JPH11155824A - At-home health control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily add, change and correct data for users controlled by a terminal unit even if operation buttons for the terminal unit are extremely reduced. SOLUTION: This system comprises at least one type of health measurement equipment 1 (1a-1n) to measure health data from a blood pressure meter, a thermometer and a weight meter, containing a transmitting means to transmit the measured health data in accordance with a certain communication format, and a terminal unit formed with a receiving means to receive the health data transmitted from the health measurement equipment, a control means to control the received health data, a communication means to make data communication with an external terminal 4 via a network 3 and an operation means to perform a series of operations. An input auxiliary terminal 5 is added thereto to rewrite data held by the terminal unit.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for managing data related to a health condition measured in a general home by using a terminal device in a unified manner, which is useful for voluntary health management. The present invention relates to a home health care system for sending health information to specialists such as doctors and public health nurses at remote locations so that health management can be performed while receiving advice from a specialist at home or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the rapid aging of society in recent years, medical finances in Japan have become tight, and there is a need to respond to them. The government should increase the burden of medical expenses on the people and, as a basic policy, shift from the conventional direction of "early detection and early treatment of illness" to the direction of "building health to prevent illness". I'm watching. As one of the means for effectively performing the above-mentioned "building health to prevent illness", a "home health management system" has been proposed.

[0003] In this system, health data (for example, a blood pressure value measured by an electronic sphygmomanometer, a body temperature measured by an electronic thermometer, a blood sugar value measured by a urine sensor, and the like) relating to a health condition measurable in a general household are recorded in each household. , And the health data from a dedicated terminal, public line,
The data is transmitted to a medical institution, an insurance center, and the like via a communication network such as a CATV line. The transmitted health data is analyzed and diagnosed by specialists at medical institutions and insurance centers, and the results are fed back to each household. According to such a home health care system, daily health care in each home can be performed under the guidance of a specialist, and more reliable health care can be performed, and the number of hospital visits can be reduced. Will lead to

In the above-mentioned home health care system, if a sphygmomanometer or an electrocardiograph is integrated into a terminal device for communicating with an external terminal at a medical institution or an insurance center, the user must use the terminal. The blood pressure and the like are measured by going to a certain place of the apparatus, which is inconvenient in use and has a problem that it is difficult to use.

On the other hand, if the health measuring device and the terminal device are separated, the measurement of health data can be performed anywhere, which is very convenient. But in this case,
A procedure for inputting the measured health data to the terminal device is required. At this time, if the method of inputting health data obtained from various health measuring devices such as a sphygmomanometer, a thermometer, a urine checker, a pedometer, a weight scale, and an electrocardiograph into a terminal device differs for each of the various health measuring devices, (Especially the elderly) it is not easy to understand the correct operation method, and there are problems such as erroneous operation.

Accordingly, there is a method of inputting health data measured by various health measuring devices to a terminal device using infrared communication means. This means that, for example, when the blood pressure is measured by the sphygmomanometer and a transmission button provided on the sphygmomanometer is pressed, the measured blood pressure value is transmitted to the terminal device by infrared communication. This greatly simplifies the procedure for transmitting the health data measured by the various health measuring instruments to the terminal device. Further, a home health care system has been considered in which the number of operation buttons provided on the operation terminal is reduced as much as possible and all general operations can be performed only with the remaining operation buttons.

[0007]

