JP2003093355A - Measurement apparatus for living body information, apparatus for controlling living body information, measurement system for living body information, measurement method for living body information, method for controlling living body information, program for measuring living body information, storage medium that recorded program, program for controlling living body information, and storage medium for recorded program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for measuring the living body information that can afford useful information of the living body. SOLUTION: A user who measures the living body information inputs the user's circumstances as to the site and the time of measurement when the measurement is made by the apparatus for the living body information (S101, 103). The next step is taken after these inputtings are made (S102, 104). In addition, detailed information and questions can be inputted by voice (S106-108). When the inputting is over, the living body information is measured (S109-111) and the information as to the temperature or the like such as the data and dates are also acquired at the same time (S112, 113). These data are stored in the apparatus for measuring the living body information (S114) and displayed on a display section (S115). In case these data are transmitted, a file with an additional information inputted to the measurement is produced for the preparation of transmission and transmitted to a host computer through a network (S117, 118).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a biological information measuring device, a biological information managing device, a biological information measuring system, a biological information measuring method, a biological information managing method, a biological information measuring program, a recording medium recording the program, and biological information. Regarding a management program and a recording medium having the program recorded therein, particularly, a biological information measuring device, a biological information managing device, a biological information measuring system, which can provide useful information,
The present invention relates to a biological information measuring method, a biological information managing method, a biological information measuring program, a recording medium recording the program, a biological information managing program, and a recording medium recording the program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When measuring biological information such as blood pressure and blood glucose, the measurement place (Place) and measurement time (Tim
e), and TPO information such as measurement status (Occasion) are extremely important factors. This is because, when considering the measurement results, not only the measurement results but also the viewpoints under which conditions and under what conditions the measurement was performed cannot be ignored.

For example, the blood glucose level varies greatly before and after meals, and even a person in a normal health condition usually observes a sharp rise in blood glucose level after meals. In addition, people who normally cannot detect the urine sugar level, which is the value of sugar in urine,
It is rare that urine sugar is transiently detected in the morning after ingestion. Furthermore, even if it is the measurement result of the blood pressure at the same time, depending on whether it is the measured value immediately after waking up or the measured value immediately after the walk,
The clinical meaning of the blood pressure value also differs greatly. In addition, the blood pressure value may change depending on the measurement location. For example, in the condition called “white coat hypertension”, the blood pressure measured in front of a doctor or nurse in a white coat at a hospital is higher than the blood pressure during daily life at home. It is said that.

On the other hand, in recent years, self-management of health condition called self-medication and home medical care have been proposed.
There is a growing demand for self-management by measuring various types of biological information. Therefore, in order to enable self-management, various biometric information measuring devices have been developed that can easily measure various biometric information at home, are small and have excellent portability, and can be used outdoors. Furthermore, a medical system has been proposed in which a communication means is provided between a patient at home and a medical institution, and the measured biometric information is transmitted to the medical institution so that the doctor can obtain an inquiry and an instruction. .

[0005]

However, there is no measuring instrument or system developed in this way that is indispensable to input TPO information such as the measurement status, and an appropriate judgment must be made. In some cases, it was not possible to obtain a measurement result that can be obtained. For this reason, it is difficult to make appropriate self-management and diagnosis when performing self-management for maintaining one's own health, and also when making a diagnosis by a doctor, because the judgment must be made only from the measured values. There was a problem.

In view of such a problem, in the present invention, by providing useful information, a biological information measuring device, a biological information managing device, a biological information measuring system, which can realize more appropriate self-management and diagnostic treatment, An object of the present invention is to provide a biometric information measuring method, a biometric information managing method, a biometric information measuring program, a recording medium recording the program, a biometric information managing program, and a recording medium recording the program.

[0007]

To achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, a biological information measuring device is
A biometric information measuring means for measuring biometric information of the user and a measurement location information input means for inputting information of a measurement location where the measurement is performed are provided.

It is desirable that the above-mentioned biometric information measuring means measures the biometric information of the user after the information of the measurement place is input.

It is desirable that the above-mentioned measurement location information input means inputs at least one of a home, a hospital, an inside of a car, the outdoors and a workplace as the measurement location information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a biological information measuring device includes biological information measuring means for measuring biological information of a user, and measurement status information input means for inputting measurement status information to be measured.

It is desirable that the above-mentioned biometric information measuring means measures the biometric information of the user after the information of the measurement situation is input.

The above-mentioned measurement status information inputting means, as the measurement status information, is information at the time of measurement by the user, that is, after waking up,
After exercise, before meals, after meals, after smoking, after bathing,
It is desirable to enter at least one of before defecation and after defecation.

Further, the above-mentioned measurement status information input means is, as the measurement status information, information on the physical condition of the user at the time of measurement,
It is desirable to input at least one of good, normal, and poor.

Further, it is preferable that the above-mentioned measurement status information input means inputs, as the measurement status information, at least one of a standing position, a sitting position and a lying position, which is information on the posture of the user at the time of measurement.

Further, it is desirable that the biological information measuring device further comprises a switching means for switching input objects so that the measurement location information inputting means and the measurement status information inputting means can be realized by the same inputting means.

Further, it is desirable that the biological information measuring device further comprises an environmental condition measuring means for measuring the condition of the environment in which the measurement is performed.

Furthermore, it is desirable that the biological information measuring device further comprises a voice information input means for allowing the user to input information by voice.

Further, the biological information measuring device further comprises communication means for performing communication via an electric communication line, and the communication means includes information on a measurement place, information on a measurement situation, conditions of a measured environment, and a voice. It is desirable to transmit at least one of the information, the measured biometric information, and an identifier for identifying the biometric information measuring device to another device via an electric communication line.

Further, the biological information measuring device includes at least one of information of a measuring place, information of a measuring situation, a condition of a measured environment, and voice information, and measured biological information.
It is desirable to further include a storage unit that stores an identifier for identifying the biological information measuring device in a storage device.

The storage device described above is preferably either a storage device built in the biological information measuring device or a storage device detachable from the biological information measuring device.

Further, it is preferable that the biological information measuring device further comprises erasing means for erasing the information stored in the storage device when the transmission to the other device is completed by the communication means.

It is desirable that the erasing means be executed by receiving a reception completion signal from another device by the communication means.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the biometric information management device includes a communication means for communicating with another device via an electric communication line, and a file received from the biometric information measurement device by the communication means. And, at least one of the information of the measurement place, the information of the measurement situation, the condition of the measured environment, and the voice information, the measured biometric information, and an identifier for identifying the biometric information measurement device. Storage means for storing a file including

It is desirable that the above-mentioned file contains the chart number of the user who performed the measurement instead of the identifier for identifying the biological information measuring device.

In addition, the biometric information management device receives, by means of communication means, the password of the user who desires to browse the file and the medical record number included in the file that he wishes to browse, and inquires the received password. It is preferable that the inquiry unit further includes a first extraction unit that extracts the file based on the medical record number when the user is permitted to browse the file.

Further, it is desirable that the biometric information management apparatus further comprises an additional recording means for additionally recording information input by the user who has browsed the file in the file.

Further, the biometric information management device further includes second extracting means for receiving the password from the user who has measured the biometric information by the communication means and extracting a file including the biometric information of the user based on the password. It is desirable to prepare.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a biological information measuring system includes the above-described biological information measuring device and a biological information managing device connected by an electric communication line.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a biological information measuring method is a method of measuring biological information using a biological information measuring device, which comprises a biological information measuring step of measuring biological information of a user, And a measuring place information inputting step for inputting information of a measuring place for performing.

In the above-mentioned biometric information measuring step, it is desirable to measure the biometric information of the user after the information of the measurement place is input.

In the above-mentioned measuring place information input step, it is desirable to input at least one of a home, a hospital, an inside of a car, the outside and a workplace as the measuring place information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a biological information measuring method is a method of measuring biological information using a biological information measuring device, which comprises a biological information measuring step of measuring biological information of a user and a measurement. And a measurement status information input step for inputting information on the measurement status to be performed.

In the above-mentioned biometric information measuring step, it is desirable to measure the biometric information of the user after the information of the measurement situation is input.

In the measurement status information input step, the measurement status information is information at the time of measurement by the user, that is, after waking up, after exercise, before meal, after meal, after smoking, after bathing, It is desirable to enter at least one of before defecation and after defecation.

The above-mentioned measurement status information input step is
As the measurement status information, it is desirable to input at least one of the physical condition at the time of measurement of the user, that is, good, normal, and poor.

