JP3187026U - Body information collection device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a physical information collecting apparatus that measures and records the amount of human activity and the number of steps to perform health management, and particularly provides a physical information collecting apparatus that is easy to wear on a wrist or the like and has improved usability.
In a body information collecting apparatus comprising a body motion detecting means for detecting body motion and a case means for housing the body motion detecting means, the case means includes a case central portion 60 including a body motion detecting means and a case central portion. 60 includes a pair of band portions 20 and 21 extending on both the left and right sides, and one of the band portions 20 includes a magnet 10 in the vicinity of the tip portion thereof, and the other band portion 21 is in the vicinity of the tip portion thereof. The magnetic body 30 is provided, and both are magnetized.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a physical information collecting apparatus that measures and records the amount of human activity and the number of steps for health management, and more particularly to a physical information collecting apparatus that is easy to wear on the wrist and improves usability.

  In order to promote health and prevent obesity, an activity meter that measures and records daily activity and steps is put into practical use, and many people incorporate it into their daily lives. However, in order to improve the effect, it is necessary to keep track of the number of steps taken and the daily energy consumption, and therefore it is necessary to always wear such an activity meter. For example, an active mass meter worn on the wrist like a watch is an effective tool for holding it regularly and routinely.

  However, in order to attach the activity meter to the wrist, if a stopper called a buckle is provided like a watch band, it takes time and effort to attach it, and a complicated fine adjustment of the stop position is also required to fit the wrist. In addition, the metal structure of the buckle has the problem of increasing weight and reducing portability.

  Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a body information collecting apparatus that can be mounted on the wrist in a simple and stable state by improving the problems of the above-described conventional body information collecting apparatus.

  In order to solve the above problems, the body information collecting apparatus according to the present invention adopts the following configuration.

  That is, the invention according to claim 1 is a body information collecting apparatus comprising body motion detection means for detecting body motion and case means for housing the body motion detection means, wherein the case means incorporates the body motion detection means. A case center portion and a pair of band portions extending on the left and right sides of the case center portion, and one of the band portions is provided with a magnet near the tip thereof, and the other band portion is The body information collecting apparatus is characterized in that a magnetic body is provided near the tip, and the surface area of the magnetic body is larger than the surface area of the magnet.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the body movement detection means has either a short-range communication function based on a technical standard defined in ISO / 1EC18092 or a low-power communication function compliant with Bluetooth version 4.0. The physical information collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

  As described above, according to the body information collecting apparatus according to the present invention, the magnet of one band part and the magnetic body of the other band part are fixed and held by magnetic force at an arbitrary position, so that it is worn on the wrist. Can be quickly and easily performed, and can be wound around wrists of various thicknesses.

1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a body information collecting apparatus according to the present invention. It is a top view which shows the state which a pair of band part in the physical information collection apparatus which concerns on this invention opens and closes. It is explanatory drawing which shows the internal structure of the physical information collection apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the physical information collection apparatus which concerns on this invention.

  Hereinafter, a specific configuration of the physical information collecting apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 is a perspective view of the physical information collecting apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 (1) is a plan view showing a state in which a pair of band portions are opened, and FIG. 2 (2) is a pair of band portions. It is a top view which shows the closed state. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the internal structure, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation when winding around a wrist having a different thickness.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the body information collecting device 1 is formed in an elongated strap shape using an elastomer material such as silicon rubber, and a pair of band portions 20 on both the left and right sides of a case central portion 60 located in the center. A band portion 21 is extended. The band part 20 and the band part 21 are formed smaller in width and thickness than the case center part 60 and can be bent freely. Although not shown in the drawings, the band part 20 and the band part 21 are provided with a magnetic body made of a magnet, an iron plate, etc., and the band part 20 and the band part 21 are fixed by a magnetic force acting between them within the reach of the lines of magnetic force. A ring that is held and attachable to a wrist or the like is formed.

  In FIG. 2A, the magnet 10 is formed of a rare earth magnet such as a neodymium magnet or a samarium cobalt magnet, or a ferrite magnet, and is built in the vicinity of the tip of the band portion 20. In the vicinity of the tip of the other band portion 21, a magnetic body 30 whose shape is wider and longer than the magnet 10 is incorporated.

