JP2000132623A - Home health managing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a home health managing system eliminating troublesomeness for user concerning inputting of health data to a terminal device. SOLUTION: The home health managing system is formed of a health measuring instrument 10 provided with a measuring means for measuring a health condition and a transmission means for transmitting measured data to the terminal device 20 and the terminal device 20 provided with a receiving means for receiving data transmitted by the instrument 10, and a managing means for managing data. In this case, a communication control means 22 for executing a reception waiting processing is provided for the device 20 to execute reception waiting of data transmitted in cable communication or radio communication by the part 22.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is useful for voluntary health management by centrally managing data on health conditions measured in a general home by a terminal device, or to transmit the data to a remote place via a communication network. The present invention relates to a home health care system which enables a health care while receiving advice from a specialist at home or the like by sending to a specialist such as a doctor or a health nurse.

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2. Description of the Related Art With the rapid aging of society in recent years, medical financing in Japan has become tight, and it is necessary to respond to this. The government will increase the burden of medical expenses on the people and, as a basic policy, shift from the conventional policy of "early detection and early treatment of illness" to "improving health to prevent illness". I'm watching.

[0003] As one of the means for effectively performing the above-mentioned "building health to prevent illness", a "home health care system" has been proposed. This is measured in each household by measuring data on a health condition that can be measured in a general household (for example, a blood pressure value measured by an electronic sphygmomanometer, a body temperature measured by a thermometer, and the like, hereinafter referred to as health data). The data is transmitted to a medical institution or a health center via a communication network such as a public line or a CATV line by a dedicated terminal device, and data analysis /
It's about making a decision.

According to such a home health care system, daily health care at home can be performed under the guidance of a specialist, and more reliable health care can be performed. You can expect a reduction in the number of times.

In the home health care system described above,
When a sphygmomanometer or an electrocardiograph is integrated into a terminal device installed in the home to communicate with an external terminal at a medical institution or health center, the user always has the terminal device installed. The measurement of blood pressure and the like has to be performed to the point where it has not been done, and it is not always convenient. Therefore, a health measurement device for measuring health data such as a sphygmomanometer, a thermometer, and an electrocardiograph is provided separately from the terminal device so that the user can measure the health data even in a place other than the place where the terminal device is installed. There is something.

[0006] In such a home health management system in which the terminal device and the health measuring device are provided separately, application software for reading data of the health measuring device is installed in the terminal device in advance. . Then, in the terminal device, data is read using a cable via a repeater for converting data into a communication standard readable by the terminal device or a communication port attached to the terminal device. In this case, the data is read out by connecting the health measuring device and the terminal device with a cable and then pressing and operating a communication start button provided on the terminal device. In wired communication via such a cable, when measuring health data using a plurality of health measurement devices, the work of connecting the health measurement device to the terminal device and pressing the communication start button is performed for all health measurements. It has to be done for measuring equipment, which is troublesome.

On the other hand, if communication is performed between the health measuring device and the terminal device using wireless communication, the terminal device can be operated simply by pressing the transmission start button provided on the health measuring device. Since reading of health data can be performed, connection work of cables and the like is not required, and input work of health data is facilitated.
However, enabling wireless communication for all health measuring devices leads to an increase in cost, and wireless communication may not always be appropriate for a health measuring device having a large amount of data to be transmitted. Therefore, if only wireless communication is used, the types of health measuring devices that can be used may be limited. Therefore, it is desirable that both the wired communication and the wireless communication can be used between the health measuring device and the terminal device.

[0008]

In a home health care system in which wired communication and wireless communication are used together between the above-mentioned health measuring device and the terminal device, generally, in the case of wired communication, data is stored near the terminal device. In the case of wireless communication, data is exchanged from a place remote from the terminal device. For this reason,
Despite the situation in which wired communication is being performed, wireless communication may be started by mistake without knowing the situation.

However, the terminal device of the home health care system cannot process the health data transmitted from a plurality of health measuring devices at a time, so that the health data can be simultaneously transmitted from the plurality of health measuring devices. When transmitted, health data that cannot be read by the terminal device occurs, such that all the health data cannot be received by the terminal device. Therefore, the user:
It is necessary to pay attention not to transmit health data from multiple health measurement devices at the same time, or in some cases, it is necessary to perform operations to re-enter all the health data transmitted at the same time. There was a problem that it was troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a home health management system in which the input of health data to a terminal device has been eliminated by the user. Is to provide.

