JP2019220745A - Biological measurement control unit, biological measurement control method, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

To perform biological measurement of a user who gives a job more suitably than before.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus 1 calculates a measurement completion time that is the time at which a weight measuring device 10r or a biological information measuring device 10s completes measurement for each of a plurality of items on a living body, calculates a job completion time that is the time at which a job that is given by a user and includes image processing is completed, presents items, among the plurality of items, which have a measurement completion time earlier than the job completion time so as to cause the user to select the item, and causes the weight measuring device 10r or the biological information measuring device 10s to measure each of the one or more selected items among the plurality of items.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for controlling an apparatus for measuring a living body.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, image forming apparatuses in which functions such as copy, PC print, facsimile, scan, and box are integrated have become widespread. Such an image forming apparatus is generally called a “multifunction machine” or “MFP (Multi Function Peripherals)”.

  Further, there has been proposed a technique of measuring a living body of a user while the user causes the image forming apparatus to execute a job.

  The MFP described in Patent Literature 1 includes a measuring unit that measures a user's cardiac potential, an analyzing unit that analyzes the measured cardiac potential, a notifying unit that notifies the analyzed result, and a job receiving unit that receives a job. A job execution unit that executes jobs in the order in which the jobs are received, an execution time prediction unit that predicts a job execution time in which the job execution unit executes at least one of the plurality of jobs received by the job reception unit, The end time prediction unit predicts the end time at which the unit ends the analysis, and the order in which the related job related to the user whose cardiac potential is to be measured is executed in response to the start of the measurement of the cardiac potential. A change unit that changes the order in which the period in which the job is executed and the end time have a predetermined relationship.

  According to this MFP, the user can utilize the waiting time until the job is completed.

  In recent years, a technique has been proposed in which a user causes another device to execute processing via an image forming apparatus.

  The multifunction peripheral unit described in Patent Literature 2 presents a list of devices currently connected to the network to a user's browser terminal. Furthermore, after the user selects a device to be used, a list of processing functions executable by the selected device is presented to the user. As a result, the user can select a device to be used and then select what processing is to be performed using the device.

JP 2017-228996 A JP 2007-251330 A

  By the way, by combining the MFP described in Patent Literature 1 with the MFP unit described in Patent Literature 2, it is possible to configure an MFP that allows a user to select which item relating to a living body is to be measured. .

  However, according to this MFP, if the time taken to measure the item selected by the user is longer than the time taken to execute the job given by the user, another job will execute earlier than the job. May be done.

  Therefore, the user may have to wait for a longer time than before the job is completed.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to enable a user who has given a job to more appropriately measure a living body than before.

  The biometric measurement control device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a measurement completion time calculation unit that calculates a measurement completion time that is a time at which the measurement unit finishes measurement of each of a plurality of items related to a living body, and a measurement completion time calculation unit. A job completion time calculation unit for calculating a job completion time which is a time at which a job including image processing is completed, which is provided by a user to be measured, and wherein the measurement completion time of the plurality of items is the job completion time. Option presenting means for presenting the user to select an item earlier than time, and measurement control for causing the measuring means to measure one or a plurality of selected items selected by the user among the plurality of items Means.

  Preferably, the option presenting means presents the user to select one of the plurality of items whose measurement completion time is later than the job completion time from the earlier one, so that the user can select the item.

  Alternatively, there is provided a result presenting unit for presenting the measurement result of each of the one or more selected items obtained by the measuring unit to the user.

  According to the present invention, it is possible for a user who has given a job to perform measurement of a living body more suitably than before.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an overall configuration of a network print system. FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a hardware configuration of an image forming apparatus. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the image forming apparatus. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of job data. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the flow of a measurement item reception process. It is a figure showing an example of a selection screen. It is a figure showing an example of a measurement result screen. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of an overall process executed by a control program. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the flow of a measurement item reception process. It is a figure showing an example of a selection screen. It is a figure showing an example of an effective period for every item. It is a figure showing an example of a measurement result screen. It is a figure showing an example of a selection screen. It is a figure showing the example of an additional selection screen.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of the network print system 100. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the image forming apparatus 1.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the network print system 100 includes an image forming apparatus 1, one or a plurality of terminal devices 2, a communication line 3, and the like.

  Each device of the network print system 100 can perform communication via the communication line 3. As the communication line 3, a so-called LAN (Local Area Network) line, the Internet, a dedicated line, a public line, or the like is used.

