Wellness management method and system by wellness mode based on context-awareness platform on smartphone

• US 9,731,166 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2016
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Futurewei Technologies Incorporated (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Futurewei Technologies Incorporated (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Jianyu, Chong, Chia Chin
• Primary Examiner(s): RICHMAN, GLENN E
• Application Number:
  US15/239,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20160354637A1
• Time in Patent Office: 363 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1123 Discriminating type of movement, e.g. walking or running A61B5/1116, A61B5/112 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0065 Evaluating the fitness, e.g. fitness level or fitness index
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0071 Distinction between different activities, movements, or kind of sports performed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/836 Sensors arranged on the body of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0003 Analysing the course of a movement or motion sequences during an exercise or trainings sequence, e.g. swing for golf or tennis
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0075 Means for generating exercise programs or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/25 Recognition of walking or running movements, e.g. gait recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/125 the stations being mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

A device, method and system provide a wellness management process and/or an exercise management process for use with a smartphone or other mobile computing device. Various data about the user is obtained and used for determining and recommending an action or exercise to the user to improve the user'"'"'s wellness/physique/health. The action determined can be based on: (1) current biometric and/or motion data about the user (from the sensors), and (2) current physical condition(s), such as health/medical information or condition about the user (from the user'"'"'s personal information, e.g., health library or programmed into the smartphone). Specific information about the user is taken into consideration when recommending user action or exercise, such as the user'"'"'s specific physical, health or medical conditions.

Claims

1. A mobile wearable device for sensing one or more physical attributes of a user associated with the device and recommending an activity to the user for enhancing wellness of the user, the device comprising:

two or more sensors configured to sense one or more physical attributes of the associated user and output physical attribute information; and

a processor configured to;

receive the physical attribute information;

process combined data from the two or more sensors to identify a type of activity of the user based on the received physical attribute information;

determine a recommended action to be performed by the user in response to the identified type of activity and a current health/medical condition of the user; and

notify the user of the recommended action,

wherein, for different time periods, the processor is configured to identify a type of activity of the user for each of the different time periods.

2. The device in accordance with claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive medical condition information about the user identifying the current health/medical condition of the user; and

determine the recommended action to be performed by the user in response to the identified type of activity and the medical condition of the user.

3. The device in accordance with claim 2 wherein the medical condition of the user has associated therewith a health risk and the identified type of activity will increase the health risk to the user.

4. The device in accordance with claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to determine the recommended action to be performed by the user in response to one or more health/medical rules.

5. The device in accordance with claim 4 wherein the one or more health/medical rules are pre-stored in a health/medical database.

6. The device in accordance with claim 5 wherein the processor is further configured to retrieve the one or more health/medical rules from the health/medical database.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to store the identified type of activity for the different time periods.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to store historical activity information for the user.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the current health/medical condition of the user comprises a condition occurring within the last day.

10. A mobile wearable device for sensing one or more physical attributes of a user associated with the device and recommending a change in a current exercise activity of the user for enhancing health of the user, the device comprising:

two or more sensors configured to sense one or more physical attributes of the associated user and output physical attribute information; and

a processor configured to;

receive the physical attribute information;

process combined data from the two or more sensors to identify a type of activity of the user and a current physical condition of the user at least in part based on the received physical attribute information;

determine a change in an exercise plan of the user in response to the identified type of activity and the identified current physical condition of the user; and

notify the user of the change,

wherein, for different time periods, the processor is configured to identify a type of activity of the user and current physical condition for each of the different time periods.

11. The device in accordance with claim 10 wherein the two or more sensors comprise:

a first sensor configured to sense motion of the user; and

a second sensor configured to sense a biometric characteristic of the user.

12. The device in accordance with claim 10 wherein the device further comprises:

memory for storing the exercise plan.

13. The device in accordance with claim 10 wherein the processor is further configured to determine the change in the exercise plan in response to one or more health/fitness rules stored in a health/fitness database.

14. The device in accordance with claim 10 wherein the current physical condition of the user comprises a condition sensed by the one or more sensors during the current exercise activity of the user.

15. The device in accordance with claim 14 wherein the condition sensed during the current exercise activity of the user comprises heart rate.

16. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to store the identified type of activity and current physical condition for the different time periods.

17. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to store historical activity information for the user.

18. The device of claim 10, wherein the current physical condition of the user comprises a condition occurring within the last day.