JP2012055415A - Biological information measuring system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a biological information measuring system which prevents a load on a user while using a biological information measuring device performing personal authentication.SOLUTION: The biological information measuring system 1 includes a plurality of blood pressure measuring devices 10 for measuring blood pressure as biological information and obtaining image data as authentication information and a server 30 connected with the plurality of blood pressure measuring devices 10 through a network N. Moreover, the server 30 conducts an authentication process for performing personal authentication by comparing the authentication information transmitted from the plurality of blood pressure measuring devices 10 and the stored basic information and a notification process for urging measurement of biological information per each user.

Description

  The present invention relates to a biological information measurement system including a plurality of biological measurement devices that measure biological information and acquire authentication information.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 describes a biological measurement apparatus that includes authentication information input means that measures biological information and acquires authentication information. According to this biometric device, by performing personal authentication prior to the measurement of biometric information, it is possible to easily measure biometric information based on preset measurement items for each user.

JP 2005-168720 A

  By the way, when one user uses a plurality of living body measuring devices, it is necessary to store the basic information of the user in each living body measuring device. For this reason, the burden placed on the user for measurement of biological information increases.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a biological information measurement system that can suppress an increase in the burden on the user when using a biological measurement device that performs personal authentication. It is to provide.

Hereinafter, means for achieving the above object will be described.
The biological information measurement system of the present invention includes a plurality of biological measurement devices that measure biological information and acquire authentication information, and a server that is connected to the plurality of biological measurement devices via a network. Performing authentication processing for personal authentication by comparing the authentication information transmitted from each of the plurality of biological measurement devices with stored basic information, and notification processing for prompting measurement of biological information for each user It is characterized by.

  The biological information measurement system of the present invention includes a plurality of biological measurement devices that measure biological information and acquire authentication information, and a server that is connected to the multiple biological measurement devices via a network. The biometric device measures different types of biometric information, and the server compares the authentication information transmitted from each of the plurality of biometric devices with the stored basic information. It is characterized by performing authentication processing for authentication.

  In this biological information measurement system, the biological information measurement system includes a notification device that is provided separately from the plurality of biological measurement devices and performs a predetermined notification operation, and the server performs notification processing that prompts measurement of biological information for each user. A notification signal for prompting measurement of biological information is transmitted to the notification device, and the notification device performs the predetermined notification operation based on the notification signal transmitted from the server. Preferably there is.

  In this biological information measurement system, the plurality of biological measurement devices measure different types of biological information, and the server performs notification processing that prompts measurement of biological information for each biological information. Preferably there is.

  In this biological information measurement system, it is preferable that the server performs notification processing for prompting measurement of biological information for each user based on a measurement result of biological information stored for each user.

  In the biometric information measurement system, the server sets an elapsed period from the last measurement of biometric information for a user who has completed personal authentication as an unmeasured period, and the unmeasured period is equal to or greater than a determination period. It is preferable to perform the notification process.

  In this biological information measurement system, when one of the plurality of biological measurement devices includes a blood pressure measurement device, and the server determines that the user's blood pressure is high blood pressure based on the stored blood pressure measurement result The determination period is preferably shorter than when it is determined that the blood pressure of the user is normal blood pressure.

  In this biological information measurement system, a blood pressure measurement device is provided as one of the plurality of biological measurement devices, and the server has a stable blood pressure based on a plurality of stored blood pressure measurement results. It is preferable to shorten the determination period when it is determined that the blood pressure of the user is not stable when it is determined that the blood pressure is not stable.

  In this biological information measurement system, it is preferable that the plurality of biological measurement devices acquire user image information as the authentication information.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the biometric information measurement system which can suppress that a user's burden becomes large when using the biometrics apparatus which performs personal authentication can be provided.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the biometric information measurement system of 1st Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the biometric information measurement system of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The schematic diagram which shows typically the aspect of alerting | reporting operation | movement performed by the blood-pressure measuring device of the embodiment.

(First embodiment)
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, a form including a biometric device arranged in each of a plurality of households, a server arranged in a place different from each household, and a network connecting the plurality of biometric devices and the servers to each other The example which actualized the biological information measurement system is shown.

  The biological information measurement system 1 includes a plurality of blood pressure measurement devices 10 as biological measurement devices, a server 30 that collectively performs personal authentication of users in each household 50, and a signal from the server 30 for each user. And a notification device 40 that performs a notification operation. Moreover, the network 30 which connects the server 30, each blood-pressure measuring device 10, and each alerting | reporting apparatus 40 mutually is included. The blood pressure measurement device 10 and the notification device 40 are provided in each household 50.

  The blood pressure measurement device 10 is operated by a user, a measurement unit 11 that measures blood pressure as biological information, an image sensor 12 that acquires authentication information used for personal authentication, a display unit 13 that displays various types of information, and the like. The operation unit 14 and a control unit 15 that performs various arithmetic processes. The measurement unit 11 includes a cuff that can control an internal pressure (hereinafter, “cuff pressure”).

  The server 30 includes a basic information storage unit 31 that stores basic information used for personal authentication, a measurement information storage unit 32 that stores measurement results transmitted from each blood pressure measurement device 10, and various types of information including personal authentication. And a control unit 33 that performs arithmetic processing.

  The notification device 40 includes an image sensor 41 that acquires authentication information used for personal authentication, a display unit 42 that displays various types of information, and a control unit 43 that performs various types of arithmetic processing. Here, the notification device 40 is used in a form incorporated in a television. For this reason, the screen of the television is also used as the display unit 42 of the notification device 40.

A communication mode between the server 30 and each household 50 will be described.
When the blood pressure measuring device 10 of the same household 50A is used by the user A of the first household 50A, the authentication information of the user A used for personal authentication and the blood pressure measurement result by the device 10 are stored via the network N. 30.

