JP2007190272A - Measuring apparatus and system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a measuring apparatus and a system which can perform personal authentication without making a measured person feel operation for the personal authentication. <P>SOLUTION: The top of a main body 20 of a scale 10 is equipped with a foot rest 21, and a portion in the foot rest 21, where toes of a measured person are located, is equipped with a fingerprint sensor 22. The measured person is only required for standing on the foot rest 21 to read the finger print by the fingerprint sensor 22, perform the personal authentication, and to store weight measured per person. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a measuring apparatus and system, and more particularly to a technique for measuring a body feature amount of a measurement object.

In Patent Document 1, personal authentication is performed using fingerprint data of a measurement object, and the measurement result of the measurement object is presented, for example, based on body weight and body fat percentage, health advice corresponding to each measurement object is presented. A health advice device is disclosed.
JP 2000-172851 A

  However, in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, there is a problem that it is necessary to perform an operation for performing personal authentication together with an operation for the measurement subject to measure.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a measuring apparatus and system capable of performing personal authentication without making the measurement object aware of the operation for performing personal authentication. .

  In order to achieve the above object, a measurement apparatus according to the present invention includes a measurement unit for measuring a measurement object, and biological information for authenticating the measurement object from a body part of the measurement object necessary for the measurement. A biometric information acquisition unit that acquires the biometric information, an authentication unit that performs individual authentication of the measurement object, a measurement result storage unit that associates and stores the biometric information and the measurement result of the measurement unit, It is characterized by providing.

  As a result, the measured object can be individually authenticated and the measurement result can be stored and managed for each measured object simply by performing an operation for the measured object to perform the measurement.

  Further, the measuring apparatus according to the present invention stores the basic information of the measured object necessary for measuring the measured object and the basic information for associating and storing the biological information for authenticating the measured object. A storage unit; a biological information acquisition unit that acquires the biological information from a body part of the measurement object necessary for the measurement; an authentication unit that performs individual authentication of the measurement object based on the biological information; A measuring unit that refers to an information storage unit, reads basic information associated with the biological information, and measures the measurement object using the basic information.

  Thereby, the measurement subject can read the biological information only by performing the operation necessary for the measurement of the measured object, and can perform measurement by reading the basic information based on the read biological information.

  Further, the apparatus further includes a footrest part on which the measured body stands, wherein the biological information acquisition unit includes fingerprint information of a toe of the measured object placed on the footrest part, a sole of the measured object Or at least one of the vein running information of the sole of the measured object may be acquired.

  The footrest portion further includes an impedance measuring unit that measures an impedance by applying a current to the left and right feet of the body to be measured, and the measuring unit includes the impedance measured by the impedance measuring unit, and the basic Based on the information, the body fat mass or body fat percentage of the body to be measured may be measured.

  Thereby, a to-be-measured body can be recognized only by mounting on a weight scale, and the body fat mass or rate can be calculated.

  The footrest part further includes an impedance measurement part that measures an impedance by applying an electric current to the left and right feet of the measurement object, and the measurement part is a weight of the measurement object standing on the footrest part. And measuring the body fat mass or body fat percentage of the body to be measured based on the measured body weight, the impedance measured by the impedance measurement unit, and the basic information.

  Thus, the body to be measured can be recognized by simply placing it on the weight scale, the body weight can be measured, and the body fat mass or rate can be calculated using the measured body weight as a parameter.

  The measurement unit measures the blood pressure and the pulse rate of the measurement object via the finger, wrist, or upper arm of the measurement object, and the biometric information acquisition unit measures the fingerprint information of the finger or the wrist or Upper arm vein travel information may be acquired.

  Thereby, the measurement object and the blood pressure and the heart rate can be stored in association with each other only by performing the operation of measuring the blood pressure and the heart rate.

  Further, a measurement system according to the present invention is a measurement system comprising a measurement device for measuring an object to be measured, and a management device connected to the measurement device via a network, the measurement device comprising: A measurement unit for measuring the measurement object; a biological information acquisition unit for acquiring biological information for authenticating the measurement object from a body part of the measurement object necessary for the measurement; and A first communication unit for transmitting information, and the management device receives a second communication unit for receiving the biological information from the measuring device, and the measured object based on the received biological information. An authentication unit that performs individual authentication and a measurement result storage unit that stores the biometric information and the measurement result of the measurement unit in association with each other are provided.