Further, in the above-mentioned measurement status information input step, it is desirable to input at least one of standing position, sitting position and recumbent position, which is information of the posture of the user at the time of measurement, as the measurement status information.

Further, it is desirable that the biological information measuring method further comprises a switching step for switching input objects so that the measurement location information inputting step and the measurement status information inputting step can be realized by the same inputting step.

Furthermore, it is desirable that the biological information measuring method further comprises an environmental condition measuring step for measuring the condition of the environment in which the measurement is performed.

Furthermore, it is desirable that the biological information measuring method further comprises a voice information input step in which the user inputs information by voice.

The biological information measuring method further includes a communication step of performing communication via an electric communication line, and the communication step includes information of a measuring place, information of a measuring situation, a condition of the measured environment, and a voice. At least one of the information,
It is desirable to transmit the measured biometric information and an identifier for identifying the biometric information measuring device that has performed the measurement to another device via an electric communication line.

Further, the biological information measuring method includes at least one of information on a measuring place, information on a measuring situation, measured environmental conditions, and voice information, and measured biological information.
It is desirable to further include a storage step of storing an identifier for identifying the biological information measuring device in a storage device.

It is desirable that the above-mentioned storage device is either a storage device built in the biological information measuring device or a storage device detachable from the biological information measuring device.

The biological information measuring method preferably further includes an erasing step of erasing the information stored in the storage device when the transmission to the other device is completed in the communication step.

The above-mentioned erasing step is preferably executed by receiving a reception completion signal from another device through the communication step.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a biometric information management method is a method for managing biometric information in a biometric information management apparatus, which comprises a communication step of communicating with another device via an electric communication line. In the communication step, at least one of the file received from the above-mentioned biological information measuring device, that is, the measurement location information, the measurement status information, the measured environment condition, and the voice information is measured. A storage step of storing a file including biometric information and an identifier for identifying the biometric information measuring device in a storage unit.

It is desirable that the above-mentioned file contains the chart number of the user who performed the measurement instead of the identifier for identifying the biological information measuring device.

In the biometric information management method, in the communication step, the password of the user who wants to browse the file, and
The inquiry step of receiving the medical record number included in the file desired to be inspected and inquiring the received password, and in the inquiry step, if the user is allowed to browse the file, the file is extracted based on the medical record number. It is desirable to further comprise a first extraction step.

Further, the biometric information management method preferably further comprises an additional recording step of additionally recording information input by the user who browsed the file into the file.

The biometric information management method further includes a second extraction step of receiving a password from the user who has measured the biometric information in the communication step and extracting a file containing the biometric information of the user based on the password. It is desirable to prepare.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the biometric information measurement program is a computer-readable program that causes a computer to perform measurement of biometric information, and a biometric information measurement step of measuring biometric information of a user, A computer is made to perform the measurement place information input step of inputting the information of the measurement place to be measured.

In the above-mentioned biometric information measuring step, it is desirable to measure the biometric information of the user after the information of the measurement place is input.

In the measurement location information input step described above, it is desirable to input at least one of a home, a hospital, an interior of a car, the outdoors, and a workplace as the measurement location information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the biometric information measurement program is a computer-readable program for causing a computer to perform measurement of biometric information, and a biometric information measurement step of measuring biometric information of a user, And causing the computer to execute a measurement status information input step of inputting information on a measurement status to be measured.

In the above-mentioned biometric information measuring step, it is desirable to measure the biometric information of the user after the information of the measurement situation is input.

In the measurement status information input step, the measurement status information is information at the time of measurement by the user, that is, after waking up, after exercise, before meal, after meal, after smoking, after bathing, It is desirable to enter at least one of before defecation and after defecation.

The above-mentioned measurement status information input step is
As the measurement status information, it is desirable to input at least one of the physical condition at the time of measurement of the user, that is, good, normal, and poor.

Further, in the above-mentioned measurement status information input step, it is desirable to input at least one of standing position, sitting position and lying position, which is the information of the posture of the user at the time of measurement, as the measurement status information.

Further, the biological information measuring program includes a measuring place information inputting step and a measuring status information inputting step.
It is desirable to further include a switching step for switching the input object so that the same input step can be realized.

Furthermore, it is desirable that the biological information measuring program further comprises an environmental condition measuring step for measuring the condition of the environment in which the measurement is performed.

Furthermore, it is desirable that the biological information measuring program further includes a voice information input step in which the user inputs information by voice.

The biological information measuring program further includes a communication step for performing communication via an electric communication line,
The communication step identifies at least one of measurement location information, measurement status information, measured environment condition, and voice information, measured biometric information, and the biometric information measurement device that performed the measurement. It is desirable to transmit the identifier for this to another device via a telecommunication line.

Further, the biometric information measurement program stores at least one of measurement location information, measurement status information, measured environment condition, and voice information, the measured biometric information, and the biometric information measurement device. It is preferable to further include a storage step of storing the identifier for identifying in the storage device.

The storage device described above is preferably either a storage device built in the biological information measuring device or a storage device detachable from the biological information measuring device.

Further, it is desirable that the biological information measuring program further comprises an erasing step of erasing the information stored in the storage device when the transmission to the other device is completed in the communication step.

The erasing step is preferably executed by receiving a reception completion signal from another device in the communication step.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a biometric information management program is a computer-readable program that causes a computer to manage biometric information, and communicates with other devices via an electric communication line. A communication step to be performed, and a file received from the above-mentioned biological information measuring device in the communication step, the measurement location information, the measurement status information, the measured environment condition, and at least one of voice information; And causing the computer to execute a storage step of storing a file containing the measured biometric information and an identifier for identifying the biometric information measurement device in the storage means.

It is desirable that the above-mentioned file contains the chart number of the user who performed the measurement, instead of the identifier for identifying the biological information measuring device.

In the communication step, the biometric information management program receives the password of the user who wants to browse the file and the chart number included in the file that he wants to browse, and inquires the received password. It is preferable that the method further includes a first extraction step of extracting the file based on the medical record number when the user is permitted to view the file in the inquiry step.

Further, it is desirable that the biometric information management program further comprises an additional recording step of additionally recording information input by the user who browsed the file into the file.

In the communication step, the biometric information management program further includes a second extraction step of receiving a password from the user who measured the biometric information and extracting a file containing the biometric information of the user based on the password. It is desirable to prepare.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a computer-readable recording medium is a recording medium recording the above-mentioned biological information measuring program.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a computer-readable recording medium is a recording medium recording the above-mentioned biometric information management program.

[0073]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION [First Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts and components are designated by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the biological information measuring system according to the first embodiment. The biological information measuring system in the present embodiment measures and manages the blood pressure value as biological information.

Referring to FIG. 1, the biological information measuring system according to the first embodiment has a sphygmomanometer 1, a memory card 2 capable of reading and writing information obtained by sphygmomanometer 1, and a blood pressure monitor. A personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a PC) 3 capable of reading and writing information obtained by the total 1, a card reader 4 for reading information written in a memory card 2, a host computer 6, a hospital, etc. In a medical institution, a doctor personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a doctor's PC) 7 for a doctor or the like to obtain information stored in a host computer 6 is configured. The PC 3, the host computer 6 and the doctor's PC 7 are connected by a network 5 such as the Internet and communicate with each other. When the host computer 6 is also provided in the medical institution, the host computer 6 and the doctor's PC 7 are L
Communication may be performed by connecting with an AN (Local Area Network).

The user uses the sphygmomanometer 1 to measure the blood pressure value. The information of the blood pressure value obtained by the blood pressure monitor 1 is PC3
Read by. Further, it may be written in the memory card 2 and read by the PC 3 via the card reader 4. It is also possible to bring the memory card 2 directly to a hospital or the like.
The information on the blood pressure value obtained by the sphygmomanometer 1 is transmitted from the PC 3 to the host computer 6 via the network 5 and stored therein. A medical person such as a doctor obtains information on the blood pressure value of the user from the host computer 6 using the doctor's PC 7 and performs diagnosis and advice.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example of the external appearance of the sphygmomanometer 1. With reference to FIG. 2, the sphygmomanometer 1 includes a cuff 11, a microphone 12, a probe 13, and a place input screen 1.
4, a start button 15, a display screen 16, a memory card insertion slot 17, a status input screen 18, and an external connection unit 19.

The cuff 11 is also called an arm band and is a general pressurization type blood pressure measuring unit. Since the method of measuring the blood pressure value in the cuff 11 is a general method, it will not be described here.

The microphone 12 is a microphone for inputting voice. Using the microphone 12, the user can input information that cannot be input from the place input screen 14 or the like by voice.