[0011]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A health measuring device comprising a measuring means for measuring a health condition and a transmitting means for transmitting the measured data to a terminal device; a receiving means for receiving data transmitted by the health measuring device; and a managing means for managing the received data. In a home health management system comprising a terminal device having a terminal device, a communication control unit for performing interrupt processing is provided in the terminal device, and the communication control unit waits for reception of data transmitted by wire communication or wireless communication. It is characterized by the following.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the home health care system according to the first aspect, the communication control unit of the terminal device receives the data by wireless communication while receiving the data by wired communication. After interrupting the data reception by, and receiving the data by wireless communication with priority,
It is characterized by receiving data by wire communication again.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the home health care system according to the first or second aspect, the communication control unit of the terminal device receives data by wire communication while receiving data by wireless communication. In this case, reception of data by wireless communication is not interrupted, and data by wireless communication is preferentially received, and then data by wire communication is received again.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a health measuring device including a measuring means for measuring a health condition and a transmitting means for transmitting the measured data to a terminal device, and a receiving device for receiving data transmitted by the health measuring device. In a home healthcare system comprising means and a terminal device having management means for managing received data, a communication control unit having a buffer function is provided in the terminal device, and the communication control unit performs wireless communication or wired communication. When receiving data by the other communication method while receiving data by one communication method, the data transmitted by the other communication method is temporarily stored until the reception of the data by the other communication method is completed. It is characterized by having done.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a home health care system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the health measuring device. FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the terminal device. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the terminal device. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the data transfer device. FIG. 6 is a waveform diagram of a basic signal of infrared communication. FIG. 7 shows a data format of infrared communication. FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a main part that performs data communication control. FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a main part for performing another data communication control. FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a main part that performs another data communication control.

The home health management system includes a health measuring device 1
0a to 10n, a data transfer device 50 for reading data on health measured by the health measuring devices 10a to 10n (hereinafter referred to as health data) and transferring the data to a terminal device by wireless communication, and the health measuring devices 10a to 10n. And a home system including a terminal device 20 that manages health data transmitted from the data transfer device 50 and performs data communication with an external terminal, and an external hospital connected to the terminal device 20 via the communication network 30. And a center device 40 installed in a health center, a care center, or the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the health measuring devices 10a to 10n include measuring means 11a to 11n for measuring a health condition.
Storage means 12a-1 for storing measured health data
2n and transmitting means 13a to 13n for transmitting the stored health data to the terminal device 20 via a communication cable.
And terminals 14a to 14n connected to a communication cable.

Measuring means 11a-1 for measuring health data
1n indicates, for example, a means for measuring blood pressure in the case of a sphygmomanometer, or a means for measuring body temperature in the case of a thermometer.
Various health data can be measured by a to 10n. In the present embodiment, the transmitting means 13a
Although the same one is used as ~ 13n, it may be different for each device, such as wired communication, wireless communication, or wireless communication using infrared rays. In addition, health measuring devices 10a to 1
At 0n, there is no limitation on the shape of the connector, the components used, and the like as long as the communication standard satisfies a predetermined communication standard. Examples of such health measuring devices 10a to 10n include a blood pressure monitor, a thermometer, a weight scale, a body fat meter, an electrocardiograph, a blood glucose meter, and the like. Absent. These health measuring devices 10a to 10n may be used alone or in combination with a plurality of devices according to the situation of the user.

As shown in FIG. 4, a terminal device 20 includes a microprocessor 21 for controlling the terminal device and a BIO
ROM 30 in which S and OS are stored, RAM 32 as a work area, flash memory 34 for storing application software and data, and receiving for receiving data transmitted from each of the health measuring devices 10a to 10n. Means 100 and connection terminal 102 for reception
A receiving circuit 110 for receiving health data transmitted by wireless communication from the data transfer device 50;
2 and communication means 60 for performing data communication with an external terminal
, A line connection terminal 62, an LCD monitor 70, operation buttons 82, 84, 86, 88, an audio output circuit 90 for audio guidance, and a speaker 92.