Thereby, the measurement result obtained from the measuring device can be centrally managed by the management device.
The measurement system according to the present invention is a measurement system comprising a measurement device for measuring a measurement object, and a management device connected to the measurement device via a network. Using the basic information of the measurement object necessary for performing measurement, the measurement object for measuring the measurement object is authenticated, and the measurement object is authenticated from the body part of the measurement object required for the measurement A biometric information acquisition unit for acquiring biometric information for receiving, and a first communication unit for transmitting the biometric information to the management device and receiving the basic information from the management device. A second communication unit for receiving the biological information from the measurement device and transmitting the basic information to the measurement device, and an authentication unit for performing individual authentication of the measurement object based on the received biological information And the basic information and the A basic information storage unit that associates and stores body information; and a reading unit that refers to the basic information storage unit and reads basic information associated with authenticated biometric information. The measurement of the measured object is performed using basic information received from the apparatus.

  As a result, the basic information necessary for measurement is centrally managed by the management device, and when the measurement object performs a measurement operation using the measurement device, the biological information is read and the basic information of the measurement object is read from the management device. , And body composition information can be calculated based on this.

  Further, the management device is connected to a plurality of types of measurement devices via the network, and the measurement result storage unit or the basic information storage unit is a plurality of pieces of information acquired in each measurement device for one measured object. Biometric information may be stored.

  According to the present invention, in order to acquire biological information for authenticating a measurement object from the body part of the measurement object necessary for measurement, the measurement object capable of performing personal authentication performs an operation for measurement. By just doing it, it is possible to measure and calculate personal authentication and body features and body composition information.

  The measuring apparatus and system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<First embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a top view of a weight scale 10 to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the weight scale 10. The weight scale 10 is provided on a box-shaped main body 20 and an upper surface of the main body 20, and a footrest 21 for placing a subject's foot, and a fingerprint of the thumb of the subject's foot placed on the footrest 21. A fingerprint sensor 22 for reading the image, a display window 23 for displaying the measurement result, basic information for calculating the body fat of the subject, for example, an operation button 24 for inputting height, sex, and age, And an impedance measuring unit 25 for measuring the impedance by applying a current to the left and right feet of the subject. Inside the main body 20, a control unit 11 for controlling the operation of the weight scale 10, a personal DB storage unit 12 storing a personal database (hereinafter referred to as “personal DB”) storing personal information of the subject, The authentication processing unit 14 that performs authentication processing based on the fingerprint information read by the fingerprint sensor 22, the weight measurement unit 15 that measures the weight of the subject based on the load applied to the footrest unit 21, and the weight and basic information A body fat calculating unit 17 that calculates a body fat amount and a rate based on the personal fat storage unit 12, the fingerprint sensor 22, the authentication processing unit 14, the weight measuring unit 15, and the body fat calculating unit 17. Control each action.

  FIG. 3 is an example of a table constituting the personal DB. FIG. 3A shows records of “fingerprint information”, “height”, “gender”, “current weight”, “body fat mass / rate”, “previous weight”, and “body fat mass / rate”. Is a table used in the first embodiment. FIG. 3B shows “identification ID”, “fingerprint information”, “venous running information”, “height”, “gender”, “weight”, “body fat mass / rate” that uniquely identify the person to be measured. , “Blood pressure / heart rate”, “measurement date and time”, and a table used in the second embodiment.

  Next, the process flow of the weight scale 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In S <b> 1, the subject stands on the footrest 21 with his / her thumb positioned on the fingerprint sensor 22.

  In S2, the weight measuring unit 15 measures the weight.

  In S3, the fingerprint sensor 22 reads the fingerprint information of the big toe.

  In S <b> 4, the authentication processing unit 14 acquires fingerprint information from the fingerprint sensor 22. Then, the personal DB stored in the personal DB storage unit 12 is referenced to determine whether there is personal information that matches the acquired fingerprint information. If there is, proceed to S5 if not proceeding to S6.

  S5 is a case where personal authentication cannot be performed, and information corresponding to the fingerprint information read in S3 is not registered in the personal DB storage unit 12. Therefore, the control unit 11 adds a new record to the personal information table and registers the fingerprint information read in S3. Further, the control unit 11 displays a message for prompting input of basic personal information having the fingerprint information on the display window 23. The measurement subject operates the operation button 24 to input basic information necessary for calculating body fat other than weight, such as height, sex, and weight. The control unit 11 stores the input basic information in the personal DB storage unit 12.

