Monitoring method and related device for intelligent monitoring system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10210736-B2
Application number	US-201515564289-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2015
Priority date	Apr 8, 2015
Publication date	Feb 19, 2019
Grant date	Feb 19, 2019

Abstract

A monitoring method and a device for an intelligent monitoring system includes establishing a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) link between a front-end monitoring device and a back-end monitoring device; receiving, by the front-end monitoring device by using the BLE link, a first body temperature value sent by the back-end monitoring device; measuring, by the front-end monitoring device, body temperature of a monitoring person to obtain a second body temperature value; and determining, by the front-end monitoring device according to a variation of the first body temperature value relative to the second body temperature value, whether first prompt information needs to be generated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A front-end monitoring device, comprising:
a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) device configured to establish a BLE link between the front-end monitoring device and a back-end monitoring device;
a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) coupled to the BLE device and configured to receive, using the BLE link, a first body temperature value from the back-end monitoring device, wherein the first body temperature value is a measured body temperature of a monitored person;
a thermistor sensor configured to measure body temperature of a monitoring person associated with the front-end monitoring device to obtain a second body temperature value; and
a processor coupled to the thermistor sensor and configured to generate first prompt information according to a variation of the first body temperature value relative to the second body temperature value.

2. The front-end monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
calculate a temperature difference between the first body temperature value and the second body temperature value;
generate a temperature difference sequence according to multiple calculated temperature differences;
determine whether M consecutive temperature differences in the temperature difference sequence progressively increase, wherein M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and
generate the first prompt information when the M consecutive temperature differences in the temperature difference sequence progressively increase.

3. The front-end monitoring device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine whether the second body temperature value is in a normal body temperature value range; and
generate second prompt information when the second body temperature value is outside the normal body temperature value range.

4. The front-end monitoring device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor further configured to:
generate a body temperature sequence according to multiple consecutively received first body temperature values; and
determine whether N consecutive first body temperature values in the body temperature sequence progressively decrease, wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

5. The front-end monitoring device according to claim 2 , wherein the UART is further configured to receive, using the BLE link, action information from the back-end monitoring device, and wherein the action information is information received by measuring the monitored person with an acceleration sensor.

6. The front-end monitoring device according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine whether the action information meets a preset condition; and
generate third prompt information when the M consecutive temperature differences in the temperature difference sequence progressively increase and the action information meets the preset condition.

7. A back-end monitoring device, comprising:
a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) device configured to establish a BLE link between the back-end monitoring device and a front-end monitoring device;
a thermistor sensor configured to measure body temperature of a monitored person to obtain a first body temperature value;
a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter UART coupled to the thermistor sensor and to the BLE device, wherein the UART is configured to send the first body temperature value to the front-end monitoring device by using the BLE link, the first body temperature value being used to obtain information on a variation of the first body temperature value relative to a second body temperature value associated with the front-end monitoring device.

8. The back-end monitoring device according to claim 7 , further comprising an acceleration sensor, wherein the acceleration sensor is configured to measure an action of the monitored person to obtain action information, and wherein the UART is further configured to send the action information to the front-end monitoring device by using the BLE link.

9. A monitoring method for an intelligent monitoring system, comprising:
establishing, with a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) device, a BLE link between a front-end monitoring device and a back-end monitoring device;
receiving, by the front-end monitoring device using the BLE link, a first body temperature value from the back-end monitoring device, wherein the first body temperature value is obtained by the back-end monitoring device by measuring a body temperature of a monitored person;
measuring, by the front-end monitoring device, body temperature of a monitoring person to obtain a second body temperature value; and
generating, by the front-end monitoring device, first prompt information according to a variation of the first body temperature value relative to the second body temperature value.

10. The monitoring method for the intelligent monitoring system according to claim 9 , wherein determining, by the front-end monitoring device according to a variation of the first body temperature value relative to the second body temperature value, whether first prompt information needs to be generated comprises:
calculating, by the front-end monitoring device, a temperature difference between the first body temperature value and the second body temperature value;
generating a temperature difference sequence according to multiple calculated temperature differences;
determining, by the front-end monitoring device, whether M consecutive temperature differences in the temperature difference sequence progressively increase, wherein M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and
generating, by the front-end monitoring device, the first prompt information when the M consecutive temperature differences in the temperature difference sequence progressively increase.

11. The monitoring method for an intelligent monitoring system according to claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining, by the front-end monitoring device, whether the second body temperature value is in a normal body temperature value range; and
generating, by the front-end monitoring device, second prompt information, and wherein the second body temperature value is outside the normal body temperature value range.

12. The monitoring method for an intelligent monitoring system according to claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises:
generating, by the front-end monitoring device, a body temperature sequence according to multiple consecutively received first body temperature values;
determining, by the front-end monitoring device, whether N consecutive first body temperature values in the body temperature sequence progressively decrease, wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and
determining, by the front-end monitoring device, whether M consecutive temperature differences in the temperature difference sequence progressively increase, and wherein the N consecutive first body temperature values in the body temperature sequence progressively decrease.

13. The monitoring method for an intelligent monitoring system according to claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises receiving, by the front-end monitoring device using the BLE link, action information from the back-end monitoring device, wherein the action information is obtained by measuring the monitored person with an acceleration sensor.

14. The monitoring method for an intelligent monitoring system according to claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining, by the front-end monitoring device, whether the action information meets a preset condition; a

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Qin Muyun
• Peng Rongan
• Wang Ruimin
• Jiang Jianhui

Classifications

• G08B21/0219

  Circuit arrangements · CPC title

• A61B5/6823

  Trunk, e.g., chest, back, abdomen, hip · CPC title

• A61B5/11

  Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb {(A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721)} · CPC title

• G08B21/0211

  Combination with medical sensor, e.g. for measuring heart rate, temperature · CPC title

• A61B5/0022

  Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet · CPC title