JP2008043702A - Biological data measurement system and method, and biological data measuring sensor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system to simply and securely collect the biological data per user measured by a sensor while the user is unaware of it. <P>SOLUTION: An integrated medical treatment support system is provided with a sensor to measure the biological data of a user, and a portable information terminal to receive these biological data by making radio communications with the sensor. The sensor makes reference to a table that shows the information of each user corresponding to the information contained by his portable information terminal where his biological data have been sent, identifies the portable information terminal of each user where his biological data are to be sent, and searches whether this portable information terminal is located within its radio communication range. If the portable information terminal is not present, the sensor stores the biological data in its memory and waits until the terminal turns ready to communicate. If the terminal exists, the sensor transmits the biological data to the terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a biological data measurement system, a biological data measurement method, and a biological data measurement sensor that measure biological data of a user.

  Conventionally, in the medical field, digitization of medical records and the like has been promoted, and various patient management systems have been constructed. From such a background, in order to efficiently perform patient support by a so-called medical social worker, a system for performing medical consultation via a network such as the Internet has also been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2). ).

  On the other hand, in recent years, as people's awareness about health is increasing, not only patients but also healthy people are increasing the number of people who measure body temperature, blood pressure, blood glucose level, etc. on a daily basis. For convenience, a system that centrally manages measured data has also been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 3 and Patent Document 4).

  JP 2003-196384 A   JP 2005-316626 A   JP 2005-34547 A   JP 2005-198790 A

  For example, in Patent Document 1, various information related to a patient himself is managed by a computer of a medical institution, and information on his / her medical record and the like is disclosed to a person concerned via a mobile phone etc. A medical information disclosure system has been proposed that can reduce the waiting time.

  Further, Patent Document 2 proposes a medical consultation support method that can easily select desired information on a doctor or a medical institution and can quickly and easily perform medical consultation in a unified format. .

  Further, Patent Document 3 discloses a wristwatch having at least a pedometer (registered trademark), a blood pressure measurement unit, a heart rate measurement unit, a body temperature measurement unit, and a display unit for displaying these measurement data, and a wired or wireless connection from the wristwatch. A network health management system comprising a mobile phone capable of receiving data and a host computer equipped with a database for receiving health data from the mobile phone via the Internet and recording health information data for each registered person has been proposed. ing.

  Furthermore, Patent Document 4 discloses subject information including a measurement date, measured blood glucose level data, and mobile phone number / identification information to a blood glucose measurement device that can be measured by the subject himself and also has a function of a mobile phone. It is sent to the computer at the medical site, and the measured blood glucose level data is stored in the storage means together with the measurement month and day, and an alarm is displayed when the measured blood glucose level data exceeds the continuous days threshold, and the medical site and the registered dietitian A health management system that can be automatically transmitted to a site as trend data of measured blood glucose levels has been proposed.

  By the way, like the technique described in Patent Document 3 and Patent Document 4 described above, biometric data measured by a predetermined sensor is transmitted to an external server device or the like using a terminal such as a mobile phone. However, the current situation is that users are forced to perform extremely complicated operations such as wired or wireless connection of these sensors and terminals, setting / transmission operations, etc., which are factors that hinder the spread of the system. There was a problem of being.

  Further, when the sensor is used in a general household, each user does not have it individually but is usually shared by the family. Therefore, when registering the measured biometric data in the server device, it is necessary to appropriately identify the individual user.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a biometric data measurement system that can easily and reliably suck up biometric data measured by a sensor for each user without being conscious of the user, and It is an object to provide a biological data measurement method and a biological data measurement sensor.

  A biological data measurement system according to the present invention that achieves the above-described object includes a sensor that measures a user's biological data, a portable information terminal that wirelessly communicates with the sensor and receives the biological data measured by the sensor, and And a server device for storing a database including basic health data created by accumulating the biological data transmitted from the portable information terminal in time series. Here, the sensor includes a table storage unit that stores a table in which information indicating each user is associated with information on the portable information terminal used by each user as a transmission destination of biometric data, and the table And a search means for identifying the portable information terminal serving as a transmission destination corresponding to the user who has measured the biometric data, and searching whether or not the portable information terminal exists in the wireless communication range. When it is determined that the portable information terminal does not exist in the wireless communication range, the measured biometric data is stored in the storage unit and waits until the portable information terminal can communicate with the portable information terminal. When it is determined that the portable information terminal exists in the wireless communication range, the control unit transmits the measured biological data or the biological data stored in the storage unit to the portable information terminal. With the door. The portable information terminal performs wireless communication with the sensor and switches to a communication mode different from the wireless communication mode performed between the wireless communication means for receiving biological data and the sensor, and the biological data And transmitting means for transmitting the biometric data to which the unique ID is given to the user who performed the measurement to the server device.

