TECHNICAL FIELD

[01] The present disclosure relates to diseases control and warning systems, and more particularly to diseases warning systems and applications based on detecting their utmost symptoms.

BACKGROUND

[02] The rapid spread of certain diseases and viruses makes their monitoring and tracking processes necessary, but troublesome.

[03] Determining or localizing areas of possible infections, as well as warning people in places of potential existence of such threat nearby would significantly help preventing or at least minimizing the spread of infectious diseases. Thus, decreasing the effects associated with such spread.

[04] Diseases monitoring systems are widely disclosed in the prior art. For instance, the International application publication number WO2021235949 discloses an early warning system for epidemics and pandemics that includes detecting the symptomatic sounds, such as dry cough, with audio sensors, and detecting fever from the heartbeat using a heart-rate sensor. The system also includes the visualized analysis of the aggregated information of such symptom occurrences to improve operational response.

[05] The US patent number US9075909 discloses a non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions for causing a computerized system to perform the following operations: determining, by the computerized system, that a first person is infected by a first infectious disease; wherein the determination is associated with a first person infection probability attribute; detecting, by the computerized system, based upon location information collected during at least a portion of a first infectious disease manifestation period, the location information being indicative of locations of the first person and other persons, a second person that was within an infection distance from the first person and is potentially infected by the first infectious disease; calculating, by the computerized system, a second person infection probability attribute; and updating, by the computerized system, the first person infection probability attribute in response to the second person infection probability attribute.

[06] The Chinese patent application publication number CN112741635 discloses a symptom recording device with a disease early warning function based on cloud data comprises: symptom transmission/storage and analysis device, connecting device, artificial server and cloud data, symptom transmission/storage and analysis device, the system comprises a symptom input button, a transmission port, a display screen, a cloud early warning system and wireless signal transmission equipment, wherein a symptom transmission/storage and analysis device is used for transmitting, storing and analyzing the times, time points, duration, nature and degree grade of discomfort symptoms and accompanying symptoms which occur simultaneously when an applicator generates the discomfort symptoms, and transmits information with an artificial service end and cloud data through the wireless signal transmission equipment; the connecting device is connected with the symptom transmission/storage and analysis device and the dynamic electrocardiogram monitor, and the dynamic electrocardiogram monitor is used for carrying out dynamic electrocardiogram monitoring on the user so that the symptoms of the user are synchronous with the dynamic electrocardiogram monitoring.

[07] The prior art documents provide disease warning and monitoring systems for a limited number of diseases and viruses. However, the system of the disclosure can be used to monitor any disease via its utmost symptom(s) with the ability of tailoring the settings it operates within according to a user’s needs.

SUMMARY

[08] Therefore, it is an object of the present disclosure to provide a symptoms monitoring and warning system that reduces the spread of some diseases, while at the same time maintains the privacy of its users and grant them the right to be aware of potential risk around them; taking needed precautions accordingly. [09] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a system that can detect the spread of any disease based on the frequency of its utmost symptom(s).

[010] It is another obj ect of the present disclosure to provide a map distribution for people having symptoms, and potentially warn designated authorities.

[Oi l] Aspects of the present disclosure provide a disease warning system that may have at least one sensing device able to detect one or more potential symptoms to create a first set of data, wherein the first set of data may be communicated over a network; a transceiving device able to transmit and receive the first set of data detected by the at least one sensing device, wherein the transceiving device may be configured to track and register the location of a user through a user interface to create a second set of data, wherein the first and second sets of data may be used to create a visual geographic representation and warn users when a maximum pre-identified threshold for the first set of data is reached; and at least one server unit may be configured to store and distribute the first and the second sets of data to all users through the transceiving device.

[012] In aspects of the present disclosure, the at least one sensing device may be a smart sensor capable of sensing temperature, high respiratory rate, low oxygen saturation, heart rate, high blood pressure or a combination thereof.

[013] In aspects of the disclosure, each one or more potential symptoms may be associated with a certain disease, wherein the disease may be contagious, symptomatic, febrile or a combination thereof.

[014] In some aspects of the disclosure, the transceiving device may be a smart device connected to the network.

[015] In some aspects of the disclosure, the transceiving device may be configured to have sensing capabilities.

[016] In some aspects, the transceiving device may be portable.

[017] In some aspects, the transceiving device may be wearable.

[018] In some aspects, the transceiving device may be configured to have facial recognition capabilities able to detect facial features associated with at least one or more potential symptoms. [019] In some aspects, the facial features may be redness of nose, discoloration of face, spotting or a combination thereof.

[020] In some aspects, the transceiving device may be configured to have voice recognition capabilities able to detect pathological sounds, wherein the pathological sounds may be cough, sneeze, wheeze, grunting or a combination thereof.

[021] In other aspects of the disclosure, the user can enter the first set of data directly using the transceiving device through the user interface.

[022] In aspects of the disclosure, the visual geographic representation may be within a certain geographic area.

