WO2016085026A1

WO2016085026A1 - Health care system and control method therefor

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Publication number: WO2016085026A1
Application number: PCT/KR2014/012169
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이영신; 김재희; 권순신; 백상현; 김원영
Original assignee: (주)씨어스테크놀로지
Priority date: 2014-11-30
Filing date: 2014-12-10
Publication date: 2016-06-02
Also published as: KR20160066076A

Abstract

A health care system is disclosed. The present health care system comprises: a medical accessory device connected to one or more medical measurement instruments for measuring bio-information, which includes at least one of a user's blood pressure, body temperature, pulse, and blood sugar, so as to collect, from the medical measurement instruments, measurement data obtained by measuring the user's bio-information, and transmitting the collected measurement data to a smart device; and the smart device executing an application controlling the medical accessory device when the smart device is connected with the medical accessory device, so as to receive, from the medical accessory device, the measurement data according to a user operation command on the application and display the same, and transmitting the measurement data to a health care server providing a health care service.

Description

Healthcare system and control method thereof

The present invention relates to a healthcare system and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a healthcare system and a control method thereof that can collect and use measurement data of various medical measuring devices through a smart device.

In recent years, the improvement of the living environment and the extension of lifespan due to the development of medical technology have raised the social problem of aging population, and the interest and demand for health care are rapidly increasing due to the aging population.

Meanwhile, the rapid development of electronic communication technology has led to the creation of the concept of ubiquitous heathcare, a telemedicine service that provides health care anytime, anywhere by combining various electronic communication technologies with healthcare. Medical measuring devices that can measure a variety of biometric information such as body temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure, blood sugar, etc. have been born.

These various medical measuring devices have a problem in that interoperability with systems of other manufacturers is not guaranteed by using their own protocols and formats. To remedy this, standardization is underway to guide guidelines for interoperability issues between medical devices, led by organizations such as the Continua Health Alliance.

However, despite this standardization work, medical measuring instruments that have not been adopted in the standard still have interoperability issues, and besides the interoperability problem, the user has to learn a separate usage for various medical measuring instruments. There is a hassle to do.

Therefore, there is a need for a technology that can easily use such a variety of medical measuring devices.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a healthcare system and a control method thereof that can use various medical measuring devices connected to a medical accessory device through one application installed in a smart device.

The healthcare system according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is connected to one or more medical measuring devices for measuring biometric information including at least one of a user's blood pressure, body temperature, pulse rate and blood sugar. A medical accessory device which collects measurement data measuring the biometric information of the user from a measurement device and transmits the collected measurement data to a smart device, and when connected to the medical accessory device, executes an application for controlling the medical accessory device. And a smart device that receives and displays the measurement data from the medical accessory device according to a user operation command on the application and transmits the measured data to a healthcare server that provides a healthcare service.

In addition, the medical accessory device and the smart device is connected by a USB (Universal Serial Bus) communication method, the medical measuring device, Bluetooth HDP (Health Device Profile), Bluetooth Low Energy (LE), Near-Field Communication (NFC) Standard medical measurement device and Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP), RS-232, I-Phone Accessory Protocol (IAP) that communicate with the medical accessory device using one of the following communication protocols: USB and Personal Health Care Device Class (PHDC). It may include a non-standard medical measuring device to communicate with the medical accessory device using one of the communication protocol.

In addition, when the medical accessory device and the smart device are connected, the power of the medical accessory device is automatically turned on, and the application installed in the smart device may be automatically executed.

In addition, when the application is executed, the smart device requests and displays list information on the list of medical measurement devices connected to the accessory device, and selects one of the medical measurement devices from the list. Request measurement data of the selected medical measuring device to the medical accessory device based on a selection command, and when the list information is requested, the medical accessory device collects the list information and transmits the list information to the smart device; When the measurement data of the medical measurement device is requested, the measurement data may be collected from the selected medical measurement device and transmitted to the smart device.

Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present invention, a medical accessory device connected to at least one medical measuring device for measuring biometric information including at least one of a user's blood pressure, body temperature, pulse rate and blood sugar is connected to the medical accessory device. The method of controlling a healthcare system including a smart device may include, when the medical accessory device and the smart device are connected, executing an application controlling the medical accessory device on the smart device, in response to a user operation command on the application. And receiving and displaying measurement data measuring the biometric information of the user from the medical accessory device, and transmitting the received measurement data to a healthcare server that provides a healthcare service.