However, in the home health care system having the above-mentioned structure, an operation button which is rarely used during normal use such as addition, change, and correction of data of a user or the like is not provided. By doing
The number of operation buttons can be reduced as much as possible and the operation of the terminal device can be simplified.However, when data is actually added, changed, corrected, etc., only the operation buttons provided on the terminal device should deal with it However, there is a problem that it cannot be performed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to reduce the number of operation buttons of a terminal device as much as possible, such as a user who manages the terminal device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a home health care system that can easily add, change, and modify data.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
At least one kind of health measuring device provided with transmitting means for measuring health-related health data, such as a sphygmomanometer, a thermometer, and a weight scale, and transmitting the measured health data based on a predetermined communication format; and Receiving means for receiving the health data transmitted from the device, managing means for managing the received health data, communication means for performing data communication with an external terminal via a network, and operation for performing a series of operations A terminal device having means;
In the home health care system, an input auxiliary terminal capable of rewriting data held by the terminal device is added.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the home health care system according to the first aspect, the terminal device has a ROM storing characters and graphics, and the input auxiliary terminal corresponds to each character and graphics stored in the ROM. By transmitting a code number to the terminal device, characters and graphics can be input to the terminal device.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the home health care system according to the first aspect, bitmap data of characters and graphics to be input is created in an input auxiliary terminal, and the created bitmap data is sent to a terminal device. Characters and graphics can be input to the terminal device by transmitting.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the home health management system according to the first to third aspects, the health data obtained from the health measuring device can be input to the terminal device using the input auxiliary terminal. It is characterized by the following.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the home health care system according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, date information and time information can be input using an input auxiliary terminal. is there.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the home health care system according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, it is possible to edit the health data held by the terminal device from the input auxiliary terminal. Is what you do.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the home health care system according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, it is possible to edit data of a health measuring device held by the terminal device from the input auxiliary terminal. It is characterized by the following.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the home health management system according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, the data held by the terminal device is also held in the input auxiliary terminal. is there.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a home health care system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a home health care system. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the health measuring device. FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of the terminal device. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the terminal device. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the input assist terminal. FIG. 6 is a waveform diagram of a basic signal of infrared communication. FIG. 7 shows a data format of infrared communication. FIG. 8 is a screen flow showing a procedure from activation of the home health care system to data input in the terminal device. FIG. 9 is a screen flow showing a process of inputting a user's name using the input auxiliary terminal. FIG. 10 is a memory map of the flash memory of the terminal device. FIG. 11 is a screen flow showing a process of inputting health data using the input auxiliary terminal. FIG. 12 is an external perspective view of another terminal device. FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of another terminal device. FIG. 14 is a screen flow showing a process of rewriting data of the terminal device using the input auxiliary terminal. FIG. 15 is a screen flow showing a process of newly adding a health measuring device using the input auxiliary terminal.

The home health management system includes a health measuring device 1
a-1n and a home-side system comprising a terminal device 2 for performing data communication with external terminals while managing data relating to health measured by the health measuring devices 1a-1n; And a center device 4 installed in an external hospital, health center, nursing center, or the like connected to the terminal, and an input auxiliary terminal used when an engineer such as a maker makes an auxiliary input regarding contents that cannot be processed by the terminal device 2 alone. And 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, the health measuring devices 1a to 1n include measuring means 10a to 10m for measuring data relating to health.
10n and storage means 12a to 12c for storing measured data.
12n, transmitting means 14a to 14n for transmitting stored data to the terminal device 2 using infrared rays, and a "transmit" button 1 for starting transmission of data to the terminal device 2.
6a to 16n. The measuring means 10a to 10n for measuring data related to health refer to, for example, means for measuring blood pressure in the case of a sphygmomanometer, and means for measuring body temperature in the case of a thermometer, and are different for each of the health measuring devices 10a to 10n. However, transmission means 14a for infrared communication
14n have a common communication standard among all the health measuring devices 1a to 1n. Note that as long as the communication standard is satisfied, the shape and components used may be different. Examples of such a health measuring device 1a to 1n include an electrocardiograph, a blood glucose meter, and the like in addition to a sphygmomanometer, a thermometer, and a weight scale, and are not particularly limited as long as they can measure a health condition at home. In addition, one of these devices may be used alone or a combination of a plurality of devices may be used according to the situation of the user.

As shown in FIG. 4, the terminal device 2 includes a microprocessor 20 for controlling the device, a BIOS and an OS.
, A ROM 32 storing application software, and a RAM serving as a work area.
34 and a flash memory 36 for storing data
A receiving circuit 40 for infrared communication for receiving data transmitted from each of the health measuring devices 1a to 1n, and an infrared communication circuit 42 for communicating with the input auxiliary terminal 5
And a communication circuit 50 for performing data communication with an external terminal
, A line connection port 52, an LCD monitor 60, operation buttons 70, 72, 74, an audio output circuit 80, and a speaker 82.