  The image forming apparatus 1 is an apparatus generally called an MFP (Multi Function Peripherals) or a multifunction peripheral, and is an apparatus in which functions such as copying, PC printing, facsimile, scanning, and box are integrated.

  The PC print function is a function of receiving image data from the terminal device 2 and printing the image on paper (print sheet). It may be called "network printer function" or "network printing function".

  The box function is a function for providing a storage area called “box” or “personal box” for each user, and for each user to store and manage image data and the like in his / her own storage area. The box corresponds to a “folder” or “directory” in a personal computer.

  As shown in FIG. 1 or 2, the image forming apparatus 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10a, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 10b, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 10c, an auxiliary storage device 10d, an Ethernet interface 10e, and a modem. 10f, an operation key panel 10g, a touch panel display 10h, a scan unit 10i, a print unit 10j, a finisher unit 10k, a weight measurement device 10r, a biological information measurement device 10s, and various circuits. “Ethernet” is a registered trademark.

  The Ethernet interface 10 e communicates with the terminal device 2 via the communication line 3 using a protocol such as TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol).

  The modem 10f exchanges image data with a facsimile terminal via a public telephone line using a protocol such as G3.

  The operation key panel 10g is a so-called hardware keyboard, and includes ten keys, a start key, a stop key, a function key, and the like.

  The touch panel display 10h displays a screen for giving a message or an instruction to the user, a screen for inputting a type of processing and processing conditions desired by the user, a screen showing a result of the processing executed by the CPU 10a, and the like. I do. The user can input information and commands to the image forming apparatus 1 by operating the touch panel display 10h or the operation key panel 10g while viewing these screens.

  The scan unit 10i includes an image sensor, an optical system, an ADF (Auto Document Feeder), a platen glass, and the like. The scan unit 10i reads an image written on a sheet (document sheet) set on the ADF or the platen glass, and reads image data. Generate

  The print unit 10j includes a paper feed unit, a transport unit, a print engine, and the like, and, in addition to the image read by the scan unit 10i, the image indicated by the image data received from the terminal device 2 or the facsimile terminal on a print sheet. Print.

  The finisher unit 10k performs a finishing process on a sheet on which an image is printed by the print unit 10j, that is, a printed material. Specifically, the finisher unit 10k includes a stapling device, a punching device, a paper folding device, and the like. Then, as the finishing process, one or more of a process of binding the sheet with a stapling device, a process of punching a hole in the sheet, and a process of bending the sheet are performed.

  The body weight measuring device 10r is provided on the floor near the side surface on the touch panel display 10h side (for example, at a distance of several tens of centimeters from the side surface) of the side surface of the main body of the image forming apparatus 1, and measures the weight of the user. Measure. Then, the result of the measurement is transmitted to the CPU 10a.

  The biological information measuring device 10s measures the user's body temperature, pulse wave, and R wave. Further, the user's blood pressure and stress are measured by analyzing the pulse wave and the R wave. Then, the result of the measurement is transmitted to the CPU 10a. These items (attributes) of the body are measured by known methods. For example, the stress may be measured by a calculation method based on RRI (R-R Interval).

  The control program 10P is stored in the ROM 10c or the auxiliary storage device 10d. The control program 10P is loaded into the RAM 10b and executed by the CPU 10a. A hard disk or a solid state drive (SSD) is used as the auxiliary storage device 10d.

  The control program 10P is a program that causes each unit of the image forming apparatus 1 to execute a job, and causes the weight measuring device 10r or the biological information measuring device 10s to measure various items of the body. The user can utilize the control program 10P and the waiting time until the job is completed more effectively than before.

  Hereinafter, this mechanism will be described with an example in which the image forming apparatus 1 is shared by a plurality of users. Each user is given one unique user identifier.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the image forming apparatus 1. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the job data 5A. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of the measurement item receiving process. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the selection screen 6A. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the measurement result screen 6B.

  According to the control program 10P, the job receiving unit 101, the job data storage unit 102, the job execution control unit 103, the subject identification unit 104, the job completion time calculation unit 105, the measurement completion time calculation unit 106, and the measurement items shown in FIG. The receiving unit 107, the measurement command unit 108, the result output unit 109, and the like are realized.

  The job receiving unit 101 executes a process of receiving a job and storing the job data 5A (see FIG. 4) of the job in the job data storage unit 102. This process is executed as follows depending on the type of job.

