JP2018061662A - Biological information measuring apparatus and diagnosis support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a processing load on a server and a communication load on a server.SOLUTION: A biological information measuring apparatus includes a heart rate measuring part 202 for measuring a heart rate of a user using a pulse wave sensor 201, a blood pressure measuring part 203 for measuring blood pressure of the user using a pulse wave sensor 201, a communication part 23 capable of transmitting the measured heart rate and blood pressure to a server 3, an acceleration sensor 206 for measuring a body motion of the user, and a transmission control part 208 that prevents the measured heart rate and blood pressure from being transmitted to the server from the communication part 23 when a body motion of the user of a threshold or more is measured by the acceleration sensor 206.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a biological information measuring device that measures biological information of a user, and a diagnosis support system including the biological information measuring device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique is known in which biometric information measured by a biometric sensor that measures biometric information of a user is transferred to a server and diagnosis is performed on the server side. For example, in Patent Document 1, when an abnormality is found in an electrocardiogram waveform measured with an electrocardiographic electrode in a module to which an electrocardiographic electrode as a biosensor is connected, data is transmitted to a server via a portable terminal. Is disclosed, and a technique for requesting diagnosis of a server is disclosed.

JP 2003-299624 A

  In a system in which biometric information measured by a biometric sensor is transferred to a server and diagnosed by the server, it is required to reduce the processing load on the server and the communication load on the server. In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is not assumed that erroneous noise that is not related to a user's actual abnormality is discovered as an abnormality. Since there are many noises that are not related to the actual abnormality of the user in the biometric sensor, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 transmits useless data that causes misdiagnosis to the server, and useless communication to the server. There may be a load or processing load.

  The present invention has been made based on this situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide a biological information measuring apparatus and a diagnosis support system that reduce the processing load on the server and the communication load on the server.

  The above object is achieved by a combination of the features described in the independent claims, and the subclaims define further advantageous embodiments of the invention. Reference numerals in parentheses described in the claims indicate a correspondence relationship with specific means described in the embodiments described later as one aspect, and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention. .

  In order to achieve the above object, a biological information measuring apparatus according to the present invention uses a biological sensor (201, 202, 203) that sequentially measures a user's biological information and biological information measured by the biological sensor based on the biological information. A biological information measuring device including a transmission unit (23) capable of transmitting to a server that performs diagnosis, and a body motion measurement unit (206) that measures a user's body motion, and a body that exceeds a threshold in the body motion measurement unit And a transmission control unit (208, 208a, 208c) that prevents the biological information measured by the biological sensor from being transmitted from the transmission unit to the server when the movement is measured.

  The diagnosis support system according to the present invention includes the above-described biological information measuring device (2, 2a, 2c) and a server (3, 3c) that performs diagnosis based on the biological information transmitted from the biological information measuring device. Including.

  The biosensor often shows an abnormal value due to a user's body movement. According to these, when measuring a user's body movement above a threshold, the biological information measured by the biological sensor is not transmitted from the transmission unit to the server, so that abnormal biological information that is not related to the user's actual abnormality is stored. Sending to the server can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to reduce transmission of useless data that causes misdiagnosis to the server, and to reduce occurrence of useless communication load and processing load on the server.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a diagnosis support system 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a biological information measuring device 2. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a server 3. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of measurement result transmission related processing in the biological information measuring device 2. It is a figure which shows an example of a schematic structure of the biological information measuring device 2a. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the measurement result transmission related process in the biological information measuring device 2a. It is a figure which shows an example of a schematic structure of the biological information measuring device 2b. It is a figure which shows an example of a schematic structure of the biological information measuring device 2c. It is a figure which shows an example of a schematic structure of the server 3c. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the measurement result transmission related process in the biological information measuring device 2c.

  A plurality of embodiments and modifications for disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. For convenience of explanation, between the plurality of embodiments and the modified examples, parts having the same functions as those shown in the drawings used for the explanation so far are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. There is a case. For the portions denoted by the same reference numerals, the description in other embodiments and / or modifications can be referred to.

(Embodiment 1)
<Schematic configuration of diagnosis support system 1>
Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the diagnosis support system 1 includes a biological information measuring device 2, a server 3, and a vehicle side unit 4.

  The biological information measuring device 2 is a wearable device that is worn by a user and measures the biological information of the user. As a wearable device, there are a wristwatch type that is worn on the user's arm, a glasses type that is worn on the user's head in the same manner as the glasses, and the following description will be given by taking the wristwatch type as an example. The server 3 performs diagnosis based on the biological information measured by the biological information measuring device 2. The server 3 may be composed of a plurality of servers.

  The vehicle side unit 4 is used in a vehicle, and includes an in-vehicle communication module, an HCU (Human Machine Interface Control Unit), a vehicle control ECU, and the like. The in-vehicle communication module includes a short-range communication device that transmits and receives signals in accordance with the short-range wireless communication standard with the biological information measuring device 2 attached to the driver of the vehicle. The in-vehicle communication module may include a wide area communication device that communicates with the server 3 via a public communication network such as a mobile phone network or the Internet and a base station. The HCU is an electronic control unit that integrally controls the user interface of the vehicle. The vehicle control ECU is an electronic control device that performs acceleration / deceleration control and steering control of the vehicle.

