KR101595810B1 - Apparatus and computer program stored in computer-readable medium for measuring biomedical information - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer program, stored in a computer-readable medium, is executed by at least one processor, and includes commands to make the processor execute the following operations. The operations includes: an operation of obtaining electrocardiogram (ECG) information from a first user; an operation of obtaining bio impedance information from the first user; a first identification operation of identifying the first user based on the ECG information, obtained from the first user; an operation of determining whether the additional identification of the first user is necessary or not based on the identification result of the first identification operation; and a second identification operation of additionally identifying the first user additionally based on at least one piece of additional factor information among pieces of the obtained bio impedance information when the additional identification is necessary.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM STORED IN COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MEASURING BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to biometric information measurement, and more particularly, to a biometric information measurement device and a computer program capable of user identification.

Health has changed from the past concept of disease - free status to the concept of health maintenance and health promotion. Because of the irregular daily living habits of busy modern people, the probability of getting sick is increasing, and as a result of this tendency, social interest in health is rising.

As described above, a healthcare system such as a bio-information measuring device capable of measuring a user's individual health has been developed in order to perform an effective health activity such as exercise method and eating habit improvement. It is becoming possible to manage health such as body fat rather than simple obesity management through the bio-information measuring device.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-0110245 discloses a portable body fat measuring device.

Such a bio-information measuring device is required to repeatedly input various kinds of personal information such as sex, age, weight, and height of the subject, which is the reference data for analyzing the bio-impedance information of the subject, repeatedly and accompanied with many inconveniences .

Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a biometric information measuring apparatus which stores basic personal information repeatedly inputted and uses the personal information by identifying the subject after the next use.

In addition, there is a need in the art to develop a technique that enables user identification by utilizing user's health data, which can be measured through a body fat measurement device.

The present invention is intended to provide a biometric information measuring device capable of identifying a subject.

The present invention is intended to provide a bio-information measuring device capable of managing bio-impedance information of a subject in a database for each subject.

There is provided a computer program product executable by one or more processors in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems, comprising instructions for causing the one or more processors to perform the following operations: 33. A computer program, comprising: obtaining electrocardiographic information from a first user; Acquiring bio-impedance information from the first user; A first identifying operation for identifying the first user based on the electrocardiographic information obtained from the first user; Determining whether further identification of the first user is required based on the identification result of the first identification operation; And a second identifying operation that further identifies the first user based on the additional factor information of at least one of the obtained bioimpedance information when it is determined that the additional identification is necessary.

Also, an apparatus for measuring biometric information capable of identifying a user according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an electrocardiographic information obtaining unit for obtaining electrocardiographic information from a first user; A bio-impedance information obtaining unit for obtaining bio-impedance information from the first user; A first identifying unit for identifying the first user based on the electrocardiographic information obtained from the first user; A further identification deciding unit for deciding whether or not further identification of the first user is necessary based on a result of the first identification unit; And a second identifying unit that further identifies the first user based on at least one additional factor information of the acquired bioimpedance information when it is determined by the additional identification determination unit that additional identification is required .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a biometric information measuring device capable of identifying a subject can be provided.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a bio-information measuring device capable of managing bio-impedance information of a subject in a database for each subject.

Various aspects are now described with reference to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals are used to refer to like elements throughout. In the following examples, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of one or more aspects. However, it will be apparent that such aspect (s) may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to facilitate describing one or more aspects.
1 shows a block diagram of a conventional bio-information measuring apparatus.
2 is a schematic perspective view of a conventional bio-information measuring apparatus.
3 is a block diagram of a biometric information measuring apparatus capable of identifying a user according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a biometric information measuring apparatus capable of identifying a user according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 shows information used by the user-identifiable biometric information measuring apparatus for user identification according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 to 7 are views showing electrocardiogram curves among electrocardiographic information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of a method for identifying a user in a bio-information measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 9 shows a flowchart of a more detailed method for identifying a user in a biometric information measuring device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 shows a user interface (UI) that can be output from a bio-information measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 11 shows a block diagram of a computer for performing a program for identifying a user in a bio-information measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
12 shows a schematic block diagram of an exemplary computing environment for executing a program for identifying a user in a biometric information measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Various embodiments are now described with reference to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals are used throughout the drawings to refer to like elements. In this specification, various explanations are given in order to provide an understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, that such embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are provided in block diagram form in order to facilitate describing the embodiments.

The terms "component," "module," system, "and the like, as used herein, refer to a computer-related entity, hardware, firmware, software, combination of software and hardware, or execution of software. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to, a process executing on a processor, a processor, an object, an executing thread, a program, and / or a computer. For example, both an application running on a computing device and a computing device may be a component. One or more components may reside within a processor and / or thread of execution, one component may be localized within one computer, or it may be distributed between two or more computers. Further, such components may execute from various computer readable media having various data structures stored therein. The components may be, for example, a signal (e.g., a local system, data from one component interacting with another component in a distributed system, and / or data over a network, such as the Internet, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > and / or < / RTI >

The description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features presented herein.

As used herein, the terms "memory "," memory portion ", "database ", and" database portion "are often interchangeable.

The bio-information measuring device measures the resistance of the body using a bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), and uses the personal data (for example, height, age, sex, weight, etc.) Body mass index, body mass index, body mass index, body mass index, control value, basal metabolic rate, required daily caloric value, abdominal obesity evaluation result, body age, body mass / fat mass And the like.

The bioelectrical impedance method is a method of analyzing the body components from different electrical resistances according to biological components by sending a micro current which harmless to the living body, thereby diagnosing and preventing obesity, which is the main cause of life-style diseases, as well as preventing the secondary diseases, To identify the therapeutic effect of the problem.

1 shows a block diagram of a conventional bio-information measuring apparatus.

2 is a schematic perspective view of a conventional bio-information measuring apparatus.

1, an apparatus for measuring bio-information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an electrode 20, an information obtaining unit 30, a memory unit 40, a data input unit 50, a control unit 60, A data output unit 70, and a network unit 80. [0035] The components shown in Fig. 1 are not essential, and a biometric information measuring apparatus having more or fewer components than those shown in Fig. 1 may be implemented.

The information obtaining unit 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a drive circuit 31 and a bioimpedance information obtaining unit 33. [

The data input unit 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a keypad 51 and a touch screen 52.

The touch screen 52 is an input device that replaces a keyboard and a mouse, and can perform a desired operation by directly touching the touch screen with a hand. Or by touching with the touch pen, a desired operation can be performed.

The touch screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be a contact type electrostatic capacitance type, an infrared light sensing type, a surface acoustic wave (SAW) type, a piezoelectric type, or a resistive type. The foregoing description is only an example according to one embodiment of the present invention, and various touch screen panels may be employed in the user terminal.

The data output unit 70 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a display unit 71, a printer unit 72, and a speaker 73. Also, the display unit 71 may correspond to the touch screen 52.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the bio-information measuring device may include at least one electrode 20. [ The electrode 20 may be in the form of at least one of an adhesive type, a suction type, a clip type, and a contact type, and the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, the electrode 20 may be provided at a position where the hand, sole, ankle, or the like is in contact, and the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, one or more of these electrodes 20 may be mounted on a foot 21, an ankle contact (not shown), and / or a handle 8a, 8b with reference to FIG.