The probe 13 measures environmental information when measuring the blood pressure value. The environmental information to be measured corresponds to information such as temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure.

The place input screen 14 is composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD). A touch panel type location input button is provided for the user to input the location where the blood pressure value is to be measured. Buttons for entering the location include home, workplace, car, hospital,
A button for inputting outdoor and other places and a place button for indicating the end of input are provided. By touching and inputting those buttons for location input, the user can input the measurement location such as whether the blood pressure measurement location was at home or a hospital.
These are useful information for a doctor to make a diagnosis based on the measured blood pressure value. It is also useful information for considering the reliability of the measured blood pressure value, such as whether the blood pressure value is measured at home or in a hospital. It should be noted that the button for inputting the place is not limited to the above-mentioned place, and a button indicating another place may be provided. Also, the place button may not be provided if there is an alternative method for indicating the end of place input.

When the start button 15 is pressed, pressurization of the cuff 11 is started and measurement of the blood pressure value by the sphygmomanometer 1 is started.

The display screen 16 is composed of a liquid crystal display or the like, and displays the measurement result of the user such as the blood pressure value.

By inserting the memory card 2, the blood pressure value information measured by the sphygmomanometer 1 is written into the memory card 2 through the memory card insertion slot 17.

The external connection section 19 is a terminal to which a cable is connected when transmitting information to an external device such as the PC 3, and is a standard terminal such as USB (Universal Serial Bus).

The status input screen 18 is provided with a touch panel type status input button for the user to input the status when the blood pressure value is measured. The status input buttons include a button for inputting exercise, bathing, medication, eating, drinking, and other status, and a status button for indicating the end of input. By touching and inputting these buttons for situation input, the user can input the situation at the time of blood pressure measurement, such as whether the situation at the time of blood pressure measurement was after exercise or after bathing. Since these are parameters related to the measured blood pressure value, they are important factors in the diagnosis of doctors. In addition, it is important to understand the blood pressure value in self-management. The status button is not limited to the above-mentioned place, and other buttons such as smoking, sleeping, and before and after the toilet may be provided.
In addition, the status button may not be provided if there is a method of indicating the end of the status input instead. The situation input screen 18 and the place input screen 14 are both switched and displayed on the touch panel type display unit.

Further, FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a specific example of the hardware configuration of the sphygmomanometer 1.

Referring to FIG. 3, sphygmomanometer 1 includes control unit 10
1, display unit 102, ON / OFF switch 103
, Location / situation setting switch 104, and memory card R
/ W (read / write) unit 105, drive unit 106, and measurement unit 1
07, a clock unit 108, an environment sensor 109, a communication connection unit 110, and a voice input unit 111.

The control unit 101 includes a CPU (Central Process).
sing Unit). The sphygmomanometer 1 is controlled as a whole, and the internal memory 1011 and the battery 101
Including 2 and. The internal memory 1011 stores measured blood pressure value information, input measurement location information, and the like. The battery 1012 supplies electric power to the entire sphygmomanometer 1.

The display section 102 comprises a display screen 16 and the like, and displays blood pressure information and the like.

The ON / OFF switch 103 comprises a start button 15 and gives an instruction to start the measurement.

The place / situation setting switch 104 is composed of a place input screen 14 and a situation input screen 18, and inputs a place and a situation when measuring a blood pressure value.

The memory card R / W unit 105 reads / writes information from / to the memory card 2 inserted from the memory card insertion slot 17.

The driving unit 106 and the measuring unit 107 are blood pressure measuring units including the cuff 11 and the like, and by driving the driving unit 106, the measuring unit 107 including the cuff 11 and the like.
The built-in sensor measures the blood pressure value of the user.

The clock section 108 uses a built-in clock to measure the measurement time, the measurement time, and the like.

The environment sensor 109 is composed of the probe 13 and the like, and measures environment information.

The communication connection section 110 is composed of the external connection section 19 and the like, and is an interface for communication. It is possible to communicate with the PC 3 via the communication connection unit 110.

The voice input unit 111 includes the microphone 12
Etc., and the user can input by voice.

Further, FIG. 4 is a circuit block diagram showing a specific example of the circuit configuration of the sphygmomanometer 1. Referring to FIG. 4, sphygmomanometer 1 includes amplifier circuit 113 for amplifying a signal input from voice input unit 111, A / D conversion circuit 114 for converting an analog signal into a digital signal, and environment sensor 10.
9 and a blood pressure sensor 112 included in the blood pressure measurement unit 107.
An amplifier circuit / filter circuit 115 that amplifies and filters a signal input from and an A / D converter circuit 116 that converts an analog signal into a digital signal;
A place / situation data input circuit 104 for transmitting a signal input from the situation setting switch 104. The signals transmitted from these circuits are processed by control unit 101, transmitted to display circuit 117 for displaying, and also transmitted to memory circuit 118 constituting internal memory 1011. Further, the data is transmitted to the communication I / F (interface) 119 that constitutes the communication connection unit 110 to perform data transmission to the PC 3.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of the configuration of the PC 3. Referring to FIG. 5, the PC 3 includes a control unit 31 that controls the entire PC 3, a communication unit 32 that communicates with other devices via the network 5, an input that includes a keyboard, a card reader 4, and input terminals. The control unit 31 includes a unit 33, a display unit 34 including a display, and a storage unit 35 that stores programs executed by the control unit 31.

The configuration of the PC 3 shown in FIG. 5 is a configuration of a general personal computer and is not limited to the above configuration.

Information such as the blood pressure value of the user is input through the communication connection unit 110 of the sphygmomanometer 1 from an input terminal or the like constituting the input unit 33 of the PC 3 shown in FIG. Also,
Memory card 2 in which information such as user's blood pressure is written
The information such as the blood pressure value of the user may be input by reading the with the card reader 4 forming the input unit 33 of the PC 3. At this time, the data input to the PC 3 is displayed on the display unit 34.
May be displayed in.

As for the information such as the blood pressure value of the user input to the PC 3, the program stored in the storage unit 35 is stored in the control unit 31.
Is executed by the communication unit 32 and is transmitted to the host computer 6 via the network 5.

The host computer 6 is also composed of a general personal computer or the like. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of the configuration of the host computer 6.

Referring to FIG. 6, host computer 6
Includes a control unit 61 that controls the entire network and a network 5
It includes a communication unit 62 that performs communication via the storage unit 63 and a storage unit 63 that stores the blood pressure value information of the user transmitted from the sphygmomanometer 1.

In the host computer shown in FIG. 6, information such as the blood pressure value of the user received by the communication unit 62 via the network 5 is stored in the storage unit 63.

Further, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of the configuration of the doctor's PC 7. The doctor's PC 7 is also composed of a general personal computer or the like.

Referring to FIG. 7, doctor's PC 7 has a control unit 71 for overall control, a communication unit 72 for communicating with other devices via network 5, and an input unit including a keyboard and the like. 73, a display unit 74 including a display, and a storage unit 75 that stores various programs executed by the control unit 71.

The doctor's PC 7 shown in FIG. 7 can obtain information such as the blood pressure value of the user from the host computer 6 at the communication section 72 via the network 5 or LAN. Based on the information such as the blood pressure value displayed on the display unit 74, a doctor or the like can input a diagnosis, an advice or the like from the input unit 73. Further, when the program is stored in the storage unit 75, automatic diagnosis may be performed. These diagnostic results, advice, etc.
Is transmitted to the PC 3 via the network 5 or the like.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing in the sphygmomanometer 1. The processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8 is realized by the control unit 101 executing a program stored in the internal memory 1011 or the like. As for the program, the start button 15 of the sphygmomanometer 1 is pressed,
When the ON / OFF switch 103 is turned on, power is supplied from the battery 1012 to the entire sphygmomanometer 1 and is started.

Referring to FIG. 8, the place input screen 14 is first displayed on the display unit 102, and the user inputs information on the place to be measured from the place input screen 14 (S101). In step S101, the user inputs a blood pressure measurement location by touching a touch panel type location input button provided on the location input screen 14. If there is no corresponding location button on the location input screen 14, pressing the other button will automatically supply power to the microphone 12 and enable voice input. The user can input information on the measurement location by voice from the microphone 12. The user who has finished inputting the location further touches the location button to notify the completion of the location input.

The place input for blood pressure measurement in step S101 is monitored (S102). When the place input is completed ("YES" in S102), the situation input screen 18 is displayed on the display unit 102 in place of the place input screen 14. , Accepts the input of information on the measurement situation from the user (S103).

