Monitoring device with selectable wireless communication

• US 9,756,403 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2016
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fitbit, Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hello, Inc.
• Inventors: Proud, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Haupt, Kristy A
• Application Number:
  US15/242,540
• Publication Number:
  US 20160360300A1
• Time in Patent Office: 380 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0214 of power generation or supply
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0233 Special features of optical sensors or probes classified in A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/443 Evaluating skin constituents, e.g. elastin, melanin, water
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6831 Straps, bands or harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/98 using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 4/002 Remote reading of utility meters
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/23 The load being a medical device, a medical implant, or a life supporting device
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 : involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 : Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 : based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 : involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 : Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 : for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 : Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 : Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/30 : Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading

Abstract

One or more sensors are coupled to a monitoring device which has a unique user ID. The one or more sensors acquire user information selected from of at least one of, a user'"'"'s activities, behaviors and habit information. ID circuitry including ID storage, a communication system that reads and transmits the unique ID from an ID storage, a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry is at the monitoring device. A multi-protocol wireless controller coupled to one or more wireless interfaces is at the monitoring device and characterizes available networks to determine current network information. A wireless connectivity assistant is at the monitoring device and selects one of the available networks based on the current network information and at least one of user preferences, application requirements and system information. A telemetry system is in communication with the monitoring device.

Claims

1. A user monitoring device system, comprising:

a user monitoring device that includes a microphone and one or more sensors to determine air quality, sound level/quality, light quality or ambient temperature near the user, a motion detection device included in the user monitoring device configured to detect a user'"'"'s movement information, the motion detection device and the monitoring system configured to assist to determine user sleep monitoring, sleep information and sleep behavior information, the microphone configured to record user movement sounds detected by the motion detection device, the motion detection device configured to cause the microphone to stop recording user movement sounds when the movement sounds are not directed to sleep monitoring, sleep information and sleep behavior information; and

a telemetry system in communication with the motion detection device and the monitoring device, the telemetry system configured to assist to determine user sleep monitoring, sleep information and sleep behavior information;

that can be stored in the database.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a unique user ID.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

ID circuitry, the ID circuitry including ID storage, a communication system that reads and transmits the unique ID from an ID storage.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a feedback control system or subsystem at the telemetry system.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the feedback control system or subsystem is at the monitoring device.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the feedback control system or subsystem is a standalone.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the monitoring device in operate communicates the feedback signal or alert to the user.

8. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

a closed-loop system that provides control data to the monitoring device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the device is a mobile device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the telemetry system in operation compares a measured sensor signal from a sensor to a threshold level.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the motion detection device produces motion detection that is partially reflected by the person'"'"'s skin and then penetrates to an internal organ where it is partially reflected from those organs and is then detected at a detector.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein a displacement of the internal organ and the person'"'"'s movement are detected at the detector.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the motion detection device has one antenna.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the motion detection device has at least two antennas.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the motion detection device is configured to separate a movement of more than one person or animals in a room.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the motion detection device is configured to separate movement of more than one person or animals in the room with multiple receiving antennas or multiple motion detection emitters.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the motion detection device separates the movement of more than one person or animals in the room with multiple receiving antennas and or multiple motion detection emitters on a single device by first determining a phase angle between two or more receivers.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein one or more transmitters and one or more receivers are used to determine a location of a person, animal or item.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the person, item, or animal is located via motion detection with a passive retroreflective tag or with an active beacon which responds to an emitted motion detection signal.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the motion detection device produces motion detection that is omni omni-directional.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the motion detection rejects signals that are not relevant by first determining a range of a target of interest and then ignoring signals that are further than specified bounds from the target of interest.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of sensor data, audio data and motion detection data is used to reject false position signals relative to the person'"'"'s sleep and/or sleep related parameters.