KR20180074606A - METHOD FOR PROVIDING BIOMETRICS USING IoT - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing biometric information. An object of the present invention is to measure user′s biometric information using a medical instrument and a measuring instrument equipped with an IoT technology, store the same in a cloud server, analyze and process the same through a big data analysis module and then convert the same into significance information according to the characteristics of respective biometric information users and provide the converted information to the biometric information user, thereby increasing the quality of the overall health welfare. According to the present invention, the method for providing biometric information comprises the following steps of: registering user types from a plurality of service users and a plurality of biometric information users; receiving and storing personal information and a biometric signal through an IoT module from a biometric signal acquisition device in which the IoT module is embedded and the personal information of the service users are specified; analyzing the stored biometric signal to generate biometric information; processing the generated biometric information according to a user type and providing the same to the service users or the biometric information users; and providing personal information related to the generated biometric information to the biometric information users according to the user types.

Description

[0001] METHOD FOR PROVIDING BIOMETRICS USING IOT [0002]

The present invention relates to a method of providing biometric information, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for providing biometric information by mounting IoT (Internet of Things) on various devices including a biometric device, a healthcare device, a medical device, Measuring a signal, detecting an abnormal symptom, applying various analysis techniques to the biological signal, and generating biometric information to provide the biometric information to a user.

Today, with the development of medical technology and the improvement of people's standard of living, the demand for medical welfare is increasing rapidly. As a result, there is an increasing trend to improve the quality of life based on medical services utilizing advanced IT technology. In addition, the paradigm of healthcare services is changing due to the existing therapeutic centered service - oriented services, proactive health care and wellness - oriented consumer - oriented active services.

However, even though these changes are still present, healthcare services are restricted to past simple treatments, difficulties in accessing rural areas, and disease-centered management. Therefore, in recent years, there have been proposed ways to expand the healthcare service based on IT technology in order to overcome these limitations. Among them, in particular, based on smart devices that are rapidly spreading now, A smart healthcare service that can manage the healthcare, welfare, and safety of the patient in a complex manner is emerging

Still, smart healthcare services are focused on large, expensive medical devices used in large general hospitals. Small, low-cost medical devices such as handheld thermometers and portable blood flow measuring devices There is a difficulty in convergence between IT technology and healthcare services due to the lack of a system that can collectively use both measurement data and information that can be collected through medical devices for dissemination.

Furthermore, in the case of simple measurement devices not included in medical devices such as personal beauty equipment and body management devices, although a large number of products are converged with IT technology, the importance of a system that uses the comprehensive information is not highlighted.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0848604 (portable blood flow measuring device)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for measuring biological information of a user by using a medical instrument and a measuring instrument equipped with object technology, storing the same in a cloud server, And after processing, converting the information into meaningful information according to the characteristics of each biometric information user, and providing the information to the biometric information user, thereby improving the quality of the overall health welfare.

Another object of the present invention is to enable a user who receives the biometric information to actively use the communication between the biometric information users and to create a better service through the communication.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing biometric information, the method comprising: registering a user type from a plurality of service users and a plurality of biometric information users; Receiving and storing personal information and a biometric signal from the biometric signal acquisition device through the IoT module, analyzing the stored biometric signal to generate biometric information, processing the generated biometric information according to a user type To the service user or the biometric information user; and providing the biometric information user with the generated personal information related to the biometric information according to the user type.

Preferably, the biometric information user is at least two selected from a medical institution, a medical institution enterprise, a related institution, and a research institution.

Preferably, the method further comprises the step of registering the medical device manufactured by the biometric information user when the user type is a medical corporation enterprise, wherein the biometric information provided to the biometric information user includes a frequency of use of the manufactured medical device, Data.

Preferably, the biometric information provided according to the user type is provided to the biometric information user of another user type at the request of the service user or the biometric information user.

According to the present invention, bio-signal data measured using a medical instrument and a measurement instrument equipped with a thing Internet technology can be stored in a cloud server, and the accumulated bio-signal data can be utilized as various information through a big data analysis technique . Also, according to the present invention, information useful for each user of the biometric information is provided by using the medical device and the measuring device equipped with the object Internet technology, and the biometric information user can utilize the provided data in various ways. For example, in a medical institution, it is possible to detect abnormality of a patient in real time by using a medical device and a measuring device equipped with the object Internet technology, and to inform the medical staff and nursing staff of the abnormality, and to perform quick emergency treatment.

