WO2012081764A1

WO2012081764A1 - Relay apparatus and method for managing measured data using same

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Publication number: WO2012081764A1
Application number: PCT/KR2010/009628
Authority: WO
Inventors: 장달현; 김영탁; 이승환; 정호열; 박용완; 박창현; 정교일
Original assignee: 영남대학교 산학협력단
Priority date: 2010-12-17
Filing date: 2010-12-31
Publication date: 2012-06-21
Also published as: KR101129450B1

Abstract

Disclosed is a relay apparatus. The relay apparatus includes: a first interface unit which is connected to at least one medical measurement device via a cable to receive the measured data from the medical measurement device which measures a measuring target; a conversion unit which generates a first format type data frame to be managed through the relay apparatus on the basis of the measured data, and generates transmission data by converting the first format type data frame into a second format type data frame for a measured data management server; and a second interface unit which transmits the transmission data to the measured data management server in a wired/wireless communication manner to enable the measured data management server to update the data for the measuring target, wherein the transmission data can include the report data composed on the basis of the measured data, property information for the report data, and signaling information.

Description

Repeater and method of managing measurement data using the same

The present invention relates to a relay device and a method for managing measurement data using the same, and more particularly, to a relay device for relaying measurement data and a method for managing measurement data using the same.

In recent years, due to the economical abundance, the standard of living of modern people has improved, and various diseases have been increasing rapidly. Various diseases such as obesity and diabetes are steadily increasing, and environmental hormones or viral diseases caused by environmental destruction or explosive increase in population are rapidly increasing.

In accordance with the rapid growth of various diseases, the interest in the health of modern people has been greatly increased. In recent years, various exercise therapies have been developed and spread to prevent diseases and to promote health, and various health foods And diets have been developed and commercialized.

In addition, in recent years, a regular medical examination service for allowing a user to directly visit a hospital or a medical institution equipped with various physical function measuring devices to measure a physical function in order to prevent a disease by a medical method is performed. These regular medical check-up services allow the medical staff to analyze the measurement results of physical functions measured by various physical function measuring devices and provide the medical check results. To make it possible.

On the other hand, in order to alleviate the burden of regular medical checkup services performed in hospitals or medical institutions, and to alleviate the burden of users having to spend time and visit the institutions directly and measure various body functions for a long time. Mid- and low-cost measuring devices, such as measuring devices or blood glucose meters, which can immediately check whether a disease is measured by measuring physical function without the help of medical personnel, have been developed and commercialized.

However, data measured by a conventional medical measuring device such as a blood pressure monitor or a blood glucose meter that can be purchased and used by a user is only used for self-diagnosis in connection with a personal PC.

Accordingly, in order to be provided with an analysis by a professional manager such as a hospital or a medical institution, there is a problem of inevitably visiting a hospital or a medical institution directly and paying a high cost and taking measurements for a long time.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a relay device capable of converting the data measured by the medical measurement device to the measurement data management server and a measurement data management method using the same In providing.

A relay device according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is connected to at least one or more medical measurement device via a cable, the first receiving the measurement data measured for the measurement target in the medical measurement device The interface unit generates a data frame of a first format for management by the relay device based on the measurement data, converts the data frame of the first format into a data frame of a second format for a measurement data management server, and transmits the data. And a second interface unit for transmitting the transmission data to a measurement data management server through a wired / wireless communication method so that the measurement data management server can update data for the measurement object. The data is report data generated based on the measurement data, It includes the characteristic information and signaling information for the report data.

Herein, the data frame of the first format includes transmission data type information, data total length information byte, byte string total length information, invoke ID information, selection event message type information, remaining selection data length information, and an object. It may include at least one of handle information, event information, result report information, result report data information, and measurement data period information.

Here, the event information may include at least one of event time information, event type information, and event information length information.

The result report information may include at least one of result report request ID information, result report number information, result report data number information, and result report data length information.

