JP2002051160A - Monitor for portable body motion - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a monitor for portable body motion, capable of recording and storing the number of steps between arbitrary points in time and walking conditions such as running, walking, resting, etc., along with the time automatically by a body motion sensor. SOLUTION: This portable body motion monitor (100) comprises a means connected to a terminal (20) capable of transmitting data to and from a computer system (41) of a health care center (40) via an interface (110) to transmit data; a means for monitoring body motions to a user (10) carrying the device at all times by a built-in body motion sensor (206), and recording and storing the number of steps between certain points of time and walking conditions, such as running, waking, resting, etc., of the user and a means for transmitting data (D1) accumulated by this recording; and storing means to the terminal (20) via the interface (110).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable device for carrying out appropriate exercises for the prevention and treatment of lifestyle-related diseases. And a portable body movement monitoring device that can be stored.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional portable body movement monitoring device of this type, a device such as a pedometer (registered trademark) for counting the number of steps taken is known. This device records only the number of steps irrespective of the walking state such as running, walking, and resting of the user carrying the device.

[0003]

In recent years, it has been medically recognized that moderate exercise activates bodily functions.
For example, even recently, a walk of one hour, three times a week can prevent brain deterioration associated with aging, says Arthur Kramer, a professor at the University of Illinois in the English science journal Nature on July 29, 1999. Has announced. “Exercise therapy” was applied to the treatment of lifestyle-related diseases positively, and has been applied to patients with hypertension since April 1994. , Hyperlipidemia and diabetes have been expanded, and the awareness of "exercise therapy" has been increasing.

[0004] However, in a conventional apparatus that records only the number of steps irrespective of the walking state, the amount of exercise differs greatly between running and walking even in the same step, and the amount of exercise cannot be quantitatively grasped. In the type of inputting an exercise menu, the amount of exercise can be quantitatively grasped from the relationship between the exercise menu and the number of steps. However, since the user has to enter the menu every time the exercise menu is replaced, the usability is poor.

An object of the present invention is to automatically record and store the number of steps of a user carrying a mobile phone and the walking state, such as running, walking, and resting, together with the time by means of a body motion sensor. Another object of the present invention is to provide a portable body movement monitoring device that transmits a health management center to a health management center via a terminal such as a mobile phone and refers to the data to allow the health management center to provide health management guidance to a user.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems and achieve the object, a portable body motion monitoring device of the present invention is characterized in that it is configured as follows. In addition,
The characteristic features of the present invention other than those described below will be clarified in the embodiments.

[0007] A portable body movement monitoring device of the present invention is connected to a terminal system capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from a computer system of a health care center, means for transmitting and receiving data, and means for transmitting and receiving data. Is constantly monitored by the built-in body motion sensor, and the number of steps during a certain time of the user and the walking state such as running, walking, resting are recorded and stored together with the time, and the recording and storing means are used for storing. Means for transmitting the received data to the terminal via the interface.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a health management system using a portable body movement monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 1B is a block diagram illustrating an outline of the management system, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of a portable body movement monitoring device carried by each user when receiving a health management service.

Here, the health management system using the portable body movement monitoring device means that the portable body movement monitoring device is carried to the user for the purpose of preventing lifestyle-related diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes. In order to continue moderate exercise such as a walk, we record exercise data quantitatively and manage it in chronological order, and experts can use these data and various data related to lifestyle-related diseases. It is a system that gives users advice on maintaining and improving their health.

In FIG. 1A, a user 10, ie, an A user 11, a B user 12, and a C user 13
... are all registered in the health management center 40, and each of the users 11 to 13 is connected to the health management center 4 by the terminal 20, that is, the A terminal 21, the B terminal 22, the C terminal 23.
0 is connected to a computer system 41 via data communication 31 to 33 such as the Internet, a telephone line, and a dedicated line. Further, the portable body movement monitoring device 100 carried by the user 10 records the walking state and the number of steps data D1 during an arbitrary time. The data D1 is transferred from the portable body movement monitoring device 100 to the terminal device 20 via the interface 110, and transmitted from the data communication 31 to 33 to the computer system 41 of the health care center 40 according to a predetermined procedure in the terminal device 20. Then, the data is processed into data D2 necessary for advice on maintaining and improving the health of the user 10 and stored in the health guidance service information management unit 42.

FIG. 1B shows a portable body movement monitoring device 100.
FIG. As shown in the figure, the portable body movement monitoring device 100 switches between a display panel 101 that can display a walking state or the number of steps, which is information for monitoring body movement, and can display time, and a content to be displayed on the display panel 101. A display switching button 102, a plus button 103, a minus button 104 for changing the content displayed on the display panel 101, and data D 1 of a walking state and the number of steps at an arbitrary time are transmitted to the terminal via the interface 110. The transmission button 105 is used to send a transmission instruction to the transmission button 20.

Further, an indicator 108 for indicating power-on is provided at the lower left of the entire surface of the casing 109, and a connector 106 for an interface 110 and a main switch 107 are provided on the side surface. Although not shown, a battery accommodating portion capable of accommodating a battery such as a dry battery or a storage battery, a hook suspended from the waist, and the like are provided on the back surface of the casing 109.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of the portable body movement monitoring device 100. As shown in FIG. The body motion sensor 206 for detecting the walking state and the number of steps data D1 between arbitrary times according to the present invention is an impact sensor for detecting that a certain level of impact is applied to the portable body motion monitoring device 100,
It has a circuit unit for detecting a change in posture caused by the impact, a timer for measuring the elapse of time of the change in posture, and the like, and constantly monitors the movement of the body of the user 10.

