KR20150057185A - Smartphone equipped with biological index measures and biological index management system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to: a smartphone having a biological-index measuring means; and a biological-index management system. More specifically, a non-invasive means for measuring blood pressure and blood sugar using a biological-index application (a bio-index app from now) is arranged on the smartphone; and the blood pressure and the blood sugar can be managed by linking the smartphone with a server. According to the present invention, the smartphone having a biological-index measuring means comprises: a measuring part which measures blood pressure and blood sugar, which are biological indexes, by irraditing the skin surface of a person to be tested with infrared rays, receiving infrared rays reflected from the skin surface, and then analyzing signals; a controlling part which organizes a plurality of values of the blood pressure and the blood sugar, measured by the measuring part, by dates and biological indexes and then presents the values with a graph having a horizontal axis and a vertical axis; a storing part which stores the measured values of the blood pressure and the blood sugar and a program (the bio-index app) for measuring biological indexes; and a displaying part which explains how to measure biological indexes with texts or illustrations and displays the measured values and the graphs on a screen.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a smartphone and a biological index management system,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a smart phone and a bio-index management system equipped with bio-index measuring means, and more particularly, The present invention relates to a system for managing blood pressure and blood glucose, which are biometric indexes, in a cellular phone.

In recent years, the number of adult patients such as hypertension and diabetes has increased rapidly. What is more important in diagnosing and treating such hypertension or diabetes is to measure and manage blood pressure and diabetes on a regular basis.

However, in daily life, blood pressure and blood glucose measurement time are often forgotten, and it is even more uncomfortable to bring blood pressure monitor and blood glucose meter to measure blood pressure and blood glucose on a regular basis.

As the incidence of adult diseases increases and interest in health increases rapidly, the demand and supply of self-health diagnostic devices such as blood pressure monitors and blood glucose meters for adult diseases are increasing.

In order to measure the pulse or blood pressure conventionally, a medical institution such as a hospital was used, or a separate measuring apparatus such as a blood glucose meter or a blood pressure monitor manufactured for home use was used.

However, in the case of using the hospital, time must be invested, and in order to use the measuring device, the measuring device must be purchased, which causes a problem in cost.

In addition, since conventional home health measuring instruments are designed to display only the measured values, there is a problem that it is difficult to confirm the self-diagnosis and the past history.

That is, in order to diagnose the health state using the values measured by the conventional health measuring apparatus, it is necessary to refer to a separate chart or analysis of a specialist, and there is a problem that a user must separately record the past history to check the history .

Also, if you want to check your health condition from time to time, you may feel uncomfortable because you have to carry it separately.

Therefore, it is possible to reduce such inconvenience by measuring and managing blood pressure and blood sugar using a smart phone, which most people always carry.

Published Patent Application No. 10-2006-0111159 (October 26, 2006)

Disclosure of the Invention The present invention has been conceived to solve the above-mentioned inconvenience, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for measuring blood pressure and blood sugar according to an alarm adapted to blood pressure or blood sugar check time, The present invention also provides a smart phone and a bio-index management system equipped with bio-index measuring means for measuring and managing blood pressure and blood sugar more conveniently and more regularly to patients.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a smart meter equipped with a living body index measuring means capable of measuring blood pressure and blood glucose using a non-invasive method using infrared rays, Phone and bio-index management system.

In order to achieve the above object, a smartphone equipped with a living body index measuring unit according to the present invention irradiates infrared light onto a surface of a subject's skin, receives infrared light reflected from the subject, analyzes the blood pressure, Measuring part for measuring;

A control unit that displays a plurality of blood pressure and blood glucose measurement values measured by the measurement unit in the form of a graph having a horizontal axis and a vertical axis for each biometric index according to time and date;

A storage unit for storing the blood pressure, the blood glucose measurement value, and the program for measuring the bioindex (bio index app); And

A display unit for guiding the measurement of the biological index to a character or a figure and outputting the measurement value or a graph to a screen; .

The storage unit may store body information including the name, date of birth, sex, weight, and key of the subject.

The control unit may generate a folder for each subject and store body information and biometric index information for each folder in the storage unit.

Further, the present invention is further characterized in that a speaker is provided for guiding the measurement of the living body index to the living body in cooperation with the display unit under the control of the control unit.

In addition, the periodic bioindex measurement time is stored in the storage unit, and when the measurement time comes, an initial screen of the bioindex app is activated on the display unit by an alarm.

In addition, an infrared ray sensor is provided on the back surface of the smart phone for irradiating infrared rays of the infrared rays onto the surface of the finger of the examinee and receiving the infrared rays.

