Light modulation system for medical treatment and health care

Abstract
A light modulating system for medical treatment and health care (MTHC) is applied to sense at least one of the physiology conditions of at least one user, and accordingly modulate at least one MTHC light beam. The system comprises a physiology condition parameter sensing unit, a light output parameter calculation unit, and a light modulation unit. The physiology condition parameter sensing unit is applied to sense at least one physiology condition parameter of the user, the light output parameter calculation unit is applied to calculate at least one light output parameter according to the physiology condition parameter, and the light modulation unit is applied to modulate the MTHC light beam according to the light output parameter.
Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The structure and the technical means adopted by the present invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings, wherein



FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a medical treatment light filtering system provided in accordance with prior arts;



FIG. 2 is a block diagram provided in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and



FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a light modulation unit in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.





DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Due to that the light modulation system as provided in accordance with the present invention can be widely applied in the medical treatment and health care (MTHC) fields, the combined applications are too numerous to be enumerated and described so that we only disclose a preferred embodiment for representation.


Please refer to FIG. 2, which illustrates a block diagram provided in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, a light modulation system 200 for MTHC is applied for sensing the physiology condition(s) of the user 100 as mentioned above to accordingly modulate at least one proper MTHC light beam. The light modulation system 200 includes a physiology condition sensing unit 2, a light output parameter calculation unit 3, an environment parameter sensing unit 4, a calculation parameter memorizing unit 5, a light beam modulation unit 6, and an MTHC light beam parameter input unit 7.


The physiology condition sensing unit 2 includes a body temperature sensor 21, a blood pressure sensor 22, and a heartbeat sensor 23 for respectively sensing the physiology condition parameters, representing the current physiology conditions of the user, such as the body temperature, the blood pressure, and the heartbeat (or the pulse). The light output parameter calculation unit 3 includes a light output parameter calculation program 31. The environment parameter sensing unit 4 includes a temperature sensor 41 and a humidity sensor 42 to respectively sense at least one environment parameter, such as temperature and humidity represented by the relative humidity in percentage, around the user 100. The calculation parameter memorizing unit 5 includes a physiology condition parameter memorizing region 51, an environment parameter memorizing region 52, and a light output parameter memorizing region 53 for respectively memorizing the physiology condition parameter, the environment parameter, and the light output parameter.


When the user 100 or a doctor uses the light modulation system 200 to engage in a medical treatment, health care or beauty treatment action, several physiology condition parameters of the user or a patient can be sensed through the physiology condition parameter sensing unit 2, and the environment parameters around the user 100 can be sensed by the environment parameter sensing unit 4 as well. Then, the sensed physiology condition parameters and environment parameters are transmitted to the light output calculation unit 3, and also respectively transmitted to and saved in the physiology condition parameter memorizing region 51 and the environment parameter memorizing region 52.


Next, the light output parameter calculation program 31 of the light output parameter calculation unit 3 can automatically calculate at least one light output parameter, including at least one of the wavelength, the strength, and the output time of the MTHC light beam, and transmit the light output parameter to the light modulation unit 6. Finally, the light modulation unit 6 can automatically modulate the proper MTHC light beam in accordance with the light output parameter to engage in the action(s) of medical treatment, health care, and/or beauty treatment to the user 100.


In practice, although some psychology sicknesses can be diagnosed from the variations of physiology conditions to gain the elementary diagnosis results, there are still many sicknesses cannot be diagnosed from the variations of physiology conditions yet. To solve the problem, the light modulation system 200, in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, further provides the MTHC light parameter input unit 7, so that the user 100 still can directly input the light output parameter, according to the prescription provided by the doctor or the medical common senses of the user, via the MTHC light parameter input unit 7 to modulate the proper MTHC light beam for engaging in the action(s) of medical treatment, health care, and/or beauty treatment.


About the light modulation unit 6, there are some more applications and will be disclosed further in the details of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, which is a block diagram illustrating the light modulation unit in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the light modulation unit 6 includes a light modulation processor 61, a light-mixing module 62, and a MTHC light emitter 63, wherein the light-mixing module 62 includes a plurality of light sources for respectively projecting the plurality of essential light beams. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the light sources are visible-light sources for projecting visible light beams served as the essential light beams. In another words, the visible light sources of the present invention include a red light source 621, a green light source 622, and a blue light source 623 for respectively projecting a red light beam, a green light beam and a blue light beam. By the way, the light-mixing module includes a light strength adjuster 624 as well.


Following the description related to FIG. 2, when the light output parameter(s) is/are input to the light modulation unit 6, the light output parameter(s) can be transmitted to the light modulation processor 61 to engage in processing and accordingly transmitting a light modulation signal S1 to the light-mixing module 62. According to the light modulation signal S1, the light strength adjuster 624 can adjust the strength and the output time of the red light beam, the green light beam, and the blue light beam respectively projected from the red light source 621, the green light source 622, and the blue light source 623 to modulate the proper MTHC light beam. Finally, the MTHC light emitter 63 can project the MTHC light beam to at least one selected position, where is usually a specified portion of the user 100, to engage in the action(s) of medical treatment, health care, and/or beauty treatment.


