WO2014185487A1

WO2014185487A1 - Information processing device, information processing system, information processing method and program

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Publication number: WO2014185487A1
Application number: PCT/JP2014/062941
Authority: WO
Inventors: 浩司大塚; 修萬羽; 崇日比野
Original assignee: シャープ株式会社
Priority date: 2013-05-17
Filing date: 2014-05-15
Publication date: 2014-11-20

Abstract

This information processing device, which is connected to and communicates with a biometric device for measuring the state of a living body, is provided with: an information conversion unit that converts first information, pertaining to a living body to be measured by the biometric device, to second information; and an information transmission unit that transmits the second information converted from the first information by the information conversion unit.

Description

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and program

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program.
The present application includes Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-105597 filed in Japan on May 17, 2013, Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-105598 filed in Japan on May 17, 2013, and May 17, 2013. The priority is claimed on the basis of Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-105599 filed in Japan, and the contents thereof are incorporated herein.

Conventionally, from health equipment such as body composition monitor and activity meter, infrared, USB (Universal Serial Bus), wireless LAN (Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity)), NFC (Near Field Communication) / FeliCa (registered trademark), Bluetooth There is an application for a smartphone that captures measurement data by a communication means such as (Bluetooth (registered trademark)) and displays it as a graph or the like (for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

Also, there is a data collection device such as a personal computer that collects data output from a plurality of devices. For example, the technique described in Patent Document 1 is a data format conversion device for converting the characteristics of data formats of a plurality of devices and data output from various devices into data of a predetermined data format. A format definition file in which conversion rules are stored, a specifying unit for identifying the type of data transmission source device based on the data output by the device and the characteristics of the data format stored in the format definition file, and the format A format conversion processing unit that converts data into data of a predetermined data format according to a conversion rule corresponding to the type specified by the specifying unit among the conversion rules stored in the definition file, and the format conversion processing unit Send data with converted data format to data collection device In which and a chromatography data transmission unit.

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However, in the above-described application described in Non-Patent Document 1, there is a problem that the measurement data that can be captured is limited to the measurement data of a health device that corresponds in advance. For example, the measurement data that can be captured by the application of each manufacturer described in Non-Patent Document 1 is only the measurement data of the health device of the manufacturer, and the measurement data of the health device of another manufacturer cannot be captured. There was one problem.

Moreover, even if it uses the technique of patent document 1, when it is an apparatus which transmits data passively, data ID defined in the data stored in the said apparatus is not known, and data cannot be acquired. In some cases, the data format could not be converted. As described above, there is a second problem that data cannot be collected when the device passively transmits data.

In addition, even if the technique described in Patent Document 1 is used, if the data format features such as the data length, start flag, and end flag are the same, the device type cannot be specified and the data format may not be converted. There were three problems.

The first aspect of the present invention has been made in view of the first problem, and is an information processing apparatus capable of preventing measurement data captured by an application from being limited to measurement data of a specific health device. An information processing system, an information processing method, and a program are provided.

In addition, the second aspect of the present invention has been made in view of the second problem, and is an information processing apparatus and information processing capable of collecting data in the case of a device that passively transmits data. A system, an information processing method, and a program are provided.

The third aspect of the present invention has been made in view of the third problem, and is an information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information that can convert a data format even when the characteristics of the data format are the same. A processing method and program are provided.

(1) One embodiment of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that is connected to a biometric apparatus that measures a state of a living body, and includes first information about the living body that is measured by the biometric apparatus, An information processing apparatus comprising: an information conversion unit that converts the information into the information; and an information transmission unit that transmits the second information converted from the first information by the information conversion unit.

(2) In the aspect of the above (1), the information processing apparatus uses the application processing unit that executes an application and information representing a measurement result by the biometric apparatus as the first information. 3rd information which is the information corresponding to the biometric information acquisition part acquired from an apparatus, the application which the said application process part performs, and the said biometric apparatus, and shows the item extracted from the measurement result by the said biometric apparatus An extraction information acquisition unit that acquires the information indicated by the third information acquired by the extraction information acquisition unit from the first information acquired by the biological information acquisition unit. The information is converted into the second information by extraction, and the information transmission unit extracts the second information extracted from the first information by the information conversion unit. It may be sent to the application by the application processing unit executes.

(3) Moreover, in the aspect of (2), the information processing apparatus acquires, from an application executed by the application processing unit, fourth information representing a user registered in the application. The third information is information corresponding to a user represented by the fourth information acquired by the application information acquisition unit in addition to the biometric device and the application executed by the application processing unit. It may be.

(4) Moreover, in the aspect of the above (2), the extraction information acquisition unit is a response to the fifth information representing the biometric device and the sixth information representing the application executed by the application processing unit. The third information may be acquired from an external device.

(5) Moreover, in the aspect of (1), the information processing apparatus includes a device information acquisition unit that acquires seventh information about the biometric device, and the seventh information acquired by the device information acquisition unit. Based on the definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit, the information converting unit further includes a device specifying unit that specifies the biometric device. The data format of the information may be converted into the second information, and the information transmission unit may transmit the second information obtained by converting the data format of the first information by the information conversion unit.

(6) Moreover, in the aspect of (5), the definition information includes a data definition and a conversion rule, and the information processing apparatus acquires definition information based on the seventh information. The information conversion unit further includes a state of the living body according to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit based on a data definition included in the definition information acquired by the definition information acquiring unit. Information to be represented may be converted into the second information by converting the data as the first information and converting the data format of the first information converted based on the conversion rule included in the definition information.

(7) Moreover, in the aspect of the above (5), the information processing apparatus requests the biometric apparatus to transmit information representing the state of the living body, and acquires the biometric information acquisition unit as the first information The information conversion unit converts the data format of the first information acquired by the biometric information acquisition unit based on definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit. As the second information, the information transmission unit may transmit the second information obtained by converting the data format of the first information by the information conversion unit.

(8) Also, in the above aspect (7), the definition information includes a data definition and a conversion rule, and the information processing apparatus acquires definition information based on the seventh information. The information conversion unit further includes a state of the living body according to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit based on a data definition included in the definition information acquired by the definition information acquiring unit. Information to be represented may be converted into the second information by converting the data as the first information and converting the data format of the first information converted based on the conversion rule included in the definition information.

(9) According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing system including a biometric device that measures a state of a living body, and an information processing device that is connected to the biometric device, the biometric device. Transmits the first information about the living body measured by the biometric apparatus to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus transmits the first information transmitted from the biometric apparatus to the second information. An information processing system comprising: an information conversion unit that converts the information into the information; and an information transmission unit that transmits the second information converted from the first information by the information conversion unit.

(10) In addition, in the aspect of the above (9), the information processing apparatus uses the application processing unit that executes an application and information representing a measurement result by the biometric apparatus as the first information. 3rd information which is the information corresponding to the biometric information acquisition part acquired from an apparatus, the application which the said application process part performs, and the said biometric apparatus, and shows the item extracted from the measurement result by the said biometric apparatus An extraction information acquisition unit that acquires the information indicated by the third information acquired by the extraction information acquisition unit from the first information acquired by the biological information acquisition unit. The information is converted into the second information by extraction, and the information transmission unit is configured to extract the second information extracted from the first information by the information conversion unit. And it may be sent to the application that the application processing unit executes.

(11) Moreover, in the aspect of (9), the information processing apparatus includes a device information acquisition unit that acquires fourth information related to the biometric device, and the fourth information acquired by the device information acquisition unit. Based on the definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit, the information converting unit further includes a device specifying unit that specifies the biometric device. The data format of the information may be converted into the second information, and the information transmission unit may transmit the second information obtained by converting the data format of the first information by the information conversion unit.

(12) Further, in the aspect of (11), the information processing apparatus requests the biological measurement apparatus to transmit information representing the state of the living body, and acquires the biological information acquisition unit as the first information. The information conversion unit converts the data format of the first information acquired by the biometric information acquisition unit based on definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit. As the second information, the information transmission unit may transmit the second information obtained by converting the data format of the first information by the information conversion unit.

(13) Further, another aspect of the present invention is an information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus that is connected in communication with a living body measurement apparatus that measures a state of a living body, wherein the living body is measured by the living body measurement apparatus. An information conversion process for converting first information relating to information into second information, and an information transmission process for transmitting the second information converted from the first information in the information conversion process Is the method.

(14) In the aspect of the above (13), the information processing method uses the application processing process for executing an application and information representing a measurement result by the biometric apparatus as the first information. The biometric information acquisition process acquired from the apparatus, the information corresponding to the application executed in the application processing process and the biometric apparatus, and third information indicating items to be extracted from the measurement result by the biometric apparatus An extraction information acquisition process to be acquired, and in the information conversion process, the item indicated by the third information acquired in the extraction information acquisition process is the first information acquired in the biological information acquisition process. To the second information. In the information transmission process, the information is extracted from the first information in the information conversion process. The second information may be sent to the application running on the application process.

(15) In the above aspect (13), the information processing method includes a device information acquisition process for acquiring fourth information related to the biometric device, and the fourth information acquired in the device information acquisition process. And a device specifying process for specifying the biometric device based on the first information based on the definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified in the device specifying process. The data format of the information may be converted into the second information, and in the information transmission process, the second information in which the data format of the first information is converted in the information conversion process may be transmitted. .

(16) In the aspect of (15), the information processing method requests the biometric device to transmit information representing the state of the living body, and acquires the biological information acquisition process as the first information. In the information conversion process, the data format of the first information acquired in the biometric information acquisition process is converted based on definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified in the apparatus specification process. In the information transmission process, the second information obtained by converting the data format of the first information in the information conversion process may be transmitted.

(17) According to another aspect of the present invention, a computer of an information processing apparatus that is connected to a biometric apparatus that measures a state of a living body receives first information about the living body that is measured by the biometric apparatus. A program for causing an information conversion unit to convert to second information and an information transmission unit to transmit the second information converted from the first information by the information conversion unit.

(18) In the aspect of (17), the program uses the computer as an application processing unit that executes an application, and information indicating a measurement result by the biometric device as the first information. Biometric information acquisition unit acquired from the measurement device, information corresponding to the application executed by the application processing unit and the biometric device, and third information indicating items to be extracted from the measurement result by the biometric device The program further functions as an extraction information acquisition unit to be acquired, and the program causes the information conversion unit to acquire the item indicated by the third information acquired by the extraction information acquisition unit. By extracting from the information of 1, the information is converted into the second information, and the information transmitting unit is caused to convert the information into the second information. Wherein the second information extracted from the first information, may be sent to the application that the application processing unit executes.

(19) Moreover, in the aspect of the above (17), the program causes the computer to acquire a fourth information related to the biometric device, a device information acquisition unit that acquires the fourth information about the biometric device, and the fourth method acquired by the device information acquisition unit. Based on the information, the device further functions as a device specifying unit that specifies the biometric device, and the program causes the information conversion unit to determine based on definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit. The data format of the first information is converted into the second information, and the second information obtained by converting the data format of the first information by the information conversion unit is sent to the information transmission unit. It may be transmitted.

