KR20080030832A - System of supplying the health condition information and method of supplying the health condition information using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for providing health condition information are provided to enable a user to check a health condition of a remote user in real-time regardless of location and time by using a phone embedded with a health condition measurer. A health condition measurer(20) measures health condition of a user by including a blood glucose measurer, a fat measurer, a body heat measurer, and a blood pressure measurer. A second phone(22) is embedded with the health condition measurer and transmits health condition information measured by the health condition measurer to a first phone through the wired/wireless network. An alarm unit(44) is connected to the first phone and outputs an alarm signal when the measured health condition information is out of a predetermined reference range. The second phone includes a wired/wireless communication module and transmits the measured health condition information to the first phone through the wired/wireless communication module. A display unit(30) is connected to the first phone and displays the measured health condition information received from the second phone. A CPU(Central Processing Unit)(26) which includes a health state measurement information processor(40) drives and controls the second phone, and health state reference range is set up in the health state measurement information processor.

Description

System of supplying the health condition information and method of supplying the health condition information using the same}

1 is a network connection diagram of a conventional health state information providing system.

2 is a network connection diagram for explaining a health state information providing system according to the present invention.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a health state information providing system according to the present invention.

4 is a detailed block diagram illustrating a health state information providing system according to the present invention.

5 is a view showing a screen on the display to explain the health state information providing system according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing health state information according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a system for providing health state information and a method for providing health state information using the same, and more particularly, to a system for providing health state information using a telephone and a method for providing the same.

In general, individuals who wish to check their health status have visited hospitals to measure their health and have been informed of the results. Recently, however, Internet technology has been introduced to enable a person to check his or her health without visiting a hospital.

1 is a network connection diagram of a conventional health state information providing system.

Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional health state measurement system includes a computer 10. The computer 10 includes a micro computer in which a body fat index calculation program is stored. The medical examination device 12 is electrically connected to the computer 10. The medical examination device 12 includes a body fat measurement module 14. The body fat measurement module 14 includes conventional instruments for measuring body fat of an individual. For example, the body fat measurement module 14 includes a height measuring instrument, a weight measuring instrument, and a personal information input device such as age and gender.

Accordingly, when the individual who wants to measure the body fat index is input to the computer 10 using the body fat measurement module 14, the body fat index can be measured by inputting information on the height, weight, age, and gender of the individual. . The measured body fat index may be stored or displayed on the computer 10.

In addition, when the body fat measurement module 14 provides information for body fat measurement through the remotely located phone 16, the body fat index can be checked through the computer 10. That is, a remote telephone subscriber accesses the computer 10 through a wired or wireless communication network, and then receives a certain authentication procedure required by the computer 10. When the telephone subscriber in the remote area who has received the authentication procedure provides the body fat measurement module connected to the computer 10 with information for body fat measurement, for example, age, weight, gender, height, etc. Body fat index is measured. The measured body fat index is stored in a computer, and the stored body fat index is displayed on the display unit 17. Accordingly, a computer user located adjacent to the display unit 17 may check the body fat index through the display unit 17.

Meanwhile, Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-44520 discloses a technology for allowing a user to easily measure various bio signals according to a health state measurement without using a computer.

Such a health state information providing system has a problem in that a health state measurer using a phone cannot provide information about a state of health to other phone users in real time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a health state information providing system having a phone in which a health state measuring device is incorporated.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a health state information providing method suitable for checking the state of health in real time through the phone of the telephone subscribers are located apart from each other.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a health state information providing system having a phone with a built-in health state measuring device. The system includes a health condition measuring device for measuring a health condition. The health state measuring device is built-in and has a second telephone for transmitting information on the health state measured from the health state measuring device to the first telephone.

In some embodiments according to an aspect of the present disclosure, the health state measuring device may include a blood glucose meter, a body fat meter, a body temperature meter, and a blood pressure meter.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the mobile phone may further include an alarm connected to the first telephone and outputting a warning signal when the information on the measured health condition is out of a predetermined reference range.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the second telephone includes a communication module for wired and wireless communication, and may transmit information about the health state to the first telephone via a wired or wireless communication network.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the display device further comprises a display unit electrically connected to the first telephone and outputting information on the health state transmitted from the second telephone as a video signal, wherein the display unit is a plurality of different Information about the state of health can be output at the same time.

In yet another embodiment of the invention, the first and second telephones may comprise a mobile communication terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a method for providing health status information suitable for confirming a health condition through telephones of telephone subscribers located apart from each other. The method includes measuring a state of health by means of a state of health device built into the first telephone. Information about the measured health condition is transmitted from the first phone to the second phone. Information about the state of health transmitted to the second telephone is output.

