JPH09322882A - Body mounted type health information collector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable recording and transmission of general waveform information related to a living body as compressed information by arranging a compression means of voice signals, a means for recording the compressed data and a means for expanding the compressed data. SOLUTION: Signals from various sensors and electrodes inputted into a body part 20 are converted into specified signals by a mixing amplification circuit 22a and amplification circuits 22b-22d, inputted into a microcomputer 23 to be converted into digital signals and then, undergo a specified arithmetic processing to be recorded into a data memory 24b. On the other hand, sound information detected by a sound gathering microphone 15 and a built-in microphone 16 is simultaneously amplified by a mixing amplification circuit 22e and undergoes digitization and band width compression by a compression/ expansion circuit (CODEC) 25. Then, the results are stored in an audiomemory 24a. This enables oral checking and auscultation by specialists automatically while detecting and preserving biological information enjoying a daily life.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an apparatus for collecting health-related information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a first conventional example of an apparatus for mounting a plurality of biological information on a body and measuring it, there is a physical condition monitoring apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-71529. This is because an alarm sounds when the measurement time such as body temperature is reached, so it is possible to measure after transitioning to a predetermined state, for example, a rest state, so it is said that the physical condition can always be monitored under the same conditions. There is. Further, as a second conventional example, a medical communication device capable of transmitting an abnormality of biometric information to a medical institution or the like using a public line and receiving an appropriate instruction from a doctor is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-245117. Are known.

[0003]

The first prior art described above is premised on the fact that the wearer of the device will follow the program instructions in good faith, and even if the measurement result is abnormal, the expert's instructions / diagnosis will be given. There is concern about confusion and delays in measures based on layman's judgment during the period until obtaining the. In addition, the above-mentioned second conventional technique is capable of transmitting relevant data to a specialized institution (hospital) when a terminal device recognizes an abnormality in a measurement result and obtaining a medical inquiry, but it is very general. In addition to the problems such as not being able to make an appropriate diagnosis due to lack of consideration for auscultation, which is a new diagnostic method, in common with the above-mentioned first prior art, it is possible to quickly update the program to cope with new situations. There was a problem of not having.

The object of the present invention is to automatically perform inquiry and auscultation by a specialist who is indispensable for health management, and to have a function of detecting and storing a plurality of biological information while performing daily life. It is an object of the present invention to provide a human-wearable health information collection device capable of flexibly responding to changes.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided with an analog signal (sound signal) compression means, a means for storing the compressed data, and an expansion means for the compressed data. By having compression / expansion means, not only interactive voices during automatic interviews, but also breathing sounds and heartbeats collected by a stethoscope, and general waveform information related to living organisms such as electrocardiographic waveforms are compressed. It is possible to record and transmit as. As a result, it becomes possible to add an automatic voice inquiry function and an auscultation function to the wearable biometric information recording device, which has been difficult because a large-capacity memory is conventionally required, and more accurate remote diagnosis can be performed.

Further, a PHS (Personal Handy Phone System) communication function is added to the human body wearing terminal itself to enable multiplex communication of voice and data. As a result, it becomes easy to flexibly change the program for the terminal device in response to a command from the medical institution side.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a body-wearable health information collection device terminal used in this embodiment. As a sensor for detecting biological information, an electrocardiographic detection biological electrode 1
1, a cable connector 17a for electrodes, a pressure-sensitive sensor 12 for detecting blood pressure and pulse, a thermistor electrode 13 for measuring body temperature, and a biological electrode for detecting blood glucose level (for example, a pair of electrodes covered with a glucose oxidase film, JP-A-5-245117). 14 and electrode and sensor cable connector 17
b. A sound collecting microphone mainly intended for auscultation, a microphone cable connector 17c, and the like are prepared, and are connected to the mounting main body 20 via the input connectors 21a, 21b, and 21c corresponding to the respective cable connectors. Further, it has a built-in microphone 16 for inputting a voice signal, a voice output speaker 29, and a transmitting / receiving antenna 28 for transmitting / receiving with a radio telephone base station.

The signals from the various sensors and electrodes input to the main body 20 are converted into predetermined signals by the mixing and amplifying circuit 22a and the amplifying circuits 22b, 22c and 22d, and the analog signal multiplexer (MPX) and AD converter (ADC). ) Input to a microcomputer (microprocessor unit, MPU) 23 having a function to be converted into a digital signal, and as it is, or a predetermined arithmetic processing is performed, and recorded in the data memory 24b. On the other hand, the sound information detected by the sound collection microphone 15 and the built-in microphone 16 is simultaneously amplified by the mixing amplification circuit 22e, digitized and band-compressed by the compression / decompression circuit (CODEC) 25, and stored in the audio memory 24a.

In the control memory 24c, a health management schedule suitable for each individual wearer is recorded in advance through the IC card connector 30 together with message information, and the microcomputer 23 operates according to the program and the display controller 31 is used. Comments and measurement results are displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 32, and the audio memory 24b and the compression / decompression circuit 25 are displayed.
After that, a voice message or an instruction from a doctor or the like is played from the speaker 29.

The public line wireless communication means 27 equipped with the auto dialer 26 is used to interact with a specialist institution in which the doctor or the like resides and change the program in response to a new situation. In addition to various operations, the switch group 33 can be used to change programs and dial functions as a telephone set.