(20) Moreover, in the aspect of (19), the program requests the biometric device to transmit information representing the state of the living body, and obtains the first information as a biological information acquisition unit. Further, the program causes the information conversion unit to perform a data format of the first information acquired by the biological information acquisition unit based on definition information corresponding to the biological measurement device specified by the device specifying unit. May be converted into the second information, and the information transmission unit may transmit the second information obtained by converting the data format of the first information by the information conversion unit.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the measurement data taken into the application can be limited to the measurement data of a specific health device.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, data can be collected when the device passively transmits data.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the data format can be converted even when the characteristics of the data format are the same.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the health management system 1010 by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the function structure of the information processing apparatus 1200 in 1st Embodiment. It is a table which shows the example of the content of the application information, apparatus information, and user information which the user information storage part 1215 in 1st Embodiment memorize | stores. It is a table which shows the example of the extraction level of the health equipment 1300 of the model classification "body composition meter" in 1st Embodiment. It is a table which shows the example of the extraction level of the health equipment 1300 of the model classification "activity meter" in 1st Embodiment. It is a table which shows another example of contents of application information, device information, and user information which user information storage part 1215 in a 1st embodiment memorizes. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the data control part 1210 in 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the information processing system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows an example of a function structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a table which shows an example of the definition information containing the data definition and conversion rule which the definition information storage part which concerns on 2nd Embodiment memorize | stores. It is the schematic which shows an example of the data format of the transmission data which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the data format of the data transmission request which the data acquisition part which concerns on 2nd Embodiment transmits to a health device. It is the schematic which shows an example of the data information and data format which are transmitted from the health equipment which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is the schematic which shows another example of the data information and data format which are transmitted from the health equipment which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the transmission data and the data format which the format conversion part concerning 2nd Embodiment produced | generated. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the format conversion process of the conversion process part which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the information processing system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows an example of a function structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a table which shows an example of the definition information containing the data definition and conversion rule which the definition information storage part which concerns on 3rd Embodiment memorize | stores. It is the schematic which shows an example of the data format of the transmission data which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the measurement data and data format which are transmitted from the health equipment which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is the schematic which shows another example of the measurement data transmitted from the health equipment which concerns on 3rd Embodiment, and a data format. It is the schematic which shows an example of the transmission data and data format which the format conversion part concerning 3rd Embodiment converted and produced | generated. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the format conversion process of the conversion process part which concerns on 3rd Embodiment.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a health management system 1010 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the health management system 1010 includes a confirmation server 1100, an information processing device 1200, and a health device 1300. The information processing apparatus 1200 includes a storage unit 1201, an input unit 1202, a second communication unit 1203, a control unit 1204, a first communication unit 1205, and a display unit 1206.

The confirmation server 1100 (external device) is communicatively connected to the information processing device 1200 via a communication path such as the Internet. Note that a plurality of information processing apparatuses 1200 may be connected to the confirmation server 1100 by communication. The confirmation server 1100 stores user information in association with a combination of application information and device information described later. When the confirmation server 1100 receives an inquiry including application information and device information from the information processing apparatus 1200, the confirmation server 1100 receives, as a response to the inquiry, user information corresponding to the combination of the application information and the device information as the information processing apparatus 1200. Return to. Here, the user information is information indicating items of measurement data extracted from the measurement data of the health device 1300 indicated by the device information and transferred to the application indicated by the application information. In the first embodiment, user information includes an extraction target level as information indicating items of measurement data. Details of the extraction target level will be described later.

The information processing device 1200 is an information processing device such as a smartphone, a tablet, or a personal computer. The information processing apparatus 1200 acquires a measurement result by the health device 1300 from the health device 1300, and further performs conversion on the measurement result according to a combination of the health device 1300 and the application being executed. To the application.
The health device 1300 is a biometric device that measures the state of a living body, and is, for example, a pedometer, activity meter, weight scale, body composition meter, blood pressure meter, pulse meter, thermometer, or the like. The health device 1300 transmits information (hereinafter referred to as measurement data) representing the measurement result of the state of the living body to the information processing apparatus 1200 via a communication path such as Bluetooth (registered trademark).

The configuration of the information processing apparatus 1200 will be described. The storage unit 1201 is a memory such as a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, a memory card, a hard disk, and the like, and is necessary when the control unit 1204 executes the program and the control unit 1204 executes the program. The data which becomes. The program includes an application described later. The input unit 1202 is an input device that accepts an input operation by a user, such as a touch panel, input keys, a mouse, and a voice input device.

The second communication unit 1203 performs communication by wireless LAN (Local Area Network). In the first embodiment, communication performed by each unit of the information processing device 1200 with the confirmation server 1100 is performed via the second communication unit 1203. The second communication unit 1203 is a 3G (third generation) line, a 4G line, WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), LTE (Long Termination Evolution) or other wireless communication, or Ethernet (registration). You may communicate by wired communication etc., such as a trademark.

The control unit 1204 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and controls each unit of the information processing device 1200 by executing a program stored in the storage unit 1201. The first communication unit 1205 performs communication using Bluetooth (registered trademark). In the first embodiment, communication performed by each unit of the information processing apparatus 1200 with the health device 1300 is performed via the first communication unit 1205. Note that the first communication unit 1205 may be other wireless communication such as infrared, NFC (Near Field Communication) / FeliCa (registered trademark), wireless LAN (Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity)), or USB (Universal Serial Bus). You may communicate by wired communication, such as. In addition, the first communication unit 1205 does not directly communicate with the health device 1300. For example, the health device 1300 writes data to a recording medium such as a USB memory, and the first communication unit 1205 writes data from the recording medium. The health device 1300 may be communicated in such a manner as to read. The display unit 1206 includes a liquid crystal display, an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display, and the like, and displays an image.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a functional configuration of the information processing apparatus 1200. In FIG. 2, the data control unit 1210 and the application processing unit 1220 are realized by the control unit 1204 reading and executing a program from the storage unit 1201. Therefore, the information processing apparatus 1200 includes a data control unit 1210 and an application processing unit 1220. The data control unit 1210 includes a device information acquisition unit 1211, an application information acquisition unit 1212, a confirmation information transmission unit 1213, a user information acquisition unit 1214, a user information storage unit 1215, a measurement data acquisition unit 1216, a measurement data conversion unit 1217, and a data transmission. A portion 1218 is included. The application processing unit 1220 executes an application that handles the measurement data of the health device 1300, such as generating a graph from the measurement data of the health device 1300 and displaying the graph on the display unit 1206.

When the health device 1300 is connected, the device information acquisition unit 1211 acquires device information of the health device 1300. The device information acquisition unit 1211 inputs the acquired device information to the confirmation information transmission unit 1213. In the first embodiment, the device information is information including the model name of the health device 1300 and the model type. The device information may be information that can identify the model of the health device 1300, and may be a product identification code such as a JAN (Japanese Article Number) code, a model number, or a manufacturer name. The model number may be used.

Further, the device information acquisition unit 1211 corresponds to the device information acquired when the health device 1300 is first connected and paired with information that can identify the health device 1300, such as the Bluetooth address of the health device 1300. You may add and memorize it. In that case, when the health device 1300 is connected, the device information acquisition unit 1211 acquires the Bluetooth address of the connected health device 1300 and reads the device information stored in association with the Bluetooth address. To the confirmation information transmission unit 1213.

When the application is activated, the application information acquisition unit 1212 acquires the application information of the application, and inputs the acquired application information to the confirmation information transmission unit 1213. The application information includes an application name that is information indicating an application and a user name that is registered in the application and currently indicates a user who is using the application. The confirmation information transmission unit 1213 generates confirmation information including the device information input from the device information acquisition unit 1211 and the application information input from the application information acquisition unit 1212, and the user information storage unit 1215 stores the confirmation information. It is determined whether or not user information is stored in association with each other. When it is not stored or when it is stored but exceeds the user information confirmation time limit, the confirmation information transmission unit 1213 transmits the confirmation information to the confirmation server 1100 via the second communication unit 1203. .

The user information acquisition unit 1214 (extraction information acquisition unit) receives user information that is a response to the confirmation information transmitted from the confirmation information transmission unit 1213 to the confirmation server 1100. The user information acquisition unit 1214 stores the received user information in the user information storage unit 1215 in association with the device information and application information. The user information storage unit 1215 stores device information and application information in association with the latest user information received as a response to the confirmation information including the device information and application information. Further, the user information storage unit 1215 stores the extraction level of each item of measurement data in association with the model name of the health device 1300. The measurement data acquisition unit 1216 receives measurement data representing a measurement result from the health device 1300 and inputs the measurement data to the measurement data conversion unit 1217. Note that the measurement data acquisition unit 1216 may perform communication with the health device 1300 in accordance with a standard such as “Continua”.

When the measurement data is input from the measurement data acquisition unit 1216, the measurement data conversion unit 1217 receives the device information of the currently connected health device 1300 and the application information of the currently executed application from the user information storage unit 1215. Are extracted from the user information storage unit 1215. In addition, the measurement data conversion unit 1217 reads out the extraction level of each item of measurement data associated with the model name of the currently connected health device 1300 from the user information storage unit 1215.

The measurement data conversion unit 1217 extracts measurement data of items whose read extraction level matches the read extraction target level from the measurement data input from the measurement data acquisition unit 1216 and inputs the measurement data to the data transmission unit 1218. . The data transmission unit 1218 transmits the measurement data input from the measurement data conversion unit 1217 to the application executed by the application processing unit 1220.

FIG. 3 is a table showing an example of contents of application information, device information, and user information stored in the user information storage unit 1215. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the user information storage unit 1215 stores application information, device information, and user information in association with each other. In the example of FIG. 3, the user name “AAA” and the application name “XXX” as application information, the model name “LLL” and the model type “body composition meter” as device information, and the charging status “ “Premier”, application “limited”, extraction target levels “1, 2, 3”, and confirmation time limit “xxxx.yy.zz” are associated with each other. Similarly, the user name “BBB” and application name “XXX” as application information, the model name “LLL” and model type “body composition meter” as device information, and the charging status “paid” as user information, applied “Limited”, extraction target level “1, 2”, and confirmation time limit “xxxx.yy.zz” are associated with each other.

In addition, the user name “CCC” and the application name “XXX” as application information, the model name “LLL” and the model type “body composition meter” as device information, and the charge status “free” as user information and application “ “Overall”, extraction target level “1”, and confirmation time limit “-” are associated with each other. In addition, the user name “DDD” and the application name “XXX” that are application information, the model name “MMM” and the model type “body composition meter” that are device information, and the charging status “free” that is user information and application “ “Overall”, extraction target level “1”, and confirmation time limit “-” are associated with each other.

Further, the user name “DDD” and the application name “YYY” as application information, the model name “MMM” and the model type “body composition meter” as device information, and the charging status “pay” as user information and application “ “Limited”, extraction target level “2”, and confirmation time limit “xxxx.yy.zz” are associated with each other. In addition, the user name “DDD” and the application name “YYY” as application information, the model name “NNN” and the model type “activity meter” as device information, and the charging status “pay” as user information and application “ “Limited”, extraction target level “1, 2”, and confirmation time limit “xxxx.yy.zz” are associated with each other.

Here, the billing status is information indicating the service with which the user is subscribed. The application is information indicating whether the extraction target level of the user information is applied only to the charging state (limited) or applied regardless of the charging state (whole). The application indicates whether an application that transmits measurement data according to the extraction target level described later is applied only to the application information application (limited) or applied regardless of the application information application (whole). It may be information. The extraction target level is information indicating an extraction level of an item to be extracted from the measurement data. The extraction level of each item will be described later. The confirmation time limit indicates the date (year / month / day) of the expiration date of the user information, and the confirmation information transmission unit 1213 may store user information corresponding to the generated confirmation information in the user information storage unit 1215. When the confirmation time limit is exceeded, confirmation information is transmitted to the confirmation server 1100. The confirmation time limit “-” means that there is no confirmation time limit. That is, the user information with the confirmation time limit “-” is used indefinitely.

