Method and apparatus for biological evaluation

• US 10,227,063 B2
• Filed: 10/11/2014
• Issued: 03/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp.
• Original Assignee: Geelux Holdings, Ltd.
• Inventors: Abreu, Marcio Marc
• Primary Examiner(s): Berona, Kimberly S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Whalen, Michael F
• Application Number:
  US14/512,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20150094914A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,613 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00742 by detection of the vehicle occupants' presence; by detection of conditions relating to the body of occupants, e.g. using radiant heat detectors
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/06 responsive to incapacity of driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 7/14 operated upon collapse of driver deadman's devices for electrically propelled vehicles B60L3/02
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2040/0818 Inactivity or incapacity of driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/221 Physiology, e.g. weight, heartbeat, health or special needs
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/26 Incapacity

Abstract

A medical device for monitoring biological parameters through an Abreu Brain Thermal Tunnel (ABTT) is provided. By monitoring and analyzing the temperature of the ABTT, it is possible to diagnosis changes in a patient or subject under a variety of conditions, including predicting the course of medical conditions. Furthermore, since the ABTT is predictive, analysis of the ABTT may be used to control mechanisms for safety when an impending medical condition makes such operation hazardous.

Claims

1. A system for controlling an operation of a vehicle, comprising:

a sensor positioned to receive a thermal signal from a brain thermal tunnel of a human, the brain thermal tunnel being positioned in a medial third of an upper eyelid, below an eyebrow, in a supero-medial aspect of a medial canthal area at 4 mm medial to a medial corner of the eye

the sensor being configured to transmit a sensor signal representative of the thermal signal, the sensor being sized and configured at about 11 mm or less in diameter to fit between the eyebrow and an eye of an individual; and

a controller configured to receive the sensor signal, and to determine from the sensor signal a condition of the human, and the controller is configured to automatically operate at least one vehicle system in response to the condition.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one vehicle system includes a climate control system.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the condition is indicative of the human being undesirably warm, and the climate control system is operated to decrease an operating temperature in response.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the condition is indicative of the human being undesirably cold, and the climate control system is operated to increase an operating temperature in response.

5. A system for controlling a vehicle, comprising:

a sensor positioned to measure a temperature of a brain thermal tunnel terminus of a human, the brain thermal tunnel being positioned in a medial third of an upper eyelid, below an eyebrow, in a supero-medial aspect of a medial canthal area at 4 mm medial to a medial corner of the eye

the sensor being configured to transmit a sensor signal representative of the temperature, the sensor being sized and configured at about 11 mm or less in diameter to fit between the eyebrow and an eye of an individual; and

a controller configured to receive the temperature signal and to determine from the temperature signal a condition of the human, and the controller is configured to automatically operate at least one vehicle system in response to the condition.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the condition is indicative of the human being in an undesirable temperature environment, and the at least one vehicle system includes a climate control system, and the climate control system is automatically operated by the controller to modify the temperature environment in response to the condition of being in an undesirable temperature environment.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the condition is an impaired condition.