JPS6266845A - Household health degree measuring apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a home health measuring device used in general households for health management.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of health measuring device has generally been configured as a dedicated system by integrating a detection device, an arithmetic processing device, a display, and a recording device.

Blood pressure only deals with relatively simple numerical data.

In the case of devices for measuring body temperature, pulse rate, etc., some models have been announced that can be connected to general-purpose personal computers to store data (February 21, 1985).
Date Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun).

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the conventional configuration described above, the devices for measuring pulse waves, electrocardiograms, heart sounds, etc. are dedicated systems for experts, so they must be extremely expensive and large. Inevitably, it was complicated to handle, making it extremely difficult for amateurs to use. Furthermore, in the case of measuring devices for blood pressure, body temperature, pulse, etc. that can be connected to a general-purpose personal computer, the measurement results are limited to those that can be obtained as simple numerical data.
There is no precedent for things that require waveform analysis, such as pulse waves, electrocardiograms, and heart sounds, and it cannot be said that the various functions of personal computers, such as image display and calculation, are fully utilized. Met.

Means for Solving the Problem In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a probe that detects physical health information such as waveform groups, pulse waves, electrocardiograms, and heart sounds that require analysis as electrical signals. , a conversion function for converting the output of the probe into an input signal to a general-purpose burner computer, and a function for storing this converted signal are provided, so that the standard waveform stored in advance and the waveform stored in the past can be compared. This is what I did.

Effect With this configuration, by replacing the arithmetic processing unit, display, and recording device that conventional measuring devices such as pulse waves, electrocardiograms, and heart sounds have as a system with a general-purpose burner computer, it is possible to record waveforms of various health information. By allowing the user to freely select or create arithmetic processing method 9 analysis method 1 display method, etc., the usage method that was previously fixed as a system can be made extremely flexible. Furthermore, since only a probe and a device with signal conversion and storage functions are required as dedicated equipment, the price can be significantly reduced, making it easily available to ordinary households. This makes it possible to easily obtain advanced medical health information at home, which was previously only available through specialists, and to use it for health management at home. be.

EXAMPLE Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. In the embodiment, pulse wave measurement will be explained as an example of a health level measuring device.

In Fig. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a probe for measuring pulse waves, which has a built-in light-emitting part 11 made of a tungsten lamp, etc., and a light-receiving part 12 made of Cds, etc., and uses light to detect changes in blood volume at the fingertip inserted. It is electrically detected by transmittance. 2 is a conversion/storage device having a conversion function for converting the output of the probe 1 into an input signal to the general-purpose personal computer 3 and a storage function for storing the converted signal.

21 is an amplifier, 22 is a gain adjuster, 23 is an AD converter, and 24 is a memory, which is built in the conversion/storage device 2. In FIG. 2, 4 is a connector for connecting the conversion/storage device 2 and the general-purpose personal computer 3. In FIG.

Next, the operation in the above configuration will be explained. When a person to be measured inserts his or her fingertip into the probe 1, the light emitted from the light emitting section 11 passes through the fingertip and reaches the light receiving section 12. At this time, since the blood portion within the fingertip absorbs light, the amount of light that reaches the light receiving section 12 changes depending on the increase or decrease in the amount of blood within the fingertip.

It is medically clear that the amount of blood in a fingertip changes depending on the operating state of the heart and the elasticity of blood vessels in various parts of the body, and it is possible to know the state of health based on the increase or decrease in this amount of blood. Next, the output signal from the probe 1 is input as an electric signal to the conversion/storage device 2, amplified by the amplifier 21, and adjusted to an appropriate level of the electric signal by the action of the gain adjuster 22. Furthermore, this electrical signal is transmitted to the human converter 2.
3, the signal is converted into a digital signal and inputted to the general-purpose burner computer 3 via the connector 4, where it is processed by the general-purpose personal computer 3 according to the purpose of the user.

Further, the signals converted into digital signals by the AD converter 23 and the signals processed by the general-purpose personal computer 3 are stored in the memory 24 . The signals stored in the memory 24 can be read out at any time, and changes in the health condition of the person to be measured can be easily seen. ) Furthermore, since standard waveforms are stored in the memory 24 in advance, it is possible to read them out and superimpose them on the measured waveforms, so even an amateur can determine the presence or absence of an abnormality or find a waveform corresponding to a disease. By superimposing them, you can also know the name of the disease.

In addition to this, it is also possible to perform waveform differentiation, expansion, or statistical processing.

Note that it is considered best for the memory 24 to be a semiconductor memory backed up by a battery. Further, it is preferable to use ROM for storing standard waveforms and RAM for storing measured waveforms.

In addition, although the example described a pulse wave measuring device,
The same applies to electrocardiograms, heart sounds, etc.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, various types of information indicating the state of physical health can be easily viewed at home, which is extremely useful for health management at home. In particular, since the standard waveform is stored in the memory, it is possible to superimpose this with the measured waveform, so even an amateur can determine the presence or absence of an abnormality, and learn the name of the disease by superimposing it with the waveform corresponding to the disease. It is. Furthermore, since a general-purpose personal computer is used as the analysis and output means, the user can select or create his or her favorite analysis method 1 display method, which is extremely useful. Furthermore, since a general-purpose personal computer is used for arithmetic processing, only a probe and a signal conversion/storage device are required as dedicated equipment, making it inexpensive and easily available in households, from a practical point of view. However, it is extremely practical. General-purpose personal computers are rapidly becoming popular due to their wide range of applications, and it is said that in a few years, an era in which every family will have one computer will arrive, and from this perspective, the usefulness of the present invention is clear. .

Furthermore, if a personal computer conforming to the MSX standard is used as a general-purpose personal computer, the usefulness of the present invention will be further enhanced because MSX is an inexpensive model for general households, the standards are unified, and the format of the connector part is fixed. It increases.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 shows the main parts of the present invention in a blow diagram.
FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Probe, 2... Conversion/storage device, 3... General-purpose personal computer, 21
...Amplifier, 22...Gain adjuster,
23...Mu D converter, 24...Memory.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A probe that detects physical health information such as pulse waves, electrocardiograms, and heart sounds that require waveform analysis as electrical signals, and a signal that converts the output of the probe into an input signal to a general-purpose personal computer. A home health measuring device comprising a conversion/storage device having a conversion function and a storage function for storing the converted signal in a memory, the memory storing a standard waveform. (2) The household health level measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the signal conversion device is a cartridge for MSX personal computers.