FIG. 4 is a table showing an example of the extraction level of the health device 1300 of the model type “body composition meter”. In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, for the health device 1300 of the model name “LLL”, the item “weight” is the extraction level “1”, the item “body fat” is the extraction level “1”, and the item “muscle mass” "Is the extraction level" 2 ", the item" estimated bone mass "is the extraction level" (none) ", and the item" body age "is the extraction level" 3 ". For the health device 1300 of the model name “MMM”, the item “weight” is the extraction level “1”, the item “body fat” is the extraction level “1”, and the item “muscle mass” is the extraction level “1”. (None) ”, the item“ estimated bone mass ”is the extraction level“ 2 ”, and the item“ body age ”is the extraction level“ (None) ”. Here, (none) indicates that the item is not included in the measurement data of the health device 1300 having the model name.

For example, the user information is No. in FIG. If the extraction target level is “1, 2”, the measurement data conversion unit 1217 has the extraction level “1” or “2” among the measurement data items of the model name “LLL”. “Body weight”, “body fat”, and “muscle mass” are extracted. Similarly, the user information is “No. 5, that is, when the extraction target level is only “2”, the measurement data conversion unit 1217 extracts “estimated bone mass” having the extraction level “2” from the items of the model name “MMM”. .

FIG. 5 is a table showing an example of the extraction level of the health device 1300 of the model type “activity meter”. In the example shown in FIG. 5, for the health device 1300 with the model name “NNN”, the item “number of steps” is the extraction level “1”, the item “walking time” is the extraction level “1”, and the item “total energy” The “amount” is the extraction level “1”, the item “fat burning amount” is the extraction level “2”, and the item “exercise” is the extraction level “3”. For the health device 1300 with the model name “OOO”, the item “steps” is the extraction level “1”, the item “walking time” is the extraction level “1”, and the item “total energy” is the extraction level. “2”, the item “fat burn amount” is the extraction level “(none)”, and the item “exercise” is the extraction level “(none)”.

FIG. 6 is a table showing another content example of application information, device information, and user information stored in the user information storage unit 1215. FIG. 6 is an example of default application information, device information, and user information used when an application executed by the application processing unit 1220 does not output application information. These default application information, device information, and user information may be stored in the user information storage unit 1215 in advance. In the example of FIG. 6, the user name “ANONYMOUS1” and application name “−” as application information, the model name “OOO” and model type “activity meter” as device information, and the application information “Overall” as user information ”And the extraction target level“ 1 ”.

Similarly, the user name “ANONYMOUS2” and application name “−” as application information, the model name “PPP” and model type “sphygmomanometer” as device information, the application “whole” as user information and the extraction target level “1” is associated. In the example of FIG. 6, compared with FIG. 3, the user information does not include the billing status and the confirmation time limit, but may include these.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the data control unit 1210. First, the device information acquisition unit 1211 acquires device information of the health device 1300 that is communicatively connected to the information processing device 1200 (step ST1101). Next, when the application processing unit 1220 executes the application in accordance with a user instruction or the like (step ST1102), the application information acquisition unit 1212 acquires application information from the application being executed (step ST1103).

Next, the application information acquisition unit 1212 determines whether acquisition of application information has succeeded (step ST1104). When acquisition of application information has failed (step ST1104-NO), application information acquisition section 1212 stores default application information (step ST1105), and proceeds to step ST1106. If it is determined in step ST1104 that the application information has been successfully acquired (step ST1104—YES), the process proceeds to step ST1106.

In step ST1106, the confirmation information transmission unit 1213 determines whether the user information storage unit 1215 stores usable user information. Specifically, when any one of the following two conditions is satisfied, it is determined that the user information storage unit 1215 does not store usable user information. The first condition is that the user information storage unit 1215 stores user information corresponding to the combination of the device information acquired in step ST1101 and the application information acquired in step ST1103 or the default application information stored in step ST1105. It is not remembered. The second condition is that the user information storage unit 1215 stores the corresponding user information satisfying the first condition, but the current date exceeds the user information confirmation deadline.

If it is determined in step ST1106 that neither of the above two conditions is satisfied (step ST1106—NO), the process proceeds to step ST1110. When it is determined in step ST1106 that one of the two conditions described above is satisfied (step ST1106—YES), confirmation information transmitting section 1213 stores the application information acquired in step ST1103 or stored in step ST1105. Confirmation information including the default application information and the device information acquired in step ST1101 is generated and stored in the user information storage unit 1215 (step ST1107). Next, confirmation information transmission section 1213 transmits the generated confirmation information to confirmation server 1100 (step ST1108). Next, the user information acquisition unit 1214 receives user information, which is a response to the confirmation information transmitted in step ST1108, from the confirmation server 1100, and corresponds to the confirmation information (application information and device information) stored in step ST1107. Add and store (step ST1109).

Next, the measurement data conversion unit 1217 reads user information from the user information storage unit 1215 (step ST1110). Note that the user information to be read is a combination of the user information stored in association with the confirmation information stored in step ST1107, or the combination of the application information stored in step ST1105 and the device information acquired in step ST1101. This is user information stored in association with each other. Next, the measurement data acquisition unit 1216 acquires measurement data from the health device 1300 (step ST1111).

Next, the measurement data conversion unit 1217 reads the extraction level of each item of measurement data stored in association with the model name of the connected health device 1300. Then, the measurement data conversion unit 1217 determines that the extraction target level of the user information read in step ST1110 matches the extracted extraction level and the item to be extracted (step ST1112).

Next, the measurement data conversion unit 1217 extracts the items determined in step ST1112 from the measurement data acquired in step ST1111 (step ST1113). Next, the data transmission unit 1218 transmits the item extracted in step ST1112 to the application being executed by the application processing unit 1220 (ST1114), and the process ends.

Note that the confirmation server 1100 stores application information, device information, and user information in association with each other as in the example of FIG. 3, and includes application information included in the confirmation information received from the information processing device 1200, The user information stored in association with the combination with the information may be transmitted as a response.

Alternatively, it may be as follows. First, the confirmation server 1100 obtains information (charging status) indicating a service contracted by each user with a service provider that provides an application to be executed by the information processing apparatus 1200, and displays the service provider or application processing. The information is acquired from the application executed by the unit 1220 and stored as contract information in association with the user name and the application name. In addition, the confirmation server 1100 stores the application name, device information, and user information in association with each other as service information.

When the confirmation server 1100 receives the confirmation information from the information processing apparatus 1200, the confirmation server 1100 extracts the stored contract information that matches the user name and application name included in the confirmation information, and stores the contract information in the contract information. Get included billing status. Further, the confirmation server 1100 extracts service information that matches the acquired charging status, the application name included in the received confirmation information, and the device information from the stored contract information, and user information is extracted from the service information. Is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1200 as a response.

In FIG. 1, only one health device 1300 is illustrated, but a plurality of health devices 1300 may be provided.
In the first embodiment, the user information includes the extraction target level as information indicating the items of measurement data to be transferred to the application, but may include the item name directly.
A Bluetooth address may be used instead of the model name.
The application processing unit 1220 may be included in the data control unit 1210.
The measurement data acquired by the measurement data acquisition unit 1216 may include an association between item names such as weight and the number of steps and the extraction target level.
In the first embodiment, the confirmation server 1100 is connected to the information processing apparatus 1200 via a communication path. However, the confirmation server 1100 may be included in the information processing apparatus 1200.

In addition, when transmitting measurement data, the data transmission unit 1218 may activate the application when the application is not being executed. In this way, the user information acquired when the application is started is stored, and when the measurement data is received from the health device 1300 even after the application is ended, the data transmission unit 1218 is stored. Can launch an application and send measurement data to the application.

As described above, the information processing apparatus 1200 includes the measurement data acquisition unit 1216 that acquires measurement data from the health device 1300 that is communicatively connected to the own device, the health device 1300, and the application that is executed by the application processing unit 1220. And a user information acquisition unit 1214 that acquires user information including information indicating items to be extracted from the measurement data of the health device 1300, and an item to be extracted indicated by the user information is a measurement data acquisition unit 1216. Includes a measurement data conversion unit 1217 that extracts from the measurement data acquired, and a data transmission unit 1218 that transmits the items extracted by the measurement data conversion unit 1217 to the application executed by the application processing unit 1220.

Thereby, the measurement data transmitted to the application can be items indicated by the user information corresponding to the health device 1300 connected to the own device and the application executed by the application processing unit 1220. Therefore, the application handles the items indicated by the user information corresponding to the health device 1300 connected to the own device and the application executed by the application processing unit 1220 in the measurement data of the health device 1300. The measurement data sent to the application can be made data that can be handled by the application, and the measurement data imported into the application is not limited to the measurement data of a specific health device. Can do.

Furthermore, the information processing apparatus 1200 includes an application information acquisition unit 1212 that acquires information representing a user registered in the application from an application executed by the application processing unit 1220. The user information is information corresponding to the user represented by the information acquired by the application information acquisition unit 1212 in addition to the health device 1300 and the application executed by the application processing unit 1220.

As a result, the measurement data transmitted to the application corresponds to the health device 1300 that is communicatively connected to the own device and the application registered by the application in addition to the application executed by the application processing unit 1220. It can be an item indicated by user information.
Therefore, for example, the provider of the application and the user contract the items indicated by the user information corresponding to the health device 1300 connected in communication, the application being executed, and the user registered in the application. By setting the item according to the service being used, the measurement data handled by the application can be changed according to the service contracted by the user.

Further, the user information acquisition unit 1214 acquires user information from the confirmation server 1100 as a response to the confirmation information.
Thereby, the correspondence between the confirmation information and the user information can be changed only by the change on the confirmation server 1100 side. Therefore, even if a new health device 1300 is released or the service contracted by the user is changed, it is possible to cope with only the change on the confirmation server 1100 side without changing the data control unit 1210 or the application. it can.

(1A) One aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that is communicatively connected to a biometric apparatus that measures the state of a living body, and an application processing unit that executes an application, and a biometric apparatus that is communicatively connected to its own apparatus A measurement data acquisition unit that acquires information representing a measurement result by the biometric device, an application executed by the application processing unit, and information corresponding to the biometric device connected to the communication, the communication connection An extraction information acquisition unit that acquires information indicating an item to be extracted from a measurement result obtained by the biometric measurement device, and a measurement represented by the information acquired by the measurement data acquisition unit, the item indicated by the information acquired by the extraction information acquisition unit The application processing unit executes the measurement data conversion unit extracted from the results and the items extracted by the measurement data conversion unit. ; And a data transmission unit that transmits to the application.

(2A) The information processing apparatus according to (1A) further includes an application information acquisition unit that acquires information representing a user registered in the application from the application executed by the application processing unit, and the extraction The information representing the item to be performed may be information corresponding to the user represented by the information acquired by the application information acquisition unit in addition to the biometric device connected to the communication and the application executed by the application processing unit. Good.

(3A) Moreover, in the information processing apparatus according to (1A) or (2A), the extracted information acquisition unit includes information representing the biometric device connected to the communication and an application executed by the application processing unit. Information representing the item to be extracted may be acquired from an external device as a response to the information to be represented.