In addition, when the application is executed, requesting the list information about the list of the medical measuring device connected to the accessory device to the accessory device, the medical accessory device collecting the list information and transmitting to the smart device and The smart device may further include receiving and displaying the list information, and receiving and displaying the measurement data may include selecting the selected medical apparatus based on a user selection command for selecting any one medical measurement device from the list. Requesting measurement data of a measurement device to the medical accessory device; and collecting, by the medical accessory device, the measurement data from the selected medical measurement device and transmitting the measurement data to the smart device.

According to various embodiments as described above, it is possible to easily and conveniently use a variety of medical measuring devices connected to the medical accessory device through one application installed in the smart device. Accordingly, the use of healthcare services may be more activated.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a healthcare system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a medical accessory device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a healthcare system according to an exemplary embodiment.

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

On the other hand, in the following description of the prior art and the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and may vary according to intention or relationship of a user or an operator. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

In addition, when the technical terms used herein are incorrect technical terms that do not accurately express the spirit of the technology disclosed herein, it should be replaced with technical terms that can be understood correctly by those skilled in the art.

On the other hand, terms including ordinal numbers, such as the first, second, and the like used in the present specification may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as the second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as the first component.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a healthcare system according to an exemplary embodiment. According to FIG. 1, the healthcare system 10 includes a medical measuring device 100, a medical accessory device 200, a smart device 300, and a healthcare server 400.

The healthcare server 400 provides a healthcare service to a user. In this case, the healthcare server 400 may be a server operated by a hospital or a healthcare service provider.

In detail, the healthcare server 400 collects biometric information including the user's weight, height, blood pressure, body temperature, pulse rate, and blood sugar from the smart device 300, and analyzes the same to provide health related services to the user. can do. For example, it may be provided to the user, such as telemedicine, electronic prescriptions, an emergency notification service, but is not limited thereto.

In addition, the healthcare service provided by the healthcare server 400 may be provided through the smart device 300 of the user, but is not limited thereto, and may be provided through another electronic device of the user connected to the healthcare server 400. May be provided.

The medical measurement apparatus 100 may measure biometric information of the user and transmit the measured data to an external device. Here, the external device may be the medical accessory device 200, but is not limited thereto.

For example, when the medical measuring device 100 is a blood pressure monitor, the blood pressure monitor may measure the blood pressure of the user and transmit the measured blood pressure data to an external device. To this end, the blood pressure monitor may include a communication module for transmitting the measured blood pressure data to an external device in addition to the configuration for measuring blood pressure.

In this case, the communication module may vary depending on how the blood pressure monitor transmits data to an external device. For example, a Bluetooth module, a Near Field Communication (NFC) module, a universal serial bus (USB) module, an RS-232 module, and Zigbee It may be one of the modules, but is not limited thereto. For example, it may be an IAP (I-phone Accessory Protocol) module provided in the blood pressure monitor connected to iOS. Accordingly, the blood pressure monitor may transmit the blood pressure data measured through the provided communication module to the external device.

On the other hand, as described above, the biometric information for the health care service may include weight, height, body temperature, pulse rate, blood sugar, etc. in addition to blood pressure, so that the medical measuring device 100 may measure a weight scale and a height meter for measuring each biometric information. It may be a thermometer, pulse meter, blood glucose meter, and the like, and includes a communication module like a blood pressure monitor, and transmits measurement data of corresponding biometric information to an external device.

The medical accessory device 200 is connected to various medical measuring devices 100 around a user to collect measurement data (hereinafter, simply referred to as measurement data) regarding the biometric information of the user measured by each medical measuring device 100. The collected measurement data may be transmitted to the smart device 300.

In this case, the medical measuring device 100 may include a standard medical measuring device and a non-standard medical measuring device, where the standard medical measuring device is a medical measuring device and an international standard conforming to ISO / IEEE 11703 PHD (Personal Health Device) international standard. It includes medical measuring devices that are certified by the Continua Health Alliance (hereinafter referred to as Continua), an international industry-academic partner on healthcare and fitness, even if Nonstandard medical measuring device means a medical measuring device which is not included in the above.