1 is a network diagram of terminals in a biometric information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a network configuration diagram between users in a biometric information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of a biometric information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a data flow diagram of a biometric information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view showing biometric information that users can receive in a biometric information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating a process of communicating with another biometric information user based on data provided by a service user in the biometric information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram illustrating a process of communicating with other biometric information users based on data provided by a medical institution among biometric information users in the biometric information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram illustrating a process of communicating with another biometric information user based on data provided by a medical institution enterprise among biometric information users in the biometric information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a diagram illustrating a process of communicating with other biometric information users based on data provided by a related biometric information user in a biometric information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a diagram illustrating a process of communicating with other biometric information users based on data provided by a research institute among biometric information users in the biometric information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for establishing real-time and remote medical services in a biometric information providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for constructing a timely medical device production system in a biometric information providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments disclosed in this specification will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals denote like elements or elements, and duplicate descriptions of the same elements or members are omitted. The suffix "module" and " part "for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of related arts will be omitted when it is determined that the gist of the embodiments disclosed herein may be blurred.

Herein, the term " service user " refers to a user who provides biometric signal data using a measuring instrument or the like and receives a service from the medical institution or the like with respect to the provided biometric signal data, and the " biometric information user " And refers to a user who uses biometric information generated by analyzing signal data.

1 is a network configuration diagram of a biometric information providing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the living body signal providing system 1 is connected to the cloud server 10, the IOT device 30, and the smart terminal 40 via the wired / wireless Internet 50.

The cloud server 10 is a server having a form of cloud computing. Cloud computing is a computing environment that can use IT related services such as data storage, network, and content usage through a server on the Internet. Meaning that information is permanently stored on a server on the Internet and temporarily stored on clients such as desktops, tablet computers, notebooks, netbooks, smartphones, and so on.

By using cloud computing, all the information of the user (in the present invention through various embodiments, the personal information of the user is not stored) can be stored in a server on the Internet and the information can be used anytime and anywhere through various IT devices . Cloud computing also enables enterprises or individuals to reduce the cost, time and staffing costs of maintaining, maintaining and managing computer systems, purchasing and installing servers, updating and purchasing software, It can contribute to energy saving. In addition, when data is stored on a PC, data may be lost due to a hard disk failure or the like. However, since data is stored in an external server in a cloud computing environment, it is possible to securely store data, You can view and modify the documents you have worked on.

As described above, the cloud server 10 receives the biometric signal data as a server having the form of the cloud computing, performs the function of storing and storing the received biometric signal data, and can have a NoSQL type database structure have.

The Big Data Platform 20 is an aggregate of Big Data technology and an environment prepared to use technology well. The big data is bigger than existing data and means regular and unstructured data which is difficult to collect, store or analyze by existing methods or tools. Big data platform can be used to collect, store, process and manage such big data. have.

In general, the big data platform 20 includes a distributed file system for storing a large amount of data and a distributed processing system for analyzing the distributed file system. The big data platform 20 analyzes the bio-signal data accumulated in the cloud server 10 by a big data analysis technique to generate bio-signal big data analysis information. The Big Data Analysis technique can be preset or specified, and can be text mining, opinion mining, social network analysis, and the like.

The IoT device 30 uses Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The Internet of Things refers to an environment in which information is shared by connecting objects in daily life to wired and wireless networks. The IoT device 30 utilizes object Internet technology and can be mounted on a medical device. The IoT device 30 further includes a data acquisition module 31 for acquiring bio-signal data acquired by using the medical instrument and the measurement instrument, and a data acquisition module 31 for acquiring bio-signal data such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, beacon, Zigbee, NFC To the cloud server 10 using the wireless communication technology or the wired communication technology. The medical device includes a body temperature measuring device, a pulse measuring device, a body index measuring device, and the like, and may include a device related to healthcare.