  When the blood pressure measuring device 10 of the same household 50B is used by the user B of the second household 50B, the authentication information of the user B used for personal authentication and the blood pressure measurement result by the device 10 are sent via the network N to the server 30. Sent to.

  Similarly, the blood pressure measurement device 10 of the household 50 different from the blood pressure measurement device 10 of each household 50 transmits the above information to the server 30 when used by the user of the household 50.

The contents of each process performed in the biological information measurement system 1 will be described.
In the biological information measurement system 1, the server 30 performs “authentication processing”, “notification processing”, “change processing”, and “determination processing”, and each blood pressure measurement device 10 performs “measurement processing”. Operation "is performed.

  (A) In the authentication process, based on the “measurement authentication process” for performing personal authentication based on the authentication information acquired by the image sensor 12 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 and the authentication information acquired by the image sensor 41 of the notification device 40. Then, “notification authentication processing” for performing personal authentication is performed.

  (B) In the measurement and authentication process, the image information of the user's face as authentication information acquired by the image sensor 12 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 and the basics of a plurality of users stored in the basic information storage unit 31 of the server 30. The user who uses the blood pressure measurement device 10 is identified by collating the information. That is, personal authentication of a user who measures blood pressure is performed based on authentication information and basic information.

  (C) In the notification authentication process, the image information of the user's face as the authentication information acquired by the image sensor 41 of the notification device 40 and the basic information of a plurality of users stored in the basic information storage unit 31 of the server 30 And a user in the vicinity of the notification device 40 is specified. That is, based on the authentication information and the basic information, personal authentication of the user who is the subject of the notification operation is performed.

  (D) In the determination process, when personal authentication of the user is performed by the notification authentication process, an elapsed period (hereinafter referred to as “unmeasured period TN”) from the last blood pressure measurement is performed for the user. It is determined whether or not it is equal to or greater than TX.

  (E) In the notification process, when the determination process determines that the non-measurement period TN is equal to or greater than the determination period TX, a notification operation is performed to prompt the user to measure blood pressure. That is, when the blood pressure is not measured for a certain period of time or more after the last blood pressure measurement, a notification operation is performed to notify the user to that effect.

  (F) In the change process, the determination period TX is changed according to the blood pressure state of each user based on the measurement result of the blood pressure of the user stored in the measurement information storage unit 32. This change process is performed every time blood pressure is measured by the blood pressure measurement device 10.

  (G) In the measurement process, the blood pressure measured by the measurement unit 11 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 is displayed on the display unit 13 of the same device 10, and the measured blood pressure value is associated with the date and time when the measurement was performed. 30.

Acquisition of basic information is performed in the order of the following processes.
(Process A1) The image sensor 12 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 acquires image information of the user's face when a mode for registering basic information is started by operating the operation unit 14 by the user.

  (Processing A2) The control unit 15 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 handles image information of the user's face acquired by the image sensor 12 as basic information, and transmits this basic information to the server 30 via the network N.

  (Process A3) When the control unit 33 of the server 30 receives the image information of the user's face transmitted from the blood pressure measurement device 10, the control unit 33 stores the image information in the basic information storage unit 31 as basic information.

Personal authentication is performed in the order of the following processes.
(Process B1) When the operation unit 14 is operated by the user and the mode for measuring blood pressure is started, the image sensor 12 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 displays image information of the user's face as authentication information. get.

  (Process B2) The control unit 15 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 treats image information of the user's face acquired by the image sensor 12 as authentication information, and transmits this authentication information to the server 30 via the network N.

  (Process B3) When the control unit 33 of the server 30 receives the image information of the user's face transmitted from the blood pressure measurement device 10, the user stored in the image information and basic information storage unit 31 as authentication information Check each basic information. When there is basic information that matches the authentication information, it is determined that the user corresponding to the basic information is the user of the blood pressure measurement device 10 at that time.

Blood pressure measurement is performed in the order of the following processes.
(Process C1) When the operation unit 14 is operated by the user and the mode for measuring blood pressure is started, the control unit 15 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 transmits a signal indicating that to the server 30. .

  (Process C2) When the control unit 33 of the server 30 receives the signal from the blood pressure measurement device 10, the control unit 33 transmits the blood pressure measurement result for the user specified by personal authentication to the blood pressure measurement device 10.

  (Process C3) The control unit 15 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 sets the cuff pressure at the start of measurement of the measurement unit 11 based on the blood pressure measurement result transmitted from the server 30. When the cuff pressure at the start of measurement is excessively large relative to the user's maximum blood pressure, the time taken to increase the cuff pressure is lengthened, and the time taken to measure blood pressure is lengthened. On the other hand, when the cuff pressure at the start of measurement is lower than the user's maximum blood pressure, the blood pressure cannot be measured appropriately. Therefore, the control unit 15 calculates a cuff pressure at the start of measurement, which is predicted to be higher than the user's highest blood pressure during the current blood pressure measurement and to be small in difference with the blood pressure, based on the past measurement results. The cuff pressure for this blood pressure measurement is set based on this.

  (Process C4) The control unit 15 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 controls the actual cuff pressure based on the cuff pressure set in the process C3, and measures the blood pressure of the user. Then, after the blood pressure measurement by the measurement unit 11 is completed, the measurement result is transmitted to the server 30 via the network N.

  (Process C5) The control unit 33 of the server 30 stores the received blood pressure measurement result in the measurement information storage unit 32 as the current measurement result of the corresponding user. The measurement result of blood pressure is stored for each user in association with the date and time when the measurement was performed.

The contents of the change process will be described.
The control unit 33 of the server 30 sets the measurement period based on the following (Condition X) and (Condition Y). When the measurement intervals set by (Condition X) and (Condition Y) are different from each other, the shorter measurement interval is used as the measurement period for the current notification process.

  (Condition X) Based on the measurement result of the last blood pressure, it is determined whether the user's blood pressure is high blood pressure or normal blood pressure. When it is determined that high blood pressure is determined, the determination period TX is relatively shortened. When it is determined that normal blood pressure is determined, the determination period TX is relatively long.

