Smartphone having a communication subsystem that is operable in CDMA, a digital infrared sensor with ports that provide a digital signal representing a surface temperature, a microprocessor that receives from the ports the digital signal that is representative of the temperature and that generates a body core temperature from the digital signal that is representative of the temperature and a display device that displays the body core temperature
First Claim
1. A smartphone comprising:
- a microprocessor;
a battery that is operably coupled to the microprocessor;
a single button that is operably coupled to the microprocessor;
a communication subsystem that is operably coupled to the microprocessor and that receives messages from and sends messages to wireless networks in accordance with Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA);
a digital infrared sensor that is operably coupled to the microprocessor, the digital infrared sensor having ports that provide a digital signal representing a temperature; and
a display device that is operably coupled to the microprocessor,wherein the microprocessor receives from the ports the digital signal that is representative of the temperature and the microprocessor generates a body core temperature from the digital signal that is representative of the temperature and the microprocessor also operably coupled to the display device that displays the body core temperature,wherein generating the body core temperature further comprises;
calculating the body core temperature as |fstb(Tsurface temp+fntc(Tntc))+F4body|,where fstb is a representation of a surface of a body,where Tsurface temp is a numerical representation of the digital signal that is representative of the temperature,where fntc is mathematical formula of an ambient temperature reading,where Tntc is an ambient air temperature reading,fntc(Tntc) is a bias in consideration of a forehead temperature sensing mode, andwhere F4body is the representation of a factory calibration difference.
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Abstract
A smartphone that includes a microprocessor, a battery operably coupled to the microprocessor, a single button operably coupled to the microprocessor, a communication subsystem that receives messages from and sends messages to wireless networks in accordance with Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a digital infrared sensor operably coupled to the microprocessor, the digital infrared sensor having ports that provide a digital signal representing a temperature, and a display device operably coupled to the microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor receives from the ports the digital signal that is representative of the temperature and the microprocessor generates a body core temperature from the digital signal that is representative of the temperature and the microprocessor also operably coupled to the display device displays the body core temperature.
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19 Claims
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1. A smartphone comprising:
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a microprocessor; a battery that is operably coupled to the microprocessor; a single button that is operably coupled to the microprocessor; a communication subsystem that is operably coupled to the microprocessor and that receives messages from and sends messages to wireless networks in accordance with Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA); a digital infrared sensor that is operably coupled to the microprocessor, the digital infrared sensor having ports that provide a digital signal representing a temperature; and a display device that is operably coupled to the microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor receives from the ports the digital signal that is representative of the temperature and the microprocessor generates a body core temperature from the digital signal that is representative of the temperature and the microprocessor also operably coupled to the display device that displays the body core temperature, wherein generating the body core temperature further comprises;
calculating the body core temperature as |fstb(Tsurface temp+fntc(Tntc))+F4body|,where fstb is a representation of a surface of a body, where Tsurface temp is a numerical representation of the digital signal that is representative of the temperature, where fntc is mathematical formula of an ambient temperature reading, where Tntc is an ambient air temperature reading, fntc(Tntc) is a bias in consideration of a forehead temperature sensing mode, and where F4body is the representation of a factory calibration difference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A device comprising:
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a microprocessor; a battery operably coupled to the microprocessor; a single button operably coupled to the microprocessor; a communication subsystem that receives messages from and sends messages to a wireless network; a camera operably coupled to the microprocessor and providing at least two images to the microprocessor; a digital infrared sensor operably coupled to the microprocessor, the digital infrared sensor having ports that provide a digital signal representing a temperature; and a display device operably coupled to the microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor is operable to receive from the ports the digital signal that is representative of a temperature and the microprocessor is operable to determine a body core temperature from the digital signal that is representative of the temperature and the microprocessor including a cropper that is operable to receive at least two images from the camera and operable to crop the images to exclude a border area of the images, generating at least two cropped images, the microprocessor also including a temporal-variation-amplifier of at least two cropped images that is operable to generate a temporal variation, the microprocessor also including a vital-sign generator that is operably coupled to the temporal-variation-amplifier that is operable to generate at least one vital sign from the temporal variation and the microprocessor also operably coupled to the display device that is operable to display the at least one vital sign, wherein determining the body core temperature further comprises;
calculating the body core temperature as |fstb(Tsurface temp+fntc(Tntc))+F4body|,where fstb is a representation of a surface of a body, where Tsurface temp is a numerical representation of the digital signal that is representative of the temperature, where fntc is mathematical formula of an ambient temperature reading, where Tntc is an ambient air temperature reading, fntc(Tntc) is a bias in consideration of a forehead temperature sensing mode, and where F4body is the representation of a factory calibration difference, wherein the temporal-variation-amplifier further comprises; a first frequency filter that applies a frequency filter to the at least two cropped images; a regional facial clusterial module that is operably coupled to the first frequency filter and that applies spatial clustering to output of the first frequency filter; a second frequency filter that is operably regional facial clusterial module and that is applied to output of the regional facial clusterial module; and a temporal-variation identifier that is operably coupled to the second frequency filter and that identifies temporal variation of the output of the second frequency filter, wherein the regional facial clusterial module further comprises a fuzzy clusterer.
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19. A device comprising:
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a microprocessor; a battery operably coupled to the microprocessor; and a digital infrared sensor operably coupled to the microprocessor, the digital infrared sensor having ports that provide a digital signal representing a temperature, wherein the microprocessor is operable to receive from the ports the digital signal that is representative of a temperature and the microprocessor is operable to determine a body core temperature from the digital signal that is representative of the temperature, wherein the digital infrared sensor is factory-calibrated without a need of recalibration with a black body, wherein determining the body core temperature further comprises;
calculating the body core temperature as |fstb(Tsurface temp+fntc(Tntc))+F4body|,where fstb is a representation of a surface of a body, where Tsurface temp is a numerical representation of the digital signal that is representative of the temperature, where fntc is mathematical formula of an ambient temperature reading, where Tntc is an ambient air temperature reading, fntc(Tntc) is a bias in consideration of a forehead temperature sensing mode, and where F4body is the representation of a factory calibration difference.
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