More specifically, the bio-information measuring apparatus includes first electrodes connected by a first electrode line by using an attachment tool or an adhesive tool such as a clip on both hands, both feet and both ankles of a subject and a second electrode connected by a second electrode line Two electrodes are attached to each other, a current is applied to the living body impedance to measure the living body impedance, and then the measured value is calculated to generate and analyze living body impedance information. That is, the bio-information measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention can measure the body resistance by, for example, a four-electrode method using eight contact electrodes.

Alternatively, the bio-information measuring apparatus may employ a method of measuring the bio-impedance by contacting the feet with the electrodes formed on the footrest 21 (see FIG. 2) in order to make the positions of the electrodes to be measured the same.

The apparatus for measuring bio-information according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an electrode 20 formed on the handles 8a and 8b, a drive circuit 31 for energizing a minute current, And a living body impedance information obtaining unit 33 for obtaining the impedance of the living body. The bioimpedance information obtaining unit 33 is connected to the information obtaining unit 30 to measure the impedance of the living body of the subject 1 and the measured value can be stored in the memory unit 40. [ The memory unit 40 may store various information other than the bioimpedance measurement value, such as the height, sex, and age of the subject 1. Personal information of the subject 1 can be directly input by the subject 1 through the data input unit 50 such as the touch screen 51 or the keypad 52. [

Various kinds of information such as bio-impedance measurement values stored in the memory unit 40 are transferred to the main operation processing unit 60. [ The main operation processing unit 60 calculates various types of input information to analyze body fat and outputs the result through a data output unit 70 including a display unit 72 or a printer unit 71, And a speaker 63. [0033] FIG. In addition, the main operation processing unit 60 may be connected to the serial communication unit 61 to transmit / receive various data. For example, it can communicate with a blood pressure monitor of an FT hospital to obtain a blood pressure, blood pressure, heart rate, mean blood pressure, myocardial load index, pulse wave type, total peripheral blood vessel resistance, and blood flow rate. Such a configuration is the same as the principle of a conventional bio-information measuring apparatus, and therefore, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The bioimpedance information analysis performed in the main operation processing unit 60 can be performed by various methods, and the correction formula used in the calculation as in the normal case can be determined based on the clinical data. The analysis result may be calculated by body water amount, body fat amount, body fat percentage, obesity degree, body mass index, basic metabolic rate, etc. and output through data output unit 70.

2, the bio-information measuring apparatus includes a measurement start button 3, an electrode cable 4, a power saving switch 5, a handle 8a / 8b, a level meter 9, a body cover 11, 21 and a touch screen 52 (see FIG. 1).

The measurement start button 3 is a switch for starting the measurement of the living body impedance of the subject. In FIG. 2, the measurement start button 3 is located in the handle 8a / 8b, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The electrode cable 4 can be connected to the circuit with the knobs 8a / 8b and the bioimpedance device seam. When the power saving switch 5 is pressed in standby mode, the display screen of the touch screen 52 is turned off, and the power saving mode can be switched to the power saving mode. Further, the knobs 8a / 8b can be brought into contact with the current input for measuring the resistance of the subject, the biometric information measuring device, and the finger of the subject. Further, the bio-information measuring apparatus may further include a handholder for holding the handles 8a / 8b. In addition, the level meter 9 can adjust the level of the biometric information measuring apparatus when the apparatus is installed. Further, the body cover 11 may be detachable as a portion covering the joint between the body portion and the foot plate portion of the bio-information measuring apparatus. Furthermore, the footrest 21 is provided with the electrode 20 (see FIG. 1) at a place where the foot measurement part of the subject meets, so that the living body impedance can be measured. The apparatus for measuring bio-information may further include height adjusting means 13 to adjust the height. In addition, the touch screen 52 can output data input, measurement process, and measurement result as a message and a graphic. The above-described components are exemplary components of the apparatus for measuring bio-information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

1 and 2, when the subject 1 is lifted up with a sock on the footrest 21 provided with the electrode 20 (see FIG. 1) as shown in FIG. 2, 20). By contacting the sole with the electrode 20 formed on the scaffold 21, the bio-impedance information can be measured through current through the sole. In addition, a scale (not shown) may be positioned below the footrest 21. [ Accordingly, at the time of acquiring the bioimpedance, the body weight and the bioimpedance are automatically measured, the measured value is input to the main operation processing unit 60, and utilized as information for bioimpedance analysis.

Alternatively, the subject 1 may come into contact with the electrode 20 provided on the foot 21 while lifting the sock on the foot 21 provided with the electrode 20 (see FIG. 1) The bioimpedance of the living body can be measured. In this case, the footrest 21 is configured so that the electrodes 20 are brought into contact with the respective ankles when the subject 1 is standing on the feet.

In addition, the main operation processing unit 60 detects whether the normal weight measurement is performed by detecting the deviation of the subject and the subject on the foot plate 21 (see FIG. 2) of the bioimpedance device, and when it is determined that normal weight measurement is performed The measured weight information can be stored in the memory unit 40. [ Such weight information can be output through the display unit 72 and the speaker 63. [ If the main operation processing unit 60 determines that the normal body weight measurement is not performed, the body weight measurement mode is returned to, and the body weight measurement manual can be displayed so that the subject can be normally measured.

When the body weight measurement is finished, the subject 1 is guided through the speaker 63 or the display unit 72 so as to input the personal information of the subject 1, so that the subject 1 can acquire personal information such as sex, It is possible to induce the user to input information using the data input unit 50.

Alternatively, the subject inputs the individual information such as sex, age, body weight, height, and the like through the data input unit 50, and attaches the end of the body such as the hands and feet to the electrode, The bio-impedance value measured by the bio-impedance measuring unit 70 can be used to confirm the analysis result value through the data output unit 70. [

In such a bio-information measuring device, the subject 1 must repeatedly input various kinds of personal information such as his or her sex, age, weight and height as reference data for analyzing bio-impedance information. It has come along.

Accordingly, the personal information inputted by the basic and repetitively inputted and stored at the time of the first use is stored, and at the second use, the identification of the subject 1 is identified by using the identification part capable of identifying the subject 1, There is a demand in the art for a biometric information measuring apparatus that can be conveniently used without performing a separate personal information input step for each measurement.

Furthermore, according to the user-identifiable bio-information measuring device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the bio-impedance information obtained by the bio-impedance device, not the identification of the subject 1 through the separate ID generation and input, It is possible to more easily and accurately identify the subject 1 and to manage the bio-impedance information by identifying the subject 1 based on the information.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an apparatus for measuring bio-information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, an apparatus for measuring bio-information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an electrode 20, a switch 25, an information obtaining unit 30, a memory unit (not shown) 40, a data input unit 50, a control unit 60, a voice processing unit 61, a data output unit 70, and a network unit 80. The components shown in Fig. 1 are not essential, and a biometric information measuring apparatus having more or fewer components than those shown in Fig. 1 may be implemented.