An example of a specific setting mode of the determination period TX based on the condition X is shown below.
When the maximum blood pressure value is 140 mmHg or more and the minimum blood pressure value is 90 mmHg or more, it is determined that the user's blood pressure is high blood pressure, and an interval for prompting blood pressure measurement is set to one day. That is, the determination period TX used for the notification process is set to one day.
When the maximum blood pressure value and the minimum blood pressure value do not satisfy the above conditions, it is determined that the user's blood pressure is normal blood pressure, and the interval for prompting blood pressure measurement is set to one week. That is, the determination period TX used for the notification process is set to one week.

  (Condition Y) Whether or not the recent blood pressure value of the user is stable is determined based on the measurement results of a plurality of blood pressures obtained in the recent same time period. When it is determined that the recent blood pressure value is unstable, the determination period TX is relatively shortened. When it is determined that the recent blood pressure value is stable, the determination period TX is relatively long.

An example of a specific setting mode of the determination period TX based on the condition Y is shown below.
-When the standard deviation of the 7 maximum systolic blood pressures measured in the recent morning is 5 mmHg or more, it is determined that the user's blood pressure value is unstable, and the interval for prompting blood pressure measurement is set to 1 day.
-When the standard deviation of the maximum 7 blood pressures measured in the morning in recent morning is less than 5 mmHg, it is determined that the user's blood pressure value is stable, and the interval for prompting blood pressure measurement is set to one week.

The notification operation is performed through the following processes.
(Process D1) When the image sensor 41 of the notification device 40 detects a user in the detection area, the image sensor 41 acquires image information of the face of the user.

  (Process D2) The control unit 43 of the notification device 40 treats the image information of the user's face acquired by the image sensor 41 as authentication information, and transmits this authentication information to the server 30 via the network N.

  (Process D3) When the control unit 33 of the server 30 receives the image information of the user's face transmitted from the blood pressure measurement device 10, the user stored in the image information and basic information storage unit 31 as authentication information Check each basic information. When there is basic information that matches the authentication information, it is determined that the user corresponding to the basic information is a user detected by the notification device 40 at that time.

  (Process D4) The control unit 33 of the server 30 sets the period from the last measurement of blood pressure to the completion of the current personal authentication by the notification device 40 as the unmeasured period TN, and the unmeasured period TN is equal to or less than the determination period TX. It is determined whether or not there is. When it is determined that the non-measurement period TN is greater than the determination period TX, a message for prompting blood pressure measurement is created, and a command signal for displaying this message is transmitted to the notification device 40.

  (Process D5) When the control unit 43 of the notification device 40 receives a command signal from the server 30, the control unit 43 displays a message on the display unit 42 as a notification operation. For example, if the blood pressure determination period TX is set to one week and the non-measurement period TN is longer than one week, “one week has passed since you last measured blood pressure. The message “Please measure” is displayed on the display unit 42.

According to this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) In the biological information measurement system 1, the server 30 includes the basic information storage unit 31 for storing the basic information of the user of each blood pressure measurement device 10, and the basic information of the user who uses each blood pressure measurement device 10. Is stored in the basic information storage unit 31. Thereby, the user can use each blood pressure measuring device 10 by registering basic information in the server 30 once. That is, there is no need to perform basic information registration work for each blood pressure measurement device 10.

  Thus, according to the biometric information measurement system 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to suppress an increase in the burden on the user when using a biometric device that performs personal authentication. As a method for registering basic information in the server 30, a method for registering via the blood pressure measurement device 10 and a method for registering directly in the server 30 can be selected.

  (2) In the biological information measurement system 1, since the basic information of each user is collectively stored in the server 30 as described above, a storage area for storing the basic information is secured in each blood pressure measurement device 10. There is no need. Thereby, it can suppress that the memory capacity of each blood pressure measuring device 10 increases too much due to having a personal authentication function.

  (3) In the biological information measurement system 1, the server 30 performs authentication processing for personal authentication by comparing authentication information transmitted from each blood pressure measurement device 10 and stored basic information. That is, personal authentication of the user of each blood pressure measurement device 10 is performed collectively by the server 30. Thereby, compared with performing individual authentication for every blood pressure measuring device 10, it can control that variation in an authentication result arises.

  (4) In the biological information measurement system 1, the server 30 performs notification processing that prompts blood pressure measurement for each user. For this reason, it can suppress that each user forgets the measurement of a blood pressure over a long period of time. In addition, blood pressure can be measured at an appropriate timing for each user.

  (5) The biological information measurement system 1 includes a notification device 40 that is provided separately from the blood pressure measurement device 10 and performs a notification operation. Usually, since the blood pressure measurement device 10 is activated when the user measures blood pressure, in a biological information measurement system that is not provided with the notification device 40, the blood pressure measurement device 10 prompts the blood pressure measurement only when the user measures blood pressure. I can't.

  In this regard, according to the above-described configuration of the biological information measurement system 1 of the present embodiment, since the notification operation is performed by the notification device 40 even if the blood pressure measurement device 10 is not activated, the opportunity for prompting the user to measure blood pressure is increased. Can do.

  (6) In the biological information measurement system 1, the notification device 40 is provided in a place that the user in the household 50 sees everyday, and the notification operation is performed every time the user is detected by the image sensor 41 of the notification device 40. Is called. Thereby, the opportunity to prompt the user to measure blood pressure can be increased by always starting the notification device 40.

  (7) The server 30 performs a notification process that prompts measurement of biometric information for each user based on a comparison between the determination period TX set based on the blood pressure measurement result and the non-measurement period TN. On the other hand, when the blood pressure measurement interval is excessively long, there is a high risk that a large change in physical condition or constitution will be missed. In addition, when the blood pressure measurement interval is excessively short, there is a possibility that the burden on the user for blood pressure measurement may increase.