  The biological information measuring device 2 may be configured to communicate with the server 3 via a short-range communication device and a wide-area communication device in the in-vehicle communication module, or the public communication network and the base may be configured by the communication function of the own device. It is good also as a structure which communicates with the server 3 via a station.

<Schematic configuration of biological information measuring apparatus 2>
Next, a schematic configuration of the biological information measuring device 2 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the biological information measuring apparatus 2 includes a measurement related unit 20, a battery 21, an operation input unit 22, a communication unit 23, and a presentation unit 24.

  The battery 21 is a power source that supplies power for operating the biological information measuring device 2. The battery 21 may be a primary battery such as a lithium battery or a secondary battery such as a lithium ion battery.

  The operation input unit 22 is a switch group operated by a user. The operation input unit 22 may be a mechanical switch or a touch panel switch. As an example, there are a power switch for switching the power supply of the biological information measuring device 2 between an on state and an off state, a measurement start switch for instructing the start of measurement of biological information, a presentation switch for switching presence / absence of presentation of measurement results, and the like. doing. The measurement start switch and the presentation changeover switch may be configured to be able to designate each of a plurality of pieces of biological information as targets.

  The power supply of the biological information measuring device 2 may be configured not to be switched by an operation input from the user to the operation input unit 22. For example, it is good also as a structure which switches automatically according to attachment or detachment of the biological information measuring device 2.

  The communication unit 23 communicates with the server 3. The communication unit 23 corresponds to a transmission unit in claims. As described above, the communication with the server 3 may be configured via an in-vehicle communication module, or the communication unit 23 may communicate with the server 3 via a public communication network and a base station. The communication unit 23 performs short-range wireless communication with a short-range communication device in the in-vehicle communication module. In addition, when employ | adopting the structure which does not use a vehicle-mounted communication module for communication with the server 3, as a structure provided with the communication part 23 which communicates with the server 3, and the communication part 23 which communicates with a near field communication apparatus, respectively. Good.

  The presentation unit 24 sequentially presents biological information that is sequentially measured by the measurement related unit 20 or presents a diagnosis result acquired from the server 3. The presentation may be performed by a display device or an audio output device. As an example, the numerical value of the biological information of the user that is sequentially measured by the measurement related unit 20 is displayed, or the diagnosis result acquired from the server 3 is displayed. In addition, when the biological information measuring device 2 is connected to the vehicle side unit 4 for communication, a configuration may be adopted in which presentation is performed on an in-vehicle display device or audio output device.

<Schematic configuration of measurement-related unit 20>
Next, a schematic configuration of the measurement related unit 20 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the measurement related unit 20 includes a pulse wave sensor 201, a heart rate measurement unit 202, a blood pressure measurement unit 203, a storage unit 204, an abnormality determination unit 205, an acceleration sensor 206, a body motion determination unit 207, and transmission control. Part 208 is provided.

  When activated, the pulse wave sensor 201 sequentially detects a user's pulse wave at a site where the biological information measuring device 2 is worn. As the pulse wave sensor 201, for example, a photoelectric pulse wave sensor, an impedance pulse wave sensor, or the like can be used. In the present embodiment, a case where a volume pulse wave is measured using a photoelectric pulse wave sensor will be described as an example. In this embodiment, since the case where the biological information measuring device 2 is a wristwatch type is taken as an example, it is preferable to use a reflective photoelectric pulse wave sensor rather than a transmission type.

  The heart rate measuring unit 202 performs known signal processing on the volume pulse wave signal sequentially detected by the pulse wave sensor 201, and measures the user's heart rate from the volume pulse wave. The measurement result is stored in the storage unit 204 with a time stamp indicating the measured time, for example. The blood pressure measurement unit 203 performs known signal processing on the volume pulse wave signal sequentially detected by the pulse wave sensor 201, and measures the user's blood pressure from the volume pulse wave. The measurement result is stored in the storage unit 204 with a time stamp indicating the measured time, for example. The pulse wave sensor 201, the heart rate measuring unit 202, and the blood pressure measuring unit 203 correspond to the biological sensor in the claims, and the heart rate and blood pressure correspond to the biological information in the claims.

  The storage unit 204 may be configured to use a nonvolatile memory. The storage unit 204 may be configured to store the measurement results for a certain time by sequentially erasing the old measurement results after a certain time has passed since the storage. As an example, when the presentation changeover switch is turned on, the presentation unit 24 sequentially presents the measurement results sequentially measured by the heart rate measurement unit 202 and the blood pressure measurement unit 203 and stored in the storage unit 204. do it.

  The abnormality determination unit 205 determines whether or not the heart rate measured by the heart rate measurement unit 202 is abnormal and whether or not the blood pressure measured by the blood pressure measurement unit 203 is abnormal. As an example, it may be configured to determine that there is an abnormality when the value of the measurement result exceeds the upper limit value or falls below the lower limit value. The upper limit value and the lower limit value here are values that can be said to be abnormal in measurement results, and may be arbitrarily set fixed values or variable values that are sequentially set by learning. Also good. In the case of a variable value, for example, an average value of past measurement results may be set as a reference heart rate. For example, the upper limit value may be twice the reference heart rate, and the lower limit value may be two thirds of the reference heart rate.

