JP2001046345A - Health state monitoring device and health control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily perform the monitoring of the health state of a person and contacting at the time of emergency. SOLUTION: A ring sensor 1 provided with an emergency button 2 is attached to a finger and a vital sign for indicating the health state of the person is monitored all the time and transmitted to a receiver 3 by radio waves. When the emergency button 2 is pressed, transmission is also performed to the receiver 3 by the radio waves. The reception output of the receiver 3 is inputted to a communication terminal 4. Also, when the emergency button 2 is pressed, emergency contacting is immediately performed to a control center 5 and the vital sign is simultaneously transmitted. When there is abnormality in the vital sign, the emergency contacting is performed to the control center 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sensor for monitoring a health condition by detecting a vital sign as information indicating a health condition on a human body, and continuously monitoring the health condition of a person. The present invention relates to a health monitoring device and a health management method to be managed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the future, it is expected that the population structure will age and the number of elderly people living at home will increase. Many home-bound elderly and disabled people are anxious and interested in their health. Elderly people living alone are not particularly close to them, so there is a great deal of anxiety when something happens to their body. Even if a cohabitant is present, the cohabitant's attention will not be assured if he or she is alone in a toilet or bathroom, or until he goes to bed. Even if there is a serious abnormality in the health condition, the person may not notice it.

[0003] Prior arts for monitoring health conditions and preparing for emergencies are disclosed in JP-A-2-29714 and JP-A-9-18743.
3 and the like. JP-A-2-29714 describes that
There has been proposed a heart rate monitoring device capable of continuously monitoring the heart rate and making an emergency call even if the emergency button is not pressed. In this prior art, an electrode is embedded in clothes to check an electrocardiogram. JP-A-9-187
At 433, a pulse wave sensor is attached to the earlobe, the pulse wave is monitored as a vital sign by combining the tilt angle sensor and the push button sensor, and if there is any abnormality, the center is notified, and the push button is pressed. Prior arts that report the same are also disclosed.

[0004] A prior art for making an emergency report is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-144264. In this gazette, when a portable small transmitter is kept at hand and a button is pressed in an emergency, this signal is received by a circuit built in the telephone, and an emergency call is made to a number registered in advance in an emergency. Prior art of a telephone notification system is disclosed. JP-A-6-231382 discloses a prior art of an emergency notification system in which a receiver is placed in each room indoor and a warning signal is sent from a portable device when a person stops moving. The center that has received the alarm compares the location where the abnormality has occurred with the time and the life pattern registered in advance, and determines that an abnormality has occurred only when the pattern is out of the normal pattern. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7-234984 discloses a portable device of a pendant type or a wristwatch type which not only has a button for transmitting an emergency signal but also generates a buzzer sound or the like at a fixed time interval or at a reset time. A wireless emergency call device that determines that an emergency has occurred if the user does not stop the device with a stop button is disclosed. Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 8-287384 teaches that a wristwatch-type emergency notification device is worn, a built-in generator is used while the hand is moving, and an emergency call is made if the arm is not moved for a certain period of time. A wristwatch-type emergency notification system that can also transmit voice information and perform voice monitoring, and a terminal device thereof are disclosed. Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 8-287385 discloses an emergency call system in guarding a key person who has a portable transmission device for an important person (VIP) and informs a portable receiver of a guardian when a button is pressed or a fall is detected. Have been.

Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 8-279858 discloses an emergency call system in which an emergency call is made by using a sound and a receiver is used to specify a transmission place. JP 9
No. 62947 discloses a waterproof emergency call device with a waterproof structure. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-149037 discloses that when a care recipient with a portable terminal falls down or pushes a button switch in a facility, the receiver stores the data and displays the data on the base station. An emergency radio reporting system within a nursing facility is disclosed.