  For example, in the case of a job that reads an image from a document sheet and prints it on a print sheet (hereinafter, referred to as a “copy job”), the user logs in to the image forming apparatus 1 with his or her own user identifier in advance. . Then, the document sheet is set on the ADF or platen glass of the scanning unit 10i, and the operation key panel 10g or the touch panel display 10h is operated to input copy conditions and commands to the image forming apparatus 1. Similarly, in the case of other types of jobs to be sequentially described later, the user basically inputs or specifies a command or condition by operating the operation key panel 10g or the touch panel display 10h.

  Then, the job receiving unit 101 issues a unique job code of this job, and as shown in FIG. 4, the issued job code, the type and condition of this job, the user identifier of this user, the required time of the job, and the completion Data indicating a flag or the like is generated and stored in the job data storage unit 102 as the job data 5A. The job data 5A1 is an example of the job data 5A of the copy job.

  If the job is a copy job, the condition input at the time of the command is indicated as “condition”. A sequence number is used as the job code. That is, each job is assigned a smaller number such as “0001”, “0002”, “0003”,. The “completion flag” is a flag indicating whether this job has been completed. The initial value of the completion flag is “0”, which is a value indicating that the completion has not been completed. “1” is a value indicating completion.

  “Job required time” is an estimated time required from the start of this job to its completion. When the job is a copy job, the job receiving unit 101 calculates the required job time as follows, for example.

  The job receiving unit 101 allows the user to input the number of document sheets. Alternatively, the scanning unit 10i may detect the number of document sheets. When a document sheet is set on the ADF, the scan unit 10i detects the number of sheets using a weight sensor or a paper thickness sensor. When it is set on the platen glass, "1" is detected as the number of sheets.

  Further, the job receiving unit 101 calculates an average time required for printing per printing sheet based on the conditions of the job. Then, the required time of the job is calculated by multiplying the calculated time by the input or detected number of sheets.

  Alternatively, in the case of a job that receives image data from the terminal device 2 and prints the image on a print sheet (hereinafter, referred to as a “PC print job”), the user transmits the image data of the image to be printed to the terminal device. Prepare in 2. The user may prepare the image data by creating a document using an application such as word processing software or drawing software installed in the terminal device 2. Alternatively, it may be prepared by downloading data of a web page from a server on the Internet using a web browser. Then, the user activates the driver of the image forming apparatus 1 and inputs a print command along with job conditions.

  When these operations are performed, the terminal device 2 converts the image data into PDL (Page Description Language) or PJL (Printer Job Language) data corresponding to the image forming apparatus 1 based on the input conditions, and performs printing. The data is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 1 as data 5B. At this time, the user identifier of the user who has input the command is notified to the image forming apparatus 1.

  When receiving the print data 5B from the terminal device 2, the job receiving unit 101 issues a unique job code of this job, and issues the issued job code, the type of this job, the user identifier of this user, the required time of the job, and the completion time. Data indicating a flag or the like is generated and stored in the job data storage unit 102 as job data 5A along with the print data 5B. The job data 5A2 is an example of the job data 5A of the PC print job.

  When the job is a PC print job, the job receiving unit 101 calculates the required time of the job as follows. On the basis of the conditions shown in the print data 5B of this job, the average time required for printing per printing sheet and the number of printed sheets are obtained. Then, the job required time is calculated by multiplying the time and the number of sheets.

  Alternatively, in the case of a job for reading an image from a document sheet and transmitting the image to a facsimile terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a “facsimile transmission job”), the user logs in to the image forming apparatus 1 in advance with his or her own user identifier. . Then, the original sheet is set on the ADF or platen glass of the scanning unit 10i, and a facsimile number of a destination and a facsimile transmission command are input to the image forming apparatus 1. A plurality of facsimile numbers can be specified.

  Then, the job receiving unit 101 issues a unique job code of the job, and generates data indicating the issued job code, the type and condition of the job, the user identifier of the user, the required time of the job, the completion flag, and the like. Then, the job data 5A is stored in the job data storage unit 102.

  If the job is a facsimile transmission job, the input facsimile number is indicated as a condition. The job data 5A3 is an example of the job data 5A of the facsimile transmission job.

  When the job is a facsimile transmission job, the job receiving unit 101 calculates the required time of the job as follows. The user is caused to input the number of document sheets, or the scanning unit 10i detects the number of document sheets. Then, the required job time is calculated by multiplying the average transmission time per page by the number of input or detected sheets and the number of transmission destinations.

