Miniature flexible thermometer for continuous measurement of human body temperature and method for measuring human body temperature with this thermometer

A method for measuring of a human body temperature, the method comprising the steps:

• providing a thermometer capable of measuring temperature;
• for each measured temperature t in a continuous measuring interval, evaluated from an oldest or last to a latest temperature measurement,
• 1. if an evaluated temperature t at time T(t) is greater than or equal to a last correct temperature c at time T(c), then the evaluated temperature t is a new correct temperature c;
• 2. if, since a start of a measurement, a time T(l) of the last temperature drop by more than x° C. in y1 seconds has occurred before the time T(c) of the last correct temperature c, or T(l) is unknown, then:
• if a standard deviation of all temperatures in y2 seconds before time T(t) is less than or equal to z, then the evaluated temperature t at time T(t) is the new correct temperature c.

A method for measuring a human body temperature, comprising the steps of:

• providing a thermometer;
• continuously measuring temperature in regular or random measuring intervals, evaluated from an first temperature measurement to a second, more recent temperature measurement;
• determining a correct temperature in continuous stream of measurements to be:
• 1) any temperature higher than a closest previous correct temperature, 2) any temperature where the closest previous correct temperature is closer than closest previous temperature drop by more than x° C. in a predetermined amount of time, and having a standard deviation of temperature measurements in preceding predetermined amount of time less than or equal to a predetermined limit, 3) any temperature where all preceding temperature measurements in a predefined amount of time do not decrease and at the same time the interval of not decreasing temperatures was preceded by a temperature rise by more than x° C. in a predefined amount of time, or 4) any temperature preceded by a temperature rise by more than x° C. in a predefined amount of time and for which a closest previous correct temperature is older than a predefined amount of time.