KR20170017989A - Biological information measurement Necklace - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a user-customized health management method and device on the basis of situation information, and to a biometric necklace for the same. More specifically, a biometric means for measuring information including body temperature, blood pressure, and blood flow rate is disposed on a necklace in a non-contact type, and a situation recognizing technique is applied to the necklace or a terminal connected with the necklace, wherein the situation recognizing technique uses human body situation information including the age, sex, height, and weight of a user and artificial and natural situation information including exercise, sleep, and external temperature. A health information database for each corresponding user is constructed on the basis of the situation recognizing technique, and vascular diseases are determined. Thus, diseases can be accurately diagnosed, and health can be managed.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a personalized health management method and apparatus for vascular diseases based on circumstantial information, and a biological information measurement necklace for vascular diseases,

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for customized health management based on a situation information, and a bio-information measuring necklace for the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for measuring biometric information including body temperature, blood pressure, Or the necklace, the user inputs information on the body, including age, sex, height, and weight, and artificial and natural conditions including exercise, sleep, and external temperature, The present invention relates to a personalized health management method and apparatus based on context information that enables accurate diagnosis and health management of a disease by making it possible to diagnose a vascular disease by constructing a bio-information measuring necklace.

Chronic diseases such as hypertension and atherosclerosis are increasing due to changes in eating habits, busy daily life, and aging. Vascular diseases, which are diseases arising in major arteries, are increasing due to such chronic diseases.

The major diseases of these vascular diseases include hypertension, ischemic heart disease, coronary artery disease, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis (atherosclerosis), cerebrovascular disease, stroke and arrhythmia, and diseases such as stroke, angina, myocardial infarction Some of the prognosis varies from complete normal recovery to paralysis and death depending on the treatment period after onset.

Therefore, it is very important to diagnose these vascular diseases early, but it is not easy to judge whether a vascular disease has occurred or not by collectively judging the related symptoms of the general public. For example, in the case of cerebrovascular disease, , The limbs are symptomatic, the visual field is dimmed, and headache and dizziness symptoms appear. However, these symptoms may occur in daily life. It is not easy for the general person to judge the symptoms by judging these symptoms comprehensively.

Therefore, there is a desperate need for a means to promptly determine whether a disease has occurred and, if necessary, to get help from a nearby person or medical staff.

In recent years, as the population ages and the number of people with chronic illness have increased, interest in health has increased and IT technology has been developed, it has become possible to monitor the health condition of a person at home as well as a hospital, Are being developed and commercialized.

For example, a biometric information measuring device such as a urine analyzer, a blood pressure meter, and a blood glucose meter may be provided in the home, and the result of the measurement may be transmitted to a hospital or the like so as to enable remote diagnosis, Techniques have been disclosed to allow accurate diagnosis based on records.

However, this technology utilizes only the biometric information of the user and the change of the biometric information, and various human environmental condition information such as the condition information at the time of the measurement of the biometric information, that is, the natural environmental condition such as temperature and humidity, There is a problem that accurate diagnosis is difficult.

The technology for judging the health condition based on the situation information and for assisting the health care is disclosed in Korean Patent No. 10-1006799 and 10-2014-0125259, but these prior arts are not limited to natural environments, artificial And information on health condition such as physical exhaustion, food intake, body age, etc., and the health care plan accordingly, and does not provide a method for diagnosing or responding to vascular diseases.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a non-contact type biometric information measuring means capable of obtaining biometric information for judging a vascular disease such as body temperature, blood pressure, blood flow velocity, blood color, and blood vessel thickness, A personal body situation information including an age, a sex, a key and a weight of a user and an artificial and natural condition information measuring or inputting means including a motion, a sleeping and an external temperature are provided to the terminal connected to the terminal, A status information system for diagnosing a vascular disease based on the status information for each user based on a signal of a measurement or input means and establishing a health related database of the user, And to provide a customized health care method.

Another object of the present invention is to immediately warn a peripheral person or a medical staff so that a vascular disease based on the above-mentioned information can be recognized upon the occurrence of the vascular disease.