In the preferred embodiment, the red light source 621, the green light source 622, and the blue light source 623 are submitted to be a red light emitting diode (LED), a green LED, and a blue LED, so that the MTHC light beam can be modulated in an economic way. Additionally, the light-mixing module 62 can further include a plurality of invisible-light sources, such as an infrared light source and an ultraviolet light source, for respectively the plurality of invisible light beams, such as an infrared light beam and an ultraviolet light beam, served as the essential light beams to progress the modulation of MTHC light beam, so that the MTHC light beam itself also can be an invisible light, which is not limited in visible light as mentioned in the preferred embodiment of the present invention.


After reading above description, people skilled in the fields of optic medical treatment and light modulation technique can easily realize that the light modulation system for MTHC of the present invention has dismissed the concept of light filtering in prior arts and replaced by a concept of light-mixing to modulate the MTHC light beam. The efficiencies of the present invention not only can precisely and automatically modulate the MTHC light beam, but also can execute the techniques without preparing any substituted elements. Furthermore, the light modulation system for the MTHC of the present invention can be operated, in accordance with the prescription provided by the doctor or the user, to modulate proper MTHC light beam.


Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that a variety of modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention which is intended to be defined by the appended claims.

Claims
  • 1. A light modulation system for medical treatment and health care (MTHC) being applied to sense at least one of a plurality of physiology conditions of at least one user to accordingly modulate at least one MTHC light beam, and comprising: a physiology condition parameter sensing unit for sensing at least one physiology condition parameter;a light output parameter calculation unit for calculating at least one light output parameter according to the physiology condition parameter; anda light modulation unit for modulating the MTHC light beam according to the light output parameter.
  • 2. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a calculation parameter memorizing unit, which comprises a physiology condition memorizing region for memorizing the physiology condition parameter sensed by the physiology condition parameter sensing unit.
  • 3. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 1, wherein the physiology condition parameter sensing unit comprises a body temperature sensor for sensing a body temperature of the user as the physiology condition parameter.
  • 4. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 1, wherein the physiology condition parameter sensing unit comprises a blood pressure sensor for sensing a blood pressure of the user as the physiology condition parameter.
  • 5. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 1, wherein the physiology condition parameter sensing unit comprises a heartbeat sensor for sensing a heartbeat of the user as the physiology condition parameter.
  • 6. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an environment parameter sensing unit for sensing at least one environment parameter around the user.
  • 7. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 6, wherein the light output calculation unit further comprises a light output parameter calculation program for calculating the light output parameter according to the physiology condition parameter and the environment parameter.
  • 8. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a calculation parameter memorizing unit, which comprises an environment parameter memorizing region for memorizing the environment parameter sensed by the environment parameter sensing unit.
  • 9. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 6, wherein the environment parameter sensing unit comprises a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature around the user as the environment parameter.
  • 10. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 6, wherein the environment parameter sensing unit comprises a humidity sensor for sensing a humidity around the user as the environment parameter.
  • 11. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light modulation unit comprises an MTHC light emitter for projecting the MTHC light beam to at least one selected position.
  • 12. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light modulation unit comprises a light modulation processor for processing the light output parameter to accordingly generate a light modulation signal.
  • 13. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 12, wherein the light modulation unit comprises a light-mixing module comprising: a plurality of light sources for respectively projecting a plurality of essential light beams;at least one strength modulator for respectively modulating a plurality of strengths of the plurality of essential light beams in accordance with the light modulation signal to accordingly mix the essential lights to modulate the MTHC light beam.
  • 14. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 13, wherein the light sources comprises at least one invisible-light source for projecting a invisible light beam as one of the essential light beams.
  • 15. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 14, wherein the invisible-light source is an infrared light source for projecting an infrared light beam as the invisible light beam.
  • 16. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 14, wherein the invisible-light source is an ultraviolet light source for projecting an ultraviolet light beam as the invisible light beam.
  • 17. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 13, wherein the light sources comprises at least one visible-light source for projecting a visible light beam as one of the essential light beams.
  • 18. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 17, wherein the visible-light source is a red light source for projecting a red light beam as the visible light beam.
  • 19. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 18, wherein the red light source is a red light emitting diode (LED).
  • 20. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 17, wherein the visible-light source is a green light source for projecting a green light beam as the visible light beam.
  • 21. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 20, wherein the green light source is a green LED.
  • 22. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 17, wherein the visible-light source is a blue light source for projecting a blue light beam as the visible light beam.
  • 23. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 22, wherein the blue light source is a blue LED.
  • 24. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an MTHC light parameter input unit for the user directly input the light output parameter to the light modulating unit to modulate the MTHC light beam in accordance with the light output parameter.
  • 25. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light output parameter is a wavelength of the MTHC light beam.
  • 26. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light output parameter is a strength of the MTHC light beam.
  • 27. The light modulation system for MTHC as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light output parameter is an output time of the MTHC light beam.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
95127894 Jul 2006 TW national