METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING AND ALERTING BODY TEMPERATURE

• US 20130181831A1
• Filed: 10/25/2012
• Published: 07/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Weidong Liu
• Original Assignee: Weidong Liu
• Inventors: LIU, Weidong
• Granted Patent: US 8,922,365 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.12
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/04 Babies, e.g. for SIDS detection
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/08 Elderly
• 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 5/6804 Garments; Clothes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 1/02 Means for indicating or recording specially adapted for thermometers
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 13/20 Clinical contact thermometers for use with humans or animals

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to devices and methods for monitoring and alerting a body temperature: sewing a wireless signal emitting body temperature sensor onto clothing, or wearing or putting such a sensor into a pocket of the clothing, during a static state a guardian makes sure that a person under guardianship is in a comfortable and warm condition, and setting up a maximum value and a minimum value. After a signal processing chip receives and processes a detected value received from the wireless signal emitting body temperature sensor, if the detected value is over the maximum value or is under the minimum value, an alarming signal will be transmitted to a wireless signal receiving and processing precaution device carried by the guardian, thus timely notify the guardian about abnormality in the body temperature of the person under guardianship.

Claims

1. A body temperature monitoring and alarming device comprising:

a wireless signal emitting body temperature sensor and a wireless signal receiving and processing precaution device,

the wireless signal emitting body temperature sensor comprising;

a temperature sensor;

a signal processing chip; and

a wireless signal emitting chip, wherein the temperature sensor, the signal processing chip and the wireless signal emitting chip are connected in series and sealed in a water proof outer shell;

the wireless signal receiving and processing precaution device comprising, a wireless signal receiving chip;

a signal fine-tuning terminal;

a central processing chip;

a function bottom;

a precaution device; and

supporting electronic components, wherein the wireless signal receiving chip, the signal fine-tuning terminal, the central processing chip, the function bottom, the precaution device and the supporting electronic components are connected in series.

3. The body temperature monitoring and alerting device of claim 1, wherein the wireless signal emitting body temperature sensor is placed within a 20 mm radius from a navel and a “

Fei-Yu”

acupuncture point.

4. The body temperature monitoring and alarming device of claim 1 wherein a wireless communication distance between the wireless signal emitting body temperature sensor and the wireless signal receiving and processing precaution device is 50 meters.

2. A method for monitoring body temperature and alarming a guardian comprising:

detecting a temperature value and transmitting the temperature value by a wireless signal receiving and processing precaution device wherein detecting a temperature value and transmitting the temperature value by a wireless signal receiving and processing precaution device comprise;

detecting a temperature value by a temperature sensor;

transmitting the temperature value to a signal processing chip via flexible wires;

processing the temperature value by the signal processing chip;

emitting a wireless signal from a wireless signal emitting chip;

receiving the wireless signal by a wireless signal receiving chip;

fine-tuning the wireless signal by a signal fine-tuning terminal;

processing the wireless signal by a central processing unit; and

sending signals by a precaution device; and

receiving and processing the temperature value by a wireless signal receiving and processing precaution device, wherein receiving and processing the temperature value by a wireless signal receiving and processing precaution device comprising;

turning on a power supply of the wireless signal receiving and processing precaution device,

setting up and storing threshold values and any increase or decrease in the threshold values within 3 minutes;

after 3 minutes, feeding in temperature values every 30 seconds from a wireless emitting chip in the wireless signal emitting body temperature sensor,

storing the temperature values in a central processing chip;

after the wireless emitting chip in the wireless signal emitting body temperature sensor feeds in the temperature values for 8 times, processing such information by the central processing chip, wherein processing such information by the central processing chip comprising;

excluding the highest temperature value and the lowest temperature value;

calculating an average value of the remaining 6 temperature values to an accuracy of first decimal place;

adding a preset increasing value to the average value and setting the result as a maximum value; and

subtracting a preset decrease value from the average value and setting the result here as a minimum value;

storing the maximum value and the minimum value; and

beginning a monitoring and cautioning working mode.

5. The method for monitoring body temperature and alarming a guardian of claim 2, wherein

a default threshold value for the central processing unit is 36.5°

C., and a preset increase value and the preset decrease value are both 1.5°

C.

6. The method for monitoring body temperature and alerting a guardian of claim 2 wherein

when a result by adding the preset increase value to the average value exceeds the threshold value, using the threshold value as the maximum value, and automatically using a value as the minimum value by subtracting two times of the preset decrease value from the threshold value.