In addition, the bio-information measuring means measures the bio-information including body temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure, blood color, and blood vessel thickness in the vicinity of the neck, which is worn as a necklace type, and measures vital signs, such as cerebrovascular Another object of the present invention is to provide a biometric information measuring necklace capable of early diagnosis of diseases and heart-related acute diseases and prompt response to emergency situations.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a biometric information measuring apparatus comprising: a biometric information measuring unit that measures a date and time of a biometric information measurement of a user through a separate terminal capable of communicating with the biometric information measuring unit or the biometric information measuring unit; A database construction step of inputting and recording information on anthropogenic and natural conditions including temperature, humidity, and the like, and recording the biometric information according to the situation in the database by matching the biometric information with the situation information; A steady-state reference value setting step of calculating a steady-state biometric information value according to a situation and recording the steady-state biometric information value as a reference value, and a bio-beam measurement step of determining a bio- beam measurement required for judging a vascular disease including a body temperature, Value is compared with the steady-state reference value to determine whether it is in a normal state In the diagnostic process and context information based on user customized health management method comprising: a warning step of warning through the warning it means when it is determined not to be a normal state in the diagnostic process.

The warning process includes a visual warning including a character or a beacon through a bio-information measuring means or a communicatable terminal thereof, an audible warning including a buzzer or a warning message, and a measurement value of the corresponding bio-information, Or by sending a warning to a medical or guardian terminal and alerting them to one or a combination thereof.

In addition, in the context-information-based user-customized healthcare management method, the user is required to determine the treatment and health status including the age, sex, height, weight, and history of the user through the measurement or input means of the bio- And a body state information recording process of inputting and recording personal body state information on the body, and the body state information is transmitted in a warning process through the hospital or the medical care terminal.

The bio-information measuring means is worn as a necklace (10) to measure at least one of biological information of blood flow velocity, color, blood vessel thickness, pulse, and blood pressure of a neck blood vessel around the neck to measure a blood vessel disease including cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage And the inspection means 20 comprises an LED light source, a laser, a radar, and a combination of any of these sensors, or a combination thereof, and the inspection means 20 20 are provided at a plurality of positions along the periphery of the necklace 10.

At this time, the measurement value detected by the inspection means 20 is inputted to the natural situation information measurement means 40 or an external element value including the external temperature and pressure provided by the external input, so that the error due to the external influence is compensated .

According to the present invention configured as described above, biometric information for determining vascular diseases such as body temperature, blood pressure, blood flow velocity, blood color, and blood vessel thickness is recorded for each situation such as measurement date, time, temperature, Therefore, it is possible to accurately diagnose according to the current situation of the user, so that time and cost such as unnecessary visit to the hospital due to diagnosis error are not wasted.

In addition, it is possible to diagnose by user customized diagnosis according to the situation, and it is possible to make an accurate diagnosis and warn the user, emergency center, caregiver or medical staff immediately upon the onset of the disease. And it is possible to provide the emergency state of the user precisely at the time of the occurrence of such a bribe situation, so that quick and accurate treatment is possible, and the prognosis caused by the onset can be maximally improved.

In addition, the bio-information measuring means may be worn as a necklace type to measure at least one of biological information of the blood flow velocity, color, thickness, pulse, and blood pressure of the neck peripheral blood vessels to early determine the vascular disease including cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage It is effective.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a user-customized health management system based on contextual information according to the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram generally showing a necklace of a biological information measurement according to the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a necklace for measuring bio-information according to the present invention. FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the situation information based user-customized health management apparatus of the present invention includes a living body information measuring means 2 to be worn on the user's body, a natural condition information measuring means 4 including temperature and humidity, a position, And an artificial situation information inputting means 6 for inputting a current artificial situation of the user such as a biological information measuring means 2 and a natural situation information measuring means 4 and an artificial situation information inputting means 6, And a control unit 9 for processing the data, recording the data in the database 7, calculating them, determining whether or not a vascular disease has occurred, and alerting them through the warning means 8.

The biological condition information measuring means 4, the artificial condition information inputting means 6, the database 7, the control unit 9 and the warning means 8 may be integrally provided in the biometric information measuring means 2 And may be provided in a separate terminal (smart phone, smart pad, computer, etc.) which can separate and communicate with the biometric information measuring means 2. In the embodiment of the present invention, The terminal is organized and recorded through a program for implementing a user-customized health management method based on context information.

Also, the data recorded in the database may be transferred to a separate big data store and managed. The program of the terminal also provides a menu for inputting the physical condition information such as the user's key, weight, and medical history.

The context-based user-customized health management method using the device of the present invention is a method for managing the user's personal information by using the terminal (smart phone, smart pad, computer, etc.) (2), and the state information transmitted by measurement or user input is matched with the biological information measured by the biological information measuring means (2) at the same time point, A normal state reference value setting step of calculating and recording a steady state biometric information value for each situation on the basis of the data obtained through the database building step; To determine the blood pressure and blood flow velocity of the user measured by the user A diagnosis process for comparing the measured biometric information with a steady state reference value to determine whether the biometric information is normal or not; and a warning process for alerting the user if the normal condition is not determined during the diagnosis process.