In the terminal device 2, the capacity and number of various memories such as the ROMs 30 and 32, the RAM 34, and the flash memory 36 can be changed by application software to be used.

The receiving circuit 40 for infrared communication has a specification based on the communication standard described above.
The data transmitted from a to 1n is received. In addition,
The infrared communication standard will be described later.

The flash memory 36 automatically stores data received by the receiving circuit 40 for infrared communication.

The infrared communication circuit 42 has an infrared communication standard Ir.
It receives data transmitted from the input auxiliary terminal 5 by applying DA.

Communication circuit 50 and line connection port 52
Differs depending on what is used as the communication network 3, and a communication circuit and a connection port corresponding to each are incorporated. This means, for example, that when a public line is used, a public line modem circuit and a public line connection port are used, and when a CATV line is used, a cable modem circuit and a CATV line connection port are used. Become. In addition to PHS,
There are lines and ISDN lines, but there is no particular limitation on which communication network to use.

The voice output circuit 80 and the speaker 82 are for outputting a voice for guiding the user on how to use the terminal device 2, and output a voice file incorporated in the application software according to the situation. And decode it, and output it as audio from the speaker.

The data on the health measured by the various health measuring devices 1a to 1n stored in the terminal device 2 is automatically transmitted to the center device 4 periodically and automatically via the communication network 3. The center device 4 is constructed using a normal personal computer.

As shown in FIG. 5, the input auxiliary terminal 5 uses a general-purpose personal computer, and the serial port 90 is connected to a transmission circuit 92 having the above-mentioned communication standard. In the input auxiliary terminal 5, a communication application is executed.

Next, the specification of the infrared communication used in the embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, the carrier uses infrared rays in the wavelength band of 900 to 950 nm, the frequency band of the subcarrier is 36.7 ± 0.3 kHz, and the duty ratio is 3
3%. The modulation method is as follows: Step 1) Convert the pulse train to PPM (P
Step 2) Amplitude modulation (primary modulation) of the sub-carrier by a pulse train, and Step 3) Amplitude modulation (secondary modulation) of the infrared light by the primary-modulated sub-carrier
I did it. FIG. 6 shows a waveform diagram of the basic signal thus formed. In FIG. 6, time T
Is the basic signal time, and T = 436 μs. The time t represents a subcarrier (frequency: 36.7 kHz, duty ratio: 33%).

FIG. 7 shows the communication data format.
Is used. In FIG. 7, a reader is a marker indicating the head of a signal, HD is a header code, and is a code indicating a bit configuration after HD. DATA is a data code.
a to 1n are the parts where the measured health data is inserted. P
Is a parity code, which is a 4-bit code used for error test of transmission data. Parity code P
Is a value obtained by dividing HD and DATA into 4-bit units and calculating their exclusive OR. The error test using the parity code can be performed in the terminal device 2 by comparing the received P value with the P value recalculated from the received HD and DATA. The trailer is a marker indicating the end of the signal.

The infrared communication specifications described above are:
It is an example, not a fixed one. That is, for example, the data to be transmitted may have a data format in which measurement date and time information and ID information of the health measuring devices 1a to 1n are transmitted.

All of the health measuring devices 1a to 1n using the infrared communication transmitting means having such a common specification are used.
And the input auxiliary terminal 5, and the terminal device 2 is provided with a corresponding infrared communication receiving means, so that the data of all the health measuring devices 1a to 1n can be input to the terminal device 2 by exactly the same operation. And the operation method of the terminal device 2 can be simplified.

Now, a specific example of a method of using a home system including the health measuring devices 1a to 1n having the above-described infrared communication transmitting means and the terminal device 2 will be described with reference to FIG. . When the power of the terminal device 2 is turned on, the application software starts, and the initial screen (A) is displayed on the LCD monitor 60. Here, if the user presses the “advance” button 70 of the terminal device 2, the screen is switched to a screen (B) for selecting who the user is, and at the same time, a voice saying “Please select a user”. The guidance is output.