In detail, the medical accessory device 200 may be connected to both a standard or non-standard medical measuring device, and collect corresponding measurement data from the connected standard or non-standard medical measuring device and transmit it to the smart device 300. Details thereof will be described later with reference to FIG. 2.

When the smart device 300 is connected to the medical accessory device 200, the smart device 300 executes an application for controlling the medical accessory device 200 and from the medical accessory device 200 according to a user manipulation command on the executed application. 100 can receive the measurement data. In addition, the smart device 300 may directly display the received measurement data on the screen, it may be transmitted to the healthcare server 400. In this case, the smart device 300 may be any one of a smart phone, a smart TV, a tablet PC, and a notebook, but is not limited thereto.

Accordingly, the healthcare server 400 may collect measurement data regarding various biometric information of the user measured through various medical measurement apparatus 100 through the smart device 300, and analyze the healthcare service to analyze the healthcare service. Can provide.

In addition, the user can use the biometric data of all medical measurement devices 200, including standard and non-standard, through the application on one medical accessory device 200 and the smart device 300 connected thereto, Is increased.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a medical accessory device according to an embodiment of the present invention. According to FIG. 2, the medical accessory device 200 includes an interface unit 210, a USB port 220, a control unit 230, and a storage unit 240.

The medical accessory device 100 may be connected to various medical measurement devices 100 through the interface unit 210. The interface unit 210 shows various communication protocols that can be connected to various medical measurement devices 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Specifically, the ISO / IEEE 11703 standard is a transport layer standard for medical information, and includes Bluetooth Health Device Profile (HDP), Bluetooth Low Energy (LE), USB Personal Healthcare Device Class (USB PHDC), and Zigbee Healthcare Application Profile (HCP). It is prescribed. Although not an ISO / IEEE 11703 standard, Continua certifies medical measurement devices with NFC technology.

Accordingly, the interface unit 210 may communicate with a Bluetooth medical device, the Bluetooth BT HDP 211, the Bluetooth LE 212, the NFC 213, the USB PHDC 214, and the Zigbee HCP in order to communicate with a standard medical measuring device following the standard communication protocol. It may include a standard communication unit 210-1 supporting a communication protocol such as (not shown).

In addition, the interface unit 210 may communicate with a Bluetooth serial port profile (SPP) 215, RS-232 216, IAP (I-phone Accessory Protocol) to communicate with a non-standard medical measuring device that does not conform to the standard communication protocol. and a non-standard communication unit 210-2 that supports a communication protocol such as (iOS) 217.

That is, the interface unit 210 illustrated in FIG. 2 may include the Bluetooth accessory, the NFC module, the USB module, the Zigbee module, the IAP (iOS) module, and the like, in hardware. It can be seen that the communication unit is divided and shown according to the communication protocol supported by the communication module.

Accordingly, the medical accessory device 200 may be connected to the standard or non-standard medical measuring device 100 through the interface unit 210, and may collect measurement data from various medical measuring devices 100. For example, the medical accessory device 200 may be connected to a blood pressure monitor that complies with the Bluetooth HDP protocol to collect blood pressure data measuring the blood pressure of the user, and at the same time, it may be connected to a thermometer that follows the RS-232 communication protocol to monitor the temperature of the user. You can also collect measured temperature data.

Meanwhile, the medical accessory device 200 includes a separate USB port 220 for connecting with the smart device 300. Accordingly, as described below, the medical accessory device 200 may transmit list information about the medical measuring device 100 collected from the medical measuring device 100 or measurement data about the biometric information of the user through the USB port 220. May transmit to the smart device 300.

In addition, the power supplied to the medical accessory device 200 may be supplied from the smart device 300 through the USB port 220. Therefore, according to an embodiment, the medical accessory device 200 may be implemented without a separate battery. When implemented without a battery as described above, there is an advantage that can further reduce the manufacturing cost or hardware size of the medical accessory device 200.

The controller 230 controls the overall operation of the medical accessory device 200. In particular, the controller 230 may collect list information about the list of the medical measurement apparatus 100 connected through the interface unit 210 and transmit the list information to the smart device 300.