  Alternatively, a job of converting image data stored in a box to another format such as PDF (Portable Document Format) by performing OCR (Optical Character Recognition) processing and transmitting the converted data to an external device (hereinafter referred to as a “box”) In this case, the user logs in to the image forming apparatus 1 in advance using his or her user identifier. Then, the user specifies the data name of the image data to be transmitted from the box and inputs the identifier of the transmission destination. The user can enter a facsimile number or a computer name as the identifier. Note that the computer name is an identifier for identifying a device in an SMB (Server Message Block). Then, the user inputs a transmission command.

  Then, the job receiving unit 101 issues a unique job code of the job, and generates data indicating the issued job code, the type and condition of the job, the user identifier of the user, the required time of the job, the completion flag, and the like. Then, the job data 5A is stored in the job data storage unit 102.

  If the job is a box data transmission job, the specified data name and the input facsimile number or computer name are indicated as conditions. The job data 5A4 is an example of the job data 5A of the box data transmission job.

  Further, when the job is a box data transmission job, the job receiving unit 101 calculates the job required time as follows. The average conversion time required to convert the image data with the specified data name into another format is calculated based on the size of the image data. The transmission method corresponding to the type of the input identifier (facsimile number or computer name) and the average transmission time required to transmit the converted image data to the destination to which the identifier has been input, and the image data Calculate based on the size of Then, the job required time is calculated by adding the calculated conversion time and transmission time.

  Alternatively, in the case of a job for printing the image indicated by the image data stored in the box on a printing sheet (hereinafter, referred to as a “box print job”), the user can use the user's own Login in advance with an identifier. Specify the data name of the image data from the box and enter the printing conditions. Then, the user inputs a print command.

  Then, the job receiving unit 101 issues a unique job code of the job, and generates data indicating the issued job code, the type and condition of the job, the user identifier of the user, the required time of the job, the completion flag, and the like. Then, the job data 5A is stored in the job data storage unit 102.

  If the job is a box print job, the input condition is indicated as the condition. The job data 5A5 is an example of the job data 5A of the box print job.

  Further, when the job is a box print job, the job receiving unit 101 calculates the required time of the job as follows. The number of sheets for printing used to print the image of the image data with the designated data name is calculated, and the average time required for printing per sheet is calculated. Then, the required job time is calculated by multiplying the calculated time and the number of sheets.

  Alternatively, in the case of a job in which an image is read from a document sheet and subjected to OCR processing to generate a file in a specific format such as PDF and transmitted to an external device (hereinafter, referred to as a “scan transmission job”), The user logs in to the image forming apparatus 1 with his / her user identifier in advance. Then, the manuscript sheet is set on the ADF or platen glass, and a computer name and a command of a transmission destination are input.

  Then, the job receiving unit 101 issues a unique job code of the job, and generates data indicating the issued job code, the type and condition of the job, the user identifier of the user, the required time of the job, the completion flag, and the like. Then, the job data 5A is stored in the job data storage unit 102.

  In this case, the job receiving unit 101 calculates the required time of the job as follows. The generation time required to generate a file is calculated by multiplying the average data conversion time per sheet by the number of set original sheets. The transmission time required to transmit the file is calculated based on the communication speed and the predicted file size. Then, the job required time is calculated by adding the generation time and the transmission time.

  Returning to FIG. 3, when there is no job being executed, the job execution control unit 103 reads, from the job data storage unit 102, the job data having the smallest job code among the job data 5A whose completion flag is “0”. The auxiliary storage device 10d, the Ethernet interface 10e, the modem 10f, the scan unit 10i, the print unit 10j, the finisher unit 10k, and the like are controlled so that the job corresponding to the read job data 5A is executed.

  For the sake of simplicity, in the present embodiment, the image forming apparatus 1 does not execute a plurality of jobs in parallel, but executes the jobs one by one.

  When the job is completed, the job execution control unit 103 updates the completion flag of the job data 5A of the job to “1”.

  By the way, until the job is completed, the user selectively selects at least one of the items of his / her weight, body temperature, pulse wave, R wave, blood pressure, and stress to the weight measurement device 10r or the biological information measurement device 10s. It can be measured as follows. Hereinafter, a user to be measured is referred to as a “subject”.

  The subject inputs a start command 41 which is a command for starting the measurement mode. Then, processing for measurement is performed as follows.

  The subject specifying unit 104 specifies that the user currently logged in to the image forming apparatus 1 is the subject. Alternatively, the user may input his / her own user identifier on the operation key panel 10g or the touch panel display 10h, and may specify that the user having the input user identifier is the user. Alternatively, when a fingerprint is used as the user identifier, the subject may be specified by causing the biological information measuring device 10s to read the fingerprint.