What is displayed on the screen (B) is the name of the user registered in advance, from which the current user is selected. The selection is performed using a “select” button 72. Each time the “Select” button 72 is pressed,
The display color of the part displaying the name changes or the part displaying the name flashes, so that the user can know which name is selected. Then, for example, when the “forward” button 70 is pressed while the current user's name is blinking, the process proceeds to the process selection screen (C), and at the same time, a voice guidance “Please select a process” is output. Is done. Note that the screen can be returned to the initial screen (A) by pressing the “return” button 74. As described above, the “return” button 74 has a function of returning to the immediately preceding processing screen on all screens having the “return” display.

On the processing selection screen (C), the health measuring device 1
The user selects whether to newly input measurement data of a to 1n or to display past measurement data in a graph. The selection method is the same as that of the screen (B). Here, when "display" is selected, the process proceeds to a process of displaying the stored past measurement data in a graph. In other words, if the "advance" button 70 is pressed while the "display" portion on the screen is blinking, the display proceeds to the device selection screen (D), and at the same time, the voice guidance "Please select the device." Is output.

On the function selection screen (D), the user selects which of the health measuring devices 1a to 1n to display data measured by. That is, for example, when the “forward” button 70 is pressed in a state where the part where “sphygmomanometer” is displayed is blinking, a graph display screen (E) is displayed, and the systolic blood pressure value measured by the sphygmomanometer, The trend of the diastolic blood pressure value and the heart rate for one month is displayed. Even when other health measurement devices are selected, a one-month trend of data corresponding to each is displayed. Then, when the “advance” button 70 is further pressed, the screen returns to the initial screen (A).

On the other hand, when "input" is selected on the screen (C), the process proceeds to a process of newly inputting measurement data of the health measuring devices 1a to 1n. That is, when the "advance" button 70 is pressed while the "input" display portion is blinking, the display advances to the device selection screen (F), and at the same time, voice guidance "Please select a device" is output.

On the device selection screen (F), the user selects which of the health measuring devices 1a to 1n to input data measured by. That is, for example, when the “Advance” button 70 is pressed while the display part of “Sphygmomanometer” is blinking, the screen proceeds to the reception waiting screen (G) for the data transmitted from the sphygmomanometer, and at the same time, the “Measurement by sphygmomanometer” is performed. Then press the send button. " Here, measurement is performed by a sphygmomanometer, and then “transmission” provided in the sphygmomanometer is performed.
By pressing the button 16, the measured data is transmitted to the terminal device 2.

When the terminal device 2 receives the data,
The voice guidance "The data of the sphygmomanometer was received correctly." Is output, and then the screen is automatically switched to the received data display screen (H), and the received data is displayed on the screen and displayed on the flash memory 36. Save. If there is a problem with the data transmission / reception via infrared communication, the message "The data from the sphygmomanometer was not correctly received.
Press the submit button again. Is output, and the reception waiting is continued. Then, when the “forward” button 70 is pressed on the received data display screen (H), a graph display screen (E) is displayed, a graph in which the data received this time is added to the past data is displayed, and further “forward”. When the button 70 is pressed, the screen returns to the initial screen (A).

The data stored in the flash memory 36 of the terminal device 2 is transmitted to the center device by auto dial once a day using a public line. However, if either party is on a call or a communication error occurs, it will redial after 5 minutes,
Continue redialing until communication is successful.

The above-described flow of the application software and the contents of the display screen are merely examples, and various ones can be considered according to the form of use. Further, the application software can be freely changed by replacing the ROM 32 storing the application software.

Next, a method for inputting a user name displayed on the terminal device 2 will be described with reference to FIG. At the first stage, the user's name has not been input to the terminal device 2 at all. Therefore, the input auxiliary terminal 5 and the terminal device 2
Activate a name input application to input a name to both terminals.