The result report data information includes n-th result report data type information, n-th result report data length information, n-th result report data numerical information, n-th result report data measurement time information, and n-th result report additional data type information. At least one of the n th result report additional data length information, the n th result report additional data measurement time information, and the n th result report data additional information.

Meanwhile, the transmission data type information, the data total length information byte, the byte string total length information, the invoke ID information, the selection event message type information, the remaining selection data length information, and the object handle information. Has a length of 2 bytes, and the measurement data period information has a length of 8 bytes.

Meanwhile, the event time information may have a length of 4 bytes, and the event type information and the event information length information may have a length of 2 bytes.

On the other hand, it is preferable that the result report request ID information, the result report number information, the result report data number information, and the result report data length information have a length of 2 bytes.

Meanwhile, the n th result report data type information, the n th result report data length information, the n th result report data numerical information, the n th result report additional data type information, the n th result report additional data length information, and the The n th result report data additional information has length information of 2 bytes, and the n th result report data measurement time information and the n th result report additional data measurement time information preferably have 8 bytes of length information.

The data frame of the second format includes at least one packet divided into a packet header portion and a data portion, and the packet header portion includes at least one of a target type, a cradle S / N, a target S / N, an RSSI, and a checksum. One is recorded, and at least one of a measurement date, a measurement time, a measurement value, and a checksum may be recorded in the data portion.

Here, the packet header portion may have a size of 29 bytes, and the data portion may have a size of 20 bytes.

Meanwhile, the first interface unit may be implemented as a 10-pin plug that supports all of Serial, USB, and Line using Jack.

On the other hand, the medical data management method using a relay device according to another embodiment of the present invention, the step of receiving the measurement data measured for the measurement target in the medical measuring device via a cable connected to at least one medical measurement device, Generating transmission data by generating a data frame of a first format for management by the relay device based on the measurement data and converting the data frame of the first format into a data frame of a second format for a medical data management server And transmitting the transmission data to a medical data management server in a wireless communication method, wherein the transmission data includes report data, characteristic information on the report data, and signaling information created based on the measurement data.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the effort and expense of developing various types of transmission devices for receiving data from a medical measuring device such as a blood glucose meter or a blood pressure meter and transmitting the measured data to a remote server or a management center. You can do it.

In addition, it is possible to solve the problem that a user must purchase a transmission device that is dependent on a medical measuring device such as a blood glucose meter or a blood pressure meter without a choice.

1 is a view for explaining the configuration of a data transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 and 3 are block diagrams illustrating a configuration of a relay device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

4 is a view for explaining a configuration of a data receiving plug attachable to the relay device 200 according to an exemplary embodiment.

5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating a data frame format for a relay device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a data frame format for a measurement data management server according to an exemplary embodiment.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a relay device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a sequence diagram illustrating a data transmission method between the medical measurement device 100 and the

relay device

200 or 200 ′ according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating a data transmission method between the

relay device

200 or 200 ′ and the measurement data management server 300 according to an exemplary embodiment.

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Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described the present invention in more detail.

According to FIG. 1, a data transmission system according to an exemplary embodiment includes a medical measurement device 100, a relay device 200, and a measurement data management server 300.

The medical measuring device 100 serves to generate measurement data by measuring a medical state of a predetermined measurement target. For example, the medical measurement device 100 may be implemented as a blood glucose meter or a blood pressure meter that measures a user's blood sugar or blood pressure.

The medical measurement device 100 may transmit the blood sugar data or the blood pressure data measured for the measurement object to the relay device 200 by a wired or wireless communication method. Here, the wired or wireless communication method may be a communication method supported by the medical measurement device 100.

In detail, the medical measurement device 100 may transmit measured data measured by a wireless communication module embedded in the relay device 200 using a wireless communication method supported by the device.

Alternatively, the medical measurement device 100 may transmit the measurement data measured through the data transmission plug provided in the relay device 200 to the relay device 200 using a wired communication method supported by the device.

The relay device 200 may convert the data received from the medical measurement device 100 into a specific data format and transmit the data to the measurement data management server 300.