Specifically, when the medical measuring device 100 is connected, the controller 230 receives device information from the connected medical measuring device 100, and uses the received device information to connect the medical accessory device 200 to the medical measuring device. The list information about 100 may be created and stored in the storage unit 240.

In addition, the controller 230 may update the list information. In detail, the controller 230 may update the list information by reflecting the case where the new medical measuring device 100 is connected or disconnected from the connected medical measuring device 100.

Accordingly, when the list information about the list of the medical measuring device 100 is requested from the smart device 300, the controller 230 may transmit the list information currently stored in the storage 240 to the smart device 300. .

In addition, the controller 230 may receive the measurement data measuring the biometric information of the user from the medical measurement device 100 and transmit the measurement data to the smart device 300. Specifically, when the biometric information measurement data is received from the medical measurement device 100 connected through the interface unit 210, the controller 230 matches the received measurement data with the medical measurement device 100 and stores the storage unit 240. Can be stored in

Accordingly, the controller 230 may automatically transmit the stored measurement data to the smart device 300 when the measurement data transmission is requested from the smart device 300 or when the medical accessory device 200 is connected to the smart device.

Meanwhile, in the above example, list information or measurement data is first collected and stored in the storage unit 240, and then stored list information or measurement data is provided to the smart device 300 at the request of the smart device 300. Although the example is mentioned, it is not limited to this.

That is, according to an embodiment, the list information or measurement data may be provided to the smart device 300 in real time when the smart device 300 requests. For example, when there is a request for list information from the smart device 300, the controller 230 collects list information of the medical measurement device 100 currently connected through the interface unit 210 and transmits the list information to the smart device 300. Can be.

In addition, when the transmission of the measurement data of any one of the medical measurement device 100 of the medical measurement device 100 currently connected through the interface unit 210 from the smart device 300, the control unit 230 is a corresponding medical measurement The measurement data measured in real time through the device 100 may be collected and transmitted to the smart device 300.

For example, when a measurement data transmission of a specific medical measuring device 100 is requested from the smart device 300, the controller 230 transmits a measurement command to the corresponding medical measuring device 100 through the interface unit 210. When the measurement data is completed and the measurement data is transmitted, the measurement data may be received and transmitted to the smart device 300. In this case, the measurement command transmitted to the medical measurement device 100 may include a measurement start command and a measurement data transmission command upon completion of the measurement.

Therefore, according to an embodiment, the medical accessory device 200 may be implemented without the storage unit 240. In this case, the manufacturing cost or size of the medical accessory device 200 may be reduced.

On the other hand, as described above, since the medical accessory device 200 and the smart device 300 is connected through a USB port to communicate with each other by a USB method, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the medical accessory device 300 ) May be automatically turned on when connected to the smart device (300).

For example, when the medical accessory device 200 is implemented without a battery, and receives power from the smart device 300, such an operation is naturally possible. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and in the case where the battery is provided in the medical accessory device 200, when the medical accessory device 200 is connected to the smart device 300 through the USB port 220, the controller 230 is provided. ) May detect this, and accordingly, may automatically turn on the medical accessory device 200.

As such, in the embodiment of automatically turning on the power through the connection with the smart device 300, it is not necessary to implement a separate power button on the medical accessory device 200, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the accessory device 200 It is possible to simplify the design.

On the other hand, when the medical measurement device 100 is a device for transmitting the measurement data wirelessly through a Bluetooth module, NFC module or Zigbee module, etc., when the power of the medical accessory device 200 is turned on, The interface unit 210 may be controlled to be paired with the medical measuring device 100.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, even if there is no separate list information request from the smart device 300, the controller 230 automatically detects the medical accessory device 300 when it is connected to the smart device 300 and automatically detects it. The list information of the currently connected medical measuring device 100 may be collected and the collected list information may be transmitted to the smart device 300.

Meanwhile, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the medical accessory device 200 may be implemented without the controller 230. In this case, the function of the controller 230 may be performed by the controller 350 of the smart device 300 described later.

That is, the control unit 350 of the smart device may receive the device information or measurement data directly from the medical measuring device 100 by controlling the interface unit 210 through the USB port 220, and directly to the specific medical measuring device ( Send a measurement command for 100).

