JPH09215663A - Home care health management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a health condition measuring apparatus and a home care health management terminal which allow even aged persons or house wives to build and operate a home care health managing system easily within home. SOLUTION: This system comprises at least one type of device to measure health condition, a home care health management terminal which has a function of inputting, processing and displaying data obtained from the device for measuring health condition and a function for data communication to outside through a public network and a server system to receive, process and distribute data transmitted from the home care health management terminal. In this case, a program for controlling devices covers the devices as mentioned above and in the utilization of a home care health managing system, the program for controlling devices is introduced into the home care health management terminal to build a home care health management program.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention enables health management at home or the like while receiving advice from a specialist by sending data on a health condition measured in a general household to a specialist such as a doctor through a network. About home health management system that can.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an increase in medical burden due to the advent of an aging society has become a major social problem, and in order to address this, a home health care system based on preventive medicine has begun to be proposed.

This is to measure the health condition data that can be measured in a general household (for example, the blood pressure value measured by an electronic sphygmomanometer, the blood glucose level measured by a urine sensor, etc.) in each household without going to the hospital. The data is input to a personal computer and sent to a medical institution or health care center using a public line for data analysis and judgment by a specialist.

As a device for measuring a health condition,
Other than the above, an electrocardiograph, a thermometer, a weight scale, and the like have been considered, and there is no particular limitation as long as they can sense a health condition. In addition, these devices may be used alone or a plurality of devices may be used depending on the situation of the user. However, with only these devices,
It only displays the measurement data and cannot process the measurement data in an integrated manner to make decisions.

According to such an in-home health management system, daily health management at home can be performed under the guidance of a specialist, and more reliable health management can be achieved. It will lead to reduction.

However, a system for inputting, processing, and displaying the data obtained from the device for measuring the health condition and for performing data communication to the outside through a network should be designed, installed, and operated at home. The conventional method relies on system engineers and specialists because it requires specialized knowledge, and there is a problem that elderly people and housewives cannot easily do it.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a health condition measuring device and a home health management terminal which allow an elderly person and a housewife to easily construct and operate a home health management system at home. It is to be.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the invention, at least one type of device for measuring a health condition and data obtained from the device for measuring the health condition are input / processed / displayed. A home health management terminal having a function to perform and data communication to the outside through a public line,
In a home health management system including a server system for receiving, processing, and distributing data transmitted from the home health management terminal, the device control program is held by the device, and the home health management system is At the time of use, the device control program is introduced from the device to the home health care terminal to configure the home health care program. That is, according to the invention of claim 1, as shown in FIG. 1, in a home health management terminal and a device for measuring a health condition in a home health management system, each device has a program for controlling each device. Therefore, the device control program is introduced from each device to the home health management terminal to form the home health management program. By doing so, even if the device is changed or added, the manual work of re-installing the program on the home health care terminal can be omitted. Also, by attaching a new control program to the new device, it is possible to automatically upgrade the home health management program.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the home health management terminal detects the presence of the device and automatically constructs a client server network system including the home health management terminal and the device. There is. That is, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the home health care terminal automatically detects the presence of a device for measuring the health condition, and then automatically comprises the home health care terminal and the detected device. It is designed to build a client-server network system. For example, when a new device is added, the system is automatically expanded by introducing a control program for that device from the device, and when the device installed in the system is no longer detected. Delete the control program for the device to shrink the system. With the above functions, the system can always satisfy the necessary functions and can be suppressed to the minimum system scale. As such an example, a case where there is one home health management terminal and four health condition measuring devices will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6. However, the meaning of each symbol in FIGS. 2 to 6 is as shown in FIG. 7.

First, as shown in FIG. 2, there is no information connection between the home health care terminal and a plurality of devices (specifically, a wired connection by a cable or a wireless connection by radio waves or infrared rays). (Means) is not formed, the home health management terminal and each device are standalone, and the client server network system is not constructed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, when the home health care terminal and one device have an information connection, the home health care terminal detects the presence of the device and communicates with the device. Communicate and acquire a device control program from the device.