(4A) According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data control method in an information processing apparatus that is connected to a living body measuring apparatus that measures a state of a living body, wherein the information processing apparatus is connected to the own apparatus. A first process of acquiring information representing a measurement result of the biometric device from the biometric device, the biometric device to which the information processing device is connected, and an application processing unit of the information processing device. A second process of acquiring information corresponding to an application to be executed and indicating information to be extracted from a measurement result by the biometric apparatus connected to the communication; and the information processing apparatus performs the second process. The third process of extracting the item indicated by the information acquired in step 3 from the measurement result represented by the information acquired in the first process, and the information processing apparatus extracts the item in the third process. The item, and a fourth step of transmitting to the application the application processing unit executes.

(5A) Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, a computer connected to a biometric device that measures a state of a living body is connected to an application processing unit that executes an application, and a biometric device connected to the own device. A measurement data acquisition unit for acquiring information representing a measurement result by the biometric device, information corresponding to the biometric device connected to the communication and an application executed by the application processing unit, An extraction information acquisition unit that acquires information indicating an item to be extracted from a measurement result by a biometric device connected via communication, and the information acquired by the measurement data acquisition unit indicates an item indicated by the information acquired by the extraction information acquisition unit. A measurement data conversion unit extracted from the measurement result to be expressed, and the items extracted by the measurement data conversion unit Parts are programmed to function as a data transmission unit that transmits to the application running.

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Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the information processing system S2001 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
As illustrated in FIG. 8, the information processing system S2001 includes a data collection server device 2001, a definition information server device 2002, an information processing device 2003, and a health device 2004. The information processing apparatus 2003 includes a storage unit 2031, an input unit 2032, a second communication unit 2033, a control unit 2034, a first communication unit 2035, and a display unit 2036.

The data collection server device 2001 is communicatively connected to the information processing device 2003 via a communication path such as the Internet. Note that a plurality of information processing devices 2003 may be connected to the data collection server device 2001 by communication. The data collection server device 2001 stores the transmission data generated by converting the measurement data received by the information processing device 2003 described later from the health device 2004 and converting the data format of the converted measurement data. The definition information server device 2002 is communicatively connected to the information processing device 2003 via a communication path such as the Internet. Note that a plurality of information processing devices 2003 may be connected to the definition information server device 2002 by communication. The definition information server device 2002 stores definition information including a data definition and a conversion rule for each piece of device information including the model number and manufacturer name of the health device 2004. When the definition information server device 2002 receives an inquiry including device identification information from the information processing device 2003 described later, the definition information server device 2002 returns definition information corresponding to the device identification information to the information processing device 2003 as a response to the inquiry.

The information processing device 2003 is an information processing device such as a smartphone, a tablet, or a personal computer. The information processing apparatus 2003 establishes a communication connection by exchanging the health device 2004 with the address, authentication key, encryption key, and the like of the health device 2004. The information processing apparatus 2003 acquires device information from the health device 2004, and identifies a health device type that is a type of the health device 2004 based on the device information. The information processing device 2003 acquires measurement data measured by the health device 2004 from the health device 2004, converts the data format of the measurement data based on the specified health device type, and transmits the data to the data collection server device 2001. . The health device 2004 is a biometric device that measures the state of a living body, such as a pedometer, activity meter, weight scale, body composition meter, sphygmomanometer, pulse meter, thermometer, and the like. When the health device 2004 receives a data transmission request for measurement data from the information processing apparatus 2003 via a communication path such as Bluetooth (Bluetooth®), the health device 2004 responds to the data transmission request with the data transmission request. Is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 2003. Here, the measurement data includes one or a plurality of data information corresponding to the measurement items.

Note that the health device 2004 according to the second embodiment stores one or more pieces of data information therein, and transmits the data to the information processing device 2003 via a communication path. A data transmission request including a data ID designating data information is received from 2003, and data information having the data ID included in the data transmission request is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 2003 in response to the data transmission request. Such a device that passively transmits data.

Next, the configuration of the information processing apparatus 2003 will be described.
The storage unit 2031 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory), a mask ROM (Read Only Memory), an FeRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory), a flash memory, a memory card, a hard disk, and an SSD (Solid). State Drive (Solid State Drive) or the like, and stores a program executed by the control unit 2034 and data required when the control unit 2034 executes the program. The program includes applications and the like. The input unit 2032 is an input device that accepts an input operation by the user, such as a touch panel, input keys, a mouse, and a voice input device.

The second communication unit 2033 performs communication using a wireless LAN (Local Area Network). Communication performed by each unit of the information processing device 2003 with the data collection server device 2001 is performed via the second communication unit 2033. Communication performed by each unit of the information processing apparatus 2003 with the definition information server apparatus 2002 is performed via the second communication unit 2033. The second communication unit 2033 is a 3G (third generation) line, 4G line, WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), or other wireless communication, or Ethernet (registration). (Trademark) etc., you may communicate by wired communication.

The control unit 2034 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and controls each unit of the information processing device 2003 by executing a program stored in the storage unit 2031. The first communication unit 2035 performs communication using Bluetooth (Bluetooth (registered trademark)). In the second embodiment, communication performed by each unit of the information processing device 2003 with the health device 2004 is performed via the first communication unit 2035. The first communication unit 2035 may perform other wireless communication such as NFC (Near Field Communication), wireless LAN, or wired communication such as USB (Universal Serial Bus). Good. The display unit 2036 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display, an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display, or a plasma display, and displays an image.

FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information processing apparatus 2003 according to the second embodiment.
In FIG. 9, the conversion processing unit 2030 is realized by the control unit 2034 reading and executing a program from the storage unit 2031. The conversion processing unit 2030 includes a pairing unit 2301, a device information storage unit 2302, a device identification unit 2304, a definition information acquisition unit 2305, a data acquisition unit 2306, a definition information storage unit 2307, and a format conversion unit 2308. A data transmission unit 2309. The pairing unit 2301 includes a connection unit 3011a and a device information acquisition unit 3012a.

The connection unit 3011a detects the advertising health device 2004, connects to the health device 2004, and exchanges communication information necessary for communication between the information processing apparatus 2003 and the health device 2004. A communication connection between the processing device 2003 and the health device 2004 is established. Then, the connection unit 3011a stores the communication information in the device information storage unit 2302. Here, the communication information is information for establishing a communication connection including the address information, authentication key information, encryption key information, and the like of the health device 2004. For example, the connection unit 3011a detects the advertised Bluetooth device (health device 2004), connects to the Bluetooth device, and the address and authentication of the Bluetooth device necessary for communication between the information processing apparatus 2003 and the Bluetooth device. Key information and encryption key information are exchanged, and a communication connection is established between the information processing apparatus 2003 and the Bluetooth device.

The device information acquisition unit 3012a searches for a service provided by the communication-connected health device 2004, makes a data request to the service that provides the device information included in the service, and acquires the device information from the health device 2004. . Here, the device information is information including the model name of the health device 2004 and the model type. The device information may be information that can identify the model of the health device 2004, and may be a product identification code such as a JAN (Japan Article Number) code, or a model number or model name. Alternatively, a combination of information such as a manufacturer name and a model number that can identify a plurality of models may be used.
The device information acquisition unit 3012a stores the health device 2004 with which the connection unit 3011a has established a communication connection and the acquired device information in the device information storage unit 2302 in association with each other.
In addition, when connecting with the same health equipment 2004 after the 2nd time, the equipment information acquisition part 3012a does not need to acquire apparatus information. Thereby, it is not necessary to acquire device information every time communication connection is made with the health device 2004, the processing can be simplified, and the processing time can be shortened. In addition, power consumption can be reduced by simplifying the processing and shortening the processing time.

The device information storage unit 2302 stores the health device 2004 and device information in association with each other. Specifically, the device information storage unit 2302 stores the address of the health device 2004 and device information in association with each other.
The device specifying unit 2304 reads the manufacturer name and model number included in the device information from the device information storage unit 2302 and generates device specifying information for specifying the definition information of the health device 2004 from the manufacturer name and model number. The device specifying unit 2304 outputs the generated device specifying information to the definition information acquiring unit 2305, the data acquiring unit 2306, and the format converting unit 2308. In addition, the device specifying unit 2304 stores the generated device specifying information in the definition information storage unit 2307.

Note that the device identification information may include the types of health devices 2004 such as a pedometer, activity meter, weight meter, body composition meter, blood pressure meter, pulse meter, and thermometer. The device information may include device group information in which the health devices 2004 having a certain common point are classified in advance into device groups. When the device group information is included in the device information, the device specifying unit 2304 is included. May generate device specifying information from the device group information and the manufacturer name.

When the device identification unit 2304 refers to the definition information storage unit 2307 based on the device identification information and the definition information corresponding to the device identification information is stored in the definition information storage unit 2307, the definition information acquisition unit 2305 The definition information need not be acquired. As a result, processing such as an inquiry via the network and acquisition of a response to the inquiry becomes unnecessary, and the processing time can be shortened, so that power consumption can be reduced.

The definition information acquisition unit 2305 transmits an inquiry to the definition information server device 2002 based on the device identification information input from the device identification unit 2304, and acquires definition information corresponding to the device identification information as a response to the inquiry. This definition information includes a data definition and a conversion rule. The data definition includes a data name, a data ID, a data structure, a data position, a data size, a data type, and a unit. The conversion rule includes a conversion position in the data format, a data type conversion indicating a data type to be converted, and unit conversion.
The definition information acquisition unit 2305 stores the device identification information and the acquired definition information in association with each other in the definition information storage unit 2307.

The definition information storage unit 2307 stores device identification information and definition information in association with each other.
The data acquisition unit 2306 reads the definition information from the definition information storage unit 2307 based on the device identification information input from the device identification unit 2304, and sends a data transmission request including a data ID that specifies the data information based on the definition information. The data transmission request is generated and transmitted to the health device 2004 as needed or periodically. The data acquisition unit 2306 acquires the data information of the data ID specified as a response to the data transmission request from the health device 2004, and outputs the data information and the data ID of the data information to the format conversion unit 2308. Note that the data information may be data information of one measurement item, or data information in which data information of a plurality of measurement items is collected.

The format conversion unit 2308 reads the definition information from the definition information storage unit 2307 based on the device identification information input from the device identification unit 2304, and sets the data ID associated with the data information based on the data definition included in the definition information. judge. Then, the format conversion unit 2308 identifies the type, configuration, and attribute of the data information based on the determined data ID, converts the data information based on the conversion rule included in the definition information, and converts the data information Transmission data is generated by converting the data format. The format conversion unit 2308 outputs the generated transmission data to the data transmission unit 2309.

The data transmission unit 2309 performs communication processing such as data encoding, modulation, AD (Analog to Digital) conversion, and frequency conversion on the transmission data input from the format conversion unit 2308. The data transmission unit 2309 transmits the transmission data subjected to the communication process to the data collection server device 2001. Note that the data transmission unit 2309 may transmit the transmission data subjected to the communication process to a plurality of data collection server devices.

In the second embodiment, it has been described that transmission data generated by the format conversion unit 2308 is transmitted to the data collection server device 2001. However, data collection installed in advance in the conversion processing unit 2030 instead of the data collection server device 2001 is described. The transmission data may be transmitted to a dedicated application. In this case, since it is not necessary to transmit data via the network, the processing time can be shortened and the power consumption can be reduced. Further, even when the second communication unit 2033 temporarily becomes unable to communicate, data transmission to the data collection application is possible, and transmission data can be confirmed using the display unit 2036. it can.

