KR102274140B1 - System for educating measurement of vital signs - Google Patents

Abstract

A biosignal measurement education system according to the present invention includes: a plurality of biosignal measurement packs measuring biosignals from human body; a communication module receiving the biosignal together with biosignal identification information from any one of the biosignal measuring packs among the plurality of biosignal measuring packs and converting the biosignal to generate the bio-signal data; and a user terminal receiving the biosignal data together with the biosignal identification information, and setting a biosignal display mode based on the biosignal identification information and displaying the biosignal data in response to the biosignal display mode. Provided is the biosignal measurement education system that can educate users about the biosignals and procedures for measuring the biosignals.

Description

System for educating measurement of vital signs

The present invention relates to a bio-signal measurement education system, and more specifically, a bio-signal measurement pack capable of displaying bio-signal data on a user terminal by connecting any one of a plurality of bio-signal measurement packs with a communication module and performing education on bio-signals. It relates to a signal measurement education system.

Biomedical engineering, which promotes the development of two academic fields by mutual exchange and application of academic methodologies, concepts, technologies, and devices between departments and engineering fields, is 'medical bioengineering', 'medical engineering', 'medical engineering', and 'medical electronics engineering'. ', etc., and has a very close relationship with the development of medical equipment that incorporates various advanced electronic/communication technologies that require high precision and reliability.

If these major research fields of biomedical engineering are classified based on the applied electronic/communication technology, biosignal processing, medical image processing and analysis, medical devices, modeling and simulation, biomechanics, biomaterials, rehabilitation engineering, artificial organs, medical care information, diagnostic assistance systems, and the like.

Various electronic/communication technology-related educational equipment used in the field of medical engineering is in new demand and increasing market along with the development of medical-related electronic communication technology, but the recent rapid development of electronic communication technology is difficult to keep up with in the education field. Although the speed is fast, the educational equipment for the relevant field is very backward in reality, and according to the various electronic/communication technology fields, the education equipment is also required to be replaced with the latest products suitable for each field.

However, in the conventional education and practice system, the bio-signal measurement sensor and the circuit for processing the signal are integrated, so education in various bio-signal measurement fields could not be performed, and according to the change of the education object and process, new There was a burden of cost to purchase the practice system.

In addition, as the system is integrated, it is not easy to assemble and disassemble when a problem occurs, so repair work is complicated and takes a long time, and there are many difficulties in upgrading various circuits and replacing specifications.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0127448

The present invention relates to a bio-signal measurement education system, and more specifically, a procedure for measuring bio-signals to a user by connecting any one of a plurality of bio-signal measurement packs to a communication module and displaying bio-signal data on a user terminal. An object of the present invention is to provide a biosignal measurement education system capable of training on signals.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects and advantages of the present invention not mentioned may be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. Moreover, it will be readily apparent that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

A biosignal measurement education system according to the present invention for solving the above technical problem includes a plurality of biosignal measurement packs for measuring biosignals from a human body; a communication module for receiving the biosignal together with biosignal identification information from any one of the plurality of biosignal measuring packs, and converting the biosignal to generate the biosignal data; and a user terminal configured to receive the biosignal data together with the biosignal identification information, set a biosignal display mode based on the biosignal identification information, and display the biosignal data in response to the biosignal display mode. may include.

Preferably, each of the plurality of biosignal measuring packs comprises: a pack housing having a pack fastening member formed to be fastened to the communication module; and a pack output terminal to which the biosignal and the biosignal identification information are output.

Preferably, the communication module comprises: a module housing having a module fastening member to which the pack fastening member is fastened; and a module input terminal connected to the pack output terminal to receive the bio-signal output from the pack output terminal and the bio-signal identification information.

Preferably, the communication module sets a biosignal conversion mode based on the biosignal identification information, filters and modulates the biosignal in response to the biosignal conversion mode, and converts the filtered and modulated biosignal to the biosignal. It can be generated as signal data.

Preferably, the communication module may check the filtering frequency range information corresponding to the biosignal conversion mode and filter the biosignal whose biosignal frequency is included in the frequency range indicated by the filtering frequency range information among the biosignal.

Preferably, the communication module may check amplitude modulation information corresponding to the biosignal conversion mode, and modulate the biosignal amplitude of the biosignal by using an amplitude magnification indicated by the amplitude modulation information.