  The acceleration sensor 206 is a sensor that sequentially measures the acceleration generated in the biological information measuring apparatus 2 as a voltage value when activated. Therefore, the acceleration sensor 206 measures acceleration (that is, body movement) generated in the part of the user wearing the biological information measuring device 2 as the biological information of the user. The acceleration sensor 206 corresponds to a body movement measurement unit in claims. For example, as the acceleration sensor 206, a triaxial acceleration sensor that can measure acceleration along the axial directions of the three axes orthogonal to each other may be used. The acceleration sensor 206 may be configured to use a uniaxial acceleration sensor or a biaxial acceleration sensor. The acceleration sensor 206 outputs the measured acceleration to the body movement determination unit 207.

  The body movement determination unit 207 determines whether the body movement measured by the acceleration sensor 206 is equal to or greater than a threshold value. As an example, when any of the three-axis accelerations is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, the body movement is determined to be equal to or greater than the threshold, and when any of the three-axis accelerations is less than the predetermined threshold, Determined to be less than the threshold. Here, the predetermined threshold value may be a value of the degree of acceleration estimated to be determined to be abnormal by the abnormality determination unit 205 due to body movement even though the user does not actually have any abnormality. Note that the three axes may have different threshold values.

  When the abnormality determination unit 205 determines that there is an abnormality and the body movement determination unit 207 determines that the body movement is less than the threshold value, the transmission control unit 208 corresponds to a predetermined time stored in the accumulation unit 204. Past measurement results are transmitted from the communication unit 23 to the server 3. On the other hand, when the abnormality determining unit 205 determines that there is no abnormality, or when the body movement determining unit 207 determines that the body movement is equal to or greater than the threshold, the transmission control unit 208 stores a predetermined time stored in the accumulation unit 204. Minutes of past measurement results are not transmitted from the communication unit 23 to the server 3.

<Schematic configuration of server 3>
Next, the schematic configuration of the server 3 will be described with reference to FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the server 3 includes a control unit 30, a communication unit 31, and a storage unit 32.

  The communication unit 31 receives information transmitted from the biological information measuring device 2 or transmits information toward the biological information measuring device 2. The communication unit 31 may be configured to communicate with the biological information measuring device 2 via the in-vehicle communication module, or may be configured to communicate with the biological information measuring device 2 without using the in-vehicle communication module. .

  The control unit 30 includes a processor, a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, an I / O, and a bus that connects them, and executes various processes by executing a control program stored in the non-volatile memory. The control unit 30 performs diagnosis based on the measurement result received from the biological information measuring device 2 by the communication unit 31. The diagnosis may be performed by a known method. As an example, the presence or absence of a disease, the urgency of treatment, and the like may be determined by the control unit 30 by comparing with measurement results typical of the disease stored in advance in the storage unit 32. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which memorize | stores by storing the abnormal measurement result of a user's past, and the abnormal measurement result of others other than a user in the memory | storage part 32, and comparing with this memorize | stored measurement result. . The storage unit 32 may be configured to use a nonvolatile memory.

  In addition, the control unit 30 transmits a diagnosis result from the communication unit 31 to the biological information measuring device 2. What is necessary is just to set it as the structure which transmits the kind of disease judged by the control part 30, the urgency of treatment, required treatment, etc. as a diagnostic result. In addition, the control unit 30 may notify the hospital of a diagnosis result via the communication unit 31 when the determined urgency of the treatment is equal to or greater than a threshold value. In this case, the control unit 30 transmits the positional information of the biological information measuring device 2 to the server 3 from the biological information measuring device 2 or a device connected to the biological information measuring device 2, so that the control unit 30 also stores the positional information in the hospital. The ambulance may be arranged at the point indicated by the position information.

<Measurement result transmission related processing in the biological information measuring device 2>
Next, an example of a flow of processing (hereinafter, measurement result transmission related processing) related to transmission of the measurement result of the biological information in the biological information measuring device 2 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. The flowchart of FIG. 4 may be configured to start when the biological information measuring device 2 is turned on.

  First, in step S <b> 1, the heart rate measuring unit 202 measures the user's heart rate based on the volume pulse wave sequentially detected by the pulse wave sensor 201. The blood pressure measurement unit 203 measures the user's blood pressure based on the volume pulse wave sequentially detected by the pulse wave sensor 201. In step S2, the heart rate and blood pressure measurement results measured in S1 are stored in the storage unit 204.

  In step S3, the abnormality determination unit 205 determines whether or not there is an abnormality in the heart rate or blood pressure measured in S1. If it is determined in step S4 that there is an abnormality in S3 (YES in S4), the process proceeds to step S5. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no abnormality (NO in S4), the process proceeds to step S9.

  In step S <b> 5, the body motion determination unit 207 determines whether the user's body motion is equal to or greater than a threshold based on the acceleration measured by the acceleration sensor 206. And when it determines with a body motion being more than a threshold value (it is YES at S5), it moves to step S9. On the other hand, when it is determined that the body movement is less than the threshold (NO in S5), the process proceeds to step S6.

  In step S <b> 6, the transmission control unit 208 causes the communication unit 23 to transmit past measurement results for a predetermined time stored in the storage unit 204 to the server 3. In step S7, the communication unit 23 receives the diagnostic result returned from the server 3 in response to the transmission of the measurement result in S6.