FIG. 2 is a mounting view showing a state in which the mounting body 20 is actually mounted on the wrist. On the wrist of the wearer 40, an electrode wearing wristband 41 having electrodes for measuring a pulse rate, a body temperature and the like embedded therein is wound, and the wearing body 20 is fixed to the band 41 at the same time. A liquid crystal display panel 32, a built-in microphone 16 and a speaker 29 are attached to the surface of the main body portion 20.
There are connection connectors 21a, 21b, and 21c on the side surface of, and are connected to various sensors (electrodes) via cable connectors 21a, 21b, and 21c.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing how the measuring device is used. The wearer 40 acts by wearing the wearing body 20 on the wrist both indoors and outdoors, and the measurement result of biometric information and the like passes through the wireless base station 51 and the public network 52 to the host system in the management center 53. 54 is transmitted as required.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the flow of measurement, which is presented mainly as an example of dialogue messages at the time of heart sound measurement. When recognizing that the measurement time has come in the judgment state 61, the fact that the measurement start time has come is automatically notified by voice or character display on the liquid crystal display panel surface (whether voice or text is set in advance). (Execution state 62) The wearer's confirmation response operation is waited in the judgment state 63, and after the response is made, the judgment state 64 continues to wait for a predetermined time until the waveform information in a predetermined range is input. If no waveform is input here or an extremely unnatural waveform is input, a measurement malfunction message is issued in the execution state 65 to call attention.

When it is judged in the judgment state 64 that the information to be measured is inputted, the measurement end message is generated in the execution state 66, the next measurement notice is given in the execution state 67, and the judgment state 68 is continued until a predetermined time is reached. Wait at. The health data such as the body temperature thus measured is automatically transferred to a medical institution (health management center) and analyzed. Next, examples of measures taken by the health management center will be shown.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an example of correspondence of the management center. First, device wearers (patients) A and B
Collect health data from Mr., Mr. C to Mr. X on the public telephone line that intervenes wireless election (execution state 71),
Scientifically analyze health data from Mr. A to Mr. X (execution state 72), and the result is a message saying that Mr. A has no particular problem, but Mr. B needs caution. Listed by state 73.

A qualified diagnosis person such as a doctor draws out the details of health information about Mr. B in the execution state 74 to make a diagnosis and give a prescription instruction. Based on the prescription instruction, change the health care schedule table for Mr. B (execution state 75) and modify and create messages such as the regular message and inquiry message when waking up (execution state 76),
It is automatically transferred to the terminal device mounted by Mr. B (execution state 77). By doing this B
As appropriate instructions and future actions will be communicated to him,
It is possible to maintain health without worrying about unnecessary anxiety and while maintaining social activity.

[0017]

According to the present invention, an inquiry and auscultation by an expert, which is indispensable for health care, can be automatically performed, and since a so-called mobile wireless telephone function is built in, there is no spatial restriction in use. It is possible to detect and store multiple types of biological information while conducting daily life.
It is possible to realize a human-wearable health information collection device capable of flexibly responding to changes in the situation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a body-mounted health information collection device terminal used in this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the mounting body is actually mounted on the wrist.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a usage state of the health management system.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of measurement.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of management center correspondence.

[Explanation of Codes] 11 ... Electrocardiographic detection bioelectrode, 12 ... Pressure sensor, 13 ...
Thermistor electrode, 14 ... Biological electrode, 15 ... Sound collecting microphone, 16 ... Built-in microphone, 17a, 17b,
17c ... Cable connector, 20 ... Mounting body, 21
a, 1b, 21c ... input connector, 22a, 22e ... mixing amplifier circuit, 22b, 22c, 22d ... amplifier circuit,
23 ... Microcomputer, 24a ... Audio memory, 24b ... Data memory, 24c ... Control memory, 25 ... Compression / expansion circuit, 26 ... Auto dialer, 27
... Public line wireless communication means, 28 ... Transmission / reception antenna, 29
… Speaker for audio output, 30… IC card connector, 3
1 ... Display controller, 32 ... Liquid crystal display panel, 33 ...
Switch group.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of biosensors for detecting biometric information from a living body, and an AD for digitizing an analog signal selected by means for selecting an output signal from the biosensor.
A converter, a means for storing the digitized biometric information, and a program for pre-registering the type of the biometric information detected using the plurality of biometric sensors, the measurement order, time, date and time, and notes. Means, a microprocessor for performing various calculations and controls according to the contents of the program means, a sound information output means and a display means for notifying the type and time of measurement of the biometric information, and the stored biometric information A body-worn health information collecting apparatus having communication means for transferring, comprising: acoustic information input means, compression / decompression means for the acoustic information, and means for storing the compressed acoustic information. Information collection device. 2. A plurality of biological sensors for detecting biological information from a living body, and an AD for digitizing an analog signal selected by means for selecting an output signal from the biological sensor.
A converter, a means for storing the digitized biometric information, and a program for pre-registering the type of the biometric information detected using the plurality of biometric sensors, the measurement order, time, date and time, and notes. Means, a microprocessor for performing various calculations and controls according to the contents of the program means, a sound information output means and a display means for notifying the type and time of measurement of the biometric information, and the stored biometric information A body-worn health information collection device having communication means for transferring, wherein the communication means is a public line wireless transceiver.