Measurement device

• US 9,769,868 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2013
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Schmitt, Lars
• Primary Examiner(s): Wendell, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US14/396,196
• Publication Number:
  US 20150079908A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,576 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/88 Providing power supply at the sub-station
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/883 where the sensing device enters an active or inactive mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/19 Connection re-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A measurement device and communication method for the same is disclosed. The measurement device is adapted to communicate with a monitor device employing a bi-directional communication protocol. The measurement device is adapted to operate in a uni-directional communication mode such that it transmits messages irrespective of response messages transmitted to the measurement device.

Claims

1. A measurement device adapted to communicate with a monitor device employing a bi-directional communication protocol,

wherein the measurement device is adapted to operate in a uni-directional communication mode such that it transmits messages via the bi-directional communication protocol to the monitor device irrespective of any response messages transmitted by the monitor device to the measurement device.

2. The measurement device of claim 1, further adapted to determine a potential response from the monitoring unit based on one or more of its transmitted messages, and to transmit one or more subsequent messages based on the determined potential response.

3. The measurement device of claim 1, further adapted to abort and then re-establish communication after a predetermined period of time has elapsed so as to reset a communication link with the monitor device.

4. The measurement device of claim 3, further adapted to modify an identification parameter of the measurement device prior to re-establishing communication.

5. The measurement device of claim 1, wherein the measurement device is a portable electronic device adapted to employ a wireless communication method for transmitting messages.

6. The measurement device of claim 1, wherein the measurement device is adapted to measure a physiological parameter, and wherein a transmitted message comprises information relating to the measured physiological parameter.

7. A measurement system, comprising a measurement device according to claim 1;

and the monitoring device employing the bi-direction communication protocol.

8. A communication method for a measurement device to communicate with a monitor device employing a bi-directional communication protocol, the method comprising:

transmitting messages from the measurement device via the bi-directional communication protocol to the monitor device irrespective of any response messages transmitted by the monitor device to the measurement device so as to operate the measurement device in a uni-directional communication mode.

9. The communication method of claim 8, wherein the step of transmitting messages comprises:

determining a potential response from the monitoring unit based on one or more messages transmitted from the measurement device; and

transmitting one or more subsequent messages based on the determined potential response.

10. The communication method of claim 8, further comprising the steps of aborting and then re-establishing communication after a predetermined period of time has elapsed so as to reset a communication link with the monitor device.

11. The communication method of claim 10, further comprising the step of modifying an identification parameter of the measurement device prior to re-establishing communication.

12. The communication method of claim 8, wherein the measurement device is a portable electronic device adapted to employ a wireless communication method for transmitting messages.

13. The communication method of claim 8, wherein the measurement device is adapted to measure a physiological parameter, and wherein a transmitted message comprises information relating to the measured physiological parameter.

14. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program comprising computer program codes means adapted to perform all of the steps of claim 8 when said program is run on a computer.