In step S103, the user inputs the measurement status of the blood pressure value in the same manner as in step S101.
If there is no button corresponding to the situation on the situation input screen 18, touching the other button automatically supplies power to the microphone 12 and enables voice input. The user can input the measurement status information by voice from the microphone 12. For example,
It is possible to enter a situation that does not exist on the input buttons, such as "after a long standing work", or a detailed situation. The user who has finished inputting the situation further touches the situation button to notify the completion of the situation input.

Incidentally, step S101 and step S
In 103, when the place input screen 14 and the situation input screen 18 are displayed, an initial screen may be displayed as an initial screen in which buttons for inputting the place, situation, and the like input in the previous measurement are lit. In this case, the user
When confirming the initial screen and selecting the same option as the previous time, the location or situation input is completed simply by touching the location button or the situation button.

In many cases, the user who constantly measures the blood pressure has the same measurement place, the same measurement situation, etc. In such a case, the user can make an input from such an initial screen.
Input mistakes can be prevented and the input steps can be reduced.

The input of the status of blood pressure measurement in step S103 is monitored (S104). The monitoring of the measurement location and the measurement status input in steps S102 and S104 is performed by monitoring the touch of the location button or the status button. If the sphygmomanometer 1 does not include the place button and the situation button, it may be monitored in step S102 and S104 that the place input button or the situation input button is touched.

When the situation input is completed ("YE" in S104)
S "), and the presence / absence of other inputs is monitored (S10).
5). For entering other information, the user must
Input may be performed using an input button or the like not shown in the figure, or voice input may be performed by turning on the microphone 12.

When voice input is performed by the above method ("YES" in S106), the microphone 12
Accepts input of information by voice (S107). In step S107, the user can input various kinds of information such as physical condition. For example, physical condition information such as “I have a slight headache from the morning” may be input, or a question to a doctor may be input.

Upon completion of these voice inputs ("YES" in S108), the cuff 11 is set (S109).

In step S109, the display such as "Please set the cuff" may be displayed on the display unit 102, or automatically when the user inserts the arm into the cuff 11. May be set.

When the start button 15 is pressed (S1
10 is “YES”), and the blood pressure value of the user is measured at the cuff 11 (S111). In step S111, the driving unit 106 is driven and the air bag provided in the cuff 11 is pressurized by the built-in pump. By pressing the inserted user's arm, the blood pressure sensor 112 in the measurement unit 107 measures the user's blood pressure value, pulse, and the like.

Simultaneously with the measurement of the blood pressure value and the like in step S111, the measurement date / time information is acquired by the clock unit 108 (S112).

Further, the environment value such as the air temperature is measured and input by the probe 13 constituting the environment sensor 109 (S113). The measurement value such as the blood pressure value obtained in step S111 may be automatically corrected based on the information of the environmental value obtained in step S113. In this case, in the subsequent processing, the automatically corrected value is treated in the same manner as the measured blood pressure value and the like.

The information input or measured in steps S101 to S113 is stored in the internal memory 1011 (S114). Further, the measurement result is displayed on the display screen 16 of the display unit 102 (S115).

The sphygmomanometer 1 can receive an instruction for re-measurement from the user who has confirmed the display of the measurement result in step S115 (S116). When re-measurement is performed (“YES” in S116), step S109 is performed again.
Return to and set the cuff 11. When the obtained data is transmitted to the host computer 6 (“YES” in S117) without re-measurement (“NO” in S116),
Preparations for transmission are made (S118).

In step S118, in preparation for transmission, the external connection unit 19 of the sphygmomanometer 1 and the PC 3 are connected by a cable to secure communication with the PC 3. Further, the memory card R / W unit 105 may prepare for transmission by writing the obtained data into the memory card 2 inserted from the memory card insertion slot 17.

With the above, the processing in the sphygmomanometer 1 is completed. Next, FIG. 9 shows a process of transmitting information in the PC 3,
It is a figure shown in the transition of the screen display of C3. The screen display shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the display unit 34 of the PC 3.
In the screens 201 to 206 shown in FIG. 9, the user or operator who measured the blood pressure value with the sphygmomanometer 1 displays the PC 3
Is used to show the transition of the screen when transmitting information such as the measured blood pressure value to the host computer 6. Figure 9
The transition of the screen display shown in is displayed on the display unit 34 by the control unit 31 of the PC 3 executing the program stored in the storage unit 35.

Information transmission processing in the PC 3 will be described below with reference to FIG. Referring to FIG. 9, when performing processing using PC 3, first, an initial screen is displayed on display unit 34 (screen 201).

On the screen 202 following the initial screen, the service is selected. In the present embodiment, the case where the blood pressure value information as the biological information is measured by the sphygmomanometer 1 has been described, but when measuring other biological information such as the blood glucose level and the body fat percentage, the screen is displayed. In 202, target biometric information is selected.

When blood pressure and pulse information is selected as the biometric information in the step shown on the screen 202, a menu screen is subsequently displayed (screen 203). Screen 203
Select the data transmission according to the menu screen of.

On the subsequent screen 204, the connection of the sphygmomanometer 1 is confirmed. At this time, when the PC 3 is made to read the information written in the memory card 2, it is confirmed on the screen 204 whether or not the memory card 2 is read by the card reader 4.

When the connection of the sphygmomanometer 1 is confirmed in the step shown on the screen 204, the information such as the measured blood pressure value is read from the communication connection unit 110 of the sphygmomanometer 1 into the PC 3 via the communication unit 32. The PC 3 creates a file for transmission based on the read information. The transmission file will be described later with reference to a specific example.

When the reading of the information by the PC 3 is completed, the completion of the reading is notified on the screen 205, and the information such as the read blood pressure value is displayed. When an instruction to transmit information is issued in the step shown on the screen 205,
The created transmission file is transmitted to the host computer 6 via the network 5.

When the transmission to the host computer 6 is completed, the user is notified of that fact on the screen 206. Also, P
C3 displays information such as blood pressure values stored in the sphygmomanometer 1,
Erase from the internal memory 1011.

With the above, the processing in the PC 3 is completed. 10 is a diagram showing a specific example of the above-mentioned transmission file. The transmission file shown in FIG. 10 is PC3.
The control unit 31 is executed by executing the program stored in the storage unit 35.

Referring to FIG. 10, the file for transmission is
Information for terminal recognition such as terminal / card identification number, information for user identification such as user name, user ID, and password, measurement sensor type, measurement date, measurement time, measurement location, measurement status, And information about measurement such as voice memo, information about measurement result such as systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse, and environmental value, and information about communication such as data transmission time.

The terminal / card identification number is a number for identifying the sphygmomanometer 1 or the memory card 2, and may be a number assigned when registering in the host computer 6 in advance, or entered by the user. It may be a number.

The user ID and password are also information for identifying the user, and may be defined in the same manner as the above-mentioned terminal / card identification number.

The measurement sensor type is information indicating that the measuring device is a sphygmomanometer. The measurement date and the measurement time are information acquired by the clock unit 108 of the sphygmomanometer 1 when measuring the blood pressure value.

The measurement location, measurement status, and voice memo are information input by the user who performs the measurement in the processing shown in steps S101 to S108 of FIG.

The voice memo is voice data, and various types of data can be considered, but it is preferable that the voice memo is data in a compressed form such as a wave file.

The environment value is information obtained by the environment sensor 109 such as the probe 13, and the outside air temperature and the humidity are described here, but other environment-related information may be described.

These pieces of information are stored in the internal memory 1 of the sphygmomanometer 1.
The file is written from 011 into the PC 3 via the communication connection unit 110, the memory card 2 or the like, and is described in the file in a predetermined format stored in the storage unit 35 of the PC 3. Note that FIG.
The information described in the transmission file shown in 0 is
The information is not limited to the above information, and other information may be described.

The file for transmission shown in FIG. 10 transmitted from the PC 3 to the host computer 6 by the above-described processing is further stored in the storage unit 63 of the host computer 6 with the chart number information added. In the storage unit 63 of the host computer 6, the file of the same user may be updated to the latest file and stored, or may be accumulated and stored in order from the past file.

At a medical institution or the like, a doctor can browse a file stored in the host computer 6 by using the doctor's PC 7.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing the processing in the doctor PC 7. The processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11 is realized by the control unit 71 executing a program stored in the storage unit 75.

Referring to FIG. 11, when a patient file is browsed, a password input screen is displayed on display unit 74. The doctor who browses the file inputs the assigned doctor password from the input unit 73 (S301). The doctor password is a password that is assigned to a doctor or the like registered in advance to identify the doctor.

