Hand-held medical-data capture-device having variation amplification and interoperation with electronic medical record systems via an authenticated communication channel
First Claim
1. A non-touch thermometer to measure a temperature, the non-touch thermometer comprising:
- a microprocessor;
a battery operably coupled to the microprocessor;
a single button operably coupled to the microprocessor;
a camera operably coupled to the microprocessor and operable to capture at least two images to a memory;
wherein the microprocessor includes a pixel-examination-module that is operable to examine pixel values of the at least two images in the memory, a temporal-variation module that is operable to determine temporal variation of the pixel values between the at least two images, wherein the temporal-variation module includes a skin-pixel-identifier that identifies pixel values that are representative of the skin in at least two images, a spatial bandpass filter that is operably coupled to the skin-pixel-identifier and that processes output of the skin-pixel-identifier, a temporal bandpass filter that is operably to a regional facial clusterial module and that is applied to output of the spatial bandpass filter and a temporal-variation identifier that is operably coupled to the temporal bandpass filter and that identifies temporal variation of the output of the temporal bandpass filter, the microprocessor further comprising a signal processing module that is operable to amplify the temporal variation resulting in amplified temporal variation, and a vital-sign generator that is operably coupled to the signal processing module that generates at least one human vital sign from the temporal variation;
a wireless communication subsystem that is operably coupled to the microprocessor and that is operable to transmit a representation of the at least one human vital sign; and
a display device that is operably coupled to the microprocessor that displays the at least one human vital sign,wherein a connection is established by the wireless communication subsystem to an external device and the representation of the at least one human vital sign is pushed from the non-touch thermometer through the wireless communication subsystem, thereafter the external device controls flow of the data between the non-touch thermometer and the external device, wherein the connection further comprises an authenticated communication channel.
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Abstract
In one implementation, an apparatus estimates body core temperature from an infrared measurement of an external source point using a cubic relationship between the body core temperature and the measurement of an external source point is described, estimates temperature from a digital infrared sensor and determines vital signs from a solid-state image transducer, or determines vital signs from a solid-state image transducer and estimates body core temperature from an infrared measurement of an external source point using a cubic relationship between the body core temperature and the measurement of an external source point; after which the estimated and/or determined information is transmitted to an external database.
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1. A non-touch thermometer to measure a temperature, the non-touch thermometer comprising:
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a microprocessor; a battery operably coupled to the microprocessor; a single button operably coupled to the microprocessor; a camera operably coupled to the microprocessor and operable to capture at least two images to a memory; wherein the microprocessor includes a pixel-examination-module that is operable to examine pixel values of the at least two images in the memory, a temporal-variation module that is operable to determine temporal variation of the pixel values between the at least two images, wherein the temporal-variation module includes a skin-pixel-identifier that identifies pixel values that are representative of the skin in at least two images, a spatial bandpass filter that is operably coupled to the skin-pixel-identifier and that processes output of the skin-pixel-identifier, a temporal bandpass filter that is operably to a regional facial clusterial module and that is applied to output of the spatial bandpass filter and a temporal-variation identifier that is operably coupled to the temporal bandpass filter and that identifies temporal variation of the output of the temporal bandpass filter, the microprocessor further comprising a signal processing module that is operable to amplify the temporal variation resulting in amplified temporal variation, and a vital-sign generator that is operably coupled to the signal processing module that generates at least one human vital sign from the temporal variation; a wireless communication subsystem that is operably coupled to the microprocessor and that is operable to transmit a representation of the at least one human vital sign; and a display device that is operably coupled to the microprocessor that displays the at least one human vital sign, wherein a connection is established by the wireless communication subsystem to an external device and the representation of the at least one human vital sign is pushed from the non-touch thermometer through the wireless communication subsystem, thereafter the external device controls flow of the data between the non-touch thermometer and the external device, wherein the connection further comprises an authenticated communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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