JP2007286947A - Health maintenance management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technical means for receiving measured biological information from a portable terminal, and for returning the opinion of a medical institution or the like. <P>SOLUTION: This health maintenance management system is provided with a portable terminal 1 for acquiring biological information from a measuring device; a center server 3 for receiving the measurement information through a telephone network circuit 12 of a traveling object; and a member relevant facility terminal 2 for preparing the provision information of health management based on the measurement information. The center server 3 is provided with transmission/reception means 23 and 31 for transmitting/receiving information with the portable terminal 1 and the member relevant facility terminal 2; a recording means 25 for recording an application program for making the portable terminal 1 acquire measurement information from the measurement device 6; a provision means 26; a biological information recording means 27 for recording the acquired measurement information; a provision information recording means 32; and control means 28 and 36 for recording the biological information, and for recording the provision information, and for transmitting it to the portable terminal 1, wherein the application program corresponding to the specifications of the portable terminal 1 is transmitted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a health maintenance management system that receives biological information such as blood pressure and pulse of a human body measured by a measuring device from a portable terminal and transmits findings on the biological information to the portable terminal.

Medical systems that measure biological information such as body temperature and blood pressure from a living body such as a patient, transmit this biological information to a medical institution at a remote location via a communication line, and ask for diagnosis and instructions are conventionally known (For example, refer to Patent Document 1.)
In the biometric information distribution system described in Patent Document 1, a server that acquires biometric information from a biometric information monitor attached to a patient has information for generating an alarm on a portable terminal of a medical staff, and a URL for accessing the biometric information By transmitting information, the patient's biological information can be quickly distributed. Specifically, it has a database in which the shift of medical staff and the phone number of the mobile terminal are registered, and the server searches for the related medical staff in the work system and stores alarm occurrence information and URL information on the mobile terminal. By transmitting, it is possible to cope with an emergency.

A body temperature measurement system using a portable communication terminal that transmits body temperature data measured by a temperature sensor to a data server using a portable communication terminal, and the data server displays a body temperature table created by collecting the body temperature on the portable communication terminal. Has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
JP 2003-319913 A JP 2004-138439 A

  According to the biometric information distribution system described in Patent Document 1, it is possible to quickly deliver the patient's emergency and the biometric information to medical staff away from the patient. It is not a system that responds to the demands of users who want to maintain health management. Further, according to the basal body temperature measurement system described in Patent Document 2, the measured data is displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal as a tabulation table from the data server that tabulates the measured data, but various biological information is measured and the findings are distributed. It is not a system configuration to do. In addition, there is no mention of a communication mode, a communication method, and the like for the portable terminal to acquire and transmit biological information measured by various measuring devices.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a health maintenance management system which is a technical means for receiving biological information measured by various measuring devices from a portable terminal and returning a finding of a medical institution or the like with respect to the biological information.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention proposes a center server that receives the measurement information from a portable terminal that acquires measurement information by a measurement device that measures biological information of a human body via a mobile telephone network line; A member-related facility terminal that creates health management provision information for transmitting the mobile terminal based on the measurement information transmitted from the center server via a communication line. The center server transmits / receives various information to / from the mobile terminal and the member-related facility terminal, an interface specification for the mobile terminal to acquire measurement information from the measurement device, and transmits to the center server. Application program recording means for recording an application program defining a communication method and a data format An application program providing means for providing the application program to the portable terminal, a biological information recording means for recording the acquired measurement information, a provided information recording means for recording the provided information, and controlling each of these means Control means for recording the biometric information in the biometric information recording means, recording the provision information in the provision information recording means and transmitting it to the portable terminal, and the application program provision means A health maintenance management system characterized by transmitting the application program according to the specifications of a terminal.

  A mobile terminal obtains biometric information from the measuring device, and the center server receives the biometric information from the mobile terminal via a wireless communication line of a mobile telephone network and creates health management provision information. Send. This member-related facility creates health management provision information based on the transmitted biological information and transmits it to the center server. And since a center server transmits this provision information to a portable terminal, since the provision information which is the observation can be entered / exited from a member related facility by transmission of biometric information, daily health maintenance management can be performed.

  Then, an application program corresponding to the specifications of the mobile terminal is downloaded in advance from the center server so that the mobile terminal can acquire the biometric information measured by this measuring device, transmit it to the center server, and receive the provided information. It corresponds by putting. This application program uses a wireless communication line between the center server and the interface specification for transmitting / receiving biological information between the measuring device and the mobile terminal and the communication specification for each communication carrier used by the mobile terminal. It defines the communication method, data format, language used, etc.

  The control means also receives the measurement device usage information together with the measurement information from the portable terminal, transmits the received usage information to the measurement device affiliated company terminal of the measurement device affiliated company, and the measurement It is preferable that the measurement device related information transmitted from the device affiliated company terminal is recorded in the provided information recording means and transmitted to the portable terminal together with the provided information.

