Data transfer of a heart rate and activity monitor arrangement and a method for the same

• US 10,799,124 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2014
• Issued: 10/13/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jari Raglund, Tommi Opas, Vesa Saynajakangas
• Original Assignee: Tommi Opas
• Inventors: Raglund, Jari, Saynajakangas, Vesa
• Primary Examiner(s): Natnithithadha, Navin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shostak, Andrey
• Application Number:
  US14/787,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20160073904A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,360 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/10 Athletes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0475 Special features of memory means, e.g. removable memory cards
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• 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 5/0245 by using sensing means generating electric signals, i.e. ECG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• 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: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

The invention relates generally to data transfer of the heart rate and activity monitor arrangement. The arrangement includes heart rate monitoring elements for monitoring a user'"'"'s heart rate, motion detection elements for monitoring the user'"'"'s activity, control elements for obtaining data from the heart rate monitoring elements and from the motion detection elements, and a transferring element including at least one transceiver. Further, the transferring element is arranged to transfer heart rate and/or activity data monitored by the heart rate and activity monitor arrangement to an external entity directly via a wireless cellular communications system.

Claims

1. A heart rate and activity monitor device comprising:

a heart rate monitor comprising a chest strap and electrodes configured to monitor a user'"'"'s heart rate;

a motion detector comprising a 3D accelerometer or a gyroscope configured to monitor said user'"'"'s activity;

one or more processors configured to obtain control data from said heart rate monitor and/or from said motion detector and configured to pause heart rate monitoring; and

a wireless cellular communications system comprising at least one transceiver configured to send and receive data, the wireless cellular communications system being configured to transfer heart rate and activity data monitored by said heart rate and activity monitor device to an external entity, when charging the heart rate and activity monitor device is started,

wherein the one or more processors pauses the heart rate monitoring when data transfer is started.

2. The heart rate and activity monitor device according to claim 1, wherein said wireless cellular communications system comprises a 2G cellular communications module.

3. The heart rate and activity monitor device according to claim 1, wherein said monitored data is stored by a memory before data transfer.

4. The heart rate and activity monitor device according to claim 3, wherein the data is transferred after a predetermined time period has elapsed.

5. The heart rate and activity monitor device according to claim 1, wherein said heart rate monitoring is paused, when in process, for the duration of data transfer.

6. The heart rate and activity monitor device according to claim 5, wherein a heart rate profile is generated from said activity data for the duration of paused monitoring.

7. The heart rate and activity monitor device according to claim 1, wherein at least the motion detector and the processor are provided in a portable device.

8. The heart rate and activity monitor device according to claim 1, wherein the external entity is a cloud system or a server.

9. The heart rate and activity monitor device according to claim 1, wherein the data is transferred directly from the heart rate and activity monitor device to the external entity by the wireless cellular communications system.

10. The heart rate and activity monitor device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors receives an indication that the charging has started, and

the wireless communications system is configured to transfer the heart rate and activity data monitored by the heart rate and activity monitor device to the external entity, when the one or more processors receives the indication of the start of the charging.

11. A method for transferring data between the heart rate and activity monitor device according to claim 1 and the external entity, the method comprising:

detecting a predetermined condition; and

transferring the data when said predetermined condition is fulfilled.

12. The method for transferring data according to claim 11, further comprising pausing said heart rate monitoring, when in process, for the duration of data transfer.

13. The method for transferring data according to claim 12, further comprising generating a heart rate profile from said activity data for the duration of paused heart rate monitoring.