In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 9-180078, a transmitter is mounted on the user's arm and a receiver is mounted on the waist, so that the range of radio waves of the generator is extremely short, and the radio waves are intermittently received while walking. So that it can reach and cut
A separate emergency call device that makes an emergency call when the situation no longer changes is disclosed. JP-A-10-134275
Discloses an emergency notification mobile terminal device that detects an operation state and a tilt state of a user having a mobile terminal and changes the time for issuing an emergency signal. In this system, when standing or sitting, the time for issuing an emergency call is longer than when falling down. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-240883 discloses a vibration sensor,
A portable emergency contact system is disclosed in which a portable transmitter such as an HS or a mobile phone is combined to transmit an emergency signal after a predetermined time when the vibration sensor no longer detects vibration. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-161610 has a pulse wave sensor and an emergency button. When the emergency button is pressed, the pulse wave data is transmitted together, so that it is possible to confirm whether or not the emergency is really an emergency. An apparatus is disclosed.

[0007]

Problems to be Solved by the Invention
In a system such as the heart rate monitoring device of No. 4 which continuously monitors the health condition and makes an emergency call even if an emergency button is not pressed when an abnormality is monitored, for example, an electrocardiogram is checked by embedding an electrode. You need to wear special clothing that can do it, and you cannot monitor vital signs when you take another clothes or take a bath without your clothes. Elderly people may have a sudden change in their health condition, for example, when taking a bath in which the environment changes, and such prior art cannot constantly monitor their health condition.

In the physical condition reporting system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-187433, a pulse wave sensor is attached to an earlobe, while a device for performing a monitoring function is attached to a body separately from the pulse wave sensor. Since the device for monitoring is connected by wire, vital signs cannot be monitored at the time of bathing or the like.

In the emergency notification device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 5-161610, when an emergency button is pressed, pulse wave data is transmitted together, and it can be confirmed whether or not an emergency has occurred. The monitoring of the sign is performed only when the emergency button is pressed, and even if the health condition is deteriorated, the emergency call cannot be made unless the person is aware of it. Other prior art having only the function of emergency call,
Inability to monitor health status.

[0010] It is an object of the present invention to constantly monitor vital signs indicating the health status of the elderly and the disabled, and if there is an abnormality in the information, make an emergency call immediately to a center or the like, even if the individual does not notice. It is another object of the present invention to provide a health monitoring device and a health management method that can make an emergency call at the discretion of the individual.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a sensor which is attached to a human body and detects at least one of information representing a physical condition of a body, and analyzing information detected by the sensor. A health condition is determined according to a preset standard, and when it is determined that there is an abnormality in the health condition, the terminal includes a terminal for making an emergency contact to a predetermined contact, the sensor includes an emergency operation unit, and a radio wave. A transmitting unit that transmits the information and the operation state of the emergency operation unit via the terminal.The terminal determines whether a predetermined operation is performed on the emergency operation unit. A health monitoring device comprising: an emergency determination unit for making an emergency contact when it is determined that the communication is being performed; and a receiving unit for receiving the radio wave.

According to the present invention, the sensor worn on the human body detects at least one of the information indicating the physical condition of the body. The information detected by the sensor is resolved by the terminal, the health condition is determined according to a preset standard, and when it is determined that the health condition is abnormal, an emergency contact is made to a predetermined contact. Therefore, when it is determined that there is an abnormality in the health condition representing the physical condition of the person, emergency contact is made to a predetermined contact, for example, a health management center, even if the person is not aware. The sensor also has an emergency operation unit,
The terminal is equipped with an emergency determination unit that determines whether a predetermined operation has been performed on the emergency operation unit and makes an emergency contact when it is determined that the operation has been performed. The person performing the operation can operate the emergency operation unit to make an emergency contact. The sensor has a transmission unit that transmits information indicating the health condition and the operation state of the emergency operation unit via radio waves, and the terminal has a reception unit that receives radio waves, so the sensor and the terminal are wired. There is no need to connect, the terminal can be kept away from the human body, and if the sensor is formed with a small and waterproof structure, you can take a bath with the sensor attached and constantly monitor the health condition of the person be able to.