The information obtaining unit 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a drive circuit 31, an electrocardiographic information obtaining unit 32 and a bioimpedance obtaining unit 33. [

The data input unit 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a keypad 51 and a touch screen 52.

The drive circuit 31, the memory unit 40, the data input unit 50, the control unit 60, the voice processing unit 61, the data output unit 70, and the network unit 20 shown in FIG. The control unit 60 includes a component electrode 20, a drive circuit 31, a memory unit 40, a data input unit 50, a control unit 60, a voice processing unit 61, a data output unit 70 And the network unit 80, detailed description will be omitted. The component keypad 51, the touch screen 52, the display unit 71, the printer unit 72 and the speaker unit 73 shown in FIG. 3 are constituted by the component keypad 51, The screen 52, the display portion 71, the printer portion 72, and the speaker portion 73, respectively.

Hereinafter, the switch 25 and the bio-impedance information obtaining unit 33 among the components shown in Fig. 3 will be described in further detail.

The apparatus for measuring bio-information according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an electrode 20 formed in the handles 8a and 8b (see FIG. 2), a drive circuit 31 for conducting a minute current, And a living body impedance information obtaining unit 33 for obtaining the impedance of the living body by measuring the voltage of the living body. In addition, the apparatus for measuring bio-information according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include an electrocardiographic information acquiring unit 32 to acquire electrocardiographic information from a user.

Electrocardiogram (ECG) is an abbreviation of cardiac electrical activity and is expressed as ECG (Electrocardiogram). Because the excitation of the myocardium occurs in the sinus and moves toward the atrium and ventricle, if the excitation is induced at an arbitrary two points on the ammeter (that is, the electrocardiogram), the current of the heart can be graphically represented. This will be described later with reference to FIG. 5 to FIG.

The apparatus for measuring bio-information according to an embodiment of the present invention is a device for measuring electrocardiogram in which both the hands (first guidance), the right hand and the left foot (second guidance), the left and right feet (third guidance) Induction, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

For example, the electrocardiographic information obtaining unit 32 according to an embodiment of the present invention can measure the potential (i.e., voltage) of both hands and generate electrocardiographic information from the difference. Alternatively, the electrocardiographic information acquiring unit 32 can measure the potential (i.e., voltage) of the right hand and the left foot and generate electrocardiographic information from the difference. Such electrocardiographic information may be stored in the memory unit 40 and used for user identification.

The bio-information measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention measures the bioimpedance using the BIA method and acquires an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal generated from the heart from the electrocardiographic information obtaining unit 32 . The bioimpedance information may include abdominal obesity information 620, body composition information 630, and body water information 640, as described later with reference to FIG.

The apparatus for measuring bio-information according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a switch 25 to convert the electrocardiographic information acquisition mode and the bio-impedance information acquisition mode of the bio-information measurement apparatus. The switch 25 may preferably be an analog switch, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

More specifically, when the electrode 20 and the electrocardiographic information obtaining unit 32 are connected by the switch 25, the electrocardiographic information of the user is obtained. Further, the switch 25 obtains the bioelectrical impedance information The bioimpedance measurement information of the user can be obtained when the unit 33 is connected. Alternatively, when the electrode 20 and the bio-impedance information obtaining unit 33 are connected by the switch 25, the bio-impedance information of the user is obtained. Further, the switch 25 obtains the electrode 20 and the electrocardiogram information The user's electrocardiographic information may be obtained when the unit 32 is connected. That is, the electrode 20 may be shared by the switch 25, and may be changed into a mode for acquiring electrocardiogram information for acquiring electrocardiographic information or a mode for acquiring bio-impedance information.

As described above with reference to Figs. 1 and 2, in the conventional bio-information measuring apparatus, when the subject 1 measures various personal information such as his or her sex, age, weight and height as reference data for analyzing bio- It has been accompanied by a lot of inconvenience.

The bio-information measuring device 200 (see FIG. 4) capable of identifying the user according to an embodiment of the present invention may include personal information for user identification, an electrode 20, an electrocardiographic information obtaining unit 32, and / Information acquiring unit 33 and may be stored in the memory unit 40. [

That is, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the electrocardiogram information of the subject 1 (see FIG. 2) is obtained from the user-identifiable biometric information measuring apparatus 200 (see FIG. 4) It can be used as information for identification. In addition, when the user identification is unclear based on the electrocardiographic information, further user identification is performed based on at least one of the bioimpedance information obtained from the user-identifiable bio-information measuring device 200 (see FIG. 4) . This will be described later in more detail with reference to FIG.

According to the user-identifiable bio-information measuring device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the bio-information measuring device can be used for identification of the subject 1 (see FIG. 2) By identifying the subject 1 (see FIG. 2) based on the impedance information, it is possible to more conveniently and accurately identify the subject 1 (see FIG. 2) and manage the bioimpedance information.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a biometric information measuring apparatus capable of identifying a user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The bio-information measuring apparatus 200 capable of identifying a user according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an electrocardiograph information acquiring unit 210, a bio-impedance information acquiring unit 220, a first identifying unit 230, A display unit 240, a second identification unit 250, a memory unit 260, and a display unit 270. Although not shown, the user-identifiable biometric information measuring device 200 may further include a switch.

The electrocardiographic information obtaining unit 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention may correspond to the electrocardiographic information obtaining unit 32 of FIG. The bio-impedance information obtaining unit 220 according to an embodiment of the present invention may correspond to the bio-impedance information obtaining unit 33 of FIG. The first identification unit 230, the additional identification determination unit 240 and the second identification unit 250 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be included in the main operation processing unit 60 of FIG. The memory unit 260 according to an embodiment of the present invention may correspond to the memory unit 40 of FIG. Also, the display unit 270 according to an embodiment of the present invention may correspond to the display unit 71 of FIG.

The electrocardiographic information obtaining unit 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention may obtain the electrocardiographic information from the first user.

The bioimpedance information obtaining unit 220 according to an embodiment of the present invention can obtain the bioimpedance information from the first user. The bioimpedance information obtaining unit 220 may be, for example, a foot electrode 21 (see FIG. 2) and / or a handle 8a and 8b (see FIG. 2) of the bioimpedance apparatus, Do not.

The apparatus for measuring bio-information according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a switch 25 (see FIG. 3) to convert the electrocardiographic information acquisition mode and the bio-impedance information acquisition mode of the bio-information measurement apparatus. The switch 25 (see FIG. 3) is preferably an analog switch, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

More specifically, when the electrode 20 (see FIG. 3) and the electrocardiographic information obtaining unit 210 are connected by the switch 25 (see FIG. 3), the electrocardiographic information of the user is obtained, 3) and the bioimpedance information acquisition unit 220 are connected by the probe 20 (see FIG. 3), the bioimpedance measurement information of the user can be obtained. Optionally, when the electrode 20 (see FIG. 3) and the bioimpedance information obtaining unit 220 are connected by the switch 25 (see FIG. 3), the bioimpedance information of the user is obtained, The electrocardiogram information of the user may be obtained when the electrode 20 and the electrocardiographic information obtaining unit 210 are connected by the electrode 20 (see FIG. 3). 3), the switch 25 (see FIG. 3) changes the mode to the ECG information acquisition mode for acquiring electrocardiographic information or the bioimpedance information acquisition mode for acquiring bioimpedance information .

