Health monitor

• US 20070004969A1
• Filed: 06/29/2005
• Published: 01/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Sinclair, Michael, Cucerzan, Silviu-Petru, Kong, Yuan, Zhang, Zhengyou, Liu, Zicheng, Kurlander, David, Williams, David
• Application Number:
  US11/170,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20070004969A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0013 Medical image data A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• 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 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/749 Voice-controlled interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A device and/or devices can be placed on an individual to continuously collect and/or transmit information regarding the health state of the individual. The monitor, for example, can transmit data to doctor(s), hospital(s), emergency personnel, as well as automatically initiate affirmative actions (e.g., call an ambulance). The invention can facilitate preventive medicine by monitoring the individual'"'"'s day to day actions (e.g., eating habits, exercise, stress, sleep, allergy detection, heart rate, blood sugar). This monitored information can be employed to facilitate the individual in taking proactive steps to living a healthy life. The device can also be used to record a user reaction to an event and/or to broadcast information about oneself whether for health, business or social purposes. Additionally, the invention can be used as a driver monitor to facilitate safe handling of equipment (e.g., alcohol sensor).

Claims

1. A system that facilitates determining a physiological state of an individual, comprising:

a monitor component that obtains an input from at least one sensing component; and

an analyzer component that evaluates the input and determines the physiological state of the individual.

2. The system of claim 1, the at least one sensing component comprises at least one of an environmental sensor component and a physiological sensor component.

3. The system of claim 1, the at least one sensing component comprises an environmental sensor component and a physiological sensor component.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a communication component that facilitates an action based at least in part upon the evaluated input.

5. The system of claim 4, the action is communicating to a user at least one of the state of the individual, the state of the environment, and a recommended action based upon one or both of these states.

6. The system of claim 4, the action is remotely recording the input.

7. The system of claim 1, the monitor component is a removable expansion module included in a mobile device.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising an artificial intelligence (AI) component that employs a reasoning analysis to infer an action to be automatically performed, the action comprises at least one of alerting the user, alerting/directing individuals near the user, alerting a pre-determined individual and alerting an emergency service.

9. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for carrying out the system of claim 1.

10. A portable device that employs the system of claim 1.

11. A portable communications device that employs the system of claim 1.

12. A computer-implemented method of monitoring a health state of an individual, comprising:

receiving an input;

analyzing the input; and

generating a proactive health plan based at least in part on the analyzed input.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, the input is a physiological-based input associated to the individual.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, the input is an environmental input based at least in part on a proximate location of the individual.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, further comprising communicating the health state to a medical service.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, further comprising recording a plurality of health states of the individual.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, further comprising determining a location of the individual and communicating the location to the medical service.

18. A system that facilitates generating a health history of an individual, comprising:

means for receiving a plurality of inputs, the inputs are physiological inputs and environmental inputs;

means for analyzing each of the plurality of inputs to determine a plurality of corresponding health states; and

means for recording the plurality of health states to generate the health history.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising means for generating a health plan based at least in part on the health history.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising means for alerting a disparate individual based at least in part on each of the analyzed inputs.