  In S6, the control unit 11 updates and saves the value of the weight record corresponding to the fingerprint information read in S3 in the personal DB of the personal DB storage unit 12 to the currently measured weight, or adds it to the previous history and saves it. To do.

  In S7, the control unit 11 reads basic information corresponding to the fingerprint information read in S3 from the personal DB.

  In S8, the impedance measurement unit 25 applies an electric current to the measurement subject's foot and measures the impedance. The body fat calculation unit 17 calculates the body fat mass or the body fat percentage based on the body weight and impedance measured in S2 and the basic information read in S7. The control unit 11 stores the calculated body fat mass or body fat percentage in the personal DB.

  In S <b> 9, the weight and body fat mass or body fat percentage measured by the control unit 11 are displayed on the display unit 16. Thereby, the person to be measured can visually recognize the weight and the body fat amount or the body fat percentage displayed through the display window 23.

  According to the present embodiment, the subject simply stands on the footrest unit 21 with the thumb of the foot positioned on the fingerprint sensor 22, and performs personal authentication of the subject without performing any other operation. Information can be stored and managed, and basic information necessary for calculating body fat mass and rate can be read.

  In the above embodiment, the personal authentication is performed using the fingerprint of the big toe. However, the personal authentication may be the sole information of the subject, and the shape of the entire foot of the subject, the shape of the earth bun, The vein running information indicating the pattern shape of the vein running on the sole of the sample may be used. In the case of using the shape of the entire foot of the subject or the shape of an earth arch, piezoelectric elements are arranged in a matrix on the back surface of the footrest portion 21 instead of the fingerprint sensor. The shape information of the entire foot or the shape of the arch may be acquired based on the pressure applied when the subject is placed on the footrest 21. Further, instead of the piezoelectric element, the footrest 21 is provided with a light sensor, and when the subject senses that the subject is placed on the footrest 21, the light emitting portion is scanned in the vertical direction or the left-right direction, and the reflected light is detected. By doing so, the shape of the entire foot or the shape of the arch may be detected, or reflected light from the vein running near the sole may be detected to detect the vein running information. In addition, a device for reading these sole information may be applied to a footrest of a height meter, or in a bone densitometer that measures bone density by irradiating ultrasonic waves to the subject's heel. The present invention may be applied to a fixing plate for fixing the position of the sole.

  In the present embodiment, the body fat mass / rate is measured, but the present invention may be applied to a weight scale that measures only body weight. In this case, the table of FIG. 3A only needs to have records of “fingerprint information”, “current weight”, and “previous weight”. Then, the above steps S1 to S5 are executed, and only the weight is displayed in S9.

<Second embodiment>
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a measurement system 100 to which the present invention is applied. In the measurement system 100, a host computer (hereinafter referred to as “host”) 50, a weight scale 60, and a blood pressure monitor 70 are connected via a network 80. A personal DB storage unit 40 that stores personal information is connected to the host 50.

  The host 50 includes a control unit 51 for performing operation control, a communication unit 52 for communicating with the weight scale 60 and the sphygmomanometer 70 via the network 80, and fingerprint information and vein running received via the communication unit 52. And an authentication processing unit 53 that performs an authentication process based on the information.

  The weight scale 60 includes a control unit 61, a communication unit 62 for communicating with the host 50, a body fat calculating unit 63 for calculating body fat mass and rate, a weight measuring unit 65 for measuring body weight, and measurement. A display unit 66 for displaying the result, a fingerprint sensor 67, and an impedance measurement unit 68 are provided.

  The sphygmomanometer 70 includes a control unit 71, a communication unit 72 for communicating with the host 50, a measurement unit 75 for measuring blood pressure and heart rate, a display unit 76 for displaying measurement results, and a vein sensor. 77. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the sphygmomanometer 70. The sphygmomanometer 70 includes an insertion portion 79 for inserting the upper arm portion of the measurement subject, and the vein sensor 77 is provided inside the insertion portion 79 in order to read the vein running pattern of the upper arm portion inserted into the insertion portion 79. And installed at a position facing the insertion portion 79. FIG. 7 shows an outline of a sphygmomanometer 90 that measures blood pressure and heart rate with the index finger of the measurement subject. The sphygmomanometer 90 includes an insertion portion 99 for inserting the index finger, an instruction plate 98a for indicating the inserted index finger, and a transmission portion 98b on the surface of the indication plate 98a on which the first joint portion of the index finger contacts, You may provide the fingerprint sensor 97 which reads the fingerprint information of an index finger via the permeation | transmission part 98b.