  When measuring biometric information, use information such as the product number, serial number, and use date of the measurement device is also received along with the biometric information, and this use information is received from a terminal of a measurement device related company such as a manufacturer or sales company of the measurement device. If it is transmitted to, various information on the usage facts and usage forms of the product can be obtained. The measuring device related company can provide the measuring device related information to provide the user with questionnaires, new product information, service information, and the like.

  It is preferable that the center server transmits the provided information and the measurement device related information to the mobile terminal via an Internet line. Biological information is transmitted directly from the mobile terminal to the center server via the mobile telephone network. However, in order to receive the information provided by the mobile terminal, it is easy to use the Internet via the Internet on the way to create the input screen and display screen. Because it becomes.

  It is preferable that the portable terminal acquires the measurement information from the measurement device via any one of a USB cable, an infrared ray, a contact IC card, and a non-contact IC card.

  By operating the application program that defines interface specifications corresponding to these devices such as a USB cable, measurement information can be transmitted from the measurement device to the portable terminal and further transmitted to the center server.

  The center server preferably transmits / receives the measurement information, provision information, usage information, and measurement device related information to / from the member related facility terminal and the measurement device related company terminal via the Internet. This is because various information can be easily transmitted and received using existing communication.

  According to the present invention, since the center server can transmit the provided biological information to the portable terminal by receiving the measured biological information from the portable terminal, the health maintenance management system can be constructed. it can.

  Furthermore, by transmitting / receiving the measurement device usage information and the measurement device related information, it is possible to acquire information such as the usage history of the device, and to acquire the latest information such as service information of the measurement device.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a health maintenance management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of biometric information acquisition and transmission by a mobile phone, FIG. 3 is a measurement target input screen diagram, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a providing service selection screen, FIG. 6 is a providing information display screen, and FIG. 7 is a measuring device related information display screen.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the health maintenance management system mainly transmits a user's mobile phone 1 which is a portable terminal that transmits biological information such as blood pressure and weight and receives information such as findings, and the received biological information. Center server 3 that transmits to member-related facility terminal 2, receives the findings, etc., and transmits the findings to user's mobile phone 1, measuring device related company terminal 5 such as a manufacturer of a measuring device that measures biometric information, And a measuring device 6 for measuring information. In addition to the mobile phone 1, the user has a user terminal 7 such as a PC and can receive information from the center server 3.

  The measuring device 6 includes a sphygmomanometer 6a, a pulse meter 6b, a weight scale 6c, a body fat scale 6d, and the like, and has an interface (I / F) for transmitting / receiving information measured with the mobile phone 1 respectively. The interface (not shown) of the mobile phone 1 is connected to the USB cable 10 and an adapter. In addition, instead of the USB cable 11, infrared devices can be provided mutually to transmit and receive information using infrared rays, or biometric information can be captured using a contact IC card or a non-contact IC card. The measuring device 6 may also be provided with a measuring instrument for oxygen saturation (SpO2), for example, and the pulse meter 6b may not be provided independently by measuring the pulse with the sphygmomanometer 6a.

  The mobile phone 1 can be used for convenience by using a widely used mobile phone. The biometric information is transmitted from the base station 11 and the mobile telephone network 12 to the gateway exchange 13 and the telephone network 15. And transmitted to the center server 3. As will be described later, transmission / reception of provided information such as findings on biometric information from the center server 3 is performed via the Internet line 16 and the gateway 17.

  The center server 3 includes a data management server 21 that provides an application program to the mobile phone 1 and receives and records biometric information, and a Web server 22 that transmits and receives data via the Internet. One server may be used to serve as the above two servers, or three or more servers may be provided to serve as backup servers, management servers, and the like.

  The data management server 21 includes transmission / reception means 23 for transmitting / receiving biometric information and application programs to / from the mobile phone 1, application program recording means 25 for recording and saving application programs provided to the mobile phone 1, and application programs stored in the mobile phone 1. Application program providing means 26 provided according to specifications, biometric information recording means 27 for recording biometric information transmitted from the portable terminal, and controlling each of the above means and transmitting the received biometric information to the Web server 22 Control means 28 also having a role.

  The application program recorded in the application program recording unit 25 includes an interface specification for the mobile phone 1 to acquire biological information from various measuring devices 6, and the acquired biological information via the mobile communication network 12 to the center server 3. A communication method and a data format for transmitting data to the mobile phone are defined, and corresponding to different communication methods depending on a mobile phone communication provider as a mobile terminal. For this reason, application programs are provided according to the specifications of various mobile phones.