  In step S8, the presentation unit 24 presents the diagnosis result received in S7. For example, the type of disease, urgency of treatment, necessary treatment, etc. may be presented. In addition, it is good also as a structure which sends a diagnostic result to the vehicle side unit 4 via the communication part 23, and vehicle control ECU performs acceleration / deceleration control and steering control according to a diagnostic result, and stops a vehicle to a safe place automatically. .

  In step S9, when it is the end timing of the measurement result transmission related process (YES in S9), the measurement result transmission related process is ended. On the other hand, if it is not the end timing of the measurement result transmission related process (NO in S9), the process returns to S1 and the process is repeated. An example of the end timing of the measurement result transmission related process is that the power supply of the biological information measuring device 2 is turned off.

<Summary of Embodiment 1>
Since the pulse wave sensor 201 may show an abnormal value due to the user's body movement, the measurement results of the heart rate measurement unit 202 and the blood pressure measurement unit 203 are also abnormal values that are not related to the user's actual abnormality due to the user's body movement. May be indicated. According to the configuration of the first embodiment, when the body movement of the user exceeding the threshold value is measured, the measurement result determined to be abnormal by the abnormality determination unit 205 is not transmitted from the communication unit 23 to the server 3. It can be reduced that the measurement result of the abnormal value not related to the abnormality is transmitted to the server 3. Therefore, the abnormal measurement result transmitted to the server 3 can be narrowed down to the abnormal measurement result that is unlikely to be an abnormal value due to the user's body movement. As a result, it is possible to reduce transmission of useless data that causes misdiagnosis in the server 3 to the server 3, and to reduce generation of useless communication load and processing load on the server 3.

  Further, according to the configuration of the first embodiment, only when the abnormality determination unit 205 determines that there is an abnormality, the body movement determination unit 207 determines whether the body movement is equal to or greater than a threshold value. Therefore, when there is no abnormality in the measurement result and it is not necessary to transmit the measurement result to the server 3, the body movement determination unit 207 does not need to perform unnecessary determination on the measurement result that is not transmitted. As a result, useless determination by the body movement determination unit 207 can be reduced.

(Embodiment 2)
In Embodiment 1, although the structure which performs the determination in the body movement determination part 207 according to the determination result in the abnormality determination part 205 was shown, it is not necessarily restricted to this, It is good also as a structure of the following Embodiment 2. FIG. In the second embodiment, the determination by the abnormality determination unit 205a is performed according to the determination result by the body movement determination unit 207a.

  Hereinafter, the configuration of the second embodiment will be described. The diagnosis support system 1 of the second embodiment is the same as the diagnosis support system 1 of the first embodiment except that the biological information measurement device 2a is included instead of the biological information measurement device 2.

<Schematic configuration of biological information measuring apparatus 2a>
Here, the biological information measuring apparatus 2a according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the biological information measuring device 2 a includes a measurement related unit 20 a, a battery 21, an operation input unit 22, a communication unit 23, and a presentation unit 24. The biological information measuring device 2a according to the second embodiment is the same as the biological information measuring device 2 according to the first embodiment except that the measurement related unit 20a is provided instead of the measurement related unit 20.

<Schematic configuration of measurement related unit 20a>
Then, the measurement related part 20a of Embodiment 2 is demonstrated using FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the measurement-related unit 20a includes a pulse wave sensor 201, a heart rate measurement unit 202, a blood pressure measurement unit 203, a storage unit 204, an abnormality determination unit 205a, an acceleration sensor 206, a body motion determination unit 207a, and transmission control. A portion 208a is provided. The measurement related unit 20a of the second embodiment includes an abnormality determination unit 205a, a body movement determination unit 207a, and a transmission control unit 208a instead of the abnormality determination unit 205, the body movement determination unit 207, and the transmission control unit 208. Is the same as the measurement related unit 20 of the first embodiment.

  The abnormality determination unit 205a and the body movement determination unit 207a are the same as the abnormality determination unit 205 and the body movement determination unit 207 of the first embodiment except that the processing order in the measurement result transmission related process is different. When the abnormality determination unit 205a determines that there is an abnormality, the transmission control unit 208a causes the communication unit 23 to transmit the past measurement results stored in the storage unit 204 to the server 3. On the other hand, when the abnormality determining unit 205a determines that there is no abnormality or when the body movement determining unit 207a determines that the body movement is equal to or greater than the threshold, the transmission control unit 208a stores a predetermined time stored in the storage unit 204. Minutes of past measurement results are not transmitted from the communication unit 23 to the server 3.

<Measurement Result Transmission Related Process in Biological Information Measuring Device 2a>
Next, an example of the flow of the measurement result transmission related process in the biological information measuring device 2a will be described using the flowchart of FIG. The flowchart of FIG. 6 may be configured to start when the biological information measuring device 2a is turned on.

  First, the process from step S21 to step S22 is the same as the process of S1 to S2 described above. In step S23, the body motion determination unit 207a determines whether the user's body motion is equal to or greater than a threshold based on the acceleration measured by the acceleration sensor 206. And when it determines with a body motion being more than a threshold value (it is YES at S23), it moves to step S29. On the other hand, when it is determined that the body movement is less than the threshold (NO in S23), the process proceeds to step S24.