Further, in the present invention, the sensor is mounted on a finger in a ring shape, the emergency operation unit is a push button switch, and the emergency determination unit of the terminal is kept pressed by the push button switch for a predetermined time or more. In some cases, it is determined that the predetermined operation is performed.

According to the present invention, a ring-shaped sensor provided with a push button switch as an emergency operation unit is attached to a finger,
If the push button switch is kept pressed for a predetermined time or longer, an emergency contact is made, so that the wearer of the sensor can easily make an emergency contact by a simple operation.

Further, in the present invention, the terminal includes a storage unit for continuously storing information from the sensor, and an information stored in the storage unit before the operation when an emergency call is made by the emergency determination unit. And an information transfer unit for transferring the information after the operation to the contact.

According to the present invention, the terminal has a storage unit for continuously storing the information from the sensor, and the information stored in the storage unit before the operation and the information stored after the operation at the time of the memory communication determined by the emergency determination unit. And an information transfer unit for transferring the above information to a contact, so that when an emergency contact is made by the wearer of the sensor operating the emergency operation unit, information before and after the contact can also be transferred to the contact. The contact can also make a diagnosis on the health condition based on information before and after the operation of the emergency operation unit, and determine whether or not the emergency operation unit is operated by mistake.

In the present invention, the terminal stores the information when the emergency determining unit determines that an operation on the emergency operating unit is being performed, and the terminal is not operated by the emergency determining unit. When the judgment is made, the information received from the sensor is compared with the stored information, and when it is judged that the information is within a predetermined range of identity, the information judgment unit for making the emergency contact is provided. It is characterized by the following.

According to the present invention, information when it is determined that an operation on the emergency operation unit is performed is stored, and even when the operation on the emergency operation unit is not performed,
If the state where the emergency operation unit was operated earlier is reproduced based on the information monitoring the health condition, the emergency contact is automatically made, so that the wearer of the sensor can operate the emergency operation unit. Even if the situation disappears, an emergency contact can be reliably made.

In the present invention, the sensor detects a pulse wave of a blood flow.

According to the present invention, since the pulse wave of the blood flow is detected by the sensor as information indicating the health condition, the pulse wave can be detected optically without connecting electrodes or the like, and the waveform of the pulse wave can be detected. Analysis can be performed easily.

Further, in the present invention, the sensor comprises a pulse wave detecting section for deriving an electric signal corresponding to a pulse wave using light or infrared light of a plurality of wavelengths, and a light or a light of a different wavelength derived from the pulse wave detecting section. An oxygen concentration calculator that compares the electrical signals corresponding to the infrared rays and calculates a blood saturated oxygen concentration according to a predetermined relationship based on the comparison result.

According to the present invention, the detection of the pulse wave is performed using light or infrared light of different wavelengths, and the electric signal is compared with the light or infrared light of different wavelength to calculate the blood saturated oxygen concentration. In addition, the health condition can be accurately analyzed using not only the pulse wave but also the blood saturated oxygen concentration.

Further, the present invention is a method of detecting at least one of information indicating a health condition from a body of a management target, transferring the information to a management center, and performing health management from the management center. The body of the, equipped with an emergency operation unit to operate in an emergency, to attach a sensor that detects the information and transmits the operation content of the operation unit via radio waves, at a position where radio waves from the sensor can be received, Install a terminal that can communicate with the management sensor via a communication network, and by the terminal,
A health abnormality is determined based on information detected by the sensor, and an emergency operation is performed on the emergency operation unit. When it is determined that the health is abnormal and / or an emergency operation is performed, the terminal transmits the information to the management center via the communication network. This is a health management method characterized in that a management center for making an emergency contact and receiving the emergency contact takes measures to improve the health status of the management target person.