  In this regard, according to the above-described configuration of the server 30 of the present embodiment, the notification operation is performed for each determination period TX set based on the blood pressure measurement result, that is, the notification operation for each interval reflecting the user's physical condition. Therefore, the occurrence of the above-described problem can be suppressed. In addition, when blood pressure is measured by the user every time the notification operation is performed, a blood pressure measurement result is obtained at least for each determination period TX, so that the change tendency of the blood pressure is appropriately recognized by the user. Can be made.

  (8) The server 30 performs notification processing for the user who has completed personal authentication when the non-measurement period TN is equal to or longer than the determination period TX. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the frequency of occurrence of a situation where the user's blood pressure is not measured over the determination period TX from the last measurement.

  (9) When the server 30 determines that the blood pressure value of the user is high blood pressure based on the stored blood pressure measurement result, the server 30 makes the determination period TX shorter than when the blood pressure value of the user is determined to be normal blood pressure. To do. Thereby, compared with a user with normal blood pressure, the frequency of prompting blood pressure measurement to a user with high blood pressure is increased, which can contribute to the health management of the user. In addition, since the frequency of prompting blood pressure measurement to a normal blood pressure user is lower than that of a high blood pressure user, it is possible to reduce the burden on the blood pressure measurement of the user.

  (10) When the server 30 determines that the blood pressure of the user is unstable based on a plurality of stored blood pressure measurement results, the server 30 determines that the determination period TX is greater than when the server 30 determines that the blood pressure of the user is stable. To shorten. Thereby, compared with the user whose blood pressure is stable, the frequency of prompting the blood pressure measurement to the user whose blood pressure is unstable is increased, which can contribute to the health management of the user. Further, since the frequency of prompting blood pressure measurement to a user whose blood pressure is stable is lower than that of a user whose blood pressure is unstable, the burden on the blood pressure measurement of the user can be reduced.

  (11) In the biological information measurement system 1, user image information is acquired as authentication information, and basic information for personal authentication is stored in the server 30. On the other hand, by using image information as authentication information, the user's effort is reduced compared to the case where the user performs personal authentication by an operation such as inputting a name. However, when image information is used as authentication information, the storage capacity required for storing basic information increases.

  In this regard, according to the above-described biometric information measurement system 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to reduce the effort of the user for personal authentication and to suppress an increase in the storage capacity of each blood pressure measurement device 10.

(Second Embodiment)
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the living body information measurement system 1 of the first embodiment, a configuration in which the notification device 40 is provided in each household 50 separately from the blood pressure measurement device 10 is adopted. In contrast, in the biological information measuring system 1 of the present embodiment, the notification device 40 is omitted from the system of the first embodiment, and a configuration including the weight measuring device 20 in addition to the blood pressure measuring device 10 is adopted as the biological measuring device. is doing.

  The details of this changed part are shown below. In addition, since the same structure as 1st Embodiment is employ | adopted about the other point, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about a common structure, and the one part or all part of the description is abbreviate | omitted suitably.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the biological information measurement system 1 collects a plurality of blood pressure measurement devices 10 as biological measurement devices, a plurality of weight measurement devices 20 as biological measurement devices, and personal authentication of users in each household 50. And the server 30 to be executed. Moreover, the network 30 which connects the server 30, each blood pressure measuring device 10, and each weight measuring device 20 mutually is included. The blood pressure measurement device 10 and the weight measurement device 20 are provided in each household 50.

  The weight measuring device 20 is operated by a user, a measuring unit 21 that measures body weight as biological information, an image sensor 22 that acquires authentication information used for personal authentication, a display unit 23 that displays various types of information, and the like. The operation unit 24 and a control unit 25 that performs various arithmetic processes. The measurement unit 21 is configured by a gravity sensor.

A communication mode between the server 30 and each household 50 will be described.
When the weight measurement device 20 of the first household 50A is used by the user A of the first household 50A, the authentication information of the user A used for personal authentication and the weight measurement result by the device 20 are stored via the network N. 30.

  When the weight measuring device 20 of the same household 50B is used by the user B of the second household 50B, the authentication information of the user B used for personal authentication and the weight measurement result by the device 20 are sent via the network N to the server 30. Sent to.

  Similarly, the weight measuring device 20 of another household 50 different from the weight measuring device 20 of each household 50 transmits the above information to the server 30 when used by a user of the household 50.

The contents of each process performed in the biological information measurement system 1 will be described.
In the biological information measuring system 1, the server 30 performs “authentication processing”, “notification processing”, “change processing”, and “determination processing”, each blood pressure measurement device 10 performs “blood pressure measurement processing”, and each weight measurement device. 20 performs “weight measurement processing”. Each blood pressure measurement device 10 performs a “weight measurement notification operation”, and each weight measurement device 20 performs a “blood pressure measurement notification operation”.

  (A) In the authentication process, “blood pressure measurement authentication process” for performing personal authentication based on the authentication information acquired by the image sensor 12 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 and authentication information acquired by the image sensor 22 of the weight measurement device 20 "Weight measurement authentication process" for performing personal authentication based on the above. Note that these authentication processes correspond to those including the notification authentication process of the first embodiment for performing a notification operation for each user.

  (B) In the blood pressure measurement authentication process, the image information of the user's face as the authentication information acquired by the image sensor 12 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 and a plurality of users stored in the basic information storage unit 31 of the server 30 are displayed. The user who uses the blood pressure measurement device 10 is identified by comparing with the basic information. That is, personal authentication of a user who measures blood pressure is performed based on authentication information and basic information.

  (C) In the weight measurement authentication process, the image information of the user's face as the authentication information acquired by the image sensor 22 of the weight measurement device 20 and a plurality of users stored in the basic information storage unit 31 of the server 30. The user who uses the weight measuring device 20 is specified by comparing with the basic information. That is, based on the authentication information and the basic information, the user who performs weight measurement is personally authenticated.