  In step S24, the abnormality determination unit 205a determines whether or not there is an abnormality in the heart rate or blood pressure measured in S21. If it is determined in step S25 that there is an abnormality in S24 (YES in S25), the process proceeds to step S26. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no abnormality (NO in S25), the process proceeds to step S29. The processing from step S26 to step S29 is the same as the processing from S6 to S9 described above.

<Summary of Embodiment 2>
According to the configuration of the second embodiment, the measurement results of the heart rate measurement unit 202 and the blood pressure measurement unit 203 are not transmitted from the communication unit 23 to the server 3 when the user's body movement exceeding the threshold is measured. It can be reduced that the measurement result of the abnormal value not related to the abnormality is transmitted to the server 3. Therefore, as in the first embodiment, it is possible to reduce the transmission of useless data that causes misdiagnosis in the server 3 to the server 3 and to reduce the occurrence of useless communication load and processing load on the server 3. .

  Further, according to the configuration of the second embodiment, only when the body motion determination unit 207a determines that the body motion is less than the threshold value, the abnormality determination unit 205a determines whether the measurement result is abnormal. Therefore, when the body movement is equal to or greater than the threshold value and the reliability of the determination result in the abnormality determination unit 205a is doubtful, the determination in the abnormality determination unit 205a need not be performed unnecessarily. As a result, useless determination in the abnormality determination unit 205a can be reduced.

(Embodiment 3)
In the first and second embodiments, when the body motion is determined to be less than the threshold by the body motion determination unit 207a, and the measurement result of the biological information is determined to be abnormal, the measurement result is transmitted to the server 3. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the configuration of the following third embodiment may be employed. In the third embodiment, the measurement result is transmitted to the server 3c regardless of the presence or absence of the measurement result of the biological information.

  Hereinafter, the configuration of the third embodiment will be described. The diagnosis support system 1 according to the third embodiment is the same as the diagnosis support system 1 according to the first embodiment except that the biological information measurement device 2b is included instead of the biological information measurement device 2.

<Schematic Configuration of Biological Information Measuring Device 2b>
Here, the biological information measuring apparatus 2b according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the biological information measuring device 2b includes a measurement related unit 20b, a battery 21, an operation input unit 22, a communication unit 23, and a presentation unit 24. The biological information measuring device 2b according to the third embodiment is the same as the biological information measuring device 2 according to the first embodiment except that the measurement related unit 20b is provided instead of the measurement related unit 20. In the third embodiment, the communication unit 23 performs short-range wireless communication with a short-range communication device in the in-vehicle communication module.

<Schematic configuration of measurement related unit 20b>
Then, the measurement related part 20b of Embodiment 3 is demonstrated using FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the measurement related unit 20b includes a pulse wave sensor 201, a heart rate measurement unit 202, a blood pressure measurement unit 203, a storage unit 204, an acceleration sensor 206, a body motion determination unit 207, a transmission control unit 208b, and a ride determination. Part 209. The measurement related unit 20b of the third embodiment is different from the measurement related unit 20 of the first embodiment except that the boarding determination unit 209 is provided and the transmission control unit 208b is provided instead of the transmission control unit 208. It is the same.

  The boarding determination unit 209 determines whether the user of the biological information measuring device 2b is in the vehicle. As an example, when the communication connection between the communication unit 23 and the short-range communication device of the vehicle-side unit 4 is established, the configuration may be such that the user of the biological information measuring device 2b determines that the vehicle is in the vehicle.

  The transmission control unit 208b is the same as the transmission control unit 208 of the first embodiment except that the processing when the abnormality determination unit 205a determines that there is an abnormality is partly different. If the abnormality determining unit 205 determines that there is an abnormality and the body movement determining unit 207 determines that the body movement is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the transmission control unit 208b stores the predetermined value stored in the storage unit 204. The past measurement results for this time are not transmitted from the communication unit 23 to the server 3.

  On the other hand, if the body motion determination unit 207 once determines that the body motion is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the transmission control unit 208b determines that the abnormality determination unit 205 determines that there is an abnormality until the biological information value falls below the predetermined threshold value. Even when the body movement determination unit 207 determines that the body movement is less than the threshold value, standby processing is performed in which the above measurement result is not transmitted from the communication unit 23 to the server 3. The value of the biological information may be a heart rate or a blood pressure. Further, the predetermined threshold mentioned here may be a value obtained by adding a certain margin to the normal value of the biological information. If the normal value of the biological information is obtained by, for example, calculating the average of the values of the biological information when the abnormality determining unit 205a determines that there is no abnormality among the biological information stored in the storage unit 204. Good. The case where the body movement determination unit 207 once determines that the body movement is equal to or greater than the threshold value can be paraphrased as the case where the acceleration sensor 205 once measures body movement equal to or greater than the threshold value.

  The transmission control unit 208b may be configured not to perform the standby process when the boarding determination unit 209 determines that the boarding is in progress. That is, if the transmission control unit 208b determines that the boarding determination unit 209 is in the boarding state, even if the body movement determination unit 207 once determines that the body movement is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the value of the biological information is a predetermined value. Regardless of whether or not it falls below the threshold value, when the abnormality determination unit 205 determines that there is an abnormality and the body movement determination unit 207 determines that the body movement is less than the threshold value, the above measurement result is obtained. Transmission from the communication unit 23 to the server 3 is performed.