According to the present invention, the body of the person to be managed is provided with a sensor provided with an emergency operation unit for operating in an emergency, and the sensor detects at least one of the states representing the health status, and Is transmitted via a radio wave together with the operation state of. A radio wave from the sensor is received by a terminal that can communicate with the management center via a communication network, and a determination of a health abnormality and a determination of an emergency operation to the emergency operation unit based on information detected by the sensor are performed. When the terminal determines that the terminal is abnormal and / or an emergency operation, an emergency contact is made to the management center via the communication network, and the management center receiving the emergency contact takes measures to improve the health condition for the management target person. Therefore, the health condition can be effectively managed from the management center for many subjects.

[0025]

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the ring sensor 1 is attached to a finger of a person whose health condition is to be monitored. The ring sensor 1 includes an emergency button 2. The ring sensor 1 detects a pulse wave of a blood flow flowing through a capillary near the surface of a finger as one of vital signs which is information indicating a human health condition. From the ring sensor 1, transmission when operating the emergency button 2 and transmission of a vital sign constantly detected waveform are performed via radio waves.

The receiver 3 is installed in a range where the radio wave from the ring sensor 1 can be received. The receiver 3 receives the radio wave from the ring sensor 1, receives the operation information for the emergency button 2, and the vital sign waveform information, and inputs the information to the communication terminal 4. The communication terminal 4 makes an emergency contact to the management center 5 immediately after the emergency button 2 is pressed. At this time, vital signs are also transmitted at the same time. If there is any abnormality in the vital signs, the emergency center is contacted. This emergency call can be made via public telephone line, mobile phone or PH.
This is performed via a wireless telephone line such as S or a dedicated communication line.

FIG. 2 shows an electrical configuration of the ring sensor 1 of FIG. The sensor unit 10 detects vital signs from a human body. As a vital sign, for example, a pulse wave is optically detected. The detected vital sign is derived as a corresponding electric signal and provided to the signal processing unit 11. The signal processing unit 11 performs amplification and analog / digital conversion of an electric signal derived from the sensor unit 10, and inputs the processed electric signal to the CPU 12. CPU 12
, The output from the emergency button 2 is also input. CPU1
2, the transmission by the emergency button 2 and the transmission of the vital sign are performed via the wireless communication unit 13 as shown in FIG. A battery 14 is provided to supply operation power to each unit in the ring sensor 1. In order to reduce the size of the battery 14, the power consumption in each part of the ring sensor 1 is kept as small as possible.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic electrical configuration of the communication terminal 4 of FIG. The reception output from the receiver 3 is provided to a signal discrimination unit 20. The signal discriminating unit 20 discriminates the information received by the receiver 3 into information related to an operation on the emergency button 2 and vital sign information detected by the sensor unit 10. The emergency determination unit 21 determines whether or not the operation on the emergency button 2 has continued for a preset time or more based on the information determined by the signal determination unit 20 to be the operation on the emergency button 2. When it is determined that the operation on the emergency button 2 is continuously performed, the emergency communication unit 22 immediately makes an emergency communication to the management center 5.

Incidentally, it is possible to determine whether or not the emergency button 2 has been operated for a predetermined time or more.
In addition to the emergency judgment unit 21, the CPU 12 in the ring sensor 1
But it is possible. The CPU 12 transmits a predetermined emergency signal based on the determination, and the emergency determination unit 21 of the communication terminal 4 determines whether the signal is an emergency signal. Which configuration to use may be determined according to the application target.

The information determined by the signal determination section 20 as a vital sign is stored in the memory 23. The memory 23
It has a certain storage capacity, and when the information to be stored exceeds the storage capacity, the old information is discarded and new information is stored. Therefore, past information is stored in the memory 23 until a certain time. When the emergency determination unit 21 determines that the emergency button 2 is operated, the information transfer unit 24 transmits the information stored in the memory 23 to the management center 5 together with the information transmitted from the ring sensor 1 at the same time. Forward. The management center 5 can obtain information before and after the emergency button 2 is operated, and can investigate and diagnose a change in health condition. In addition, when there is no particular abnormality in the health condition, it can be determined that the operation on the emergency button 2 is an erroneous operation.