  The data management server 21 includes a computer main body and peripheral devices such as communication devices. The application program recording means 25 and the biological information recording means 27 correspond to an external storage device of the computer main body, and the application program recording means 25 and The control means 28 corresponds to a CPU, a RAM and the like, and the functions of these means can be exhibited by operating the OS and a predetermined program for this system.

  The Web server 22 includes a Web server transmission / reception unit 31 that transmits / receives information via the Internet line 16, a provision information recording unit 32 that records provision information and measurement device related information to be transmitted to the mobile phone 1 and the user terminal 7, Display screen information recording means 33 that records screen information of a provision request selection screen and a provision display screen, and a display screen that is provided based on the display screen information, provision information, and measurement device related information Display screen providing means 35 for creating and providing the information, and Web server control means 36 for controlling these means.

  Membership related facility terminal 2 is a terminal device provided in a medical institution, a nursing facility, a school providing facility, a beauty mission, an exercise facility, etc. that provides health maintenance information based on the biological information of the user of this system These correspond to personal computers, peripheral devices, and the like. Related facilities such as medical institutions provide advice and related information for health maintenance management based on the biological information of users. For example, when hypertension data is transmitted, a medical institution can recommend a consultation to a user, and a nursing facility or a school lunch facility can recommend a low-salt diet and display a menu. Furthermore, in the beauty facility, numerical management such as weight can be performed, and an instruction according to the biological information can be given to the user. The provided information is transmitted from the affiliated facility terminal 2 to the center server 3, and is transmitted from the center server 3 to the user's mobile phone 1 and the user terminal 7.

  Next, the operation of the health maintenance management system of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 and 4 and the screen diagrams of FIGS. 3 and 5 to 7. As shown in FIG. 2, when using the health maintenance management system of the present embodiment, the carrier-specific application program must be downloaded from the center server 3 to the mobile phone that is the user's mobile phone 1 (S1). This download is necessary for new users and does not need to be performed again for users who have already downloaded and recorded on the mobile phone.

  As described above, the interface specification for acquiring biometric information from various measuring devices 6, the communication method for transmitting the biometric information via the mobile telephone network, and the data format correspond to the specifications for each telecommunications carrier. The application program is transmitted from the data management server 21 constituting the center server 3.

  After the application program is recorded on the mobile phone, the application program is activated to start using the system (S2). The activation is performed by pressing a predetermined key of the mobile phone 1 defined by the application program.

  At the beginning of starting the application program, the measurement target selection screen shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the screen of the mobile phone, and the user selects the target from the screen (S3). In the selection screen shown in FIG. 3, the user ID and password input fields are displayed at the top, so that the user ID and password are input. Next, it is possible to select biometric information by putting a check on the one to be measured. Two or more selections can be made.

  Next, meal contents, excretion status, sleep status, etc. can be entered in text along with the biological information of the measurement, and can be taken into consideration in creating provided information including findings from member-related facilities . For example, in the case of high blood pressure biometric information, if meal content information is attached, a member-related facility such as a medical institution can also add the suitability of the meal content to the provided information.

  In addition, the usage information of the measuring device can be transmitted to the manufacturers of the various measuring devices 6, and in principle the usage information is transmitted to the measuring device affiliated company terminal 5, but when the user wants to avoid this, the transmission column By removing the check, the collection and transmission of usage information is stopped.

  Moreover, the member related facility which is the transmission destination of the biometric information can be selected on the screen, and the center server 3 transmits the biometric information to the corresponding member related facility terminal 2 according to this selection.

  When transmitting with the contents on the selection input screen described above, the biometric information starts to be taken in from the measuring device 6 by selecting the confirmation column (S4). At this time, the measuring device 6 to be selected and the mobile phone which is the mobile phone 1 need to be connected with a USB cable for taking in biometric information by an adapter. As described above, connection means other than the USB cable can also be used.

  The biometric information captured by the mobile phone is transmitted from the mobile telephone network 12 to the center server 3 via the gateway exchange 13 and the telephone network 15 (S5). A series of these operations is performed by the recorded application program.

  After the transmission, a selection request screen for returning to the selection input screen or for termination is displayed on the screen (not shown), and the selection input screen is terminated or terminated by selection (S6).

  Next, with reference to the flowchart of the procedure for receiving the provision information and the measurement device related information shown in FIG. 4, the operation of transmitting and receiving the provision information and the measurement device related information will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, it starts by accessing the website provided by the health maintenance management system from the Internet line 16 (S11). The user can also access from a user terminal 7 such as a personal computer, and can access a website by connecting to the Internet line 16 via the mobile way 12 from the mobile phone line 12 of the mobile phone. it can.

  After accessing the website, the provided service selection screen of FIG. 5 is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 7 or the mobile phone that is the mobile phone 1. Note that the display screen providing means 35 of the Web server 22 actually creates and provides both the screen provided to the user terminal 7 and the display screen dedicated to the mobile phone, depending on the communication form. However, since there is no difference in explanation, explanation will be made using the same screen view.