In addition, a fingertip-shaped grounding portion is formed so that the finger can be accurately grounded at a position where the infrared sensor is provided.

In addition, the controller transmits blood pressure and blood glucose measurement values together with current position information to an external administrator server through a communication unit to request analysis and diagnosis.

The bio-index management system according to the present invention includes a bio-index measuring unit for periodically measuring the blood pressure and blood sugar of a subject using the bio-index using infrared light, and outputting the blood pressure and blood sugar values to a display unit Smartphones;

A manager server for analyzing blood pressure and blood glucose values sent from the smartphone through a mobile communication network in real time to diagnose a health condition of a subject; And

A database server for storing body information, biometric index information (blood pressure and blood sugar), location information, and analysis data of the subject in cooperation with the administrator server; .

In addition, the manager server informs the terminal of the relevant institution or the terminal of the subject of the location information together with the emergency situation when the health state of the examinee is diagnosed as urgent.

In addition, the DB server provides body information, biometric index information (blood pressure and blood sugar), location information, and analysis data of the subject to the subject's smartphone.

In addition, the smartphone is activated in the display unit when an alarm sounds when the blood pressure and blood glucose measurement time elapse, and an initial screen for measuring a living body index is activated.

In addition, the smartphone guides the measurement of blood pressure and blood sugar to a character or a picture through a display unit, and guides the measurement through a speaker.

In addition, a back surface of the smartphone is provided with an infrared ray sensor for irradiating and receiving infrared light on the surface of a finger of the examinee, and a fingertip-shaped grounding portion is formed so as to accurately ground the finger on the position of the infrared sensor .

According to the means for solving the above-mentioned problems, it is possible to measure the blood pressure and blood sugar according to the alarm adjusted to the blood pressure or the blood glucose check time by using a smart phone that people always carry in everyday life, You can measure and manage blood pressure and blood glucose regularly.

 In addition, blood pressure and blood sugar can be measured non-invasively using infrared rays without a separate measuring device, and statistical graphs can be presented using measurement data.

1 is a block diagram of a smartphone equipped with means for measuring living body index according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 and 3 are a front view and a rear view of the smartphone shown in Fig.
FIGS. 4 to 8 are views showing an example of a biometric index app execution screen shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
9 is a block diagram illustrating a bio-index management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It is to be noted that the same components of the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals and symbols as possible even if they are shown in different drawings.

In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

Also, when a part is referred to as "including " an element, it does not exclude other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 is a block diagram of a smartphone equipped with means for measuring living body index according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a smartphone 100 provided with a living body index measuring unit includes a controller 110, an input unit 120, a communication unit 130, a storage unit 140, a display unit 150, a measurement unit 160 And a speaker 170.

The storage unit 140 stores various control programs required to implement the overall functions of the smartphone 100, body information of the subject, biometric index information, and the like.

Here, the body information of the subject is information on the name, date of birth, sex, weight, and key, and is used for diagnosing the health condition of the subject.

In addition, the storage unit 140 measures blood glucose and blood pressure, which are biometric indices of the subject, at predetermined intervals according to a schedule, and graphs blood glucose, blood pressure (maximum and minimum) of the subject by time, date and biometric index A bio index app can be stored.

The input unit 120 includes a plurality of input buttons (numerals, Korean, English, special characters, etc.) output to the display unit 150 in addition to function keys provided in a general smart phone.

The communication unit 130 receives data transmitted from an external DB server connected through a mobile communication network and provides the received data to the control unit 110 or transmits the body information and the biometric index information stored in the storage unit 140 under the control of the control unit 110 And transmits the current location information of the smartphone to the external manager server.

The display unit 150 outputs the biometric index measurement guidance, the measurement result, and the graph on the screen under the control of the control unit 110. [

The speaker 170 is connected to the display unit 150 under the control of the controller 110 and guides the user to measure the biometric index at predetermined time intervals.

The control unit 110 performs an overall operation of the smartphone 100 according to various control programs stored in the storage unit 140. [

For example, it operates in a smart phone mode that performs normal call, text, Internet, shooting, recording, and alarm, and a biometric index mode that measures a biometric index and outputs a result.

Here, when the bio index app is executed to operate in the bio index mode, information on the subject is input, blood glucose and blood pressure are measured, the measured result is stored in the storage unit, and the result is output to the display unit 150 as a statistical graph.

More specifically, when operating in the biometric index mode, the control unit 110 obtains the blood pressure and blood glucose of the subject using the data measured by the measuring unit 160 and the body information of the subject.