  Moreover, the biological data measuring method according to the present invention that achieves the above-described object includes a step of measuring a user's biological data using a sensor, and a table stored in the sensor, each indicating a user. The sensor refers to a table in which information is associated with information on a portable information terminal used by each user as a transmission destination of biometric data, and the sensor corresponds to the user who measured biometric data. The step of identifying the portable information terminal as a transmission destination and searching whether or not the portable information terminal exists in the wireless communication range, and the sensor exists in the wireless communication range. If it is determined that the portable information terminal is not to be stored, the measured biological data is stored in the storage means, and the apparatus waits until it can communicate with the portable information terminal, and the portable information terminal exists in the wireless communication range. If it is determined, the step of transmitting the measured biological data or the biological data stored in the storage means to the portable information terminal, and the portable information terminal performs wireless communication with the sensor. And the step of receiving biometric data and the portable information terminal is switched to a communication mode different from the wireless communication mode performed with the sensor, and is specific to the user who measured the biometric data A step of transmitting the biometric data to which the ID is given to the server device, a step of receiving the biometric data transmitted from the portable information terminal by the server device, and the server device transmitting the biometric data in time series. And storing the biometric data received from the portable information terminal in a database including basic health data that is accumulated and created.

  Furthermore, the biometric data measurement sensor according to the present invention that achieves the above-described object is a biometric data measurement sensor that measures the biometric data of the user, and uses each of the information indicating each user and the transmission destination of the biometric data. A table storage means for storing a table in which information on a terminal used by a person is associated, and the terminal that is a transmission destination corresponding to a user who has measured biometric data by referring to the table. If it is determined that the terminal does not exist in the wireless communication range, the search means for searching whether or not the terminal exists in the wireless communication range, and the measured biological data is stored in the storage means. If it is determined that the terminal exists in the wireless communication range, the measured biological data or the storage means is stored. The body data is characterized by a control unit to be transmitted to the terminal.

  In such a biometric data measurement system, biometric data measurement method, and biometric data measurement sensor according to the present invention, when a terminal as a transmission destination used by a user does not exist in the wireless communication range, the measured biometric data Since the data is stored in the storage means and waits until the terminal becomes communicable and the terminal is in the wireless communication range, the user transmits the biometric data. There is no need to be aware of this, and biometric data can be transmitted for each user.

  In the present invention, the measured biometric data can be transmitted to the server device for each user simply and reliably without making the user aware of it.

  Hereinafter, a specific embodiment to which a biological data measurement system according to the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a comprehensive medical support system as an embodiment of the present invention includes a sensor 10 that measures a user's biometric data, a portable information terminal 20 possessed by the user, and the total medical support system. Are provided with a server device 30 managed by an operator who operates the medical institution and a medical institution terminal 40 operated by a medical doctor of the medical institution. In addition to the medical institution terminal 40, a medical institution search system, a patient management system for managing patients, a medical social worker, and the like are established in the server device 30 via a predetermined network such as the Internet. Various external systems such as medical consultation systems, geographic information systems (GIS) for providing map guidance for medical institutions, and patient promotion systems for providing support for hospital visits and hospitalizations at domestic and overseas medical institutions Is connected.

  The sensor 10 is various measuring devices that measure user biometric data such as height, weight, body temperature, blood pressure, pulse, blood glucose level, and the like. Here, the sensor 10 uses various wireless communication methods such as infrared communication, wireless LAN (Local Area Network) compliant with IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) 802.11, or so-called Bluetooth (registered trademark). Therefore, it has an interface for transmitting data. The sensor 10 transmits the measured biological data to the portable information terminal 20 by wireless communication.

  The portable information terminal 20 is a terminal that can be carried by a user, such as a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA). For example, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the portable information terminal 20 has an operation input control unit 52, an image codec 53, an audio codec 54, a camera interface unit 55, and a display control unit 56 with respect to the main control unit 51. The demultiplexing unit 57, the recording / reproducing unit 58, the position data obtaining unit 59, and the modem unit 60 are connected to each other via a predetermined bus.