  The magnetic body 30 uses a general-purpose iron plate in the illustrated embodiment, but may be replaced with another ferromagnetic body. In the illustrated embodiment, the magnet 10 and the magnetic body 30 are built in the vicinity of the distal end portions of the band portion 20 and the band portion 21, respectively. However, the magnet 10 and the magnetic body 30 are distal ends of the band portion 20 and the band portion 21, respectively. You may make it provide with arbitrary attachment means, such as adhesion | attachment or adhesion, on the surface near a part.

  As shown in FIG. 2 (2), when the band part 20 and the band part 21 come into contact with each other, the band part 20 and the band part 21 are magnetized and held and fixed by the magnetic force acting between the magnet 10 and the magnetic body 30. .

  Since the surface area of the magnetic body 30 serving as a magnetized surface is larger than the surface area of the magnet 10, even if the lateral position of the band portion 20 and the band portion 21 is slightly moved, there is no hindrance to holding and fixing, and magnetic Since the shape of the body 30 is longer than that of the magnet 10, there is no problem in holding and fixing even if the positions of the band portion 20 and the band portion 21 in the length direction are shifted. That is, since the diameter of the ring-shaped body information collecting apparatus 1 can be freely selected, both a thick wrist person and a thin person can be freely worn on the wrist.

  As shown in FIG. 3, an electrical module 40 and a battery 50 are provided in the case central portion 60 of the physical information collecting apparatus 1 according to the present invention. Although not particularly shown, the electrical module 40 includes a three-dimensional acceleration sensor that captures a person's movement, a microcomputer, and a short-range communication function based on a technical standard defined in ISO / 1EC18092, or a small version that complies with Bluetooth version 4.0. And a communication circuit using any one of the power communication functions.

  In the embodiment, the battery 50 is a coin-type lithium battery. In order to secure a voltage for driving the electrical module 40, the body information collecting device 1 of the present invention uses two button-type batteries connected in series. Yes. In addition, it is also possible to use a lithium secondary battery as the battery 50, and it goes without saying that it is within the scope of the present invention.

The operation of the physical information collecting apparatus 1 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
4 (1) and 4 (2) are explanatory views showing the operation of the body information collecting apparatus 1 when the body information collecting apparatus 1 is wound around wrists having different thicknesses. In both figures, the wrist is displayed. Absent.

  As shown in FIG. 4 (1), when the body information collection device 1 is wound around a thin wrist, the band unit 20 moves to the case center 60 side of the band unit 21, and the band unit 20, the band unit 21, Has a small diameter and is held and fixed by the magnetic force between the magnet 10 and the magnetic body 30. As shown in FIG. 4 (2), when the body information collecting apparatus 1 is wound around a thick wrist, the band part 20 is held and fixed with a larger diameter than the band part 21.

  In any case, the magnetic body 30 has a shape that is wider and longer than the width of the magnet 10, and the overlapping position of the band portion 20 and the band portion 21 can be freely selected, so that it can be wound around wrists of various thicknesses. In addition, wearing on the wrist is quick and easy.

  In addition, the physical information collecting apparatus of the present invention has either a short-range communication function based on the technical standards defined in ISO / 1EC18092 or a low-power communication function compliant with Bluetooth version 4.0, and can be used for a personal computer or an information terminal. Since data upload becomes easy, an extremely easy-to-use physical information collection device is realized.

1: Body information collecting apparatus 10: Magnet 20: Band part 21: Band part 30: Magnetic body 40: Electrical component module 50: Battery 60: Center part of case

Claims (2)

  In a body information collecting apparatus comprising body motion detection means for detecting body motion and case means for housing the body motion detection means, the case means includes a case central portion including the body motion detection means and a case central portion. A pair of band portions extending on the left and right sides, and one of the band portions is provided with a magnet near its tip, and the other band is provided with a magnetic material near its tip; and The body information collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic body has a surface area larger than that of the magnet.   2. The body movement detecting means is provided with either a short-range communication function based on a technical standard defined in ISO / 1EC18092 or a low-power communication function based on Bluetooth version 4.0. The physical information collecting device described.

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