Mobile wireless appliance

• US 9,820,657 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2015
• Issued: 11/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Tran, Bao
• Primary Examiner(s): Gedeon, Brian T
• Application Number:
  US14/717,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20150250393A1
• Time in Patent Office: 916 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2505/03 Intensive care
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0204 Acoustic sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• 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 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• 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 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4806 Sleep evaluation A61B5/4821 takes precedence; devices for inducing sleep A61M21/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6816 Ear lobe
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6826 Finger
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7455 characterised by tactile indication, e.g. vibration or electrical stimulation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/02 : Measuring pulse or heart rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/06 : Measuring blood flow measuring volume flow in general G01F, e.g. G01F1/66, G01F1/72; measuring speed of fluids in general G01P5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/4427 : Device being portable or laptop-like
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/488 : involving Doppler signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/565 : involving data transmission via a network
• 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: H04M 3/42042 : Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/14 : Calling by using pulses

Abstract

A wireless system for a person includes a wearable appliance with an accelerometer; a wireless device in communication with the wearable appliance; and a remote computer coupled to the wireless device to provide information to an authorized remote user.

Claims

1. A wearable appliance comprising:

a processor;

an accelerometer in communication with the processor to capture movement data;

a microphone in communication with the processor to receive audio input;

a speaker in communication with the processor to output audio;

a heart rate sensor in communication with the processor to capture heart rate data;

a transceiver in communication with the processor to transmit and receive data via a wireless network, the transceiver further in communication with a plurality of wireless nodes forming a mesh network, wherein at least one of the plurality of wireless network nodes comprises a home security device; and

a display in communication with the processor to display at least;

(i) information associated with the heart rate data; and

(ii) information associated with data received by the transceiver.

2. The wearable appliance of claim 1 further comprising at least one of a temperature sensor, blood oxygen sensor and light sensor.

3. The wearable appliance of claim 1 further comprising software code to generate information regarding steps taken using the movement data captured by the accelerometer.

4. The wearable appliance of claim 1 further comprising software code to generate information regarding steps taken using the movement data captured by the accelerometer.

5. The wearable appliance of claim 1 further comprising a vibration motor in communication with the processor.

6. The wearable appliance of claim 5 further comprising software code executed by the processor to activate the vibration motor in response to receipt of data by the transceiver.

7. The wearable appliance of claim 1 further comprising software code to record audio input received by the microphone, and software code to output audio associated with the data received by the transceiver via the wireless network.

8. The wearable appliance of claim 7 further comprising software code to transmit, using the transceiver, the recorded audio input via the wireless network.

9. The wearable appliance of claim 1 further comprising at least one of a gyroscope and a compass.

10. A wearable appliance comprising:

a processor;

an accelerometer in communication with the processor to capture movement data;

a heart rate sensor in communication with the processor to capture heart rate data;

a vibration motor in communication with the processor;

a transceiver in communication with the processor to receive data via a wireless network, the transceiver further in communication with a plurality of wireless nodes forming a mesh network, wherein at least one of the plurality of wireless network nodes comprises a home security device;

a display in communication with the processor to display at least;

(i) informaion associated with data received by the transceiver; and

(ii) information associated with the heart rate data.

11. The wearable appliance of claim 10 wherein the transceiver comprises a transceiver in communication with the processor to receive at least telephonesall data via a wireless network.

12. The wearable appliance of claim 11, wherein the telephonesall data comprises at least caller-ID data.

13. The wearable appliance of claim 10 further comprising software code executed by the processor to generate data regarding sleep.

14. The wearable appliance of claim 13 wherein the software code to generate data regarding sleep comprises instructions to use at least the movement data captured by the accelerometer.

15. The wearable appliance of claim 10 further comprising memory to store a history of movement data.

16. The wearable appliance of claim 10 further comprising an altitude sensor.

17. The wearable appliance of claim 10 further comprising a GPS sensor to generate information regarding a location of the wearable appliance.

18. The wearable appliance of claim 10 further comprising a light sensor.

19. The wearable appliance of claim 10 further comprising a gyroscope.

20. The wearable appliance of claim 10 further comprising a compass.

21. The wearable appliance of claim 10 wherein the display comprises a display to receive touch input.