JPH11136391A - Modem for health care network - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily construct an inexpensive health care network by supervising and displaying data that are exchanged between a health information measuring instrument an outside institutions. SOLUTION: Two-way radio optical communication devices 32, which perform communication through an infrared optical signal, are respectively connected to a health care measuring instrument, and when urine sugar value, blood pressure, a body temperature, etc., are detected by a urine analysis device 26, a sphygmomanometer 28, a body temperature measuring instrument 30 or a weighing machine, these data are sent to a host computer of an external institution such as a hospital and a data working company, etc., directly via a telephone line or via a provider and the internet. The hospital and the working company investigate send health data, while diagnoses which are produced by a specialist such as a doctor, advice on health care, trend analysis which is made by the data working company are sent from the host computers of those institutions to a modem 22 and shown on a liquid crystal displaying part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention broadly relates to detecting at home a urine sugar level, blood pressure, weight, body fat percentage, and other health information useful for personal health management, and obtaining the obtained health information at a hospital. A health management network that supports health management, disease prevention, and early detection by transmitting to an external organization such as the above and receiving expert diagnosis and advice.
More particularly, the invention relates to a modem for use in this type of health care network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 5-228116 (Tohoku Kiki Co., Ltd.)
Measures the urinary sugar level, blood pressure, body weight, body fat percentage, etc. in connection with the use of household equipment such as toilets, and transmits these biological information indicating the individual's health condition to an external organization such as a hospital. A health management network has been disclosed which is adapted to assist in health management, prevention of diseases and early detection by receiving an expert's diagnosis and advice.

In this health management network, health information detected in a home is collected by a personal computer in the home, and transmitted to a host computer of an external medical institution by data communication via a modem and a telephone line. ing.

[0004]

Therefore, a personal computer is indispensable for health management by the health management network, and the user has to master the operation of the computer. An object of the present invention is to provide a modem that can be used for data communication on a health care network without using a personal computer.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a user-friendly modem for a health care network.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a modem for use in a health management network in which a health information measuring device installed in a home and an external organization are connected via a telephone line to detect personal health information. And control means for monitoring data transmitted and received between the health information measuring device and an external institution, and display means for displaying the data.

The display means includes a message about a health condition from an external institution such as a hospital, health data detected by the health information measuring device, a trend (trend) of the health data, failure diagnosis information of the health information measuring device, Maintenance management information can be displayed.

As described above, since information necessary for using the health care network is displayed on the modem itself, the personal computer can be omitted, and the health care network can be constructed inexpensively and simply.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, referring to FIG.
Health care network 10 in which the modem of the present invention is used
0 will be described. The house 10 includes, for example, a toilet 16 on which a toilet bowl 12 and a toilet paper holder 14 are arranged, a bedroom 20 on which a bed 18 is arranged, a living room 24 on which a modem 22 of the present invention is arranged, a bathroom (not shown), and the like. Is done.

A urine analyzer 26 and a sphygmomanometer 28 are attached to the toilet bowl 12 and the toilet paper holder 14 of the toilet 16, respectively, so that urinalysis and blood pressure measurement are performed in the toilet. The bed 18 in the bedroom 20
Has a built-in body temperature measuring device 30 so that the basal body temperature can be measured while sleeping.

The urine analyzer 26, the sphygmomanometer 28 and the body temperature measuring device 30 are respectively a urine analyzer disclosed in International Publication WO / 95/18373 and a sphygmomanometer disclosed in JP-A-8-191779. The body temperature measuring device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-228116 can be employed. Regarding these measuring devices, the disclosure of the above-mentioned publication is incorporated herein, and the detailed description is omitted.
Although not shown, a weight scale can be arranged at a dressing room in a bathroom or the like.

In the health care network shown in FIG. 1, since the electrical wiring between different rooms is omitted, a urine analyzer 26, a blood pressure monitor 28, a body temperature measuring device 30,
Health information detected by a health information measuring device such as a weighing scale is transmitted to the modem 22 by an infrared light signal and a radio wave signal.

