JPH0535102U - Personal digital assistant device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] A single device capable of processing and transmitting / receiving personal medical information according to the highest priority during a health emergency, and parallel processing and transmission / reception of medical information and other information during normal operation. Personal digital assistant device as a personal computer. [Structure] An estimating means (17) for designating an abnormality requiring emergency processing for the health of the wearer from biological information detected by the wearer.
And 109), wireless transmission means (18 and 110) for transmitting the biometric information of the wearer estimated to be in an emergency state based on the output of the estimation means (17 and 109) and the related information thereof by wireless or wired according to the highest priority. Alternatively, a device equipped with wired transmission means (19 and 105).

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a personal portable information terminal device having a function of prioritizing transmission / reception of medical emergency information and a terminal function for other information.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Currently, as personal portable electronic devices or personal digital assistants, various devices such as radios, televisions, transceivers, mobile phones, calculators, word processors, laptop / palmtop computers, calorimeters, and pedometers are available. Although it is on the market, there are few portable terminals for personal medical emergency information.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 As mentioned above, there are almost no portable terminal devices for personal medical emergency information currently available on the market, but in the aging society due to the long life in the future, the demand for these devices will increase. Is believed to exist. However, if the above-mentioned personal portable medical information terminal device is carried as an individual device having a single function and further other personal portable information terminal devices are carried, the volume and weight of the entire portable device is reduced. Since it increases, it is inconvenient and unfavorable to carry a plurality of information terminal devices.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and processes and transmits / receives personal medical information according to the highest priority in a health emergency, and parallel processing of medical information and other information in a normal state. And a personal portable information terminal device as a single device capable of transmitting and receiving.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The personal portable information terminal device according to claim 1 of the present invention is a personal portable information terminal device for transmitting biometric information detected from a carrier and its related information and other information by time division or space division. Priority is given to estimating means for estimating an abnormality requiring emergency processing for the health of the wearer from the detected biometric information, and biometric information of the wearer estimated to be in an emergency state based on the output of the estimating means and its related information. Depending on the rank, it is provided with a wireless transmission means or a wired transmission means for transmitting wirelessly or by wire.

The personal portable information terminal device according to claim 2 of the present invention is added to each unit in the personal portable information terminal device according to claim 1, and is transmitted by the wireless transmission means or the wired transmission means. The wireless receiving means or the wired receiving means for wirelessly or wiredly receiving the response signal by voice modulation to the biological information of the wearer estimated to be the emergency state and its related information according to the highest priority and demodulating the audio modulation response signal. Is to have.

[0007]

[Action]

 In the device according to claim 1, in the personal portable information terminal device for transmitting the biometric information detected by the carrier and the related information thereof and the other information by time division or space division, the estimation means is From the detected biometric information, an abnormality that requires emergency treatment for the health of the wearer is estimated. The wireless transmission means or the wired transmission means transmits the biometric information of the carrier estimated to be in an emergency state based on the output of the estimation means and the related information thereof in the highest priority in a wireless or wired manner.

According to the second aspect of the invention, in addition to the respective actions of the respective means in the first aspect of the invention, the wireless receiving means or the wired receiving means is the wireless transmitting means or the wired transmitting means. A voice-modulated response signal to the biological information of the carrier estimated to be transmitted and the related information to be transmitted is received wirelessly or by wire according to the highest priority, and the voice-modulated response signal is demodulated and reproduced.

[0009]

【Example】

 First, the essence of the present invention will be described. The present invention is composed of the following items. , The biometric information of the person carrying the personal digital assistant device (including the accessory device) according to the present invention is constantly detected by the detection means. The biological information includes, for example, information on electrocardiogram, respiration, pulse, body temperature, blood pressure and the like. The biometric information detection means includes, for example, a sensor, an amplifier, and a quantizer (A / D converter), and is provided in the accessory device. The auxiliary device also includes a transmission means or a transmission means for transmitting or transmitting the output signal of the quantizer to the terminal device body.

