Mobile health care device and operating method thereof

• US 10,292,646 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2015
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Eom, Kunsun
• Primary Examiner(s): Flory, Christopher A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jian, Shirley X
• Application Number:
  US14/699,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20160120460A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,483 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02416 using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation A61B5/14552 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/053 Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of a portion of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1102 Ballistocardiography
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/332 Portable devices specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/389 Electromyography [EMG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4519 Muscles A61B5/389, A61B5/224 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4806 Sleep evaluation A61B5/4821 takes precedence; devices for inducing sleep A61M21/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4866 Evaluating metabolism A61B5/083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4872 Body fat
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4875 Hydration status, fluid retention of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6824 Arm or wrist
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7246 using correlation, e.g. template matching or determination of similarity
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7282 Event detection, e.g. detecting unique waveforms indicative of a medical condition A61B5/4094, A61B5/4818, A61B5/349, A61B5/0823 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick

Abstract

Provided are a health care device and a method of operating the health care device. The method includes: detecting, by the health care device, biosignal information of a user through skin of the user; obtaining health status information of the user by using the detected biosignal information; providing a task of the user for improving a health status, according to the obtained health status information; and monitoring whether the user achieves the provided task.

Claims

1. A method of operating a health care device, the method comprising:

detecting, by a sensor of the health care device, biosignal information of a user through skin of the user;

obtaining, by the health care device, health status information of the user based on the detected biosignal information;

obtaining, by the health care device, in response to the health status information being within a reference range, a task of the user to cause the health status information to be outside of the reference range;

providing, by the health care device, the task; and

monitoring, by the health care device, whether the user achieves the provided task,

wherein the monitoring comprises;

receiving, from the user via an input to a user interface of the health care device, a user response regarding the provided task,

calculating, by the health care device, an achievement rate of the provided task based on the received user response, and

calculating, by the health care device, a correlation value that indicates a degree of an effect of the task on a change in the health status by comparing previous health status information and current health status information only when the achievement rate is equal to or above a predetermined value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference range includes an abnormal range corresponding to abnormal health status information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing the task comprises:

displaying, by the health care device, one or more details of the provided task; and

modifying at least one of the displayed one or more details according to an input of the user to the user interface of the health care device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the modifying comprises, in response to a modification according to the input of the user being outside a predetermined modifiable range, providing a notification indicating that the modification is outside the predetermined modifiable range.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the modifying comprises, in response to a modification according to the input of the user being outside a predetermined modifiable range, determining a value of the one or more details to be a boundary value of the predetermined modifiable range.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more details comprise at least one of a type, a cycle, an execution amount, a start time, and an execution duration of the provided task.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring further comprises providing an execution start notification regarding the provided task.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising, in response to the calculated correlation value being below a reference value, stopping the monitoring of whether the user achieves the provided task.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the biosignal information is detected in a non-invasive manner.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the biosignal information comprises at least one of blood glucose, cholesterol, bio-impedance, electrocardiogram (ECG), ballistocardiogram (BCG), photoplethysmograph (PPG), and electromyogram (EMG) of the user; and

the health status information comprises at least one of, body fat, skeletal muscles, visceral fat, basal metabolic rate (BMR), a hydration level, triglyceride (TG), low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density lipoprotein (HDL), a ratio between LDL and HDL, a stress index, maximum blood pressure, minimum blood pressure, a fasting blood sugar level, a blood glucose increase rate, a total amount of cholesterol, and a blood glucose health index of the user.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the provided task comprises at least one of an exercise habit, an eating habit, a sleeping habit, a medicine intake habit, and a fluid intake habit.

12. A health care device comprising:

a sensor configured to contact skin of a user and to detect biosignal information of the user through the skin;

at least one processor configured to obtain health status information of the user based on the detected biosignal information, and to obtain, in response to the health status information being with a reference range, a task of the user to cause the health status information to be outside of the reference range; and

an output unit configured to output the task,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive, via an input to a user interface of the health care device, a user response regarding the output task, calculate an achievement rate of the provided task based on the received user response, and calculate a correlation value that indicates a degree of an effect of the task on a change in the health status by comparing previous health status information and current health status information only when the achievement rate is equal to or above a predetermined value.

13. The health care device of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor is configured to output, via the output unit, one or more details of the output task, and to modify at least one detail selected from among the output one or more details according to an input of the user to the user interface of the health care device.

14. The health care device of claim 13, wherein in response to the task negatively affecting another type of health status other than the health status, the at least one processor is configured to provide a notification indicating that the other type of health status has been negatively affected.

15. The health care device of claim 12, wherein the health care device is a wristband type device that is attachable to and detachable from a wrist of the user.

16. The health care device of claim 12, further comprising at least one of a first module configured to provide an execution start notification regarding the output task and a second module configured to receive a user response regarding the output task.