KR20160080005A - Human health state measurement unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a health state measurement device for a human body which can accurately measure a health state of a human body based on a blood flow rate only by a simply contact with a finger without requiring a blood-collecting or an image capturing. The health state measurement device for a human body according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a human body contacting unit which, when contacting a portion of a human body, outputs a current according to a blood flow rate as a sensed value; a reference value providing unit which provides a reference value for determining the health state of the human body; a blood flow rate analyzing unit which compares the sensed value with the reference value to analyze the blood flow rate, determines the health state of the human body based on an analyzed result, and generates a display control signal for displaying the determined health state of the human body; a display driving unit which controls such that the health state of the human body is visually displayed according to the display control signal generated by the blood flow rate analyzing unit; and a volume adjusting unit which controls such that the health state of the human body is acoustically represented according to the display control signal generated by the blood flow rate analyzing unit.

Description

[0002] Human health state measurement unit [0003]

The present invention relates to a device for measuring a health state of a human body, and more particularly, to a device for measuring a health state of a human body which can accurately measure a health state of a human body based on a blood flow amount when only a finger is contacted without taking blood will be.

Due to the development of the industrial society, modern people are suffering from various diseases such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and the like, due to the lack of various stress and exercise due to heavy work, and the mortality rate thereof is increasing every year.

The increase in the number of adult diseases and the increase in the mortality rate caused the modern people to be more interested in health, and the development of a device capable of checking their health condition from time to time according to the trend is being actively developed.

Various health state measuring apparatuses and methods for measuring the health state of the human body have been developed and disclosed in the following Patent Document 1: Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1320555 (registered on October 20, 2013) and Patent Document 2 Has been disclosed in Laid-open Patent Application No. 10-2011-0109603 (Published Jun. 10, 2011).

The conventional technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a display unit that displays a plurality of user selections, a blood glucose measurement value, a measurement average value, a measurement date, a temperature, an operation unit for operating the display state of the display unit, And a temperature sensing unit for sensing a current temperature of a peripheral state of the blood glucose measurement device, wherein the control unit determines a measurement value measured by each display state and a strip to be displayed on the display unit, A plurality of users commonly use one device and provide a blood glucose measurement system capable of managing data for each user.

In the conventional art disclosed in Patent Document 2, various types of living body signals are measured in real time by being worn on a user's body, and self-warning sounds are output for each dangerous period, and an emergency signal is transmitted through wireless communication. In addition, it consists of an integrated management center and a service manager, which manages the user's service and monitors the user's body or safety risks through real-time monitoring. In particular, the user's health and safety status is determined through data such as the measured user's biometric information, and emergency rescue is requested in case of an emergency, so that the user can cope with sudden accidents or risks due to physical abnormalities, To provide continuous information on health management of users and provide continuous health management services.

Korean Registered Patent Registration No. 10-1320555 (Registered on October 15, 2013) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0109603 (published on Jun. 10, 2011)

However, the above-described conventional techniques are disadvantageous in that they are uncomfortable to the user because of the direct blood sampling method.

Also, since expensive equipment, complicated equipment, and communication equipment should be used for measuring health condition, it is expensive and requires a long time for diagnosis of health condition.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for accurately measuring a health condition of a human body based on a blood flow when only a finger is contacted without taking blood or taking a blood sample, And to provide a device for measuring the health state of a human body.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a device for measuring the health state of a human body which can accurately and precisely measure the health state of the human body by simply touching only the finger.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for measuring a state of health of a human body, comprising: a human body contact unit for outputting a current according to a blood flow rate as a sensed value when a part of the body is contacted; A reference value providing unit for providing a reference value for determining a health state of a human body; A blood flow analyzer for analyzing the blood flow by comparing the sensed value with the reference value, determining a human health state based on the analysis result, and generating a display control signal for displaying the determined human health state; A display driver for controlling the visual state of the human body according to a display control signal generated by the blood flow analyzer; And a volume control unit for controlling the display of the health state of the human body in a auditory manner according to the display control signal generated by the blood flow analyzing unit.

In addition, the apparatus for measuring a health state of a human body according to the present invention includes: a power switch operated by a user; A power supply unit for supplying or cutting off power according to the operation of the power switch; A display unit for visually displaying a health state of the human body in cooperation with the display driving unit; And a speaker for displaying the health state of the human body audibly in cooperation with the volume control unit.

The display unit includes a light emitting diode (LED), and displays the health state of the human body through the color of the light emitting diode.

Wherein the blood flow analyzer comprises: a sensed value input unit for receiving sensed values output from the human body contact unit; A comparing unit comparing the sensing value with the reference value and outputting the difference; A human body state determiner for determining a state of health of the human body based on the difference value output from the comparison unit and generating a state signal corresponding to the determined human body health state; And a display / volume level control unit for generating a display control signal for displaying a human body state according to a state signal output from the human body state determination unit.

The display / volume level control unit generates a visual display control signal for displaying a healthy state and an unhealthy state of the human body, and an audible display control signal for indicating a healthy state and an unhealthy state of the human body as the magnitude of the volume .