<Summary of Embodiment 3>
According to the configuration of the third embodiment, the measurement results of the heart rate measurement unit 202 and the blood pressure measurement unit 203 are not transmitted from the communication unit 23 to the server 3 when the user's body movement exceeding the threshold is measured. It can be reduced that the measurement result of the abnormal value not related to the abnormality is transmitted to the server 3. Therefore, as in the first embodiment, it is possible to reduce the transmission of useless data that causes misdiagnosis in the server 3 to the server 3 and to reduce the occurrence of useless communication load and processing load on the server 3. .

  In addition, according to the configuration of the third embodiment, it is possible to eliminate waste of erroneously transmitting an increase in the value of biological information due to exercise such as jogging to the server 3 as an abnormal value. Details are as follows. If the heart rate or blood pressure rises due to jogging or other exercise, it will take a long time for the heart rate or blood pressure to return to the normal range even if the body movement is less than the threshold, even if the exercise ends and rests. . On the other hand, according to the configuration of the third embodiment, once it is determined that the body movement is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the body movement determination unit 207 causes the body movement to occur until the value of the biological information falls below the predetermined threshold value. Even if it is determined to be less than the threshold value, standby processing is performed in which the abnormal value of the biological information is not transmitted to the server 3. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an increase in the value of biological information due to exercise such as jogging from being transmitted to the server 3 as an abnormal value.

  Furthermore, according to the configuration of the third embodiment, when the boarding determination unit 209 determines that the boarding is in progress, the standby process is not performed. Therefore, the standby process is performed during the boarding without a habit of the user performing exercise such as jogging. It becomes possible to eliminate waste. The biological information measurement device 2b may not include the boarding determination unit 209, and may be configured to perform standby processing regardless of whether the user is on board.

(Embodiment 4)
In the first to third embodiments, the configuration in which the measurement result is transmitted to the server 3 when it is determined that there is an abnormality in the measurement result of the biological information is not necessarily limited thereto, and the configuration of the following fourth embodiment may be employed. . In the fourth embodiment, the measurement result is transmitted to the server 3c regardless of the presence or absence of the measurement result of the biological information.

  Hereinafter, the configuration of the fourth embodiment will be described. The diagnosis support system 1 according to the fourth embodiment is the diagnosis support system according to the first embodiment, except that the biological information measurement device 2c is included instead of the biological information measurement device 2 and the server 3c is included instead of the server 3. Same as 1.

<Schematic Configuration of Biological Information Measuring Device 2c>
Here, the biological information measuring apparatus 2c according to the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the biological information measuring device 2 c includes a measurement related unit 20 c, a battery 21, an operation input unit 22, a communication unit 23, and a presentation unit 24. The biological information measuring device 2c according to the fourth embodiment is the same as the biological information measuring device 2 according to the first embodiment except that a measurement related unit 20c is provided instead of the measurement related unit 20.

<Schematic configuration of measurement related unit 20c>
Then, the measurement related part 20c of Embodiment 4 is demonstrated using FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the measurement related unit 20c includes a pulse wave sensor 201, a heart rate measurement unit 202, a blood pressure measurement unit 203, a storage unit 204, an acceleration sensor 206, a body motion determination unit 207c, and a transmission control unit 208c. Yes. The measurement-related unit 20c of the fourth embodiment has a point that the abnormality determination unit 205 is not provided, and a point that a body movement determination unit 207c and a transmission control unit 208c are provided instead of the body movement determination unit 207 and the transmission control unit 208. Except for this, it is the same as the measurement related unit 20 of the first embodiment.

  The body motion determination unit 207 c determines whether the body motion measured by the acceleration sensor 206 is equal to or greater than a threshold value, in the same manner as the body motion determination unit 207. When the body motion determination unit 207c determines that the body motion is less than the threshold, the transmission control unit 208c transmits the past measurement results for a predetermined time stored in the storage unit 204 from the communication unit 23 to the server 3c. Let On the other hand, when the body motion determination unit 207a determines that the body motion is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the transmission control unit 208c sends the past measurement results stored in the storage unit 204 for a predetermined time from the communication unit 23 to the server 3c. Do not send to.

<Schematic configuration of server 3c>
Next, a schematic configuration of the server 3c will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the server 3c includes a control unit 30c, a communication unit 31, and a storage unit 32c.

  The communication unit 31 receives information transmitted from the biological information measuring device 2 or transmits information toward the biological information measuring device 2. The communication unit 31 may be configured to communicate with the biological information measuring device 2 via the in-vehicle communication module, or may be configured to communicate with the biological information measuring device 2 without using the in-vehicle communication module. .

  The control unit 30c stores the measurement result sequentially received from the biological information measuring device 2 by the communication unit 31 in the storage unit 32c and the diagnosis result based on the determination result that determines whether or not the diagnosis result is abnormal. The control unit 30 is the same as the control unit 30 of the first embodiment except that it is transmitted to the information measuring device 2c. The control unit 30c may determine that there is an abnormality when it is determined that there is a disease, for example, and transmit the diagnosis result from the communication unit 31 to the biological information measuring device 2.