The control unit 110 displays the biometric index information including the blood pressure and blood sugar of the subject obtained through the above process according to time and date, and displays the two-dimensional graph of the X axis and the Y axis on the display unit 150, And transmits the blood pressure and blood sugar to the external manager server through the mobile communication network together with the location information of the smartphone 100. [

The measurement unit 160 measures infrared rays that are different depending on the blood sugar of the skin and the capillary by injecting infrared rays to the skin (finger skin). Infrared pulses scanned by the infrared sensor 162 penetrate into the finger tissue and are converted into a spectrum , And this spectrum is evaluated by a chemical quantitative analysis method to measure the amount of glucose (glucose) absorbed into the blood, diabetes and glucohemoglobin (HbA1C).

In addition, the measurement unit 160 measures the blood pressure by automatically calculating the light reflected therefrom by irradiating the light emitted from the infrared sensor 162 to the fingertip.

In this case, the blood pressure can be measured using the inverse relationship of the blood pressure and the pulse transit time, or the blood pressure can be measured using only the volume pulse using the reflected wave arrival time.

FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are a front view and a rear view of the smartphone shown in FIG. 1, and the front view of FIG. 2 shows an initial screen of the display unit 150 in which a biometric index app is activated.

When the living body index is measured for a predetermined time (for example, when the living body index is diabetic, it is the morning fasting, 2 hours before and after the meal, before sleep), an alarm indicating that the living body index has been measured is transmitted through the speaker 170 or vibration The biometric index app stored in the storage unit 140 is activated and outputs the biometric index app initial screen as shown in FIG. 2 to the display unit 150.

This alarm is generated by adding blood pressure and blood glucose measurement alarm to the basic alarm function of the smartphone 100.

When an alarm is set for the convenience of periodic measurement, an initial screen of the bioindex app is automatically activated together with an alarm notifying the bioindex measurement time.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the smartphone. The infrared sensor 162 is provided at the lower end of the infrared sensor 162 for detecting and sensing infrared rays. The infrared sensor 162 is provided with a fingertip Shaped grounding portion 164 is formed to be larger than the infrared sensor 162.

In this manner, a measurement error due to incorrect grounding can be reduced through the finger-shaped grounding portion 164.

FIGS. 4 to 8 are views showing an example of a biometric index app execution screen shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

When a screen is touched on the initial screen of FIG. 2, a screen for selecting either blood pressure or diabetes as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display unit 150. If one of the blood pressure and diabetes is selected, the body information of a new subject is input A folder icon 151, a statistic icon 152, and a setting icon 153 are displayed at the lower part of the screen, while a new information input selection screen for asking whether to do or not will be output.

The folder icon 151 is generated as a default value by the user input during the initial use of the smartphone 100, and when a body information of a new subject is input, a folder according to the name of the subject is newly created, Body information and biometric index information are stored.

When the statistical icon 152 is executed, the user can check the graph trend of his / her own by outputting the measured values to the display unit 150 in the form of a two-dimensional graph by time, date, or biometric index.

When the 'Yes' icon is selected on the new information input selection screen of FIG. 5, a new information input screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the upper part, and a new character information An input screen 154 is output.

When the input of the body information of the new subject is completed, a new folder is created and the body information of the subject is inputted into the folder.

When a new folder is created in FIG. 6 or a 'No' icon is selected on the new information input selection screen of FIG. 5, the back of the smartphone is displayed on the display unit 150 as shown in FIG. 7, A message for guiding the ground is output, and a measurement time suggestion bar 155 is displayed at the lower part thereof to show the remaining time of blood glucose or blood pressure measurement.

When the measurement of blood pressure or blood sugar is completed in this way, the measurement date and time are data names and are automatically stored in the corresponding folder (for example, 201309170830). Also, as shown in FIG. 8, (150) and can be confirmed by the examinee.

The blood pressure or blood sugar measurement value is transmitted to an external manager server through the communication unit 130 together with the current position information of the smartphone 100.

As described above, the bioindex measurement is guided through the display unit 150 for providing a simple screen and the speaker 170 for providing voice, so that an elderly subject can easily measure blood pressure and blood sugar using a smartphone.

9 is a block diagram illustrating a bio-index management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 9, includes smart phones 100a, 100b... 100n, an administrator server 200, a DB server 300, an associated terminal 410 and a related institution terminal 420.

The plurality of smartphones 100a, 100b,... 100n are provided with a living body index measuring means as shown in FIG. 1 to measure blood pressure and blood glucose using infrared rays and display them on a screen as a graph. Of course.

