HEAT INDICATOR MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20090043176A1
• Filed: 07/31/2008
• Published: 02/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chinon Corporation, Genesis Technologies LLC
• Original Assignee: Chinon Corporation, Genesis Technologies LLC
• Inventors: Nakajima, Hideaki, Chino, Masazumi
• Application Number:
  US12/183,873
• Publication Number:
  US 20090043176A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0008 Temperature signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices

Abstract

The invention is to provide a heat indicator measuring device that is able to appropriately prevent a heat disorder. The heat indicator measuring device includes: a temperature measuring unit 2 that measures a temperature, a humidity measuring unit 3 that measures humidity; a heat index calculation unit 5 that calculates a heat index from the measured temperature and humidity; a user data inputting unit 6B that inputs user data as data regarding a user; a noticed content memorizing unit 20 that memorizes a noticed content including a content to be noticed and indicating preventive measures against a heat disorder corresponding to the heat index and the user data; a noticed content determining unit 21 that determines the noticed content based on the heat index and the user data; noticing units 8 and 9 that notice the determined noticed content; and a supporting unit 11 that supports each of the units.

Claims

1. A heat indicator measuring device comprising:

a temperature measuring unit that measures a temperature;

a humidity measuring unit that measures humidity;

a heat indicator calculation unit that calculates a heat indicator from the measured temperature and humidity;

a user data inputting unit that inputs user data as data regarding a user;

a noticed content memorizing unit that memorizes a noticed content including a content to be noticed and indicating a preventive measure against a heat disorder corresponding to the heat indicator and the user data;

a noticed content determining unit that determines the noticed content based on the heat indicator and the user data;

a noticing unit that notices the determined noticed content; and

a supporting unit supporting these units.

2. The heat indicator measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the noticed content includes an instruction message, a pattern of a sound sounded by a buzzer along with the instruction message, and timing of a display of the instruction message and sounding sounded by the buzzer.

3. The heat indicator measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the noticed content memorizing unit is exchangeable.

4. The heat indicator measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the heat indicator calculation unit calculates an average of temperatures measured during a predetermined period or by a predetermined number and uses the averaged temperature to calculate the heat indicator.

5. The heat indicator measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the heat indicator calculation unit calculates an average of humidity measured during a predetermined period or by a predetermined number and uses the averaged humidity to calculate the heat indicator.

6. The heat indicator measuring device according to claim 1, further comprising a biological object data measuring unit that measures the biological data of the user, wherein the noticed content memorizing unit memorizes a noticed content corresponding to the measured biological object data in addition to the heat indicator and the biological object data, and the a noticed content determining unit determines the noticed content based on the biological object data and the heat indicator and the measured biological object data.

7. The heat indicator measuring device according to claim 1, further comprising a wearing unit that is used for wearing the device with a body of the user, wherein a detector of the temperature measuring unit and the humidity measuring unit is placed on a position opposing a side of the body when the device is mounted on the body of the biological object by the wearing unit.

8. The heat indicator measuring device according to claim 7, wherein the biological object data measuring unit is placed in a position opposing to the body of the user.

9. A heat indicator measuring device comprising:

a temperature measuring unit that measures a temperature;

a humidity measuring unit that measures humidity;

a heat indicator calculation unit that calculates a heat indicator from the measured temperature and humidity;

a user data inputting unit that inputs user data as data regarding a user;

a noticing unit that notices the user about a preventive measure against a heat disorder;

a memory unit that memorizes a program for controlling the noticing unit to notice the preventive measure based on the heat indicator and the user'"'"'s data;

a noticing unit controlling unit that controls the noticing unit based on the program; and

a supporting unit supporting these units.

10. The heat indicator measuring device according to claim 9, wherein the program makes the noticing unit to notice any one of supplying water and taking a rest or both of them as the preventive measure against heat disorder.

11. The heat indicator measuring device according to claim 9, wherein the program controls the noticing unit to notice any one of noticing supplying water and taking a rest or both of them every each of predetermined intervals.

12. The heat indicator measuring device according to claim 9, further comprising a heat indicator change determining unit that determines a change of the heat indicator along elapse of time and a condition of the change, wherein if the heat indicator change determining unit determines that there is a predetermined change of the heat indicator, the program controls the noticing unit based on the user data and the heat indicator after the determination of the predetermined change.

13. The heat indicator measuring device according to claim 9, wherein if the heat indicator change determining unit determines that there is a predetermined change of the heat indicator, the program controls the noticing unit to make a first notice after the determination at the time when a predetermined period elapses from the time of previous noticing before it is determined that there is the predetermined change.

14. The heat indicator measuring device according to claim 13, wherein the predetermined period is the predetermined interval.

15. A method of controlling a heat indicator measuring device comprising:

measuring an atmospheric temperature;

measuring humidity;

calculating a heat indicator from the measured temperature and humidity;

obtaining user data as data regarding a user; and

controlling a noticing unit to notice a preventive measure against a heat disorder based on the heat indicator and the user data.