JP2009284996A - Portable music reproducing device, biological information management method using the same, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable music reproducing device easily determining what degree of abnormality in health information for health care including biological information of a user himself/herself is, without using a special additional function part, such as a sensor. <P>SOLUTION: The portable music reproducing device includes: a means for measuring biological information on the user with an earphone and generating it; a means for issuing warning when abnormality happens in the biological information and notifying a notification destination pre-registered of that; and a playing means for selecting and playing music pre-registered in accordance with a value of the biological information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable music player, a biological information management method using the same, and a program, and more particularly to a portable music player that manages biological information such as a user's body temperature and pulse rate, and biological information management using the portable music player. It is about the method.

  The habitual measurement of biometric information clearly indicates changes in the health condition of the user and is useful for grasping the health condition. However, as shown in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to attach a special measuring instrument (additional function unit including a sensor) separately for continuous measurement of such biological information, which is extremely complicated. In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult to maintain motivation for continuously measuring biological information.

  Therefore, referring to Patent Document 2, a sensor that measures biological information is provided in a wristwatch worn by a user at all times, and an abnormality in a measurement result of biological information by this sensor is detected and set in advance. A technology is disclosed that makes an emergency call to a report destination and generates an alarm sound. Accordingly, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to wear a special measuring instrument and it is not necessary to maintain motivation for continuously measuring biological information.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-009683 JP 2006-081838 A

  In the technique of Patent Document 2 described above, a sensor is provided in a wristwatch to measure biological information, and an alarm is generated and an emergency contact is made to a report destination when an abnormality occurs. There is a problem that it is impossible to determine the degree of abnormality of biological information.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a portable music player that can easily determine the degree of abnormality of the user's own biometric information without using a special additional function unit such as a sensor and the like. And providing a biological information management method and program.

  The portable music player according to the present invention measures and generates biometric information of a user with an earphone, generates an alarm when the biometric information is abnormal, and notifies a pre-registered report destination to that effect. Means, and performance means for selecting and playing music pre-registered according to the value of the biological information.

  The health information management method according to the present invention is a biometric information management method using a portable music player, which measures and generates biometric information of a user with an earphone, and generates an alarm when the biometric information is abnormal. A step of notifying a pre-registered notification destination and a performance step of selecting and playing a pre-registered music according to the value of the biometric information.

  A program according to the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute an operation of a biological information management method by a portable music player, a process of measuring and generating a user's biological information with an earphone, A process for generating a warning at the time of abnormality, reporting a notification to a previously registered report destination, and a process of selecting and playing a pre-registered music according to the value of the biometric information, To do.

  According to the present invention, a function for measuring biological information such as pulse and body temperature is added to a widespread portable music player, that is, an earphone attached to a portable music player, and the wearing of a biological information measuring instrument is complicated. Therefore, continuous measurement of biological information is facilitated. In addition, by adding a function that changes the performance music according to the measurement value of the biological information, it is possible to determine whether the user's own measurement value is normal or abnormal, and also the degree of the abnormality. Becomes easy.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The embodiment of the present invention includes a portable music player 1 with a display screen that is always carried by the user 5, an earphone 2 that appeals to the hearing of the user 5, and a personal computer (PC) that the user 5 has at home. ) The apparatus 3 and the emergency call destination 4 are comprised.

  The earphone 2 has a function for the user 5 to view the music played back from the portable music playback device 1, and a headphone or the like can be considered. In addition to this viewing function, the earphone 2 also has a function of measuring the biological information of the user 5 and sending it to the portable music player 1. For example, a sensor that measures body temperature, pulse rate, and the like is included, and this biological information is defined as measurement information # 1. Note that the measurement of the measurement information # 1 is controlled by the portable music player 1, that is, by a measurement start / stop instruction from the user.

  In addition to the function of playing music, the portable music player 1 also has a function of calculating and generating the number of steps and the walking speed of the user, and further calculating the sum of calories consumed from the number of steps and the walking speed. It shall be. The number of steps, the walking speed, and the total calorie consumption are health management information for managing the health of the user, and this information is measured information # 2.

  In addition, the measurement information # 1 and # 2 are processed to compare with the target value 103 and determine an abnormality. In the case of an abnormality, a notification 100 to the notification destination 4 set and registered in advance is performed. It shall also have a function of issuing an alarm.