  The main control unit 51 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, and comprehensively controls each unit. Further, the main control unit 51 executes a predetermined medical support program described later, acquires biometric data received from the sensor 10 via the wireless communication unit 79 described later, and the position supplied from the position data acquisition unit 59. Get the data.

  The operation input control unit 52 includes numeric keys, call keys, redial keys, call-end and power keys, clear keys, e-mail keys, cursor keys, execution keys, and applications for starting various application programs. Information input through a plurality of operation elements 71 such as keys is supplied to the main control unit 51. For example, when the operation input control unit 52 starts an application program stored in the memory 76, the recording medium 77, or the like, the main control unit 51 receives an activation command input by the user via the operator 71. To supply.

  Under the control of the main control unit 51, the image codec 53 compresses and encodes various image data based on a predetermined encoding method, and decompresses and decodes the image data using a decoding method corresponding to the encoding method. For example, when transmitting the image data captured by the imaging unit 74, the image codec 53 is obtained by compressing and encoding the image data supplied via the camera interface unit 55 based on a predetermined encoding method. The encoded image data is supplied to the demultiplexing unit 57. For example, when the image codec 53 receives image file data linked to a website or the like, the image codec 53 decompresses and decodes the encoded image data separated by the demultiplexing unit 57 using a predetermined decoding method. This is supplied to the display unit 75 via the display control unit 56.

  Under the control of the main control unit 51, the audio codec 54 encodes various audio data based on a predetermined encoding method, and decodes it by a decoding method corresponding to this encoding method. For example, the voice codec 54 converts a voice signal uttered by the user and collected by the microphone 72 into digital voice data during a call and supplies the digital voice data to the modulation / demodulation unit 60. Further, when receiving a voice from the other party, the voice codec 54 converts the digital voice data demodulated by the modem unit 60 into an analog voice signal that can be heard by the user, and this is converted to the speaker 73. Output to the outside.

  The camera interface unit 55 is an imaging unit such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Devices) camera that is rotatable within a predetermined angle range with respect to the main body of the portable information terminal 20 under the control of the main control unit 51. When the image data is picked up by 74, this image data is supplied to the image codec 53.

  The display control unit 56 is, for example, a reception state of radio waves according to electric field strength, various states such as a remaining battery level, a destination name or telephone number and transmission history registered as an address book, contents of an e-mail, a website Various types of information such as image data captured by the image capturing unit 74 and execution screens of various application programs are displayed on a display unit 75 including an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). For example, when the image data decoded by the image codec 53 is supplied, the display control unit 56 causes the display unit 75 to display the image data.

  The demultiplexing unit 57 multiplexes the encoded image data supplied from the image codec 53 and the digital audio data supplied from the audio codec 54 by a predetermined method under the control of the main control unit 51. The multiplexed data obtained is supplied to the modem unit 60. In addition, when receiving the moving image data from the outside, the demultiplexing unit 57 encodes the multiplexed data that has been subjected to predetermined demodulation processing by the modem unit 60 under the control of the main control unit 51. Data and digital voice data are separated. The demultiplexing unit 57 supplies the encoded image data to the image codec 53 and also supplies the digital audio data to the audio codec 54.

  The recording / reproducing unit 58 includes a memory 76 built in the portable information terminal 20 and a non-volatile memory detachably attached to the portable information terminal 20 under the control of the main control unit 51. Various information is recorded on the recording medium 77. The recording / reproducing unit 58 reproduces various information recorded in the memory 76 and the recording medium 77 under the control of the main control unit 51. For example, the recording / reproducing unit 58 records various information such as voice data of the other party, image data received from the outside, image data captured by the imaging unit 74, and e-mail in the memory 76 and the recording medium 77. This information is reproduced. In addition, when there is an instruction to execute an application program stored in the memory 76 or the recording medium 77, the recording / reproducing unit 58 reads the application program.

  The position data acquisition unit 59 is configured as a receiver of a system that acquires position data such as GPS (Global Positioning System). The position data acquisition unit 59 acquires position data indicating the current position of the portable information terminal 20 and supplies this to the main control unit 51.