The smart terminal 40 is a device capable of performing wireless communication technologies such as 3G, LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, beacon, ZigBee, and NFC and includes a built-in application (application, And receives and displays the bio-signal big data analysis information or the bio-signal data through a display. The smart terminal 40 can be implemented in the form of a mobile PC, a smart phone, a tablet PC, a smart watch, a PDA, or the like as well as a general PC.

2 is a network configuration diagram between users in a biometric information providing system constructed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, a bio-signal such as body temperature information, heart rate information, and MRI data is acquired from a measurement device 110 such as a medical instrument, a healthcare instrument, a beauty instrument, etc., equipped with the communication module M2C 120, And transmits it to the server 130 to store and store it. The stored bio-signal data is converted into meaningful biometric information through the data analysis module 131 built in the cloud server 130 and processed and stored according to the characteristics of the biometric information user 200 through the web / .

The biometric information processed through the data analysis module 131 and the web / app platform 132 is transmitted to the service user 210, the medical institution 220, the medical institution enterprise 230, the related institutions 240 ), Research institute 250, and the like, and the provided data may be letters, numbers, schematics, and the like.

3 is a view for explaining a process of providing biometric information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the measured biomedical signal is collected through a communication module M2C 120 built in the measurement device 110 used by the service user 210 (302). The bio-signal data collected in the collecting step 302 is information such as body temperature, pulse, elongation, body weight, oxygen saturation, and the like, and is data collected by the measuring device 110 in which the communication module M2C 120 is embedded.

Next, since it is difficult to accumulate the collected bio-signal data in the measurement device 110 having insufficient storage space, it is transmitted to the cloud server 130 through the communication module M2C 120 (304). The technology used for data transmission may be wireless communication such as WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, ZigBee, etc., and wired communication may also be used. The transmitted data may be in the form of a letter, a number, a figure, a diagram, a diagram, or the like, and may be modified according to the needs of the biometric information user 200.

Next, the bio-signal data received from the communication module M2C 120 is stored in the cloud server 130 (306). The received biometric signal data can be stored and stored in its original state, and classified and processed and stored as necessary. The cloud server 130 may have a storage space of a type or an intangible form and may interoperate with the web so that external information may be collected and stored through the interaction of the communication module M2C 120 and the web / Stored, and outputted.

Next, the bio-signal data collected from the measurement device 110 is analyzed using the data analysis module 131 built in the cloud server 130 (308). The quality of the data can be increased by eliminating meaningless data among collected bio signal data or analyzing correlation between data. Through the analysis step 308, the cloud server 130 can be converted into a storage space of more significant information. The data analysis is performed by reflecting the request of each biometric information user 200, and if necessary, the original data can be separately stored.

Next, the biometric information analyzed and stored primarily through the data analysis module 131 is transformed into a form suitable for the characteristic of each biometric information user using the Web / App platform 132 (310). The form of the biometric information to be processed may be in the form of letters, numbers, pictures, diagrams, etc., and information can be processed automatically or manually. In the processing step 310, the data accumulated again through the analysis step 308 is stored in the form of data that is visible and recognizable according to the characteristics of the biometric information user 200 and the type of the Web / . Through the processing step 310, the accumulated data is valuable as information that can be utilized and can provide a basis for implementing the effects of the present invention.

Next, the processed information through the processing step 310 is provided in a form required by each biometric information user 200. The provision of information can utilize various smart terminals, printed materials, etc., and can be output through a web page, a mobile app, or the like. Since the output information may include the personal information of the service user 210, it may be provided by taking a series of measures to maintain security such as removing the content related to the personal information.

Next, each biometric information user 200 provided with biometric information through the biometric information providing system 1 can interact with other biometric information users 200 using the corresponding information (314). The output step 312 provides communication between the biometric information users 200 provided with information and generates a virtuous ring structure between the biometric information users 200 through the communication. This provides a basis for better service based on the information provided.

Next, additional demand and improvement items are applied to the data analysis module 131 and the web / app platform 132 through information provided and utilized through each step (316). Through this feedback step 316, the biometric information user 200 can receive the required biometric information and achieve the advanced biometric information providing system 1.