  The PC device 3 has a function (102) for storing and managing measurement information, and also has a function for generating setting information 101 for the portable music playback device 1. The setting information 101 includes a telephone number, an e-mail address, music data to be played, a performance tempo, and the like, which are information for contacting the report destination 4. The report destination 4 is a person or related organization to be notified when the measurement information is abnormal, such as a family or a medical institution including a doctor.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the portable music playback device 1. Referring to FIG. 2, the portable music player 1 includes a communication unit 11, a music performance unit 12, a measurement information processing unit 13, a display unit 14, a control unit 15, a memory 16, and a pedometer 17. have.

  The communication unit 11 has a function of communicating with the PC device 3 and the report destination 4, and the music performance unit 12 reproduces music data stored in the memory 16 according to instructions from the control unit 15 and the earphone 2. The function to send to The measurement information processing unit 13 performs data processing of the measurement information # 1 from the earphone 2 and the measurement information # 2 from the pedometer 17, and has functions such as comparison with a target value and determination of abnormality.

  The pedometer 17 generates measurement information # 2 such as the user's number of steps and speed, and also the total calorie consumption, and sends the measurement information to the measurement information information processing unit 13, and uses a well-known technique. Can do. The display unit 14 displays the measurement information # 1 and # 2 and the current time (date and time) 141. The control unit 15 is a CPU (computer) that controls each unit according to the procedure of a program stored in advance in the memory 16. The memory 16 stores the above program, stores setting information by the PC device 3, and also has a function as a working memory of the control unit 15.

  The portable music player 1 has a global positioning system GPS (Global Positioning System) function, a wireless IP phone function, and a time measuring function (not shown). The PC device 4 has a function of managing and storing the measurement information # 1 and # 2 stored in the portable music playback device 1 and displaying the time-lapse data and the time-lapse data as a table or graph. In addition, according to the value of the health information that is the measurement information # 2, the music change setting to be performed or the performance tempo change setting of the music is performed. As a result, the user can audibly grasp his / her biological information and health management information without checking the display screen 141 of the portable music player 1.

  The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. First, the operation of <starting, displaying, and storing biological information> shown in FIG. 3 will be described. The user wears the earphone 2 and operates the portable music player 1 to start measurement information # 1 and measurement information # 2 (step S1). The earphone 2 receives a measurement start instruction from the portable music player 1 and measures the measurement information # 1 using a sensor built in the earphone (step S3), and uses the measurement information # 1 as the portable music player. 1 (step S5).

  The portable music player 1 measures the number of steps and walking speed using a sensor, that is, a pedometer built in the device (step S2), and calculates calories consumed from the information (step S4). Then, the portable music player 1 digitally displays the numerical values of the measurement information # 1 and # 2 on the display unit and stores them (Step S6).

  Next, the operation of <processing at abnormal value measurement> shown in FIG. 3 will be described. In the portable music player 1, when the measurement information # 1 is determined to be “abnormal” by the measurement value determination function and has not been determined to be “abnormal” even once from the start of measurement, automatic or use By a user's operation, a well-known emergency call function (not shown) is activated, and an emergency call is made to a telephone or medical institution registered in advance as “abnormal” (steps S7, S9, S10). Further, when the telephone is not connected, when there is no response even after a certain number of calls, or when the telephone is connected to the answering machine, an emergency call is made by automatically switching to electronic mail (step S12).

  The contents notified at this time are the measurement information # 1, the current position, and the time when it is determined as “abnormal”. At the same time, the portable music player 1 issues an abnormal alarm sound to notify surrounding people (step S11).

  Next, the operation of <end of measurement of biological information> shown in FIG. 3 will be described. The user operates the portable music player 1 to end the measurement information # 1 and # 2 (steps S8 and S13).

  Next, with reference to FIG. 4, the operation of changing the performance music according to the measurement information will be described. In the portable music player 1, ON / OFF of a function for changing music to be played is set according to the measurement value of the measurement information # 1 or # 2. When ON is set, music set in advance (indicated by processing 101) by the PC device 3 at home is played according to the measurement value of the measurement information # 1 or # 2. The user 5 views this music with the earphone 2.