  The modulation / demodulation unit 60 performs a predetermined modulation processing function on the multiplexed data supplied from the demultiplexing unit 57 under the control of the main control unit 51, and transmits the data to the outside via the transmission / reception unit 78 and the antenna 80. Let Also, the modem unit 60 performs predetermined demodulation processing on the received signal received through the antenna 80 and the transmission / reception unit 78 under the control of the main control unit 51, and demultiplexes the obtained multiplexed data. To the unit 57. Further, the modem unit 60 performs predetermined demodulation processing on the received signal received via the wireless communication unit 79 for communicating with the sensor 10 under the control of the main control unit 51, and the obtained biological body Data is supplied to the main control unit 51.

  In such a portable information terminal 20, a medical support program as an application program configured by using BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) (registered trademark) executed by the main control unit 51 as a platform is installed. As will be described later, this medical support program includes the portable information terminal 20 in order to perform the process of transmitting the biometric data measured by the sensor 10 to the server device 30 without making the user aware of it. In the case of a mobile phone, it is desirable to configure as a standby application program that functions as a standby screen when deactivated and executes processing when activated. That is, in the portable information terminal 20, it is desirable to provide a standby application program that can use a predetermined service such as making and receiving calls and sending and receiving e-mails while waiting for the medical support program as a standby screen. . In this case, the portable information terminal 20 can use the medical support program by installing the medical support program and performing standby settings. In the standby mode, the medical support program can display an arbitrary standby screen on the display unit 75 of the portable information terminal 20, and can notify an incoming e-mail or the like in this state. When the biometric data is transmitted from the sensor 10, the portable information terminal 20 automatically receives this and transmits it to the server device 30 by packet communication. The medical support program is activated when the user presses a predetermined activation key constituting the operator 71 of the portable information terminal 20, and is displayed on the standby screen displayed on the display unit 75 in the standby mode. Then, a screen on which a predetermined menu icon or the like is superimposed is displayed. And a medical assistance program will perform the content allocated to the operated menu icon etc., when a user operates a menu icon etc. In the portable information terminal 20, by configuring a medical support program as such a standby application program, when a user wants to view his / her own data registered in the server device 30, it can be quickly performed. The process can be started. When the portable information terminal 20 is a PDA or the like, it can be handled in the same manner as the standby application program by making the medical support program resident.

  The server device 30 is a computer managed by an operator who operates the comprehensive medical support system. The server device 30 includes a predetermined storage device such as a hard disk or a device having a so-called RAID (Redundant Arrays of Independent (Independent) Disks) configuration using a plurality of these hard disks. As shown in FIG. 3, at least the biomedical data MD transmitted from the portable information terminal 20 is stored in time series and the basic medical data MD including the basic health data is stored. It is stored as a medical institution database HD.

  The My chart database MD includes profile data including at least user's doctor information and time-series data including at least basic health data of the user.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, the profile data includes an ID unique to the user, a user name, and attending doctor information indicating the attending doctor of the user. Further, the profile data includes information such as menstrual days and menstrual cycles when it is desired to manage the basal body temperature when the user is a woman. In addition, if you want to determine a disease that is likely to affect the user, you may include information such as the user's DNA information or disease name in the profile data, or if the user encounters an accident, etc. For example, authentication information such as a vein pattern, a retinal pattern, and a fingerprint may be included in the profile data in order to quickly confirm an individual or to obtain a consent for surgery. Furthermore, the profile data may include a history of prescriptions such as a user's medical history and hospital history, a so-called “medicine notebook”. That is, the profile data is not data measured by the sensor 10, but is created when the user performs a registration operation on the server device 30 using the portable information terminal 20 or the like.

  On the other hand, the time-series data is created based on the user's biological data measured by the sensor 10. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, time-series data includes basic health data including an ID unique to a user and biological data such as height, weight, body temperature, blood pressure, pulse, blood glucose level measured by the sensor 10. Including. The basic health data may include the position data acquired by the position data acquisition unit 59 when the biological data measured by the sensor 10 is transmitted by the portable information terminal 20. As a result, in the integrated medical support system, when the elderly living alone is a user, it is possible to confirm the safety and the place of action simultaneously with the acquisition of basic health data. In addition, the time series data may include data indicating the contents of meals taken by the user and data indicating the contents of exercise performed by the users as necessary. Thereby, in the comprehensive medical support system, these data can be used as input of calorie calculation software and exercise menu software installed in an external terminal such as the portable information terminal 20, and measured by the sensor 10. In addition to the biometric data, it is possible to manage users taking into account meals and exercise.