  (D) In the determination process, a “blood pressure measurement determination process” for performing a notification operation for prompting blood pressure measurement by the weight measurement device 20 and a “weight measurement” for performing a notification operation for prompting the weight measurement by the blood pressure measurement device 10. Determination process ”.

  (E) In the blood pressure measurement determination process, when personal authentication of the user is performed by the weight measurement authentication process, an elapsed period from the last blood pressure measurement for the user (hereinafter, “blood pressure non-measurement period TNA”) ) Is greater than or equal to the blood pressure measurement determination period TXA.

  (F) In the weight measurement determination process, when personal authentication of the user is performed by the blood pressure measurement authentication process, an elapsed period from the last measurement of the weight of the user (hereinafter referred to as “unweighted measurement period TNB”). ) Is greater than or equal to the weight measurement determination period TXB.

  (E) In the notification process, a “blood pressure measurement notification process” for performing a notification operation by the weight measurement device 20 based on the result of the blood pressure measurement determination process, and a notification from the blood pressure measurement device 10 based on the result of the weight measurement determination process. A “weight measurement notification process” for performing the operation is performed.

  (F) In the blood pressure measurement notification process, when the blood pressure measurement determination process determines that the non-blood pressure measurement period TNA is equal to or greater than the blood pressure measurement determination period TXA, a notification operation for prompting the user to measure the blood pressure is performed. 20 is performed. That is, when it is determined that blood pressure has not been measured for a certain period of time since the last measurement of blood pressure in a state where the user has activated the weight measurement device 20, the user is notified of that fact. A notification operation is performed.

  (G) In the weight measurement notification process, when the weight measurement determination process determines that the non-weight measurement period TNB is equal to or greater than the weight measurement determination period TXB, a notification operation for prompting the user to measure the weight is performed. 10 is performed. That is, in the state where the user has activated the blood pressure measurement device 10, when it is determined that the weight measurement has not been performed for a certain period of time since the last weight measurement, the user is notified of that fact. A notification operation is performed.

  (H) In the change process, the “blood pressure measurement change process” for changing the blood pressure measurement determination period TXA based on the measurement result of the user's blood pressure, and the weight measurement determination period TXB is changed based on the measurement result of the weight of the user “ "Weighing measurement change process".

  (I) In the blood pressure measurement change process, based on the measurement result of the user's blood pressure stored in the measurement information storage unit 32, the blood pressure measurement determination period TXA, that is, the execution interval of the notification operation for blood pressure is set to the state of the user's blood pressure. Change according to. This change process is performed every time blood pressure is measured by the blood pressure measurement device 10.

  (J) In the weight measurement change process, based on the measurement result of the user's weight stored in the measurement information storage unit 32, the weight measurement determination period TXB, that is, the execution interval of the notification operation about the weight is set to the state of the user's weight. Change according to. This change process is performed each time the weight is measured by the weight measuring apparatus 20.

  (K) In the blood pressure measurement process, the blood pressure measured by the measurement unit 11 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 is displayed on the display unit 13 of the same device 10, and the measured blood pressure value and the date and time when the measurement was performed are associated with each other. 30.

  (L) In the weight measurement process, the weight measured by the measurement unit 21 of the weight measurement device 20 is displayed on the display unit 23 of the device 20, and the server 30 is associated with the measured weight and the date and time when the measurement was performed. Send to.

  Acquisition of basic information can be performed by each of the blood pressure measurement device 10 and the weight measurement device 20. When the basic information is acquired by one device, the basic information is also used for personal authentication of the other device, so that it is not necessary to acquire the basic information by the other device.

  Acquisition of basic information by the blood pressure measurement device 10 is performed in the same order as (Processing A1) to (Processing A3) in the first embodiment. The acquisition of basic information by the weight measuring device 20 is performed with the content of (Processing A1) to (Processing A3) adapted to the device 20.

  The personal authentication is performed by each of the blood pressure measurement device 10 and the weight measurement device 20. The personal authentication by the blood pressure measurement device 10 is performed in the same order as (Processing B1) to (Processing B3) in the first embodiment. The personal authentication by the weight measuring device 20 is performed with the content of (Process B1) to (Process B3) adapted to the device 20.

The weight measurement is performed in the order of the following processes.
(Process E1) When the operation unit 24 is operated by the user and the mode for measuring the weight is started, the control unit 25 of the weight measurement device 20 transmits a signal indicating that to the server 30. .

  (Process E2) The control unit 25 of the weight measuring apparatus 20 measures the weight of the user. Then, after the measurement of the weight by the measurement unit 21 is completed, the measurement result is transmitted to the server 30 via the network N.

  (Processing E3) The control unit 33 of the server 30 stores the received weight measurement result in the measurement information storage unit 32 as the current measurement result of the corresponding user. The measurement result of the weight is stored for each user in association with the date and time when the measurement was performed.

Blood pressure measurement is performed in the same order as (Processing C1) to (Processing C5) in the first embodiment.
The blood pressure measurement change process is performed in the same manner as the change process of the first embodiment. That is, the blood pressure measurement determination period TXA as the determination period TX is set based on the previous (condition X) and (condition Y).

The contents of the weight measurement change process will be described.
The control unit 33 of the server 30 sets the measurement period based on the following (Condition Z).
(Condition Z) Based on the measurement results of a plurality of body weights obtained by a plurality of recent measurements, it is determined whether or not the user's recent body weight change amount is large. When it is determined that the amount of change in weight is large, the weight measurement determination period TXB is relatively shortened. When it is determined that the amount of change in weight is small, the weight measurement determination period TXB is relatively long.