The entered password is inquired (S3
02). The inquiry of the password may be performed by the doctor's PC 7, or may be performed by the control unit 61 after the password is transmitted to the host computer 6.

When the password is verified ("Y" in S302)
ES ”), and then input the patient's chart number (S30
3). The input patient chart number is sent to the host computer 6, and the storage unit 63 of the host computer 6 is searched based on the chart number.

When the file of the corresponding patient is extracted from the storage unit 63 of the host computer 6 ("Y" in S304).
ES "), the file is transmitted to the doctor's PC 7 via the network 5 and displayed on the display unit 74 (S).
305).

The doctor browses the displayed file,
The diagnosis result and the advice for the patient are input (S306). In addition, when a question or the like from the patient is input to the file by voice data, a reply to the question may be input. In addition, when the input unit 73 includes a microphone or the like and voice input is possible,
In step S306, the doctor may make an audio input.

When the input in step S306 is completed, the newly input information is added to the file and updated (S307). The updated file is transmitted to the host computer 6 via the network 5 and stored therein.

This is the end of the process in the doctor's PC 7. By performing the above-described processing, the doctor's diagnosis and the like are added to the file in which the information such as the blood pressure value transmitted by the user is written and stored in the host computer 6.

Further, FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the information browsing process in the PC 3 in the transition of the screen display of the PC 3. The screen display shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the display unit 34 of the PC 3.
Is displayed in. The screen display transition shown in FIG.
It is displayed on the display unit 34 by the control unit 31 of C3 executing the program stored in the storage unit 35.

The information browsing process in the PC 3 will be described below with reference to FIG. Referring to FIG. 12, first, similarly to the display screen shown in FIG. 9, an initial screen (screen 2
01) is displayed on the display unit 34, and the service is selected on the subsequent screen 202. In the menu screen (screen 203) that continues further, select "advice transmission".

When reception of an advice is selected in the step shown on the screen 203, a screen (screen 401) for inputting the user's ID and password is displayed.
The ID and password input here are the same information as the user ID and password described in the transmission file shown in FIG.

The ID and password entered in the steps shown on the screen 401 may be queried by the control unit 31 of the PC 3 or transmitted to the host computer 6 via the network 5 and the control unit 6 of the host computer 6.
1 may be queried. When the ID and password are collated, the file of the user is extracted from the storage unit 63 of the host computer 6 based on the ID. From the extracted file, information such as the diagnostic result updated by the doctor in step S306 of FIG. 11 is read and displayed on the display unit 34 of the PC 3 (screen 402).

Further, the user can obtain various information based on the file of the user stored in the host computer 6 (screen 403). Screen 403
In, a display screen is shown in which the graph display of the blood pressure value can be browsed, but other information may be browsed.

The above processing is ended by pressing the end button shown on the screen 402 or the end button provided on the subsequent display screen not shown in FIG.

In the biological information measuring system described above, the sphygmomanometer 1 uses the measured value information such as the measured blood pressure value,
It is added by inputting or acquiring TPO information such as the measurement location, which is the measurement status at the time of measurement, the measurement time, the measurement status. Therefore, the user can understand the TPO information as well as the measurement value information. From this, this biometric information measurement system helps the user himself to grasp the influence and tendency of TPO such as the measurement place on the measurement value, and self-management of daily life, so-called self-medication, for maintaining and improving health. It can greatly contribute to the realization.

Further, by obtaining the measurement value information to which the TPO information is added, it is possible to provide useful information to medical institutions such as hospitals. Furthermore, the sphygmomanometer 1 is provided with a voice input unit, so that it is possible to provide a detailed situation and a live voice when measuring the patient. Furthermore, blood pressure monitor 1
By incorporating an environment measurement sensor or the like in the environment measurement environment information at the time of measurement can be added to the measurement value information. By automatically correcting the measured values based on the environmental information,
The system of measured values can also be improved significantly.

Such measurement value information provided by the patient is very important information for the doctor to carry out diagnostic treatment. Therefore, this biological information measuring system can contribute to the realization of more appropriate diagnostic treatment.

In this way, the user can obtain the appropriate diagnostic treatment made by the doctor through the network 5, and can greatly contribute to the realization of self-medication. In addition, such a biological information measuring system can more accurately grasp the situation of a user such as a patient in a remote place or at home, and enables appropriate diagnosis support in a remote place or at home.

Further, in the blood pressure monitor 1 in the above-mentioned biological information measuring system, by installing all the functions in one unit without providing separate and independent units,
It is possible to realize downsizing, weight saving, and portability of equipment. Further, by arranging the operation unit on the surface of the main body unit, it is possible to provide a sphygmomanometer that is excellent in operability and is convenient for the user. Therefore, the user can be encouraged to use the sphygmomanometer and it can contribute to the realization of self-medication.

[Modification] Even when the blood pressure monitor 1'having a shape different from that of the blood pressure monitor 1 is included in the biological information measuring system in place of the blood pressure monitor 1 in the first embodiment, The same effects as those of the biological information measuring system according to the embodiment can be obtained.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a specific example of the external appearance of the sphygmomanometer 1'in the modified example. With reference to FIG. 13, a sphygmomanometer 1 ′ according to a modified example has a cuff 11, a microphone 12 incorporated in the cuff 11, and a sphygmomanometer 1 ′ main body, similar to the sphygmomanometer 1 shown in FIG. Probe 13
It includes a display screen 16, a memory card insertion slot 17, and an external connection section 19. Further, a scroll button 20, a setting button 21, and a pressure button 22 are included.

Referring to FIG. 13, in the modified example, the measurement result such as the blood pressure value is displayed on display screen 16. Further, a display for inputting the measurement place and the measurement status is displayed. Further, in the modification, a display for inputting the physical condition of the user at the time of measurement is also displayed. When inputting these pieces of information, the user selects them while scrolling using the scroll button 20 and presses the setting button 21 to input. If there is no suitable option, by selecting other display, the microphone 12 built in the cuff 11 is automatically turned on, and voice input can be performed. In addition, for example, when inputting a physical condition, even if the user selects an abnormal condition, detailed information on how the abnormal condition is caused can be input by voice. Further, the display screen 16 may be provided with a display for inputting a body position during measurement. For example, standing
A sitting position and a lying position are displayed, and an option corresponding to the posture of the body at the time of measurement can be selected and input from them.

The hardware configuration and circuit configuration of the sphygmomanometer 1'in the modified example are substantially the same as the hardware configuration and circuit configuration of the sphygmomanometer 1 in the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. Therefore, detailed description will not be repeated here.

Further, also in the modification, sphygmomanometer 1 ′ operates similarly to sphygmomanometer 1 in the first embodiment, and therefore detailed description will not be repeated here.

As described above, in the modified example, since the sphygmomanometer 1'included in the biological information measuring system provides the measurement value information to which the user's physical condition information is added, the user's own physical condition becomes the measured value. It is possible to understand the impact and trends.

Furthermore, even when a doctor performs diagnostic treatment,
Since the physical condition of the patient is very important information, the biological information measuring system in the modified example can contribute to the realization of more appropriate diagnostic treatment.

[Second Embodiment] In the second embodiment, the blood glucose level of the user is measured and managed as biometric information.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the structure of the biological information measuring system according to the second embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 14, the biological information measuring system according to the second embodiment is similar to the biological information measuring system according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. Includes blood glucose meter 8. Other configurations are the first
Since the configuration is the same as that of the biological information measuring system in the embodiment, the description thereof will not be repeated here.

In the biological information measuring system shown in FIG. 14, the user uses the blood glucose meter 8 to measure the blood glucose level. The blood glucose level information obtained by the blood glucose meter 8 is read by the PC 3. It may also be read by the memory card 2 and read by the PC 3 via the card reader 4. Alternatively, a method of directly bringing the memory card 2 into a hospital or the like can be considered. The blood glucose level information read in this way is handled and managed in the same manner as the blood pressure level information in the first embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a specific example of the external appearance of the blood glucose meter 8. With reference to FIG. 15, the blood glucose meter 8 includes a microphone 82, an input screen 83, a display screen 84, a memory card insertion opening 85, an external connection portion 86, a scroll button 87, a setting button 88, and a transmission button. Button 89 and.

FIG. 16 is a view taken along the line A-- shown in FIG.
FIG. Referring to FIG. 16, blood glucose meter 8 has a blood glucose sensor insertion port 80 into which a blood glucose sensor 81 is inserted.

The blood glucose sensor 81 is a so-called planar type enzyme electrode generally used for blood glucose level measurement, which is discarded after each measurement. Therefore, detailed description will be given with reference to the drawings. Is not done.

