Patent Application
20070129105
1. Field of the invention
The present invention relates to a mobile communication device provided with an ear temperature sensor and more particularly to a mobile communication device combining ear temperature sensing capability provided by a thermometer or an ear thermometer to immediately detect ear temperature.
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
Recently, the uprising alert of avian influenza (H5N1) has reminded people of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that devastated Taiwan several years ago. According to the Department of Infectious Diseases of the National Taiwan University Hospital, avian influenza is more contagious than SARS, with its death rate approaching ten times of that of SARS. However, according to National Health Research Institutes of Taiwan, though the death rate of avian influenza is decreasing, it also means that the H5N1 virus will stay inside virus carriers to trigger widespread outbreaks. Since the SARS outbreak has taken away 84 lives with its death rate approaching ten percent, once the avian influenza emerges, people tend to be cautious, partly due to the uncertainty of avian influenza and its high contagious capability even before patients show any symptoms. Basically, people infected with SARS or avian influenza through breathing have similar symptoms such as fever, cough, pneumonia and respiratory failure at the beginning, making it difficult to diagnose and apply any treatment in the early stage. Besides, avian influenza is highly contagious, once it is transmitted to human, fast human-to-human transmission will be a disaster for humankind. Therefore, the government and medical institutes strongly recommend that people visiting Southeast Asia should be cautious about any symptoms related to avian influenza.
Therefore, it is vital to use a thermometer or ear temperature sensor to detect body temperature to find out if a person is having a fever. However, the lack of convenient ways to detect temperature immediately has been an obstacle in monitoring one's own temperature. Hence the inventor proposes a mobile communication device provided with a temperature sensor to detect temperature at any time, in any place.
Besides, please refer to issued US patent and published application publications by the same inventor, among which are 1. U.S. Pat. No. 6,428,475 “Mobile phone combined physiological function detector”, 2. U.S. patent application publication No. 2004-0229661 A1 “Cellular phone combined physiological condition examination and processing device”, 3. U.S. patent application publication No. 2004-0111013 A1 “Personal life information managing system”, 4. U.S. patent application publication No. 2005-0083194 A1 “Wireless vital signs transmission device in a physiological detector”, and 5. U.S. patent application publication No. 2005-0177029 A1 “Earphone-type physiological function detecting system”.
Therefore, previous temperature detecting methods mentioned above present several shortcomings which must be overcome for them to be more user-friendly, convenient and popular.
In view of the above-described deficiency of prior-art thermometers, after years of constant effort in research, the inventor of this invention has consequently developed and proposed a mobile communication device provided with an ear temperature sensor in the present invention.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication device combining ear temperature sensing capability provided by a thermometer or an ear thermometer to immediately detect ear temperature.
The present invention discloses a mobile communication device provided with an ear temperature sensor, comprising a mobile communication device and an ear temperature sensor installed thereon. There are many ways, such as fixed type, sliding type, pin type, pivotal rotation type, or wirelessly transmitted detecting pen type of methods to install the ear temperature sensor on the mobile communication device. Furthermore, a measuring key, which is replaceable by any key on the mobile communication device, is suitably installed on the mobile communication device. A user can enable the ear temperature sensor by way of the measuring key to detect an ear temperature, then presenting the ear temperature directly on a display of the mobile communication device. By using the mobile communication device provided with an ear temperature sensor comprising the mobile communication device, the ear temperature sensor, the measuring key and the display, a user can detect ear temperature immediately without limitation to determine if he/she is having a fever, then use the mobile communication device to provide display, alert, storage and communication functions.
These features and advantages of the present invention will be fully understood and appreciated from the following detailed description and the accompanying Drawings.
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A mobile communication device 1, the mobile communication device 1 comprising a display 11 and keys 12, a measuring device 13 suitably fixed to the mobile communication device 1, an ear temperature sensor 131 formed on a tip of the measuring device 13 to detect the ear temperature of a human body, and a measuring key 14 suitably installed at the mobile communication device 1 for enabling the ear temperature sensor 131 to start to detect the ear temperature;
The mobile communication device 1 can be a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA); the measuring device 13 can be an infrared-based, electronic-detection-based, biochip-based, or other types of sensor devices; and the measuring key 14 is replaceable by any key 12 installed on the mobile communication device 1.
The inventor supposes that nearly everyone possesses a certain kind of mobile communication device such as a mobile communication device 1, therefore, by using the mobile communication device provided with an ear temperature sensor mentioned above, a user can detect his/her ear temperature immediately.
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The present invention provides a mobile communication device provided with an ear temperature sensor, which, when compared with other prior art temperature detection devices, is advantageous as described in the following:
1. The present invention provides a mobile communication device combining ear temperature sensing capability provided by a thermometer or an ear thermometer. A user can stick the ear temperature sensor into an ear canal to immediately detect the ear temperature, without being limited to basic temperature detecting methods.
2. The present invention discloses a mobile communication device provided with an ear temperature sensor. There are many ways, such as fixed type, sliding type, pin type, pivotal rotation type, or wireless transmission detecting pen type of methods for installing the ear temperature sensor on the mobile communication device. Users can choose a suitable type based on their needs.
Many changes and modifications in the above described embodiment of the invention can, of course, be carried out without departing from the scope thereof. Accordingly, to promote the progress in science and the useful arts, the invention is disclosed and is intended to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.