  Next, a processing flow of the measurement system 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In S <b> 11, the subject stands on the footrest 21 with his / her thumb positioned on the fingerprint sensor 22.

  In S12, the fingerprint sensor 22 reads the fingerprint information of the big toe.

  In S <b> 13, fingerprint information is transmitted from the communication unit 62 of the scale 60 to the host 50.

  In S14, the communication unit 52 of the host 50 receives the fingerprint information. Then, the authentication processing unit 53 refers to the personal DB stored in the personal DB storage unit 12 and determines whether there is personal information that matches the acquired fingerprint information. If not, the process proceeds to S15, and if there is, the process proceeds to S16.

  In S15, a message prompting the subject to register basic information is displayed and basic information is registered. Registration of the basic information may be performed from a terminal device (not shown) connected to the host 50, or an ID may be input and transmitted from the weight scale 60.

  In S <b> 16, the weight measuring unit 15 measures the weight and transmits the result to the host 50. The control unit 51 of the host 50 stores the value of the weight record corresponding to the fingerprint information received in S12 in the personal DB storage unit 40 by updating it to the weight measured this time or adding it to the previous history.

  In S17, the control unit 11 refers to the personal DB storage unit 40, and reads basic information corresponding to the fingerprint information read in S12 from the personal DB.

  In S18, the impedance measuring unit 25 applies an electric current to the measurement subject's foot and measures the impedance. The host 50 transmits the basic information read in S17 to the weight scale 60, and the communication unit 62 receives it. The body fat calculation unit 63 calculates the body fat mass or the body fat percentage based on the body weight measured in S16, the measured impedance, and the received basic information. The calculated body fat mass or body fat percentage is transmitted from the weight scale 60 to the host 50 and stored in the personal DB storage unit 40 by the control unit 51.

  In S <b> 19, the control unit 61 of the weight scale 60 displays the weight, body fat mass, or body fat percentage on the display unit 66. Thereby, the to-be-measured person can visually recognize the body weight and the body fat mass or the body fat percentage.

  In S20, the person to be measured gets off the weight scale 60 and inserts the upper arm part into the insertion part 79 of the sphygmomanometer 70 in order to measure blood pressure.

  In S <b> 21, the vein travel information of the upper arm portion in which the vein sensor 77 is inserted into the insertion portion 79 is read.

  In S <b> 22, vein travel information is transmitted from the communication unit 72 of the sphygmomanometer 70 to the host 50.

  In S23, as in S14, the authentication processing unit 53 refers to the personal DB storage unit 40 and performs personal authentication based on whether there is a match with the received vein travel information. If it cannot be authenticated, the process proceeds to S24, and if possible, the process proceeds to S25.

  In S24, as in S15, a message prompting the subject to register basic information is displayed and basic information is registered.

  In S <b> 25, the measurement unit 75 measures the blood pressure and the heart rate, displays the result on the display unit 76, and transmits the result from the communication unit 72 to the host 50.

  In S26, the control unit 51 of the host 50 updates and saves the blood pressure and heart rate record values corresponding to the venous running information received in S22 in the personal DB storage unit 40, or adds them to the previous history. And save.

  According to the present embodiment, the body feature amount of the measurement subject can be centrally managed by the personal DB storage unit 40. In addition, when a plurality of types of measuring devices, for example, a weight scale, a sphygmomanometer, and the like are connected to the measuring system 100 and the parts for measuring the body feature amount of the person to be measured are different in each measuring device, The biometric information obtained from each part is associated with the measurer ID. Thus, the measurement subject can perform personal authentication simply by performing a measurement operation in the measurement apparatus connected to the measurement system 100, and can store the data in the personal DB storage unit 40. As a result, a medical examination system in which various measuring devices are connected to a single measuring system is constructed, and biometric information necessary for personal authentication is registered in advance in the host 50, so that the subject can measure at each measuring device. It is possible to store the measurement results and the calculation results for each person to be measured in the personal DB storage unit 40 only by patrol while performing the operation.

  In the above embodiment, the host 50 may be provided with a timekeeping unit such as an RTC, and each measurement value may be stored in association with the measured date.

  In addition to the above, the biometric information used for personal authentication may use an iris pattern. This may be applied to a visual acuity measuring device, and when the person to be measured looks into the visual acuity measuring device, the iris pattern is read, personal authentication is performed based on the iris pattern, and the measured visual acuity may be stored in the personal DB storage unit 40. .

  Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to a measuring apparatus that measures a human body, as long as it can acquire biological information of a living body that can be authenticated, and does not need to distinguish between an operation of acquiring the biological information and a measuring operation. Can be applied.

Top view of weight scale 10 to which the present invention is applied Block diagram of scale 10 Example table that composes personal DB The flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the weight scale 10. Block diagram of a measurement system 100 to which the present invention is applied Schematic diagram of a sphygmomanometer 70 to which the present invention is applied Schematic diagram of a blood pressure monitor 90 to which the present invention is applied The flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the measurement system 100

Explanation of symbols

10: weight scale, 12: personal DB storage unit, 22: fingerprint sensor, 40: personal DB storage unit, 50: host, 60: weight scale, 70: sphygmomanometer, 80: network, 100: measurement system

Claims (9)

A measuring unit for measuring the object to be measured;
A biological information acquisition unit that acquires biological information for authenticating the measurement object from a body part of the measurement object necessary for the measurement;
An authentication unit for performing individual authentication of the measurement object based on the biological information;
A measurement result storage unit that associates and stores the biological information and the measurement result of the measurement unit;
A measuring apparatus comprising: A basic information storage unit that stores basic information of the measurement object necessary for measuring the measurement object and biological information for authenticating the measurement object in association with each other;
A biological information acquisition unit that acquires the biological information from a body part of the measurement object necessary for the measurement;
An authentication unit for performing individual authentication of the measurement object based on the biological information;
Referring to the basic information storage unit, reading out basic information associated with the biological information, and measuring the measured object using the basic information; and
A measuring apparatus comprising: It further comprises a footrest part for the measurement object to stand,
The biological information acquisition unit includes fingerprint information of a toe of the measurement object placed on the footrest, shape information of a sole of the measurement object, or vein running information of the sole of the measurement object Get at least one of them,
The measuring apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein The footrest portion further includes an impedance measurement unit that measures impedance by applying current to the left and right feet of the body to be measured,
The measurement unit measures the body fat mass or body fat percentage of the body to be measured based on the impedance measured by the impedance measurement unit and the basic information.
The measuring apparatus according to claim 3. The footrest portion further includes an impedance measurement unit that measures impedance by applying current to the left and right feet of the body to be measured,
The measurement unit measures the body weight of the measurement object standing on the footrest, and based on the measured weight, the impedance measured by the impedance measurement unit, and the basic information, the measurement object Measuring body fat mass or body fat percentage,
The measuring apparatus according to claim 3. The measurement unit measures the blood pressure and pulse rate of the measurement object via the finger, wrist, or upper arm of the measurement object,
The biometric information acquisition unit acquires fingerprint information of the finger, or vein travel information of the wrist or upper arm,
The measuring apparatus according to claim 1. A measurement system comprising a measurement device for measuring a measured object and a management device connected to the measurement device via a network,
The measuring device is
A measuring unit for measuring the object to be measured;
A biological information acquisition unit that acquires biological information for authenticating the measurement object from a body part of the measurement object necessary for the measurement;
A first communication unit for transmitting the biological information to the management device,
The management device
A second communication unit for receiving the biological information from the measurement device;
An authentication unit for performing individual authentication of the measured object based on the received biological information;
A measurement result storage unit that associates and stores the biological information and the measurement result of the measurement unit;
A measurement system comprising: A measurement system comprising a measurement device for measuring a measured object and a management device connected to the measurement device via a network,
Using the basic information of the measurement object necessary for measuring the measurement object, a measurement unit for measuring the measurement object;
A biological information acquisition unit that acquires biological information for authenticating the measurement object from a body part of the measurement object necessary for the measurement;
A first communication unit for transmitting the biological information to the management device and receiving the basic information from the management device;
The management device
A second communication unit for receiving the biological information from the measuring device and transmitting the basic information to the measuring device;
An authentication unit for performing individual authentication of the measurement object based on the received biological information;
A basic information storage unit that stores the basic information and the biological information in association with each other;
A reading unit that refers to the basic information storage unit and reads basic information associated with the authenticated biometric information,
The measurement unit measures the object to be measured using basic information received from the management device;
A measurement system characterized by that. The management device is connected to a plurality of types of measurement devices via the network,
The measurement result storage unit or the basic information storage unit stores a plurality of pieces of biological information acquired in each measurement device for one measurement object.
The measurement system according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that.

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