When the person to be measured is specified by the person to be measured specifying unit 104, the job completion time calculation unit 105 determines that the job code specified by the person to be measured and which has not been executed yet has the largest job code (hereinafter, “Job code”). The job completion time Tk at which the subject's latest job is completed is predicted by the following equation (1).
Tk = Ts + SUM (s :: k) (1)

“Ts” is the time at which the currently running job started. “SUM (s :: k)” is the required job time of the currently executing job, the required job time of the subject's latest job, and the required job time of each job executed between these two jobs Is the sum of However, when the job currently being executed is the subject's latest job, the job duration of the subject's latest job is used as “SUM (s :: k)”.

The measurement completion time calculation unit 106 predicts the measurement completion time Tm at which the measurement is completed for each of the above six items, that is, body weight, body temperature, pulse wave, R wave, blood pressure, and stress, using the following equation (2). .
Tmi = Tc + Lmi (2)

“Tmi” is the measurement completion time Tm of the i-th item. Hereinafter, the order (value of i) of each of body weight, body temperature, pulse wave, R wave, blood pressure, and stress is “1,” “2,” “3,” “4,” “5,” and “6.” There is. “Lmi” is the time from when the measurement start command is input to when the measurement of the i-th item is completed. Each of Lm1 to Lm6 is a fixed value and can be obtained in advance by an experiment.

  The time Lm5 is equal to the longer of the time Lm3 and the time Lm4 plus the time for analyzing the pulse wave and the R wave for calculating the blood pressure. However, this may not be the case depending on the method of calculating the blood pressure. Similarly, the time Lm6 is equal to the longer of the time Lm3 and the time Lm4 plus the time for analyzing the pulse wave and the R wave to calculate the stress. However, this may not be the case depending on the method of calculating the stress.

  “Tc” is a time at which a start command 42, which will be described later, which is a command to start measurement, is predicted to be input. For example, the average time from when the start command 41 is input to when the start command 42 is input may be experimentally or obtained in advance, and Tc may be obtained by adding this time to the current time. The average time may be determined based on the history.

  The measurement item receiving unit 107 performs a process for allowing the user to select one of the above-described six items to be measured according to the procedure shown in FIG.

  The measurement item receiving unit 107 compares the measurement completion time Tm and the job completion time Tk for each item (# 701), and compares each of the above six items with a group of items whose measurement is completed by the job completion time Tk (hereinafter referred to as “group”). , "Completible group") and other groups (hereinafter referred to as "Complete impossible group") (# 702). That is, of the six items, the item of the measurement completion time Tm that is equal to or earlier than the job completion time Tk is classified into a group that can be completed, and the other items are classified into a group that cannot be completed.

  The measurement item accepting unit 107 causes the touch panel display 10h to display a selection screen 6A for presenting the items classified into the complete group and the items classified into the non-complete group as shown in FIG. 6 (# 703). . Here, the user (subject) selects an item to be measured by pressing a button corresponding to the item. Then, when the selection is completed, a start command is input by pressing a start button.

  Then, the measurement item receiving unit 107 receives the start command 42 and receives an item corresponding to the pressed button as a selected item (# 704).

  After pressing the start button, the user stands on the weight measuring device 10r and holds the biological information measuring device 10s in a correct posture.

  When the start command 42 and the selected item are received by the measurement item receiving unit 107, the measurement command unit 108 supplies the measurement command data 5C indicating the selected item to the weight measuring device 10r and the biological information measuring device 10s.

  Each of the weight measurement device 10r and the biological information measurement device 10s starts measurement of the selected item indicated in the measurement command data 5C when the measurement command data 5C is provided.

  For example, when the measurement command data 5C indicates the body weight, the body temperature, and the R wave as the selected items, the weight measurement device 10r starts measuring the body weight, and the biological information measurement device 10s measures the body temperature and the R wave. To start. Alternatively, when the body weight is not shown in the measurement command data 5C, the body weight measuring device 10r does not perform the measurement, and when the body weight is not shown in the measurement command data 5C, the body weight measuring device 10r does not perform the measurement, and the body temperature and the pulse wave are not measured. , R-wave, blood pressure, and stress are not indicated, the biological information measurement device 10s does not perform measurement. Alternatively, when the R-wave and the stress are indicated in the measurement command data 5C, even if the blood pressure is not indicated, the biological information measuring device 10s measures not only the R-wave and the stress but also the blood pressure. This is because blood pressure data is needed to measure stress.