The flow of the name input by the name input application of the input auxiliary terminal 5 is as follows. That is, when the name input application is started on the input auxiliary terminal 5, the processing screen of the input auxiliary terminal 5 displays the name shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8, an input screen (G) corresponding to the screen (B) in FIG. 8 is displayed. On the screen (G), there are displayed name fields N1, N2, N3,... On which names can be entered, and the name fields N1, N3 are displayed using a pointer displayed on the screen.
2, a desired field is selected from N3, and the name to be input is written using the keyboard or the like of the input assisting terminal 5.
If the name field N1 is selected, a cursor for inputting a name appears in the frame. Next, the name "Taro Matsushita" is input using the keyboard or the like of the input auxiliary terminal 5. Then, when [OK] is selected using a pointer or the like displayed on the screen, the next screen (H) appears.

Here, when the message "Do you want to send?" Is displayed and "OK" is selected, the data with the input name is sent. At this time, the name fields N1, N2, N3,... Of the input auxiliary terminal 5 and N1, N2, N3,.

From the input auxiliary terminal 5, the address of the flash memory 36 in which the information of the names of the name fields N1, N2, N3... It can be converted to a format and sent. The terminal device 2 is also provided with a name input application. The terminal device 2 receives data, accesses the flash memory 36 stored from the address in the data, and stores the name data at a predetermined address. Do the work you want.

Note that graphic data may be input on the processing screen shown in FIG.

Further, the input auxiliary terminal 5 and the terminal device 2 may hold libraries in which respective character and graphic information are coded. That is, when a name is input to the input auxiliary terminal 5, the name input application encodes the input name with reference to the library, and then transmits the code to the terminal device 2. The terminal device 2 stores the code of the received data, searches the library for character and graphic information corresponding to the code, and displays the character and graphic corresponding to the code. Accordingly, the amount of data transmitted from the input assisting device 5 decreases with the encoding of the input character data or graphic data, and the terminal device 2 holds the encoded data. Further, the application on the input auxiliary terminal 5 side has a function of converting characters and graphics input to the input auxiliary terminal 5 into bitmap data, thereby reducing the memory capacity used for holding data. The bitmap data converted into the transmission data may be transmitted from the auxiliary terminal 5. Conversely, the receiving terminal device 2 stores and displays the received bitmap data. As a result, since character and graphic information is input as bitmap information, the terminal device 2 does not need to hold a library of character and graphic information, and the terminal device 2 reduces the memory capacity required for storing the library. It becomes possible.

When any of the health measuring devices 1a to 1n that does not have infrared communication means is used, the health data measured by those devices is input to the terminal device 2 using a method other than the infrared communication means. There is a need to. In this case, as shown in FIG. 10, by previously determining the storage location of the data corresponding to each of the health measuring devices 1a to 1n, the data can be input in the same manner as the above procedure.

The procedure will be described below. First,
A data input application is added to both the input auxiliary terminal 5 and the terminal device 2. For example, when inputting data of a sphygmomanometer, a processing screen (I) having the same layout as the processing screen (B) of FIG. 8 is displayed on the input auxiliary terminal 5 as shown in FIG. The user is selected using the keyboard and mouse of the input auxiliary terminal 5.
Next, a processing screen (J) having the same layout as the processing screen (F) in FIG. 8 is displayed, and a sphygmomanometer is selected here.
Next, the input auxiliary terminal 5 displays a processing screen (K) having the same layout as the processing screen (H) in FIG. 7, and inputs measurement data. When all input is completed, the name, type of device, measurement data, input date and time, and the like are transmitted as data to the terminal device 2 by the data input application.
Sent to. The terminal device 2 receives this transmission data and stores information on the name, the type of device, and the date and time at a predetermined position in the memory map of FIG. Thus, data can be input even when measurement is performed using a health measurement device that does not have infrared communication means.