[0010] The biological information transmitted or transmitted from the attached device to the terminal device main body is constantly monitored, and it is estimated from the monitoring result whether or not the wearer has an abnormality requiring emergency medical treatment. Examples of the monitor include an arrhythmia monitor and an ST / T displacement monitor. The abnormality estimating means may be composed of, for example, a medical check program prepared in advance and a control unit (for example, a microprocessor) of the apparatus that executes the program.

When the carrier of the apparatus is presently in an emergency state, the estimating means determines the biological information of the carrier and its related information (for example, estimated disease name, required emergency treatment, necessity of hospitalization, Information such as whether or not surgery is required) is transmitted by radio (eg, radio waves using UHF band frequency) or wire (eg, telephone line) according to the highest priority. Radio waves need to be approved as radio transmission means, but the technology has already been put to practical use, for example, in mobile phones and transceivers. As a wired transmission means, for example, a data transmission technique for connecting a terminal device to a telephone line via a modem has already been used. The reason that the above medical emergency information is transmitted at the highest priority is that this device has a transmission / reception function as a terminal device for various other information as well (for example, it also has the function of a laptop computer or word processor). ..

[0012] When the doctor of the medical institution receives the biometric information and the related information of the carrier in the emergency transmitted by the wireless transmission unit or the wired transmission unit, the doctor immediately determines the medical condition and judges the carrier. A voice-modulated response signal (for example, “immediately admit to the XX hospital” or “take the XX medicine immediately”) is transmitted to the wireless or wired communication. The carrier receives the response signal from the doctor with the wireless reception means or the wired reception means of the device having the function of receiving the priority, and demodulates and reproduces the voice modulation response signal to give a medical instruction by the voice of the doctor. You get the signal.

FIG. 2 is an external view showing an example of a personal digital assistant device according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a personal portable information terminal device main body. In this example, medical information processing, laptop personal computer information processing, warpro information processing, and the like are performed, and various kinds of information of processing results are displayed. It also has a function as a terminal device for transmitting and receiving. That is, a plurality of terminal devices, which are conventionally configured separately for each function, are integrated into a single device by an all-in-one concept, and a wireless or wired transmitting / receiving means is built in. It is characterized by having a control function of processing medical information that requires urgent processing in the highest priority and transmitting and receiving this processing information.

Reference numeral 11 in FIG. 2 is a keyboard, which is used as an input key of a personal computer or a word processor in addition to medical data. Reference numeral 12 denotes a display unit, which is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display element. Reference numeral 13 is a transmitting / receiving antenna, which is used for transmitting / receiving radio waves in the UHF band, for example. A radio transmitter / receiver 18 combined with the transmitter / receiver antenna 13 is also included in the device, but this is not shown. Reference numeral 14 denotes an infrared light receiving section included in a biomedical signal interface 17 (not shown) built in the present apparatus, which receives an infrared signal transmitted from the biomedical signal detecting / transmitting apparatus 2 which is an accessory device. The received biometric signal is estimated by the medical check software 109 to determine whether or not an abnormality requiring urgent processing has occurred.

Reference numeral 15 in FIG. 2 denotes a cable with a connector that connects the present apparatus and the communication modem 19, and connects the present apparatus and a telephone line to enable wired information transmission / reception. Reference numeral 16 denotes an earphone, which allows a wearer to hear an acoustic signal received and demodulated by a wireless or wired transmission / reception unit built in the apparatus.

In addition to the devices described above, the personal portable information terminal device main body 1 includes, in this example, a microprocessor (CPU), a RAM, a ROM, a floppy disk (FD) drive unit, etc., which constitute a personal computer. , But not shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 2 in FIG. 2 is a biological signal detection / transmission device which is an accessory device of the present device, and is carried by a person carrying the device in a pocket or the like. In this example, an example of measuring an electrocardiographic signal as a biomedical signal is shown, and the biomedical signal detection / transmission device 2 amplifies the signal detected from the electrocardiographic electrode 21 mounted on the body of the wearer and then performs an A / D converter. As the quantized data, the quantized data is transmitted to the infrared light receiving unit 14 in the personal digital assistant device body 1 via the infrared light emitting unit 22. It should be noted that the personal portable information terminal device body 1 and the bio-signal detection / transmission device 2 according to the present invention are applied as much as possible by applying, for example, a microminiaturization technology using a VLSI and a power saving technology using a CMOS. It is a compact, lightweight, power-saving device that is convenient to carry.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a software configuration of a personal digital assistant device according to the present invention. In the figure, the software 101 for scientific calculation, the software 102 for word processing, the local database 103, the software 104 for games, and the software 105 for communication are operating system (hereinafter referred to as OS) 200. Are combined. Note that the above software 101 to 104 are shown as examples of application software, and any other application software may be combined. The keyboard software 106, the display software 107, the power check software 108, the medical check software 109, and the teleterminal software 110 are combined with the housekeeping 201 in the OS 200. Since these software are related to the medical check software 109 having an interrupt function having a higher priority than general application software, they are combined with the housekeeping 201.

