SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED PROCESS UNIT

• US 20140300491A1
• Filed: 03/28/2014
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gemtek Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Gemtek Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: CHEN, HUNG WEN
• Application Number:
  US14/229,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20140300491A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.07
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 characterised by features of the telemetry system
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

The present invention provides a system with a separate computing unit, comprising: a sensing device comprising a power supply unit, a sensing unit configured to sense a user'"'"'s physiological information, and a first wireless communication unit via which the physiological information that has not yet undergone the computing and processing operations is transmitted externally, the power supply unit electrically connecting and supplying power to the sensing unit and the first wireless communication unit; and a primary computing device comprising a computing unit, a display unit, and a second wireless communication unit, the second wireless communication unit receiving and transmitting the physiological information to the computing unit to undergo the computing operation and informing the user of a result of the computing operation via the display unit; wherein the sensing device transmits, via the first wireless communication unit, a wireless signal to the primary computing device according to a preset criterion.

Claims

1. A system with a separate computing unit, comprising:

a sensing device comprising a power supply unit, a sensing unit configured to sense a user'"'"'s physiological information, and a first wireless communication unit via which the physiological information that has not yet undergone the computing and processing operations is transmitted externally, the power supply unit electrically connecting and supplying power to the sensing unit and the first wireless communication unit; and

a primary computing device comprising a computing unit, a display unit, and a second wireless communication unit, the second wireless communication unit receiving and transmitting the physiological information to the computing unit to undergo the computing operation and informing the user of a result of the computing operation via the display unit;

wherein the sensing device transmits, via the first wireless communication unit, a wireless signal to the primary computing device according to a preset criterion.

2. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication unit is selected from one of a Zigbee communication unit, a WiFi communication unit, an NFC communication unit, a RFID communication unit, a Bluetooth communication unit, and an infrared communication unit.

3. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 1, wherein the second wireless communication unit is selected from one of a Zigbee communication unit, a WiFi communication unit, an NFC communication unit, a RFID communication unit, a Bluetooth communication unit, and an infrared communication unit.

4. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 1, wherein the physiological information is selected from the information relating to the user'"'"'s blood pressure, pulse, voice, and vibration.

5. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 1, wherein the display unit is selected from one of a screen, an audio device, and at least one LED lamp.

6. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 1, wherein the primary computing device further comprises a control interface unit providing a physiological information reading interface for making available the corresponding information according to the user'"'"'s click selection.

7. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 6, wherein the control interface unit further provides a sensing device setting interface configured to transmit, via the second wireless communication unit, an uncoded wireless setting signal to the sensing device according to the click selection made by the user.

8. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 7, wherein the sensing device changes a value of a register thereof according to the wireless setting signal.

9. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 1, wherein the criterion is set to be that the user'"'"'s physiological information is regularly sensed with the sensing unit and the wireless signal is regularly transmitted to the primary computing device via the first wireless communication unit.

10. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 1, wherein the criterion is set to be that the wireless signal is transmitted to the primary computing device via the first wireless communication unit when the sensing unit senses that the user'"'"'s physiological information exceeds a critical value.

11. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 1, wherein the sensing device is a heart stent with sensing capability, and the physiological information relates to a width of a cardiac blood vessel.

12. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 1, wherein the sensing device is a contact lens with sensing capability, and the physiological information relates to a blood pressure measured at ocular capillaries.

13. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 1, wherein the sensing device is a wristband with sensing capability, and the physiological information is blood pressure-related information or pulse-related information.

14. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 1, wherein the primary computing device further comprises an identity authentication unit configured to perform an identity authentication procedure on the sensing device.

15. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 1, further comprising one or more other sensing devices from which the primary computing device synchronously receives wireless signals.

16. A system with a separate computing unit, comprising:

a sensing device comprising a power supply unit, a sensing unit configured to sense a user'"'"'s physiological information, and a first wireless communication unit via which a warning message is transmitted externally when the sensing unit senses that the physiological information exceeds a standard value, the power supply unit electrically connecting and supplying power to the sensing unit and the first wireless communication unit; and

a warning device comprising a warning unit and a second wireless communication unit, the warning unit performing a warning operation after the second wireless communication unit has received the warning message.

17. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 16, wherein the warning device further comprises a computing unit configured to perform the computing operation on the physiological information contained in the warning message, and performs various respective warning operations according to a result of the computing operation.

18. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 16, wherein the warning device is a pocket-sized computer or a microcomputer.

19. The system with a separate computing unit of claim 16, wherein the warning unit is selected from one of an audio device, a display device, and a vibration device.