For example, the relay device 200 may transmit blood sugar data or blood pressure data from the medical measurement device 100 to the measurement data management server 300 by a wired or wireless communication method.

In detail, the relay device 200 may transmit corresponding measurement data to the measurement data management server 300 using a wireless communication module provided therein. In this case, CDMA, WCDMA, HSDPA, Wibro, WLAN, or the like may be applied as the wireless communication scheme.

Alternatively, the relay device 200 may transmit the corresponding measurement data to the measurement data management server 300 using an internet protocol built therein.

Alternatively, the relay device 200 may transmit the measurement data measured through the data transmission plug provided in the measurement data management server 300 to the measurement data management server 300 using a wired communication method supported by the own device. .

The measurement data management server 300 may process the measurement data received from the relay device 200 to fit the application.

In addition, the measurement data management server 300 may provide the processed measurement data to a user through a user interface.

According to FIG. 2, the relay device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first interface unit 210, a converter 220, a second interface unit 230, and a controller 240.

The relay device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may perform a function of receiving measurement data measured by the medical measurement device 100, converting the received data into a specific data format, and transmitting the data to the outside.

The first interface unit 210 is connected to at least one or more medical measurement devices (100 of FIG. 1) through a cable, and serves to receive measurement data measured by the medical measurement device with respect to the measurement object. Here, the medical measuring device may be implemented as, for example, a blood glucose meter or a blood pressure meter, and the measurement data may be blood sugar data or blood pressure data measured by the corresponding meter.

In detail, the first interface unit 210 may receive measurement data from the medical measurement device through a wired communication method or a wireless communication method. Accordingly, the first interface unit 210 may be provided with a data receiving plug for receiving the measurement data in a wired communication method that can be supported by the medical measurement device for transmitting the measurement data. In addition, the first interface unit 210 may include a wireless communication module for receiving measurement data in a wireless communication method that can be supported by a medical measurement device that transmits measurement data.

Here, the wired communication method may be a method of connecting by serial, USB (Universal Serial Bus), line (Line), etc. As a wireless communication method, Zigbee (Zigbee), Bluetooth that is a short-range wireless communication method (Bluetooth), a method of connecting with Binary CDMA may be applied.

Meanwhile, the data receiving plug supporting the wired communication method may be implemented for the three types of serial, USB, and Line using Jacks or integration for all of these interfaces depending on the type of wired interface supported by the medical measuring device. have.

The conversion unit 220 generates a data frame of a first format for management by the relay device based on the measurement data received through the first interface unit 210 and stores the generated data frame of the first format in the measurement data management server. It converts into a data frame of the second format for (300 in Fig. 1), and functions to generate transmission data.

The second interface unit 230 transmits the transmission data generated by the conversion unit 220 to the measurement data management server in a wired / wireless communication manner so that the medical data management server can update the data for the measurement target. .

In detail, the second interface unit 230 may include a wireless communication module for transmitting the generated transmission data to the measurement data management server using a wireless communication method. In this case, CDMA, WCDMA, HSDPA, Wibro, WLAN, or the like may be applied as the wireless communication scheme.

In addition, the second interface unit 230 may transmit the generated transmission data to the measurement data management server using a wired communication method such as an internet protocol.

The controller 240 controls the overall operation of the relay device 200. That is, the controller 240 may control the operating software of the relay device 200.

In particular, the control unit 240 is the first interface unit 210. It may serve to control each function of the converter 220 and the second interface 230.

Meanwhile, the data frame of the first format for managing the measurement data in the relay device 200 may include transmission data type information, data full length information bytes, byte string full length information, invoke ID information, and selection event. It may include at least one of message type information, remaining selection data length information, object handle information, event information, result report information, result report data information, and measurement data period information.

Also, the result report data information may include nth result report data type information, nth result report data length information, nth result report data numerical information, nth result report data measurement time information, nth result report additional data type information, The n th result report additional data length information, the n th result report additional data measurement time information, and the n th result report data additional information may be included.

