WO2005073719A1

WO2005073719A1 - A personal alcohol detector integrated into a mobile telephone

Info

Publication number: WO2005073719A1
Application number: PCT/CZ2005/000008
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jiri Chrqust
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2004-01-30
Filing date: 2005-01-31
Publication date: 2005-08-11
Anticipated expiration: 2006-07-30
Also published as: CZ2004172A3

Abstract

The solution involves a personal alcohol detector integrated into a mobile telephone which consists of an electronic detection unit (3) equipped with an input part (2) of the electronic detection unit (3) and evaluation unit (4) which are connected to other electronic elements according to the invention the principle of which lies in the electronic detection unit (3) being connected to the telephone control unit (7) via the evaluation unit (4) and the telephone control unit (7) is interactively connected to the telephone multifunctional control. (5) and display unit (6). The telephone control unit (7) is connected to a databank of measured values (9) and an acoustic unit (8) is connected to the telephone control unit (7). The input part (2) of the electronic detection unit (3) is placed in the telephone microphone input zone (2.1). The detector is intended for personal use, especially for road users.

Description

Personal electronic alcohol detector integrated into a mobile telephone

Field of the Invention

This invention refers to a personal electronic alcohol detector integrated into a mobile telephone. It could be used especially for personal use to check alcohol content in the blood before driving or for other purposes.

Description of the Background Art

A whole range of electronic alcohol detector designs are known which have been designed as one-purpose instruments used especially for official checks of alcohol content in road users in the field of transportation and they function satisfactorily as one-purpose instruments belonging to everyday equipment of control authorities. Any combinations of these detectors with other appliances are not suitable for such purposes, especially for operational reasons. However the design of these detectors are not suitable for private use because the user is forced to keep a detector always ready at hand in many cases. There are even detectors for personal checks of alcohol content built-in in restaurants or other public places. However it is becoming clear that such detector designs are not available where they are needed or they are used only occasionally, especially for hygienic reasons, or they are often damaged or faulty because they are exposed to unsuitable conditions.

The purpose of the invention is to design such a detector to be available any time according to a user's needs and which could be used easily and instantly.

Summary of the Invention

The above mentioned disadvantages of the existing detector designs are to a great extent eliminated by a personal alcohol detector integrated into a mobile telephone which fulfils the invention purpose. The detector consists of an electronic detection unit equipped with an input part of an electronic detection unit and an evaluation unit which are connected to other electronic elements, according to the invention whose principle lies in the electronic detection unit being connected to the telephone control unit via the electronic evaluation unit. The telephone control unit is interactively connected to the telephone multifunctional control and with the display unit. The telephone control unit is also connected to a databank of measured values and to a acoustic signal unit. The input part of the electronic detection unit is located in the telephone microphone input zone.

The advantages of a personal alcohol detector designed according to this invention He mainly in the fact that it enables its user to check alcohol content in fact any time without the need to look for a one-purpose detection device because a mobile phone is frequently available to the user. A suitable additional feature of the existing telephone multifunctional control by adding an extended menu and its connection to an evaluation and control unit, a databank of measured values and other peripherals including an acoustic signal informing about the values of alcohol content suitable for driving may greatly increase the mobile telephone utility value.

Brief description of the drawing

The annexed Figure 1 shows an example block diagram of an installed electronic detection unit in a mobile telephone and its connection to the existing mobile telephone electronic parts.

Description of the Preferred Embodiment

Figure 1 shows a mobile telephone I in which an electronic detection unit is placed 3 equipped with an input part 2 of the electronic detection unit which may be placed in the input zone 2Λ of the telephone microphone. The electronic detection unit 3 is connected to the telephone control unit 7 via an evaluation unit 4. The control unit is connected to the mobile telephone 1 multifunctional control 5 and to the mobile telephone I display unit 6. The mobile telephone control unit 7 is also connected to an acoustic unit 8 and a databank of measured values 9. The electronic detection unit input part 2 may be alternatively made up of the mobile telephone X microphone input zone (not in the drawing).

The detector is operated as follows: after selecting the required menu - alcohol check - by means of the mobile telephone multifunctional control 5, the analysed substance contained in the user's breath is transported through the electronic detection unit input part 2 to a sensoric part of the electronic detection unit 3 which transfers a signal to the electronic evaluation unit 4. The electronic evaluation unit 4 sends the already processed signal to the telephone control unit 7 which transfers it to the mobile telephone I display unit 6. It is possible to set basic user data in an extended menu by means of the multifunctional control 5. It may be used for determining the disintegration period of the analysed substance - alcohol - and it can be possible to notify the user of the end of the estimated alcohol disintegration period via the telephone control unit 7 and acoustic unit 8. The databank of measured values 9 may be used for personal statistics.

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1 - telephone 2 - electronic detection unit input part 2.1 - microphone input zone00 3 - electronic detection unit 4 - evaluation unit 5 - multifunctional control 6 - display unit 7 - telephone control unit05 8 - acoustic unit 9 - databank of measured values

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Claims

P A T E N T CLAIMS

130 1. A personal alcohol detector integrated into a mobile telephone consisting of an electronic detection unit (3) equipped with an input part (2) of the electronic detection unit and an electronic evaluation unit (4) which are connected to other electronic elements, characte ri s e d by the electronic detection unit (3) connected to the telephone control

135 unit (7) via the electronic evaluation unit (4) and the telephone control unit (7) is interactively connected to the telephone multifunctional control (5) and to the display unit (6).

2. The personal alcohol detector according to Article 1, characteri sed by the telephone 140 control unit (7) connected to a databank (9) of measured values.

3. The personal alcohol detector according to Articles 1 and 2, characteri sed by an acoustic unit (8) connected to the telephone control unit (7).

145 4. The personal alcohol detector according to Articles 1, 2 and 3, characteri sed by the electronic detection unit input part (2) placed in the telephone microphone input zone (2.1).

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