Wearable Physiological Monitoring via Direct Bluetooth Pairing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Smartwatches face compatibility issues due to different operating systems and communication protocols, leading to increased complexity, transmission delays, and decreased reliability in data transmission with cell phones.
Innovation Solution
A wearable device functions as a Bluetooth central, establishing a communication channel with a terminal device acting as a Bluetooth peripheral, allowing direct data transmission without a relay device, using Bluetooth and HTTP protocols to support diverse devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a relay device is used to transmit data between smartwatches and cell phones, then compatibility between different brands is improved, but transmission delay increases and reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates the relay device from the data transmission path. By enabling the smartwatch to directly connect to the cell phone through Bluetooth without intermediate relay devices, the system reduces transmission hops, thereby decreasing delay and improving reliability while maintaining compatibility through standardized Bluetooth protocols
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies universality by using the Bluetooth protocol as a universal communication standard that works across different smartwatch and cell phone brands. The Bluetooth central/peripheral role assignment allows any Bluetooth-enabled device to communicate directly, eliminating the need for brand-specific relay devices and achieving both compatibility and direct connection
2Adaptability or versatility
If a relay device is used to transmit data between smartwatches and cell phones, then compatibility between different brands is improved, but transmission complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the relay device from the transmission architecture, simplifying the system from a multi-hop relay-based approach to a direct peer-to-peer connection. This extraction of the intermediate component reduces the number of interaction interfaces and data routing steps, thereby reducing transmission complexity
Solution Approach 2:
By adopting Bluetooth as a universal protocol, the patent enables direct communication between any compatible smartwatch and cell phone without requiring complex brand-specific integration layers or relay device configurations. The standardized Bluetooth central/peripheral model provides a simple, unified approach to cross-brand compatibility
3Adaptability or versatility
If a relay device is used for data transmission, then compatibility is achieved, but transmission efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the relay device from the transmission path, creating a direct connection between the smartwatch and cell phone. This eliminates the additional processing steps, routing overhead, and potential bottlenecks introduced by relay devices, thereby improving transmission efficiency while maintaining compatibility through standardized Bluetooth communication
Data Source
AI summary
A physiological monitoring system, a physiological monitoring method, and a computer readable medium are disclosed. The physiological monitoring method includes: obtaining physiological data by a wearable device through a sensor, wherein the wearable device is a Bluetooth central; advertising connection information by a terminal device, wherein the terminal device is a Bluetooth peripheral; receiving the connection information by the wearable device, and establishing a communication channel between the wearable device and the terminal device according to the connection information; transmitting the physiological data by the wearable device to the terminal device through the communication channel; and outputting a physiological status report by the terminal device according to the physiological data.