  The server device 30 associates such profile data with time-series data for each user, and stores them in the storage device as the my chart database MD.

  In addition, the medical institution database HD includes at least medical institution data such as medical subjects, medical date and time, medical doctors, medical appointment reservations, hospitalization facilities, guidance, etc., and has been hospitalized or hospitalized at the medical institutions. It consists of patient data such as a patient's medical history and hospital history. Patient data can be created by being linked with an electronic medical record system of a medical institution and imported from the electronic medical record system. The server device 30 associates the medical institution data with the patient data for each medical institution, and stores the medical institution database HD in the storage device.

  The server device 30 stores at least such a my chart database MD and a medical institution database HD in a storage device. Here, the my medical record database MD and the medical institution database HD are usually constructed as separate databases, but the primary doctor information constituting the my medical record database MD and the medical treatment constituting the medical institution database HD. The information indicating the doctor is linked to each other as a key.

  In addition to the my medical record database MD and the medical institution database HD, the server device 30 may include calorie calculation software and exercise menu software installed in external terminals such as the portable information terminal 20 as necessary. Management information to be input, information on health goods and health foods that can be sold using CTI (Computer Telephony Integration) systems and web systems provided by certain health industry manufacturers, pharmaceuticals provided by medical device manufacturers, etc. Information related to testing equipment, vacancy information of medical institutions referenced through external medical institution search systems, etc., and outside to support hospitalization and hospitalization when patients move overseas due to travel or relocation To overseas medical institutions to link with the system It is also possible to store related information or the like as a database in a storage device.

  Information stored in the server device 30 is read out by the portable information terminal 20, the medical institution terminal 40, or the like.

  The medical institution terminal 40 is a terminal that is configured by, for example, a personal computer or the like and is operated by a medical doctor at a medical institution. The medical institution terminal 40 is configured to be able to display not only the contents of the medical institution database HD but also the contents of the my chart database MD on a display unit (not shown) by accessing the server device 30. .

  In such a comprehensive medical support system including the sensor 10, the portable information terminal 20, the server device 30, and the medical institution terminal 40, the user activates the medical support program installed in his / her portable information terminal 20. Then, by registering information corresponding to the above-described profile data in the server device 30, the user can use it. Further, in the comprehensive medical support system, similarly to a medical institution, the medical institution can be used by registering information regarding the medical institution with the server device 30 via the medical institution terminal 40.

  Then, in the comprehensive medical support system, the basic health data constituting the time-series data is accumulated by transmitting the biological data measured by the sensor 10 to the server device 30 via the portable information terminal 20. Is done. The mobile information terminal 20 executes the medical support program to acquire the contents of the my chart database MD including the basic health data of the user from the server device 30, and displays the display unit under the control of the main control unit 51. By displaying on the screen 75, it is possible to make the relevant person such as the user or his family browse. At this time, the portable information terminal 20 performs, for example, a time series change of each biological data based on the basic health data acquired from the server device 30 under the control of the main control unit 51 that executes the medical support program. A graph can be created and displayed on the display unit 75.

  Further, in the comprehensive medical support system, a warning may be issued via the portable information terminal 20 based on the basic health data of the user stored in the server device 30. That is, the server device 30 sequentially monitors the basic health data of the user, and if there is an abnormality, the server device 30 determines that the abnormality has occurred in the user, and sends a predetermined warning signal to the user. To the portable information terminal 20. In response to this, the portable information terminal 20 performs a predetermined warning operation via the speaker 73 and the display unit 75 based on the received warning signal. As a result, the comprehensive medical support system allows users to recognize changes in their physical condition, and if necessary, requests for emergency services to medical institutions and contact with prescribed medical consultation systems established by medical social workers, etc. Can be performed efficiently. Note that the warning signal transmission processing by the server device 30 for performing a predetermined warning operation via the portable information terminal 20 is a reference value set in advance by the user or a reference value uniformly set on the server device 30 side. However, if an appropriate reference value cannot be set, unnecessary warnings may occur frequently or necessary warnings may not be possible, and it may be appropriate depending on the user. Generally, different standard values are different. Therefore, in the comprehensive medical support system, it is desirable to change the standard for performing a predetermined warning operation via the portable information terminal 20 for each user based on the tendency from the accumulated past basic health data. . For example, the server device 30 sequentially monitors time-series changes in the basic health data accumulated for each user, and an abnormality occurs in the user when a sudden change is seen compared to the average transition. It is desirable to transmit the predetermined warning signal to the portable information terminal 20 of the user. Further, in the comprehensive medical support system, the server device 30 determines the health state of the user in a plurality of stages based on the accumulated basic health data of the user, and sends a stage signal indicating the stage to the portable information terminal. By transmitting to 20, the display unit 75 of the portable information terminal 20 may display an identification mark corresponding to the stage so that the user is informed of his / her health condition.