FIG. 10 is a table showing an example of definition information including data definitions and conversion rules stored in the definition information storage unit 2307 according to the second embodiment.
As shown in the figure, the definition information table T11 includes a definition number, a data name, a data ID, a data structure, a position, a size, a data type, a unit, a conversion position, a data type conversion, and a unit. This is two-dimensional tabular data composed of rows and columns each having a column for each item. Here, the definition information includes definition number, data name, data ID, data structure, position, size, data type, unit data definition, and conversion position, data type conversion, unit conversion conversion rule. . The definition information storage unit 2307 stores a definition information table for each piece of device identification information.

For example, in the first line of FIG. 10, the definition number is 1, the data name is weight, the data ID is AAAA, the data structure is multiplexed, the position is 0, the size is 2, The data type is a 16-bit floating point number, the unit is Kg, the conversion position is (3), the data type conversion is the first four-digit decimal place, and the unit conversion is “as is”.

In the second line, the definition number is 2, the data name is body fat percentage, the data ID is AAAA, the data structure is multiplexed, the position is 2, the size is 2, and the data type is It is a 16-bit floating point number, the unit is%, the conversion position is (4), the data type conversion is the first three-digit decimal place, and the unit conversion is “as is”.

In the third line, the definition number is 3, the data name is skeletal muscle rate, the data ID is AAAA, the data structure is multiplexed, the position is 4, the size is 2, and the data type is It is a 16-bit floating-point number, the unit is%, the conversion position is (5), the data type conversion is the first three-digit decimal place, and the unit conversion is “as is”.

In the fourth line, the definition number is 4, the data name is a time stamp, the data ID is AAAA, the data structure is multiplexed, the position is 6, the size is 7, and the data type is 7 Byte year / month / day / hour / minute / second, unit is second, conversion position is (1), data type conversion is year / month / date / time / minute / second (character string), and unit conversion is “as is”.

In the fifth line, the definition number is 5, the data name is the user number, the data ID is BBBB, the data structure is single, the position is 0, the size is 1, and the data type is It is an 8-bit integer, the unit is “none”, the conversion position is (2), the data type conversion is a maximum of 3 digits, and the unit conversion is “as is”.

Here, the data name is the name of information included in the measurement data transmitted from the health device 2004, and the data ID is an identifier (ID) associated with the measurement data transmitted from the health device 2004. is there. Further, the data structure stores “multiplex” in which the data structure of the measurement data transmitted from the health device 2004 represents a multiple structure, and “single” that represents a single structure.

Also, the position is the position of the data information included in the measurement data transmitted from the health device 2004, and the size is the byte size of the data information. The data type is a data type for each piece of data information of measurement data transmitted from the health device 2004. The unit is a unit attached to each piece of data information of the measurement data transmitted from the health device 2004, and the conversion position is embedded in the data format included in the measurement data transmitted from the health device 2004 in the format of the transmission data. Position. Data type conversion is a conversion method for converting data information transmitted from the health device 2004 into transmission data. Unit conversion includes units associated with data information, for example, units associated with body weight. The unit after conversion is stored like unit conversion of a kg to pounds, ounces, and the like.

In the second embodiment, the case where there is one data ID associated with the measurement data has been described. However, hierarchical measurement data with a plurality of IDs such as a category ID and a data ID may be used. Thereby, even when the number of data information increases, management of measurement data can be performed easily.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a data format of transmission data according to the second embodiment.

As shown in the figure, the data format of the transmission data is, for example, “START” indicating the start point of the data format, data name “time stamp”, “,” indicating the delimiter, and time stamp data information “(1)”. "," Indicating the delimiter, data name "user number", "," indicating the delimiter, "(2)" storing the data information of the user number, "," indicating the delimiter, data name "weight", "," Representing the break, and data information of weight (3), "," representing the break, data name "body fat percentage", "," representing the break, and data information of body fat percentage " (4) ”,“, ”representing a delimiter, data name“ skeletal muscle rate ”,“, ”representing a delimiter,“ (5) ”storing data information of skeletal muscle rate,“ END ”representing the end of the data format "And then the data name It is for storing a over data information. Here, for example, (1) corresponds to the conversion position (1) of the fourth row in the definition information table T11 of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a data format of a data transmission request transmitted to the health device 2004 by the data acquisition unit 2306 according to the second embodiment.
As shown in the figure, the data format of the data transmission request is composed of a header indicating that the request is a data transmission request and a data ID of data information acquired by the data acquisition unit 2306. For example, when the data acquisition unit 2306 acquires the data information of the AAAA data ID from the health device 2004, information indicating a transmission request is stored in the header, and AAAA is stored in the data ID. Generate a data transmission request.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of data information and a data format transmitted from the health device 2004 according to the second embodiment.
For example, FIG. 13 is an example of data information transmitted by the health device 2004 when a data transmission request for the data ID “AAAAA” is transmitted from the information processing apparatus 2003.

As shown in the figure, the data format transmitted from the health device 2004 stores data information in the order of cf, f2, c9, f0, 49, f1, dd, 07, 02, 1c, 12, 1e, 00. It is a byte string.
The format conversion unit 2308 determines the data configuration by determining the data ID associated with the data information based on the data definition included in the definition information. For example, the format conversion unit 2308 determines the data configuration from the data ID and AAAA, and cf and f2 are the data information indicating the body weight, and c9 and f0 are the body fat percentages from the item column of the position in the definition information table T11 in FIG. 49, f1 is determined to be data information indicating the skeletal muscle rate, and dd, 07, 02, 1c, 12, 1e, 00 are determined to be data information indicating the time stamp.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating another example of the data information and the data format transmitted from the health device 2004 according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 14 is an example of data information transmitted by the health device 2004 when a data transmission request for the data ID “BBBB” is transmitted from the information processing apparatus 2003.
As shown in the figure, the data format transmitted from the health device 2004 is a byte string in which data information of measurement data is stored in the order of 01. For example, the format conversion unit 2308 determines the data configuration from the data ID and BBBB, and determines that 01 is data information representing a user number.

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of transmission data and a data format generated by the format conversion unit 2308 according to the second embodiment.
The data format conversion means of the measurement data will be described with reference to FIGS. The format conversion unit 2308 uses a little endian method that performs data conversion processing from the lower byte of data for data information having a size of 2 or more in FIG. The format of the 16-bit floating-point number is composed of an exponent part 4 bits (2's complement) and a mantissa part 12 bits (2's complement) in order.

For example, since the data type of the weight data information of the first row in the definition information table T11 in FIG. 10 is a 16-bit floating point number and the size is 2, the format conversion unit 2308 has a byte representing the weight in FIG. The columns cf and f2 are converted into f2cfh, and the exponent part is calculated as fh = −1 and the mantissa part is calculated as 2cfh = 719. Then, the format conversion unit 2308 performs data conversion of the data information representing the weight by converting the calculated fh = ^−1, 2cfh = 719 to 719 × 10 ⁻¹ = 71.9. Then, since the conversion position of the weight data information of the first row in the definition information table T11 in FIG. 10 is (3), the format conversion unit 2308 has “(” next to the data name “weight” in FIG. 3) The data converted 71.9 is stored.
Similarly, the format conversion unit 2308 converts the data information on the body fat percentage and the skeletal muscle percentage.

For example, since the data type of the time stamp data information in the fourth row in the definition information table T11 in FIG. Dd, 07, 02, 1c, 12, 1e, 00 to 07ddh = 2013, 02h = 2, 1ch = 28, 12h = 14, 1eh = 30, 00h = 00, 01h = 1 The calculated data information is converted into data information representing a time stamp of 2013-2-28-14: 30. Then, since the conversion position of the data information of the time stamp of the fourth row in the definition information table T11 of FIG. 10 is (1), the format conversion unit 2308 follows the data name “time stamp” in FIG. The data converted 2013-2-28-14: 30: 30 is stored in “(1)”.

In this way, the format conversion unit 2308 converts the measurement data, converts the data format of the measurement data, and generates the transmission data shown in FIG.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the format conversion process of the conversion processing unit 2030 according to the second embodiment.
In step ST2101, the connection unit 3011a detects the advertising health device 2004, connects to the health device 2004, and determines whether the health device 2004 is connected for the first time. When the health device 2004 is connected for the first time, the process proceeds to step ST2102. On the other hand, if it is not the health device 2004 connected for the first time, the process proceeds to step ST2105.
In step ST2102, the connection unit 3011a exchanges communication information with the health device 2004 to establish a communication connection.

In step ST2103, the device information acquisition unit 3012a searches for the service provided by the communication-connected health device 2004, makes a data request to the service that provides the device information included in the service, and the device from the health device 2004 to the device Get information.
In step ST2104, the device information acquisition unit 3012a stores the acquired device information in the device information storage unit 2302.

In step ST2105, the device specifying unit 2304 reads device information from the device information storage unit 2302.
In step ST2106, the device specifying unit 2304 generates device specifying information from the manufacturer name and model number included in the device information.

In step ST2107, the device specifying unit 2304 determines whether definition information corresponding to the device specifying information is stored in the definition information storage unit 2307. If the definition information is stored, the process proceeds to step ST2110. On the other hand, when the definition information is not stored, the process proceeds to step ST2108.
In step ST2108, the definition information acquisition unit 2305 transmits an inquiry to the definition information server device 2002 based on the device identification information input from the device identification unit 2304, and definition information corresponding to the device identification information as a response to the inquiry. To get.

In step ST2109, the definition information acquisition unit 2305 stores the device identification information generated by the device identification unit 2304 in association with the acquired definition information in the definition information storage unit 2307.
In step ST2110, the format conversion unit 2308 reads definition information from the definition information storage unit 2307.
In step ST2111, the data acquisition unit 2306 transmits a data transmission request including the data ID of the data information desired to be acquired to the health device 2004.
In step ST2112, the data acquisition unit 2306 acquires data information corresponding to the data transmission request transmitted from the health device 2004 as a response to the data transmission request.

In step ST2113, the format conversion unit 2308 converts the data information based on the definition information, and generates transmission data by converting the data format of the data information subjected to the data conversion.
In Step ST2114, the data transmission unit 2309 transmits transmission data.

Note that, when there are a plurality of pieces of data information necessary for data format conversion, the conversion processing unit 2030 may transmit the corresponding data transmission requests, respectively, and repeat the processes of step ST2111 and step ST2112.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, the information processing device 2003 is connected to the biometric device (health device 2004) that measures the state of the living body, and the information processing device 2003 includes the biometric device ( Device information acquisition unit 3012a for acquiring information related to health device 2004), and device specification for specifying biometric device (health device 2004) based on information related to biometric device (health device 2004) acquired by device information acquisition unit 3012a Unit 2304, a data acquisition unit 2306 that requests and acquires biometric device (health device 2004) requesting transmission of data representing the state of the living body, and a biometric device (health device 2004) specified by device specifying unit 2304 The data format of the data representing the state of the living body acquired by the data acquisition unit 2306 based on the definition information according to Includes a format conversion unit 2308 for converting a data transmission unit 2309 transmits the data transmitted from the biometric device in a data format that the format conversion unit 2308 is converted (health equipment 2004), the.

As a result, when the information processing apparatus 2003 is a device that passively transmits data, the device can be identified based on the device identification information, so the data format of the data is converted based on the definition information corresponding to the device. Data can be collected.

