TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY APPARATUS CAPABLE OF MEASURING PULSE RATE AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120226175A1
• Filed: 08/09/2011
• Published: 09/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: YOU, QIANG, WANG, YIN-ZHAN, CHUANG, TSUNG-JEN, WONG, SHIH-FANG
• Granted Patent: US 9,039,628 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/501
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence

Abstract

A touch-sensitive display apparatus includes a multi-touch screen, a processor, and a network unit. The processor controls the apparatus to enter a pulse rate measuring mode, records the number of the touched touch points in each scanning period, and determines a curve according to all the recorded numbers within a preset period, the number of wave crests of the curve, and pulse rates per minute according to the number of the wave crests. A related method is also provided.

Claims

1. A touch-sensitive display apparatus comprising:

a multi-touch screen; and

a processor to control the touch-sensitive display apparatus to enter a pulse rate measuring mode, record the number of the touched touch points in each scanning period when in the pulse rate measuring mode, and determine a curve according to all the recorded numbers of the touched touch points within a preset period, the number of wave crests of the curve, and pulse rates per minute according to the number of the wave crests, the number of the artery throbbing within the preset period being the number of the wave crests minus one, and the number of the artery throbbing within the preset period divided by the preset period being the pulse rates per minute.

2. The touch-sensitive display apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the preset period is one minute or more than one minute.

3. The touch-sensitive display apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the processor is further to display the determined pulse rates per minute on the multi-touch screen.

4. The touch-sensitive display apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the processor is further to generate a prompt to indicate that the determined pulse rates per minute is abnormal when determining that the determined pulse rates per minute is not within a preset range.

5. The touch-sensitive display apparatus as described in 1, further comprising a network unit to communicate the touch-sensitive display apparatus with a network, wherein the processor is further to transmit the determined pulse rates per minute to a designated medical webpage through the network unit to obtain medical help information from the designated webpage when determining that the determined pulse rates per minute is not within a preset range.

6. A pulse rate measuring method applied in a touch-sensitive display apparatus, the touch-sensitive display apparatus comprising a multi-touch screen, the method comprising:

controlling the touch-sensitive display apparatus to enter a pulse rate measuring mode;

recording the number of touched touch points in each scanning period; and

determining a curve according to all the recorded numbers of the touched touch points within a preset period, the number of wave crests of the curve, and pulse rates per minute according to the number of the wave crests, the number of the artery throbbing within the preset period being the number of the wave crests minus one, and the number of the artery throbbing within the preset period divided by the preset period being the pulse rates per minute.

7. The pulse rate measuring method as described in claim 6, wherein the preset period is one minute or more than one minute.

8. The pulse rate measuring method as described in claim 6, further comprising:

displaying the determined pulse rates per minute on the multi-touch screen.

9. The pulse rate measuring method as described in claim 6, further comprising:

generating a prompt to indicate that the determined pulse rates per minute is abnormal when determining that the determined pulse rates per minute is not within a preset range.

10. The pulse rate measuring method as described in claim 6, further comprising:

transmitting the determined pulse rates per minute to a designated medical webpage to obtain medical help information from the designated webpage when determining that the determined pulse rates per minute is not within a preset range.