The first identifying unit 230 according to an embodiment of the present invention can identify the first user based on the electrocardiographic information obtained from the first user.

The first identifying unit 230 may compare the electrocardiographic information obtained from the first user with one or more electrocardiographic information previously stored in the database. Further, the first identifying unit 230 may determine one or more users corresponding to one or more pre-stored ECG information in which the difference according to the comparison is less than a predetermined threshold value.

More specifically, the electrocardiographic information may be at least one of the electrocardiogram information and the electrocardiogram measurement value.

The ECG graph information may include the shape of an ECG curve amplifying a minute current flowing in the user's heart muscle, the distance between the waveforms of the ECG curve, the height of the ECG curve, and the angle of the ECG curve. That is, the electrocardiographic information used for user identification may be, for example, the spacing and amplitude between feature points in time. 6 to 7 will be referred to in this connection.

The electrocardiographic information according to a further embodiment of the present invention may include electrocardiographic measurements. These electrocardiographic measurements can be quantified as a measure of heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV).

The heart rate HR according to an embodiment of the present invention may be calculated by taking an inter-beat interval (IBI) from the raw data of the measured ECG information and considering an arithmetic association (HR = 60 / IBI * 1000) Lt; / RTI > That is, IBI can be calculated as the inverse of the heart rate per minute as the heart rate time interval.

The heart rate variability (HRV) according to one embodiment of the present invention can be quantified using three measures of the time domain (SDNN, RMSSD, RMSE). Heart rate variability (HRV) is defined as the standard deviation of the standard deviation of N-NBs (SDNN), root mean of sum of squared differences (RMSSD), root mean square error (RMSE) ). ≪ / RTI >

Refer to [Table 1] in this regard.

HR IBI Reciprocal of HR per minute HRV

SDNN Standard deviation of IBI RMSSD Standard deviation of differences between successive measured IBIs RMSE The standard deviation between the regression line and the IBI value obtained through regression analysis for IBI

[Table 1] is a table showing the quantification scale of ECG values.

A method for identifying a user in a bio-information measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for identifying a user based on at least one of a distance, height, and angle between waveforms in an electrocardiogram curve obtained by amplifying a minute current flowing in a heart muscle, Thereby identifying the user. This will be described later with reference to FIG. 5 to FIG.

The additional identification determination unit 240 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may determine whether additional identification is required for the first user based on a result of the first identification unit 230. [

If it is determined by the additional identification determination unit 240 that additional identification is necessary, the second identification unit 250 according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include, in addition to at least one additional factor information of the obtained bioimpedance information, Thereby further identifying the first user. 8 to 9 will be described later.

In addition, the biometric information measuring apparatus 200 capable of identifying a user according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a memory unit 260 for storing electrocardiographic information and bio-impedance information for each user. The information that can be stored in the memory unit 260 may be stored in the memory unit 260 in addition to the ECG information and the bioimpedance information obtained from the user.

The memory unit 260 may store a program for operation of the main operation processing unit 60 (see FIG. 3), for example, and may store input / output data (for example, bio-impedance information and / Output format, etc.) may be temporarily stored. For example, the memory unit 260 may store data on vibration and sound output to the output unit 70 (see FIG. 3) upon receipt of an input signal by the data input unit 50 (see FIG. 3). For example, the memory unit 260 may store data relating to various patterns output on the display unit 270 and data relating to sounds output through the speaker 73 (see FIG. 3). Further, the memory unit 260 may store at least one of health information and eating habit information.

The memory unit 260 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory) A random access memory (SRAM), a read only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM) , A magnetic disk, or an optical disk. The user-identifiable biometric information measuring apparatus 200 may operate in association with a web storage that performs a storage function of the memory unit 260 on the Internet.

The memory unit 260 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be connected to other components of the biometric information measurement device 200 that can identify the user. In addition, the memory unit 260 may include one or a plurality of database modules. Optionally or alternatively, the memory unit 260, including part or all of the information, may be located within the user-identifiable biometric information measuring device 200. In addition, the memory unit 260 may exist independently from the outside of the biometric information measuring device 200 that can identify the user. In this case, the memory unit 260 may be capable of communicating with the biometric information measurement device 200 capable of user identification.

The display unit 270 according to an embodiment of the present invention may display the obtained bio-impedance information. The analysis information may include at least one of result information of the bioimpedance information obtained from the first user and health management information that can be provided corresponding to the result information.

3) for transmitting the obtained bio-impedance information to the user device corresponding to the first user. The bio-information measuring device 200 may be a personal computer, As shown in FIG.

The display unit 270 according to an embodiment of the present invention displays (outputs) information processed by the bio-information measuring apparatus 200. [ For example, the display unit 270 may display the analyzed contents based on the bio-impedance information obtained by the user-identifiable bio-information measuring device 200 in a UI (User Interface) or a GUI (Graphic User Interface) have.

The display unit 270 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, and a 3D display.

Some of these displays may be transparent or light transmissive so that they can be seen through. This may be referred to as a transparent display. A typical example of such a transparent display is TOLED (Transparent OLED).

There may be two or more display units 270 according to the embodiment of the bio-information measuring device 200 capable of identifying the user. For example, in the user-identifiable biometric information measuring apparatus 200, a plurality of display units may be spaced apart from one another or may be disposed integrally with each other, or may be disposed on different surfaces.

According to a further embodiment of the present invention, the user-identifiable biometric information measuring apparatus 200 may further include a network unit 80 (see FIG. 3). The network section 80 (see FIG. 3) may include a wire / wireless communication module for network connection. The network unit 80 (see FIG. 3) can communicate with an external server (not shown) via a wire / wireless communication technology.

For example, WLAN (Wireless LAN) (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) For example, a wired Internet technology may be a digital subscriber line (XDSL), a fiber to the home (FTTH), or a power line communication (PLC).

In addition, the network unit 80 (see FIG. 3) can transmit and receive data to and from an electronic device including a short distance communication module, including a short distance communication module. Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like can be used as a short range communication technology.

In one embodiment of the present invention, data transmitted and / or received via the network portion 80 (see FIG. 3) may be stored in the memory portion 260, or may be stored in other electronic devices Lt; / RTI >

In a further embodiment of the present invention, the network section 80 (see FIG. 3) stores various data required to provide the biometric information measurement device 200 capable of user identification, and transmits requested data .

The various embodiments described herein may be embodied in a recording medium readable by a computer or similar device using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof.

According to a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays May be implemented using at least one of a processor, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and other electronic units for performing other functions. In some cases, The embodiments described may be implemented by the main operation processing unit 60 (see FIG. 3) itself.

According to a software implementation, embodiments such as the procedures and functions described herein may be implemented with separate software modules. Each of the software modules may perform one or more of the functions and operations described herein. Software code can be implemented in a software application written in a suitable programming language. The software code is stored in the memory unit 260 and can be executed by the main operation processing unit 60 (see FIG. 3).

