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Granted Patent B2
US 11,879,782 · App. 17/411,009 · Granted Jan 23, 2024

Ear thermometer

Inventor: Hideki Tanaka (Sapporo, JP)
Assignee: BIO ECHO NET INC.
G01J5/0011G01J5/049G01J5/20
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Patent No.
US 11,879,782
App. No.
17/411,009
Granted
Jan 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ear thermometer includes a probe including an infrared sensor unit for measuring a temperature of an eardrum of an ear of a temperature measurement target parson in a non-contact manner, the probe attached to an ear hole of the temperature measurement target parson. The probe includes a probe body inserted into the ear hole of the temperature measurement target parson, a housing for supporting the probe body; and an in-ear type earpiece attached to the probe body and abutting on an inside of the ear hole of the temperature measurement target person. The infrared sensor unit includes a first sensor and a second sensor arranged in the probe body and spaced apart by a predetermined distance along a direction substantially orthogonal to the eardrum when the probe body is inserted into the ear hole of the temperature measurement target person.

Claims (19)

1. An ear thermometer, comprising:

a probe attached to an ear hole of a temperature measurement target person and comprising:

an infrared sensor unit measuring a temperature of an eardrum of an ear of the temperature measurement target person in a non-contact manner, the probe

a probe body inserted into the ear hole of the temperature measurement target person;

a housing for supporting the probe body; and

an in-ear type earpiece attached to the probe body and abutted on an inside of the ear hole of the temperature measurement target person,

the infrared sensor unit comprising a first sensor and a second sensor arranged in the probe body and spaced apart by a predetermined distance along a direction substantially orthogonal to the eardrum when the probe body is inserted into the ear hole of the temperature measurement target person;

a first linearizer for linearizing first temperature data acquired by the first sensor;

a second linearizer for linearizing the second temperature data acquired by the second sensor;

a radiation temperature convertor for calculating a radiation temperature by inputting a value obtained by the first linearizer into a predetermined conversion formula; and

a body temperature convertor for calculating the body temperature by adding the radiation temperature to the value obtained by the second linearizer.

2. The ear thermometer of claim 1 , wherein

the first sensor is disposed in a recess formed in a tip side of the probe body and is disposed at a focal point of a concave surface formed on a bottom side of the recess; and

the second sensor is disposed below the concave surface.

3. The ear thermometer of claim 1 , wherein

the first sensor and the second sensor are disposed on a sensor substrate, and

the sensor substrate is housed in the probe body and the housing.

4. The ear thermometer of claim 1 , wherein

each of the first sensor and the second sensor is constituted of a thermistor temperature element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2022
From: TANAKA, HIDEKI
To: BIO ECHO NET INC.
Reel/Frame 058889/0678 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-033609 · Feb 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020006654 · Feb 20, 2020
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