WO2007041727A1 - Appareil de mesure, et ensemble comprenant un appareil de mesure - Google Patents

Appareil de mesure, et ensemble comprenant un appareil de mesure Download PDF

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WO2007041727A1
WO2007041727A1 PCT/AT2006/000362 AT2006000362W WO2007041727A1 WO 2007041727 A1 WO2007041727 A1 WO 2007041727A1 AT 2006000362 W AT2006000362 W AT 2006000362W WO 2007041727 A1 WO2007041727 A1 WO 2007041727A1
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Günter SCHREIER
Peter Kastner
Alexander Kollmann
Jürgen MORAK
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Austrian Research Centers Gmbh - Arc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q9/00—Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08C—TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS
    • G08C17/00—Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
    • G08C17/02—Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link using a radio link

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  • the invention relates to a measuring device according to the preamble of claim 1. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method according to the preamble of claim 11.
  • the acquisition, storage and processing of measurement data plays an important role in many areas of everyday life (reading the display of various equipment, measuring devices, for example, for power consumption).
  • a large number of measuring instruments already have standardized wired (USB, RS232, ...) as well as wireless (infrared, BlueTooth) interfaces that allow the acquisition of the respective measured value by means of appropriate reader for further processing (eg: blood pressure monitor with serial interface, Blood glucose meter with infrared interface, ).
  • the data transmission or the further processing takes place today largely on or by means of PC. Due to the rapid developments in the mobile phone sector, as well as the
  • these devices can be used to record measured values on the mobile, at the point of care and, on the other hand, to forward them via the data channel (GPRS / UMTS) to a central database for storage or evaluation support interfaces such as BlueTooth or Infrared
  • NFC Near Field Communication
  • RFID Radio Frequency Identification
  • NFC operates in a frequency range of 13.56 MHz and offers a data transfer rate of a maximum of 424 kBit / s with a maximum range of 20 centimeters.
  • the parameters for NFC are already specified by ISO 18092, ECMA 340 or ETSI TS 102 190. This closes a gap left open by the existing systems: it involves bridging very small distances (in the cm range), which results in two communicating devices having to come so close together that it is almost a touch can speak to communicate with each other.
  • Typical applications include multimedia, wireless data transfer, eTicketing and cashless payments.
  • the aim of the invention is the extension of a measuring device or creation of a
  • Measuring device that is set up for the acquisition and transmission of measurement data.
  • the simple design which is easy adaptation of existing measuring devices, ease of use, ease of use and operational safety value.
  • the procedure according to the invention makes it possible to record and transmit the corresponding measurement data accurately and reliably for the user.
  • a corresponding data transmission module as e.g. is provided in a mobile phone or a read head, close to the measurement data output unit, i. to the antenna or RFID tag to bring the meter.
  • the area of the display is provided for this purpose; this is the most noticeable and recognizable area on the meter.
  • the provision of measurement data via NFC has so far been disregarded, but allows an easy-to-use method of establishing contact between devices and transmitting information without requiring too much technical knowledge from the users.
  • FIG. 1 shows the basic structure of a measuring and transmission chain
  • FIG. 3 the attachment of an antenna
  • FIG. 4 shows the arrangement of an NFC-enabled mobile phone to the display of
  • FIG. 6 shows a schematic circuit diagram of an arrangement according to the invention for equipping existing measuring systems with NFC technology as well as the integration of the NFC communication module into the display driver.
  • FIG. 7 shows a communication module integrated in the display driver.
  • Fig. 1 the basic structure of a measuring device is shown, which serves for the detection and transmission of measurement data via wireless, NFC-based data interface.
  • the NFC communication module 300 is connected to the meter 100.
  • a corresponding integrated hardware (information processing unit) 200 serves as an interface of these two components and automatically assumes the measured value of the current or last measurement and transmits it to the communication module 300. Via antenna 400, the measured value is then the data transmission module (eg mobile phone with NFC communication interface or read head ) 500 for receiving or forwarding to a database 700 via data channel (GPRS / UMTS) 600 provided.