In the database construction process, the biometric information includes blood pressure, blood flow velocity, color information of blood or blood vessels, pulse, blood vessel thickness, etc. Such biometric information is measured at a predetermined time interval by setting. Spacing, and so on.

For example, a terminal, a temperature sensor, a hygrometer, a GPS, a gyroscope, and other position sensors, a timer, and the like may be included in the terminal or the biometric information measuring device. Respectively.

In addition, the anthropometric information includes information on whether or not the patient is suffering from other diseases such as exercise, sleeping, eating, resting, studying, working, or other diseases at the time of measurement, The maintenance time of the situation and the like are recorded, and in the case of a meal, the intake menu, the type of beverage and the temperature of the beverage may be included.

Among these artificial situation information, exercising, sleeping, etc. can be judged through GPS and gyroscope. For this purpose, it is possible to install these GPS, gyroscope and the like in the bio-information measuring means or terminal, The user may provide various status selection menus to input the current situation through a menu provided by the terminal.

The database is constructed by using the biometric information and the situation information. For example, the blood pressure varies depending on the body condition such as during exercise, resting, sleeping, etc., If it is determined that the subject is in motion, resting, sleeping, or eating, the blood pressure value measured by the bio-information measuring means is matched with the corresponding situation, that is, .

In this process, out of the values obtained through a plurality of measurement means, values deviating far from the average value are filtered out by an error value, and the average of the remaining values or the filtered and remaining values are recorded as biometric information values, Alternatively, the database is constructed by discarding a plurality of values up / down from the measured plurality of biometric information values and averaging the remaining values.

In addition, the steady-state reference value setting process calculates and records a steady state reference value for each situation using the biometric information data obtained through the database building process as described above. The mean value is determined as a reference value, and when the reference value is out of a predetermined error range, it is determined that the patient is in an emergency state, that is, an onset condition.

In this case, if the user inputs the current situation, it is possible to compare the input current status with the recorded steady state reference value. However, if the user fails to input the current situation, The user is prompted to input the current situation through the warning means, the terminal or the biometric information measuring means, and if the input is not made for a predetermined period of time, Is automatically judged by the terminal or the like, the present situation is grasped based on the input data, and a measure corresponding to the current situation is performed.

When the currently measured biometric information value is compared with the reference value, the biometric information value is determined as an outbreak when the measured biometric information value is out of the error range, and the warning is warned through the warning means. Emergency situation including the visual warning used, audible warning including the buzzer or warning message, and the measured biometric information is transmitted to the hospital, emergency center, medical staff or bio-information measuring means or terminal set in the terminal The user is warned in one or more ways.

Meanwhile, in the context-information-based user-customized health management method according to the present invention, the user's age, sex, height, weight, waist circumference, neck circumference, ankle / wrist thickness, And a body state information recording process of inputting and recording body state information required for judging a treatment state and a health state including the body state information, and transmitting the body state information together in the warning process.

The bio-information measuring means 2 is provided with a plurality of inspection means 20 on the necklace 10. The body-information measuring means 2 measures the body temperature, the blood flow velocity, the color, the thickness of the blood vessel, Pulse, and blood pressure of the brain, thereby promptly diagnosing acute cerebral vascular disease and promptly responding to emergency situations such as cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage.

In this case, the necklace 10 is formed of a flexible material including rubber, silicone, and synthetic resin, and is formed in a 'C' shape having an opening formed at one side thereof to allow size expansion and reduction as shown in FIG. So that it can be easily worn and separated on the user's neck.

The necklace 10 is formed so as to be flat on the upper surface, the lower surface, the upper or lower surface, or inserted into the inside of the necklace 10 so as not to turn (for example, twist or twist) So that the inspection means 20 provided on the inner circumferential surface of the necklace 10 can be prevented from escaping from the inspection region due to the deformation of the necklace 10 in order to inspect the blood vessels around the neck.

When the shape-retaining core is provided inside the necklace 10, the shape of the necklace 10 is modified according to the body conditions including the neck size, the length, and the position of the blood vessel of the user, The versatility of adjusting the shape of the body 10 so as to be suitable for various users and the inspection means 20 are adjusted so as to correspond to the blood vessels at different positions for each user to improve the inspection accuracy.

At this time, the inspection points measured by the inspection means 20 are spaced apart from each other by at least four positions, and the sensitivity of the inspection means 20 is controlled by a self-button of the necklace 10 or a program ).