An enzyme is applied to the working electrode and the reference electrode made of a metal thin film to form an enzyme electrode. Furthermore, a plate-like cover is provided so as to form a slight space above the enzyme electrode. By inserting the blood glucose sensor 81 having such a configuration into the blood glucose sensor insertion port 80, the blood glucose sensor 81 is matched with the metal leaf spring inside the main body of the blood glucose meter 8 and electrically connected. Further, as a result, the power source of the blood glucose meter 8 is automatically turned on. Further, the blood glucose sensor 81 may be pulled out from the blood glucose sensor insertion port 80, so that the blood glucose meter 8 is automatically turned off.

When the user's blood flows into the space of the enzyme electrode, the enzyme of the enzyme electrode is dissolved and an electric current is generated between the electrodes. By measuring the current, the sugar content in the blood of the user can be measured.

Memory card insertion slot 85 and external connection portion 86
Is the same as that included in sphygmomanometer 1 in the first embodiment, and therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated here.

The user inputs information at the time of measurement along the input screen 83. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a specific example of the display of the input screen 83 of the blood glucose meter 8.

Referring to FIG. 17, the user inputs an input screen 83.
Enter the measurement location (left column), measurement conditions (center column), and physical condition (right column). Note that the measurement location and the like that are input are not limited to the options shown in FIG. 17, and other measurement locations and the like may be input. Also,
The input screen 83 may be such that the body position at the time of measurement is input. The user inputs a measurement location or the like by selecting an option with the scroll button 87 and deciding with the setting button 88 along the input screen 83 shown in FIG. Further, as the initial screen, the input screen 83 may be displayed in a state in which the measurement location or the like input at the time of the previous measurement is already selected. When the user performs the measurement under the same conditions as last time,
Only by pressing the setting button 88, the measurement location and the like can be input, and the operation steps can be omitted.

When the user selects other on the input screen 83, the microphone 82 built in the blood glucose meter 8 main body is automatically turned on. The user can use the microphone 82 to input, by voice, a situation other than options and various information. For example, information such as "I stayed up all night last night" and "There was a slight fever from the morning" can be input.

When the input from the input screen 83 and the microphone 82 is completed in this way, a display may be displayed on the input screen 83 or the display screen 84 to notify the start of blood glucose level measurement.

When the blood glucose level is measured using the blood glucose sensor 8 described above, the measurement result is displayed on the display screen 84.

Further, the measurement result is transmitted to the PC 3 via the cable connected to the external connection portion 86 by pressing the transmission button 89. Also, the memory card insertion slot 85
It may be written in the memory card 2 inserted in the memory card.

Next, FIG. 18 is a functional block diagram showing a specific example of the hardware configuration of the blood glucose meter 8.

Referring to FIG. 18, the blood glucose meter 8 includes a control unit 8
01, a measurement value display unit 802, a measurement place / situation display unit 803, a scroll button 87, and a setting button 88.
A battery 804, a sensor mounting portion 805, a card mounting portion 806, a send button 89, and an external connection portion 86.
And a microphone 82 and a timer 807.

The control unit 801 is a CPU, and the blood glucose meter 8
Take overall control. Furthermore, internal memory 8011
And stores the measured blood glucose level information, the input measurement location information, and the like.

The measured value display section 802 is composed of a display screen 84 and displays the measured value. The measurement place / situation display unit 803 is composed of an input screen 83, and displays options such as a measurement place and a measurement situation for inputting.

The battery 804 supplies electric power to the blood glucose meter 8 as a whole. The sensor mounting portion 805 includes a blood glucose sensor insertion port 80 and the like, and electrically connects the blood glucose sensor 81 and the blood glucose meter 8.

The card mounting portion 806 is composed of a memory card insertion slot 85 and the like, and reads / writes information from / into the inserted memory card 2.

The clock section 807 clocks the measurement time and the measurement time by using the built-in clock.

Since the circuit configuration of blood glucose meter 8 is substantially the same as the circuit configuration of blood pressure meter 1 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 4, detailed description thereof will not be repeated here.

FIG. 19 is a flow chart showing the processing in the blood glucose meter 8. The processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 19 is realized by the control unit 801 executing a program stored in the internal memory 8011 or the like.
In the program, the blood glucose sensor 81 is a blood glucose sensor insertion port 80
When the power of the blood glucose meter 8 is turned on,
Power is supplied from the battery 804 to the blood glucose meter 8 as a whole, and the operation is started.

Referring to FIG. 19, first, using scroll button 87, selection of a measurement place, a measurement situation and a physical condition is accepted from the options displayed on input screen 83 (S501). If the user selects "other" in step S501 ("YES" in step S502),
The microphone 82 is automatically turned on (S50
3). User's voice input is accepted from the microphone 82 (S504).

The above selections and inputs are made by the setting button 88.
It is accepted until is pressed. When the setting button 88 is pressed ("YES" in S505), a display indicating the start of measurement is displayed on the input screen 83 or the display screen 84 (S506).

The user who confirms the start of measurement in step S506 collects blood with a blood sampling puncturing device generally called a lancet.

A general lancet is a device containing a thin needle supported by a compressed spring, and often has a pen-like shape. The user presses the tip of the lancet against a fingertip or the like for collecting blood and presses a button for starting blood collection. Then, the spring is released, and the needle slightly projects from the tip of the lancet. The protruding needle sticks into the user's fingertip, and blood leaks out. Blood sugar sensor 81 at fingertip
The leaked blood is brought into contact with the blood glucose sensor 81 by bringing it closer to.

If blood contact cannot be confirmed (S50
(“NO” in 7), the measurement start display is continued, and the user is prompted to start the measurement.

When blood contact is confirmed (in S507, "
YES "), the blood glucose level is measured (S508).
At the same time, information on the measurement date and time is acquired from the clock unit 807 (S509). The measurement result in step S508 is displayed on the display screen 84 (S510).

The information input or measured in steps S501 to S509 is stored in the internal memory 8011 (S511).

When the obtained data is to be transmitted to the host computer 6 ("YES" in S512), preparation for transmission is made (S513).

In step S513, as a preparation for transmission, the external connection unit 86 of the blood glucose meter 8 and the PC 3 are connected by a cable to ensure communication with the PC 3. Further, preparation for transmission may be performed by writing the obtained data in the memory card 2 inserted from the memory card insertion slot 85.

With the above, the processing in the blood glucose meter 8 is completed. Information such as the blood glucose level obtained in this way is stored in the PC3.
Is transmitted to the host computer 6. Further, the host computer 6 manages the information in the same manner as the information such as the blood pressure value in the first embodiment. Also, for doctors P
C7 can be used to add a doctor's diagnosis or advice to information such as blood glucose level.

The transmission processing in these PC3 is the first.
In the embodiment, since the transmission process is the same as that described using the display screen shown in FIG. 9, the description thereof will not be repeated here.

In the second embodiment, since the blood glucose level information is transmitted as the biometric information, the blood glucose level is selected on the screen 202 of FIG. As a result, information such as the blood glucose level is written in the file for transmission by the PC 3 and transmitted to the host computer 6.

Further, the transmission file transmitted from the PC 3 to the host computer 6 is substantially the same as the transmission file for transmitting information such as the blood pressure value shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the PC 3 shown in FIG.
In place of the blood pressure and pulse information shown in (1), a transmission file in which information such as blood glucose level is described is created and transmitted to the host computer 6 via the network 5.

Also, the processing in the doctor's PC 7
In the first embodiment, the process is the same as that shown in FIG. 11, and therefore description thereof will not be repeated here.

Also in the present embodiment, the user sets the information obtained by the processing in the doctor's PC 7 to P
You can browse using C3. Since the information browsing process in PC 3 is the same as the browsing process described in the first embodiment with reference to the display screen shown in FIG. 12, the description thereof will not be repeated here.

In the second embodiment, since the blood glucose level information is transmitted as the biometric information, the blood glucose level is selected on the screen 202 of FIG. As a result, information such as the diagnosis result updated by the doctor is read and displayed on the display unit 34 of the PC 3.

Since the biological information measuring system in the second embodiment operates as described above, the same effect as that of the biological information measuring system in the first embodiment can be obtained.

Further, in the above-mentioned biological information measuring system, the biological information measuring instrument is a device for measuring biological information such as a body fat percentage measuring instrument or a urinary glucose measuring instrument in place of the sphygmomanometer 1 or the blood glucose meter 8. Even if there is, the same effect can be obtained.

The biological information measuring method performed by the biological information measuring system and the biological information measuring machine described above can be provided as a program. Such a program is a computer-readable program.