  Then, the body weight measurement device 10r provides the result data 5D1 indicating the measurement value obtained by the measurement to the result output unit 109, and the biological information measurement device 10s outputs the result data 5D2 indicating the measurement value obtained by the measurement. To the unit 109.

  When the result data 5D1 and 5D2 are given, the result output unit 109 causes the touch panel display 10h to display a measurement result screen 6B representing the measurement values shown as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the overall processing flow executed by the control program 10P.

  Next, an overall processing flow in the image forming apparatus 1 will be described with reference to a flowchart. The image forming apparatus 1 executes processing according to the procedure shown in FIG. 8 based on the control program 10P.

  Upon receiving the job (Yes in # 11 in FIG. 8), the image forming apparatus 1 generates job data 5A of the job and stores it in the job data storage unit 102 (# 12).

  If the job can be started, for example, if there is no job being executed (Yes in # 13), the image forming apparatus 1 determines the earliest job among the jobs whose completion flag is “0”, that is, the unexecuted jobs. The execution of the received job is started (# 14). When the job is completed (Yes in # 15), the completion flag of the job data 5A of the job is updated to "1" (# 16).

  Alternatively, when the start command 41 is input (Yes in # 17), the image forming apparatus 1 specifies the subject (# 18) and calculates the job completion time Tk of the subject latest job (# 19). ), The measurement completion time Tm of each item is calculated (# 20). Then, a process for accepting the selected item is performed (# 21). The procedure of this process is as described above with reference to FIG.

  Then, the image forming apparatus 1 executes the measurement of the received selected item by the weight measuring device 10r or the biological information measuring device 10s (# 22), and when the measurement is completed (Yes in # 23), the measurement result is shown in FIG. Is displayed as the measurement result screen 6B (# 24).

  The image forming apparatus 1 appropriately executes the processing of steps # 11 to # 24 until the control program 10P ends.

  According to the present embodiment, it is possible for a user who has executed a job to more appropriately measure a living body than before.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of a measurement item receiving process. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the selection screen 6C.

  In the present embodiment, as described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, the measurement item receiving unit 107 classifies the candidate items to be measured into a group that can be completed and a group that cannot be completed and presents them to the subject. However, only the items belonging to the group that can be completed may be presented. In this case, the measurement item receiving unit 107 may perform the processing shown in FIG. 9 instead of the processing shown in FIG.

  The measurement item receiving unit 107 compares the measurement completion time Tm for each item with the job completion time Tk (# 711), and tries to select an item whose measurement is completed by the job completion time Tk (# 712).

  If the selection can be made (Yes in # 713), the measurement item receiving unit 107 displays a selection screen 6C as shown in FIG. 10 on the touch panel display 10h, which shows the selected item as an option (# 714).

  Here, the user (subject) selects an item to be measured by pressing a button corresponding to the item. Then, when the selection is completed, input is made by pressing the start button.

  Then, the measurement item receiving unit 107 receives the start command 42 and receives an item corresponding to the pressed button as a selected item (# 715).

  On the other hand, if the item cannot be selected (No in # 713), the measurement item receiving unit 107 displays a message indicating that there is no item whose measurement can be completed before completing the subject's latest job, on the touch panel display 10h. (# 716).

  In the present embodiment, the result output unit 109 displays the results of the measurement of each of a plurality of items (selected items) as shown in a measurement result screen 6B after all the measurements are completed. However, every time the measurement of any item is completed by the weight measuring device 10r or the biological information measuring device 10s, the result of that item may be displayed. Alternatively, the result of the item whose measurement has been completed at that time may be displayed every predetermined time (for example, every 10 seconds).

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an effective period for each item. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the measurement result screen 6D.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the items of body weight, body temperature, pulse wave, R wave, blood pressure, and stress are measured as the items related to the living body has been described as an example, but other items may be measured. For example, eyesight or hearing may be measured.

  In this case, an HMD (Head) provided with a speaker for outputting a sound for inspection, a button pressed by a user when the sound is being output, a display for displaying an image for inspection, and a camera for photographing the state of the eyes. A mounted display may be provided in the image forming apparatus 1 and the measurement command unit 108 may cause the HMD to measure the visual acuity and the hearing.

  Further, in this case, the measurement item receiving unit 107 arranges buttons corresponding to the visual acuity and the hearing ability as options on the selection screen 6A or the selection screen 6C. The measurement command unit 108 may cause the HMD to measure the visual acuity when the visual acuity is selected, and cause the HMD to measure the visual acuity when the visual acuity is selected.

