KR100979274B1 - Apparatus and method for providing biometric data - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device and a method for providing bio information are provided to conveniently confirm the health condition of a user by displaying information data received from a bio information measuring device on a display device. CONSTITUTION: A bio information providing device(100) includes a communication interface(110) and an embedded application unit(120). The communication interface communicates data with the bio information measuring device and the external display device. The embedded application unit stores the profile of a user and includes a data processing unit(122) and a data storage unit(124). The data storage unit stores the bio information data from the bio information providing device. The data processing unit processes the bio information data stored in the data storage unit.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing biometric information {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BIOMETRIC DATA}

The present invention relates to a biometric information providing apparatus and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a biometric information providing apparatus and method for providing biometric data of a user.

In the case of the conventional U-Health or U-Health Care, a biometric information measuring device is implemented by transmitting biometric data of a user measured to a system of a hospital or a monitoring control center in real time. have.

That is, the biometric data of the user measured from the biometric information measuring device such as a body fat meter, heart rate monitor, kidney meter, spirometer, blood glucose meter, blood pressure monitor and the like is transmitted to the hospital or the monitoring control system. In addition, the system of the hospital or monitoring control center receives the biometric data of the user, analyzes the health state of the user, and makes a prescription according to the analysis result.

 In particular, recently, as people's interest in health care increases, health care service companies that receive biometric data of users and professionally manage health for each user have emerged.

However, as described above, the conventional system for health care requires the construction of a high-cost infrastructure between the biometric information measuring device and the system of the health care center for analyzing the biometric data of the user, and requires related equipment. .

In addition, in order to obtain analyzed data information about the user's biometric data, a professional healthcare center should be assisted, so that the user's biometric data is measured, and the measured biometric data is provided by a professional healthcare system. The user's biometric data should be analyzed by transmitting it to the established hospital or monitoring control center.

As such, in case of an emergency patient, the user's current health status is immediately determined because it is necessary to go through a series of processes such as measuring biometric data, transmitting data through a network, and analyzing data. There is a problem that can not be identified or take the necessary action.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, when communication with an external display device is performed, the biometric data received from the biometric information measuring device is directly transmitted to the display device for display through a built-in application driven through the display device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a biometric information providing apparatus and method for quickly and conveniently checking a user's health state.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, the biometric information providing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention is a biometric information measuring device for collecting biometric data and a communication interface for performing data communication with an external display device and a living body An embedded application unit for storing and processing information data, wherein the embedded application unit includes an embedded application that is driven through the display device when communication with the display device is made through the communication interface.

Here, the communication interface includes at least one of a wired or wireless USB (Universal Serial Bus), Bluetooth, and ZigBee.

The embedded application unit may include a data processor that processes the biometric data and a data storage that stores the biometric data.

In addition, the data processor processes the biometric data stored in the data storage unit through the driven embedded application and provides the same to the display device.

The apparatus may further include an authentication unit configured to authenticate whether or not the user has a legitimate reading authority for the biometric data when the communication is performed between the biometric information providing device and the display device.

The authenticator uses at least one of a unique number of the biometric information providing apparatus, a unique number of the display apparatus, personal information of the user, and login information input through a login screen provided when the biometric information providing apparatus is connected to the display apparatus. To perform authentication.

In addition, the method for providing biometric information according to the second aspect of the present invention includes the step of receiving a biometric information of a user from a biometric information measuring device by performing a biometric information providing device communicating with a biometric information measuring device through a communication interface, Storing, by the providing device, the received biometric data; when a communication is made between the biometric information providing device and an external display device through a communication interface, driving a built-in application of the biometric information providing device through the display device; and Processing the stored biometric data through an embedded application driven by the providing device and transmitting the stored biometric information to the display device.

Here, when the biometric information providing device communicates with the biometric information providing device and the display device, the biometric information providing device is inputted through a unique number of the biometric information providing device, a unique number of the display device, user's personal information and a login screen provided to the display device. Using at least one of the login information, performing authentication on whether the user has a right to view the biometric data.

The communication interface includes at least one of wired or wireless USB (Universal Serial Bus), Bluetooth, and ZigBee.

According to the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, when communication with an external display device is made, the biometric data received from the biometric information measuring device is directly transmitted to the display device through its own built-in application driven through the display device. By displaying it, the user's health status can be checked quickly and conveniently.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a system for providing biometric data according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of an apparatus for providing biometric information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing biometric information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" to another part, this includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another element in between. . In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, which means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a system for providing biometric data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a system for providing biometric data includes a body fat meter 11, a heart rate monitor 12, a kidney meter 13, a spirometer 14, a blood glucose meter 15, a blood pressure monitor 16, and the like. Perform communication with the information measuring apparatus 300, the biometric information measuring apparatus 300, and the external display apparatus 200, and store and process the biometric data of the user received from the biometric information measuring apparatus 300, It includes a biometric information providing device 100 for providing the biometric information data stored through the built-in application driven by the display device 200 to the display device 200, and the display device 200.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the biometric information providing apparatus 100 described above with reference to FIG. 2 will be described in more detail.