In addition, the inspection means 20 according to the present invention may be configured to detect a detection value by using a combination of an LED light source, a laser light source, a radar source, an LED sensor, a laser sensor, a radar sensor, do. The inspection means 20 inspects biometric information such as blood vessel expansion and contraction not in direct press contact with the skin but in a noncontact manner and has no irritation due to non-adhesion to the user's skin and is worn in the form of a necklace 10 It is possible to continuously check biometric information without interfering with daily life.

Here, the inspection means 20 is composed of a source and a sensor for receiving the source. In detail, the detection method of the IR sensor, the LED light source, the laser, and the radar, which are the inspection means 20,

The LED source (UV / Red / Green / Blue / IR) source and sensor are composed of UV light of 300nm or less, Blue of 400nm band, Green of 500nm band, Red of 600nm band, These light sources are attached to the inside of the necklace, and the light is irradiated to the skin around the neck. The irradiated light sources penetrate the skin surface or the inside of the other wavelengths, and the wavelength of the reaction is changed depending on the shape and color of the blood vessel. The detected data is recorded at each wavelength and converted into a utilization value such as pattern, color, motion, etc. in a single or a plurality of combinations thereof, .

Depending on the individual's body, environment, and body situation, their input values can be different and their detected data can be used as individual body information data. The interval of measurement time can be several seconds or several minutes It can be adjusted according to the battery condition of the necklace or the charge amount of the terminal.

Laser (Red / Blue / Green / IR) source and laser sensor have the same wavelength as LED source, but the source energy amount is similar to the purpose for use in harmless to the human body. However, the linearity and penetration rate are better than LED, It is very effective in height. Especially for individuals with a lot of fat around the neck, it is better to use a laser with good penetration. So using a combination of LED / laser / radar has a lot of effect on increasing the detection rate. The laser sensor is also different for each wavelength, and a combination of the light source and the sensor is used to make the measurement unit, and the data detected by these units is used as another source.

Radar (GHz band) sources and sensors use frequencies above 5 GHz for general low-power use for long-range sensing, where the radar wavelength is above 800 nm of the invisible ray region and raises the frequency to increase the penetration rate.

Radar source can be divided into 2Ghz, 5Ghz, 10Ghz, 20Ghz area according to permeation depth by using general RF generator. However, it is most efficient to use 10Ghz source at 5GHz because of different penetration / Do. The sensor has a dedicated radar sensor with a middle wavelength in the wavelength range, which improves detection efficiency and minimizes the amount of energy consumed.

In particular, the radar / LED / laser source and sensor units are formed by sensing only the normalized data by sensing with the radar and various types of LED / (LED / Laser) mounted on the inner surface of a detecting device in the form of a necklace by the use of a plurality of pairs or a combination of a plurality of these units, and a radar source, A system device and a service support platform for processing the sensed and sensed signals by the respective sensors installed on the inner surface of the necklace form to transmit data to the inside of the neck to reflect the surface reflection, the reflection after the penetration, and the service support platform are contents of the present invention The measurement data gathered at the time intervals can be used to measure the situation of each individual, such as sleeping, bathing, eating, walking, jogging, running, climbing, swimming, fishing, It can be used as data by making standardized, averaged value according to variables of myriad situations such as climbing, alpine climbing, flight, boarding, driving, subway, drinking, drinking, shopping, drinking, smoking, have.

For example, if the color of a blood vessel is measured by the unit of the inspection source once every 10 seconds, the LED / laser signal from the LED / Laser sensor of the UV / Red / Green / Blue / IR is detected by the necklace detecting device The measured signal is transmitted to a terminal or a computer and processed by the terminal in a combination operation of these. The measurement values of one to two of the six data are discarded at intervals of one minute, and two to four data are transmitted to the terminal's database When the status information other than the biometric information data is stored, the stored data of the terminal can be transmitted to the big data store of the hospital, the 119 center, and the big data service center at 1 minute or 5 minute intervals. In this case, the measurement time interval and the data transmission interval can be changed according to the individual situation and the request, and the format of the database can be changed according to the contents and conditions of the service. It can be set after consulting with the provider, and the longer the accumulated amount of measured data, the higher the accuracy can be.

The thickness and shape of the blood vessels are measured by using the source of long wavelengths, ie, the wavelength of RED / IR, and by sensing the transmitted signal using the radar, data of blood vessel thickness, shape, And a method of correcting a point of a designated blood vessel by giving position change information according to a change of necklace position in the future. Position correction can be done with graphic processing technology. To this end, the necklace may further include additional position detecting means such as a gyroscope capable of detecting the position of the necklace.