The information determining section 25 stores information transmitted from the ring sensor 1 when the emergency determining section 21 determines that the emergency button 2 has been operated. Emergency judgment unit 2
Even when it is not determined that the emergency button 2 is operated from 1, the vital sign transmitted from the ring sensor 1 is compared with the stored information, and if it is within a predetermined range of identity, the emergency communication unit 21 To make the management center 5 make an emergency contact via. As a result, the ring sensor 1 of the present embodiment automatically manages even when the wearer is not aware of an abnormal condition or when the health condition deteriorates and the emergency button 2 cannot be operated. Center 5
You can make an emergency call to. The communication terminal 4 of the present embodiment can be realized by causing a general-purpose portable computer device to read a program. Further, the program and the reference data for the judgment can be set by communication from the management center 5.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic structure of the ring sensor 1 of FIG. The ring sensor 1 includes a substantially annular ring 30 and a casing 31 joined to a part of the outer peripheral surface of the ring 30. The casing 31 is substantially plate-shaped, and the emergency button 2 is provided on an end surface thereof.
The signal processing unit 11 shown in FIG.
The PU 12, the wireless communication unit 13, and the battery 14 are housed. The signal processing unit 11, the CPU 12, and the wireless communication unit 13
It is mounted in the state of a semiconductor chip. A light emitting portion 32 and a light receiving portion 33 are provided on a part of the inner peripheral surface of the ring 31, and the light or infrared light emitting portion 32 irradiates the capillary on the surface of the finger inserted into the ring 30 with light. A pulse wave is detected from a change in the intensity of the reflected light received by the unit 33.

FIG. 5 shows the change in the absorption coefficient of hemoglobin (Hb) in blood with respect to the wavelength of light emitted from the light emitting section 32. Hemoglobin has a different absorption coefficient with respect to wavelength in a state where it is bound to oxygen and in a state where it is not bound to oxygen. In the short wavelength visible light side, oxygen (O ₂ )
Although hemoglobin (HbO ₂ ) to which is linked has a smaller absorption coefficient, it has a larger absorption coefficient in the infrared region. When visible light and infrared light are emitted from the light emitting unit 32 in FIG. 4 and separately received by the light receiving unit 33, the oxidation state of hemoglobin can be determined based on the difference in the light receiving intensity depending on the wavelength. Since the oxidation state of hemoglobin corresponds to the saturated oxygen concentration in blood, it can be calculated as a saturated oxygen concentration by preparing a calibration curve or the like corresponding to a standard oxygen concentration in advance.

FIG. 6 shows a normal operation sequence when the communication terminal 4 of FIG. 1 receives a vital sign constantly transmitted from the ring sensor 1. In step a1, the receiver 3
Always receive vital signs from Step a2
Then, it is determined whether or not the vital signs are abnormal. This determination is performed by the information determination unit 25 shown in FIG. When it is determined that there is no abnormality, the process returns to step a21. When it is determined in step a2 that there is an abnormality, an emergency contact is made from the information transfer unit 24 to the management center 5 in step a3, and the vital sign stored in the memory 23 together with the vital sign transmitted from the ring sensor 1. The signature is also transmitted to the management center 5.

FIG. 7 shows a sequence in which the communication terminal 4 of FIG. 1 operates when the emergency button 2 of the ring sensor 1 is pressed. Each step from step b1 to step b3 is equivalent to each step from step a1 to step a3 in FIG. When it is determined in step b2 that there is no abnormality, in step b4, it is determined whether or not the emergency button 21 of FIG. 1 has been pressed for more than a predetermined time. If it is not pressed or the time is short, the process returns to step b1. When it is determined that the emergency button 2 has been pressed for a predetermined time or longer, the process proceeds to step b3, where emergency contact to the management center 5 and transmission of vital signs are performed.