Here, n may mean the number of times the measurement object performs the measurement through the medical measurement device.

In addition, the transmission data type information, the data total length information byte, the byte string total length information, the invoke ID information, the selection event message type information, the remaining selection data length information, and the object handle information have a length of 2 bytes. Can be.

In addition, the measurement data period information may have a length of 8 bytes.

In addition, the event time information may have a length of 4 bytes, and the event type information and the event information length information may have a length of 2 bytes.

In addition, the result report request ID information, the result report number information, the result report data number information, and the result report data length information may have a length of 2 bytes.

In addition, nth result report data type information, nth result report data length information, nth result report data numeric information, nth result report additional data type information, nth result report additional data length information, and nth result report data added The information has length information of 2 bytes, and the nth result report data measurement time information and the nth result report additional data measurement time information may have 8 bytes of length information.

Meanwhile, the data frame of the second format for the measurement data management server may include at least one packet divided into a packet header portion and a data portion. In addition, the report data may be generated based on the external medical device 100, and feature information about the report data and signaling information.

Here, at least one of a target type, a cradle S / N, a target S / N, an RSSI, and a checksum may be recorded in the packet header part, and at least one of a measurement date, a measurement time, a measured value, and a checksum may be recorded in the data part. .

In addition, the packet header portion may have a size of 29 bytes, and the data portion may have a size of 20 bytes.

3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a relay device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the relay device 200 ′ according to another embodiment of the present invention may include a first interface unit 210, a converter 220, a second interface unit 230, a controller 240, and a storage unit ( 250, a display unit 260, and a power supply unit 270. A detailed description of parts overlapping with those shown in FIG. 2 among the elements shown in FIG. 3 will be omitted.

The storage unit 250 is a storage medium for storing various programs required for operating the relay device 200 ′, and may be implemented as a memory, a hard disk drive (HDD), or the like. For example, the storage unit may include a ROM for storing a program for performing an operation of the controller 250, a RAM for temporarily storing data according to an operation of the controller 250, and the like. In addition, the electronic device may further include an electrically erasable and programmable ROM (EEROM) for storing various reference data.

In particular, the storage unit 250 may store measurement data received from the medical measurement device 100. In detail, the measurement data received from the medical measurement device 100 may be classified according to a measurement date for each measurement object and stored in a lookup table format.

In addition, the storage unit 250 may convert the measurement data converted into a data frame of a first format for managing data in the relay device and a data frame of a second format for managing data in the measurement data management server. Measurement data can be stored.

The display unit 260 may display the presence or absence of transmission of measurement data and various operation states of the relay device 200 under the control of the controller 240.

The display unit 260 may include a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, and a three-dimensional display. The display may be implemented as at least one of 3D displays. In addition, the display unit 140 may be implemented in the form of a touch screen forming a layer structure with the touch pad.

In addition, two or more display units 260 may exist according to the implementation form of the relay device 200 ′.

The power supply unit 270 may supply power to each functional block of the relay device 200 ′ under the control of the control unit 240.

As shown in FIG. 4, the data receiving plug supporting the wired communication method of the relay device 200 may be implemented in one single method regardless of the type of wired interface supported by the medical measurement device 100.

As shown, the data receiving plug of the relay device 200 is implemented as a 10-pin plug, it is implemented for integration to support all the serial, USB, and the line using the jack supported by the medical measurement device 100 Can be.

For example, the wired interface provided in the relay device 200 is implemented with 10 pins, and each pin has power, ground, Serial + / USB Debug +, Serial- / USB Debug-, ground, USB + / Serial Debug +, and USB. It can be formed as-/ Serial Debug-, Ground, Line, Ground.

However, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the relay device 200 integrates and supports the serial port, the USB port, and the jack port. However, this is only an example. If the medical measurement device 100 supports other interfaces, the interface may be implemented accordingly.