4 is a view for explaining a data flow of a biometric information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the service user 210 transmits the bio-signal collected using the measuring instrument 110 to the cloud server 130 through the communication module M2C 120. [ Next, as an analysis and processing step, the data analysis module 131 converts the input data into meaningful information through storage, mining, analysis, and processing of the input data, and stores it in the cloud server 130 (step 404). Next, the biometric information suitably processed according to the type of the biometric information user 200 is provided to the biometric information user 200 through the web / application platform 132 (406).

5 is a view showing biometric information that each biometric information user 200 can receive through the biometric information providing system 1 constructed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The service user 210 can use the data stored in the cloud server 130 to convert the measurement data measured by the measurement device 110 into a value corrected in consideration of various conditions and environments. The health management information provided by the medical institution 220, the related institution 240, and the research institute 250 may be provided through the web / application platform 132.

The medical institution 220 can utilize the data stored in the cloud server 130 to provide a detailed medical examination by receiving the biometric information measurement record of the user 210. [ In addition, the medical institution enterprise 230 can receive information of various measuring instruments 110 and can receive a base through which the better medical service can be provided through the web / application platform 132. [

Using the data stored in the cloud server 130, the medical institution enterprise 230 can receive statistical data of the collected data through the manufactured measuring device 110, and can utilize the data for improving the function. Information platform 132 through the web /

Using the data stored in the cloud server 130, the related organization 240 transmits information to the web / application platform 132, which can comprehensively control information about an area where symptoms such as high fever and abdominal pain occur abnormally .

Using the data stored in the cloud server 130, the research institute 250 can receive actual data that can be utilized for medical and health research through the web / application platform 132.

6 to 10 are views illustrating a secondary data communication method of the biometric information user 200 provided with data derived from the biometric information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the process of utilizing the data provided by the biometric information user 200, a function for requesting to provide a better service to the other biometric information user 200 can be provided on the web / Thus, the quality of data stored in the cloud server 130 can be increased.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a secondary communication method that may occur from a service user 210 receiving data from among embodiments of a biometric information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The service user 210 provides the measurement data history of the abnormal symptoms upon the visit to the medical institution 220 based on the data provided from the cloud server 130 and the web application platform 132, (C110). In addition, more efficient health welfare service can be provided by providing the accumulated data to the related organization 240 while using the measuring device 110 (C120). Since the service user 210 is the main body that provides the basic data of the biometric information providing system 1, the generated biometric information can be utilized to receive a better service for healthcare.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a secondary communication method that may occur from the medical institution 220 receiving data from among the embodiments of the biometric information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The medical institution 220 may request the medical institution enterprise 230 to request the improvement demand and the additional function generated in the course of using the measuring instrument 110 at step C210, It can contribute to improving the quality of service at the same time. In addition, the research institute 250 may request the research institute 250 to further study an abnormal phenomenon occurring in the process of providing a medical service and to study a heterogeneous disease, and use the data as a data for providing a higher level of medical service (C220).

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a secondary communication method that may occur from a medical institution enterprise 230 receiving data from among embodiments of a biometric information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The medical institution business entity 230 can perform effective marketing activities on the medical institution 220 by using the frequency of use of the manufactured measurement device 110 product and the measurement data statistics (C310). It can be used to establish a marketing strategy based on actual utilization data and to secure the reliability of the product. In addition, it is possible to request the research institute (250) about the medical and health research required for the development of new products (C250), thereby shortening the product development period and enhancing the product performance.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of secondary utilization that may occur from a related authority 240 provided with data from among embodiments of a biometric information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The related organization 240 such as the disease management headquarters collectively inquires data measured by the service user 210 distributed in the entire area through the measuring device 110 and collects information on the areas where abnormality such as high fever occurs frequently Can be confirmed. (C410) to prevent the proliferation of infectious diseases and to provide the medical institution (220) in the local area with medical treatment guidelines for infectious diseases by providing the service user (210) with warnings about the occurrence of infectious diseases (C420) to establish a rapid disease management infrastructure.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of secondary utilization that may occur from the research institute 250 provided with the data of the embodiment of the biometric information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The research institute 250 may perform research based on data stored in the cloud server 130 and provide the research results to the medical institution 220 and the medical corporation 230 at steps C510 and C520. The medical institution 220 provided with the research data can provide more advanced medical services, and the medical institution enterprise 230 can utilize it for activities such as product improvement.