  Furthermore, when there is no accumulation of basic health data over a predetermined time interval, the server device 30 transmits an e-mail or the like indicating that to the portable information terminal 20 so as to encourage measurement of biometric data. May be. Furthermore, the server device 30 may also send an e-mail or the like indicating the precautions viewed from the accumulated basic health data of the user to the portable information terminal 20 in accordance with the meal time of the user. Good.

  On the other hand, the medical institution can browse the contents of the my chart database MD accumulated in the server device 30 via the medical institution terminal 40. That is, in the comprehensive medical support system, as described above, using the doctor information constituting the medical chart database MD and the information indicating the medical doctor constituting the medical institution database HD as a key, the my medical chart database MD and the medical institution Databases HD are linked to each other. Therefore, in the integrated medical support system, the patient of each medical doctor can register the contents of the patient's My Medical Record Database DB on the display unit of the medical institution terminal 40 by registering in the My Medical Record Database DB. It becomes possible to check the patient's condition spontaneously from each medical doctor side.

  As a result, conventionally, if the patient's own biometric data was not presented to the attending physician, the attending physician could not know the patient's condition. Voluntary confirmation of the patient's condition, and based on this, we will provide preventive medical services to users who have not yet been ill, or basic health data for patients who are ill. It is possible to observe the transition of the patient and take appropriate measures based on it, and the doctor can enclose the patient as his / her customer. In addition, the patient side can also enjoy enhanced medical services by his / her attending physician. In other words, in the comprehensive medical support system, the basic health data actually measured, which could not be realized in the past, can be obtained by linking the my medical record database DB and the medical institution database HD through information on the attending physician. Based on this, it is possible to build a communication tool between patient and doctor.

  By the way, in such a comprehensive medical support system, the biological data measured by the sensor 10 is transmitted to the server device 30 using the portable information terminal 20. Here, in performing communication performed between the sensor 10 and the portable information terminal 20, the user performs complicated work such as work for connecting the sensor 10 and the portable information terminal 20 and setting / transmission work. It is desirable to perform the data transmission processing to the server device 30 without making the user aware of it.

  In addition, when the sensor 10 is used in a general household, each user does not have it individually but is usually shared by a family. Therefore, when registering the measured biometric data in the server device 30, it is necessary to appropriately identify the individual user.

  Therefore, in the comprehensive medical support system, by making the portable information terminal 20 function as an access point, the biometric data measured by the sensor 10 is easily and reliably sucked up for each user without the user being conscious. Adopt a mechanism. That is, in the comprehensive medical support system, the wireless communication method performed between the sensor 10 and the portable information terminal 20 is not a communication method that requires a line-of-sight such as infrared communication, but a short distance such as a wireless LAN or Bluetooth. It is desirable to adopt a wireless communication system.

  Specifically, in the comprehensive medical support system, transmission processing of biological data measured by the sensor 10 is performed according to a series of procedures as shown in FIG.

  First, as shown in the figure, the sensor 10 performs a user's selection operation via a predetermined operation unit in step S1, and then measures biometric data in step S2. Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, the sensor 10 includes information indicating each user and the address of the portable information terminal 20 used by the user in order to cope with sharing with a family or the like. The table which matched the information which shows transmission destinations, etc. is previously stored in memory etc. FIG. This table is created by a user who uses the sensor 10 performing a registration operation in advance. Then, when a user is selected in step S1, the sensor 10 refers to this table, and if there is no corresponding user, for example, displays a message indicating that on a display unit (not shown). If there is a corresponding user, the measurement in step S2 is performed.

