Dual tympanic and forehead single sensor non-contact thermometer

Abstract

Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations a non-contact thermometer uses infrared readings from both a tympanic source and a forehead source to determine temperature of a human.

1 . A non-transitory computer-accessible medium having computer executable instructions to control a dual tympanic and forehead electronic thermometer, the computer executable instructions capable of directing a processor to perform:
 determine presence of a tympanic probe in reference to a sensor;   in response to determine of the presence of the tympanic probe, receive a numerical representation of electromagnetic energy of a tympanic source point;   in response to receive the numerical representation of the electromagnetic energy of the tympanic source point, determine a first temperature of a subject from the numerical representation of the electromagnetic energy of the tympanic source point;   determine presence of a forehead waveguide attachment in reference to the sensor;   in response to determine the presence of the forehead waveguide attachment, receive a numerical representation of electromagnetic energy of a forehead source point;   in response to receiving the numerical representation of the electromagnetic energy of the forehead source point, determine a second temperature of the subject from the numerical representation of the electromagnetic energy of the forehead source point;   determine a final temperature of the subject from temperature and the second temperature; and   display the final temperature.   
     
     
         2 . The non-transitory computer-accessible medium of  claim 1 , wherein the computer executable instructions that are capable of directing the processor to receive the numerical representation of the electromagnetic energy of the tympanic source point further comprise computer executable instructions capable of directing the processor to perform:
 receive from an electromagnetic sensor the numerical representation of electromagnetic energy of the tympanic source point, and   wherein the computer executable instructions that are capable of directing the processor to receive the numerical representation of electromagnetic energy of the forehead source point further comprise computer executable instructions capable of directing the processor to perform:
 receive from the electromagnetic sensor the numerical representation of electromagnetic energy of the forehead source point. 
   
     
     
         3 . The non-transitory computer-accessible medium of  claim 1 , wherein the tympanic source point and the forehead source point further comprises:
 no other source points.   
     
     
         4 . The non-transitory computer-accessible medium of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receive a numerical representation of electromagnetic energy from no other source point.   
     
     
         5 . The non-transitory computer-accessible medium of  claim 1 , wherein the temperature of the subject further comprises:
 the temperature of the subject selected from a group of temperatures of the subject consisting of a core temperature of the subject, an axillary temperature of the subject, a rectal temperature of the subject and an oral temperature of the subject.   
     
     
         6 . An apparatus to measure temperature, the apparatus comprising:
 a housing;   a non-contact sensor operably mounted in the housing, the non-contact sensor having an electromagnetic sensor, the electromagnetic sensor being operable to receive electromagnetic energy from a tympanic source point of a subject, operable to receive electromagnetic energy from a forehead source point of the subject, operable to generate a numerical representation of electromagnetic energy of the tympanic source point and operable to generate a numerical representation of the electromagnetic energy of the forehead source point;   a printed circuit board mounted in the housing and operable to determine the temperature of the subject from a numerical representation of electromagnetic energy of the tympanic source point and a numerical representation of electromagnetic energy of the forehead source point; and   a display device operably coupled to the printed circuit board and operable to display the temperature.   
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the tympanic source point and the forehead source point further comprises:
 no other source points.   
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the apparatus further comprise:
 no other non-contact sensor.   
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the apparatus further comprises:
 a second sensor for determining presence of an attachment selected from a group of attachments consisting of a tympanic probe and a forehead waveguide attachment.   
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the printed circuit board further comprises:
 a microprocessor, and   wherein the microprocessor further comprises:   a non-transitory computer-accessible medium having computer executable instructions to control the apparatus, the computer executable instructions capable of directing the microprocessor to perform:
 determine presence of a tympanic probe in reference to a second sensor and in response to determine the presence of the tympanic probe, determine the temperature of the subject from the numerical representation of the electromagnetic energy of the tympanic source point; and 
 determine presence of a forehead waveguide attachment in reference to the second sensor and in response to the determine the presence of the forehead waveguide attachment, determine the temperature of the subject from the numerical representation of the electromagnetic energy of the forehead source point. 
   
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the printed circuit board further comprises:
 a microprocessor.   
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the electromagnetic sensor further comprises:
 an infrared temperature sensor.   
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the temperature of the subject further comprises:
 the temperature of the subject selected from a group of temperatures of the subject consisting of a core temperature of the subject, an axillary temperature of the subject, a rectal temperature of the subject and an oral temperature of the subject.   
     
     
         14 . A non-contact thermometer having computer executable instructions to control a dual tympanic and forehead electronic thermometer, the computer executable instructions capable of directing a processor to perform:
 determine a first temperature of a subject from electromagnetic energy of a tympanic source point;   determine a second temperature of the subject from electromagnetic energy of a forehead source point;   determine a final temperature of the subject from the first temperature and the second temperature; and   display the final temperature.   
     
     
         15 . The non-contact thermometer of  claim 14 , wherein the computer executable instructions further comprise computer executable instructions capable of directing the processor to perform:
 determine presence of a tympanic probe in reference to a sensor; and   in response to determine of the presence of the tympanic probe, receive a numerical representation of electromagnetic energy of the tympanic source point.   
     
     
         16 . The non-contact thermometer of  claim 14 , wherein the computer executable instructions further comprise computer executable instructions capable of directing the processor to perform:
 determine presence of a forehead waveguide attachment in reference to a sensor; and   in response to determine the presence of the forehead waveguide attachment, receive a numerical representation of electromagnetic energy of the forehead source point.   
     
     
         17 . The non-contact thermometer of  claim 14 , wherein the computer executable instructions further comprise computer executable instructions capable of directing the processor to perform:
 receive from an electromagnetic sensor a numerical representation of electromagnetic energy of the tympanic source point, and   wherein the computer executable instructions that are capable of directing the processor to receive the numerical representation of electromagnetic energy of the forehead source point further comprise computer executable instructions capable of directing the processor to perform:   receive from the electromagnetic sensor the numerical representation of electromagnetic energy of the forehead source point.   
     
     
         18 . The non-contact thermometer of  claim 14 , wherein the tympanic source point and the forehead source point further comprises:
 no other source points.   
     
     
         19 . The non-contact thermometer of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 receive a numerical representation of electromagnetic energy from no other source point.   
     
     
         20 . The non-contact thermometer of  claim 14 , wherein the temperature of the subject further comprises:
 the temperature of the subject selected from a group of temperatures of the subject consisting of a core temperature of the subject, an axillary temperature of the subject, a rectal temperature of the subject and an oral temperature of the subject.