In step b4, the condition that the emergency button 2 is not simply pressed but is pressed for a predetermined time or more is determined as a condition that the emergency button 2 is erroneously pressed or something other than unintended. This is to avoid an erroneous operation in which an emergency contact is made when the object is touched and pushed. If the condition is that pressing is performed a plurality of times, or if the pressing is performed in a more complicated pattern, malfunction can be avoided more reliably. However, it is not preferable to request a complicated operation when emergency contact is required.

In the above embodiment, although the pulse wave of the blood flow is detected as a vital sign by the ring sensor 1 and the saturated oxygen concentration in the blood is calculated, the pulse is detected at a plurality of points with a further interval. If a wave is detected, the flow rate and blood pressure of the blood can be calculated based on the time lag of the pulse wave. In addition, as a vital sign, not only the one based on the pulse wave, but the temperature sensor detects the body temperature,
Moisture can also be detected by a humidity sensor.

The sensor can be worn not only on the finger as the ring sensor 1 but also on the earlobe or, for example, on the chest to detect heart sounds as vital signs.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, when it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in the information indicating the health condition detected by the sensor, or when an emergency operation unit provided in the sensor is determined in advance. If the operation has been performed, emergency contact will be performed from the terminal to the predetermined contact,
It is possible to continuously monitor a person's health condition and take appropriate action by emergency notification when there is an abnormality in the health condition. Since the information indicating the health condition and the operation status to the emergency operation unit are transferred from the sensor to the terminal via radio waves,
You can keep your device away from your body,
The wearer can act away from the terminal within a range in which radio waves can be received. If the sensor is configured with a waterproof structure etc., it is possible to take a bath etc. with the sensor attached, and it is possible to continue monitoring the health condition effectively even when taking a bath where the health condition may change suddenly .

Further, according to the present invention, if the ring-shaped sensor is worn on the finger and the push button switch is kept pressed for a predetermined time, the emergency contact can be made by a simple operation. Even if the push button switch is not pressed, when an abnormality is detected in the health condition by the sensor, an emergency contact can be made to a predetermined contact address in the same manner as when the push button switch is kept pressed.

Further, according to the present invention, the terminal is provided with a storage unit to continuously store information indicating the health condition from the sensor, and transmits information before and after the contact when making an emergency contact. Therefore, the transfer destination can easily understand the state of health before and after the point of emergency contact and easily determine the possibility of erroneous operation of the emergency contact.

According to the present invention, the information judging section of the terminal stores information when it is determined that an operation on the emergency operation section is being performed, and stores information transferred from the sensor. Compared with the information provided, when it is determined that the identity is within the predetermined range of identity, an emergency contact is made, so that the wearer of the sensor does not operate the emergency operation unit or the health condition Even when operation becomes impossible due to deterioration, emergency contact can be reliably performed.

Further, according to the present invention, since the sensor detects the pulse wave of the blood flow as information indicating the health condition, the health condition can be monitored by a relatively simple operation using light or the like.

According to the present invention, when detecting a pulse wave using light of a plurality of wavelengths or infrared rays, the blood saturated oxygen concentration is also calculated, so that the health condition can be monitored accurately.