[023] In yet other aspects, there is provided a method for warning people regarding the spread of a disease using the system of the disclosure, wherein the method may have the steps of:

Sensing and collecting, by the at least one sensing device, the one or more potential symptoms of the user to create a first set of data;

Receiving, by the transceiving device, the first set of data;

Tracking and registering, by the transceiving device through the user interface, the location of the user to create a second set of data, wherein the location is a live location; Creating, by the transceiving device, a visual geographic representation for the first and second sets of data;

Distributing, by the at least one server unit acquired first and second sets of data to users of the system;

[024] In some aspects the disclosure, the method may further include sending warning to the users of the system based on acquired first and second sets of data distributed by the at least one server unit through the user interface;

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[025] The disclosure will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, without however limiting the scope of the disclosure thereto, and in which:

[026] FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram for a disease warning system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure. [027] FIG. 2 illustrates a flowchart for the method of detecting possible infections using the disease warning system of the present disclosure, the method being configured in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[028] As used herein, the term “smart device”, unless otherwise stated, refers to any electronic device whether wearable or unwearable, generally connected to other devices or networks via different wireless protocols that can operate to some extent interactively and autonomously with processing means. Examples of smart devices within the context of this disclosure, may include, but are not limited to, smart phones, tablets, smart watches, or laptops.

[029] FIGS. 1-2 illustrate a disease warning system and a method for detecting potential infections using the disease warning system, the system and method being configured according to embodiments of the present disclosure.

[030] Reference is now being made to FIG. 1, which illustrates a block diagram of the disease warning system configured according to embodiments of the present disclosure. The system may include at least one sensing device (1) configured to detect one or more potential symptoms and to create a first set of data (101), wherein the first set of data (101) may be communicated over a network (2); a transceiving device (3) configured to transmit and receive the first set of data (101) detected by the at least one sensing device (1), wherein the transceiving device (3) may be configured to track and register the location of a user (4) through a user interface (301) to create a second set of data (102), wherein the first and second sets of data (101), (102) may be used to create a visual geographic representation (302) and warn users when a maximum pre-identified threshold for the first set of data (101) is reached; and at least one server unit (5) configured to store and distribute the first and the second sets of data (101), (102) to all users through the transceiving device (3).

[031] In some embodiments of the disclosure, the at least one sensing device (1) may be a smart sensor capable of sensing temperature, high respiratory rate, heart rate, high blood pressure, low oxygen saturation or a combination thereof. [032] In other embodiments of the disclosure, the at least one sensing device (1) may be embedded within the transceiving device (3).

[033] In embodiments of the disclosure, each one or more potential symptoms may be associated with a certain disease, wherein the disease may be contagious, symptomatic, febrile or a combination thereof.

[034] In some embodiments, the transceiving device (3) may be a smart device connected to the network (2).

[035] In some embodiments, the transceiving device (3) may be configured to have sensing capabilities.

[036] The transceiving device (3) may be portable.

[037] The transceiving device (3) may be wearable.

[038] In some embodiments, the transceiving device 3 may be configured to have facial recognition capabilities able to detect facial features associated with at least one or more potential symptoms.

[039] In some embodiments, the facial features may be redness of nose, discoloration of face, spotting or a combination thereof.

[040] In some embodiments, the transceiving device (3) may be configured to have voice recognition capabilities able to detect pathological sounds, wherein the pathological sounds may be cough, sneeze, wheeze, grunting or a combination thereof.

[041] In some embodiments of the disclosure, the location of the user (4) may be a live location tracking.

[042] In some embodiments the transceiving device (3) may detect vital signs such as temperature, heart rate, oxygen saturation, blood pressure or a combination thereof.

[043] In some embodiments, the maximum pre-identified threshold may be determined by either the user or the system.

[044] In other embodiments of the disclosure, the user (4) can enter the first set of data (101) directly using the transceiving device (3) through the user interface (301).

[045] In some embodiments, the visual geographic representation (302) may be within a certain geographic area. [046] Reference is now being made to FIG. 2, which illustrates a flowchart for a method for warning people regarding the spread of a disease according to embodiments of the disclosure, wherein the method may include the steps of:

Sensing, by the at least one sensing device, the one or more potential symptoms of the user to create the first set of data (process block 2-1);

Receiving, by the transceiving device, the first set of data (process block 2-2);

Tracking and registering, by the transceiving device through the user interface, the location of the user to create the second set of data (process block 2-3);

Creating, by the transceiving device a visual geographic representation for the first and second sets of data (process block 2-4);

Distributing, by the at least one server unit the acquired first and second sets of data to pre-registered users of the system (process block 2-5); and

In some embodiments of disclosure, the method may further include sending warning to the users of the system based on acquired first and second sets of data through the transceiving device (process block 2-6).

Example 1

Detection of COVID- 19

[047] COVID-19 is a respiratory tract infection that is highly prevalent, contagious, and can be deadly. COVID-19 patients show multiple signs and symptoms indicative of their disease. The system of the present disclosure was implemented in a campus of an academic institution with a total number of 150 volunteer participants to test its efficiency of detecting some of the symptoms associated with CO VID- 19, such as body temperature.. 10 security guards distributed at different locations in the campus, each used an infrared thermometer to measure the body temperature of 15 volunteer participants and entered the data using a user interface to the transceiving device to be sent over a Wi-Fi network to the server unit for processing. Location of each volunteer participant was identified using Global Positioning System (“GPS”) connection with the trasceiving device and was associated with his/her body temperature and sent to the server unit over the Wi-Fi network for processing. Processed data was sent back over the Wi-Fi network to the transceiving device in order to create a visual geographical representation and display it as a map with areas highlighted in red indicating locations containing one or more participants with body temperature over 37.6°C.

[048] While the present disclosure has been made in detail and with reference to specific embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various additions, omissions, or amendments can be made without departing from the scope and spirit thereof.