In reality, since there is very little infrastructure for communication between the research institute (250) and the utilization institute, the problem can be solved through the utilization of the proposed technology.

11 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for establishing real-time and remote medical services in a biometric information providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The bio-signal data collected through the measuring instrument 110 is processed and stored in the cloud server 130, so that the medical institution 220 can inquire measurement data of the service user 210 in real time. In addition, the analysis result of the inquired measurement data can be transmitted to the service user 210 to support more accurate health management. The real-time remote medical service can provide a more effective medical service to patients with chronic diseases in which periodic management of the primary care physician is urgent.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for constructing a timely medical device production system in a biometric information providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The data of the service user 210 collected through the communication module M2C 120 is transmitted to the medical institution enterprise 230 through the data analysis module 131 included in the cloud server 130 ) Through the web / app platform 132. [ The production plan of the measuring instrument 110 can be more accurately established in consideration of the frequency of use of the service user 210 and the medical institution 220. By establishing a production plan that is directly related to demand, the production system can be built immediately, and it can be utilized as more effective marketing data by utilizing utilization data.

The bio-information providing system according to various embodiments of the present invention includes the cloud server 120 and the data analysis module 131. The web / app platform 132, the measuring device 110, the communication module M2C 120, and the biometric information user 220 may be connected in various manners to construct a system suitable for the purpose.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, it is possible not only to detect an abnormal symptom of the user's health through monitoring the health status of the user, but also to monitor the abnormal area such as a region where there are many users who have abnormal symptoms .

For example, if the body temperature of users in a certain region suddenly increases in a shorter period of time than other regions, it is suspected that a disease infection such as mers is suspected. Therefore, if a contagious disease occurs, it is set as an abnormal region and the infectious disease path .

Further, through the biometric information providing system and the biometric information providing method according to various embodiments of the present invention, not only self-health management but also a medical device can be assisted in developing a medical device through provision of biometric signal big data information to the medical institution enterprise 230, 220 to perform customized remote medical care.

In the case of chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, it can be expected that the high cost of medical treatment and treatment expenses to be covered by the failure of early detection of abnormality signs can be greatly reduced. The data can be provided to the user by using the data accumulated in the related institution 240 including the health insurance examination and evaluation agency, etc. In addition, data can be shared with the related institution 240 including the disease management headquarters, In the event of an anomaly in the region, early response can be handled promptly, and the standardization of the domestic medical device industry can be established.

Therefore, according to various embodiments of the present invention, there are various special effects as follows. First, by upgrading medical devices, it is possible to convert existing medical devices into IoT devices, secure competitiveness in the medical device industry, manufacture and distribute advanced medical devices, and lay the foundations for advanced medical services. In addition, standardization of IoT medical devices will present the direction of the medical device industry, set the standard for new aggregation, set the direction of the advanced medical device industry, and expand the IoT medical industry. In addition, innovation of the medical staff system can lead to innovation of the emergency medical support system, realization of the advancement of individual health care, implementation of advanced patient management system, and high efficiency medical service.

Claims (4)

A method for providing biometric information,
Receiving a user type from a plurality of service users and a plurality of biometric information users,
Transmitting and receiving personal information and a bio-signal through the IoT module from the bio-signal acquisition device in which the IoT module is embedded and the personal information of the service user is specified,
Analyzing the stored bio-signals to generate biometric information;
Processing the generated biometric information according to a user type and providing the biometric information to the service user or the biometric information user;
And providing personal information related to the generated biometric information to the biometric information user according to a user type
Wherein the biometric information is provided to the user.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the biometric information user is at least two selected from a medical institution, a medical institution enterprise, a related institution, and a research institute.
3. The method of claim 2,
Further comprising registering the medical device manufactured by the biometric information user when the user type is a medical institution business entity,
Wherein the biometric information provided to the biometric information user includes usage frequency and measurement data of the manufactured medical device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the biometric information provided according to the user type is provided to the biometric information user of another user type at the request of the service user or the biometric information user.

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