As shown, the data frame format for managing measurement data in the relay device 200 includes transmission data type information, data full length information bytes, byte string full length information, invoke ID information, and selection event message. It may include at least one of type information, remaining selection data length information, object handle information, event information, result report information, result report data information, and measurement data period information.

The result report data information may include nth result report data type information, nth result report data length information, nth result report data numerical information, nth result report data measurement time information, nth result report additional data type information, The n th result report additional data length information, the n th result report additional data measurement time information, and the n th result report data additional information may be included.

As shown, the data frame of the second format for the measurement data management server may include at least one packet divided into a packet header portion and a data portion.

According to the operating method of the relay device illustrated in FIG. 8, a user ID (or social security number) is input through a user input unit (S610), and medical care data is received (S620).

Subsequently, the received data frame is analyzed (S630). Specifically, the received data frame may be parsed and processed into meaningful data.

Subsequently, it is authenticated whether the user is registered in the EMR server through the user ID (or social security number) (S640).

If the user is registered as a result of the authentication in step S640 (S640: Y), the data is updated in a corresponding field for each user ID (S650).

Thereafter, an update success message may be received (S660).

In addition, if the user is not registered as a result of the authentication in step S640 (S640: N), an authentication failure message may be received (S670).

relay device

200 or 200 ′ according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 9, the medical measurement device 100 transmits an association request message to the

relay devices

200 and 200 ′ (S705), and the

relay devices

200 and 200 ′ transmit the medical measurement device 100. In step S710, an association response message is transmitted.

Subsequently, the medical measuring device 100 transmits the configuration information (dev-config-id, config-object-list) to the relay device 200 or 200 '(S715), and the relay device 200 or 200' is medical. The configuration information transmission response (accep-config) is transmitted to the measurement device 100 (S720), and MDS attribute information is requested (S725).

Subsequently, the medical measurement device 100 transmits an MDS attribute information response to the

relay device

200 or 200 ′ (S730), and reports a measurement result event (event-info) (S735).

Subsequently, the

relay devices

200 and 200 ′ transmit the measurement result event response to the medical measurement device 100 (S740).

Thereafter, the medical measurement device 100 transmits an association release request message to the relay devices 200 and 200 '(S745), and the relay device 200 and 200' transmits the medical measurement device 100 to the relay device 200 and 200 '. In step S750, an association release response message is transmitted.

10 is a sequence diagram illustrating a data transmission method between the

relay device

200 or 200 ′ and the medical data management server 300 according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 10, the relay device 200 (200 ') makes a connection request (S810) to the measurement data management server 300 and transmits a head packet (S820).

Subsequently, the measurement data management server 300 transmits an "OK" message when the head packet is normally received, and a "NO" message when a check sum error occurs.

When the

relay device

200 or 200 ′ receives the “OK” message, the

relay device

200 or 200 ′ transmits a data packet (S840).

In this case, the measurement data management server 300 may transmit the number of received data packets to the

relay device

200 or 200 ′ (S850).

Thereafter, the

relay device

200 or 200 ′ may transmit a “Close” message to the measurement data management server 300.

On the other hand, the relay device according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented by various methods.

For example, the measurement data measured for the measurement object is received by the medical measurement device through a cable connected to at least one medical measurement device.

Thereafter, a data frame of a first format for management by the relay device is generated based on the measurement data, and the data frame of the first format is converted into a data frame of a second format for the medical data management server to transmit the data. Can be generated.

Thereafter, the generated transmission data is transmitted to the measurement data management server through a wired / wireless communication method, so that measurement data received from an external medical measurement device can be transmitted to the measurement data management server.

Since the operation has been described above, the detailed description and drawings will be omitted.

Meanwhile, the operation method according to various embodiments of the present disclosure described above may be implemented as a program code and stored in various types of recording media. Specifically, random access memory (RAM), flash memory, read only memory (ROM), erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), electronically erasable and programmable ROM (EPROM), registers, hard disks, removable disks, memory cards, USB It may be stored in various types of recording media readable by the terminal, such as a memory, a CD-ROM, and the like.