(1B) Another aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that is communicatively connected to a biometric device that measures a state of a living body, and includes a device information acquisition unit that acquires information about the biometric device, and a device information acquisition unit The device specifying unit that specifies the biometric device based on the information related to the biometric device acquired by the device, the data acquiring unit that acquires the biometric device by requesting transmission of data representing the state of the living body, and the device specifying unit are specified The data conversion unit converts the data format of the data representing the biological state acquired by the data acquisition unit based on the definition information corresponding to the biometric measurement device, and transmits the data from the biometric device in the data format converted by the format conversion unit. And a data transmission unit that transmits the processed data.

(2B) In the information processing apparatus according to (1B), the definition information includes a data definition and a conversion rule, and further includes a definition information acquisition unit that acquires the definition information based on information about the biometric device, and the format The conversion unit converts the data representing the state of the living body corresponding to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit based on the data definition included in the definition information acquired by the definition information acquiring unit, and converts the data included in the definition information The data format of the data converted based on the rules may be converted.

(3B) Another aspect of the present invention is an information processing system including an information processing device that is connected to a biometric device that measures a state of a living body. The information processing apparatus transmits data representing the state of the living body measured in response to the request, and the information processing apparatus acquires information related to the biometric device based on information related to the biometric device acquired by the device information acquiring unit. A device specifying unit for specifying a biometric device, a data acquiring unit for requesting and acquiring data indicating the state of a living body from the biometric device, and definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit Based on the format conversion unit for converting the data format of the data representing the state of the living body acquired by the data acquisition unit, and the data format converted by the format conversion unit. In an information processing system comprising a data transmitter for transmitting data transmitted from the biometric device, the.

(4B) Another aspect of the present invention is an information processing method in an information processing apparatus that is connected to a biometric device that measures the state of a living body, and a device information acquisition process that acquires information about the biometric device A device identification process for identifying a biometric device based on information on the biometric device acquired by the device information acquisition process, and a data acquisition process for requesting the biometric device to transmit data representing the state of the living body A format conversion process for converting the data format of the data representing the state of the living body acquired by the data acquisition process based on definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified by the apparatus specifying process, and a data format converted by the format conversion process A data transmission process for transmitting data transmitted from the biometric device.

(5B) According to another aspect of the present invention, a device information acquisition step of acquiring information related to a biometric device to a computer of an information processing apparatus that is connected to a biometric device that measures the state of a living body, and device information A device specifying step for specifying a biometric device based on the information about the biometric device acquired by the acquiring step, a data acquiring step for requesting and acquiring data indicating the state of the living body from the biometric device, and a device specifying step The format conversion step for converting the data format of the data representing the state of the living body acquired by the data acquisition step based on the definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified by the biometric measuring device, and the biometric device in the data format converted by the format conversion step A data transmission step of transmitting data transmitted from It is because of the information processing program.

(Third embodiment)
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 17 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information processing system S3001 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
As illustrated in FIG. 17, the information processing system S3001 includes a data collection server device 3001, a definition information server device 3002, an information processing device 3003, and a health device 3004. The information processing apparatus 3003 includes a storage unit 3031, an input unit 3032, a second communication unit 3033, a control unit 3034, a first communication unit 3035, and a display unit 3036.

The data collection server device 3001 is communicatively connected to the information processing device 3003 via a communication path such as the Internet. Note that a plurality of information processing devices 3003 may be connected to the data collection server device 3001 by communication. The data collection server device 3001 stores the transmission data generated by converting the measurement data received by the information processing device 3003 described later from the health device 3004 and converting the data format of the converted data. The definition information server apparatus 3002 is communicatively connected to the information processing apparatus 3003 via a communication path such as the Internet. Note that a plurality of information processing apparatuses 3003 may be connected to the definition information server apparatus 3002 by communication. The definition information server device 3002 stores definition information including a data definition and a conversion rule for each piece of device information including the model number and manufacturer name of the health device 3004. When the definition information server device 3002 receives an inquiry including device identification information from the information processing device 3003 described later, the definition information server device 3002 returns definition information corresponding to the device identification information to the information processing device 3003 as a response to the inquiry.

The information processing apparatus 3003 is a smartphone, a tablet, a personal computer, or the like. The information processing apparatus 3003 establishes a communication connection by exchanging the health device 3004 with the address, authentication key, encryption key, and the like of the health device 3004. Then, the information processing apparatus 3003 acquires device information from the health device 3004 and generates device specifying information for specifying definition information based on the device information. The information processing apparatus 3003 acquires the measurement data measured by the health device 3004 from the health device 3004, converts the measurement data based on the device identification information, converts the data format of the converted data, and transmits the data. Data is generated and the transmission data is transmitted to the data collection server device 3001. The health device 3004 is a biometric device that measures the state of a living body, such as a pedometer, activity meter, weight scale, body composition meter, blood pressure monitor, pulse meter, thermometer, and the like. The health device 3004 transmits measurement data to the information processing apparatus 3003 via a communication path such as Bluetooth (Bluetooth (registered trademark)). Here, the measurement data includes one or a plurality of data information corresponding to the measurement items.

Next, the configuration of the information processing apparatus 3003 will be described.
The storage unit 3031 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory), a mask ROM (Read Only Memory), a FeRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory), a flash memory, a memory card, a hard disk, and an SSD (Solid). State Drive (Solid State Drive) or the like, and stores a program executed by the control unit 3034 and data necessary for the control unit 3034 to execute the program. The program includes applications and the like. The input unit 3032 is an input device that accepts an input operation by a user, such as a touch panel, input keys, a mouse, and a voice input device.

The second communication unit 3033 performs communication using a wireless LAN (Local Area Network). Communication performed by each unit of the information processing device 3003 with the data collection server device 3001 is performed via the second communication unit 3033. Communication performed by each unit of the information processing device 3003 with the definition information server device 3002 is performed via the second communication unit 3033. The second communication unit 3033 is a 3G (third generation) line, 4G line, WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), or other wireless communication, or Ethernet (registration). (Trademark) etc., you may communicate by wired communication.

The control unit 3034 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and controls each unit of the information processing device 3003 by executing a program stored in the storage unit 3031. The first communication unit 3035 performs communication using Bluetooth (Bluetooth (registered trademark)). In the third embodiment, communication performed by each unit of the information processing device 3003 with the health device 3004 is performed via the first communication unit 3035. The first communication unit 3035 may perform other wireless communication such as NFC (Near Field Communication), wireless LAN, or wired communication such as USB (Universal Serial Bus). Good. The display unit 3036 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display, an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display, or a plasma display, and displays an image.

FIG. 18 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information processing device 3003 according to the third embodiment.
In FIG. 18, the conversion processing unit 3030 is realized by the control unit 3034 reading a program from the storage unit 3031 and executing it. The conversion processing unit 3030 includes a pairing unit 3301, a device information storage unit 3302, a device identification unit 3304, a definition information acquisition unit 3305, a data acquisition unit 3306, a definition information storage unit 3307, and a format conversion unit 3308. A data transmission unit 3309. The pairing unit 3301 includes a connection unit 3011b and a device information acquisition unit 3012b.

The connection unit 3011b detects the advertising health device 3004, connects to the health device 3004, and exchanges communication information necessary for communication between the information processing device 3003 and the health device 3004. A communication connection is established between the processing device 3003 and the health device 3004. Then, the connection unit 3011b stores the communication information in the device information storage unit 3302. Here, the communication information is information for establishing a communication connection including address information, authentication key information, encryption key information, and the like of the health device 3004. For example, the connection unit 3011b detects the advertised Bluetooth device (health device 3004), connects to the Bluetooth device, and the address and authentication of the Bluetooth device necessary for communication between the information processing apparatus 3003 and the Bluetooth device. Key information and encryption key information are exchanged to establish a communication connection between the information processing apparatus 3003 and the Bluetooth device.

The device information acquisition unit 3012b searches for a service provided by the connected health device 3004, makes a data request to the service that provides the device information included in the service, and acquires the device information from the health device 3004. . Here, the device information is information including the model name of the health device 3004 and the model type. Note that the device information may be information that can identify the model of the health device 3004, and may be a product identification code such as a JAN (Japan Article Number) code, or may be a model number or model name. Alternatively, a combination of information such as a manufacturer name and a model number that can identify a plurality of models may be used.
The device information acquisition unit 3012b associates the health device 3004 with which the connection unit 3011b has established a communication connection and the acquired device information, and stores them in the device information storage unit 3302.

In addition, when connecting with the same health equipment 3004 after the 2nd time, the equipment information acquisition part 3012b does not need to acquire equipment information. Thereby, it is not necessary to acquire device information every time communication connection is made with the health device 3004, and the processing can be simplified and the processing time can be shortened. In addition, power consumption can be reduced by simplifying the processing and shortening the processing time.

The device information storage unit 3302 stores the health device 3004 and device information in association with each other. Specifically, the device information storage unit 3302 stores the address of the health device 3004 and device information in association with each other.
The device specifying unit 3304 reads the manufacturer name and model number included in the device information from the device information storage unit 3302, and generates device specifying information for specifying the definition information of the health device 3004 from the manufacturer name and model number.
Then, the device identification unit 3304 outputs the generated device identification information to the definition information acquisition unit 3305 and the format conversion unit 3308. In addition, the device specifying unit 3304 stores the generated device specifying information in the definition information storage unit 3307.

Note that the device identification information may include types of health devices 3004 such as a pedometer, activity meter, weight meter, body composition meter, blood pressure meter, pulse meter, and thermometer. The device information may include device group information in which health devices 3004 having a certain common point are classified in advance into device groups. When the device group information is included in the device information, the device specifying unit 3304 is included. May generate device specifying information from the device group information and the manufacturer name.

When the device identification unit 3304 refers to the definition information storage unit 3307 based on the device identification information and the definition information corresponding to the device identification information is stored in the definition information storage unit 3307, the definition information acquisition unit 3305 The definition information need not be acquired. As a result, processing such as an inquiry via the network and acquisition of a response to the inquiry becomes unnecessary, and the processing time can be shortened, so that power consumption can be reduced.

The definition information acquisition unit 3305 transmits an inquiry to the definition information server device 3002 based on the device identification information input from the device identification unit 3304, and acquires definition information corresponding to the device identification information as a response to the inquiry. This definition information includes a data definition and a conversion rule. The data definition includes a data name, a data ID, a data structure, a data position, a data size, a data type, and a unit. The conversion rule includes a conversion position in the data format, a data type conversion indicating a data type to be converted, and unit conversion.
The definition information acquisition unit 3305 stores the device identification information and the acquired definition information in association with each other in the definition information storage unit 3307.

The data acquisition unit 3306 acquires measurement data transmitted from the health device 3004 with which communication connection has been established as needed, and outputs the measurement data to the format conversion unit 3308. The structure of the measurement data is, for example, a data structure in which a data ID and data information are paired. Further, the data information may be data information of one measurement item, or data information in which data information of a plurality of measurement items is collected.
The definition information storage unit 3307 stores device identification information and definition information in association with each other.

The format conversion unit 3308 reads definition information from the definition information storage unit 3307 based on the device identification information input from the device identification unit 3304, and is input from the data acquisition unit 3306 based on the data definition included in the definition information. A data ID accompanying the measurement data is determined. Then, the format conversion unit 3308 identifies the type, configuration, and attribute of the measurement data based on the determined data ID, converts the data for each data information of the measurement data based on the conversion rule included in the definition information, and converts the data. Transmission data is generated by converting the data format of the measured data. The format conversion unit 3308 outputs the generated transmission data to the data transmission unit 3309.