  Subsequently, when the measurement of the biometric data is completed, the sensor 10 refers to the table shown in FIG. 37 under the control of a control unit such as a CPU (not shown) in step S3 and step S4 and corresponds to the user. The portable information terminal 20 that is the transmission destination is specified, and it is searched whether or not the portable information terminal 20 exists in the wireless communication range.

  If the sensor 10 determines that the portable information terminal 20 does not exist in the wireless communication range, the measured biological data is stored in a memory or the like in step S6 under the control of a control unit (not shown). For example, a message indicating that the data has been stored is displayed on a display unit (not shown) and waits until communication with the portable information terminal 20 is possible. Note that the sensor 10 is configured to be able to perform other measurements regardless of other users during the standby, and can transmit biometric data acquired by other measurements. If the transmission is impossible, the data is stored in a memory or the like. That is, the sensor 10 is configured to perform independent processing for each measurement.

  On the other hand, if the sensor 10 determines that the portable information terminal 20 is present in the wireless communication range, in step S5, the sensor 10 stores the measured biological data, memory, or the like under the control of a control unit (not shown). The biometric data that has been stored is transmitted to the portable information terminal 20, and for example, a message indicating that the data has been transmitted is displayed on a display unit (not shown).

  In response, the portable information terminal 20 receives the biometric data via the wireless communication unit 79 in step S7. It is desirable that the portable information terminal 20 automatically receives biometric data even when other processing such as a telephone call is being performed.

  Subsequently, in step S8, the portable information terminal 20 gives a unique ID to the user under the control of the main control unit 51. This ID is downloaded in advance from the server device 30 and stored in the memory 76 or the like when the portable information terminal 20 executes the medical support program. Note that the portable information terminal 20 may acquire the ID every time biometric data is received from the sensor 10. Further, the server device 30 may generate and transmit a different ID every time there is an ID request from the portable information terminal 20. That is, ID here should just be a thing which can identify a user for every communication performed between the portable information terminal 20 and the server apparatus 30, and a third party is changed by changing ID for every communication. This makes it difficult to identify users and improves security.

  Then, when the portable information terminal 20 assigns the ID to the biometric data in this way, in step S9, the communication mode is switched to the packet communication mode from the wireless communication mode performed with the sensor 10, and the ID is assigned. The biometric data thus transmitted is transmitted to the server device 30 via the transmission / reception unit 78 and the antenna 80.

  In response to this, the server device 30 receives the biometric data in step S10, registers it in the user's my medical record database MD corresponding to the ID in step S11, and ends the series of processes.

  In the comprehensive medical support system, transmission processing of biological data measured by the sensor 10 can be performed according to such a series of procedures. Thereby, in the comprehensive medical support system, the biological data measured by the sensor 10 can be transmitted to the server device 30 for each user simply and reliably without making the user aware of it. In the integrated medical support system, when biometric data is exchanged between the sensor 10 and the portable information terminal 20, information for identifying the user is not transmitted at all. It is impossible to specify the security level and security can be improved.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. For example, in the above-described embodiment, when the portable information terminal 20 is present in the wireless communication range of the sensor 10, the biometric data is transmitted from the sensor 10. However, in the present invention, measurement is performed. When the biometric data is stored in a memory or the like instead of being transmitted immediately from the sensor 10 and the portable information terminal 20 is in a predetermined state, for example, when the portable information terminal 20 is attached to a charger. In addition, the portable information terminal 20 may function like the access point described above to be able to communicate with the sensor 10.

  Moreover, in embodiment mentioned above, ID intrinsic | native to a user is downloaded from the server apparatus 30 to the portable information terminal 20, and only the biometric data is exchanged between the sensor 10 and the portable information terminal 20. In the present invention, an ID unique to the user is downloaded in advance to the sensor 10 and stored in the above-described table, and the biometric data to which this ID is assigned is transmitted from the sensor 10 to the portable information terminal 20. May be transmitted.

