JP2007140775A - Measuring device and health management system utilizing it - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive and effective measuring apparatus and a health management system utilizing a portable information terminal. <P>SOLUTION: In an information site 5, a two-dimensional code in which the information of a measured value and a communication destination is embedded is displayed at an inexpensive measuring device, and transmission is automatically performed through a network to a data center 4 by reading the two-dimensional code by a camera incorporated in a mobile phone 3. In the data center, the numerical information is stored, required processing is performed, and health is easily managed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention reads a two-dimensional barcode displayed in the vicinity of a numerical display unit of a visually readable measuring instrument with a portable terminal device, and transmits the measurement value embedded in the two-dimensional barcode to the management server from the portable terminal device. The present invention relates to a health management system that manages user data.

There is a system for measuring data related to user health at home and transmitting the data to a management device such as a hospital to manage user data. These are the installation of a health management terminal device at the user's home, the user measures vital data with measured values such as a blood pressure monitor or blood glucose meter, and the measurement result is taken into the health management terminal device by cable connection or wireless connection, Data is sent from a health care terminal device to a server installed in a hospital, etc. via a communication means such as the Internet or a telephone line, and doctors and nutritionists view the data and send advice to them for reference during medical examinations. It is a system to do.

For example, a medical information processing apparatus placed on the medical staff side and a health management support terminal placed on the user side are connected to a server by a network, and the health management information processing terminal is based on speech synthesis or voice data Voice output means for performing voice output, and acquiring the user's vital data directly or indirectly, and automatically transmitting the vital data to the server, wherein the server is configured to receive the vital data. There is known a system configured to manage data for each user, accumulate data, and transmit user's health related information to the medical information processor in response to a request from the medical information processor. ing. (Patent Document 1)

Another system includes a portable terminal that can be carried by a user, and a data processing device that receives data transmitted from the portable terminal, processes the received data, and returns a processing result to the portable terminal. Yes. The portable terminal device includes an input unit for automatically measuring the amount of exercise when the user is carrying the portable terminal device and inputting information related to his / her health. Health data is created based on the measured amount of exercise of the user and the input information relating to the user's own health, the created health data is transmitted to a data processing device, and the data processing device uses the user's health data. The data processing device returns the processed health data to the portable terminal device, and the processing result is displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal device so that the user can grasp the analysis result and advice of the health data. Can be done. (Patent Document 2)

JP 2003-122847 A JP 10-295651 A

There are several problems with such a health care system.

First, in these systems, measurement devices and health care terminal devices need to have not only measurement but also data communication functions, which increases the price of the measurement device and imposes a financial burden on the user of the user. growing.

Secondly, it is necessary to connect the measuring device and the health care terminal device to transmit data, and it is necessary to connect the measuring device and the health care terminal device before performing the measurement. Even if the measurement device and the health management terminal device are connected by wireless communication, in order to perform data management and data processing, the health management terminal device and the data management server are connected via communication means such as the Internet or a telephone line. The problem that the user needs to be connected and takes time and effort is not solved.

Because of these problems, even though it would be time consuming to make a financial burden for health management, users will not use these health management systems gradually, and eventually the initial investment cost was wasted. It was supposed to end up. An object of the present invention is to propose an inexpensive and effective health management measuring instrument and health management system in order to solve these problems.

In a measuring instrument that reads the measurement result visually at low cost, a bar code in which the measurement value and data transmission destination information are embedded is displayed next to the numerical value of the measurement result. By reading the barcode with the camera of the mobile phone, the measured value is transmitted from the mobile phone to the data transmission destination. At the data transmission destination, the sender is specified by the mobile phone number, and the measured value is stored in association with the sender information.

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a measure used in the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram of a display unit of a weight scale used in the present invention. FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the health management system of the present invention. The measure shown in FIG. 1 is printed with a start two-dimensional barcode 11, an information site connection two-dimensional barcode 12, a distance scale 14, and a numerical two-dimensional barcode 13 corresponding thereto. A two-dimensional bar code in which information corresponding to the numerical value and the telephone number information of the data center 4 are embedded is printed below the numerical value of the distance scale 14. In this case, since it is a length, for example, a unit of 86 cm is embedded as information.

As shown in FIG. 2, the weight scale 2 also includes information corresponding to the numerical value and the data center 4 below the two-dimensional barcode 21 for starting, the two-dimensional barcode 22 for connecting the information site, and the numerical value 24 indicating the weight. A two-dimensional barcode 23 in which telephone number information is embedded is printed. In this case, since it is heavy, for example, 72 kg and a unit are embedded as information.

