DEVICE FOR PROVIDING HEALTH MANAGEMENT SERVICE AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20180157801A1
• Filed: 12/01/2017
• Published: 06/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: AHN, Hyun Gi, ROH, Dong Hyun, MIN, Kyung Sub
• Granted Patent: US 10,236,081 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

An electronic device includes a display, communication circuitry, at least one sensor, and a processor electrically connected with the display and the at least one sensor. The processor is configured to, based on state information obtained by the at least one sensor satisfying a predefined condition when a health state of a user corresponds to a first state, control transmitting the state information to an external server through the communication circuitry, control receiving from the external server a symptom check result corresponding to the state information, set a health state of the user to a second state based on the symptom check result, and provide a user interface (UI) for user health management at least once until the health state of the user changes from the second state to the first state based on at least one of the state information and the symptom check result.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

communication circuitry;

at least one sensor; and

a processor electrically connected with the display, the communication circuitry, and the at least one sensor,

wherein the processor is configured to;

based on state information obtained by the at least one sensor satisfying a predefined condition when a health state of a user corresponds to a first state, control transmitting the state information to an external server through the communication circuitry;

control receiving, from the external server, through the communication circuitry, a symptom check result corresponding to the state information;

set the health state of the user to a second state based on the symptom check result; and

control providing a user interface (UI) for health management of the user at least once until the health state of the user changes from the second state to the first state based on at least one of the state information and the symptom check result.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor includes one or more of an electromyography (EMG) sensor, an electroencephalogram (EEG) sensor, an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor, an oxygen saturation measurement sensor, a gesture sensor, a gyro sensor, a barometric pressure sensor, a magnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor, a grip sensor, a proximity sensor, a temperature/humidity sensor, a photoplethysmograph (PPG) sensor, and a gas sensor.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the state information includes biometric information and user movement information.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the predefined condition is defined based on the biometric information and the user movement information.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the first state corresponds to a normal state, and

the processor is configured to determine the normal state of the user based on state information obtained by the at least one sensor during a specified time period.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to control transmitting the state information to the external server based on context information obtained through the communication circuitry and the state information satisfying the predefined condition.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second state includes at least one of a self-care state and a clinic state.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

control displaying, on the display, a user interface (UI) for checking user symptoms;

control receiving user input to the UI; and

set the health state of the user based on at least one of the user input, the state information, and the symptom check result.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to determine a type of the symptoms based on the state information.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

control displaying on the display of a UI to query whether to check user symptoms;

based on user input to the UI indicating not to check symptoms, control providing of a guide for user health management.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

based on the state information not satisfying the predefined condition when the health state of the user is the second state, control displaying on the display of a UI to query whether the user is recovered; and

set the health state of the user to the first state based on at least one of a user input to the UI and the state information.

12. A user health management method for an electronic device, the method comprising:

obtaining user state information;

based on the obtained user state information satisfying a predefined condition when a health state of the user corresponds to a first state, controlling transmitting of the state information to an external server;

controlling receiving from the external server of a symptom check result corresponding to the state information;

setting the health state of the user to a second state based on the symptom check result; and

providing a user interface (UI) for user health management at least once until the health state of the user changes from the second state to the first state based on at least one of the state information and the symptom check result.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the state information includes biometric information and user movement information.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

before the transmitting of the state information, determining a normal state of the user based on state information obtained by at least one sensor during a specified period,

wherein the first state corresponds to the normal state.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

obtaining context information of the user; and

controlling transmitting of the context information and the state information to the external server based on the context information and the state information satisfying the predefined condition.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

displaying a UI to check user symptoms;

receiving a user input to the UI to check user symptoms; and

determining the health state of the user based on at least one of the state information and the user input to the UI to check user symptoms.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

determining a type of symptoms to be checked based on the state information.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

displaying a UI to query whether to check user symptoms;

based on a user input for not checking symptoms, controlling providing of a guide for user health management.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

based on the state information not satisfying the predefined condition when the health state of the user is the second state, controlling displaying of a UI to query whether the user is recovered; and

setting the health state of the user to the first state based on a user input to the recovery UI indicating user recovery.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions that, when executed by an electronic device providing a function of managing a health state of a user, cause the electronic device to perform:

obtaining state information of a user;

based on the obtained state information satisfying a predefined condition when the health state of the user corresponds to a first state, transmitting the state information to an external server;

receiving from the external server a symptom check result corresponding to the state information;

setting a health state of the user to a second state based on the symptom check result; and

providing a user interface (UI) for user health management at least once until the health state of the user changes from the second state to the first state based on at least one of the state information and the symptom check result.