Body-temperature measuring device and body-temperature measuring system having the device

• US 7,722,249 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2008
• Issued: 05/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Shin, Kun-soo, Kim, Jong-pal
• Primary Examiner(s): Caputo; Lisa M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jagan; Mirellys
• Application Number:
  US12/103,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20090154523A1
• Time in Patent Office: 769 Days
• Field of Search: 374/208, 374/163, 600/549
• US Class Current: 374/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 1/024 for remote indication
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 13/20 Clinical contact thermometers for use with humans or animals

Abstract

A body-temperature measuring device is provided. The device includes: a pad which is attachable to and detachable from a human body; a battery which is provided to the pad and includes a pair of battery terminals for supplying power; and a temperature sensing block which is attached to and detached from the pad and comprises units for contacting the human body to sense temperature and wirelessly transmitting a temperature sensing signal corresponding to the sensed temperature and a pair of connecting terminals which are electrically connected to the battery terminals only when attached to the pad, and a body-temperature measuring system including one or more of the body-temperature measuring devices and a receiver which receives the wirelessly transmitted temperature sensing signal, measures the temperature by using the received signal, and informs of a result of measuring the temperature.

Claims

1. A body-temperature measuring device comprising:

a pad which is attachable to and detachable from a human body;

a battery which is mounted on the pad and includes a pair of battery terminals for supplying power; and

a temperature sensing block which is attachable to and detachable from the pad, and comprises;

units for contacting the human body to sense temperature and wirelessly transmitting a temperature sensing signal corresponding to the sensed temperature; and

a pair of connecting terminals which are electrically connected to the battery terminals only when the temperature sensing block is attached to the pad,

wherein the battery is disposed outside the temperature sensing block, and

wherein, when the temperature sensing block is attached to the pad, the battery and the temperature sensing block are disposed adjacently to each other on the pad, and having a bottom surface of the battery and a bottom surface of the temperature sensing block facing one side of the pad.

2. The body-temperature measuring device of claim 1, wherein the units for sensing the temperature and wirelessly transmitting the temperature sensing signal operate as long as the pair of the battery terminals and the pair of the connecting terminals are electrically connected, respectively.

3. The body-temperature measuring device of claim 1, wherein the temperature sensing block is sealed to be prevented from being polluted.

4. The body-temperature measuring device of claim 1, wherein the temperature sensing block periodically senses temperature and transmits the temperature sensing signal.

5. The body-temperature measuring device of claim 1, wherein the battery terminals and the connecting terminals are connected by conductive snap fasteners or conductive Velcro fasteners or by using a conductive gel as a medium.

6. The body-temperature measuring device of claim 1, wherein the pad comprises a bracket for supporting the temperature sensing block attached to the pad so that the temperature sensing block is not moved.

7. The body-temperature measuring device of claim 1, wherein the pad comprises at least a bracket, an upper layer and a lower layer,

wherein the temperature sensing block is attachable to the pad using a bracket provided on the pad, and the battery is inserted between the upper layer and the lower layer, and

wherein the bottom surface of the temperature sensing block faces a top surface of the upper layer, and the bottom surface of the battery faces a top surface of the lower layer, a top surface of the battery facing a bottom surface of the upper layer.

8. A body-temperature measuring system comprising:

one or more body-temperature measuring device comprising;

a pad which is attachable to and detachable from a human body;

a battery which is mounted on the pad and comprises a pair of battery terminals for supplying power;

and a temperature sensing block which is attachable to and detachable from the pad and comprises units for contacting the human body to sense temperature and wirelessly transmitting a temperature sensing signal corresponding to the sensed temperature, and a pair of connecting terminals which are electrically connected to the battery terminals only when the temperature sensing block is attached to the pad; and

a receiver which receives the wirelessly transmitted temperature sensing signal, measures the temperature by using the received signal, and informs of a result of measuring the temperature,

wherein the battery is disposed outside the temperature sensing block, and

wherein, when the temperature sensing block is attached to the pad, the battery and the temperature sensing block are disposed adjacently to each other on the pad, and having a bottom surface of the battery and a bottom surface of the temperature sensing block facing one side of the pad.

9. The body-temperature measuring system of claim 8, wherein the receiver informs of the result by using beeps, warning lights, or warning images.

10. The body-temperature measuring system of claim 8,

wherein the body-temperature measuring system comprises a plurality of the body-temperature measuring devices,

wherein a temperature sensing block included in each of the body-temperature measuring devices inserts an identification (ID) code into the temperature sensing signal to be wirelessly transmitted, and

wherein the receiver identifies the source of the wirelessly received temperature sensing signal by using the ID code.

11. The body-temperature measuring system of claim 8, wherein the pad comprises at least a bracket, an upper layer and a lower layer,

wherein the temperature sensing block is attachable to the pad using a bracket provided on the pad, and the battery is inserted between the upper layer and the lower layer, and

wherein the bottom surface of the temperature sensing block faces a top surface of the upper layer, and the bottom surface of the battery faces a top surface of the lower layer, a top surface of the battery facing a bottom surface of the upper layer.