In some embodiments according to another aspect of the present invention, measuring the state of health may include measuring blood sugar, body fat, body temperature and blood pressure.

In another embodiment of the present invention, outputting information on the health state transmitted to the second telephone includes outputting a video signal on a display unit electrically connected to the second telephone. The image signal may be information on a plurality of different health conditions simultaneously provided on the display unit.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the method may further include setting a health condition signal reference range and outputting a warning signal when the information on the measured health condition is out of the set health condition signal reference range. .

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments introduced below are provided to sufficiently convey the spirit of the present invention to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the present invention may be embodied in other forms without being limited to the embodiments described below. In addition, like reference numerals denote like elements throughout the specification.

2 is a network connection diagram for explaining a health state information providing system according to the present invention. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a health state information providing system according to the present invention. 4 is a detailed block diagram illustrating a health state information providing system according to the present invention. 5 is a view showing a screen on the display to explain the health state information providing system according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing health state information according to the present invention.

2 to 4, the health state information providing system according to the present invention includes a health state measuring device 20. The health state measuring device 20 may be built in the first phone 22. In addition, the health state measuring device 20 may be installed detachably the first telephone (22). Accordingly, the health state measuring device 20 may measure the health state of the user, and provide the first telephone 22 with the measured value for the measured health state. The health state measuring device 20 may include a blood glucose meter, a body fat meter, a body temperature meter, and a blood pressure meter.

The blood glucose meter may be provided with a probe for collecting blood in the human body. The fat meter may include a power supply for applying a fine voltage to the human body and electrodes to which the power supply is electrically connected. The body temperature meter may have a temperature sensor attached to the handset 24 of the telephone 22. The blood pressure meter may be a conventional meter.

The telephone 22 may include a wireless communication terminal and a wired communication terminal. The telephone 22 may include the handset 24, the central processing unit 26, the memory unit 28, the display unit 30, and the interface unit 32. In addition, the telephone 22 may include a codec 34 and a voice output device 36. The components of the telephone 22 can be connected by a system bus.

When the telephone 22 is a wireless communication terminal, an antenna may be connected to the handset 24. Accordingly, the phone 22 can transmit and receive signals wirelessly through the antenna. In addition, the display unit 30 may include an LCD. In addition, the interface unit 32 may include an input device such as a keypad.

The central processing unit 26 may serve to drive and control the phone 22. The central processing unit 26 may include a health state measurement information controller 38. Measurement information about the health state measured by the health state measuring device 20 may be transmitted from the phone 22 to another phone. In addition, the measurement information on the health state measured by the health state measuring device 20 may be stored in the memory unit 28 through the central processing unit 26. The measurement information on the health state may include a measurement value obtained through the health state measuring device 26. For example, the measurement may be blood sugar level, body fat index, body temperature level and blood pressure level.

The central processing unit 26 may include a health state measurement information processing unit 40. The health state reference range may be set in the measurement information processor 40. In addition, predetermined programs may be embedded in the measurement information processor 40. The predetermined programs may include a program for comparing and determining the health condition reference range and the measurement for the health condition. In addition, the measurement information processor 40 may include an A / D converter for converting an analog signal into a digital signal.

The CPU 26 may output information about the state of health stored in the memory unit 28 to the handset 24. In this case, the type of measurement information about the state of health stored in the memory unit 28 may be input through the interface unit 32. The interface unit 32 may include a keyboard for inputting manual selection information and a start option selection signal.

However, the type of information on the health state stored in the memory unit 28 may be received through the handset 24. Accordingly, measurement information about the health state in the memory unit 28 may be output through the handset 24 in response to the type of the information on the health state or the type of the information on the received health state. Can be. Measurement information about the state of health output through the handset 24 may be output as shown in FIG. 5 on the display unit of another phone 42 which is in communication with the phone 22. That is, measurement information about a plurality of different health conditions may be simultaneously output as an image signal on the display unit. The health state measurement information output through the display unit of the other phone may be output as a graph or a digital signal.

In this case, the measurement information about the health state stored in the memory unit 28 may be output as shown in FIG. 5 on the display unit 30 of the phone 22. The measurement information output through the display unit 30 may be output as a graph or a digital signal.

On the other hand, when it is determined through the measurement information processing unit 26 that the health state measurement value is out of the reference range, the warning display unit 44 may operate. An audio signal or a video signal may be output through the warning display unit 44. In this case, the audio signal or the video signal output through the warning display unit 44 is output through the health state measurement information output unit 46 of the display unit 30 of the telephone 22 and the other telephone. It may be output on the warning display unit 48 together with the status measurement information. The voice signal may be output through the codec 34 and the voice output device 36. The video signal may be output through a warning lamp.

