Patent US10229754

Wearable device obtaining audio data for diagnosis
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US10229754

1. A method of diagnosing a disease using a wearable device worn by a user, the wearable device having a display and wearable sensors, the wearable sensors including at least one microphone, the method comprising: (5) (4)

monitoring, with the wearable device, wearable sensor data generated by the wearable sensors;

analyzing, with the wearable device, the wearable sensor data to determine whether the user is exhibiting symptoms of a disease, the analyzing comprising comparing at least one portion of the wearable sensor data to at least one disease-specific alert setting, wherein a match of the at least one portion of the wearable sensor data to the at least one disease-specific alert setting is indicative of the user exhibiting symptoms of the disease;

instructing the user in response to the analysis indicating that the user is exhibiting symptoms of a disease, to place the at least one microphone on a specific location on the user's body for obtaining audio data for auscultation for diagnosing whether the user has the disease, wherein the instructing includes providing a representation of a human body on the display with an indicator corresponding to the specific location on the body where the at least one microphone should be placed; and

after instructing the user, capturing the audio data via the microphone.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: (1) (3)

displaying, on the wearable device display, a disease-selection user interface (UI) for displaying a plurality of diseases the wearable device may be configured to monitor for;

receiving a user selection, via the disease-selection UI, of at least one disease for monitoring and diagnosis; and

configuring the wearable device, based on the user selection, with the disease-specific alert settings for executing said analyzing.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising: (0) (2)

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: (0) (3)

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said instructing includes displaying, on the wearable device display, a user alert UI, the user alert UI having: (0) (2)

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said instructing includes providing at least one of visual, audio, and haptic feedback with the wearable device for indicating when the at least one microphone is getting closer or getting farther away from the specific location on the user's body. (0)

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the wearable sensor data includes at least one of user respiration rate, user heart rate, user temperature, user blood pressure, user movement, user audio, user blood oxygen level, and user blood glucose level. (1) (0)

8. The method according to claim 7, further including processing, with the wearable device, the wearable sensor data to generate processed sensor data, wherein said comparing further includes comparing the processed sensor data to the one or more disease-specific alert settings. (3) (0)

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein said processing includes processing the user audio to identify user disease symptom sounds. (0)

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein said processing includes generating cumulative sensor data from the sensor data and the processed data. (0)

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein said processing includes: (0) (2)

12. A wearable device for diagnosing a disease comprising: (2) (7)

a display;

wearable sensors including at least one microphone; and

a machine-readable storage medium for storing machine executable instructions designed and configured to cause the wearable device to:

monitor wearable sensor data generated by said wearable sensors;

analyze the wearable sensor data to determine whether the user is exhibiting symptoms of a disease by comparing at least one portion of the wearable sensor data to at least one disease-specific alert setting, wherein a match of the at least one portion of the wearable sensor data to the at least one disease-specific alert setting is indicative of the user exhibiting symptoms of the disease;

instruct the user, in response to the analysis indicating that the user is exhibiting symptoms of a disease, to place the at least one microphone on a specific location on the user's body for obtaining audio data for auscultation for diagnosing whether the user has the disease, wherein instructing the user includes providing a representation of a human body on the display with an indicator corresponding to the specific location on the body where the at least one microphone should be placed; and

after instructing the user, capturing the audio data via the microphone.

13. The wearable device according to claim 12, wherein said machine executable instructions are further designed and configured to: (0) (3)

14. The wearable device according to claim 12, wherein said machine executable instructions are further designed and configured to: (0) (2)

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