An example of a specific setting mode of the weight measurement determination period TXB based on the condition Z is shown below.
When the difference between the current weight measurement result and the weight measurement result of one week before is 5 kg or more, it is determined that the change amount of the user's weight is large, and the interval for prompting the weight measurement is set to one day. That is, the weight measurement determination period TXB is set to one day.
When the difference between the current weight measurement result and the weight measurement result one week ago is less than 5 kg, it is determined that the change amount of the user's weight is small, and the interval for prompting the weight measurement is set to one week. That is, the weight measurement determination period TXB is set to one week.

The blood pressure measurement notification operation is performed through the following processes.
(Process F1) When the operation unit 24 is operated by the user and the mode for measuring the weight is started, the control unit 25 of the weight measuring device 20 uses the image sensor 22 to detect image information of the face of the user. To get.

  (Process F <b> 2) The control unit 25 of the weight measurement apparatus 20 treats the user's face image information acquired by the image sensor 22 as authentication information, and transmits this authentication information to the server 30 via the network N.

  (Process F3) When the control unit 33 of the server 30 receives the image information of the user's face transmitted from the weight measuring device 20, the user stored in the image information and basic information storage unit 31 as authentication information Check each basic information. When there is basic information that matches the authentication information, it is determined that the user corresponding to the basic information is the user detected by the weight measuring device 20 at that time.

  (Process F4) The control unit 33 of the server 30 determines whether or not the blood pressure non-measurement period TNA is equal to or less than the blood pressure measurement determination period TXA. When it is determined that the blood pressure non-measurement period TNA is longer than the blood pressure measurement determination period TXA, a message for prompting blood pressure measurement is created, and a command signal for displaying this message is transmitted to the weight measurement apparatus 20.

  (Process F5) When the control unit 25 of the weight measuring apparatus 20 receives the command signal from the server 30, the control unit 25 displays a message on the display unit 23 as a notification operation. For example, if the blood pressure measurement determination period TXA is set to one week and the blood pressure non-measurement period TNA exceeds one week, “one week has passed since you last measured blood pressure. The message “Please measure your blood pressure” is displayed on the display unit 23.

The weight measurement notification operation is performed through the following processes.
(Process G1) When the operation unit 14 is operated by the user and the mode for measuring blood pressure is started by the user, the control unit 15 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 uses the image sensor 12 to display image information of the face of the user. To get.

  (Process G2) The control unit 15 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 handles image information of the user's face acquired by the image sensor 12 as authentication information, and transmits this authentication information to the server 30 via the network N.

  (Process G3) When the control unit 33 of the server 30 receives the image information of the user's face transmitted from the blood pressure measurement device 10, the user stored in the image information and basic information storage unit 31 as authentication information Check each basic information. When there is basic information that matches the authentication information, it is determined that the user corresponding to the basic information is a user detected by the blood pressure measurement device 10 at that time.

  (Process G4) The control unit 33 of the server 30 determines whether or not the weight non-measurement period TNB is equal to or less than the weight measurement determination period TXB. When it is determined that the weight non-measurement period TNB is longer than the weight measurement determination period TXB, a message for prompting measurement of the weight is created, and a command signal for displaying this message is transmitted to the blood pressure measurement device 10.

  (Process G5) When the control unit 15 of the blood pressure measurement device 10 receives the command signal from the server 30, the control unit 15 displays a message on the display unit 13 as a notification operation. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, when the weight measurement determination period TXB is set to one week and the weight non-measurement period TNB exceeds one week, “from the last time you measured the weight. The message “One week has passed. Please measure your weight.” Is displayed on the display unit 13.

  According to the present embodiment, the effect of (1) of the first embodiment, that is, the effect of suppressing an increase in the burden on the user when using a biometric device that performs personal authentication, (2) to ( The effects 4) and (7) to (11) are obtained.

  (12) In the biological information measurement system 1, the blood pressure measurement notification operation is performed by the weight measurement device 20, and the weight measurement notification operation is performed by the blood pressure measurement device 10. As a result, the user can grasp the measurement status of the biological information different from the biological information at the timing of measuring the one biological information. Therefore, the measurement is performed at an appropriate timing for each of the plurality of biological information. It can be performed.

  (13) In the biological information measurement system 1, the server 30 performs a notification process for prompting measurement of biological information for each biological information. For this reason, it can suppress that a user forgets measurement of each biological information over a long period of time. In addition, a notification operation can be performed at a timing suitable for each biological information.

  (14) In the biological information measurement system 1, the blood pressure and weight measurement results are stored in the server 30 for each user. Thereby, it is possible to analyze the relationship between the biological information, and thus the change tendency of the physical condition of the user, using the measurement results of the plurality of biological information. Further, providing the result of such analysis to the user can contribute to the health management of the user.

(Other embodiments)
Note that the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified as shown below, for example. The following modifications are not applied only to the above embodiments, and different modifications can be combined with each other.

  In the first embodiment, the notification device 40 has a configuration in which a television screen is used as a display unit. However, the notification device 40 may be changed to a configuration in which another article is used as a display unit. For example, a notification device that displays characters and images on the mirror surface of the wash basin of the household 50 may be employed. In any case, it is preferable that the notification device has a configuration in which the display unit is a place that the user sees daily.

  -Although the thing of the form integrated in a television was employ | adopted as the alerting | reporting apparatus 40 in the said 1st Embodiment, it can also change into the alerting | reporting apparatus provided with the display part for exclusive use for alerting | reporting operation | movement. In this case as well, an effect similar to the effect of the first embodiment can be obtained by installing it at a place that the user sees everyday.

  In the first embodiment, the notification device 40 is one in which the image sensor 41 and the display unit 42 are provided on the television. However, the image sensor 41 and the display unit 42 may be provided in different places in the household 50. it can. For example, the display unit 42 may be configured to be used as a television screen in the same manner as in the embodiment, and the image sensor 41 may be provided near the entrance door. Also in this case, the image sensor 41 and the display unit 42 are connected to the server 30 via the network N, respectively.