Then, a process is allocated to the device control program, and as a result, a system with one home health care terminal and one device is constructed. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, when an information connection is made with two more devices, the home health care terminal newly detects the two devices and performs the same procedure as described above,
Expand to a system consisting of one home health care terminal and three devices.

Next, when a device having an information connection loses the information connection as shown in FIG. 5, the home health care terminal identifies the device and sets a process in a control program for the device. Discontinue the allocation and delete the device control program from the system. As a result, the previous system contracts to a system with one home health care terminal and two devices.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, when the home health management terminal newly has an information connection with another device, the home health management terminal detects the new device and a new device control program is detected. To introduce. As a result, 1
A system consisting of three home health care terminals and three devices will be constructed.

With the above functions, not only the system can be constructed without relying on human hands, but also the system is upgraded automatically by replacing the device or introducing a new device. It becomes possible.

In a third aspect of the present invention, the device and the home health management terminal construct a wireless client-server network system using radio waves. With this function, when there is a device within the range of radio waves of the home health care terminal, the device is automatically taken into the system, and the device that does not reach the radio wave is automatically deleted from the system. To realize. In other words, it is possible to construct a desired home health care system by simply placing the device and the home health care terminal within the range of radio waves, without the troublesome connection work that is required in a wired network.

According to a fourth aspect of the invention, multitasking and distributed processing are performed in the client server network system including the device and the home health care terminal. This makes it possible to control and control the device for measuring all health conditions in real time.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8, when considering a system consisting of one home health care terminal and n devices, some of the devices require 24-hour measurement, There are also devices that measure data at one point in time. For example, an electrocardiograph may require 24-hour measurement, and a sphygmomanometer may be sufficient once a day. In such a case, multitask scheduling allocates one process to each device,
Always control the equipment in real time. Thereby, for example, it becomes possible to occasionally measure the blood pressure and the body temperature or transfer the data to the outside while measuring the electrocardiographic waveform for 24 hours.

If distributed processing is performed, the amount of data handled in real time is large, and when the home health management terminal alone lacks the computing capacity, the processing is shared among the devices and a data processing engine is added to the system. Then, it becomes possible to supplement the calculation ability. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, when a data processing engine is installed in the device n, when the home health management terminal and the data processing engine are required to have a large computing capacity that cannot perform real-time processing only with the home health management terminal. Real-time processing becomes possible by sharing the processing with. By performing such distributed processing and multithreading remotely, it is possible to improve the capabilities of the overall home health management system. Also,
When the function of each device is improved compared to the home health management terminal, it is possible to let all the system management be performed by the device side instead of the home health management terminal.

[0020]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION FIG. 10 is a diagram of a home health care system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. An electrocardiograph 10, an electronic sphygmomanometer 20, and an electronic thermometer 30 are used as devices for measuring a health condition, and these have radio wave transmitting / receiving circuits 12, 22, 32, respectively. When the home health care terminal 40 (having the radio wave transmission / reception circuit 42) and the devices 10, 20, 30 are within the range of mutual radio waves, wireless two-way communication is possible. This home health management terminal 40 inputs / processes / processes data obtained from the devices 10, 20, 30.
It has a function of displaying and a function of performing data communication to the outside through a public line.

How these devices 10, 20, 30 and the home health care terminal 40 construct a client-server network system will be described.
First, the case of incorporating a new device into the system will be described. 11 and 12 show how the electronic blood pressure monitor 20 is newly introduced into the system including the home health care terminal 40 and the electrocardiograph 10. If the electronic sphygmomanometer 20 is newly brought into an area where wireless communication with the home health care terminal 40 is possible, the home health care terminal 40 first detects the electronic sphygmomanometer 20 and the electronic sphygmomanometer control program 21 Prompt transfer. In response to this, the electronic sphygmomanometer 20 transfers the electronic sphygmomanometer control program 21 to the home health care terminal 40. The home health management terminal 40 automatically expands the system by adding the transferred electronic blood pressure monitor control program 21 to the home health management program 41 and allocating processes. As a result, the home health management terminal 40 and the electrocardiograph 10,
A system based on the electronic blood pressure monitor 20 is automatically constructed.