FIG. 5 illustrates information used by a user-identifiable biometric information measuring apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 to 7 are views showing electrocardiogram curves among electrocardiographic information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The information referenced for user identification in the user-identifiable biometric information measuring apparatus 200 (see FIG. 4) according to an embodiment of the present invention may be the electrocardiographic information 610 and the bioimpedance information. Such bioimpedance information may include at least one of abdominal obesity information 620, body composition information 630, and body water information 640. Such information may be obtainable by the biometric information measuring apparatus 200 (see FIG. 4).

As described above, an electrocardiogram (ECG) refers to the current of the myocardial activity measured on the body surface by the action current generated in the myocardium as the heart is beating.

6 to 7, the x-axis of the electrocardiogram curve graph represents the time value, and the y-axis represents the action potential difference of the myocardium. In the graph, the atrial contraction status (P) and the ventricular contraction status (QRST) can be graphically displayed. The P wave indicates the excitation of the atria, that is, the excitation spreads throughout the atrium. The QRS wave indicates depolarization (contraction) of the ventricle and the T wave indicates repolarization of the ventricle.

These electrocardiographic information are electrical signals generated by the activity of the heart, and each user has a unique electrocardiogram. Reference is made to FIG. 7 in this regard.

The abdominal obesity information 620 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one of visceral fat level 621, visceral fat area 623, abdominal obesity rate 625, visceral fat amount 627 and subcutaneous fat amount 629 One can be included.

The body composition information 630 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include at least one of a body weight 631, a body mass index 633, a body fat mass 635, a muscle mass 637 and a skeletal muscle mass 639.

The body water information 640 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include at least one of body water amount 641, intracellular water 643, extracellular water 645 and extracellular water content 647 .

The bio-impedance information may be bio-impedance information obtained for each part of the body. For example, the bioimpedance information may be measured for at least one of the right arm, the left arm, the right leg, the left leg, and the trunk. That is, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the bioimpedance information referred to for user identification may be, for example, the amount of muscle in the right arm.

In addition, the bio-impedance information as described above is merely an exemplary description according to an embodiment of the present invention, and various information not described may be included in the bio-impedance information. For example, the body composition information 630 may further include at least one of a protein amount and an inorganic mass.

FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of a method for identifying a user in a bio-information measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The steps shown in FIG. 8 may be performed by the user-identifiable biometric information measuring device 200 (see FIG. 4). For example, the method shown in Fig. 8 can be performed by the hardware or the OS itself of the user-identifiable biometric information measuring apparatus 200 (see Fig. 4).

The steps (s) of some of the steps shown in Fig. 8 may be omitted in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. Further, the steps shown in FIG. 7 are exemplary and additional steps may also be included within the scope of the present invention.

Hereinafter, "user" may be "subject ".

The user-identifiable biometric information measuring device 200 (see FIG. 4) may acquire the electrocardiographic information from the first user (S110). In addition, the user-identifiable biometric information measuring device 200 (see Fig. 4) can acquire bio-impedance information (S120).

The information that can be used for user identification may be ECG information and / or bio-impedance information obtained from the user. The bioimpedance information may include at least one of, for example, abdominal obesity information, body composition information, and body water information. Abdominal obesity information may include at least one of visceral fat level, visceral fat area, abdominal obesity rate, visceral fat area, visceral fat mass and subcutaneous fat mass. In addition, the body composition information may include at least one of a body weight, a body mass index, a body fat percentage, a fat mass, a muscle mass, a skeletal muscle mass, a protein mass, and an inorganic mass. In addition, the body water information may include at least one of body water content, intracellular water content, extracellular water content and extracellular water content ratio.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first user may be identified based on the electrocardiographic information obtained from the first user (S130). The step of quantifying the acquired electrocardiogram information may further be performed for this purpose. Step S130 of identifying the first user based on the electrocardiographic information is referred to as a "first identification" step.

Based on the result of the first identifying step, it may be determined whether additional identification of the first user is required (S140).

Step S140 of determining whether further identification of the first user is required may be determined based on, for example, whether the user identified by the first identification step is one or more than two.

The user-identifiable biometric information measuring device 200 (see FIG. 4) identifies the identified user as a first user when there is only one first user identified by the first identifying step, and further identification is unnecessary (S1401).

If the first user identified by the first identification step is not one, for example, it can be determined that further identification is required for the first user if there are more than one first user identified by the first identification step (S1402).

If it is determined in step S140 that additional identification for the first user is required (S1401), the first user is additionally identified based on at least one additional factor information, excluding the ECG information, from among the obtained bioimpedance information May be performed (S150).

Hereinafter, a method for identifying a user in the biometric information measuring apparatus 200 (see FIG. 4) capable of identifying the user will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

Figure 9 shows a flowchart of a more detailed method for identifying a user in a biometric information measuring device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

The steps shown in Fig. 9 may be performed by the user-identifiable biometric information measuring apparatus 200 (see Fig. 4). For example, the method shown in Fig. 9 can be performed by the hardware or the OS itself of the user-identifiable biometric information measuring apparatus 200 (see Fig. 4).

The steps (s) of some of the steps shown in Fig. 9 may be omitted in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Further, the steps shown in FIG. 9 are exemplary and additional steps may also be included within the scope of the present invention.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the user-identifiable biometric information measuring apparatus 200 (see FIG. 4) may acquire electrocardiographic information from a first user (S110).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user-identifiable biometric information measuring apparatus 200 (see FIG. 4) may obtain the bioimpedance information from the first user (S120).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first user may be identified based on the electrocardiographic information obtained from the first user (S130).

In order to identify the first user based on the electrocardiographic information, the user-identifiable biometric information measuring device 200 (see FIG. 4) may compare the electrocardiographic information obtained from the first user with one or more electrocardiographic information pre- (S131).

In addition, the user-identifiable bio-information measuring device 200 (see FIG. 4) may determine one or more users corresponding to one or more pre-stored electrocardiogram information whose difference according to the comparison is less than a predetermined threshold value (S133).

Based on the result of the first identifying step, it may be determined whether additional identification of the first user is required (S140).

(S140) of determining whether further identification of the first user is required, if the determined user is one, determining (S1401) that the determined user is identified as the first user and that further identification is unnecessary; and If the determined number of users is two or more, it may be determined that additional identification is required for the first user (S1403).

If it is determined in step S140 that additional identification for the first user is required (S1401), the first user is additionally identified based on at least one additional factor information, excluding the ECG information, from among the obtained bioimpedance information May be performed (S150).

At least one additional factor information other than the electrocardiographic information according to an embodiment of the present invention may be predetermined. Alternatively, the additional factor information may be automatically selected with the least variance factor for a predetermined period of time.

For example, when the change in skeletal muscle amount among the bioimpedance information previously stored for a predetermined period is the smallest, the skeletal muscle amount can be determined as additional factor information. Therefore, user identification can be made based on the additional factor "skeletal muscle amount" within candidate groups determined through electrocardiographic information.

