- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for detecting body-related temperature changes
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Application No.: US15560748Application Date: 2015-03-27
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Publication No.: US11033240B2Publication Date: 2021-06-15
- Inventor: Yue Chen , Yuyang Liang , Peng Lan , Wenya Zhao , Dandan Wang
- Applicant: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Harrington & Smith
- International Application: PCT/CN2015/075233 WO 20150327
- International Announcement: WO2016/154805 WO 20161006
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B5/01

Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses (10) for detecting body-related temperature changes are provided. The method comprises measuring a skin-surface temperature at a first temperature sensor element (12) at a measuring rate (S21) and measuring an ambient temperature at a second temperature sensor element (13) at the measuring rate (S22). The method also comprises calculating a plurality of first change rates for the skin-surface temperature and a plurality of second change rates for the ambient temperature over a time interval (S23). The method further comprises determining, based on the plurality of first change rates and the plurality of second change rates, whether an ambient temperature change rate is faster than a skin-surface temperature change rate by a threshold (S24). The method additionally comprises selecting whether or not to trigger an alarm based on a result of the determining (S25). With the methods and apparatuses (10), the number of false alarms may be significantly reduced.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180085070A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING BODY-RELATED TEMPERATURE CHANGES Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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