  According to this configuration, the notification operation is performed as follows. That is, when the user passes the entrance, the image information of the user is acquired by the image sensor 41, and this image information is transmitted to the server 30 as authentication information. When the personal authentication based on the image information and the basic information is completed, the server 30 transmits a command signal for performing a notification operation corresponding to the user who has been personally authenticated to the control unit 43 of the notification device 40.

  In the first embodiment, the configuration in which each household 50 is provided with the notification device 40 is adopted, but each household 50 may be provided with a plurality of notification devices 40. One notification device can be shared by a plurality of households 50. For example, in the case where the biological information measurement system 1 is configured to include each household in an apartment house, the alarm device can be shared by each household by providing an alarm device in a common part such as an entrance of the apartment house. .

  In the first embodiment, the blood pressure measurement device 10 is used as the living body measurement device. However, instead of or in addition to the blood pressure measurement device 10, at least one of a weight measurement device, a body weight composition meter, and an exercise meter is adopted. You can also As the body weight / body composition meter, for example, a weight sensor and an electrode, and a device that measures the user's body weight and body fat percentage can be adopted. Moreover, as an exercise amount meter, what includes an acceleration sensor, for example, and measures an exercise amount from a user's movement amount and movement speed is employable.

  In the first embodiment, each household 50 includes the blood pressure measuring device 10 as a living body measuring device. However, each household 50 may include a living body measuring device that measures different types of living body information. For example, the household 50A may include the blood pressure measuring device 10 as a living body measuring device, and the household 50B may include the weight measuring device 20 as a living body measuring device. In addition, a single household 50 can be provided with a plurality of biological measurement devices that measure a plurality of different types of biological information.

  In the second embodiment, the blood pressure measurement device 10 and the weight measurement device 20 are employed as the living body measurement device. However, instead of or in addition to at least one of the blood pressure measurement device 10 and the weight measurement device 20, the following A biological measuring device can also be employed. That is, at least one of a weight body composition meter and an exercise meter can also be employed.

  In the second embodiment, each household 50 includes the blood pressure measuring device 10 and the weight measuring device 20 as the living body measuring device. However, each household 50 may include a living body measuring device that measures different types of living body information. . For example, the household 50A can be provided with the blood pressure measurement device 10 and the weight measurement device 20, and the household 50B can be provided with a weight body composition meter and an exercise meter.

  In the second embodiment, the notification process is performed by the server 30, but the notification process may be omitted. Also in this case, the effects (1) to (3), (11) and (14) of the above embodiment can be obtained.

  In each of the above embodiments, the determination process is performed for each piece of biological information and the notification process is performed based on the determination process. However, regardless of the type of biological information, the elapsed period from the last measurement of the biological information It is also possible to perform the notification process when the predetermined period is exceeded. For example, for the measurement information of a predetermined user, when it is determined whether or not the elapsed period since the measurement information in the measurement information storage unit 32 was last updated is a predetermined period or more, and it is determined that the predetermined period or more A notification operation can also be performed for the same user.

  In each of the above embodiments, instead of or in addition to the notification operation based on the comparison between the non-measurement period and the determination period, the measurement schedule of biological information can be notified to the user. For example, it is possible to set a measurement time for each piece of biological information for one week in advance, and perform a notification operation to the user based on the schedule for one week. In this case, there is a method in which the schedule for one week is collectively reported within a period until one week as a schedule creation unit elapses. Moreover, the method of performing the alerting | reporting operation | movement to a user for every measurement time of the biometric information defined in the schedule is also mentioned.

  -In each said embodiment, the change process for changing a determination period can also be abbreviate | omitted. In this case, the determination period preset for every user or every biometric information is used for a determination process.

  In the above embodiments, the determination process can be omitted. In this case, it is possible to prompt the user to measure biometric information by performing a notification process based on a preset schedule.

  In each of the above embodiments, the notification operation that prompts the user to measure biometric information is performed. However, in addition to or instead of the notification operation, information on the physical condition of the user is obtained based on each accumulated measurement result. It is also possible to perform a process of creating and notifying the user of this.

  In each of the above embodiments, when it is determined that the blood pressure value of the user is normal blood pressure, the determination period used for the determination process is set to one week. A period can also be set. That is, the range of normal blood pressure in each of the above embodiments is divided into a region A in which the user's maximum blood pressure value is excessively low (for example, 80 mmHg or less) and a region B higher than this. When it is determined that the user's blood pressure value is in region A, the determination period is made shorter than when it is determined that the user's blood pressure value is in region B. As the determination period in this case, for example, the same determination period (one day) as when the blood pressure value of the user is determined to be high blood pressure can be employed.

In each of the above embodiments, when measurement of biological information different from blood pressure and body weight is performed, the notification process can be performed on the other biological information in a manner according to the blood pressure and body weight. In this case, the determination period for use in the determination process can be set in a manner according to the setting manner of the determination period for blood pressure or body weight. For example, when the body fat percentage is measured as the other biological information, the determination period can be set as in (A) or (B) below.
(A) It is determined whether the body fat percentage is larger than a determination value. When it is determined that the body fat percentage is greater than the determination value, the determination period is relatively shortened. When it is determined that the body fat percentage is smaller than the determination value, the determination period is relatively long.
(B) It is determined whether the variation rate of the body fat percentage is larger than the determination value. When it is determined that the variation rate is larger than the determination value, the determination period is relatively shortened. When it is determined that the variation rate is smaller than the determination value, the determination period is relatively long.

  In short, the setting condition of the determination period used for the determination process can be changed as appropriate within a range based on the following concept. That is, “health” and “unhealthy” are set as classifications of the user's physical condition, and the user's physical condition is estimated based on the measurement result of the biological information. When it is determined that the user's physical condition corresponds to health, the determination period is made relatively long. When it is determined that the user's physical condition corresponds to unhealthy, the determination period is made relatively short. Further, “stable” and “unstable” are set as the user physical condition categories, and the user's physical condition is estimated based on the measurement result of the biological information. When it is determined that the user's physical condition is stable, the determination period is relatively long. When the user's physical condition is determined to be unstable, the determination period is relatively short.