According to the present invention, it is possible to accurately measure the health state of the human body based on blood flow when the finger is contacted without taking blood (blood drawing) or photographing.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to accurately and accurately measure the health state of the human body by simply touching only the finger.

1 (a) to 1 (c) are a plan view, a front view, a right side view, and a side view showing a human health state measuring apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an apparatus for measuring the health state of a human body according to the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the blood flow analyzer of FIG. 2;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an apparatus for measuring a health state of a human body according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 (a) to 1 (c) are a plan view, a front view, and a right side view of a human health state measuring apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The apparatus 10 for measuring the health state of a human body according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a human body contact portion 11 mounted at a predetermined position of the body for contacting a part of the body (for example, a finger) And a power switch 14 for performing an operation for supplying or cutting off.

In addition, a display unit 12 for visually displaying the health condition of the subject is provided at a predetermined position of the body, and a speaker 13 for audibly informing the state of health of the subject.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an apparatus for measuring a health state of a human body according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus includes a power switch 14, a power source unit 15, a human body contact unit 11, a reference value providing unit 16, A speaker 17, a display driver 18, a display unit 12, a volume control unit 19, and a speaker 13.

The human body contact part 11 outputs a current corresponding to the blood flow amount as a sensing value when a part of the body is contacted.

The reference value providing unit 16 serves to provide a reference value for determining the health state of the human body. These baseline values represent the blood flow of the medically normal persons recognized by the medical institution as a current amount. It is preferable that the reference value is determined by accumulating the current value of the normal multiple persons in a big data format and averaging them.

The blood flow analyzer 17 analyzes the blood flow volume by comparing the sensed value with the reference value, determines a human health state based on the analysis result, and generates a display control signal for displaying the determined human health state .

As shown in FIG. 3, the blood flow analyzer 17 includes a sensed value input unit 17a for receiving sensed values output from the human body contact unit 11; A comparison unit 17b for comparing the sensed value with the reference value and outputting the difference value; A human body state determination unit 17c for determining a health state of the human body based on the difference value output from the comparison unit 17b and generating a state signal corresponding to the determined human health state; And a display / volume level control unit 17d for generating a display control signal for displaying a human body according to a status signal output from the human body condition determination unit 17c.

Preferably, the display / volume level control unit 17d controls the display / volume level control unit 17d to display a visual display control signal for displaying a healthy and unhealthy state of the human body and an audible indication And generates a control signal.

The display driver 18 controls the display of the health state of the human body based on the display control signal generated by the blood flow analyzer 17.

The volume controller 19 controls the auditory display of the health state of the human body according to the display control signal generated by the blood flow analyzer 17.

The power switch 14 refers to a switch operated by a user and the power supply unit 15 serves to supply or cut off power according to the operation of the power switch 14. [ Here, it is preferable to use a battery as the power source.

The display unit 12 displays the health state of the human body visually in cooperation with the display driving unit 18, and it is preferable to use a light emitting diode (LED). In particular, it is more preferable to display the health state of the human body through the color of the light emitting diode.

The speaker 13 is associated with the volume control unit 19 and serves to display the health state of the human body acoustically.

The apparatus 10 for measuring the health state of the human body according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail as follows.

First, the power switch 14 is turned on to measure the health condition of the subject to be measured. When the power switch 14 is operated in the ON state, the power supply unit 15 discharges the charged voltage through the built-in battery to supply the driving power. Here, it is preferable that the power source supplies not only the human touching part 11 but also each part requiring power.

The body part of the examinee is brought into contact with the human body contacting part 11 in a state in which the driving power source is supplied to the human health state measuring device 10. [ Here, the same result can be obtained by using any part of the body to measure the health condition of the human body, but it is preferable to use the finger to conveniently measure the health condition without feeling burden from the outside. The finger for measuring the health condition may be any one of 10 fingers.

Here, in the human body contacting portion 11, there are two contact rods, and two different fingers are brought into contact with each other. It is preferable that the contact rod is touched with the left hand, and the other contact rod is touched with the right finger.

An electrode (one electrode is a positive electrode and the other electrode is a negative electrode) is formed as a detection sensor on a contact rod to which a body of the examinee is contacted. The human contact unit 11 detects a current value corresponding to the blood flow of the human body Value. At this time, the detection value changes depending on the blood flow amount.

For example, the intracellular metabolism is vigorous and various substances are consumed. The entry and exit of substances in the cell is regulated by the cell membrane that forms the outer layer of the cell, and the function of this cell membrane is maintained by balancing the sodium and potassium in and around the cell. Potassium (K) and sodium (Na) are positive ions that generate ions when dissolved in water. Among them, sodium is present in the extracellular fluid of the cell and potassium is present in the inner fluid of the cell. Since there is a difference in content of these two elements, the outside of the cell membrane is positive (+) electricity and the inside is negative .