Preferably, the user terminal sets a biosignal output mode based on the biosignal identification information, checks output format information corresponding to the biosignal output mode, and receives the biosignal data in response to the output format information can be printed out.

Preferably, the user terminal may check bio-signal education information corresponding to the bio-signal identification information, and output bio-signal measurement procedure information and bio-signal monitoring method information included in the bio-signal education information.

According to the present invention, by providing an optimized service to the user after analyzing the items requested by the user based on machine learning, the transaction completion rate between the user and the company can be improved, and the time it takes for the user to select the optimal company can be shortened.

1 is a perspective view of a biosignal measurement education system according to the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a biosignal measurement education system according to the present invention.
3 is a diagram for explaining an example of a functional block diagram for explaining a user terminal of the biosignal measurement education system according to the present invention.
4 is a view for explaining a process of measuring an electrocardiogram through the biosignal measurement education system according to the present invention.
5 is a view for explaining a process of measuring oxygen saturation through the biosignal measurement education system according to the present invention.
6 is a view for explaining a process of measuring blood pressure through the biosignal measurement education system according to the present invention.
7 is a view for explaining a process of measuring body temperature through the biosignal measurement education system according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and it should be understood that various modifications, equivalents, and/or alternatives of the embodiments of the present invention are included. In connection with the description of the drawings, like reference numerals may be used for like elements.

In this document, expressions such as "have", "may have", "includes", or "may include" refer to the presence of a corresponding characteristic (eg, a numerical value, function, operation, or component such as a part). and does not exclude the presence of additional features.

In this document, expressions such as “A or B”, “at least one of A or/and B”, or “one or more of A or/and B” may include all possible combinations of the items listed together. . For example, "A or B", "at least one of A and B", or "at least one of A or B" means (1) includes at least one A, (2) includes at least one B; Or (3) it may refer to all cases including both at least one A and at least one B.

Expressions such as "first", "second", "first", or "second" used in this document may modify various elements, regardless of order and/or importance, and may modify one element. It is used only to distinguish it from other components, and does not limit the components. For example, the first user equipment and the second user equipment may represent different user equipment regardless of order or importance. For example, without departing from the scope of the rights described in this document, a first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be renamed as a first component.

A component (eg, a first component) is "coupled with/to (operatively or communicatively)" to another component (eg, a second component) When referring to "connected to", it will be understood that the certain element may be directly connected to the other element or may be connected through another element (eg, a third element). On the other hand, when it is said that a component (eg, a first component) is "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component (eg, a second component), the component and the It may be understood that other components (eg, a third component) do not exist between other components.

The expression “configured to (or configured to)” as used in this document, depending on the context, for example, “suitable for”, “having the capacity to )", "designed to", "adapted to", "made to", or "capable of" . The term “configured (or set up to)” may not necessarily mean only “specifically designed to” hardware. Instead, in some contexts, the expression “a device configured to” may mean that the device is “capable of” with other devices or parts. For example, the phrase "controller configured (or configured to perform) A, B, and C" may refer to a dedicated processor (eg, an embedded processor) for performing the corresponding operation, or by executing one or more software programs stored in memory. , may mean a generic-purpose processor (eg, a CPU or an application processor) capable of performing corresponding operations.

As used herein, the term “unit” refers to a hardware component such as software, FPGA, or ASIC, and “unit” performs certain roles. However, “a” is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. "~" may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium. Thus, as an example, “a” refers to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, and processors, functions, properties, and procedures. , subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays and variables. The functions provided within the components and “units” may be combined into a smaller number of components and “units” or further separated into additional components and “units”.

In particular, in the present specification, the “processor” may include one or more of a central processing unit (CPU), an application processor (AP), and a communication processor (CP).

In this specification, a computer means all types of hardware devices including at least one processor, and may be understood as encompassing software configurations operating in the corresponding hardware device according to embodiments. For example, a computer may be understood to include, but is not limited to, smart phones, tablet PCs, desktops, notebooks, and user clients and applications running on each device.

Terms used in this document are only used to describe specific embodiments, and may not be intended to limit the scope of other embodiments. The singular expression may include the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, may have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art described in this document. Among the terms used in this document, terms defined in general dictionary may be interpreted with the same or similar meaning to the meaning in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in this document, have an ideal or excessively formal meaning. not interpreted In some cases, even terms defined in this document cannot be construed to exclude embodiments of this document.

