System and method for providing notes in measurement devices

• US 7,680,629 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2007
• Issued: 03/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: FEGO Precision Industrial Company Limited
• Original Assignee: FEGO Precision Industrial Company Limited
• Inventors: Chang, Chin-Hsiung, Yen, Fu-Chung
• Primary Examiner(s): Raymond, Edward
• Application Number:
  US11/847,682
• Publication Number:
  US 20090063098A1
• Time in Patent Office: 929 Days
• Field of Search: 702/187, 702182-185
• US Class Current: 702/187
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A measurement device with capabilities of note taking. The measurement device comprises at least one measurement component, adapted to perform measurement in at least one measuring event of the measurement device; a note control component, adapted to obtain and record at least one note input with respect to the at least one measuring event; and a Central Processing Unit (CPU), adapted to link the at least one note with the at least one measuring event.

Claims

1. A measurement device, with capabilities of note taking, comprising:

at least one measurement component, adapted to perform measurement in at least one measuring event of the measurement device;

a note control component, adapted to obtain and record at least one note that is input with respect to the at least one measuring event; and

a Central Processing Unit (CPU), adapted to link the at least one note with the at least one measuring event.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising at least one note input component for inputting the at least one note.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the at least one note input component comprises at least one operational key.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one note is input from at least one note input device physically or wirelessly connected with the measurement device.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the at least one note input device comprises a device selected from the group consisting of a computer, a keyboard, a camera, a camcorder, a microphone, a mouse, and a pen tablet.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one note is in a visual or audio format.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one note is linked with the at least one measuring event by a measuring timestamp of the at least one measuring event.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one note is stored in a data storage device connected with the measurement device.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the measurement device comprises a health related measurement device.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one note is encrypted.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein authentication is applied to access the at least one note.

12. A method of note taking in a measurement device, comprising the steps of:

providing means for obtaining and recording at least one note with respect to at least one measuring event of the measurement device;

obtaining the at least one note from at least one note input means; and

linking the at least one note with the at least one measuring event.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of encrypting the at least one note.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of storing the at least one note.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of manipulating the at least one note.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one note input means comprises a note input device physically or wirelessly connected with the measurement device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the note input device comprises a device selected from the group consisting of a computer, a keyboard, a camera, a camcorder, a microphone, a mouse, and a pen tablet.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one note input means comprises a built-in component of the measurement device.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one note is in a visual or audio format.

20. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one note is linked with the at least one measuring event by a measuring timestamp of the at least one measuring event.