  The memory | storage part 32c is the same as the memory | storage part 32 of Embodiment 1 except the point where the measurement result sequentially received from the biometric information measuring device 2 is memorize | stored. The measurement results sequentially stored in the storage unit 32c are used as a health management database in which changes in the user's physical condition are recorded.

<Measurement Result Transmission Related Process in Biological Information Measuring Device 2c>
Next, an example of the flow of measurement result transmission related processing in the biological information measuring device 2c will be described using the flowchart of FIG. The flowchart of FIG. 10 may be configured to start when the biological information measuring device 2c is turned on.

  First, the process from step S41 to step S42 is the same as the process of S1 to S2 described above. In step S43, the body motion determination unit 207c determines whether the user's body motion is equal to or greater than a threshold based on the acceleration measured by the acceleration sensor 206. And when it determines with a body motion being more than a threshold value (it is YES at S43), it moves to step S47. On the other hand, when it is determined that the body movement is less than the threshold (NO in S43), the process proceeds to step S44.

  In step S44, the transmission control unit 208c causes the communication unit 23 to transmit the measurement result in the latest processing of S41 stored in the storage unit 204 to the server 3. In step S45, if the communication unit 23 receives the diagnosis result transmitted from the server 3c when the server 3c determines that the diagnosis result is abnormal (YES in S45), the process proceeds to step S46. On the other hand, if the server 3c does not determine that the diagnosis result is abnormal and the communication unit 23 has not received the diagnosis result (NO in S45), the process proceeds to step S46.

  In step S46, the presentation unit 24 presents the diagnosis result received in S45 in the same manner as S8 described above. In step S47, similarly to S9 described above, when it is the end timing of the measurement result transmission related process (YES in S47), the measurement result transmission related process is ended. On the other hand, if it is not the end timing of the measurement result transmission related process (NO in S47), the process returns to S41 and the process is repeated. When repeating measurement result transmission related processing, for example, by periodically repeating every 10 minutes or the like, the measurement result for a certain period is displayed except when the body motion determination unit 207c determines that the body motion is equal to or greater than the threshold value. What is necessary is just to transmit to the server 3c regularly.

  In the measurement result transmission related process in the biological information measuring device 2c, as described above, when the body movement determining unit 207c determines that the body movement is equal to or greater than the threshold, the body movement determining unit 207c determines that the body movement is less than the threshold. Until then, the measurement result of the biological information is not transmitted to the server 3c.

<Summary of Embodiment 4>
According to the configuration of the fourth embodiment, the measurement results of the heart rate measurement unit 202 and the blood pressure measurement unit 203 are not transmitted from the communication unit 23 to the server 3c when the user's body movement exceeding the threshold is measured. It is not necessary to send a measurement result having a high possibility of including an abnormal value unrelated to the abnormality to the server 3c. Therefore, it is possible to reduce transmission of useless data causing misdiagnosis in the server 3c to the server 3c, and to reduce generation of useless communication load and processing load on the server 3c.

(Modification 1)
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the heart rate and the blood pressure are measured from the pulse wave measured by the pulse wave sensor 201 is shown. However, the configuration is not necessarily limited thereto, and the heart rate and the blood pressure may be measured by other methods. . As an example, an instantaneous heart rate (RRI) or the like may be measured from an electrocardiogram measured by a sensor that measures the electrocardiogram.

(Modification 2)
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the heart rate and the blood pressure are measured as the biological information is shown, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, it is good also as a structure which measures any one of a heart rate and a blood pressure. Moreover, as long as it is biological information in which an abnormal value may be measured by body movement, another biological information may be measured.

(Modification 3)
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the biological information measuring devices 2, 2a, 2b, and 2c are wearable devices that are used by being worn by a user has been described. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, the vehicle-mounted device which measures a user's biometric information with the electrode provided in the member which contacts a user, such as a steering wheel of a vehicle, a seat, etc. may be sufficient.

(Modification 4)
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the user's body movement is measured using the acceleration sensor 206 is shown, but the configuration is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, the vehicle-side unit 4 may be configured to include an indoor camera that images the interior of the vehicle, and the user's body movement may be measured based on the user's image captured by the indoor camera. As an example, the configuration may be such that the user's body movement is measured from a change in posture of the user's image that is sequentially captured by an indoor camera.

  When the biological information measuring devices 2, 2a, 2b, 2c are wearable devices, an image captured by the indoor camera is transmitted to the biological information measuring devices 2, 2a, 2b, 2c via the short-range communication device described above. The body movement may be measured by the biological information measuring devices 2, 2a, 2b, 2c. In addition, it is good also as a structure which measures to body movement with the control unit of an indoor camera, and transmits the measured body movement to biological information measuring device 2, 2a, 2b, 2c via a short-distance communication apparatus.

(Modification 5)
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the biological information measuring devices 2, 2a, 2b, and 2c are applied at the time of boarding is shown, but the configuration is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, it is good also as a structure applied except at the time of boarding. In this case, the vehicle support unit 4 may be excluded from the diagnosis support system 1. The biological information measuring devices 2, 2a, 2b, and 2c may be configured to communicate with the servers 3 and 3c without using the in-vehicle communication module.