  Next, operations on the PC device 3 will be described with reference to FIG. The user connects the portable music player 1 to the PC device 3, and the measurement information # 1 and # stored in the portable music player 1 by operating the management software installed in the PC device 3. 2 is stored in the PC device 3 (step S20). A report destination to be notified when the measurement value determination function determines “abnormal” by the operation of the management software is set (step S21).

  The stored data is sorted by date (hours and minutes), and the table and graph are created by designating the date and time by operating the management software and displayed on the screen of the PC device 3 (steps). S22). Also, music to be played is set according to the measurement information by the management software (step S23).

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment of the present invention, and parts equivalent to those in FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals. The configuration of this embodiment is the same as that of the previous embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the description thereof is omitted. The difference from the previous embodiment is that the tempo of the music to be played is changed according to the measurement value of the measurement information. That is, as shown in the process 101 in FIG. 6, when the walking speed is close to 4 km / h, the preset music a is played at a normal tempo and the walking speed exceeds 4 km / h. Plays music a at a tempo faster than the normal tempo. Conversely, if the walking speed is less than 4 km / h, the music a is played at a tempo slower than the normal tempo.

  In this way, by changing the tempo of the music to be played according to the measurement information, the user can easily grasp what state his / her speed is relative to the target value. is there.

  In addition, the target value of health information such as the sum of calories burned and the number of steps is sent from a medical institution every day or week, and the measurement result is sent to the medical institution, etc. It is possible to easily determine what the calorie consumption and the number of steps are with respect to the value, and it is possible to accurately present the exercise load and accurately grasp the disease state even in a medical institution or the like.

  It is obvious that the performance music can be changed according to the value of the measurement information and the performance tempo of the music can be appropriately combined.

1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a configuration diagram of a portable music player according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the operation | movement of the change of the performance music according to the measurement information in embodiment of this invention. It is not explained about operation in PC device 3 in an embodiment of the invention. It is a figure for demonstrating other embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Portable music reproduction apparatus 2 Earphone 3 PC apparatus 4 Report destination 5 User 11 Communication part 12 Music performance part 13 Measurement information processing part 14 Display part 15 Control part (CPU)
16 memory 17 pedometer

Claims (13)

Means for measuring and generating biometric information of a user with an earphone;
A means for generating an alarm when the biometric information is abnormal, and notifying a pre-registered report destination,
A portable music player comprising: performance means for selecting and playing music pre-registered according to the value of the biological information. Means for measuring and generating health management information such as the number of steps for managing the health of the user, the walking speed, and the calorie consumption;
2. The portable music player according to claim 1, wherein the performance means performs a performance by changing a preset performance tempo of music according to the value of the health management information.   The performance means plays the music at a normal performance tempo when the value of the health management information is close to a preset target value, and the normal performance as the value of the health management information departs from the target value. 3. The portable music player according to claim 2, wherein the portable music player is separated from the tempo.   4. The portable music player according to claim 2, further comprising means for transmitting the value of the biological information and the value of the health management information to a medical institution including a doctor.   The portable music player according to claim 2, wherein the target value of the health management information is transmitted from the medical institution.   6. The portable music player according to claim 2, further comprising display means for displaying the measurement results of the biological information and health management information. A biological information management method using a portable music player,
Measuring and generating user biometric information with an earphone;
Generating an alarm when the biometric information is abnormal, and reporting to a pre-registered report destination;
And a performance step of selecting and playing music registered in advance according to the value of the biometric information. Measuring and generating health management information such as the number of steps for managing the health of the user, the walking speed, and the calorie consumption;
The method according to claim 7, wherein the playing step is performed by changing a preset music playing tempo in accordance with the value of the health management information.   In the performance step, when the value of the health management information is close to a preset target value, the music is played at a normal performance tempo, and a normal performance is performed as the value of the health management information departs from the target value. 9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the method is separated from the tempo.   The method according to claim 8, further comprising a step of transmitting the value of the biological information and the value of the health management information to a medical institution including a doctor.   The method according to claim 8, wherein the target value of the health management information is transmitted from the medical institution.   The method according to claim 8, further comprising display means for displaying measurement results of the biological information and health management information. A program for causing a computer to execute the operation of the biological information management method by the portable music player,
A process of measuring and generating user biometric information with an earphone,
A process of generating an alarm when the biometric information is abnormal and reporting the fact to a pre-registered report destination;
And a program for selecting and playing music registered in advance according to the value of the biometric information.

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