Further, according to the present invention, a sensor for detecting at least one of the information indicating the health condition of the body of a person to be managed, for example, an elderly person or a disabled person, and transmitting the information to the terminal via a radio wave is mounted. However, the sensor is equipped with an emergency operation unit that operates in an emergency, so that the health status is constantly monitored even if the target person does not notice, and if there is an abnormality, the terminal makes an emergency contact to the management center via a communication network and manages it. Measures can be taken at the center to improve health. Even when the target person is consciously operating the emergency operation unit, emergency contact to the management center is performed, so even in abnormal situations where the information detected by the sensor does not judge that it is abnormal. If the target person can operate the emergency operation unit, an emergency contact to the management center can be made.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the ring sensor 1 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the communication terminal 4 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the ring sensor 1 of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a graph showing a principle of calculating a saturated oxygen concentration in blood from detection of a pulse wave based on light having different wavelengths.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a normal operation sequence for making an emergency contact if there is any abnormality based on vital signs in the communication terminal 4 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation sequence for making an emergency contact when the emergency button 2 is pressed in the communication terminal 4 of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 ring sensor 2 emergency button 3 receiver 4 communication terminal 5 management center 10 sensor unit 12 CPU 13 wireless communication unit 20 signal determination unit 21 emergency determination unit 22 emergency communication unit 23 memory 24 information transfer unit 25 information determination unit 32 light emitting unit 33 Light receiving section

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Katsumi Nakajima 1-5-2 Minatojima Minamicho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture Inside the New Industry Creation Research Organization (72) Inventor Takashi Katsuragawa Minatoshima, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture 1-5-2 Minamimachi Inside the New Industrial Creation Research Organization (72) Inventor Takao Wada 1-1-1, Kawasakicho, Akashi-shi, Hyogo Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.Akashi Plant Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Akinori Kitajima Akashi-shi, Hyogo No. 1-1 Kawasakicho Kawashige Techno Service Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 4C017 AA09 AA12 AB03 AC26 BB12 BD06 CC01 4C027 GG16 JJ03 KK05

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A sensor which is attached to a human body and detects at least one of information indicating a physical condition of a body, and analyzes information detected by the sensor to determine a health condition according to a preset standard. And a terminal for making an emergency contact to a predetermined contact when it is determined that there is an abnormality in the health condition. The sensor includes an emergency operation unit, and the information and the emergency operation via a radio wave. A transmitting unit that transmits an operation state of the unit, and the terminal determines whether a predetermined operation is performed on the emergency operation unit, and determines that the operation is performed. A health condition monitoring device comprising: an emergency determination unit for making the emergency contact; and a receiving unit for receiving the radio wave. 2. The sensor according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is mounted on a finger in a ring shape, the emergency operation unit is a push button switch, and the emergency determination unit of the terminal is configured to perform the operation when the push button switch is continuously pressed for a predetermined time or more. 2. The health condition monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein it is determined that the predetermined operation is performed. A storage unit for continuously storing information from the sensor, information stored in the storage unit before the operation at the time of emergency contact determined by the emergency determination unit; The health condition monitoring device according to claim 1, further comprising: an information transfer unit configured to transfer information after the operation to the contact. 4. The terminal stores the information when the emergency determination unit determines that an operation on the emergency operation unit is being performed, and determines that the operation is not performed by the emergency determination unit. The information received from the sensor is compared with stored information when it is determined that the information is within a predetermined range of identity. The health condition monitoring device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein 5. The health monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the sensor detects a pulse wave of a blood flow. 6. The sensor according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured to derive an electric signal corresponding to the pulse wave using light or infrared light having a plurality of wavelengths, The health condition monitoring device according to claim 6, further comprising: an oxygen concentration calculating unit that compares corresponding electric signals and calculates a blood saturated oxygen concentration in accordance with a predetermined relationship based on the comparison result. 7. A method for detecting at least one of information representing a health condition from the body of a management target and transferring the information to a management center, and performing health management from the management center. An emergency operation unit that operates in an emergency, and attaches a sensor that detects the information and transmits the information along with the operation content of the operation unit via a radio wave. A terminal capable of communicating via a communication network is installed, and the terminal determines abnormalities in health based on information detected by the sensor and determines an emergency operation to the emergency operation unit, and performs abnormal operations in health and / or emergency operation. When it is determined that the terminal has made an emergency contact to the management center via the communication network,
A health management method characterized by taking measures to improve the state of health.