The program may be recorded on a recording medium such as a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, a ROM, a RAM and a memory card attached to a computer and provided as a program product. Alternatively, the program may be provided by being recorded in a recording medium such as a hard disk built in the computer. Further, the program can be provided by downloading via the network.

The provided program product is installed in a program storage unit such as a hard disk and executed.

[0218] The program product includes the program itself and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

The embodiments disclosed this time are to be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown not by the above description but by the claims, and is intended to include meanings equivalent to the claims and all modifications within the scope.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a biological information measuring system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example of the external appearance of the sphygmomanometer 1.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a specific example of a hardware configuration of the sphygmomanometer 1.

FIG. 4 is a circuit block diagram showing a specific example of the circuit configuration of the sphygmomanometer 1.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of the configuration of the PC 3.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of the configuration of a host computer 6.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of the configuration of a doctor's PC 7.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a process in the sphygmomanometer 1.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a process of transmitting information in the PC 3 in transition of screen display of the PC 3.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a specific example of a file for transmission.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process in the doctor's PC 7.

FIG. 12 shows a process of browsing information in PC3.
6 is a diagram showing a transition of the screen display of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a specific example of the external appearance of a sphygmomanometer 1 ′ according to a modification.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a configuration of a biological information measuring system according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a specific example of the external appearance of the blood glucose meter 8.

16 is a view taken along the line AA in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a specific example of a display on an input screen 83 of the blood glucose meter 8.

FIG. 18 is a functional block diagram showing a specific example of the hardware configuration of the blood glucose meter 8.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a process in the blood glucose meter 8.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 1'sphygmomanometer, 2 memory card, 3 personal computer, 4 card reader, 5 network,
6 host computer, 7 doctor's personal computer, 8 blood glucose meter, 11 cuff, 12 blood pressure monitor microphone, 13 probe, 14 location input screen, 15 start button, 16 blood pressure monitor display screen,
17 Blood pressure monitor memory card insertion slot, 18 Situation input screen, 19 Blood pressure monitor external connection part, 20 Blood pressure monitor scroll button, 21 Blood pressure monitor setting button, 22 Pressure button, 31 Personal computer control part, 32 Personal Computer communication unit, 33 Personal computer input unit, 34 Personal computer display unit, 35 Personal computer storage unit, 61 Host computer control unit, 62 Host computer communication unit, 63 Host computer storage unit, 71 Doctor use Personal computer control unit, 72 Doctor personal computer communication unit, 73 Doctor personal computer input unit, 74 Doctor personal computer display unit, 75 Doctor personal computer storage unit, 80 Blood Sugar sensor insertion port, 81 Blood glucose sensor, 82 Blood glucose meter microphone, 83 Input screen, 84 Blood glucose meter display screen, 85 Blood glucose meter memory card insertion port, 86 Blood glucose meter external connection part, 87 Blood glucose meter scroll button, 88 blood glucose meter setting button, 89 transmission button, 101 sphygmomanometer control unit, 102 display unit, 103 ON / OFF switch,
104 location / situation setting switch, 105 memory card R / W unit, 106 driving unit, 107 measuring unit, 108
Blood pressure monitor, 109 environment sensor, 110 communication connection, 111 voice input, 112 blood pressure sensor, 1
13 amplification circuits, 114, 116 A / D conversion circuits, 1
15 amplification circuit / filter circuit, 117 display circuit, 1
18 memory circuits, 119 communication I / F circuits, 801
Blood glucose meter control unit, 802 measurement value display unit, 803 measurement place / status display unit, 804 blood glucose meter battery, 805
Sensor mounting unit, 806 card mounting unit, 807 Blood glucose meter timekeeping unit, 1011 Blood pressure monitor internal memory, 1012
Sphygmomanometer battery, 8011 Blood glucose meter internal memory.

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Koichi Takizawa             Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi Shioji-dori Horikawa Higashiiri Minamifudo-cho             801 OMRON LIFE SAYE CORPORATION             Institute (72) Inventor Koichi Tanaka             Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi Shioji-dori Horikawa Higashiiri Minamifudo-cho             801 OMRON LIFE SAYE CORPORATION             Institute    (54) [Title of Invention] Biological information measuring device, biological information management device, biological information measuring system, biological information measuring method, biological information pipe                     Processing method, biological information measurement program, recording medium recording the program, biological information management program                     And a recording medium recording the program

Claims (66)