The communication software 105 has a built-in software that controls the communication modem 19 and sends / receives data in a wired manner via a telephone line or the like. The tele-terminal software 110 contains software for controlling the wireless transmitting / receiving unit 18 in the UHF band, for example, and wirelessly transmitting / receiving data via the transmitting / receiving antenna 13. The wired or wireless transmission / reception operation is usually performed by time division or space division (for example, by dividing wired and wireless) of a plurality of information based on various built-in software, but once medical emergency information occurs, The sending and receiving of this emergency information is executed according to the highest priority.

The medical check software 109 controls the biometric signal reception interface 17 including the infrared light receiving unit 14 and incorporates software for estimating whether the wearer has an abnormality requiring urgent processing. The power supply check software 108 has built-in software for checking the voltage drop of the built-in power supply battery and performing an alarm operation for recharging or replacement when the voltage drops below a predetermined voltage value.

The operating system (OS) 200 includes a housekeeping 201, a kernel 202, and a work area 203, and functions as service software that controls execution of medical-related software and various application software, respectively. Have. By providing the various application software and the required interfaces (hardware) in this device, in addition to the function as a personal portable medical terminal device, personal portable information as a single device that combines all the functions as an all-in-one A terminal device can be configured.

[0022]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, in the personal portable information terminal device for transmitting the biometric information detected from the wearer and its related information and the other information by time division or space division, the estimation means is An abnormality that requires emergency treatment for the health of the wearer is estimated from the detected biometric information, and the wireless transmission means or the wired transmission means estimates the biometric information of the wearer who is estimated to be in an emergency state based on the output of the estimation means. Since related information is sent by wireless or wired according to the highest priority, a single small-sized portable information terminal device can process and send / receive personal medical information by the highest priority during a health emergency. In normal operation, medical information and other information can be processed in parallel and transmitted / received.

According to the present invention, the wireless receiving means or the wired receiving means wirelessly or wiredly sends a response signal by voice modulation to the emergency medical information transmitted by the wireless transmitting means or the wired transmitting means according to the highest priority. Since the voice-modulated response signal is received and demodulated and reproduced, it is possible to prevent the deterioration of the medical condition, the delay, etc. by receiving emergency processing without delay.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a software configuration example of a personal digital assistant device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view showing an example of a personal digital assistant device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Personal Handheld Information Terminal Main Unit 2 Biological Signal Detecting / Sending Device 13 Transmission / Reception Antenna 14 Infrared Receiver 17 Biosignal Reception Interface 18 Radio Transmitter / Receiver 19 Communication Modem 105 Communication Software 109 Medical Check Software 110 Teleterminal Software 200 Operating system (OS) 201 Housekeeping

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A personal portable information terminal device for transmitting biometric information and related information detected from a wearer and other information by time division or space division, wherein the health of the wearer is judged from the detected biometric information. Estimating means for estimating the abnormality requiring the above-mentioned emergency processing, and wireless transmission for transmitting the biological information of the wearer estimated to be in an emergency state based on the output of the estimating means and its related information by wireless or wired according to the highest priority. A personal portable information terminal device, comprising: means or wired transmission means. 2. A response signal by voice modulation for the biological information of the wearer estimated to be in the emergency state and its related information transmitted by the wireless transmission means or the wired transmission means is received by wireless or wired by the highest priority, The personal portable information terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising a wireless receiving unit or a wired receiving unit that demodulates the voice modulation response signal.