1 is a perspective view of a bio-signal measurement education system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a bio-signal measurement education system according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a user of the bio-signal measurement education system according to the present invention It is a view for explaining an example of a functional block diagram for explaining a terminal, FIG. 4 is a view for explaining a process of measuring an electrocardiogram through the biosignal measurement education system according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a view for explaining the present invention FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a process of measuring oxygen saturation through the biosignal measurement education system according to the present invention, FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a process of measuring blood pressure through the biosignal measurement education system according to the present invention, FIG. 7 is It is a diagram for explaining a process of measuring body temperature through the biosignal measurement education system according to the present invention.

1 to 7 , the bio-signal measurement education system 10 may include a plurality of bio-signal measurement packs 100; 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d), a communication module 200, and a user terminal 300. can

The cis can measure bio-signals generated in the human body and provide them to the user, and provide the user with information necessary for educating the measurement procedure of these bio-signals and the meaning of the bio-signals.

Although the sheath can be applied to various biosignals, in one embodiment, the electrocardiogram, oxygen saturation, blood pressure and body temperature are measured as biosignals, and information necessary for educating the measurement procedure of each biosignal and the meaning of the biosignals is provided to the user can do.

The plurality of biosignal measurement packs 100 may measure biosignals from the human body and output biosignal identification information together with the measured biosignals. Specifically, the ECG measurement pack 100a measures an ECG signal as a biological signal from the human body, the oxygen saturation measurement pack 100b measures an oxygen saturation signal as a biological signal from the human body, and the blood pressure measurement pack 100c measures an ECG signal from the human body. A blood pressure signal may be measured as a biosignal, and the body temperature measuring pack 100d may measure a body temperature signal as a biosignal from the human body.

To this end, the electrocardiogram pack 100a includes an electrocardiogram sensor for measuring an electrocardiogram signal, the oxygen saturation measuring pack 100b includes an oxygen saturation sensor for measuring an oxygen saturation signal, and the blood pressure measuring pack 100c includes a blood pressure A blood pressure sensor for measuring a signal may be provided, and the body temperature measuring pack 100d may include a body temperature sensor for measuring a body temperature signal.

Note that the type and measurement method of the sensor for measuring the biosignal are not limited.

That is, each of the plurality of biosignal measurement packs 100 may measure any one of an electrocardiogram signal, an oxygen saturation signal, a blood pressure signal, and a body temperature signal as a biosignal and output a biosignal together with biosignal identification information indicating each signal. have.

The plurality of biosignal measuring packs 100 may transmit and output biosignals that are analog signals measured from the human body to the communication module 200 .

To this end, the plurality of biosignal measuring packs 100 may include a pack housing accommodating circuit components such as a sensor, a PCB board, a memory, and a processor therein.

Note that the pack housing of the plurality of biosignal measuring packs 100 may be formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, but the shape is not limited.

The pack housing of the plurality of biosignal measuring packs 100 may be provided with a pack fastening member for fastening the upper portion of the communication module 200 and the plurality of biosignal measuring packs 100 to a lower portion thereof.

The pack fastening member may be fastened to the module fastening member provided in the communication module 200 using any one of a hook method, a screw method, and a bending method.

Meanwhile, the plurality of biosignal measuring packs 100 may include a pack output terminal for outputting biosignal identification information together with the biosignal at a lower portion.

The communication module 200 is coupled and connected to any one of the biosignal measuring packs 100 among the plurality of biosignal measuring packs 100 to receive the biosignal together with biosignal identification information, and convert the biosignal to generate the biosignal data.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4 , the communication module 200 is connected to the electrocardiogram measuring pack 100a among the plurality of biosignal measuring packs 100 to input and receive an electrocardiogram signal and biosignal identification information representing the electrocardiogram. can do.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5 , the communication module 200 is connected to the oxygen saturation measurement pack 100b among the plurality of biological signal measurement packs 100 to input an oxygen saturation signal and biosignal identification information indicating oxygen saturation, and can receive

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6 , the communication module 200 is connected to the blood pressure measurement pack 100c among the plurality of biosignal measurement packs 100 to input and receive a blood pressure signal and biosignal identification information indicating blood pressure. have.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7 , the communication module 200 is connected to the body temperature measuring pack 100d among the plurality of biosignal measuring packs 100 to input and receive body temperature signals and biosignal identification information indicating body temperature. can

To this end, the communication module 200 may include a module housing for accommodating the circuit configuration of the communication module 200, and a module fastening member fastened to the pack fastening member may be formed on the upper portion of the module housing.