As such, when the medical accessory device 200 is implemented without the controller 230, the manufacturing cost and size of the medical accessory device 200 may be further reduced.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention. According to FIG. 3, the smart device 300 includes a first communication unit 310, a second communication unit 320, a display unit 330, a storage unit 340, and a controller 350.

The first communication unit 310 communicates with the medical accessory device 200. In detail, the first communication unit 310 may be connected to the USB port 220 of the medical accessory device 200 to perform communication in a USB communication method. To this end, the first communication unit 310 may include a USB communication module.

The second communication unit 320 communicates with the healthcare server 400. In detail, the second communication unit 320 may transmit the measurement data measuring the biometric information of the user to the healthcare server 400 under the control of the control unit 350. In addition, the second communication unit 320 may receive information regarding a healthcare service provided by the healthcare server 400. To this end, the second communication unit 320 may include a wired or wireless LAN card, but is not limited thereto.

The display unit 330 displays various images under the control of the controller 350. In particular, the display unit 330 may display an execution screen of an application controlling the medical accessory device 200. In addition, the display unit 330 may display a healthcare service screen. To this end, the display unit 330 may be implemented as a liquid crystal display panel (LCD), organic light emitting diodes (OLED), or the like, but is not limited thereto.

The storage unit 340 may store various programs and data for the operation of the smart device 300. In particular, the storage unit 340 may store an application for controlling the medical accessory device 200, and may store measurement data measuring biometric information of a user received from the medical accessory device 200.

The controller 350 controls the overall operation of the smart device 300. In particular, when the controller 350 is connected to the medical accessory device 200, the controller 350 executes an application for controlling the medical accessory device 200 to receive and display measurement data from the medical accessory device 200 through the application, and receives the received data. The measured data can be transmitted to the health care server (400).

In detail, when the smart device 300 is connected to the medical accessory device 200, the controller 350 displays an icon for an application controlling the medical accessory device 200, and when the icon is selected, the controller 350 displays the application. Can be run. In addition, according to an embodiment, the control unit 350 may automatically execute the application when the smart device 300 is connected to the medical accessory device 200.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the application is executed, the display unit 330 may include a UI for inputting a user command for receiving measurement data from the medical accessory device 100 and a user command for displaying the received measurement data. At least one of an input UI and a UI for inputting a user command for transmitting the received measurement data to the healthcare server 400 may be displayed.

When a user command for receiving measurement data is input, the controller 350 may request measurement data transmission to the medical accessory device 200 to receive the measurement data. In this case, the received measurement data may include, for example, a medical measuring device (X thermometer) measuring the user's biometric information, a time at which the biometric information is measured (00/00/00 00 00), and a measured value (36 degrees). The information may be matched data, but is not limited thereto. Accordingly, the received measurement data may be stored in the storage unit 340.

In addition, when a user command for displaying measurement data is input, the controller 350 may display the received measurement data. Accordingly, the user may check his / her biometric information measured by the medical measuring device 100.

In addition, when a user command for transmitting the measurement data to the healthcare server 400 is input, the controller 350 may transmit the measurement data stored in the storage 340 to the healthcare server 400. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the measurement data may be automatically transmitted to the healthcare server 400 at predetermined intervals.

Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, when an application for controlling the medical accessory device 200 is executed, the controller 350 may be included in the list of the medical measuring device 100 connected to the medical accessory device 200. If the list information is requested to the medical accessory device 200 and the list information is received from the medical accessory device 200, the list information of the received medical measuring device 100 may be displayed.

In addition, as described above, even in a case where the list information is automatically transmitted from the medical accessory device 200 even when there is no request for list information from the smart device 300, the controller 350 may display the received list information. .

In this case, a UI for inputting a user command for selecting any one of the medical measuring devices 100 from the list may be displayed on the displayed list information of the medical information device 100.

Accordingly, when any one medical measurement device 100 is selected from the list by the user, the controller 350 may request the measurement data of the selected medical measurement device 100 to the medical accessory device 200.

When the measurement data of the selected medical measurement device 100 is requested, the medical accessory device 100 collects the measurement data measured in real time through the medical measurement device 100, as described above, to the smart device 300. The controller 350 may receive the same and display the same. In this case, the received measurement data may also be stored in the storage unit 340, and may be automatically transmitted to the healthcare server 400 according to a user command for transmitting to the healthcare server 400 or when a predetermined period arrives. It can be obvious.

