JP2016007504A - MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH MEASUREMENT DEVICE - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a measuring device capable of improving the convenience of measuring biological information, and to provide a measuring method, and an electronic apparatus provided with a measuring device.SOLUTION: A measuring device 10 for bringing a part to be detected into contact with a contact part 16 to measure biological information includes a measurement part 12 for acquiring a biological measurement output, a pressure detection part 11 for detecting the contact pressure of the part to be detected, and a control part 13 for measuring biological information on the basis of the biological measurement output, and performing processing based on inputted voice information. The control part 13 performs control so as to start to measure biological information in the case that the contact pressure of the part to be detected in the contact part 16, detected by the pressure detection part 11 satisfies a prescribed condition when voice information for starting to measure the biological information is inputted, and performs control so as to output voice information about the contact pressure of the part to be detected in the contact part 16 in the case that the contact pressure of the part to be detected in the contact part 16, detected by the pressure detection part 11 does not satisfy the prescribed condition.

Description

  The present invention relates to a measuring device, a measuring system, a measuring method, and an electronic apparatus including the measuring device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a measuring apparatus that acquires biological output information from a test site such as a fingertip of a subject (user) and measures the biological information is known. For example, a blood flow measuring device that measures blood flow as biological information irradiates a fingertip with a laser beam and measures blood flow based on scattered light from blood flow of capillaries at the fingertip (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).

  By the way, the state of the capillary at the fingertip changes depending on the contact state with the measuring device. That is, when the pressure applied from the fingertip to the measuring device is stronger or weaker than the appropriate range, the blood flow cannot be measured accurately. Therefore, in order to accurately measure the biological information, it is necessary to appropriately bring the test site into contact with the measurement device. For this reason, conventionally, means for stabilizing the contact state are used, such as using a fixing mechanism for fixing the test site or fixing the contact state between the fingertip and the measuring device by taping or the like.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-21208

  When the biological information measuring device is mounted on an electronic device such as a mobile phone, it may be difficult to apply a conventional means for stabilizing the contact state due to the structural features of the electronic device. When such means is not used, the contact state of the test site changes depending on whether the user touches the measuring device, and thus biological information cannot be measured accurately. Therefore, if the measurement accuracy of biological information can be improved without using such means, the convenience for the user is enhanced.

  An object of the present invention made in view of such circumstances is to provide a measurement device, a measurement system, a measurement method, and an electronic apparatus including the measurement device that can improve the convenience of measurement of biological information.

In order to solve the above problems, a measuring apparatus according to the present invention provides:
A measuring device for measuring biological information by bringing a test site into contact with a contact part,
A measurement unit for obtaining a biometric output from the test site;
A pressure detection unit for detecting a contact pressure of the test site in the contact unit;
A controller that measures the biological information based on the biological measurement output and performs processing based on the input voice information;
With
When the control unit receives voice information indicating that the measurement of the biological information is started, the contact pressure of the test site in the contact unit detected by the pressure detection unit satisfies a predetermined condition Controls to start the measurement, and controls to output sound information about the contact pressure of the test site at the contact portion when the contact pressure of the test site does not satisfy a predetermined condition .

  When the voice information indicating that the measurement of the biological information is started is input and the test site is not in contact with the contact portion, the control unit receives an operation input for starting the measurement of the biological information. It may be controlled to start the measurement based on this.

  The present invention can also be realized as an electronic device including the above-described measuring apparatus.

  The present invention can also be realized as a system and method substantially corresponding to the measurement apparatus described above, and it should be understood that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

For example, the measurement system according to the present invention includes:
A measurement system for measuring biological information by bringing a test site into contact with a contact part,
A measurement unit for obtaining a biometric output from the test site;
A pressure detection unit for detecting a contact pressure of the test site in the contact unit;
A voice input unit for detecting voice information;
A notification unit for outputting audio information;
A control unit that measures the biological information based on the biological measurement output and performs processing based on the voice information input to the voice input unit;
With
When the voice information indicating that the measurement of the biological information is started is input to the voice input unit, the control unit detects that the contact pressure of the test site in the contact unit detected by the pressure detection unit is a predetermined condition. Is controlled to start the measurement, and if the contact pressure of the test site does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the voice information about the contact pressure of the test site in the contact portion is Control to output from the notification unit.