Any one of the plurality of biosignal measuring packs 100 and the communication module 200 may be fastened through the fastening between the pack fastening member and the module fastening member.

In the upper part of the module housing of the communication module 200 , a module input terminal that contacts the pack output terminal when the biosignal pack and the communication module 200 are fastened may be included in the communication module 200 .

The biosignal measured by the contact between the pack output terminal and the module input terminal and biosignal identification information indicating the type of the biosignal may be transmitted from the pack output terminal to the module input terminal.

The communication module 200 according to another embodiment may receive the biosignal and biosignal identification information from any one of the plurality of biosignal measurement packs 100 using short-range wireless communication. Here, the short-range wireless communication may be any one of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and NFC.

Meanwhile, the communication module 200 may convert the bio-signal to generate the bio-signal data, and transmit the generated bio-signal data to the user terminal 300 .

Specifically, the communication module 200 sets a biosignal conversion mode based on the biosignal identification information, filters and modulates the biosignal in response to the biosignal conversion mode, and receives the filtered and modulated biosignal. The biosignal data may be generated.

In this case, the communication module 200 may check the filtering frequency range information corresponding to the biosignal conversion mode, and filter the biosignal whose biosignal frequency is included in the frequency range indicated by the filtering frequency range information among the biosignal. . To this end, the communication module 200 may include a high pass filter and a low pass filter.

Here, the biosignal conversion mode may be set differently for each type of biosignal. That is, the biosignal conversion mode may mean a mode in which filtering frequency range information is set for each type of biosignal indicated by the biosignal identification information.

The communication module 200 may check amplitude modulation information corresponding to the biosignal conversion mode, and modulate the biosignal amplitude of the biosignal by using an amplitude magnification indicated by the amplitude modulation information. To this end, the communication module 200 may include a signal amplifier.

Here, the biosignal conversion mode may mean a mode in which amplitude modulation information having different amplitude magnifications indicated for each type of biosignal indicated by the biosignal identification information is set.

Meanwhile, the communication module 200 may filter a specific frequency of a biosignal, which is an analog signal composed of a voltage signal or a current signal, using the above-described method, and may modulate amplitudes of unfiltered biosignals.

Thereafter, the communication module 200 may convert the filtered and modulated biosignal into biosignal data that is a digital signal. To this end, the communication module 200 may include an ADC circuit.

The user terminal 300 receives the biosignal data together with the biosignal identification information from the communication module 200 , sets a biosignal display mode based on the biosignal identification information, and corresponds to the biosignal display mode Thus, the biosignal data can be displayed.

Specifically, the user terminal 300 sets a biosignal output mode based on the biosignal identification information, checks output format information corresponding to the biosignal output mode, and responds to the biosignal information in response to the biosignal output mode. data can be output.

Also, the user terminal 300 may check biosignal education information corresponding to the biosignal identification information, and output biosignal measurement procedure information and biosignal monitoring method information included in the biosignal education information.

The user terminal 300 may include a communication unit 310 , a processor 320 , a display unit 330 , an input unit 340 , and a storage unit 350 .

The communication unit 310 may communicate with the communication module 300 using general-purpose communication or short-range wireless communication. To this end, the communication unit 310 may include a general-purpose communication module for performing general-purpose communication and a short-range wireless communication module for performing short-range wireless communication. Here, the general-purpose communication is communication using the Internet network, or as a cellular communication protocol, for example, at least one of LTE, LTE-A, CDMA, WCDMA, UMTS, WiBro, and GSM may be used. In addition, the short-range wireless communication may be any one of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and NFC communication.

The communication unit 310 may receive the biosignal data together with the biosignal identification information from the communication module 200 that engages and communicates with any one of the plurality of biosignal measurement packs 100 .

The processor 320 sets a bio-signal display mode based on the bio-signal identification information received from the communication unit 310 and controls the display 330 to display the bio-signal data in response to the bio-signal display mode. can

Here, the biosignal display mode may be a mode in which output format information for displaying biosignal data for each type of biosignal indicated by the biosignal identification information is set.

That is, the processor 320 may control the display unit 330 to display the biosignal data in any one of a slope graph form, a bar graph form, and a number form indicated by the output form information according to the biosignal display mode.

Meanwhile, the processor 320 may check bio-signal education information corresponding to the bio-signal identification information, and output bio-signal measurement procedure information and bio-signal monitoring method information included in the bio-signal education information.