Further, the input auxiliary terminal 5 and the terminal device 2
Has an application for adjusting the date and time, and by using the application for adjusting the date and time, it is possible to transmit the date and time information such as the date and time possessed by the input assisting terminal 5 by the same procedure as described above. The date and time information of the terminal device 2 may be rewritten based on the information. Accordingly, even if the terminal device 2 does not have the date and time adjusting means, the terminal device 2 can be easily used by using the input auxiliary terminal 5.
Can be adjusted to the correct date and time.

Next, a description will be given of a procedure for performing editing, such as changing or deleting data input to the terminal device 2, using the input auxiliary terminal 5. In order to edit the data of the terminal device 2, it is necessary to read the data stored in the terminal device 2 to the input auxiliary terminal 5. Therefore, an infrared communication circuit 42 that enables two-way communication is added to the configuration of the terminal device 2 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 (see FIGS. 12 and 13). The infrared communication system used in the infrared communication circuit 42 is not particularly limited as long as data communication can be performed between terminals, but an infrared communication circuit conforming to the IrDA standard is used here. The input auxiliary terminal 5 and the terminal device 2 are set so that a communication protocol by IrDA can be added to the editing application in addition to the editing application so that a communication protocol can be constructed. If the input auxiliary terminal 5 does not have a built-in IrDA communication port, an external IrDA communication circuit is connected to the infrared transmission circuit 92 shown in FIG.

The editing procedure by the editing application will be described with reference to FIG. First, the screen (L) is displayed on the input auxiliary terminal 5, and what is to be edited is selected. On the screen (L), [name edit] or [data edit] can be selected. Now, when [Edit Name] is selected using a pointer or the like displayed on the screen, a screen (M) appears, and three screens of [Add New], [Change], and [Delete] are displayed.
Two procedures can be selected. Here, [Add New]
When one of [Change] and [Delete] is selected, data on the name is read from the terminal device 2 before the screen (N) appears. When read, the same screen as that displayed on the terminal device 2 is displayed as a screen (N).

Next, a name field to be edited is selected. In the case of [new addition], a blank frame is automatically selected (see screen (N) -1). Then, a cursor appears in the blank name entry field, and the name can be input. When the writing of the name is completed, select [Next] to proceed to the next screen. In the case of [change], after changing the name read from the terminal device 2 (see screen (N) -2), the process proceeds to the next screen. In the case of [Delete], the selected name is deleted only by proceeding to the next screen with the name field to be deleted selected (see screen (N) -3).

When proceeding to the next screen, a message "Do you want to send?" Appears, and the message is sent by selecting [Go]. At this time, communication is performed by putting the edited contents (new addition, change, and deletion), name data (blank at the time of deletion), and the address of the editing destination in the information section of the communication format.
The terminal device 2 receives this data, first accesses the address of the editing destination, prepares for execution of the editing content, and executes a procedure according to the editing content. [Data editing] is executed according to the same procedure.

In the terminal device 2 shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, if the data already stored in the terminal device 2 is overwritten by using the data transmitted from the input assisting device 5, the terminal device 2 shown in FIG. The terminal device 2 having the configuration shown in FIG. 4 is also possible. (By the way, the deletion is executed by overwriting the blank data.) Next, a function of editing the application executed on the terminal device 2 is added to the input application of the input auxiliary terminal 5, and the input auxiliary A procedure for enabling editing such as new addition, change, or deletion of an application executed on the terminal device 2 from the terminal 5 will be described.

Here, for example, the health measuring devices 1a to 1n
Consider the case of editing a data management application. The input auxiliary terminal 5 stores data of the health measuring devices 1a to 1n required for editing. First, as shown in FIG. 15, a screen (V) appears, and the user selects which editing is to be performed. On the screen (V), [Name], [Data], and [Application] can be edited. Assuming now that [Application] is selected, a screen (W) appears next, where the contents to be edited are selected. On the screen (W),
[Add New] and [Delete] can be selected.