The at least one additional factor information other than the ECG information according to another embodiment of the present invention may be weighted based on the ECG information and a predetermined criterion. The predetermined criteria are, for example, giving a weight of 1.1 times to electrocardiographic information, a weight of 3 times for abdominal obesity information, a weight of 1.2 times for body composition information and a weight of 1.4 times for body water information To give. The above-described weights are only descriptions according to one embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of rights of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The at least one additional factor information other than the electrocardiographic information according to another embodiment of the present invention may include at least one of the factors of the bioimpedance information for two or more users when the number of users determined by the first identification step S130 is two or more The factor information with the greatest difference may be determined by the additional factor information.

For example, assume that there are a first candidate user and a second candidate user determined by the first identifying step. The factor information having the largest difference between the parameters of the bioimpedance information pre-stored corresponding to the first candidate user and the parameters of the bioimpedance information previously stored corresponding to the second candidate user can be determined as the additional factor information. More specifically, referring to [Table 2], the weight, which is the factor information having the largest difference among the factor information pre-stored corresponding to the first candidate user and the second candidate user, can be determined as additional factor information.

Factor information The first candidate user The second candidate user weight 61.6 kg 48.3kg Visceral fat content 1.2kg 1.1kg Subcutaneous fat content 13.2kg 12.5kg Extracellular secretion 0.391 0.298

Table 2 is bio-impedance measurement information previously stored corresponding to the first candidate user and the second candidate user.

In addition, the second identifying step may include identifying (S151) the first user among the determined two or more users by comparing the additional factor information with one or more factor information pre-stored in the database corresponding to the additional factor information, . ≪ / RTI >

For example, assume that there are a first candidate user and a second candidate user determined by the first identifying step. By comparing the additional factor information obtained from the first user with the factor information pre-stored corresponding to the first candidate user and the second candidate user, the first user can be identified. More specifically, when the body water amount is determined by the additional factor information, the body water amount obtained from the first user is compared with the body water amount previously stored corresponding to the first candidate user and the body water amount previously stored corresponding to the second candidate user, 1 user can be identified.

Furthermore, the second identifying step may be based on giving a larger weight to one or more users corresponding to one or more pre-stored ECG information having a small difference value according to the comparison, when the determined user is two or more.

For example, assume that there are a first candidate user and a second candidate user determined by the first identifying step. For example, if the difference between the electrocardiogram value obtained from the first user and the pre-stored electrocardiogram value corresponding to the first candidate user is greater than the difference between the electrocardiogram value obtained from the first user and the pre-stored electrocardiogram value corresponding to the second candidate user If it is small, a larger weight can be given to the first candidate user. That is, the candidate user most similar to the electrocardiographic information obtained from the first user may be identified as the first user.

That is, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the first user is identified based on the electrocardiographic information, when the first user identification is unclear, the first user identification information is added to at least one of the other bioimpedance information other than the electrocardiographic information, Users can be further identified. Therefore, it is possible to reduce errors that may occur when the user is identified based on the electrocardiographic information.

In addition, the user-identifiable biometric information measuring device 200 (see FIG. 4) can generate analysis information based in part on the bio-impedance information obtained from the first user. The analysis information may include at least one of result information of the bioimpedance information obtained from the first user and health management information that can be provided corresponding to the result information.

According to the user-identifiable biometric information measuring apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention described above with reference to FIGS. 3 to 4, it is possible to identify the subject without repeatedly inputting personal information from the subject every measurement. This makes it possible to more conveniently and accurately identify the subject 1 and manage the bioimpedance information through the bioimpedance information including the electrocardiographic information of the subject without going through a separate personal information input step every time the bioimpedance is measured.

Such a conventional bio-information measuring device inputs personal information through a conventional input device, that is, a keyboard or a mouse, and authenticates the registered subject, and then measures the body fat of the subject. However, as the information age becomes more and more important, there is a growing interest in the security of personal information. However, the physical input method such as the conventional input method has a disadvantage that it is easily leaked to other people. Especially, in the body fat meter related to the subject's body information, a system for enhancing the security problem is continuously studied. That is, the present invention provides a method for efficiently identifying a user by utilizing components of an existing bio-information measuring device without requiring a separate authentication device for authenticating the subject.

FIG. 10 shows a user interface (UI) that can be output from a user-identifiable biometric information measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the first user is identified through steps S110 to S150 of FIG. 9, the analysis information analyzing the bio-impedance information obtained from the first user may be output to the display unit 270 (see FIG. 4).

The analysis information may be the result information of the bioimpedance information obtained from the first user as shown. Or health management information that can be provided corresponding to the result information.

When a QR code shown on the screen UI is pressed, it can be enlarged and displayed on the entire surface of the display unit 270 (see FIG. 4). If the QR code recognizer is recognized as a QR code recognizer of the user device corresponding to the first user, May be automatically stored.

According to an embodiment of the present invention as described above, a biometric information measuring device capable of identifying a subject can be provided. In addition, it is possible to provide a bio-information measuring device capable of managing bio-impedance information of a subject in a database for each subject.

11 is a block diagram of a computer for performing a program for identifying a user in a bio-information measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 11, a brief general description of a suitable computing environment in which various aspects of an embodiment of the invention may be implemented may be provided.

Although the present invention has been described above generally in terms of computer-executable instructions that can be executed on one or more computers, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be implemented in combination with other program modules and / will be.

Generally, program modules include routines, programs, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Moreover, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the inventive methods may be practiced with other computer systems, such as single-processor or multi-processor computer systems, minicomputers, mainframe computers, as well as personal computers, handheld computing devices, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, And may operate in conjunction with one or more associated devices).

Illustrative aspects of the invention may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where certain tasks are performed by remote processing devices connected through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices.

Computers typically include a variety of computer readable media. Any medium accessible by a computer can be a computer-readable medium, which includes both volatile and non-volatile media, both removable and non-removable media. By way of example, and not limitation, computer readable media may comprise computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storing information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Computer storage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital video disk (DVD) or other optical disk storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, Or any other medium which can be accessed by a computer and used to store the desired information.

Communication media typically embodies computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated data signal, such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism, Media. The term modulated data signal refers to a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed to encode information in the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media includes wired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared, or other wireless media. Combinations of any of the above described media are also intended to be included within the scope of computer readable media.

There is shown an exemplary environment 1100 that implements various aspects of the present invention including a computer 1102 and includes a processing unit 1104, a system memory 1106 and a system bus 1108 do. The system bus 1108 couples system components, including but not limited to, system memory 1106 to the processing unit 1104. The processing unit 1104 may be any of a variety of commercially available processors. Dual processors and other multiprocessor architectures may also be used as the processing unit 1104.

The system bus 1108 may be any of several types of bus structures that may additionally be interconnected to a local bus using any of the memory bus, peripheral bus, and various commercial bus architectures. The system memory 1106 includes read only memory (ROM) 1110 and random access memory (RAM) The basic input / output system (BIOS) is stored in a non-volatile memory 1110, such as a ROM, EPROM, EEPROM or the like, which is a basic (non-volatile) memory device that aids in transferring information between components within the computer 1102 Routine. The RAM 1112 may also include a high speed RAM such as static RAM for caching data.