Next, a case where the device is deleted from the system will be described. From the system consisting of home health management terminal 40, electrocardiograph 10, electronic blood pressure monitor 20, and electronic thermometer 30,
13 and 14 show how the electronic blood pressure monitor 20 is deleted. If the electronic sphygmomanometer 20 is removed from the area in which communication with the home health management terminal is possible, the electronic sphygmomanometer 20 and the home health management terminal 40 cannot perform wireless communication. The home health care terminal 40 detects this, stops allocating the process to the electronic sphygmomanometer control program 21, and deletes the electronic sphygmomanometer control program 21 from the home health care program 41 to automatically contract the system. As a result, a system including the home health management terminal 40, the electrocardiograph 10, and the electronic thermometer 30 is automatically constructed.

With the above functions, the home health care can be achieved by simply bringing the device into the area where wireless communication with the home health care terminal is possible without performing the troublesome connection work and setting work as seen in a wired network. It becomes possible to build a management system.

[0024]

According to the present invention, in a home health management system, a health condition measuring device and a home health management terminal are provided which allow an elderly person or a housewife to easily construct and operate a home home health management system. It becomes possible to do. Furthermore, since the present invention enables local system changes, it is effective for long-term system operation.

Further, when the system is constructed by the wireless network, the home health management system can be constructed and maintained automatically by simply bringing the device close to the home health management terminal. In other words, it becomes possible to provide a system that anyone can handle.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of the invention of claim 1;

FIG. 2 is a first explanatory diagram showing an operation of the invention of claim 2;

FIG. 3 is a second explanatory view showing the operation of the invention of claim 2;

FIG. 4 is a third explanatory view showing the operation of the invention of claim 2;

FIG. 5 is a fourth explanatory view showing the operation of the invention of claim 2;

FIG. 6 is a fifth explanatory view showing the operation of the invention of claim 2;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the meaning of symbols appearing in FIGS. 2 to 6;

FIG. 8 is a first explanatory diagram showing an operation of the invention of claim 4;

FIG. 9 is a second explanatory view showing the operation of the invention of claim 4;

FIG. 10 is an overall configuration diagram showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a state before automatic expansion of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a state after automatic expansion of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a state before automatic contraction of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory view showing a state after automatic contraction of the system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Electrocardiograph 11 Electrocardiograph Control Program 12 Electrocardiograph Wireless Unit 20 Electronic Blood Pressure Monitor 21 Electronic Blood Pressure Monitor Control Program 22 Electronic Blood Pressure Monitor Wireless Unit 30 Electronic Thermometer 31 Electronic Thermometer Control Program 32 Electronic Thermometer Wireless Unit 40 Home Health care terminal 41 Home health care program 42 Wireless unit of home health care terminal

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. At least one type of device for measuring a health condition, a function of inputting, processing, and displaying data obtained from the device for measuring a health condition, and data communication to the outside through a public line. In a home health management system including a home health management terminal having a function of performing, and a server system for receiving, processing, and distributing the data transmitted from the home health management terminal, the device control program is Owning the home health management system, when using the home health management system, the home health management program is configured by introducing a device control program from the device to the home health management terminal. system. 2. The home health care terminal detects the presence of the device, and automatically builds a client server network system including the home health care terminal and the device. Home health management system. 3. The home health management system according to claim 1, wherein the device and the home health management terminal constitute a wireless client-server network system using radio waves. 4. The home health management system according to claim 1, wherein the client server network system including the device and the home health management terminal performs multitasking and distributed processing.