Moreover, the measuring method according to the present invention includes:
A measurement method for measuring biological information by bringing a test site into contact with a contact part,
Obtaining a biometric output from the test site;
A pressure detection step of detecting a contact pressure of the test site in the contact portion;
A control step of measuring the biological information based on the biological measurement output and performing processing based on the input voice information;
Including
In the control step, when voice information indicating that the measurement of the biological information is started is input, the contact pressure of the test site in the contact portion detected in the pressure detection step satisfies a predetermined condition. Control to start the measurement, and if the contact pressure of the test site does not satisfy a predetermined condition, control to output audio information about the contact pressure of the test site at the contact portion To do.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a measurement device, a measurement system, a measurement method, and an electronic device including the measurement device that can improve the convenience of measurement of biological information.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the measuring apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the use condition of a measuring apparatus. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the measuring apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the mobile telephone carrying the measuring apparatus of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows an example of schematic structure of a measurement terminal and a server at the time of implement | achieving this invention as a system.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the measuring device 10 includes a pressure detection unit 11, a measurement unit 12, a control unit 13, a notification unit 14, a storage unit 15, a contact unit 16, a display unit 17, a vibration unit 18, a communication unit 19, and A voice input unit 20 is provided.

  The measurement device 10 uses a measurement unit 12 configured by, for example, a biosensor, acquires a biometric output of a subject (user) that contacts the contact unit 16, and measures biometric information based on the biometric output. To do. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a usage state of the measurement device 10, and is a diagram illustrating a state in which a user presses a finger of a hand that is a test site against the measurement device 10. The measurement apparatus 10 can be configured to acquire biometric output using the measurement unit 12 and measure biometric information in a state where the finger is pressed against the contact unit 16 as shown in FIG. However, the measurement of biological information by the measurement device 10 is not limited to the example of such a configuration.

  When the measurement device 10 acquires a biometric output in the measurement unit 12, there may be a range of appropriate pressures suitable for acquisition for the contact pressure of a finger (test site) that contacts the contact unit 16. That is, when the contact pressure at the contact portion 16 is too strong or too weak, an accurate biometric output may not be obtained, for example, because the test site is affected by pressure or noise. is there. If accurate biological measurement output cannot be acquired, it is difficult to measure highly accurate biological information.

  Therefore, in the measurement apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, the pressure detection unit 11 can detect the contact pressure of the site to be tested that contacts the contact unit 16. In this case, it is preferable that the measuring apparatus 10 measures the biological information in the control unit 13 based on the biological measurement output when the contact pressure is in a predetermined range. At this time, the measurement apparatus 10 notifies the notification unit 14 of information related to the contact pressure. With this notification, the user can check whether the contact pressure is within a predetermined range, for example, an appropriate range suitable for measurement of biological information, and whether the contact pressure is stronger or weaker than the predetermined range of pressure. You can know information about pressure. In particular, in the present embodiment, information related to contact pressure, such as whether the contact pressure is stronger or weaker than a predetermined range of pressure, is output as voice information via the notification unit 14. Thereby, the user can obtain information such as the contact pressure being too strong or too weak by the sound emitted from the measuring device 10.

  The biological information measured by the measuring device 10 can be any biological information that can be measured using the measuring unit 12, but in the description of the present embodiment, as an example, the measuring device 10 The following description will be given assuming that the blood flow of the subject is measured as information.

  The pressure detection unit 11 detects the contact pressure of the test site in the contact unit 16. The pressure detection unit 11 is configured by, for example, a piezoelectric element. The pressure detection unit 11 is connected to the control unit 13 and transmits the detected pressure signal to the control unit 13.

  The measurement part 12 is comprised with a biosensor etc. as mentioned above, and acquires biometric output from a to-be-tested part. When the measuring device 10 measures the blood flow as in the present embodiment, the measuring unit 12 includes, for example, an irradiation unit 21 and a light receiving unit 22. The irradiating unit 21 irradiates the test site in contact with the contact unit 16 with measurement light. The irradiation unit 21 is, for example, a laser light source that irradiates laser light having a wavelength capable of detecting a predetermined component contained in blood as measurement light, and is configured by, for example, an LD (Laser Diode). In addition, the light receiving unit 22 receives scattered light (detection light) scattered from the test site as a biometric measurement output by the irradiation unit 21 irradiating the test site with the measurement light. The light receiving unit 22 is configured by a PD (Photo Diode). The measurement unit 12 transmits the photoelectric conversion signal of the scattered light received by the light receiving unit 22 to the control unit 13.