  By the way, some of these items change their measured values in a short time, and some of them do not change much in a short time. The former is worth measuring without delay, while the latter is not.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, the validity period is determined in advance for each item. Then, the measurement command unit 108 may not measure the selected items of a certain subject that have not passed the validity period from the last measurement of the subject. Instead, the previous measurement result may be stored, and the previous measurement result may be presented as in a measurement result screen 6D of FIG.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the selection screen 6E. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of the additional selection screen 6F.

  By the way, generally, there is an item which can shorten the measurement time instead of lowering the accuracy. The measurement item receiving unit 107 may allow the user to select the accuracy of such an item to be measured. For example, if the biological information measuring device 10s can measure the blood pressure with 80% accuracy in 20 seconds, measure with 90% accuracy in 25 seconds, and measure with 100% accuracy in 30 seconds, As in the selection screen 6E of FIG. 13, each accuracy of blood pressure may be presented, and the user may select which accuracy to measure. Then, the measurement command unit 108 may cause the biological information measurement device 10s to measure the blood pressure with the accuracy selected by the user.

  However, the time at which the subject's latest job is actually completed may be later than the job completion time Tk. In such a case, measurement may be performed with higher accuracy.

  Therefore, the biological information measuring device 10s continues to measure the pulse wave and the R wave even after obtaining the information necessary for measuring the blood pressure with the accuracy selected by the user, that is, the pulse wave and the R wave. Then, even after measuring the blood pressure with the accuracy selected by the user, the blood pressure is measured with higher accuracy until the subject's latest job is completed. In this case, the result output unit 109 may present the measurement value (result) of each accuracy to the user. Alternatively, the most accurate result may be presented regardless of the user's selection.

  In the present embodiment, the body weight is measured by the body weight measuring device 10r, and the body temperature, the pulse wave, the R wave, the blood pressure, and the stress are measured by the biological information measuring device 10s. These items are all measured by one device. You may. Alternatively, the body information, the pulse wave, and the R wave may be measured by the biological information measurement device 10s, and the blood pressure and the stress may be measured by the image forming device 1 by analyzing the body temperature, the pulse wave, and the R wave.

  Alternatively, any one of the body temperature, the pulse wave, the R wave, the blood pressure, and the stress may be measured by a wearable general-purpose computer for the individual user instead of the biological information measuring device 10s. In this case, if the result of a certain item measured earlier by the general-purpose computer is within the above-mentioned validity period, the measurement command unit 108 does not cause the general-purpose computer to newly measure this item. May be presented.

  In the present embodiment, the job completion time Tk and the measurement completion time Tm are both prediction times when the start command 41 is input, and if calculated (predicted) thereafter, different times may be obtained. is there.

Therefore, the job completion time calculation unit 105 and the measurement completion time calculation unit 106 periodically perform the job completion time Tk and the measurement completion time until the subject's latest job is completed after the measurement is started. Tm may be calculated again. However, the measurement completion time calculation unit 106 recalculates the measurement completion time Tm using the following equation (3) instead of the equation (2).
Tmi = Tti + Lni (3)

“Tti” is the time when the measurement of the i-th item was actually started. “Lni” is the time required from the start of the measurement to the completion of the measurement of the i-th item, and can be obtained in advance by an experiment.

  The measurement item receiving unit 107 compares the latest job completion time Tk with each measurement completion time Tm. If a new item whose measurement is completed by the job completion time Tk appears, an additional selection screen as shown in FIG. By displaying 6F on the touch panel display 10h, the user is allowed to select whether or not to measure the item.

  In addition, after the start command 41 is input, the weight measuring device 10r and the biological information measuring device 10s immediately start measuring all items from a state where measurement is possible.

  Then, when the user selects to measure the item, the result output unit 109 causes the measurement result screen 6B or the measurement result screen 6D (see FIGS. 7 and 12) to additionally display the measurement result of the item.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6 or FIG. 13, the measurement item receiving unit 107 separates the items classified into the complete group and the items classified into the non-complete group by simply vertically separating the items. Although presented separately to the user, it may be presented separately by another method. For example, the item names of the items classified into the group which can be completed may be presented larger than the item names of the items classified into the group which cannot be completed.

  As shown in FIG. 6, whether to present both the items classified into the group that can be completed and the items classified into the group that cannot be completed or only the former as shown in FIG. The administrator may be able to select.