[Claims] 1. A biometric information measuring device comprising: biometric information measuring means for measuring biometric information of a user; and measurement location information input means for inputting information on a measurement location for performing the measurement. 2. The biological information measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the biological information measuring means measures the biological information of the user after the information of the measurement place is input. 3. The living body according to claim 1, wherein the measurement location information input means inputs at least one of a home, a hospital, an interior of a car, an outdoors, and a workplace as the measurement location information. Information measuring device. 4. A biometric information measuring device comprising: biometric information measuring means for measuring biometric information of a user; and measurement status information input means for inputting measurement status information for performing the measurement. 5. The biological information measuring device according to claim 4, wherein the biological information measuring unit measures the biological information of the user after the information on the measurement status is input. 6. The measurement status information input means, as the measurement status information, is information at the time of the measurement of the user, that is, after waking up, after exercise, before meal, after meal, after smoking, and taking a bath. The biological information measuring device according to claim 4, wherein at least one of “after”, “before defecation”, and “after defecation” is input. 7. The measurement status information input means inputs, as the measurement status information, at least one of a physical condition of the user at the time of measurement, that is, good, normal, and poor. Or the biological information measuring device according to 5. 8. The measurement status information input means inputs, as the measurement status information, at least one of a standing position, a sitting position, and a recumbent position, which is information on the posture of the user at the time of the measurement. Item 4. The biological information measurement device according to item 4 or 5. 9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a switching unit that switches input targets so that the measurement location information input unit and the measurement status information input unit can be realized by the same input unit. The biological information measuring device described in Crab. 10. The biological information measuring device according to claim 1, further comprising environmental condition measuring means for measuring the condition of the environment in which the measurement is performed. 11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising voice information input means for allowing the user to input information by voice.
0. The biological information measuring device according to any one of 0. 12. A communication means for communicating via an electric communication line is further provided, wherein the communication means includes information on the measurement location, information on the measurement status, conditions of the measured environment, and the voice. At least one of the information, the measured biometric information, and an identifier for identifying the biometric information measuring apparatus are transmitted to another device via the electric communication line.
1. The biological information measuring device according to any one of 1. 13. The at least one of the measurement location information, the measurement status information, the measured environment condition, and the voice information, the measured biological information, and the biological information measuring device. Storage means for storing an identifier for identifying the storage device in a storage device.
2. The biological information measuring device according to any one of 1. 14. The storage device is one of a storage device built in the biological information measuring device and a storage device detachable from the biological information measuring device.
The biological information measuring device according to 1. 15. The living body according to claim 12, further comprising erasing means for erasing the information stored in the storage device when the communication means completes transmission to the other device. Information measuring device. 16. The biological information measuring device according to claim 15, wherein the erasing means is executed by receiving a reception completion signal from the other device by the communication means. 17. A communication means for communicating with another device via an electric communication line, and a file received by the communication means from the biological information measuring device according to claim 1. , At least one of the information of the measurement location, the information of the measurement situation, the condition of the measured environment, and the voice information,
A biometric information management device, comprising: a storage unit that stores a file including the measured biometric information and an identifier for identifying the biometric information measurement device. 18. The biometric information management apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the file includes a chart number of a user who has performed the measurement, instead of an identifier for identifying the biometric information measurement apparatus. 19. An inquiry unit that receives the password of a user who wants to browse the file and a chart number included in the file that the user wants to browse, and inquires the received password by the communication unit; 19. The biometric information management device according to claim 18, further comprising: a first extraction unit that extracts the file based on the medical record number when the user is permitted to view the file. 20. The biometric information management apparatus according to claim 19, further comprising an additional recording unit that additionally records information input by a user who has browsed the file into the file. 21. The communication means further comprises second extracting means for receiving a password from a user who has measured biometric information, and for extracting a file containing biometric information of the user based on the password.
The biological information management device according to any one of claims 17 to 20. 22. The method according to claim 1, wherein the connection is made by a telecommunication line.
16. The biological information measuring device according to claim 16,
A biological information measuring system comprising the biological information management device according to any one of 7 to 21. 23. A method for measuring biometric information using a biometric information measuring apparatus, comprising a biometric information measuring step of measuring biometric information of a user, and inputting measurement location information for inputting information of a measurement location at which the measurement is performed. A biological information measuring method, comprising: 24. The biometric information measuring method according to claim 23, wherein the biometric information measuring step measures the biometric information of the user after the information of the measurement place is input. 25. The living body according to claim 23, wherein in the measuring place information inputting step, at least one of a home, a hospital, an inside of a car, an outside and a workplace is inputted as measuring place information. Information measurement method. 26. A method for measuring biometric information using a biometric information measuring apparatus, comprising a biometric information measuring step of measuring biometric information of a user, and inputting measurement status information for inputting measurement status information for performing the measurement. A biological information measuring method, comprising: 27. The biometric information measuring method according to claim 26, wherein in the biometric information measuring step, the biometric information of the user is measured after the information of the measurement situation is input. 28. The measurement status information inputting step is, as the measurement status information, information at the time of the measurement of the user, that is, after waking up, after exercise, before meal, after meal, after smoking, and taking a bath. The biological information measuring method according to claim 26 or 27, wherein at least one of after, before defecation, and after defecation is input. 29. The measurement status information input step inputs, as the measurement status information, at least one of a physical condition of the user at the time of the measurement, that is, good, normal, and poor. Or the biological information measuring method described in 27. 30. The measurement status information input step inputs, as the measurement status information, at least one of a standing position, a sitting position, and a recumbent position, which is information on the posture of the user at the time of the measurement. Item 26. The biological information measurement method according to Item 26 or 27. 31. The method according to claim 23, further comprising a switching step of switching input objects so that the measurement location information input step and the measurement status information input step can be realized by the same input step. The biological information measuring method described in Crab. 32. The method according to claim 23, further comprising an environmental condition measuring step of measuring a condition of an environment in which the measurement is performed.
31. The biological information measuring method according to any one of 31. 33. The method according to claim 2, further comprising a voice information input step in which the user inputs information by voice.
33. The biological information measuring method according to any one of 3 to 32. 34. A communication step of performing communication via an electric communication line, wherein the communication step includes information on the measurement location, information on the measurement situation, conditions of the measured environment, and the voice. 24. At least one of information, the measured biometric information, and an identifier for identifying the biometric information measuring device that has performed the measurement are transmitted to another device via the electric communication line. 33. The biological information measuring method according to any one of 33. 35. At least one of the information of the measurement place, the information of the measurement situation, the condition of the measured environment, and the voice information, the measured biological information, and the biological information measuring device. 24. The method further comprising a storage step of storing an identifier for identifying the identifier in a storage device.
34. The biological information measuring method according to any one of to 34. 36. The storage device is one of a storage device built in the biological information measuring device and a storage device detachable from the biological information measuring device.
The method for measuring biological information according to. 37. The method according to claim 34, further comprising an erasing step of erasing information stored in said storage device when transmission to said another device is completed in said communication step.
36. The biological information measuring method according to any one of 36. 38. The biological information measuring method according to claim 37, wherein the erasing step is executed by receiving a reception completion signal from the other device in the communication step. 39. A method for managing biometric information in a biometric information management apparatus, comprising: a communication step of communicating with another device via an electric communication line; and the communication step, A file received from the biological information measuring device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the measurement location information, the measurement status information, the measured environment condition, and the voice information, and the measurement A biometric information management method, comprising: a storage step of storing a file including stored biometric information and an identifier for identifying the biometric information measurement device in a storage unit. 40. The biometric information management method according to claim 39, wherein the file includes a chart number of a user who has performed the measurement, instead of an identifier for identifying the biometric information measurement device. 41. An inquiry step of receiving, in the communication step, a password of a user who desires to browse the file and a chart number included in the file that the user desires to browse, and inquiring of the received password; The biological information management method according to claim 40, further comprising a first extraction step of extracting the file based on the medical record number when the user is permitted to view the file in the step. 42. The biometric information management method according to claim 41, further comprising an additional recording step of additionally recording information input by a user who has browsed the file, into the file. 43. The communication step further comprises a second extraction step of receiving a password from the user who has measured the biometric information, and extracting a file including the biometric information of the user based on the password. The biological information management method according to any one of claims 39 to 42. 44. A computer-readable program for causing a computer to measure biometric information, the biometric information measuring step of measuring biometric information of a user, and a measurement location for inputting information of a measurement location for performing the measurement. A biological information measurement program that causes a computer to execute an information input step. 45. The biometric information measuring program according to claim 44, wherein the biometric information measuring step measures the biometric information of the user after the information of the measurement place is input. 46. The living body according to claim 44 or 45, wherein in the measuring place information inputting step, at least one of a home, a hospital, an inside of a car, an outside, and a workplace is inputted as the measuring place information. Information measurement program. 47. A computer-readable program for causing a computer to measure biometric information, the biometric information measuring step of measuring biometric information of a user, and a measurement status of inputting information of a measurement status of performing the measurement A biological information measurement program that causes a computer to execute an information input step. 48. The biometric information measuring program according to claim 47, wherein in the biometric information measuring step, the biometric information of the user is measured after the information of the measurement status is input. 49. The measurement status information inputting step is, as the measurement status information, information at the time of the measurement of the user, that is, after waking up, after exercise, before meal, after meal, after smoking, and taking a bath. 49. The biological information measuring program according to claim 47, wherein at least one of "after", "before defecation", and "after defecation" is input. 50. The measurement status information input step inputs, as the measurement status information, at least one of a physical condition of the user at the time of the measurement, that is, good, normal, and poor. Or the biological information measurement program according to 48. 51. The measurement status information input step inputs, as the measurement status information, at least one of a standing position, a sitting position, and a recumbent position, which is information on the posture of the user at the time of the measurement. Item 47. The biological information measurement program according to Item 47. 52. The method according to claim 44, further comprising a switching step of switching input objects so that the measurement location information input step and the measurement status information input step can be realized by the same input step. The biological information measurement program according to Crab. 53. An environmental condition measuring step of measuring an environmental condition for performing the measurement, further comprising:
52. The biological information measurement program according to any one of 52. 54. The method according to claim 4, further comprising a voice information input step in which the user inputs information by voice.
The biological information measurement program according to any one of 4 to 53. 55. The method further comprises a communication step of performing communication via an electric communication line, wherein the communication step includes information on the measurement place, information on the measurement situation, conditions of the measured environment, and the voice. The at least one of the information, the measured biometric information, and an identifier for identifying the biometric information measurement device that has performed the measurement are transmitted to another device via the electric communication line. 54. The biological information measurement program according to any one of 54. 56. At least one of the information of the measurement place, the information of the measurement situation, the condition of the measured environment, and the voice information, the measured biological information, and the biological information measuring device. 45. The method further comprising a storage step of storing an identifier for identifying the in a storage device.
55. The biological information measuring program according to any one of 55 to 55. 57. The storage device is one of a storage device built in the biological information measuring device and a storage device detachable from the biological information measuring device.
The biological information measurement program described in 1. 58. The method according to any one of claims 55 to 55, further comprising an erasing step of erasing the information stored in the storage device when the transmission to the other device is completed in the communication step.
57. The biological information measurement program according to any of 57. 59. The biometric information measuring program according to claim 58, wherein said erasing step is executed by receiving a reception completion signal from said other device in said communication step. 60. A communication step, which is a computer-readable program that causes a computer to execute management of biological information, and which communicates with another device via an electric communication line. A file received from the biological information measuring device according to any one of 1 to 16, wherein at least one of the information of the measurement location, the information of the measurement situation, the condition of the measured environment, and the voice information. And causing the computer to execute a storage step of storing a file containing the measured biometric information and an identifier for identifying the biometric information measurement device in a storage means.
Biometric information management program. 61. The biometric information management program according to claim 60, wherein the file includes a chart number of a user who has performed the measurement, instead of an identifier for identifying the biometric information measurement device. 62. An inquiry step of receiving, in the communication step, a password of a user who desires to browse the file and a medical record number included in the file of which the browse is desired, and inquiring the received password; The biometric information management program according to claim 61, further comprising a first extraction step of extracting the file based on the medical record number when the user is permitted to browse the file. 63. The biometric information management program according to claim 62, further comprising an additional recording step of additionally recording, in the file, information input by a user who has browsed the file. 64. The method further comprises a second extracting step of receiving a password from the user who has measured the biological information in the communication step, and extracting a file including the biological information of the user based on the password. The biometric information management program according to any one of claims 60 to 63. 65. A computer-readable recording medium in which the biological information measuring program according to any one of claims 44 to 59 is recorded. 66. A computer-readable recording medium recording the biometric information management program according to any one of claims 60 to 64.