The smartphones 100a, 100b ... 100n are connected to the administrator server 200 and the DB server 300 through a mobile communication network to transmit body information, biometric index information, and location information of the subject to the administrator server 200, And can receive feedback of the subject's own body information, biometric index information, and position information from the DB server 300 (when the smartphone is replaced or the information data is deleted) as needed.

The biometric index app installed on the smartphones 100a, 100b, ..., 100n may be downloaded directly from the administrator server 200 or downloaded from the App Store.

The administrator server 200 receives and monitors blood pressure and blood glucose measurement values from a plurality of smartphones 100a, 100b ... 100n in real time, displays the position of the smartphone, and particularly measures blood pressure and blood glucose values, Diagnose your health condition.

(For example, blood pressure or blood glucose level is much higher or lower than the reference value) due to a major abnormality in the health condition of the examinee, So that the user can be informed of the location information of the user.

In this case, for example, the related organization may be 119 safety report center, emergency medical service or hospital.

Here, the person concerned may be the guardian of the subject or the doctor of the subject.

The DB server 300 stores body information, biometric index information (blood pressure and blood sugar), positional information, analysis data, related institutions or persons information of the subject in cooperation with the manager server 200, And may provide the stored various information and data to the smartphones 100a, 100b ... 100n of the subject.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims. In addition, it is a matter of course that various modifications and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention by anyone having ordinary skill in the art.

100: smartphone 110: control unit (bio index app)
120: input unit 130: communication unit
140: storage unit 150: display unit
151: Folder icon 152: Statistics icon
153: Settings icon 154: Input screen
155: Measuring time presenting bar 160: Measuring part
162: infrared ray sensor 164: grounding unit
170: speaker 200: manager server
300: DB server 410: Relevant terminal
420: Relevant authority terminal

Claims (14)

A measuring unit for irradiating infrared light onto the skin surface of a subject and receiving infrared light reflected thereby to measure blood pressure and blood glucose, which are biological indexes, through signal analysis;
A control unit that displays a plurality of blood pressure and blood glucose measurement values measured by the measurement unit in the form of a graph having a horizontal axis and a vertical axis for each biometric index according to time and date;
A storage unit for storing the blood pressure, the blood glucose measurement value, and the program for measuring the bioindex (bio index app); And
A display unit for guiding the measurement of the biological index to a character or a figure and outputting the measurement value or a graph to a screen; And a living body index measuring unit including the living body index measuring unit. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the body part stores the body information including the name, date of birth, sex, weight, and key of the subject in the storage part. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the controller generates a folder for each subject and stores body information and biometric index information for each folder in the storage unit. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the living body index measuring means is further provided with a speaker for guiding the measurement of the living body index to the living body in cooperation with the display unit under the control of the control unit. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the periodic bioindex measurement time is stored in the storage unit, and when the measurement time comes, an alarm is activated and an initial screen of the bioindex app is activated on the display unit. The method according to claim 1,
And a infrared sensor for irradiating the infrared light to the surface of the finger of the subject and receiving the infrared light is provided on the back surface of the smart phone. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein a ground portion of a fingertip shape is formed so that a finger can be accurately grounded at a position where the infrared sensor is provided. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit transmits blood pressure and blood glucose measurement values together with current position information to an external administrator server through a communication unit to request analysis and diagnosis. A plurality of smartphones including a living body index measuring means for periodically measuring blood pressure and blood glucose of a subject using a living body index using infrared light and outputting the blood pressure and blood glucose values as a graph on a display unit;
A manager server for analyzing blood pressure and blood glucose values sent from the smartphone through a mobile communication network in real time to diagnose a health condition of a subject; And
A database server for storing body information, biometric index information (blood pressure and blood sugar), location information, and analysis data of the subject in cooperation with the administrator server; The bio-index management system comprising: 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the manager server informs the terminal of the relevant institution or the terminal of the subject of the location information together with the emergency situation when the health state of the subject is diagnosed as urgent. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the DB server provides body information, biometric index information (blood pressure and blood sugar), location information, and analysis data of the subject to the subject's smartphone. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the smartphone activates an initial screen for measuring a living body index on the display unit when an alarm sounds when the blood pressure and the blood sugar measurement time are reached. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the smartphone guides the measurement of blood pressure and blood sugar to a character or a figure through a display unit and guides the measurement through a speaker. 10. The method of claim 9,
An infrared sensor for irradiating and receiving infrared light on the surface of the finger of the examinee is provided on the back surface of the smartphone,
Wherein a ground portion of a fingertip shape is formed so that the finger can be accurately grounded at a position where the infrared sensor is provided.

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