2 is a block diagram of the biometric information providing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus 100 for providing biometric information includes a communication interface 110, an embedded application unit 120, and an authentication unit 130.

The biometric information providing apparatus 100 may be implemented as a removable USB memory device having a USB interface, but is not limited thereto, and may also be implemented as a removable memory device including wireless communication means such as Bluetooth and Zigbee. Of course.

The communication interface 110 performs data communication with the biometric information measuring device 300 collecting the biometric data and the external display device 200. Hereinafter, a USB communication interface will be described as an example. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and wireless communication such as Zigbee, Bluetooth, and the like may be performed between the biometric information measuring device 300, the biometric information providing device 100, and the display device 200. Of course, the data may be transmitted and received through the interface to provide the biometric data of the present invention.

The embedded application unit 120 stores and processes the biometric data received from the biometric information measuring device 300. Herein, when the built-in application unit 120 communicates with the display device 200 through the communication interface 110, the built-in application unit 120 includes an embedded application driven through the display device 200.

That is, when the biometric information providing apparatus 100 is connected to the display apparatus 200, the display apparatus 200 detects this and drives the embedded application included in the embedded application unit 120 by the operating system.

Here, the operating system may be operated based on an operating system such as Microsoft's Windows 95/98 / Me / NT / XP / VISTA, Apple Computer's Apple Macintosh, UNIX, Linux, etc. 200 may include various computer devices on which an operating system is built.

As such, the built-in application automatically driven by the operating system of the display device 200 may be a portable program that can be driven without being separately installed on the display device 200, and may process a user's biometric data. Will perform.

Meanwhile, the above-described embedded application unit 120 may include a data processor 122 and a data storage unit 124.

The data processor 122 processes biometric data. In this case, the data processor 122 may process the biometric data stored in the data storage unit 124 and provide the same to the display device 200 through an embedded application driven by the display device 200.

Accordingly, as soon as communication between the biometric information providing apparatus 100 and the display apparatus 200 is performed, the biometric information data of the user is quickly processed through the built-in application and provided to the display apparatus 200, thereby indicating the current health state of the user. You will be able to identify quickly and take prompt action accordingly.

In addition, the data processor 122 may process the biometric data according to a preset format and provide it to the display device 200. For example, the data processor 122 may process the biometric data accumulated for each period to provide various types of charts, or may process the biometric data to display result data on the current health state of various other types of users. ) Can be provided.

Therefore, only by connecting the biometric information providing device 100 to the display device 200, not only the user but also the guardian and the doctor can more conveniently and conveniently grasp the current health state of the user through various types of formats. do.

The data storage unit 124 stores biometric data. In addition, the data storage unit 124 may store personal information of the user, data related to authentication, a preset format form, a built-in application, and the like.

In addition, the data storage unit 124 is a display device 200, other external input devices (eg, a keyboard, etc.), and the vaccination status, specifics, diseases, personal medical information, etc. of the user input from a separate application program Records can be stored.

When the communication unit 130 communicates between the biometric information providing apparatus 100 and the display apparatus 200, the authentication unit 130 authenticates whether the user has a legitimate reading authority on the biometric data.

Here, the authentication unit 130 is a unique number of the biometric information providing device 100, a unique number of the display device 200, when the user's personal information and the biometric information providing device 100 is connected to the display device 200. Authentication may be performed using at least one of the login information input through the provided login screen. In this case, the login screen may be provided by the above-described embedded application.

That is, the authentication unit 130 verifies whether the unique number of the display device 200 is included in the registration list of the biometric information providing device 100, and the biometric data of the user is provided to the registered display device 200. You can do that.

In addition, the authentication unit 130 verifies whether the unique number of the biometric information providing device 100 is included in the registration list of the display device 200, and the biometric information of the user stored in the registered biometric information providing device 100. Data may be provided to the display device 200.