  In the present embodiment, the measurement item accepting unit 107 presents the items classified into the group that can be completed by displaying them on the touch panel display 10h, but may present them by outputting the item names by voice. Alternatively, one LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamp may be provided in advance for each item, and the LED may be presented by turning on the LED lamp corresponding to the item classified into the group that can be completed.

  Furthermore, a microphone, a voice board, and a voice analysis program may be provided in the image forming apparatus 1 and a selected item may be received by analyzing an item name said by the user with these.

  In addition, the configuration of the whole or each part of the image forming apparatus 1, the content of the processing, the order of the processing, the configuration of the data, the configuration of the screen, and the like can be appropriately changed in accordance with the gist of the present invention.

1 Image forming device (biological measurement control device)
105 Job Completion Time Calculation Unit (Job Completion Time Calculation Means)
106 Measurement Completion Time Calculation Unit (Measurement Completion Time Calculation Means)
107 Measurement item reception unit (option presenting means)
108 Measurement command part (measurement control means)
109 result output unit (result presenting means)
10r weight measuring device (measuring means)
10s biological information measuring device (measuring means)

Claims (11)

Each of a plurality of items related to the living body, a measurement completion time is calculated when the measurement means finishes the measurement, a measurement completion time calculation means,
A job completion time calculation unit that calculates a job completion time, which is a time at which a job including image processing is completed, provided by a user measured for the plurality of items,
Option presenting means for presenting the user to select the one whose measurement completion time is earlier than the job completion time among the plurality of items,
Measurement control means for causing the measurement means to measure each of one or more selected items selected by the user among the plurality of items,
A biological measurement control device comprising: The option presenting means, in which the measurement completion time of the plurality of items is later than the job completion time, is distinguished from the earlier one, and presented for the user to select.
The biological measurement control device according to claim 1. And a result presenting unit for presenting the measurement result of each of the one or more selected items to the user, obtained by the measuring unit.
The biological measurement control device according to claim 1 or 2. The result presenting means presents, by displaying, on a display, a screen summarizing the measurement results already obtained at that time at predetermined time intervals.
The biological measurement control device according to claim 3. The validity period is predetermined for each of the plurality of items,
The result presenting means, for an item for which the validity period has not yet elapsed since the user was measured in the past among the one or more selected items, presents the measurement result at the time.
The biological measurement control device according to claim 3 or 4. The measurement completion time calculation means, of the plurality of items, for an accuracy variable item that can be measured by changing the accuracy, calculates the measurement completion time for each of a plurality of accuracy,
The option presenting means presents the variable accuracy item together with the variable accuracy item so as to allow the user to select an accuracy in which the measurement completion time of the plurality of accuracy is earlier than the job completion time,
The measurement control unit causes the measurement unit to measure the accuracy variable item at an accuracy selected by the user among the plurality of accuracy,
The biological measurement control device according to claim 1. The measurement completion time calculation means, to be executed before the job, if there is a second job given by the user or another user, the time required to execute the second job and Calculating the measurement completion time based on the time required to execute the job,
The biological measurement control device according to claim 1. The measurement means starts measuring each of the plurality of items at a timing when the measurement can be performed,
The measurement completion time calculation means or the job completion time calculation means recalculates the measurement completion time or the job completion time,
The option presenting means is configured to cause the user to select, when a new item of the plurality of items whose latest measurement completion time is earlier than the latest job completion time newly appears, the newly appeared item. Presented to
The result presenting means, when the newly appearing item is selected, presents the measurement result of the item,
The biological measurement control device according to claim 3. Provided in the image forming apparatus that executes the job,
The biological measurement control device according to claim 1. Calculate the measurement completion time, which is the time at which the measurement unit finishes measuring each of the plurality of items related to the living body,
A job completion time, which is a time at which a job including image processing is completed, given by a user measured for the plurality of items, is calculated,
Presenting the measurement completion time of the plurality of items to cause the user to select an earlier one than the job completion time,
One or more selected items selected by the user among the plurality of items are respectively measured by the measuring means,
A biological measurement control method, characterized in that: A computer program for a computer used with the measuring means,
To the computer,
Each of a plurality of items relating to the living body, the process of calculating a measurement completion time is a time at which the measurement unit finishes measuring,
A process of calculating a job completion time, which is a time at which a job including image processing is completed, provided by a user measured for the plurality of items,
Causing the user to select the measurement completion time that is earlier than the job completion time for the user to execute the measurement completion time of the plurality of items;
Causing the measuring means to measure one or more selected items selected by the user among the plurality of items,
A computer program characterized by the above-mentioned.

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