  • the data transmission module eg mobile phone with NFC communication interface or read head
  • GPRS / UMTS data channel
  • the measured value display or the display 140 (FIG. 2) is the central element in the human-machine interface since it presents the measured data and possibly further information to the user in a corresponding form. Nevertheless, the measured value is in a "static" form and can not be used in this way for further processing or storage, unless the measured value is, as described in the introduction, provided via additional interfaces for further processing No integrated interface is the method of choice to date
  • Fig. 2 shows the schematic structure of the proposed system for
  • the current measured value is present directly at the measuring sensor 110 or the processing unit 120 of the measuring device.
  • the representation of the measured value is performed by an alphanumeric display 140, e.g. via a standardized 7-segment display on LCD resp. LED base. Additional information (battery charger, status flags, ...) can also be displayed with the appropriate display design.
  • An essential criterion for integrating an NFC-based communication module 300 into measuring devices or systems already on the market is the ease of adaptability or integration.
  • the access to the internal memory or data bus is often only possible with considerable modification or redesign the circuit can be realized.
  • the measured value must be processed accordingly.
  • the measured value is coded by means of special hardware in the display driver 130.
  • This driver 130 is now able to control the individual segments of the display or, if it is a pixel display, the individual pixels in such a way that the overall appearance represents the measured value or the information to be displayed.
  • the tapped signal levels at the input of the display 140 correspond to the control of the respective display element. This possibility proves to be particularly useful if the contents of the measured value memory 122 or the measuring sensor 110 can not be accessed directly.
  • the tapped, coded measured value must be prepared or brought into a standardized form in order to be taken over by the NFC communication module 300.
  • This module can be realized in the form of an information processing unit 200 with a microcontroller ( ⁇ C) 210, external memory 220 and optional amplifier 230.
  • ⁇ C microcontroller
  • ⁇ C microcontroller
  • the module can be flexibly adapted to the respective requirements.
  • Many ⁇ C also support the possibility of being able to process analogue data, which are subsequently digitized internally. This possibility of measuring value preparation can also be taken into consideration, in particular, when the measured value can be tapped directly from the sensor 110.
  • the circuit design of the measuring device 100 allows the measured data to be read out directly from the measured value memory 122 of the measuring device and further processed.
  • the ⁇ C 210 has the task of the present information in a Informationsl. Data string, which can then be passed to the NFC communication module 300. If an NFC-capable mobile telephone 500 is brought into the vicinity of the antenna, the measured value can be automatically taken over, displayed and / or transmitted to the database 700 for documentation.
  • NFC technology over already used communication technologies like BlueTooth or Infrared is that there is no configuration required to establish a connection between two devices and thus an information flow. If two NFC-capable devices - or their transmitting devices (antennas) - brought close enough to each other, the data exchange is automatically initialized by definition.
  • the user can take over the data in an intuitive manner by placing an NFC-enabled mobile telephone 500 on the display 140 or in the immediate vicinity of the display 140 brings (Fig. 3, Fig. 4).
  • a major challenge in the adaptability of an NFC-enabled communication module 300 in measuring devices or measuring systems from different manufacturers is to transmit the information occurring in countless variations standardized from the meter via NFC to the mobile device. It should be remembered that the information presented may be both alphanumeric representations and bit information.
  • the transmitted information string (“RFID taglet”) should be able to display a "screenshot" of the display or the displayed information (to encode) or to encrypt and decrypt by decoding on reading or receiving system again in a corresponding form for the authorized user or to decrypt.
  • RFID tag 410 is normally sufficiently large to structure the information displayed on display 140, e.g. in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format.
  • XML Extensible Markup Language
  • the preparation of the tapped information in the XML format is performed by the ⁇ C 210 and preferably includes at least three essential entries:
  • Each RFID taglet is given a unique name or ID.
  • Decoding or optional representation rule In most cases it will be a uniform resource locator (URL) from which the decoding rule can be downloaded, or the decoding rule will be sent along with it.
