In-residence monitoring system incorporating voice output

• US 20070083089A1
• Filed: 09/14/2005
• Published: 04/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Tice, Lee
• Granted Patent: US 7,511,623 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• 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 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

A system for monitoring health related parameters of an individual can determine the existence of one or more health related conditions that may need attention. Verbal messages, responsive to the determined condition, can be automatically transmitted via one or more communications networks to displaced recipients.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one physiological sensor;

control circuitry coupled to the sensor, the control circuitry including condition determining software, responsive to information from the sensor, to forward at least one verbal, condition identifying, message to a displaced location.

2. An apparatus as in claim 1 where the software forwards verbal messages to at least two different displaced locations.

3. An apparatus as in claim 1 where the software forwards a plurality of verbal messages to the displaced location.

4. An apparatus as in claim 1 which includes software that generates local condition identifying indicia.

5. An apparatus as in claim 1 where the software communicates with the displaced location via network.

6. An apparatus as in claim 1 where the software communicates with the displaced location, at least in part, via a computer network.

7. An apparatus as in claim 1 where the software establishes a bi-directional verbal communications link between the control circuitry and the displaced location.

8. An apparatus as in claim 7 which includes circuitry for establishing the link via one of an internet, or, an intranet.

9. An apparatus as in claim 1 which includes additional software to establish the identity of a potential recipient prior to forwarding the message.

10. An apparatus as in claim 1 which includes verbal message generation circuitry.

11. A monitoring system comprising:

at least one sensor for monitoring a physical parameter of a person and a circuit for transferring this sensor data to an interface device;

the interface device includes a processor with software that analyzes the sensor data to, at least in part, determine the health condition of the person, the processor includes software to form messages from pre-programmed message information, where the processor forms the messages in response to the determined health condition of the person; and

at least one communication link between the device and at least a remote location, where the interface device transmits the formed message via the communication link.

12. A system as in claim 11 where the messages convey information verbally.

13. A system as in claim 12 where the communications link comprises at least one of an intranet or an internet.

14. A system as in claim 12 which includes software to transmit the verbal messages via the link.

15. A system as in claim 12 which includes software to transmit verbal messages bi-directionally via the link.

16. A monitoring system comprising:

at least one sensor for monitoring a physical parameter of a person and a circuit for transferring this sensor data to an interface device, the interface device includes software to analyze the sensor data to, at least in part, determine a health condition of the person, where the software, at least in part, forms messages in response to the determined health condition of the person, and

where the interface device transmits the formed messages to a displaced location.

17. A system as in claim 16 where a language of messages can be selected from a group of different languages.

18. A system as in claim 16 where multiple messages can be formed and transmitted to different locations.

19. A system as in claim 16 where some of the messages incorporate instructions to be executed or carried out by another person receiving the respective message.

20. A system as in claim 16 where the messages comprise verbal messages.

21. A system as in claim 20 where the verbal messages incorporate a synthesized voice.

22. A system as in claim 21 where the synthesized verbal message may be verbalized in one or more different languages.

23. A system as in claim 16 where the message is a text message.

24. A system as in claim 16 where the message is, at least in part, in digital format.

25. A system as in claim 16 where the message is, at least in part, a data message containing graphical information.