In addition, the authentication unit 130 may display the user's personal information stored in the biological information providing apparatus 100 and login information input through a login screen provided when the biological information providing apparatus 100 is connected to the display apparatus 200. In comparison, it is possible to determine the authenticity of the user possessing the biometric information providing apparatus 100 by verifying the input user ID, password, and other personal information of the user. Here, the user's personal information may include a user's ID, password, social security number, card number, and other authentication number.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing biometric information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, first, the biometric information providing apparatus 100 communicates with the biometric information measuring apparatus 300 through the communication interface 110 to transmit the biometric data of the user from the biometric information measuring apparatus 300. It receives (S301).

Next, the biometric information providing apparatus 100 stores the received biometric data (S311).

Next, when communication is made between the biometric information providing device 100 and the external display device 200 through the communication interface 110, the built-in application of the biometric information providing device 100 is driven through the display device 200. (S321).

Here, when communication is made between the biometric information providing device 100 and the external display device 200 through the communication interface 110, the authenticator 130 is a unique number of the biometric information providing device 100, the display device ( Authentication using the at least one of the unique number of the 200, the user's personal information and the login information input through the login screen provided to the display device 200, whether or not there is a legitimate reading authority for the user's biometric data Can be performed.

The biometric information providing apparatus 100 processes the stored biometric data through the built-in application and transmits the stored biometric information to the display apparatus 200 (S331).

On the other hand, the above-described embedded application can be run at the firmware (Firmware) level, it can solve the problem that the user needs to reinstall the file if the built-in application is changed due to a predetermined cause or necessary files are deleted. .

In addition, the embedded application may be upgraded and operated online or offline, for example, may be driven based on the Windows platform.

In addition, the above-described built-in application unit 120 may include a cache, a read only memory (ROM), a programmable ROM (PROM), an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), and a flash memory (Flash memory). The volatile memory device may be implemented as at least one of a volatile memory device such as a volatile memory device or a random access memory (RAM), or a storage medium such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or a CD-ROM.

In addition, each component illustrated in FIG. 2 may be configured as a kind of 'module'. The 'module' refers to a hardware component such as software or a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the module plays a role.

However, modules are not meant to be limited to software or hardware. A module may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium and may be configured to execute one or more processors. The functionality provided by the components and modules may be combined into a smaller number of components and modules or further separated into additional components and modules.

In addition, the above description of the present invention is for illustration, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can understand that the present invention can be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. Could be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

In addition, the scope of the present invention is represented by the appended claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts are included in the scope of the present invention. Should be interpreted.

100: biological information providing device
110: communication interface
120: built-in application unit
122: data processing unit
124: data storage
200: display device
300: biometric information measuring device

Claims (9)

In the biological information providing apparatus,
A communication interface in the form of a USB (Universal Serial Bus) that performs data communication with a biometric information measuring device that collects biometric data and an external display device;
Including a built-in application unit on which the built-in application for storing and processing the biometric information data,
The built-in application unit stores the user's personal information,
The built-in application unit stores the biometric information data received from the biometric information measuring device when the biometric information providing device completes communication setting with the biometric information measuring device.
The built-in application is a portable program,
The built-in application is automatically driven by the operating system of the display device when the biometric information providing device has completed the USB communication with the display device, according to a preset format of the stored biometric data and the user's personal information information. Provided to the display device
Biological information providing device.
delete The method of claim 1,
The built-in application unit,
A data processor for processing the biometric data;
And a data storage unit for storing the biometric data.
The method of claim 3, wherein
The data processing unit,
And providing the display device with the biometric data stored in the data storage unit through the driven embedded application.
The method of claim 1,
And a communication unit configured to perform authentication on whether the user has a legitimate reading authority on the biometric data when the communication is performed between the biometric information providing device and the display device.
The method of claim 5, wherein
The authentication unit,
At least one of a unique number of the biometric information providing apparatus, a unique number of the display apparatus, personal information of the user, and login information input through a login screen provided when the biometric information providing apparatus is connected to the display apparatus. Biometric information providing apparatus to perform the authentication.
In the biological information providing method,
Receiving a biometric data of the user from the biometric information measuring device by communicating with the biometric information measuring device through a USB (Universal Serial Bus) type communication interface;
Storing, by the biometric information providing device, the received biometric data;
When the biometric information providing device completes the USB communication setting with the display device, automatically executing an embedded application of the biometric information providing device by an operating system of the display device; and
And providing, by the biometric information providing device, the stored biometric data and user's personal information through the driven embedded application to the display device according to a preset format.
The built-in application is characterized in that the portable (portable) program
Biological information providing method.
The method of claim 7, wherein
When the biometric information providing device communicates with the biometric information providing device and the display device, a unique number of the biometric information providing device, a unique number of the display device, personal information of the user, and a login provided to the display device. Using at least one of the login information input through the screen, and performing authentication on whether the user has a right to view the biometric data of the user.
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