(Modification 6)
In addition, the biological information measuring devices 2, 2a, 2b, and 2c may be configured to communicate with the servers 3 and 3c via a portable terminal such as a multi-function mobile phone. In this case, the communication between the biological information measuring devices 2, 2a, 2b, 2c and the portable terminal may be performed by wired communication or may be performed by short-range wireless communication. The communication between the mobile terminal and the servers 3 and 3c may be configured to be performed via a public communication network and a base station. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which makes the display apparatus and audio | voice output apparatus of a portable terminal bear the function of the presentation part 24 mentioned above. In addition, the biological information measuring devices 2, 2a, 2b, and 2c may be configured as a portable terminal such as a multi-function mobile phone.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and modifications, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the claims, and technical means disclosed in different embodiments and modifications, respectively. Embodiments obtained by appropriately combining the above are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Diagnosis support system, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c Biological information measuring device, 3, 3c server, 4 Vehicle side unit, 20, 20a, 20b, 20c Measurement related part, 23 Communication part (transmission part), 201 Pulse wave sensor (Biological sensor), 202 heart rate measurement unit (biological sensor), 203 blood pressure measurement unit (biological sensor), 204 storage unit, 205, 205a abnormality determination unit, 206 acceleration sensor (body motion measurement unit), 207, 207a, 207c Motion determination unit, 208, 208a, 208b, 208c transmission control unit

Claims (9)

Biometric sensors (201, 202, 203) for measuring user biometric information;
A biological information measuring device comprising: a transmission unit (23) capable of transmitting the biological information measured by the biological sensor to a server that performs diagnosis based on the biological information;
A body movement measuring unit (206) for measuring the user's body movement;
A transmission control unit (208, 208a, 208b, 208c) that prevents the biological information measured by the biological sensor from being transmitted from the transmission unit to the server when the body movement measurement unit measures the body movement above a threshold; A biological information measuring device comprising: In claim 1,
An abnormality determination unit (205, 205a) for determining whether or not the biological information measured by the biological sensor is an abnormal value;
The transmission control unit (208, 208a) is a case where the body motion measurement unit does not measure the body motion that is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and the abnormality determination unit determines that the biological information is an abnormal value. And a biological information measuring apparatus that transmits the biological information measured by the biological sensor from the transmitting unit to the server. In claim 2,
The abnormality determination unit (205a) determines whether or not the biological information measured by the biological sensor is an abnormal value when the body movement measurement unit does not measure the body movement equal to or greater than a threshold value. When the body motion that is equal to or greater than the threshold is measured by the body motion measurement unit, it is not determined whether the biological information measured by the biological sensor is an abnormal value.
The transmission control unit (208a) causes the biological information measured by the biological sensor to be transmitted from the transmission unit to the server when the abnormality determination unit determines that the biological information is an abnormal value. The biological information measuring device which does not transmit the biological information measured by the biological sensor from the transmitting unit to the server when the biological information is determined not to be an abnormal value by a unit. In claim 2,
A body motion determination unit (207) that determines whether or not the user's body motion above a threshold is measured when the biological information is determined to be an abnormal value by the abnormality determination unit (205);
If the transmission control unit (208) determines that the body movement determination unit has not measured the body movement that is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the transmission control unit (208) transmits the biological information determined as an abnormal value by the abnormality determination unit from the transmission unit. While transmitting to the server, if it is determined that the body motion that is equal to or greater than the threshold is measured by the body motion determination unit, even the biological information determined as an abnormal value by the abnormality determination unit is transmitted from the transmission unit. A biological information measuring device that is not transmitted to the server. In claim 1,
The body movement measurement unit measures the user's body movement,
The transmission control unit (208c) periodically transmits the biological information measured by the biological sensor from the transmission unit to the server until the body movement measurement unit measures the body movement equal to or greater than a threshold value. When the body motion that is greater than or equal to the threshold value is measured by the body motion measurement unit, the biological information measured by the biological sensor is transmitted until the body motion measurement unit does not measure the body motion that is greater than or equal to the threshold value. The biological information measuring device which shifts the timing which transmits to the said server from a part. In any one of Claims 1-5,
A biological information measuring device used by being worn by the user. In claim 6,
An abnormality determination unit (205, 205a) for determining whether or not the biological information measured by the biological sensor is an abnormal value;
The biometric sensor measures at least one of the user's heart rate and blood pressure as the biometric information,
The transmission control unit (208a, 208b)
The living body information measured by the living body sensor when the body movement measuring unit does not measure the body movement equal to or greater than the threshold and when the living body information is determined to be an abnormal value by the abnormality determining unit. While transmitting from the transmitter to the server,
When the body motion that is equal to or greater than the threshold is once measured by the body motion measurement unit, the body motion that is equal to or greater than the threshold is measured by the body motion measurement unit until the value of the biological information falls below a predetermined threshold. Standby processing that does not cause the biological information measured by the biological sensor to be transmitted from the transmitting unit to the server even if the biological information is determined to be an abnormal value by the abnormality determining unit. Transmitting biological information measuring device for performing. In claim 7,
A ride determination unit (209) for determining whether the user is in the vehicle;
The said transmission control part is a biological information measuring device which does not perform the said waiting | standby process, when the said board | substrate determination part determines that the said user is boarding a vehicle. The biological information measuring device (2, 2a, 2c) according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
A diagnosis support system including a server (3, 3c) that performs diagnosis based on biological information transmitted from the biological information measuring device.

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