For this reason, urine analyzer 26, blood pressure monitor 28,
A two-way wireless optical communication device 32 that performs communication by an infrared light signal is connected to the body temperature measurement device 30 and a health information measurement device such as a weight scale, respectively, and health information detected by the health information measurement device is provided. Is transmitted to the wireless communication repeater 34 disposed in the same room by an infrared light signal.

The wireless communication repeater 34 performs, on the one hand, data communication using an infrared light signal with an optical communication device 32 disposed in the same room, and, on the other hand, a radio wave disposed, for example, in the living room 24. Data communication by radio waves is performed with the communication device 36.

The radio wave communication device 36 is the modem 22 of the present invention.
Connected to The modem 22 is connected to a modular jack connection socket 38 of a telephone line provided in the house. The modem 22 is connected to an external institution such as a hospital or a data processing company directly via the telephone line or via the Internet with a provider. The health data is transmitted to a host computer such as a computer.

Next, referring to FIGS. 2 and 3,
The modem 22 of the present invention will be described. On the front surface of the main body of the modem 22, there are provided a power switch 40, an indicator light 42 indicating the operation of the modem, and a display section 44 composed of a liquid crystal screen or the like.

The modem 22 includes a receiving unit 46 and a transmitting unit 48
And a control unit 50 composed of a single-chip microcomputer, and a display control unit 52 for controlling the liquid crystal screen 44.

Next, the operation of the health management network will be described. When a urine sugar level, blood pressure, body temperature, or the like is detected by a urine analyzer 26, a blood pressure monitor 28, a body temperature measuring device 30, a weight scale, or the like. These data are transmitted to an external organization such as a hospital or a host computer such as a data processing company directly via a telephone line or via a provider and the Internet.

At a hospital or a data processing company, transmitted health data is examined, and a diagnosis or advice on health management prepared by a specialist such as a doctor or a trend analysis prepared by a data processing company. Are sent from the host computers of those organizations to the modem 22, and the liquid crystal display 44
Will be displayed.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, a message from a hospital doctor can be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 44. Alternatively, the measurement result may be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 44 as shown in FIG. 5, or a recent trend may be displayed as shown in FIG.

Further, the display section 44 can display failure diagnosis information and maintenance management information of a health information measuring device such as the urine analyzer 26 as shown in FIG.

Although a specific embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications and changes can be made. For example, in the above description, the health information detected by the health information measuring device is transmitted to the modem 22 by an infrared light signal and a radio wave signal in order to omit electric wiring between different rooms. However, the health information measuring device may be directly connected to the modem by wire.

[0023]

The health care network modem of the present invention monitors data transmitted and received between the health information measuring device and an external organization and displays the data. Does not require a personal computer. For this reason, a health management network can be constructed easily at low cost.

Further, the display section of the modem automatically displays health information detected by the health information measuring device, trends and messages from external organizations, thereby providing a user-friendly health management network.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a health care network including a modem of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the modem shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the modem shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 shows an example of a screen of a display unit of the modem shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a screen of a display unit of the modem shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a screen of a display unit of the modem shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a screen of a display unit of the modem shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100: Health management network 22: Modem 26, 28, 30: Health information measuring device 44: Display means 50: Control means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A modem for use in a health management network in which a health information measuring device installed in a home and an external organization for detecting personal health information are connected via a telephone line. A health care network modem, comprising: control means for monitoring data transmitted and received between the control means; and display means for displaying the data. 2. The health care network modem according to claim 1, wherein said display means displays a message from an external organization. 3. A health management network modem according to claim 1, wherein said display means displays health information detected by a health information measuring device and its transition. 4. The modem for a health care network according to claim 1, wherein said display means displays fault diagnosis information and maintenance management information of the health information measuring device.