When [Add New] is selected here, application information is read from the terminal device 2 and a screen (X) is displayed. On the screen (X), a blank frame is automatically selected in preparation for addition of a new health measuring device 1. If the selected blank frame is sufficient, selecting [Continue] will display the screen (Y), and the list of the health measuring devices 1 held by the input assisting terminal 5 will be displayed. Here, which health measuring device 1 is newly added is selected.
After the selection, data relating to the newly selected health measuring device 1 is transmitted to the terminal device 2, and the new health measuring device 1 is added to the terminal device 2. When [Delete] is selected as the editing content on the screen (W), the device to be deleted is selected on the screen (Z). After the selection ([Thermometer] on the screen (Z)), when selecting [Proceed], data indicating that the selected health measuring device 1 is to be deleted is transmitted to the terminal device 2, and the terminal device 2 selects the health measuring device 1 as the health measuring device 1. The thermometer item will be deleted.

Editing such as updating or changing data can be handled by [deleting] an existing application and [adding new] a new application. At this time, in the information section of the communication format,
The editing contents (new addition and deletion), application data (blank at the time of deletion), and the address of the editing destination are added and transmitted. The terminal device 2 receives this data, accesses the address of the editing destination, prepares for execution of the editing content, and then executes the data according to the editing content. Thus, editing can be performed without taking out the ROM 32 or the like from the terminal device 2. According to the same procedure, the data managed by the terminal device 2 can be edited using the input auxiliary terminal 5, and the layout of the screen, the transition order of the screen, the addition of a new screen, and the like can be input. This can be easily performed using the auxiliary terminal 5.

Further, the contents of the ROM 32 of the terminal device 2 are ported to the input auxiliary terminal 5, and the input auxiliary terminal 5
2 after editing the contents of ROM 3
2 may be written. That is, in the above-described embodiment, it is necessary to frequently read necessary data from the terminal device 2 to the input auxiliary terminal 5 in order to edit data held by the terminal device 2. Therefore, the flash memory 36 in which the data of the terminal device 2 is stored
And all the data contents of the ROM 32 in which the application is stored are previously taken into the input auxiliary terminal 5,
If the content edited by the input auxiliary terminal 5 is written in the flash memory 36 or the ROM 32 of the terminal device 2, all the data that can be edited in the terminal device 2 is held in the input auxiliary terminal 5, so that Each time the data of the terminal device 2 is edited, the trouble of reading the data held by the terminal device 2 to the input auxiliary terminal 5 can be eliminated.

[0060]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, health data relating to health such as a sphygmomanometer, a thermometer, and a weight scale are measured, and the measured health data is transmitted in a predetermined communication format. At least one kind of health measuring device provided with transmitting means for transmitting based on the above, receiving means for receiving health data transmitted from the health measuring device, managing means for managing the received health data, and via a network Rewriting data held by a terminal device in a home health care system, comprising: a terminal device having a communication unit for performing data communication with an external terminal; and a terminal device having an operation unit for performing a series of operations. Is added, so that the data possessed by the terminal device can be edited by using the input auxiliary terminal, and the terminal Even if the number of operation buttons is reduced as much as possible, it is possible to provide a home health management system that can easily add, change, and correct data of users and the like managed by the terminal device. Play. If the communication means between the terminal device and the input auxiliary terminal is based on the communication format of the health measuring device, there is an effect that it is not necessary to newly provide a communication device or the like used for communication with the input auxiliary terminal in the terminal device. .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the first aspect is provided.
In the home health care system described in the above, the terminal device has a ROM in which characters and graphics are stored.
By transmitting a code number corresponding to each of the characters and graphics held by the OM to the terminal device, the characters and graphics can be input to the terminal device, so that the amount of data transmitted from the input auxiliary terminal to the terminal device is reduced. And the amount of data relating to characters, graphics, and the like managed by the terminal device can be reduced.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the first aspect.
In the home health care system described above, character and graphics can be input to the terminal device by creating bitmap data of characters and graphics to be input in the input auxiliary terminal and transmitting the created bitmap data to the terminal device. Since it is not necessary to store information such as characters and graphics and their corresponding code numbers in the terminal device, it is possible to reduce the memory capacity required for the management. .