Also, the normalize technique and interval of the measured data can be easily made into a matrix table (matrix table) according to the sensing contents, and can be converted into a database with standardization and big data. The present invention includes all forms and methods that utilize the means, and can be implemented in software provided in a terminal or a computer as a program and utilizing a basic OS. The main business of the present invention will be the manufacture and sale of these devices and the linkage of the smartphone APP, the big database telemedicine with the hospital, and the support business 119. In addition, manufacturing-related parts, equipment, and manufacturing will be constructed as derivatives industries.

As shown in FIG. 3, the inspection means 20 is disposed in a pair or a plurality of pairs on the left and right and rear sides of the inner surface of the necklace 10 as a pair of source-sensors as shown in FIG. 3, It is possible to provide a configuration in which only the measurement value of the inspection means 20 at a position adjacent to the blood vessel is taken in accordance with the position of the blood vessel. Accordingly, since the measurement value of the inspection means 20 extracted at a position irrelevant to the position of the blood vessel is excluded in advance, there is an advantage in terms of utilization of the data storage unit in addition to the improvement of the situation data sensing speed.

In addition, the inspection means 20 is operated in a set time period, and the measurement period is further shortened when a sudden change situation of body information including a pulse and a body temperature occurs. The measurement value is transmitted to a terminal or a management center ), And are quickly transmitted to emergency situations such as cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage as described above.

In addition, the necklace 10 may further include a natural situation information measuring means 40. The natural situation information measuring means 40 may be provided in the terminal 30 in addition to the necklace, In order to grasp the environment more accurately, it is preferable to provide the natural situation information measuring means 40 on the necklace 10, and the value extracted by the natural situation information measuring means 40 is transmitted to the controller and is dataized.

For example, when the user is in the state of being exposed to the subzero temperature during the winter season, even if a change occurs in the biometric information including body temperature and pulse, the external temperature value is reflected to determine the current blood vessel condition. Diagnosis errors due to the changed biometric information are prevented.

The necklace 10 can be formed integrally with a necklace-type Bluetooth earphone, which is distributed on the market. At this time, the necklace 10 is configured to perform a notification function through an earphone speaker when an emergency early warning or user setting warning value is reached It is possible.

10: necklace 20: inspection means
30: terminal 40: external sensor

Claims (8)

A necklace type (10) is provided with an opening portion on one side, and an inspection means (20) composed of a sensor for receiving a light source and a source and detecting the biometric information is provided on the inner circumferential surface of the necklace, Wherein the bio-information measurement necklace for vascular disease is obtained.  The necklace for measuring vital information for vascular diseases according to claim 1, wherein a shape retaining wedge is inserted into the necklace. The bioinformation measuring method according to claim 1, wherein the inspection means comprises a combination of LED light sources, a laser light source, a radar source, an LED source, a laser sensor, a radar sensor, necklace. The necklace of claim 3, wherein the inspection means uses a combination of LED, laser, and radar. The necklace of claim 1, wherein the necklace is provided with a natural situation information measuring means (40) for measuring the environment in which the user is exposed. The necklace for measuring vital information for vascular diseases according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the necklace is integrated with a necklace-type Bluetooth earphone. A biometric information measuring means (2) configured to include the biometric information measurement necklace of claim 1 or a separate terminal capable of communicating with the necklace;
A natural situation information measuring means 4 including a measurement date, time, temperature, humidity, and position information;
An artificial circumstance information measuring means (6) adapted to input a current artificial state of the user such as exercise, sleeping, eating, resting, studying, working, disease or the like at the measurement time point;
A database 7 in which biometric information data of a user obtained by the biometric information measuring means, natural environment situation information data at the same time point at which the corresponding biometric information of the user is specified, and artificial situation information data are transmitted and recorded;
A steady-state reference value is set by calculating and recording a steady-state biometric information value according to a situation on the basis of data in the database, and if a predetermined error range is determined from the reference value and deviates from an error range, And a control unit (9) for controlling the blood pressure of the patient. The artificial and natural situation information including the date and time of measurement of the user's biometric information, the exercise state at the measurement point, the sleeping state, the temperature and the humidity can be obtained through the bio-information measuring necklace or the separate terminal communicable with the necklace, Generating a database for storing biometric information for each situation in a database by matching the biometric information and the situation information, and calculating a normal state biometric information value for each situation based on the data, Determining a state of the living body by comparing the measured value of the living body beam required for the judgment of the vascular disease including the body temperature, the squeezing pressure and the blood flow rate measured by the living body information measuring means with the steady state reference value, And if it is determined that the state is not in the state of qualification during the diagnosis process Context-based vascular customized health management method for the disease, which is characterized in that comprises the step of warning and alert through the means.

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