According to the above embodiment, the user can check the list of the medical measuring device 100 currently connected to the medical accessory device 200 by simply connecting the medical accessory device 200 to the smart device 300. By simply selecting the desired medical measurement device 100 from the list, it is possible to check the measured biological information data by measuring the biometric information through the medical measurement device 100, thereby increasing the convenience of the user, do.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a healthcare system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. According to FIG. 4, when the medical accessory device 200 and the smart device 300 are connected (S410), an application controlling the medical accessory device 200 may be executed on the smart device 300 (S420). In this case, the medical accessory device 200 and the smart device 300 may be connected by a USB communication method.

Meanwhile, the medical accessory device 200 may be connected to one or more medical measuring devices 100 for measuring biometric information including at least one of a user's blood pressure, body temperature, pulse rate, and blood sugar. In this case, the medical measurement apparatus 100 uses a medical accessory using one of a transmission protocol of a Bluetooth Health Device Profile (HDP), Bluetooth Low Energy (LE), Near-Field Communication (NFC), and USB PHDC (Personal HealthCare Device Class). A non-standard communication device that communicates with the medical accessory device 200 using a standard medical measurement device that communicates with the device 200 and a transmission protocol of one of Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP), RS-232, and I-Phone Accessory Protocol (IAP). It may include a medical measuring device.

Meanwhile, when the medical accessory device 200 and the smart device 300 are connected, the power of the medical accessory device 300 is automatically turned on, and an application installed in the smart device 300 may be automatically executed.

Accordingly, when a user manipulation command is input on the executed application, the smart device 300 may receive and display the measurement data measuring the biometric information of the user from the medical accessory device 200 (S430).

For example, the smart device 300 may receive and display list information of the medical measurement device 100 connected to the accessory device 200. In detail, when the application for controlling the medical accessory device 200 is executed, the smart device 300 requests the accessory device 200 for list information about the list of the medical measuring device 100 connected to the accessory device 200. Can be. Accordingly, when the medical accessory device 200 collects the list information and transmits the list information to the smart device 300, the smart device 300 may receive and display it.

In this case, a UI for inputting a user command for selecting any one of the medical measuring devices 100 from the list may be displayed on the displayed list information of the medical information device 100. When any one medical measurement device 100 is selected from the list by the user, the smart device 300 requests the measurement data of the selected medical measurement device 100 to the medical accessory device 200 and the medical accessory device 200 ) May collect measurement data from the selected medical measurement device 100 and transmit the measurement data to the smart device 300. Accordingly, the smart device 300 may receive and display the measurement data transmitted by the medical accessory device 200.

Meanwhile, the smart device 300 may store the received measurement data and transmit the stored measurement data to the healthcare server 400 at predetermined time intervals or according to a user's transmission command (S440).

As such, the measurement data of the user's biometric information transmitted to the healthcare server 400 is stored and analyzed as data related to the user's health and is reflected in the contents of various healthcare services provided by the healthcare service provider. .

Meanwhile, in the above embodiments, the healthcare service is provided by collecting and analyzing biometric information of a user measured through a medical measuring device, but is not limited thereto. For example, in providing the health care service, physical information such as strength, endurance, and quickness of the user and exercise information of the user performing a corresponding exercise using a specific exercise device may be further used. That is, the healthcare server 400 may provide more various health care services by analyzing physical information and exercise information in addition to the user's biometric information.

Therefore, the technical idea of the present invention is not only the measurement data regarding the biometric information of the user measured by the medical measuring device 100, but also the user's measured by the exercise information and physical fitness measuring device of the user measured by the exercise measuring device. The same applies to the measurement data regarding the fitness information.

Meanwhile, the operation of each component of the healthcare system 10 or the control methods of the healthcare system 10 according to various embodiments described above may be generated by software and mounted on the medical accessory device 200 and the smart device 300. Can be.

Specifically, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a medical accessory device and a medical accessory device connected to one or more medical measuring devices for measuring biometric information including at least one of a user's blood pressure, body temperature, pulse rate and blood sugar are connected. In the method of controlling a healthcare system comprising a smart device, if the medical accessory device and the smart device is connected, the step of executing the application for controlling the medical accessory device on the smart device, the medical accessory device according to the user operation command on the application Receiving and displaying the measurement data measuring the user's biometric information from the smart device to perform the control method of the healthcare system comprising the step of transmitting the received measurement data to the healthcare server providing a healthcare service Non-temporary saved program Readable medium (non-transitory computer readable medium) may be installed.

