Patent Application
20160175140
1. Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a portable thermal therapy apparatus and a method thereof, particularly to a portable thermal therapy apparatus and a method thereof able to receive operating commands and record operating log messages.
2. Description of the Related Art
As time progresses, modern people have more and more pressure in their work and daily life and lack of sufficient exercise, so people often suffer from musculoskeletal pain. However, in order to ease the pain, there is a variety of treatments to choose from, such as electrotherapy, massage, thermal therapy . . . etc.
With regard to thermal therapy, it is a treatment of using a heat source on a human body for penetrating into the subcutaneous tissue to the deep muscle, so that the effect of easing and eliminating the pain is achieved. However, in order to allow the heat to penetrate into different depths of the human body, the heater is used to generate a heat source for the upper part of the human body to achieve the effect of thermal therapy.
However, generally diathermy is adopted for the effect of deep thermal therapy in the deeper part of the human body. Diathermy is a treatment of heating the human tissue. In other words, diathermy uses RF (radio frequency) electromagnetic waves to irradiate the human body, and the electromagnetic waves create the resonance in the deep part of the human muscles for generating heat, so that the effect of deep thermal therapy is achieved.
Common thermal therapy devices are large stationary machine and needed to be placed in the medical institutions. On the other hand, the setup process of the thermal therapy is complex, and ordinary users can not easily setup and use the device. Therefore, patients must use the device with the assistance of professional medical staffs for the complex setup.
According the problem, the present invention provides a portable thermal therapy apparatus and a method thereof able to receive operating commands, record operating log messages, and recording the usage status.
The operating method for a portable thermal therapy apparatus of the present invention includes receiving an operating command, the operating command at least having an operating parameter, executing an operating procedure according to the operating command, the operating procedure at least including an operating mode, and recording the operating mode into an operating log message.
The portable thermal therapy apparatus of the present invention includes an input unit, a processor and a memory unit, a power management unit, a thermal therapy module, a battery, and an external power source. The input unit is for receiving an operating command and the operating command at least includes an operating parameter. The processor and a memory unit is for executing an operating procedure according to the operating command and recording the operating mode into an operating log message, and the operating procedure at least includes an operating mode. The power management unit is for executing a charging procedure. The thermal therapy module is for executing a running procedure. The battery is for providing the portable thermal therapy apparatus with necessary electricity. The external power source is for providing a direct current (DC) power source to the power management unit of the portable thermal therapy apparatus.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the step of receiving an operating command, the operating command at least having an operating parameter, includes receiving an input command, determining whether the operating mode is an input mode, and executing the following steps when the operating mode is the input mode: determining whether an input item is the operating parameter, executing a writing operating parameter procedure when the input item is the operating parameter, and executing the operating mode.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the step of recording the operating mode into the operating log message includes writing the working time parameter, the working cycle parameter of the short wave module, the working period parameter, and the operated time into a memory.
In summary, the portable thermal therapy apparatus of the present invention receives the operating command, and the operating command includes at least an operating parameter. The operating procedure is executed according to the operating command, and the operating procedure at least includes the operating mode. The working module records the operating mode into the operating log message to the memory. Therefore, the portable thermal therapy apparatus of the present invention provides portability, loading the therapy in advance, and the function of recording operating log message, so that the portable thermal therapy apparatus is more convenient for the user.
The contents of the present invention set forth and the embodiments hereinafter are for demonstrating and illustrating the spirit and principles of the present invention, and for providing further explanation of the claims.
The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given hereinbelow and the accompanying drawings, which are given by way of illustration only and thus are not limitative of the present invention and wherein:
In the following detailed description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent, however, that one or more embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are schematically shown in order to simplify the drawings.
The present invention provides a portable thermal therapy apparatus and the method thereof, wherein the method is implemented for the portable thermal therapy apparatus.
For more specific explanation, the portable thermal therapy apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is explained with a heating cover band (not illustrated in the figure) for a human body, such as the knees. The heating cover band has a sticky buckle belt and a user buckles the knees with the heating cover band, and the heating cover band generates heats to ease the uncomfortableness of the knees. The heating cover band for the knees is with a battery for the user to carry or use during exercise, so that the portability is achieved.
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The processor and the memory unit 120 are for executing an operating procedure according to the operating command, and the operating procedure at least includes an operating mode. In the present embodiment, the operating procedure includes an input mode and an output mode. The input mode stands for the related procedures for the system to receive external commands, and the output mode stands for the procedures for the system to output the recorded information inside the system. For example, when the system is in the input mode, the user enters related settings. When the system is in output mode, the user obtains the related information from the device. The processor mainly executes the programs related to the operating method of the present invention, and the memory unit is for recording the operating mode into an operating log message. The operating log message is but not limited to a text file or a data type. For example, the system outputs the log message into a file, so that the user is able to examine the therapy on a computer.