  After the provided service selection screen of FIG. 5 is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 7 or the mobile phone, the ID and password are input on the screen (S12). Then, the information to be obtained is selected and specified (S13). Selection is provided information from member-related facilities with observational implications for biometric information and measurement device-related information from various measurement device manufacturers. The provided information can be selected from the latest and past history. Information can be selected for each measuring device. When the selection contents are determined, the confirmation information is selected and the corresponding information is transmitted from the Web server 32 of the center server 3 (S14).

  FIG. 6 is a screen diagram showing a list of histories in the provided information, which is a finding from the member-related facility for the biometric information. According to this, in order to avoid the leakage of personal information of the user as much as possible, only the ID, gender, date of birth, and age are specified, and the height, weight, and the history of the measured biometric information, its date, findings, etc. It comes to publish.

  FIG. 7 is a screen diagram for providing measurement device related information from the measurement device manufacturer, in which the manufacturing year, model number, and manufacturing number of the measurement device used are displayed in addition to the user ID number. An introduction of a repair service shop of the measuring device, guidance of a new product, etc. are displayed on the screen.

  The user can return to the input screen again on the selection screen in the lowermost column of FIG. 6 or FIG. 7 or select the end (S15).

  As described above, according to the health maintenance management system of the present embodiment, since the application program for each carrier of the mobile phone is downloaded in advance, the biological information such as the blood pressure and weight of the user can be obtained from the measuring device with a mobile phone having various specifications. Can be acquired and sent to the center server. The biometric information can be transmitted to member-related facilities such as medical institutions to obtain findings, etc., which can be viewed by the user on the website, so that an effective system for promoting health maintenance management can be provided. .

  In addition to biometric information, measurement device usage information can be sent to the manufacturer, so that the manufacturer can actually obtain information on the fact of use, and provide services and new product information to the user. be able to.

  As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment of this invention was described with reference to the accompanying drawing, this invention is not limited to this embodiment, In the technical range grasped | ascertained from description of a claim, various The form can be changed.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, a sphygmomanometer or the like is described as a living body measuring device, but living body information may be obtained using a measuring device other than the description and transmitted to the center server.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a health maintenance management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The flowchart of acquisition and transmission of biometric information by a mobile phone. Measurement target input screen diagram. The flowchart of the procedure which receives provision information and measurement apparatus related information. Service selection screen diagram. The display screen figure of provided information. Display screen for measuring device related information.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile phone 2 Member affiliated facility terminal 3 Center server 5 Measuring device affiliated company terminal 6 Measuring device 7 User terminal 21 Data management server 22 Web server 23 Transmission / reception means 25 Application program recording means 26 Application program providing means 27 Biological information recording means 28 Control means 31 Web server transmission / reception means 32 Provided information recording means

Claims (5)

A center server that receives the measurement information via a mobile telephone network line from a portable terminal that acquires measurement information by a measurement device that measures biological information of the human body, and the center server that is transmitted via a communication line A health maintenance management system comprising a member-related facility terminal that creates health care provision information for mobile terminal transmission based on measurement information,
The center server includes transmission / reception means for transmitting / receiving various information to / from the mobile terminal and the affiliated facility terminal, an interface specification for the mobile terminal to acquire measurement information from the measurement device, and communication to be transmitted to the center server. An application program recording means for recording an application program defining a method and a data format; an application program providing means for providing the application program to the portable terminal; a biological information recording means for recording the acquired measurement information; Provided information recording means for recording provided information, and controlling each of these means to record the biological information in the biological information recording means, record the provided information in the provided information recording means, and store in the portable terminal Control means for transmitting,
The health maintenance management system, wherein the application program providing means transmits the application program according to specifications of the portable terminal.   The control means receives from the portable terminal the usage information of the measuring device together with the measurement information, and transmits the received usage information to the measuring device-related company terminal of the measuring device-related company. 2. The health maintenance management system according to claim 1, wherein the measurement device related information transmitted from the affiliated company terminal is recorded in the provided information recording means and transmitted to the portable terminal together with the provided information.   The health maintenance management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the center server transmits the provided information and the measurement device related information to the mobile terminal via an Internet line.   The said portable terminal acquires the said measurement information from the said measuring device via either a USB cable, infrared rays, a contact-type IC card, and a non-contact-type IC card, The any one of Claim 1 thru | or 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. The health maintenance management system according to item.   The said center server transmits / receives the said measurement information, provision information, use information, and measurement apparatus related information via the said internet line with the said affiliated related facility terminal and a measurement apparatus related company terminal. 5. The health maintenance management system according to any one of 4.

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