The data transmission unit 3309 performs communication processing such as data encoding, modulation, AD (Analog to Digital) conversion, frequency conversion, and the like on the transmission data input from the format conversion unit 3308. The data transmission unit 3309 transmits the transmission data subjected to the communication process to the data collection server device 3001. Note that the data transmission unit 3309 may transmit the transmission data subjected to the communication process to a plurality of data collection server devices.

In the third embodiment, it has been described that the transmission data generated by the format conversion unit 3308 is transmitted to the data collection server device 3001, but the data collection installed in advance in the conversion processing unit 3030 instead of the data collection server device 3001. The transmission data may be transmitted to a dedicated application. In this case, since it is not necessary to transmit data via the network, the processing time can be shortened and the power consumption can be reduced. Further, even when the second communication unit 3033 temporarily becomes unable to communicate, data transmission to the data collection application is possible, and transmission data can be confirmed using the display unit 3036. it can.

FIG. 19 is a table showing an example of definition information including data definitions and conversion rules stored in the definition information storage unit 3307 according to the third embodiment.
As shown in the figure, the definition information table T12 includes a definition number, a data name, a data ID, a data structure, a position, a size, a data type, a unit, a conversion position, a data type conversion, and a unit. This is two-dimensional tabular data composed of rows and columns each having a column for each item. Here, the definition information includes definition number, data name, data ID, data structure, position, size, data type, unit data definition, and conversion position, data type conversion, unit conversion conversion rule. . The definition information storage unit 3307 stores a definition information table for each piece of device identification information.

For example, in the first line of FIG. 19, the definition number is 1, the data name is weight, the data ID is AAAA, the data structure is multiplexed, the position is 0, the size is 2, The data type is a 16-bit floating point number, the unit is Kg, the conversion position is (3), the data type conversion is the first four-digit decimal place, and the unit conversion is “as is”.

Here, the data name is the name of information included in the measurement data transmitted from the health device 3004, and the data ID is an identifier (ID) associated with the measurement data transmitted from the health device 3004. is there. In the data structure, “multiple” in which the data structure of the measurement data transmitted from the health device 3004 represents a multiple structure and “single” in which a single structure is represented are stored.

Also, the position is the position of data information included in the measurement data transmitted from the health device 3004, and the size is the byte size of the data information. The data type is a data type for each piece of data information of measurement data transmitted from the health device 3004. The unit is a unit attached to each piece of data information of measurement data transmitted from the health device 3004, and the conversion position is embedded in data format included in the measurement data transmitted from the health device 3004 in the format of transmission data. Position. Data type conversion is a conversion method for converting data information transmitted from the health device 3004 into transmission data. Unit conversion includes units associated with data information, for example, units associated with body weight. The unit after conversion is stored like unit conversion of a kg to pounds, ounces, and the like.

In the third embodiment, the case where there is one data ID associated with the measurement data has been described, but hierarchical measurement data with a plurality of IDs such as a category ID and a data ID may be used. Thereby, even when the number of data information increases, management of measurement data can be performed easily.

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a data format of transmission data according to the third embodiment.
As shown in the figure, the data format of the transmission data is, for example, “START” indicating the start point of the data format, data name “time stamp”, “,” indicating the delimiter, and time stamp data information “(1)”. "," Indicating the delimiter, data name "user number", "," indicating the delimiter, "(2)" storing the data information of the user number, "," indicating the delimiter, data name "weight", "," Representing the break, and data information of weight (3), "," representing the break, data name "body fat percentage", "," representing the break, and data information of body fat percentage " (4) ”,“, ”representing a delimiter, data name“ skeletal muscle rate ”,“, ”representing a delimiter,“ (5) ”storing data information of skeletal muscle rate,“ END ”representing the end of the data format Data name and data It is for storing the data information. Here, for example, (1) corresponds to the conversion position (1) of the fourth row in the definition information table T12 of FIG.

FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of measurement data and a data format transmitted from the health device 3004 according to the third embodiment.
As shown in the figure, the data format transmitted from the health device 3004 includes AAA, cf, f2, c9, f0, 49, f1, dd, 07, 02, 1c, 12, 1e, 00 in this order. Stores a byte sequence of information.
The format conversion unit 3308 determines the data configuration by determining the data ID associated with the measurement data based on the data definition included in the definition information. For example, the format conversion unit 3308 determines the data configuration from the data ID and AAAA, and cf and f2 are data information indicating weight from the item column of the position in the definition information table T12 in FIG. 19, and c9 and f0 are body fat percentages. 49, f1 is determined to be data information indicating the skeletal muscle rate, and dd, 07, 02, 1c, 12, 1e, 00 are determined to be data information indicating the time stamp.

FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram illustrating another example of measurement data and a data format transmitted from the health device 3004 according to the third embodiment.
As shown in the figure, the data format transmitted from the health device 3004 stores byte sequences of data information of measurement data in the order of BBBB and 01. For example, the format conversion unit 3308 determines the data configuration from the data ID and BBBB, and determines that 01 is data information representing a user number.

FIG. 23 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of transmission data and a data format generated by the format conversion unit 3308 according to the third embodiment.
The means for converting the data format of the measurement data will be described with reference to FIGS. The format conversion unit 3308 uses a little endian method for performing data conversion processing from the lower byte of data for data information having a size of 2 or more in FIG. The format of the 16-bit floating-point number is composed of an exponent part 4 bits (2's complement) and a mantissa part 12 bits (2's complement) in order.

For example, since the data type of the weight data information on the first row in the definition information table T12 in FIG. 19 is a 16-bit floating point number and the size is 2, the format conversion unit 3308 is a byte representing the weight in FIG. The columns cf and f2 are converted into f2cfh, and the exponent part is calculated as fh = −1 and the mantissa part is calculated as 2cfh = 719. Then, the format conversion unit 3308 performs data conversion of the data information representing the weight by converting the calculated fh = ^−1, 2cfh = 719 to 719 × 10 ⁻¹ = 71.9. Then, since the conversion position of the weight data information on the first row in the definition information table T12 in FIG. 19 is (3), the format conversion unit 3308 has “(” next to the data name “weight” in FIG. 3) The data converted 71.9 is stored.
Similarly, the format conversion unit 3308 converts the data information on the body fat percentage and the skeletal muscle percentage.

For example, since the data type of the time stamp data information in the fourth line in the definition information table T12 in FIG. 19 is byte year / month / day / hour / hour / minute / second and size is 7, the format conversion unit 3308 receives the position 6 in FIG. Dd, 07, 02, 1c, 12, 1e, 00 to 07ddh = 2013, 02h = 2, 1ch = 28, 12h = 14, 1eh = 30, 00h = 00, 01h = 1 The calculated data information is converted into data information representing a time stamp of 2013-2-28-14: 30. Then, since the conversion position of the data information of the time stamp on the fourth line in the definition information table T12 in FIG. 19 is (1), the format conversion unit 3308 follows the data name “time stamp” in FIG. The data converted 2013-2-28-14: 30: 30 is stored in “(1)”.

In this way, the format conversion unit 3308 converts the measurement data, converts the data format of the measurement data, and generates the transmission data shown in FIG.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating an example of format conversion processing of the conversion processing unit 3030 according to the third embodiment.
In step ST3101, the connection unit 3011b detects the health device 3004 that is advertised, connects to the health device 3004, and determines whether or not the health device 3004 is connected for the first time. When the health device 3004 is connected for the first time, the process proceeds to step ST3102. On the other hand, if it is not the health device 3004 connected for the first time, the process proceeds to step ST3105.
In step ST3102, the connection unit 3011b exchanges communication information with the health device 3004 to establish a communication connection.

In step ST3103, the device information acquisition unit 3012b searches for a service provided by the communication-connected health device 3004, makes a data request to the service that provides the device information included in the service, and the device from the health device 3004 Get information.
In step ST3104, the device information acquisition unit 3012b stores the acquired device information in the device information storage unit 3302.

In step ST3105, the device specifying unit 3304 reads device information from the device information storage unit 3302.
In step ST3106, the device specifying unit 3304 generates device specifying information from the manufacturer name and model number included in the device information.
In step ST3107, the device specifying unit 3304 determines whether or not definition information corresponding to the device specifying information is stored in the definition information storage unit 3307. If the definition information is stored, the process proceeds to step ST3110. On the other hand, when the definition information is not stored, the process proceeds to step ST3108.
In step ST3108, the definition information acquisition unit 3305 transmits an inquiry to the definition information server device 3002 based on the device identification information input from the device identification unit 3304, and definition information corresponding to the device identification information as a response to the inquiry. To get.

In step ST3109, the definition information acquisition unit 3305 stores the device identification information generated by the device identification unit 3304 in association with the acquired definition information in the definition information storage unit 3307.
In step ST3110, the format conversion unit 3308 reads definition information from the definition information storage unit 3307.

In step ST3111, the data acquisition unit 3306 acquires measurement data transmitted from the health device 3004 as needed.
In step ST3112, the format conversion unit 3308 performs data conversion for each data information of the measurement data based on the definition information, and generates transmission data by converting the data format of the measurement data subjected to the data conversion.
In Step ST3113, the data transmission unit 3309 transmits transmission data.

Thus, according to the third embodiment, the information processing device 3003 is an information processing device 3003 that is connected to a biometric device (health device 3004) that measures the state of a living body, and includes a biometric device ( Device information acquisition unit 3012b for acquiring information related to health device 3004), and device specification for specifying biometric device (health device 3004) based on information related to biometric device (health device 3004) acquired by device information acquisition unit 3012b A unit 3304, a format conversion unit 3308 that converts a data format of data representing the state of a living body based on definition information corresponding to a biometric device (health device 3004) specified by the device specifying unit 3304, and a format conversion unit 3308 Data sent from the biometric device (health device 3004) in the converted data format Comprises a data transmission unit 3309 for transmitting the data, the.

As a result, the information processing apparatus 3003 can identify a device based on the device identification information even when the data format features such as the data length, the start flag, and the end flag are the same. The data format of the data can be converted based on

(1C) Another aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that is communicatively connected to a biometric device that measures a biological state, and includes a device information acquisition unit that acquires information about the biometric device, and a device information acquisition unit The device identification unit that identifies the biometric device based on the information related to the biometric device acquired by the device and the data format of the data representing the state of the living body based on the definition information corresponding to the biometric device identified by the device identification unit An information processing apparatus including a format conversion unit that performs data transmission, and a data transmission unit that transmits data transmitted from a biometric device in a data format converted by the format conversion unit.

(2C) In the information processing apparatus according to (1C), the definition information includes a data definition and a conversion rule, and further includes a definition information acquisition unit that acquires the definition information based on information on the biometric device, and the format The conversion unit converts the data representing the state of the living body according to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit based on the data definition included in the definition information acquired by the definition information acquiring unit, and The data format of the data that has been converted may be converted based on a conversion rule included in the definition information.

(3C) Further, another aspect of the present invention is an information processing system including an information processing device that is connected in communication with a biometric device that measures a state of a living body, and the biometric device is a measured state of the living body The information processing apparatus transmits data representing information and information related to the biometric device, and the information processing device identifies a biometric device based on the information related to the biometric device, and a definition corresponding to the biometric device specified by the device specific unit An information processing comprising: a format conversion unit that converts a data format of data representing a state of a living body based on information; and a data transmission unit that transmits data transmitted from a biometric device in a data format converted by the format conversion unit System.