The power management unit 130 is for executing a charging procedure. The thermal therapy module 140 is for executing a running procedure. The battery 150 provides the electricity for the portable thermal therapy apparatus to operate. For example, the battery 150 is but not limited to a lithium battery, an alkaline battery, or any other power source. The external power source 160 is for providing a direct current (DC) power source to the power management unit 130 of the portable thermal therapy apparatus, such as a DC charger. The related devices and procedures are mentioned later.
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When the working module determines that the input item is not the operating parameter, the working module executes the writing system parameter procedure. Please refer to
Finally, the working module executes the operating mode according to the operating parameters in the memory unit (the step S340). Please refer to
Next, a running procedure is executed (the step S344). The detail of the running procedure is further described later. Then, the working module determines whether an operated time is longer than a first setting time (the step S345). When the operated time is longer than the first setting time, the working module executes the following steps: disabling a short wave module (the step S346) and disabling the second indicator light (the step S347). Last, the working module executes recording the operating mode into an operating log message (the step S230). For example, when the operated time is less than or equal to the first setting time, the system keeps executing the running procedure, and when the operated time is greater than the first setting time, it means that the thermal therapy procedure is finished, and the system executes the step S230 to record the related information of the therapy.
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The temperature sensing module 146 monitors the heater module 144, so that the heater module 144 operates in a first default temperature. The working module first enables the short wave module 142 (the step S3442) and next enables the heater module 144 (the step S3444), and determines whether the temperature of the temperature sensing module 146 is greater than the first default temperature (the step S3446). When the temperature of the temperature sensing module 146 is greater than the first default temperature, the heater module 144 is disabled (the step S3448). In other words, when the temperature of the heater module 144 is less than or equal to the first default temperature, the working module continuously enables the heater module 144. When the temperature of the heater module 144 is greater than the first default temperature, the heater module 144 is disabled, so that a constant temperature is achieved. For example, the first default temperature is 40° C. and when the temperature of the heater module 144 is less than or equal to 40° C., the working module continuously enables the heater module 144 to increase the temperature. When the temperature of the heater module 144 is greater than the first default temperature, the heater module 144 is disabled, so that the device maintains 40° C.
When the working module determines that the electricity of the battery 150 is less than or equal to the first default threshold value, the charging procedure is executed (the step S348). Please refer to
For example, when the electricity of the portable thermal therapy apparatus is less than the half of the electricity in the battery 150, the first indicator light of the device is lit, and the touch switch of the device is disabled. In other words, the touch activation function of the device does not have any effect and the user is not able to activate the device. Next, after the user plugs the charger into the device, the first indicator light is extinguished, and the second indicator light is lit, which means the device is charging normally. When the battery 150 is fully charged, the second indicator light of the device is extinguished, which means the charging process is finished. After the charger is unplugged from the device, the function of the touch switch is resumed, and the charging process is finished. In the present embodiment, the second indicator light is both the system working indicator light and the charging indicator light. In other words, when the charger is not plugged, lightening the second indicator light means the system is working normally.
When the working module determines that the operating mode is not the input mode, an output mode is executed. Please refer to
The output mode includes the following steps. First, the working module determines whether an output item is the operating parameter (the step S351). The following steps are executed when the output item is the operating parameter: determining whether outputting a working time parameter is necessary (the step S352) and outputting the working time parameter when outputting the working time parameter is necessary (the step S353). The following steps are executed when outputting the working time parameter is not necessary: determining whether outputting a short wave module working cycle parameter is necessary (the step S357), and outputting the short wave module working cycle parameter when outputting the short wave module working cycle parameter is necessary (the step S358), and determining whether outputting a working period parameter is necessary when outputting the short wave module working cycle parameter is not necessary, and outputting the working period parameter when outputting the working period parameter is necessary (the step S359).
When the output item is not the operating parameter, the working module executes the following steps: determining whether outputting the frequency of use parameter is necessary (the step S354), and outputting the frequency of use parameter when outputting the frequency of use parameter is necessary (the step S355), and reading a clock parameter when outputting the frequency of use parameter is not necessary (the step S356).
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In summary, the portable thermal therapy apparatus of the present invention receives the operating command, and the operating command includes at least an operating parameter. The operating procedure is executed according to the operating command, and the operating procedure at least includes the operating mode. The working module records the operating mode into the operating log message to the memory. Therefore, the portable thermal therapy apparatus of the present invention provides portability, loading the therapy in advance, and the function of recording operating log message, so that the portable thermal therapy apparatus is more convenient for the user.
The foregoing description has been presented for purposes of illustration. It is not exhaustive and does not limit the invention to the precise forms or embodiments disclosed. Modifications and adaptations will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosed embodiments of the invention. It is intended, therefore, that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims and their full scope of equivalents.