Here, the biosignal measurement procedure information may be information used to teach a procedure for measuring a biosignal indicated by the biosignal identification information using the biosignal measurement pack 100 .

Meanwhile, the biosignal monitoring method information may be information used to educate a criterion for determining whether the biosignal data displayed on the user terminal 300 is within a normal range.

In this case, the bio-signal measurement procedure information and the bio-signal monitoring method information may be displayed as one or more of text, an image, and a video.

For example, when the ECG measurement pack 100a and the communication module 200 are connected, biosignal identification information representing the ECG signal is transmitted from the ECG measurement pack 100a through the communication module 200 to the user terminal 300 In addition, the user terminal 300 may display biosignal measurement procedure information and biosignal monitoring method information corresponding to biosignal identification information indicating the electrocardiogram on the display unit 330 .

Then, when the electrocardiogram signal is measured from the electrocardiogram measurement pack 100a, the communication module 200 converts the electrocardiogram signal into electrocardiogram signal data, which is biosignal data, to the user terminal 300 together with biosignal identification information indicating the electrocardiogram signal. and the user terminal 300 may display the electrocardiogram signal data on the display unit 330 .

The input unit 340 may receive various types of information from a user through a touch screen coupled to the display unit 330 . Here, the information input to the input unit 340 may be control information for controlling the user terminal 300 .

The processor 320 may control operations of the input unit 340 , the communication unit 310 , the display unit 330 , and the storage unit 350 .

The processor 320 may include one or more cores (core, not shown) and a graphic processing unit (not shown) and/or a connection path (eg, a bus, etc.) for transmitting and receiving signals to and from other components. can

The processor 320 according to an embodiment may be configured to perform the above-described operation of the user terminal 300 by executing one or more instructions stored in the storage unit 350 .

The storage 350 may store programs (one or more instructions) for processing and controlling the processor 320 . Programs stored in the storage 350 may be divided into a plurality of modules according to functions.

So far, the present invention has been focused on preferred embodiments. Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that the present invention can be implemented in modified forms without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive point of view. The scope of the present invention is indicated in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the present invention.

As described above, although the present invention has been described with reference to limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the technical idea of the present invention and the following by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalents of the claims to be described.

10: biosignal measurement training system
100: multiple biosignal measurement pack
200: communication module
300: user terminal

Claims (8)

a plurality of biosignal measuring packs for measuring biosignals from the human body;
a communication module for receiving the biosignal together with biosignal identification information from any one of the plurality of biosignal measuring packs, and converting the biosignal to generate the biosignal data; and
a user terminal that receives the biosignal data together with the biosignal identification information, sets a biosignal display mode based on the biosignal identification information, and displays the biosignal data in response to the biosignal display mode; including,
The user terminal is
Checking bio-signal education information corresponding to the bio-signal identification information, and outputting bio-signal measurement procedure information and bio-signal monitoring method information included in the bio-signal education information
Biosignal measurement training system.
According to claim 1,
Each of the plurality of biosignal measuring packs is
a pack housing having a pack fastening member formed to be fastened to the communication module; and
and a pack output terminal to which the biosignal and the biosignal identification information are output.
Biosignal measurement training system.
3. The method of claim 2,
The communication module is
a module housing having a module fastening member to which the pack fastening member is fastened; and
and a module input terminal connected to the pack output terminal and receiving the bio-signal output from the pack output terminal and the bio-signal identification information.
Biosignal measurement training system.
According to claim 1,
The communication module is
setting a biosignal conversion mode based on the biosignal identification information, filtering and modulating the biosignal in response to the biosignal conversion mode, and generating the filtered and modulated biosignal as the biosignal data to do
Biosignal measurement training system.
5. The method of claim 4,
The communication module is
Checking the filtering frequency range information corresponding to the biosignal conversion mode, and filtering the biosignal whose biosignal frequency is included in the frequency range indicated by the filtering frequency range information from among the biosignal.
Biosignal measurement training system.
5. The method of claim 4,
The communication module is
Checking amplitude modulation information corresponding to the biosignal conversion mode, and modulating the biosignal amplitude of the biosignal using an amplitude magnification indicated by the amplitude modulation information
Biosignal measurement training system.
According to claim 1,
The user terminal is
Set a biosignal output mode based on the biosignal identification information, check output format information corresponding to the biosignal output mode, and output the biosignal data in response to the output format information
Biosignal measurement training system.
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