(4C) According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method in an information processing apparatus communicatively connected to a biometric device that measures a state of a living body, and a first acquisition process of acquiring information related to the biometric device The identification process for identifying the biometric device based on the information about the biometric device acquired by the first acquisition process, and the data representing the state of the living body based on the definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified by the specific process An information processing method includes a format conversion process for converting a data format and a data transmission process for transmitting data transmitted from a biometric device in the data format converted by the format conversion process.

(5C) Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, a first acquisition step of acquiring information related to a biometric device to a computer of an information processing apparatus that is communicatively connected to a biometric device that measures the state of a living body, The identification step for identifying the biometric device based on the information related to the biometric device acquired by the acquisition step, and the data format of the data representing the state of the living body based on the definition information corresponding to the biometric device identified by the specific step An information processing program for executing a format conversion step and a data transmission step for transmitting data transmitted from a biometric device in the data format converted by the format conversion step.

It should be noted that a program for realizing the function of each unit of each device of the first to third embodiments is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system. By executing, each unit of each device of the first to third embodiments may be realized. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.
The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM or a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time are also included. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

The first to third embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the first to third embodiments, and the gist of the present invention. Design changes within a range that does not deviate from are included.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program that require that measurement data that can be captured by an application is not limited to measurement data of a specific health device. Etc.
In addition, the second aspect of the present invention can be applied to an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, a program, and the like that need to collect data when the device passively transmits data. it can.
Further, the third aspect of the present invention can be applied to an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, a program, and the like that require conversion of the data format even when the characteristics of the data format are the same. it can.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1010 ... Health management system, 1100 ... Confirmation server, 1200 ... Information processing device, 1300 ... Health equipment, 1201 ... Storage part, 1202 ... Input part, 1203 ... Second Communication unit 1204 ... Control unit 1205 ... First communication unit 1206 ... Display unit 1210 ... Data control unit 1211 ... Device information acquisition unit 1212 ... Application information acquisition , 1213... Confirmation information transmission unit, 1214... User information acquisition unit, 1215... User information storage unit, 1216... Measurement data acquisition unit, 1217. Data transmission unit, 1220 ... application processing unit, S2001 ... information processing system, 2001 ... data collection server device, 2002 ... definition information Server device 2003 Information processing device 2004 Health device (biological measuring device) 2030 Conversion processing unit 2031 Storage unit 2032 Input unit 2033 No. 2 communication unit, 2034 ... control unit, 2035 ... first communication unit, 2036 ... display unit, 2301 ... pairing unit, 3011a ... connection unit, 3012a ... device information acquisition unit 2302 ... Device information storage unit, 2304 ... Device identification unit, 2305 ... Definition information acquisition unit, 2306 ... Data acquisition unit, 2307 ... Definition information storage unit, 2308 ... Format conversion Unit, 2309... Data transmission unit, S3001... Information processing system, 3001... Data collection server device, 3002. , 3004 ... health equipment, 3030 ... conversion processing unit, 3031 ... storage unit, 3032 ... input unit, 3033 ... second communication unit, 3034 ... control unit, 3035 ... First communication unit, 3036 ... display unit, 3301 ... pairing unit, 3011b ... connection unit, 3012b ... device information acquisition unit, 3302 ... device information storage unit, 3304 ... device Identification unit, 3305 ... definition information acquisition unit, 3306 ... data acquisition unit, 3307 ... definition information storage unit, 3308 ... format conversion unit, 3309 ... data transmission unit

Claims

An information processing apparatus that is communicably connected to a living body measuring apparatus that measures a state of a living body,
An information converter that converts the first information about the living body measured by the living body measuring apparatus into second information;
An information transmission unit for transmitting the second information converted from the first information by the information conversion unit;
An information processing apparatus comprising:
The information processing apparatus includes:
An application processing unit for executing the application;
A biological information acquisition unit that acquires, as the first information, information representing a measurement result by the biological measurement device, from the biological measurement device;
An extraction information acquisition unit that acquires third information indicating items extracted from the measurement result by the biometric device, which corresponds to the application executed by the application processing unit and the biometric device;
Further comprising
The information conversion unit converts the item indicated by the third information acquired by the extraction information acquisition unit into the second information by extracting the item from the first information acquired by the biological information acquisition unit. And
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information transmission unit transmits the second information extracted from the first information by the information conversion unit to an application executed by the application processing unit.
The information processing apparatus further includes an application information acquisition unit that acquires fourth information representing a user registered in the application from an application executed by the application processing unit,
The third information is information corresponding to a user represented by the fourth information acquired by the application information acquisition unit in addition to the biometric device and an application executed by the application processing unit. 2. The information processing apparatus according to 2.
The extracted information acquisition unit acquires the third information from an external device as a response to fifth information representing the biometric device and sixth information representing an application executed by the application processing unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2.
The information processing apparatus includes:
A device information acquisition unit for acquiring seventh information related to the biometric device;
A device specifying unit for specifying the biometric device based on the seventh information acquired by the device information acquiring unit;
Further comprising
The information conversion unit converts the data format of the first information based on definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit into the second information,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information transmission unit transmits the second information in which a data format of the first information is converted by the information conversion unit.
The definition information includes a data definition and a conversion rule,
The information processing apparatus further includes a definition information acquisition unit that acquires the definition information based on the seventh information,
The information conversion unit, based on the data definition included in the definition information acquired by the definition information acquisition unit, information representing the state of the living body according to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit, 6. The information according to claim 5, wherein data is converted as first information, and a data format of the first information that has been converted based on a conversion rule included in the definition information is converted into the second information. Processing equipment.
The information processing apparatus further includes a biological information acquisition unit that requests the biological measurement apparatus to transmit information indicating the state of the biological body and acquires the information as the first information,
The information conversion unit converts the data format of the first information acquired by the biological information acquisition unit based on definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit, and converts the second information Information and
The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information transmission unit transmits the second information in which a data format of the first information is converted by the information conversion unit.
The definition information includes a data definition and a conversion rule,
The information processing apparatus further includes a definition information acquisition unit that acquires the definition information based on the seventh information,
The information conversion unit, based on the data definition included in the definition information acquired by the definition information acquisition unit, information representing the state of the living body according to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit, The information according to claim 7, wherein data is converted as first information, and a data format of the first information that has been converted based on a conversion rule included in the definition information is converted into the second information. Processing equipment.
An information processing system comprising a biometric device that measures a state of a living body and an information processing device that is connected to the biometric device for communication,
The biometric device transmits first information about the living body measured by the biometric device to the information processing device,
The information processing apparatus includes:
An information conversion unit that converts the first information transmitted from the biometric device into second information;
An information transmission unit for transmitting the second information converted from the first information by the information conversion unit;
An information processing system comprising:
The information processing apparatus includes:
An application processing unit for executing the application;
A biological information acquisition unit that acquires, as the first information, information representing a measurement result by the biological measurement device, from the biological measurement device;
An extraction information acquisition unit that acquires third information indicating items extracted from the measurement result by the biometric device, which corresponds to the application executed by the application processing unit and the biometric device;
Further comprising
The information conversion unit converts the item indicated by the third information acquired by the extraction information acquisition unit into the second information by extracting the item from the first information acquired by the biological information acquisition unit. And
The information processing system according to claim 9, wherein the information transmission unit transmits the second information extracted from the first information by the information conversion unit to an application executed by the application processing unit.
The information processing apparatus includes:
A device information acquisition unit for acquiring fourth information related to the biometric device;
A device specifying unit for specifying the biometric device based on the fourth information acquired by the device information acquiring unit;
Further comprising
The information conversion unit converts the data format of the first information based on definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit into the second information,
The information processing system according to claim 9, wherein the information transmission unit transmits the second information in which a data format of the first information is converted by the information conversion unit.
The information processing apparatus further includes a biological information acquisition unit that requests the biological measurement apparatus to transmit information indicating the state of the biological body and acquires the information as the first information,
The information conversion unit converts the data format of the first information acquired by the biological information acquisition unit based on definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit, and converts the second information Information and
The information processing system according to claim 11, wherein the information transmission unit transmits the second information in which a data format of the first information is converted by the information conversion unit.
An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus connected to a biological measurement apparatus for measuring a state of a biological body,
An information conversion process for converting first information about the living body measured by the living body measuring apparatus into second information;
An information transmission process for transmitting the second information converted from the first information in the information conversion process;
An information processing method comprising:
The information processing method includes:
An application process that executes the application;
A biological information acquisition process for acquiring information representing a measurement result by the biological measurement device as the first information from the biological measurement device;
An extraction information acquisition process for acquiring third information indicating items extracted from the measurement result by the biometric device, which corresponds to the application executed in the application process and the biometric device;
Further comprising
In the information conversion process, the item indicated by the third information acquired in the extraction information acquisition process is extracted from the first information acquired in the biological information acquisition process, thereby converting to the second information. And
The information processing method according to claim 13, wherein, in the information transmission process, the second information extracted from the first information in the information conversion process is transmitted to an application executed in the application processing process.
The information processing method includes:
An apparatus information acquisition process for acquiring fourth information related to the biometric apparatus;
A device specifying step for specifying the biometric device based on the fourth information acquired in the device information acquiring step;
Further comprising
In the information conversion process, the data format of the first information is converted into the second information based on the definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified in the device specifying process,
The information processing method according to claim 13, wherein in the information transmission process, the second information obtained by converting a data format of the first information in the information conversion process is transmitted.
The information processing method further includes a biological information acquisition process of requesting the biological measurement device to transmit information representing the state of the biological body and acquiring the information as the first information,
In the information conversion process, the second information is converted by converting the data format of the first information acquired in the biological information acquisition process based on the definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified in the apparatus specifying process. Information and
The information processing method according to claim 15, wherein, in the information transmission process, the second information obtained by converting a data format of the first information in the information conversion process is transmitted.
A computer of an information processing device connected to a biological measurement device for measuring a biological state,
An information converter that converts the first information about the living body measured by the living body measuring apparatus into second information;
An information transmission unit for transmitting the second information converted from the first information by the information conversion unit;
A program to make it function as.
The program causes the computer to
An application processor that executes the application,
A biological information acquisition unit that acquires, as the first information, information representing a measurement result by the biological measurement device, from the biological measurement device;
An extraction information acquisition unit that acquires information corresponding to an application executed by the application processing unit and the biometric device, and that acquires third information indicating an item to be extracted from a measurement result by the biometric device;
Further function as
The program is
The information conversion unit converts the item indicated by the third information acquired by the extraction information acquisition unit from the first information acquired by the biological information acquisition unit into the second information. Let
The program according to claim 17, wherein the information transmission unit causes the application processing unit to transmit the second information extracted from the first information by the information conversion unit.
The program causes the computer to
A device information acquisition unit for acquiring fourth information related to the biometric device;
A device specifying unit for specifying the biometric device based on the fourth information acquired by the device information acquiring unit;
Further function as
The program is
Based on the definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit, the information converting unit converts the data format of the first information into the second information,
The program according to claim 17, wherein the information transmitting unit transmits the second information in which a data format of the first information is converted by the information converting unit.
The program further requests a transmission of information representing the state of the living body to the living body measuring device, and further functions as a living body information acquiring unit that acquires the first information,
The program is
The information conversion unit converts the data format of the first information acquired by the biological information acquisition unit based on definition information corresponding to the biometric device specified by the device specifying unit, and converts the second information Information,
The program according to claim 19, wherein the information transmitting unit transmits the second information in which a data format of the first information is converted by the information converting unit.