Hereinafter, a method of providing health state information according to the present invention will be described.

2 to 4 and 6, a health state reference range R1 is set in the central processing unit 26 of the first telephone 22 (S100). The health condition reference range (R1) may vary depending on gender or age. The state of health is measured through the state of health measuring device 20 (S110). As a result, the health state measuring device 20 may provide the health state measurement value R2, for example, blood sugar level, body fat index, body temperature value, blood pressure value, and the like, to the first phone 22. When the provided health state measurement value R2 is an analog signal, it may be converted into a digital signal through an A / D converter. The provided health state measurement R2 may be transmitted in real time to the second telephone 42 different from the first telephone 22. The provided state of health measurement R2 may be displayed on the display unit 30 of the first telephone 22. In addition, the provided health state measurement value R2 may be stored in the memory unit 28 of the first phone 22 (S120).

A call is established between the first telephone 22 and the first telephone 22 and the second telephone 42 (S130). While the call is established between the two phones 22 and 42, the user of the first phone 22 may measure the health state of the health state measuring device 20. Subsequently, information about the measured state of health, i.e., a biosignal, may be transmitted from the first phone 22 to the second phone 42 in real time.

When establishing a call between the first and second telephones 22 and 42, the second telephone 42 transmits an inquiry signal for confirming the health state measurement value R2 stored in the first telephone 22. It may also transmit to the handset 24 of the first telephone 22 via the communication network 50. The first telephone 22 may receive an inquiry signal of the second telephone 42 transmitted to the first telephone 22.

In response to the received inquiry signal of the second telephone, the first telephone 22 transmits the health state measurement value R2 stored in the memory unit 28 via the wired / wireless communication network 50 to the second telephone ( 42) (S140). The health state measurement value R2 transmitted to the second telephone 42 is output as an image signal on the display unit of the second telephone 42 (S150). In this case, a plurality of types of bio signals may be simultaneously output on the display unit. The health state measurement output on the second telephone 42 may be output as a graph or a digital signal.

On the other hand, the first phone 22 may compare the health state reference range (R1) and the health state measurement value (R2) (S160). As a result, when the health state measurement value R2 is out of the health state reference range R1, the first telephone 22 outputs a warning signal. The output warning signal may be transmitted to the second telephone 42 through the wired / wireless communication network 50 (S170). In this case, the output warning signal may be transmitted to the second telephone 42 together with the health state measurement stored in the memory unit 28. In addition, the warning signal may be output on the display unit 30 of the first telephone 22. The warning signal may be an audio signal or an image signal. Through the output warning signal, the first and second telephone subscribers may check an abnormality of a health state.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the health state measuring device is built in the phone, it is possible to provide information on the health state of the user of the phone on another phone in real time without being interrupted in place and time.

In addition, the health status information providing system of the present invention may provide information on various types of health status at the same time.

Claims (9)

A health state measuring device for measuring a state of health; And And a second telephone having the health state measuring device embedded therein and transmitting the information on the health state measured by the health state measuring device to the first telephone. The method of claim 1, The health state measuring device includes a blood glucose meter, a body fat meter, a body temperature meter and a blood pressure meter. The method of claim 1, And a warning device connected to the first telephone and outputting a warning signal when the information on the measured health condition is out of a predetermined reference range. The method of claim 1, And the second telephone includes a communication module for wired and wireless communication, and transmits the information on the measured health state to the first telephone via a wired / wireless communication network. The method of claim 1, And a display unit electrically connected to the first phone and outputting information on the health state transmitted from the second phone as an image signal, wherein the display unit simultaneously outputs information on a plurality of different health states. Characterized by the health status information system. Health status is measured by the health status measuring device built in the first telephone, Transmitting information about the measured state of health from the first telephone to a second telephone, and And outputting information on the health state transmitted to the second telephone. The method of claim 6, And measuring the health state comprises measuring blood sugar, body fat, body temperature, and blood pressure of the first telephone user. The method of claim 6, Outputting information about the health state transmitted to the second telephone includes outputting an image signal on a display unit electrically connected to the second telephone, wherein the output image signal is simultaneously displayed on the display unit. Health status information providing method characterized in that the information on a plurality of different health conditions provided. The method of claim 6, Setting a health signal reference range, and And outputting a warning signal when the information on the measured health condition is out of the set health condition signal reference range.

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