When the positive electrode and the positive electrode are connected, the cells that emit positive (+) ions do not cohere with each other, as they do not flow, so healthy human red blood cells do not cohere with each other and can smoothly flow through the blood into independent cells . At this time, in order for the mutual repulsion of the cell membrane to be normally performed, a potential difference of 75 μV is required inside and outside the cell membrane. When the difference is smaller, the repulsive force of the red blood cells is lowered, so that the membrane and the membrane tend to cohere with each other.

The principle that the potential difference of the cell membrane is lowered is also very simple. A sodium pump (one of the most common and active ion pumps, which acts to move the cell membrane and protein to sodium ions) is needed to push the sodium out of the cell. That is, when the body temperature is lowered due to the obstruction of the blood flow, the power to operate the sodium pump becomes insufficient. As a result, the balance between sodium and potassium inside and outside the cells is broken and the potential difference of the membrane is decreased.

In conclusion, given that autonomic nerves are responsible for the regulation of blood flow and body temperature in humans, red blood cells tend to become entangled in a state of stress or poor health, resulting in impaired blood flow.

As the blood flow is obstructed, the detection value according to the blood flow becomes smaller, and the more the blood flow is smooth, the greater the detection value according to the blood flow.

The blood-flow-rate analyzer 17 receives the sensed values measured in accordance with the blood flow, and the blood-flow analyzer 17 compares the sensed values and the reference values of the reference value providing unit 16, The difference is extracted, and the health state is determined based on the extracted difference.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the sensing value input unit 17a receives the sensed value output from the human body contact unit 11, the comparing unit 17b compares the sensed value with the reference value, And outputs the difference value. Here, since the sensing value and the reference value are digital data, it is possible to extract the difference.

Next, the human body state determination unit 17c determines the health state of the human body based on the difference value output from the comparison unit 17b. That is, when the sensed value is larger than the reference value or closer to the reference value, it is determined that the user is in a healthy state. When the sensed value is smaller than the reference value, When the set value is used, the detection value is smaller than the reference value but is close to the reference value to judge the normal state.

The human body state determination unit 17c generates a state signal corresponding to the determined health state of the human body and transmits the state signal to the display / volume level control unit 17d.

The display / volume level control unit 17d generates a display control signal for displaying a human body state according to a state signal output from the human body state determination unit 17c. Here, the display / volume level control unit 17d controls the display / volume level control unit 17d to display a visual display control signal for displaying a healthy and unhealthy state of the human body and an audible display control Signal. That is, the more healthy the condition, the larger the auditory signal, and the visual signal becomes white.

The display driver 18 controls the display unit 12 to visually display the health state of the human body according to the display control signal generated by the blood flow analyzer 17. The display unit 12 uses a light emitting diode as known in the art, and can turn on the white lamp when the display control signal is in a healthy state and turn on the red lamp when the display control signal is in an unhealthy state. Alternatively, the light emitting diode may be turned on in the case of a display control signal in a healthy state, or the light emitting diode may not be turned on in the unhealthy state.

The volume control unit 19 controls the speaker 13 to audibly display the health state of the human body according to the display control signal generated by the blood flow analysis unit 17. [

That is, a buzzer sound is transmitted when the sound display control signal is in a healthy state, and a buzzer sound is not transmitted when the sound display control signal is in an unhealthy state. In another method, it is also possible to adjust the volume of the audible display control signal in a healthy state so that the sound of the buzzer sound becomes larger in the healthier state.

When the examinee touches only the finger with such a simple manner, the health state according to the blood flow amount is analyzed and the health state of the examinee is displayed in real time.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

The present invention is effectively applied to a technique for determining a health state based on a change in blood flow of a human body.

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Claims (5)

A body contact part for outputting a current corresponding to the blood flow as a sensed value when a part of the body is contacted;
A reference value providing unit for providing a reference value for determining a health state of a human body;
A blood flow analyzer for analyzing the blood flow by comparing the sensed value with the reference value, determining a human health state based on the analysis result, and generating a display control signal for displaying the determined human health state;
A display driver for controlling the visual state of the human body according to a display control signal generated by the blood flow analyzer; And
And a volume adjusting unit for controlling the display of the health state of the human body audibly according to the display control signal generated by the blood flow analyzing unit.
The power supply unit according to claim 1, further comprising: a power switch operated by a user; A power supply unit for supplying or cutting off power according to the operation of the power switch; A display unit for visually displaying a health state of the human body in cooperation with the display driving unit; And a speaker for displaying the health state of the human body audibly in association with the volume control unit.
The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display unit includes a light emitting diode (LED), and displays the health state of the human body through the color of the light emitting diode.
The blood flow analyzer of claim 1, wherein the blood flow analyzer comprises: a sensed value input unit for receiving sensed values output from the human body contact unit; A comparing unit comparing the sensing value with the reference value and outputting the difference; A human body state determiner for determining a state of health of the human body based on the difference value output from the comparison unit and generating a state signal corresponding to the determined human body health state; And a display / volume level control unit for generating a display control signal for displaying a human body state according to a state signal output from the human body state determination unit.
The display / volume level control unit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the display / volume level control unit comprises a visual display control signal for displaying a healthy state and an unhealthy state of the human body, and an audible indication And generates a control signal based on the detection result.

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