The embodiment of the present invention will be described taking measurement of waist size as an example. At the start of use, the user first takes a picture with a camera built in the total telephone 3 that owns the start two-dimensional barcode 11. The start two-dimensional bar code 11 includes a code for starting a program for registering the telephone number for connecting to the data management server as a connection destination and the manufacturing number of the portable telephone 3 in the data management server. Is embedded. When the user photographs the two-dimensional barcode 11 for start, the band telephone 3 connects to the data management server and registers the serial number of the band telephone 3 in the data management server. Thereafter, when connected to the data management server from the band telephone 3, the user is specified by the serial number of the band telephone 3.

Next, daily use will be described. The user measures the waist size with the measure 1 and photographs the bar code 13 corresponding to the numerical value with the camera built in the telephone 3. The total telephone 3 recognizes the telephone number of the data center 4 embedded in the two-dimensional barcode 13 and connects to the data center 4 to transmit numerical data embedded in the barcode 13. When the data center 4 receives communication from the band phone 3, the user is identified by the serial number of the band phone 3, and a numerical value together with the reception date and time information is stored in the database of the user of the database of the data center 4. Store information. At this time, based on the unit cm attached to the numerical information, it is recognized that this information is waist information, and numerical values are stored as waist information.

When the registration of data is completed, the screen of the total telephone 3 shifts to a data browsing screen shown in FIG. On the data browsing screen, input data for a certain period in the past is displayed in a graph. The data display period can be set by the user, but is usually set for one year. In the graph, the horizontal axis is the period, the vertical axis is the waist size, and a blue line is placed at 85 cm and a red line is placed at 90 cm on the vertical axis. This is to make it easy to compare the user's waist size with 85 cm for men and 90 cm for women, which are the standard waist sizes for metabolic syndrome.

The data management server displays a warning when the user's waist size exceeds the reference value. Data exceeding the standard size of the metabolic syndrome is displayed in a different color or blinked to alert the user. If the state exceeding the reference value continues, a warning text can be displayed together with the graph when the data display screen is displayed.

From the data browsing screen, it is also possible to shift to an input screen or information site screen for managing data such as weight, exercise, and blood pressure. When the screen of the pay phone 3 displayed in a graph is scrolled downward, as shown in FIG. 4, the screen moves to the lines of “other data input” and “information site”. When “other data input” is clicked, the screen shifts to a data input screen shown in FIG. On this screen, you can manually enter the exercise status, weight, and blood pressure values on the date of entry. Use the pull-down menu to select the exercise status from “strong”, “normal”, or “weak”. The values of weight and blood pressure are moved to the items and numerical values are input.

The body weight is not limited to manual input, but can be automatically input by the weight scale 2 shown in FIG. The user measures the weight with the weight scale 2 and photographs the two-dimensional barcode 23 corresponding to the weight value appearing in the display window with the camera built in the mobile phone 3. The mobile phone 3 recognizes the telephone number of the data center 4 embedded in the two-dimensional barcode 23 and connects to the data center 4 to transmit numerical data embedded in the two-dimensional barcode 23. When the data center 4 receives communication from the mobile phone, the user is identified by the serial number of the mobile phone, and numerical information is stored in the database of the user in the database of the data center 4 together with reception date and time information. . At this time, the unit kg attached to the numerical information recognizes that this information is weight information, and stores the numerical value as weight information.

The URL of the information site 5 is embedded in the major information site connection two-dimensional barcode 12. Information sites include information sites that explain metabolic syndrome, medical institution lists that introduce specialists such as diabetes and hypertension, night emergency medical institution lists, fitness club information, mail order sites for health foods and equipment, etc. is there.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily manage daily health by using an inexpensive measuring instrument and a mobile phone owned by a user, and it is possible to obtain information useful for health management.

It is a major according to the present invention. 1 is a weight scale according to the present invention. It is a system configuration of the present invention. It is a data browsing screen. It is a data entry screen.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Measure 11 Start two-dimensional barcode 12 Information site connection two-dimensional barcode 13 Numerical two-dimensional barcode 14 Numerical value 2 Weight scale 21 Start two-dimensional barcode 22 Information site connection two-dimensional barcode 23 Numerical value 2D barcode 24 corresponding to Numeral 3 Mobile phone 4 Data center 5 Information site

Claims (3)

A measuring instrument comprising a bar code in which information corresponding to the numerical value and information relating to a data transmission destination are embedded in the vicinity of the numerical value on the measurement value scale. 2. The measuring instrument according to claim 1, further comprising: a barcode in which registration information to a data transmission destination is embedded and a barcode in which connection information to an information providing site is embedded. A health management system, wherein data relating to a user's health is taken into a mobile phone by a built-in camera using the measuring device according to claim 1 and the data relating to the user's health is managed in a data center. .

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