The computer 1102 may also be an internal hard disk drive (HDD) 1114 (e.g., EIDE, SATA) - this internal hard disk drive 1114 may also be configured for external use within a suitable chassis , A magnetic floppy disk drive (FDD) 1116 (e.g., for reading from or writing to a removable diskette 1118), and an optical disk drive 1120 (e.g., a CD-ROM For reading disc 1122 or reading from or writing to other high capacity optical media such as DVD). The hard disk drive 1114, magnetic disk drive 1116 and optical disk drive 1120 are connected to the system bus 1108 by a hard disk drive interface 1124, a magnetic disk drive interface 1126 and an optical drive interface 1128, respectively. . The interface 1124 for external drive implementation includes at least one or both of USB (Universal Serial Bus) and IEEE 1394 interface technologies.

These drives and their associated computer-readable media provide non-volatile storage of data, data structures, computer-executable instructions, and the like. In the case of computer 1102, the drives and media correspond to storing any data in a suitable digital format. While the above description of computer readable media refers to HDDs, removable magnetic disks, and removable optical media such as CDs or DVDs, those skilled in the art will appreciate that other types of storage devices, such as zip drives, magnetic cassettes, flash memory cards, Or the like may also be used in the exemplary operating environment and any such medium may include computer-executable instructions for carrying out the methods of the present invention.

A number of program modules may be stored in the drive and RAM 1112, including an operating system 1130, one or more application programs 1132, other program modules 1134, and program data 1136. All or a portion of the operating system, applications, modules, and / or data may also be cached in the RAM 1112. It will be appreciated that the present invention may be implemented in a variety of commercially available operating systems or combinations of operating systems.

A user may enter commands and information into the computer 1102 via one or more wired / wireless input devices, such as a keyboard 1138 and a pointing device such as a mouse 1140. [ Other input devices (not shown) may include a microphone, an IR remote control, a joystick, a game pad, a style (17) mouse pen, a touch screen, These and other input devices are often connected to the processing unit 1104 via an input device interface 1142 that is coupled to the system bus 1108, but may be a parallel port, an IEEE 1394 serial port, a game port, a USB port, an IR interface, ≪ / RTI > and so forth.

A monitor 1144 or other type of display device is also connected to the system bus 1108 via an interface, such as a video adapter 1146, In addition to the monitor 1144, the computer typically includes other peripheral output devices (not shown) such as speakers, printers,

Computer 1102 may operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as remote computer (s) 1148, via wired and / or wireless communication. The remote computer (s) 1148 can be a workstation, a server computer, a router, a personal computer, a portable computer, a microprocessor-based entertainment device, a peer device or other conventional network node, Includes a number of or all of the described elements, but for simplicity, only memory storage device 1150 is shown. The logical connections depicted include a wired / wireless connection to a local area network (LAN) 1152 and / or a larger network, e.g., a wide area network (WAN) These LAN and WAN networking environments are commonplace in offices and corporations and facilitate enterprise-wide computer networks such as intranets, all of which can be connected to computer networks worldwide, for example the Internet.

When used in a LAN networking environment, the computer 1102 is connected to the local network 1152 via a wired and / or wireless communication network interface or adapter 1156. [ The adapter 1156 may facilitate wired or wireless communication to the LAN 1152 and the LAN 1152 also includes a wireless access point installed therein to communicate with the wireless adapter 1156. [ When used in a WAN networking environment, the computer 1102 may include a modem 1158, or may be coupled to a communications server on the WAN 1154, or to other devices that establish communications over the WAN 1154, such as via the Internet. . A modem 1158, which may be an internal or external and a wired or wireless device, is coupled to the system bus 1108 via a serial port interface 1142. In a networked environment, program modules described for the computer 1102, or portions thereof, may be stored in the remote memory / storage device 1150. It will be appreciated that the network connections shown are exemplary and other means of establishing a communication link between the computers may be used.

The computer 1102 may be any wireless device or entity that is deployed and operable in wireless communication, such as a printer, a scanner, a desktop and / or portable computer, a portable data assistant (PDA) (E.g., a kiosk, a newsstand, a toilet), and a telephone. This includes at least Wi-Fi and Bluetooth ™ wireless technology. Thus, the communication may be a predefined structure, such as in a conventional network, or simply an ad hoc communication between at least two devices.

Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) allows you to connect to the Internet from a home sofa, a bed in a hotel room, or a meeting room in your workplace without wires. Wi-Fi is a wireless technology such as a cell phone that allows such devices, e.g., computers, to transmit and receive data indoors and outdoors, i. E. Anywhere within the coverage area of a base station. Wi-Fi networks use a wireless technology called IEEE 802.11 (a, b, g, etc.) to provide a secure, reliable, and high-speed wireless connection. Wi-Fi can be used to connect computers to each other, the Internet, and a wired network (using IEEE 802.3 or Ethernet). The Wi-Fi network operates in unlicensed 2.4 and 5 GHz wireless bands, for example, at 11 Mbps (802.11a) or 54 Mbps (802.11b) data rates, or in products containing both bands (dual band) Thus, this network can provide real-world performance similar to the basic 10BaseT wired Ethernet network used in many offices.

12 shows a schematic block diagram of an exemplary computing environment for executing a program for identifying a user in a biometric information measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 12, system 1200 includes one or more client (s) 1202. The client (s) 1202 may be hardware and / or software (e.g., threads, processes, computing devices). The client (s) 1202 may store cookie (s) and / or associated contextual information, for example, by using the present invention.

System 1200 also includes one or more server (s) 1204. The server (s) 1204 may also be hardware and / or software (e.g., threads, processes, computing devices). The server 1204 may, for example, store a thread that performs the transformation by using the present invention. One possible communication between client 1202 and server 1204 may be in the form of a data packet that is configured to be transmitted between two or more computer processes. The data packet may include, for example, a cookie and / or associated contextual information. System 1200 includes a communications framework 1206 (e.g., a worldwide communications network such as the Internet) that can be utilized to facilitate communications between client (s) 1202 and server (s) .

Communications may be facilitated via wireline (including optical fibers) and / or wireless technology. The client (s) 1202 may include one or more client data stores (e. G., Client 1202) that may be used to store information (e.g., cookie (s) and / ) 1208, respectively. Similarly, server (s) 1204 operate in conjunction with one or more server data store (s) 1210 that may be utilized to store information local to servers 1204.

What has been described above includes examples of the present invention. Of course, it is not possible to describe every conceivable combination of components or methods for purposes of describing the present invention, but one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that many further combinations and permutations of the present invention are possible. Accordingly, it is intended to embrace all such alterations, modifications, and variations that fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. In addition, to the extent that the term "include" is used in either the detailed description or the claims, such term is interpreted as " comprising "when used in the claims as a transitional word To be inclusive in a manner similar to the term " comprising "as < / RTI >

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be understood that the invention may be varied and varied without departing from the scope of the invention.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that information and signals may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced in the above description may include voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, Or particles, or any combination thereof.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, processors, means, circuits, and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in electronic hardware, (Which may be referred to herein as "software") or a combination of both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends on the design constraints imposed on the particular application and the overall system. Those skilled in the art may implement the described functionality in various ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.