The receiving circuit 100 for receiving data transmitted from each of the health measuring devices 10a to 10n and the connection terminal 102 for reception differ depending on the communication system of the health measuring devices 10a to 10n. A connection terminal will be incorporated. For example, in a synchronous serial communication, a synchronous serial communication receiving circuit and a connection terminal suitable for the communication are used, and in an asynchronous serial communication, an asynchronous serial communication receiving circuit and a connection terminal suitable for the communication are used. Will be. In addition, as long as data can be exchanged between the health measuring devices 10a to 10n and the terminal device 20, the communication method is not limited.

The communication means 60 and the line connection terminal 62
Depending on what is used as the communication network 30, a communication line and a connection terminal corresponding to each are incorporated. For example, when a public line is used, a connection terminal of a public line modem circuit and a public line is used, and when a CATV line is used, a connection terminal of a cable modem circuit and a CATV line is used. In addition to the above, the PHS
Although there are lines and ISDN lines, there is no particular limitation on which communication network to use.

The voice output circuit 90 and the speaker 92 are for outputting voice for guiding the user on how to use the terminal device 20, and can output voice files incorporated in the application software according to the situation. And output it from the speaker 92 as audio.

As shown in FIG. 5, the data transfer device 50 includes a receiving circuit 54 for receiving the health data transmitted by the health measuring devices 10a to 10n, a connection terminal 55 for reception,
It comprises a transmission circuit 56 for wirelessly transmitting the received health data to the terminal device 20, a transmission light emitting element 57, and a control unit 52 for controlling these.

The data communication between the terminal device 20 and the data transfer device 50 uses infrared communication. Therefore, although the light receiving element 102 and the light emitting element 57 are used, there are many wireless communication methods other than infrared communication, and there is no particular limitation as long as data can be transmitted and received.

Next, the specification of the infrared communication used in the present embodiment will be described. However, the specification described here is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this specification.

First, the carrier wave has a wavelength of 900 to 950n.
Using infrared light having a bandwidth of m, the frequency band of the subcarrier was set to 36.7 ± 0.3 kHz and the duty ratio was set to 33%. In the present embodiment, the pulse train is set to PPM (Pulse Pha
A modulation method is used in which a subcarrier is amplitude-modulated (primary modulation) by a pulse train, and an infrared ray is amplitude-modulated (secondary modulation) by the primary-modulated subcarrier. FIG. 6 shows a waveform diagram of the basic signal thus formed. Time T is the basic signal time, T = 436
μs. The time t is a subcarrier (frequency 3
6.7 kHz, duty ratio 33%).

FIG. 7 shows the communication data format.
Is used. In FIG. 7, a reader is a marker indicating the head of a signal, and HD is a header code. The header code HD includes a health measuring device 1
Information such as a maker code of 0a to 10n and a device type code of a device to be used can be provided, and interference with other devices using infrared communication of the same system can be prevented. DATA is a part for holding health data measured by the health measuring devices 10a to 10n. P is a parity code, which is a 4-bit code used for an error test on transmission data. The parity code P is a value obtained by dividing the header code HD and the health data DATA into 4-bit units and calculating an exclusive OR of them. The error test using the parity code is performed by comparing the parity code P received by the terminal device 20 with the received header code HD and the parity code P ′ recalculated from the health data DATA. The trailer is a marker indicating the end of the signal.

As shown in FIG. 8, the terminal device 20 according to the present embodiment controls wired communication with the health measuring devices 10a to 10n and wireless communication with the data transfer device 50. A communication control unit 22 is provided. The communication control unit 22 has a function of performing interrupt processing.
Priority of interrupts is set in advance and health measurement devices 10a-1
0n and the data transmitted from the data transfer device 50. Communication control unit 22 in the present embodiment
, The data (data transmitted by wireless communication) from the data transfer device 50 is preferentially awaited, and while the wireless communication is being performed between the data transfer device 50 and the terminal device 21 or a health measurement device. When the communication starts simultaneously with the data transfer device 50 (using wireless communication) and the data transfer device 50 (using wireless communication), the health measuring devices 10a to 10n
Mask processing is performed so that the wired communication from n cannot be interrupted. Conversely, terminal devices 2 from health measuring devices 10a to 10n
If data is transmitted from the data transfer device 50 while the wired communication is being performed with respect to the
a to 10n, the data transfer device 50
Priority is given to receiving data from In the terminal device 20 of the present embodiment, data transmitted by wireless communication over wired communication is received preferentially by wired communication over data transmitted by wireless communication. This is because the transmitted data is easier to process such as a retransmission request to be described later, but it goes without saying that the priority is not limited to this.