In the invention according to claim 4, claim 1
4. The home health management system according to claim 3, wherein the health data obtained from the health measuring device can be input to the terminal device using the input auxiliary terminal, so that the health data cannot be directly transmitted to the terminal device. There is an effect that the health data measured by the device can be input via the input auxiliary terminal.

In the invention according to claim 5, claim 1 is
In the home health care system according to the present invention, since the date information and the time information can be input using the input auxiliary terminal, even if the terminal device does not have a means for setting the date information and the time information. This makes it possible to make settings using the input assisting terminal.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the first aspect.
In the home health care system according to any one of claims 5 to 9, since the input auxiliary terminal can edit the health data held by the terminal device, editing of the erroneously input health data or the like uses the input auxiliary terminal. The effect is that it can be easily performed.

In the invention according to claim 7, claim 1 is
In the home health care system according to claim 6, since the data of the health measuring device held by the terminal device can be edited from the input auxiliary terminal, a procedure of replacing a ROM or the like in the terminal device is required. In addition, it is possible to easily edit data relating to the health measuring device managed by the terminal device using the input auxiliary terminal.

In the invention according to claim 8, claim 1 is
In the home health care system according to claim 7, since the data held by the terminal device is also held in the input auxiliary terminal, if all the editing procedures are performed only by the input auxiliary terminal, It is not necessary to execute a procedure of reading data held by the terminal device into the input auxiliary terminal every time data is edited, so that communication between terminals can be reduced, and the probability of occurrence of a communication error can be reduced. It works.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a home health care system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a health measuring device.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of the terminal device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a terminal device.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an input auxiliary terminal.

FIG. 6 is a waveform diagram of a basic signal of infrared communication.

FIG. 7 is a data format of infrared communication.

FIG. 8 is a screen flow showing a procedure from activation of the home health management system to data input in the terminal device.

FIG. 9 is a screen flow showing a process of inputting a user's name using the input auxiliary terminal.

FIG. 10 is a memory map of a flash memory of the terminal device.

FIG. 11 is a screen flow showing a process of inputting health data using the input auxiliary terminal.

FIG. 12 is an external perspective view of another terminal device.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of another terminal device.

FIG. 14 is a screen flow showing a process of rewriting data of a terminal device using the input auxiliary terminal.

FIG. 15 is a screen flow showing a process of newly adding a health measuring device using the input auxiliary terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Health measurement equipment 2 Terminal device 3 Network 4 External terminal 5 Input auxiliary terminal

Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Masaki Koyama 1048 Kadoma Kadoma, Osaka Pref.Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. Osamu Nishimura 1048 Kadoma Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. At least one type of health measurement comprising transmission means for measuring health data related to health, such as a sphygmomanometer, a thermometer, and a weight scale, and transmitting the measured health data based on a predetermined communication format. A device, a receiving unit for receiving the health data transmitted from the health measuring device, a managing unit for managing the received health data, a communication unit for performing data communication with an external terminal via a network, and a series of operations. And a terminal device having operating means for performing the operation of the home health management system, wherein an input auxiliary terminal capable of rewriting data held by the terminal device is added. Home health care system. 2. The terminal device has a ROM storing characters and figures, and a code number corresponding to each character and figure held in the ROM is transmitted from the input auxiliary terminal to the terminal device, so that the characters and figures are transmitted to the terminal device. 2. The home health care system according to claim 1, wherein a figure can be input. 3. An input auxiliary terminal creates bitmap data of characters and graphics to be input, and transmits the created bitmap data to a terminal device.
2. The home health care system according to claim 1, wherein characters and graphics can be input to the terminal device. 4. The home health management system according to claim 1, wherein the health data obtained from the health measuring device can be input to the terminal device using the input auxiliary terminal. 5. The home health care system according to claim 1, wherein date information and time information can be input using an input auxiliary terminal. 6. The home health management system according to claim 1, wherein the input auxiliary terminal can edit health data held by the terminal device. 7. The home health care system according to claim 1, wherein the data of the health measuring device held by the terminal device can be edited from the input auxiliary terminal. 8. The home health management system according to claim 1, wherein the data held by the terminal device is also held in the input auxiliary terminal.