The various embodiments presented herein may be implemented as a method, apparatus, or article of manufacture using standard programming and / or engineering techniques. The term "article of manufacture" includes a computer program, carrier, or media accessible from any computer-readable device. For example, the computer-readable medium can be a magnetic storage device (e.g., a hard disk, a floppy disk, a magnetic strip, etc.), an optical disk (e.g., CD, DVD, etc.), a smart card, But are not limited to, devices (e. G., EEPROM, cards, sticks, key drives, etc.). The various storage media presented herein also include one or more devices and / or other machine-readable media for storing information. The term "machine-readable medium" includes, but is not limited to, a wireless channel and various other media capable of storing, holding, and / or transferring instruction (s) and / or data.

It will be appreciated that the particular order or hierarchy of steps in the presented processes is an example of exemplary approaches. It will be appreciated that, based on design priorities, certain orders or hierarchies of steps in processes may be rearranged within the scope of the present invention. The appended method claims provide elements of the various steps in a sample order, but are not meant to be limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented.

The description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features presented herein.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be understood that the invention may be varied and varied without departing from the scope of the invention.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that information and signals may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced in the above description may include voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, Or particles, or any combination thereof.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, processors, means, circuits, and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in electronic hardware, (Which may be referred to herein as "software") or a combination of both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends on the design constraints imposed on the particular application and the overall system. Those skilled in the art may implement the described functionality in various ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.

The various embodiments presented herein may be implemented as a method, apparatus, or article of manufacture using standard programming and / or engineering techniques. The term "article of manufacture" includes a computer program, carrier, or media accessible from any computer-readable device. For example, the computer-readable medium can be a magnetic storage device (e.g., a hard disk, a floppy disk, a magnetic strip, etc.), an optical disk (e.g., CD, DVD, etc.), a smart card, But are not limited to, devices (e. G., EEPROM, cards, sticks, key drives, etc.). The various storage media presented herein also include one or more devices and / or other machine-readable media for storing information. The term "machine-readable medium" includes, but is not limited to, a wireless channel and various other media capable of storing, holding, and / or transferring instruction (s) and / or data.

It will be appreciated that the particular order or hierarchy of steps in the presented processes is an example of exemplary approaches. It will be appreciated that, based on design priorities, certain orders or hierarchies of steps in processes may be rearranged within the scope of the present invention. The appended method claims provide elements of the various steps in a sample order, but are not meant to be limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented.

The description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features presented herein.

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21. A computer program stored in a computer readable medium executable by one or more processors, comprising instructions for causing the one or more processors to perform the following operations:
The operations include:
Acquiring electrocardiographic information from a first user;
Acquiring bio-impedance information from the first user;
A first identifying operation for identifying the first user based on the electrocardiographic information obtained from the first user;
Determining whether further identification of the first user is required based on the identification result of the first identification operation; And
A second identifying operation that further identifies the first user based on at least one additional factor information of the obtained bioimpedance information when it is determined that the additional identification is required;
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A computer program stored on a computer readable medium.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first identifying operation comprises:
Comparing the electrocardiographic information obtained from the first user with one or more electrocardiographic information pre-stored in a database;
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A computer program stored on a computer readable medium.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the first identifying operation comprises:
Determining one or more users corresponding to one or more pre-stored ECG information in which the difference according to the comparison is less than a predetermined threshold value;
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A computer program stored on a computer readable medium.
The method of claim 3,
The act of determining whether the further identification is necessary,
If the determined user is one, identifying the determined user as the first user and determining that no further identification is required; And
Determining that further identification is required for the first user if the determined user is more than one;
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A computer program stored on a computer readable medium.
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the second identifying operation comprises:
Identifying the first user among the determined two or more users by comparing the additional factor information with one or more factor information pre-stored in a database corresponding to the additional factor information;
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A computer program stored on a computer readable medium.
The method according to claim 1,
The electrocardiographic information includes:
An electrocardiogram graph information, and an electrocardiogram measurement value,
The electrocardiogram information includes:
The shape of the electrocardiogram, the distance between the waveforms of the electrocardiogram, the height of the electrocardiogram, and the angle of the electrocardiogram curve, and
The electrocardiogram measurement value is a value
Which is quantified as a measure of heart rate and heart rate variability,
A computer program stored on a computer readable medium.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the bioimpedance information comprises:
Abdominal obesity information, body composition information, and body water information,
A computer program stored on a computer readable medium.
8. The method of claim 7,
The abdominal obesity information may include:
Visceral fat level, visceral fat area, abdominal obesity rate, visceral fat mass and subcutaneous fat mass,
The body-
Weight, body mass index, percent body fat, body fat, muscle mass, skeletal muscle mass, protein mass, and inorganic mass, and
The body-
Wherein at least one of body water content, intracellular water content, extracellular water content,
A computer program stored on a computer readable medium.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the electrocardiographic information and the bioimpedance information are stored in a memory,
A bio-information measuring apparatus,
A computer program stored on a computer readable medium.
The method according to claim 1,
Generating analysis information based on the bioimpedance information obtained from the first user;
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A computer program stored on a computer readable medium.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the at least one additional factor information comprises:
Which can be predetermined or automatically selected as the least variant factor for a predetermined period of time,
A computer program stored on a computer readable medium.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the at least one additional factor information comprises:
Wherein the weight is applied based on the electrocardiographic information and a predetermined criterion,
A computer program stored on a computer readable medium.
5. The method of claim 4,
When the determined user is two or more, the factor information with the largest difference among the parameters of the bioimpedance information for two or more users is determined as the additional factor information,
A computer program stored on a computer readable medium.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the second identifying operation comprises:
Assigning a larger weight to one or more users corresponding to one or more previously stored ECG information having a small difference value according to the comparison when the determined user is two or more;
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A computer program stored on a computer readable medium.
A biometric information measuring device capable of identifying a user,
An electrocardiogram information acquiring unit for acquiring electrocardiogram information from a first user;
A bio-impedance information obtaining unit for obtaining bio-impedance information from the first user;
A first identifying unit for identifying the first user based on the electrocardiographic information obtained from the first user;
A further identification deciding unit for deciding whether or not further identification of the first user is necessary based on a result of the first identification unit; And
A second identifying unit that further identifies the first user based on at least one additional factor information of the obtained bioimpedance information when it is determined by the additional identification determination unit that additional identification is required;
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A biometric information measuring device capable of user identification.
16. The method of claim 15,
switch;
Further comprising:
Wherein the switch comprises:
The bioelectrical impedance information acquisition unit, the electrocardiographic information acquisition unit, and the bio-impedance information acquisition unit,
A biometric information measuring device capable of user identification.
16. The method of claim 15,
A memory unit for storing the ECG information and the bioimpedance information for each user; And
A display unit for displaying the obtained biometric information;
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A biometric information measuring device capable of user identification.
16. The method of claim 15,
A network unit transmitting the obtained biometric information to a user device corresponding to the first user;
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A biometric information measuring device capable of user identification.

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