Thus, in the home health management system according to the present embodiment, the terminal device 20 performs an interrupt process for the wired communication from the health measuring devices 10a to 10n and the wireless communication from the data transfer device 50. This makes it possible to reliably receive data from either communication.

In the home health management system according to the present embodiment, if wireless communication is interrupted during wired communication, or if wired communication and wireless communication occur simultaneously, after the wireless communication is terminated, Communication is continued. That is, in the communication control unit 22, after the wireless communication ends, the health measuring devices 10a to 10n
, A request for data transmission is made, so that both data can be received.

In the communication control unit 22, when the wired communication occurs during the wireless communication, since the interrupt of the wired communication is masked, the data transmitted by the wired communication may not be received by the terminal device 20. Therefore, an interrupt detection means 120 having a function of detecting an interrupt signal from a receiving circuit that receives data from the health measuring devices 10a to 10n and retaining the information, or erasing the retained information is added. You may. Thereby, when the wired communication occurs while the wireless communication is being performed, it is recognized that the wired communication has occurred.
Data transmission requests can be made to a to n.

The communication control unit 22 checks the information held in the interrupt detecting means 120 after the reception of the data by wireless communication is completed, and if there is interrupt information, deletes the information of the interrupt detecting means 120 and then executes the interrupt. Since the data transmission request is made to the health measuring devices 10a to 10n, it is possible to prevent a state in which the wire communication generated during the wireless communication is not received by the terminal device 20.

In the home health care system described above,
In order to avoid a situation in which the wired communication is not received by the terminal device 20 when the wired communication occurs during the wireless communication, the health measuring devices 10a to 10n and the terminal device 20 are connected until the wired communication is completed. The connecting cable must be connected. That is, the health measuring device 10a trying to perform wired communication during wireless communication.
If the cable of 10 to 10 n is unplugged, a transmission request cannot be made, and the above-described configuration cannot cope.

Therefore, even when the wired communication and the wireless communication occur simultaneously, or when the other communication occurs while one of the communication is being performed, the data is received simultaneously without a transmission request. You may be able to do it.

For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the communication control units 24 and 26 having a buffer function capable of storing data are provided with a receiving circuit 100 for receiving data from the health measuring devices 10a to 10n and a data transfer. Each is connected to a receiving circuit 110 that receives data from the circuit 50. These communication control units 24 and 26 can store each data independently, and transfer the data to the microprocessor 21 after receiving all the data.

Of course, if the microprocessor 21 is in a state capable of performing wired communication or wireless communication, the microprocessor 21 receives data from either communication, and during that time receives data from another communication. If there is a transmission, the communication control units 24 and 26 may be driven.

[0037]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a health measuring device including a measuring means for measuring a health condition and a transmitting means for transmitting the measured data to a terminal device is provided. In a home health care system including a terminal unit having a receiving unit for receiving data transmitted by a measuring device and a management unit for managing the received data, a communication control unit for performing an interrupt process is provided in the terminal unit, and wired communication is performed. And the communication control unit waits for the reception of data transmitted by wireless communication, so that by performing interrupt processing, it is possible to determine whether both wired communication and wireless communication occur at the same time or one of them. Even if data transmission is started by the other communication method while receiving data, the data is received by preferentially receiving the preset communication method. It is possible to reduce the probability that have data occurs, an effect that relates the input of health data to the terminal device, it is possible to provide a home health care system which solves the inconvenience of the user.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the first aspect.
In the home health management system described above, the communication control unit of the terminal device, when receiving data via wireless communication while receiving data via wired communication, suspends reception of data via wired communication and gives priority to data via wireless communication. After receiving the data, the data by wire communication is received again, so both the data transmitted by wire communication and the data transmitted by wireless communication can be received. There is an effect that the reliability of the system can be improved.

