Patent Application
20050113131
This application claims the benefit of Taiwan application Serial No. 92132841, filed Nov. 21, 2003, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a body temperature-measuring device, and more particularly, relates to a Bluetooth earphone system with body temperature measuring device.
2. Description of the Related Art
In recent years, various epidemic diseases are spreading widely and have become a severe threat to the health of mankind. In order to effectively scrutinize potential carriers of infectious viruses or bacteria, body temperature measuring centers or scrutinizing stations are set up at many high-density public places such as office buildings or hospitals to measure visitors' temperatures. Due to the fact that the operator of the most commonly used infrared thermometer has to carry a thermometer at hand when measuring the temperature and can only measure a person's temperature at a time, a long queue will be formed during rush hours. This is indeed a waste of time for the visitors.
According to the current practice of temperature measuring, a person to be measured is passively asked to have his or her temperature measured and recorded by others, a temperature measurer for instance. This task, which is an extra workload for the employers who are already busy to cope with, will even affect the employee-employer relations.
Moreover, an office building is normally stationed by several companies, which also require their staff's temperature data. Due to limited resources, the measurer stationing at the entrance can only scrutinize potential carriers and will be unable to categorize the temperature data of the staff according to their departments and companies and dispatch the temperature data to the directors of respective departments. Nevertheless, this is already too busy for quarantine inspectors to cope with.
More importantly, one-person-one-probe cover policy to avoid infection is impractical in overcrowded occasions. In reality, everyone is under the risk of getting infected via a shared probe cover. The policy of measuring body temperature to avoid infection is itself a path of infection.
It is therefore, an object of the invention to provide to a Bluetooth earphone system with body temperature measuring function. The person who is equipped with the system can automatically have his or her temperature measured and reported to his or her workplace, not only simplifying the required procedures and labor of measuring body temperature, but also effectively preventing infection.
The invention achieves the above-identified object by providing a Bluetooth earphone system with body temperature function disclosed below.
The Bluetooth earphone system with body temperature function transmits a body temperature value measured by a Bluetooth earphone to a database where the body temperature value is stored via a local Bluetooth device. After having measured a body temperature according to a start command issued by a local Bluetooth device, the Bluetooth earphone transmits the body temperature value back to the local Bluetooth device to be stored therein. Meanwhile, the local Bluetooth device can transmit the data to a database through a transmission interface to facilitate central management of data. The Bluetooth earphone device includes a temperature sensor, a display and a Bluetooth module. The Bluetooth module includes a micro-controller and a memory. When a user wears the Bluetooth earphone device, the temperature sensor produces a body temperature signal according to the user's body temperature, wherein the temperature sensor calculates the body temperature value corresponding to the user's body temperature according to the body temperature signal. The body temperature value can be stored in the memory or shown in the display for the user's reference. On the other hand, the micro-controller can send the body temperature value stored in the memory to a local Bluetooth device, which in turn transmits the data to a database to be stored therein via a transmission interface.
Other objects, features, and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred but non-limiting embodiments. The following description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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For example, the user can incorporate the Bluetooth earphone 100 with a Bluetooth mobile phone. Meanwhile, the local Bluetooth device 150 is a Bluetooth mobile phone. After the Bluetooth earphone 100 transmits the body temperature value T to the Bluetooth mobile phone, the Bluetooth mobile phone will start to be connected to the database 190 and store the body temperature value T to the database 190 after the connection is established, wherein the transmission interface between the Bluetooth mobile phone and the database 190 can be a general packet radio service (GPRS), GSM or CDMA. However, the application of the above structure is not limited to the Bluetooth mobile phone; the body temperature value T can be transmitted to the database 190 via a personal computer equipped with a Bluetooth module. Under such structure, the transmission interface between the personal computer and the database 190 can a local network interface or a wireless network interface.
It is noteworthy that the local Bluetooth device 150 can automatically send out a start command SC for the Bluetooth earphone 100 to start with the process of measuring body temperature rather than passively receives the body temperature value T to be inputted by the Bluetooth earphone 100 to start with a process. Take the application of the Bluetooth mobile phone for example, a department director can choose to send a text message of measuring body temperature to the colleagues. After having received the text message, the mobile phone will issue a start command SC activating the Bluetooth earphone 100 to measure the body temperature. So the body temperature data of all the staff can be filed in a short time with high efficiency.
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On the other hand, the micro-controller 110 can also control the Bluetooth module 130 to send out the body temperature value T stored in the memory 125. In practical application, the user can pre-set a temperature threshold, say, 39° C. for instance. When the body temperature value T exceeds the temperature threshold, a fever is indicated. Meanwhile, the micro-controller 110 makes the alarm device 140 send out a warning signal, for example sound, to remind the user.
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While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of a preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements and procedures, and the scope of the appended claims therefore should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar arrangements and procedures.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92132841 | Nov 2003 | TW | national |
