Method and apparatus for enhanced personal care

• US 9,747,417 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2013
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mores, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Mores, Inc.
• Inventors: Salem, Ayman
• Primary Examiner(s): Srivastava, Vivek
• Assistant Examiner(s): DOAN, HIEN VAN
• Application Number:
  US14/080,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20150134773A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,384 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A method and apparatus for enhancing a user'"'"'s lifestyle and personal care is provided. The design includes a device having a display/mirror and a plurality of connection ports each configured to receive a personal care module configured to facilitate the personal care of a user and a remote device arrangement. The device is configured to provide user personal care communications to and receive user personal care communications from the remote device arrangement, and wherein the device is configured for the user to freely substitute personal care modules.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a personal care combination display/mirror device comprising a surface operating as a reflective surface and a plurality of connection ports, each connection port configured to receive a hardware personal care module, each hardware personal care module configured to interact with the personal care combination display/mirror device to provide personal care functionality facilitating personal care of a user, wherein personal care comprises nutritional and pharmaceutical care; and

a remote central server device arrangement;

wherein the personal care combination display/mirror device is configured to transmit user personal care communications comprising user specific nutritional and pharmaceutical care communications personalized to the user to and receive user personal care communications personalized to the user from the remote central server device arrangement, and wherein the personal care combination display/mirror device is configured for the user to freely substitute selected and different hardware personal care modules in the plurality of connection ports, and further wherein at least one hardware personal care module interacts with the personal care combination display/mirror device to sense a current physical attribute of the user;

wherein a first hardware personal care module comprises a pharmaceutical personal care module and a second hardware personal care module comprises a nutritional personal care module, and wherein the pharmaceutical personal care module is used with the personal care combination display/mirror device to assess user pharmaceutical needs and provide pharmaceutical information and recommendations specifically for the user to the user, and the nutritional personal care module is used with the personal care combination display/mirror device to assess user nutritional status and provide nutritional information and recommendations specifically for the user to the user.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the personal care combination display/mirror device comprises a computing device display that functions as a reflective surface.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one connection port comprises a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connection port.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the personal care combination display/mirror device comprises a processor.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the personal care combination display/mirror device comprises a storage unit and communication components, wherein the communication components communicate with the remote central server device arrangement.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the personal care combination display/mirror device comprises at least one from a group consisting of a camera, a microphone, a speaker, a sensor, and a fingerprint reader.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a handheld unit configured to interface with the personal care combination display/mirror device and collect user personal care data, wherein the handheld unit comprises at least one connection port.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the personal care combination display/mirror device is separately formed from a frame surrounding a display/mirror, and the frame includes the plurality of connection ports.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the personal care combination display/mirror device comprises:

a two dimensional display/mirror;

a three dimensional display/mirror;

or

a holographic display mirror.

9. A method for facilitating personal care of a user, comprising:

receiving, at a remote central server device arrangement, user personal care data personalized to the user transmitted by a user personal care combination display/mirror computing device;

determining at the remote central server device arrangement a user personal care recommendation specifically for the user based on the user personal care data personalized to the user received; and

transmitting the user personal care recommendation specifically for the user from the remote central server device to the user personal care combination display/mirror computing device, wherein the user personal care recommendation comprises at least one of a user specific nutritional care recommendation and a user specific pharmaceutical care recommendation;

wherein the user personal care combination display/mirror device comprises a plurality of connection ports, each connection port configured to receive a hardware personal care module, each hardware personal care module configured to interact with the personal care combination display/mirror device to provide personal care functionality facilitating personal care of a user;

wherein personal care comprises nutritional and pharmaceutical care;

and further wherein at least one hardware personal care module interacts with the personal care combination display/mirror device to sense a current physical attribute of the user;

wherein a first hardware personal care module comprises a pharmaceutical personal care module and a second hardware personal care module comprises a nutritional personal care module, and wherein the pharmaceutical personal care module is used with the personal care combination display/mirror device to assess user pharmaceutical needs and provide pharmaceutical information and recommendations specifically for the user to the user, and the nutritional personal care module is used with the personal care combination display/mirror device to assess user nutritional status and provide nutritional information and recommendations specifically for the user to the user.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the remote central server device arrangement comprises a plurality of computing devices.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the user personal care data received has been collected using a hardware personal care module connected to the user personal care combination display/mirror computing device.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the user personal care data received has been collected using a handheld unit, wherein the method further comprises transmitting the user personal care data from the handheld unit to the user personal care combination display/mirror computing device.

13. A personal care combination display/mirror device, comprising:

a computing device display that operates as a mirror; and

a housing surrounding the computing device display that operates as the mirror, the housing comprising a plurality of connection ports configured to receive hardware personal care modules, each hardware personal care module configured to interact with the computing device display that operates as a mirror to provide personal care functionality facilitating personal care of a user, wherein personal care comprises;

wherein the housing comprises at least one from a group consisting of a camera, a microphone, a speaker, a sensor, and a fingerprint reader, and further wherein the personal care device is configured to employ at least one hardware personal care module to sense a current physical attribute of the user, determine a personal care recommendation specific to the user, and display the personal care recommendation to the user using the computing device display, wherein the personal care recommendation provides at least one of a pharmaceutical personal care recommendation and a nutritional personal care recommendation;

wherein a first hardware personal care module comprises a pharmaceutical personal care module and a second hardware personal care module comprises a nutritional personal care module, and wherein the pharmaceutical personal care module is used with the personal care combination display/mirror device to assess user pharmaceutical needs and provide pharmaceutical information and recommendations specifically for the user to the user, and the nutritional personal care module is used with the personal care combination display/mirror device to assess user nutritional status and provide nutritional information and recommendations specifically for the user to the user.

14. The personal care combination display/mirror device of claim 13, further comprising a processor, a data storage device, and a communication arrangement.

15. The personal care combination display/mirror device of claim 14, wherein the processor collects user personal care data received from a handheld unit.

16. The personal care combination display/mirror device of claim 13, wherein at least one connection port comprises a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connection port.