  Thus, it goes without saying that the present invention can be modified as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  It is a figure which shows the structure of the comprehensive medical assistance system shown as embodiment of this invention.   It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the portable information terminal in the comprehensive medical assistance system shown as embodiment of this invention.   It is a figure which shows the content of the database registered into the server apparatus in the comprehensive medical assistance system shown as embodiment of this invention.   It is a figure which shows the content of the profile data which comprises the my medical record database registered into a server apparatus.   It is a figure which shows the content of the time series data which comprises the my medical record database registered into a server apparatus.   It is a flowchart which shows a series of processes at the time of performing the transmission process of the biometric data measured with the sensor in the comprehensive medical assistance system shown as embodiment of this invention.   It is a figure which shows the content of the table stored in the portable information terminal.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Sensor 20 Portable information terminal 30 Server apparatus 40 Medical institution terminal 51 Main control part 52 Operation input control part 53 Image codec 54 Voice codec 55 Camera interface part 56 Display control part 57 Demultiplexing part 58 Recording / reproducing part 59 Position data acquisition Unit 60 modem unit 71 operation unit 72 microphone 73 speaker 74 imaging unit 75 display unit 76 memory 77 recording medium 78 transmission / reception unit 79 wireless communication unit 80 antenna MD Mikarte database HD medical institution database

Claims (6)

A sensor that measures user biometric data;
A portable information terminal that performs wireless communication with the sensor and receives biological data measured by the sensor;
A server device for storing a database including basic health data created by accumulating the biological data transmitted from the portable information terminal in time series, and
The sensor
Table storage means for storing a table in which information indicating each user is associated with information on the portable information terminal used by each user as a transmission destination of biometric data;
A search for referring to the table to identify the portable information terminal serving as a transmission destination corresponding to the user who measured the biometric data, and to search whether or not the portable information terminal exists in the wireless communication range Means,
If it is determined that the portable information terminal does not exist in the wireless communication range, the measured biometric data is stored in the storage means and waits until the portable information terminal can communicate with the portable information terminal. If it is determined that the portable information terminal exists in the communication range, the portable information terminal has a control means for transmitting the measured biological data or the biological data stored in the storage means to the portable information terminal. And
The portable information terminal
Wireless communication means for performing wireless communication with the sensor and receiving biometric data;
Transmission means for switching to a communication mode different from the wireless communication mode performed with the sensor and transmitting biometric data with a unique ID to the user who measured the biometric data to the server device A biological data measurement system characterized by comprising: The portable information terminal acquires the ID from the server device in advance and stores it in a storage means,
The biological data measurement system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit transmits data obtained by adding the ID to the biological data to the server device. The control means transmits the measured biological data or the biological data stored in the storage means to the portable information terminal when the portable information terminal is in a predetermined state. The biological data measurement system according to claim 1. The sensor acquires the ID from the server device in advance and stores it in the table.
The biological data measurement system according to claim 1, wherein the control means transmits data obtained by adding the ID to the biological data to the portable information terminal. Measuring biometric data of a user using a sensor;
The table stored in the sensor refers to a table in which information indicating each user is associated with information on a portable information terminal used by each user as a transmission destination of biological data. A step in which the sensor specifies the portable information terminal serving as a transmission destination corresponding to the user who has measured the biometric data, and searches for whether the portable information terminal exists in the wireless communication range; ,
If the sensor determines that the portable information terminal does not exist in the wireless communication range, the measured biometric data is stored in the storage means and waits until the portable information terminal can communicate with the portable information terminal. And, if it is determined that the portable information terminal exists in the wireless communication range, the measured biological data or the biological data stored in the storage means is transmitted to the portable information terminal When,
The portable information terminal wirelessly communicates with the sensor and receives biometric data;
The portable information terminal switches to a communication mode different from the wireless communication mode performed with the sensor, and the biometric data provided with a unique ID for the user who measured the biometric data is stored in the server device. A process of transmitting to the
The server device receiving the biometric data transmitted from the portable information terminal;
The server device comprises a step of storing the biometric data received from the portable information terminal in a database including basic health data created by accumulating biometric data in time series. Measurement method. A biological data measurement sensor for measuring a user's biological data,
Table storage means for storing a table in which information indicating each user is associated with information on a terminal used by each user as a transmission destination of biometric data;
Search means for referring to the table, identifying the terminal as a transmission destination corresponding to the user who has measured the biometric data, and searching whether or not the terminal exists in a wireless communication range;
If it is determined that the terminal does not exist in the wireless communication range, the measured biometric data is stored in the storage unit and waits until the terminal can communicate with the terminal. A biometric data measurement comprising: a control means for transmitting the measured biometric data or the biometric data stored in the storage means to the terminal when it is determined that the terminal exists. Sensor.

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