The non-transitory readable medium refers to a medium that stores data semi-permanently and is readable by a device, not a medium storing data for a short time such as a register, a cache, a memory, and the like. Specifically, the above-described various middleware or programs may be stored and provided in a non-transitory readable medium such as a CD, a DVD, a hard disk, a Blu-ray disk, a USB, a memory card, a ROM, or the like.

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 individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention.

Claims

Connected with one or more medical measuring devices measuring biometric information including at least one of blood pressure, body temperature, pulse rate and blood sugar of the user, collecting measurement data measuring the biometric information of the user from the medical measuring device, and collecting A medical accessory device for transmitting measurement data to a smart device; And

When connected to the medical accessory device, a health care server that executes an application for controlling the medical accessory device to receive and display the measurement data from the medical accessory device according to a user operation command on the application, and provides a health care service. Health care system comprising; a smart device for transmitting to.
The method of claim 1,

The medical accessory device and the smart device are connected by a universal serial bus (USB) communication method,

The medical measuring device,

A standard medical measurement device that communicates with the medical accessory device using one of the following transmission protocols: Bluetooth Health Device Profile (HDP), Bluetooth Low Energy (LE), Near-Field Communication (NFC), and USB Personal HealthCare Device Class (PHDC). And a non-standard medical measuring device that communicates with the medical accessory device using one of a Bluetooth serial port profile (SPP), RS-232, and an I-Phone Accessory Protocol (IAP). .
The method of claim 1,

When the medical accessory device and the smart device is connected, the power of the medical accessory device is automatically turned on, the health care system, characterized in that the application installed in the smart device is automatically executed.
The method of claim 3, wherein

The smart device,

When the application is executed, the selected device requesting and displaying list information about a list of medical measuring devices connected to the accessory device, and selecting the selected medical device based on a user selection command for selecting one of the medical measuring devices from the list. Request measurement data of a medical measuring device to the medical accessory device,

The medical accessory device,

When the list information is requested, the list information is collected and transmitted to the smart device, and when measurement data of the selected medical measurement device is requested, the measurement data is collected from the selected medical measurement device and transmitted to the smart device. Healthcare system, characterized in that.
A control method of a healthcare system including a medical accessory device connected to at least one medical measuring device for measuring biometric information including at least one of blood pressure, body temperature, pulse rate and blood sugar of a user and a smart device connected to the medical accessory device. To

When the medical accessory device is connected to the smart device, executing an application controlling the medical accessory device on the smart device;

Receiving and displaying measurement data obtained by measuring biometric information of the user from the medical accessory device according to a user manipulation command on the application; And

And transmitting, by the smart device, the received measurement data to a healthcare server that provides a healthcare service.
The method of claim 5, wherein

The medical accessory device and the smart device are connected by a universal serial bus (USB) communication method,

The medical measuring device,

A standard medical measurement device that communicates with the medical accessory device using one of the following transmission protocols: Bluetooth Health Device Profile (HDP), Bluetooth Low Energy (LE), Near-Field Communication (NFC), and USB Personal HealthCare Device Class (PHDC). And a non-standard medical measuring device for communicating with the medical accessory device using one of a Bluetooth serial port profile (SPP), RS-232, and an I-Phone Accessory Protocol (IAP).
The method of claim 5, wherein

And when the medical accessory device and the smart device are connected, the power of the medical accessory device is automatically turned on, and the application installed in the smart device is automatically executed.
The method of claim 7, wherein

When the application is executed, requesting the accessory device for list information regarding a list of medical measuring devices connected to the accessory device;

Collecting, by the medical accessory device, the list information and transmitting the collected information to the smart device; And

Receiving and displaying, by the smart device, the list information;

Receiving and displaying the measurement data,

Requesting measurement data of the selected medical measuring device to the medical accessory device based on a user selection command for selecting any one of the medical measuring devices from the list; And

And collecting, by the medical accessory device, the measurement data from the selected medical measurement device and transmitting the collected measurement data to the smart device.