  • URL uniform resource locator
  • the basic procedure of the decoding process is shown in FIG.
  • the stored tag information RFID taglet
  • a software installed on the mobile phone extracts the parameters defined in the RFID taglet (name, decourl, value).
  • the uniquely identifiable decoding rule is searched in the memory of the mobile phone. If a corresponding decoding rule has been found, the encoded information can be decoded and converted into a display format that can be read by the user (representation rule).
  • the decoding or representation rule is essentially a file (StyleSheet), which describes how the software running on the mobile phone has to handle the information received from the NFC communication module or in which way the information has to be displayed.
  • the corresponding display platform is the browser already integrated in modern mobile phones.
  • the corresponding decoding rule serves as StyleSheet with the extension to extract the respective individual values from the entire information string and to provide them with additional information (labeling, corresponding unit). For example: presentation of the information string 1208060
  • the first value corresponds to the first 3 digits of the "Value" entry - without further decoding.
  • the unit is mm / Hg.
  • the extracted values are then integrated into the StyleSheet in the second step and can thus be displayed in the browser of the mobile phone. For example, it is possible to replicate the display itself in the software exactly on the display of the mobile phone and thus represent the value. Of course it is also possible the extracted ones Caching values continue to process or forward to a central database 700.
  • Fig. 6 shows schematically a possible circuit structure of a measuring device according to the invention.
  • the measurement data is supplied to the information processing unit (210, 220, 230) preceding the NFC communication module 300.
  • the information processing unit 210, 220, 230
  • different transmission paths A, B, C, D, E and F are provided, the corresponding different signals corresponding to the measured measured values are transmitted to the information processing unit 200 and output via the NFC communication module 300.
  • the desired receiving point 700 database or data processing
  • Information processing unit 200 a memory 122 (FIG. 6) for further information displayed on the display 140 to be assigned.
  • This information does not necessarily have to be displayed on the display 140 but may also be associated with the information string created by the information processing unit 200 of the display, e.g. the device identifier or other data not of interest to the user of the measuring device 100, but which are of interest to the receiver of the measuring data and provide the latter with more details about the measuring device 100 and the residual data.
  • the information processing unit 200 also creates the
  • the information processing unit 200 determines the format of the information string, e.g. XML format, or adds the data information string e.g. the device name or its ID and possibly decoding or representation requirements added.
  • An RFID tag 410 has the advantage that the last measured value is always available without significantly attacking the energy reserves of the measuring device 100; even at Voltage drop due to empty batteries in the measuring instrument, the last measured value is stored persistently and readable via NFC.
  • the NFC communication module 300 can exchange the data via antenna 400 bidirectionally directly with the mobile telephone (I) or writes directly to a passive RFID tag 410 in the first step (II).
  • the RFID tag 410 is either fixedly mounted in the effective range of the antenna 400 and serves only as a persistent buffer, which is then read in the second step, from the NFC-enabled mobile phone (III) or in the form of a contactless chip card as an exchangeable disk on the Measured values of the respective user of the measuring device are stored (eg hospital operation).
  • Fig. 7 shows the desired integration of the NFC communication module 300 and the information processing unit 200 in the display driver 130.
  • this compact module it is possible to display the information that is displayed on the NFC interface for transmission to the receiving unit To make available.
  • the procedure according to the invention is particularly advantageous for

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L'invention concerne un appareil de mesure, et un procédé pour acquérir des données de mesure et les transmettre, ces données de mesure étant affichées sur une unité d'affichage (140) de l'appareil de mesure (100). Selon l'invention, l'appareil de mesure (100) comprend un module de communication NFC (300) dont l'unité de sortie de données, qui sert à fournir les données de mesure acquises à un module de transmission de données externe à l'appareil de mesure, et qui se présente sous la forme d'une antenne (400) ou d'une étiquette RFID (410), est disposée dans la zone de l'unité d'affichage (140) de l'appareil de mesure (100).
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