse value of the first set of time periods to generate a first filtered pulse data value;

wherein the processor is configured to process the first filtered pulse data value to obtain a first heart rate value;

wherein the processor is configured to use the first heart rate value to filter the subsequent average pulse values generated from the digital signal to obtain a real-time heart rate value of the user;

wherein the processor is configured to process the real-time heart rate data of the user and inputted user data for age, gender, height and weight for analysis of calories expended by the user over a set time period, and for real-time display of a plurality of the user'"'"'s vital signs; and

wherein the display is configured to display the plurality of user'"'"'s vital signs on the display member disposed on an exterior surface of the device, the display of the plurality of user'"'"'s vital signs controlled by the user using the control component.

2. The device according to claim 1 further comprising an accelerometer, wherein the accelerometer is configured to measure the distance traveled by the user during a time period, and displaying the distance traveled by the user on the display member.

3. The device according to claim 1 wherein the optical sensor is a light-to-frequency photodetector capable of transmitting a digital signal, and at least one light emitting diode capable of radiating light ranging from 600 nanometers to 1100 nanometers.

4. The device according to claim 1 wherein the display member comprises a light emitting diode array having a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows, each of the plurality of columns capable of separate illumination to provide the appearance of a moving display.