A data totaling unit 203 totalizes data D1 of the walking state and the number of steps at an arbitrary time from the state step number information periodically sent from the body motion sensor 206 and the date / time information from the timer circuit 205. , And data transfer from the data recording unit 204 to the transmission function unit 201.

FIG. 3 shows a detecting means which can automatically detect when the user 10 exhibits an abnormal situation such as a fall, and an abnormal state of the user 10 which is detected by the detecting means.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of a portable body movement monitoring device 100 including a unit for automatically transmitting the terminal to a terminal device 20.
The determiner 211 is configured to perform a logical operation on various types of information detected by the body movement sensor 206 to determine whether or not an abnormal situation such as the user 10 has fallen occurs. When it is determined that an abnormal situation such as the user 10 has fallen has occurred, the emergency call instruction 21 is issued.
2 is generated. Emergency call instruction 21
When an abnormality determination signal arrives from the transmission function unit 201 to the transmission function unit 201, an emergency call can be automatically made from the transmission function unit 201 to the terminal device 20 via the interface 110 according to a predetermined procedure.

FIG. 4 shows information data D3 necessary for health management from the health management center 40 to the portable body movement monitoring device 100.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of a portable body movement monitoring device 100 capable of transmitting a message. When the receiving function unit 213 receives the information data D3 necessary for health management, the data D3 is recorded in the data recording unit 204, and is instructed by the display function unit 207 via the data counting unit 203 to display the data on the display unit 2.
08 is displayed in a format that the user 10 can understand. Upon receiving the information data D3 necessary for health management on the display unit 208, the user 10 activates the display switching signal 209 by pressing the display switching button 102, and can return the display to the state of monitoring the normal body movement. When the user wants to revisit the information data D3 necessary for health management, the user can operate the display switching button 102 in the same manner.

A portable terminal such as a portable telephone is used as the terminal 20 capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from the computer system 41 of the health management center 40, and the portable body movement monitoring device 1 is connected to the portable terminal via the interface 110.
00 may be integrally carried by the user 10.

[0018]

According to the present invention, the user has to input the information himself or herself every time the walking state changes, such as running, walking, and resting. However, according to the present invention,
The number of steps taken by a user during a certain time, and the walking state such as running, walking, and resting can be automatically recorded and saved with the time by a built-in body motion sensor. A portable body movement monitoring device that transmits the data to the health management center and allows the health management center to provide the user with health management guidance with reference to the data.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a portable body movement monitoring device according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 1 (a) is a block diagram showing an outline of a health management system to which the above-mentioned device is applied, and FIG. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a portable body movement monitoring device carried when receiving a health management service.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of a portable body movement monitoring device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a detecting means which can automatically detect when a user of the portable body motion monitoring apparatus according to the present invention exhibits an abnormal situation such as a fall, and a terminal which detects a user abnormality by the detecting means. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration in a case where a means for automatically transmitting data to a device is provided.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration in a case where information necessary for health management can be transmitted from the health management center of the portable body motion monitoring device according to the present invention to the portable body motion monitoring device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 (11, 12, 13) ... user 20 (21, 22, 23) ... terminal 30 (31, 32, 33) ... data communication 40 ... health care center 41 ... computer system 42 ... health guidance service information management unit 100 ... portable body movement monitoring device 101 ... display panel 102 ... display switching button 103 ... plus button 104 ... minus button 105 ... transmission button 106 ... connector 107 ... main switch 108 ... indicator 109 ... casing 110 ... interface 201 ... transmission function unit 202 ... Sending command 203 ... Data totaling unit 204 ... Data recording unit 205 ... Timer circuit 206 ... Body motion sensor 207 ... Display function unit 208 ... Display unit 209 ... Display switching signal 210 ... Time adjustment signal 211 ... Determiner 212 ... 213 ... Reception function unit

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A terminal capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from a computer system of a health care center, means connected via an interface for transmitting and receiving data, and a body movement sensor incorporating a movement of a user carrying the body. Means for constantly monitoring and recording the user's steps during a certain time and the walking state, such as running, walking, resting, along with the time, and the terminal stores the data stored by the recording and saving means via the interface. A portable body movement monitoring device, comprising: 2. A sensing means capable of automatically sensing when the user presents an abnormal situation such as a fall, and means for automatically transmitting to the terminal when the sensing means senses an abnormality of the user. The portable body movement monitoring device according to claim 1, comprising: 3. The data in which the number of steps of the user during a certain time and the walking state such as running, walking and resting are recorded and stored together with the time and transmitted to a health management center via a terminal, and the data is referred to. The portable body movement monitoring device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the health management center can perform health management guidance for the user. 4. A portable terminal such as a portable telephone as a terminal capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from the computer system of the health care center, and the user carries the portable terminal with the portable terminal via an interface. 3. The portable body movement monitoring device according to 1 or 2.