Accordingly, the program can be installed so that the above-described operating method can be executed in the apparatus to which such recording medium is connected or mounted.

Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiment, it is assumed that the data frame of the first format converted by the relay device 200 includes information having a specific length, but this is only an example. That is, the length of the information included in the data frame of the first format may be changed according to the measurement object and the measurement data.

In the above-described embodiment, it is assumed that the packet header portion constituting the data frame of the second format converted by the relay device 200 has a size of 29 bytes and the data portion has a size of 20 bytes. However, this is only an example, and their data size may also be changed according to the measurement target and the measurement data.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the effort and expense of developing various types of transmission devices for receiving data from a medical measuring device such as a blood glucose meter or a blood pressure meter and transmitting the measurement data to a remote server or a rights center. You can do it.

In addition, although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific embodiment, the technical field to which the invention belongs without departing from the spirit of the invention claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention.

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Claims

In the repeater,

A first interface unit connected to at least one medical measuring device through a cable to receive measurement data measured by the medical measuring device with respect to a measurement object;

Generating transmission data by generating a data frame of a first format for management by the relay device based on the measurement data and converting the data frame of the first format into a data frame of a second format for a measurement data management server; A conversion unit;

And a second interface unit for transmitting the transmission data to a measurement data management server through a wired or wireless communication method, so that the measurement data management server can update data for the measurement target.

The transmission data

And report data created based on the measurement data, characteristic information on the report data, and signaling information.
The method of claim 1,

The data frame of the first format,

Transmission data type information, data total length information byte, byte string total length information, invoke ID information, selection event message type information, remaining selection data length information, object handle information, event information, result report information, result And at least one of report data information and measurement data period information.
The method of claim 2,

The event information,

And at least one of event time information, event type information, and event information length information.
The method of claim 2,

The result report information,

And at least one of result report request ID information, result report number information, result report data number information, and result report data length information.
The method of claim 2,

The result report data information,

nth result report data type information, nth result report data length information, nth result report data numeric information, nth result report data measurement time information, nth result report additional data type information, nth result report additional data length information and n-th result report additional data measurement time information and n-th result report data additional information.
The method of claim 2,

The transmission data type information, the data total length information byte, the byte string total length information, the invoke ID information, the selection event message type information, the remaining selection data length information, and the object handle information are 2 Has a length of bytes,

And the measurement data period information has a length of 8 bytes.
The method of claim 3,

The event time information has a length of 4 bytes.

And the event type information and the event information length information have a length of 2 bytes.
The method of claim 4, wherein

And the result report request ID information, the result report number information, the result report data number information, and the result report data length information have a length of 2 bytes.
The method of claim 5,

The n th result report data type information, the n th result report data length information, the n th result report data numerical information, the n th result report additional data type information, the n th result report additional data length information, and the n th result Result reporting data additional information has 2 bytes of length information.

And the n-th result report data measurement time information and the n-th result report additional data measurement time information have length information of 8 bytes.
The method of claim 1,

The data frame of the second format is

At least one packet divided into a packet header portion and a data portion,

At least one of a target type, a cradle S / N, a target S / N, an RSSI, and a checksum is recorded in the packet header part.

And at least one of a measurement date, a measurement time, a measurement value, and a checksum is recorded in the data portion.
The method of claim 10,

The packet header portion has a size of 29 bytes, and the data portion has a size of 20 bytes.
The method of claim 1,

The first interface unit,

Measuring device, characterized in that implemented as a 10-pin plug that supports both Serial, USB, and Line using Jack.
In the measurement data management method using a relay device,

Receiving measurement data measured for a measurement object in the medical measurement device through a cable connected to at least one medical measurement device;

Generating transmission data by generating a data frame of a first format for management by the relay device based on the measurement data and converting the data frame of the first format into a data frame of a second format for a measurement data management server; step; And

Transmitting the transmission data to a measurement data management server through a wired or wireless communication method.

The transmission data

And a report data created based on the measurement data, characteristic information on the report data, and signaling information.