In the invention according to claim 3, claim 1 is
In the home health management system according to claim 2, the communication control unit of the terminal device, when receiving data by wire communication while receiving data by wireless communication, does not interrupt reception of data by wireless communication, Since the data received by communication is given priority and the data received by wire communication is received again, it is possible to receive both data transmitted by wire communication and wireless communication, so that the health data to the terminal device can be received. This makes it possible to improve the input operability and reliability of the system.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a health measuring device comprising a measuring means for measuring a health condition and a transmitting means for transmitting the measured data to a terminal device, In a home health care system comprising a terminal device having a receiving unit for receiving and a managing unit for managing received data, a communication control unit having a buffer function is provided in the terminal device, and the communication control unit performs wireless communication or When data is received by one of the wired communication methods and data is received by the other communication method, data transmitted by the other communication method is temporarily stored until data reception by the other communication method is completed. Communication, it is possible to receive both data transmitted by wire communication and wireless communication. An effect that it is possible to provide a home health care system which solves the inconvenience of the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a home health care system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the health measuring device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a terminal device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a terminal device.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the data transfer device.

FIG. 6 is a waveform diagram of a basic signal of infrared communication.

FIG. 7 is a data format of infrared communication.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a main part that performs data communication control.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a main part that performs another data communication control.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a main part that performs another data communication control.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Health measurement apparatus 11 Measuring means 13 Transmitting means 20 Terminal device 22, 24, 26 Communication control part 32 RAM 34 Flash memory 32, 34 Management means 100 Receiving means

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According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A health measuring device comprising a measuring means for measuring a health condition and a transmitting means for transmitting the measured data to a terminal device; a receiving means for receiving data transmitted by the health measuring device; and a managing means for managing the received data. in home health management system comprising a terminal apparatus having a wired communication and wireless communication
The terminal device includes a communication control unit that performs an interrupt process with a signal, and the communication control unit receives data by wire communication,
When data is received by wireless communication,
Suspend data reception and prioritize wireless data
And receiving the data by wire communication again after receiving the data.

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According to a second aspect of the present invention, a health condition is measured.
Transmission means for transmitting the measured data to the terminal device
And a health measuring device with means for transmitting
Receiving means for receiving the received data and managing the received data
Health management comprising a terminal device with
In the system, the interrupt processing between the wired communication and the wireless communication is performed.
A communication control unit that performs processing is provided in the terminal device, and the communication control unit includes:
While data is being received by wireless communication, data
Data reception by wireless communication is interrupted
After receiving data via wireless communication with priority,
First, data is received by wire communication .

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As described above, according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, by performing the interrupt processing, the case where both the wired communication and the wireless communication occur at the same time or one of the two cases can be realized. Even if data transmission is started by the other communication method while data is being received by the communication method of the above, there is a possibility that unreceived data will occur by preferentially receiving the preset communication method. Since it can be reduced, there is an effect that it is possible to provide a home health management system that eliminates the trouble of the user in inputting health data to the terminal device.

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A health measuring device comprising a measuring means for measuring a health condition and a transmitting means for transmitting measured data to a terminal device; a receiving means for receiving data transmitted by the health measuring device; In a home health management system comprising a terminal device having management means, a communication control unit for performing interrupt processing is provided in the terminal device, and the communication control unit waits for reception of data transmitted by wire communication or wireless communication. A home health care system characterized by being performed. 2. A communication control unit of a terminal device, when receiving data by wireless communication while receiving data by wired communication, suspends reception of data by wired communication, and receives data by wireless communication with priority. 2. The home health care system according to claim 1, wherein after receiving the data, data is received by wire communication. 3. When receiving data by wire communication during reception of data by wireless communication, the communication control unit of the terminal device gives priority to data by wireless communication without interrupting reception of data by wireless communication. 3. The home health care system according to claim 1, wherein data received by wire communication is received again after the data is received. 4. A health measuring device comprising a measuring means for measuring a health condition and a transmitting means for transmitting the measured data to a terminal device; a receiving means for receiving data transmitted by the health measuring device; And a terminal device having management means for managing the terminal device, the terminal device further comprising a communication control unit having a buffer function, wherein the communication control unit performs data communication by one of a wireless communication method and a wired communication method. When receiving data by the other communication method while receiving the data, the data transmitted by the other communication method is temporarily stored until the data reception by the one communication method is completed. Home health care system.