  In each of the above embodiments, at least one of the condition X and the condition Y as the setting condition of the determination period TX (blood pressure measurement determination period TXA) can be omitted. Further, instead of or in addition to at least one of the condition X and the condition Y, the determination period TX can be set using a condition set based on other biological information related to blood pressure. Examples of the condition include whether or not the constitution grasped based on the body fat percentage of the user is an obese constitution. When this condition is used, when the user determines that the patient is obese, the determination period TX is relatively shortened. In addition, when the length of the determination period TX set to each of several conditions differs mutually, it is preferable to use the shortest determination period TX for an alerting | reporting process.

In each of the above embodiments, the period from the last measurement of the biometric information to the completion of the current personal authentication is set as the non-measurement period. It can also be changed to any of (C).
(A) A period from the last measurement of biometric information to the start of the current personal authentication.
(B) A period from the last measurement of biometric information to the determination time, with a predetermined time within the period from the start of the current personal authentication until the completion of personal authentication as the determination time.
(C) A period from the last measurement of biometric information to the determination time, with the time when a predetermined period has elapsed since the completion of the current personal authentication as the determination time.

  In each of the above embodiments, the image information is transmitted to the server 30 when the measurement start button of the operation unit of the biological measurement apparatus is pressed. However, the transmission time of the image information can be changed. For example, when the measurement result of the user is not used for the measurement process, the measurement result and the image information can be associated with each other and transmitted to the server 30 after the measurement of the biological information is completed.

In each of the above embodiments, a message is displayed on the display unit as the notification operation. However, instead of or in addition to this, a notification operation using sound can be performed.
In each of the above embodiments, the image information of the user's face is used as authentication information. However, fingerprints, retinal capillary patterns, hand or finger vein patterns, voiceprints, and the like can also be used as authentication information. Also, an ID can be assigned to each user and used as authentication information. Also, different types of authentication information can be used in each of the blood pressure measurement device 10, the weight measurement device 20, and the notification device 40.

In each of the above embodiments, in addition to the basic information storage unit 31 of the server 30, a basic information storage unit that stores basic information may be provided in at least one of the plurality of biological measurement devices.
In each of the above embodiments, instead of or in addition to the measurement information storage unit 32 of the server 30, a measurement information storage unit that stores measurement information may be provided in at least one of the plurality of biological measurement devices.

-In each above-mentioned embodiment, the function as server 30 can also be provided in at least one of a plurality of living body measuring devices. In this case, the server 30 can be omitted.
In each of the above embodiments, the biometric measuring devices of a plurality of households 50 are connected to the server 30 via the network N, but can be changed as follows. That is, the present invention includes a plurality of biological measuring devices provided in a single household 50, a server that collectively performs personal authentication of each biological measuring device, and a network that connects each biological measuring device and the server to each other. One embodiment of the biological information measuring system of the invention can also be used.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, a configuration in which a plurality of living body measuring devices are provided in each household 50 is adopted, but a plurality of living body measuring device users such as hospitals or public facilities are not fixed in a household. A biological measuring device can also be provided.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Biological information measuring system, 10 ... Blood pressure measuring device, 20 ... Weight measuring device, 30 ... Server, 40 ... Notification device, N ... Network.

Claims (9)

A plurality of biological measurement devices that measure biological information and acquire authentication information; and a server that is connected to the multiple biological measurement devices via a network,
The server includes an authentication process for performing personal authentication by comparing the authentication information transmitted from each of the plurality of biometric measurement devices and the stored basic information, and a notification process for prompting measurement of biometric information for each user. A biological information measurement system characterized by A plurality of biological measurement devices that perform measurement of biological information and acquisition of authentication information, and a server that is connected to the multiple biological measurement devices via a network,
The plurality of living body measuring devices measure different kinds of living body information,
The server performs an authentication process for performing personal authentication by comparing the authentication information transmitted from each of the plurality of biological measurement devices and the stored basic information. . The biological information measuring system according to claim 1 or 2,
Provided with each of the plurality of biological measurement devices separately provided a notification device that performs a predetermined notification operation,
The server performs a process of transmitting a notification signal for prompting measurement of biological information to the notification device as a notification process for prompting measurement of biological information for each user.
The biological information measurement system, wherein the notification device performs the predetermined notification operation based on the notification signal transmitted from the server. In the living body information measurement system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The plurality of living body measuring devices measure different kinds of living body information,
The said server performs the alerting | reporting process which encourages the measurement of biometric information for every biometric information. The biometric information measurement system characterized by the above-mentioned. In the living body information measurement system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The said server performs the alerting | reporting process which encourages the measurement of biometric information for every user based on the measurement result of the biometric information memorize | stored for every user. The biometric information measurement system characterized by the above-mentioned. The biological information measurement system according to claim 5,
The server performs the notification process when an unmeasured period is an elapsed period from the last measurement of biometric information for a user who has completed personal authentication, and the unmeasured period is equal to or greater than a determination period. Biological information measurement system. The biological information measurement system according to claim 6,
A blood pressure measuring device as one of the plurality of biological measuring devices;
When the server determines that the user's blood pressure is high blood pressure based on the stored blood pressure measurement result, the server makes the determination period shorter than when the user's blood pressure is determined to be normal blood pressure. Living body information measurement system. The biological information measuring system according to claim 6 or 7,
A blood pressure measuring device as one of the plurality of biological measuring devices;
When the server determines that the user's blood pressure is not stable based on a plurality of stored blood pressure measurement results, the server performs the determination more than when it does not determine that the user's blood pressure is not stable. A biological information measurement system characterized by shortening the period. In the biological information measurement system according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The biological information measuring system, wherein the plurality of biological measuring devices acquire user image information as the authentication information.

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