  For example, the measurement unit 12 may be activated when the contact pressure is in the predetermined range. Since the measuring device 10 measures biological information based on the biological measurement output when the contact pressure is in the above-described predetermined range, the measurement unit 12 is at least a biological measurement when the contact pressure is in the above-described predetermined range. It is enough to get the output. In addition, when the measurement unit 12 is activated when the contact pressure is within the predetermined range described above, when there is no need to obtain a biometric measurement output, the irradiation unit 21 emits laser light and the surrounding laser is emitted. It is possible to prevent light from leaking.

  The control unit 13 is a processor that controls and manages the entire measurement apparatus 10 including each functional block of the measurement apparatus 10. The control unit 13 includes a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that executes a program that defines a control procedure, and the program is stored in, for example, the storage unit 15 or an external storage medium.

  In addition, the control unit 13 determines whether or not the measurement unit 12 has finished acquiring the biometric output. For example, the control unit 13 may determine that the acquisition of the biometric output is finished after a predetermined time has elapsed since the measurement unit 12 started acquiring the biometric output. For example, the control unit 13 may determine that the acquisition of the biometric output is completed when the measurement unit 12 acquires a sufficient biometric output for measuring the biometric information.

  Further, the control unit 13 may measure the biological information based on the biological measurement output when the contact pressure at the contact unit 16 is in a predetermined range. For example, the control unit 13 measures the blood flow as biological information using an algorithm or a table that measures the blood flow based on a change in the intensity of the scattered light received by the light receiving unit 22. Further, the control unit 13 measures the biological information based on the biological measurement output when the contact pressure is in a predetermined range, and the contact pressure is within a predetermined range based on the contact pressure detected by the pressure detection unit 11. It can be determined whether or not there is.

  Here, a blood flow measurement technique using the Doppler shift by the control unit 13 will be described. When the blood flow is measured, the control unit 13 irradiates the living tissue with laser light from the irradiation unit 21 and receives the scattered light scattered from the living tissue by the light receiving unit 22. And the control part 13 calculates a blood flow based on the measurement result of the received laser beam.

  In living tissue, scattered light scattered from moving blood cells undergoes a frequency shift (Doppler shift) due to the Doppler effect proportional to the moving speed of the blood cells in the blood. The control unit 13 detects a beat signal (also referred to as a beat signal) generated by light interference between scattered light from a stationary tissue and scattered light from a moving blood cell. This beat signal represents the intensity as a function of time. And the control part 13 makes this beat signal the power spectrum which represented power as a function of frequency. In the power spectrum of the beat signal, the Doppler shift frequency is proportional to the blood cell velocity, and the power corresponds to the amount of blood cells. And the control part 13 calculates | requires a blood flow rate by integrating a power spectrum of a beat signal over a frequency.

  The notification unit 14 notifies the user who is the subject of information related to the contact pressure at the contact unit 16. The measuring device 10 can measure biological information based on a biological measurement output when the contact pressure is in a predetermined range. That is, it can be set as a condition for measuring biological information that the contact pressure falls within a predetermined range. Therefore, the notification unit 14 can prompt the user to adjust the contact pressure to a predetermined range by notifying information about the contact pressure, for example, by voice.

  The notification unit 14 can notify information regarding whether or not the contact pressure is within a predetermined range as information regarding the contact pressure in view of urging to adjust the contact pressure to a predetermined range. Thereby, a user's convenience can be improved.

  For example, the notification unit 14 includes a speaker and can notify information related to contact pressure by outputting sound. For example, the notification unit 14 can notify information related to contact pressure by displaying an image on the display unit 17. The notification unit 14 may display information on the contact pressure by displaying characters on the display unit 17. Further, for example, the notification unit 14 includes a light emitting element, and can notify information related to the contact pressure by light emission of the light emitting element.

  In addition, for example, the notification unit 14 includes a vibration unit such as a vibrator or a piezoelectric element, and can notify information related to contact pressure by vibration of the vibration unit. However, when the notification unit 14 notifies by vibration, it is preferable that the pressure at the test site does not change due to vibration.

  The notification method of sound output, image display, light emission or vibration output by the notification unit 14 has been described above, but the notification method by the notification unit 14 is not limited to the above. In addition, when the contact pressure is out of the allowable pressure range, the notification unit 14 may perform notification by different methods depending on whether the contact pressure is stronger or weaker than the allowable pressure range. The notification unit 14 may notify the contact pressure by combining a plurality of arbitrary notification methods. Hereinafter, in order to describe the features of the present embodiment, the notification unit 14 will be described as having a speaker or the like and outputting voice information by a voice assist function described later. In this case, the control unit 13 can output the sound information from the notification unit 14 by reading out the sound information stored in the storage unit 15.

  The notification unit 14 may further notify the information about the difference between at least one of the appropriate pressure and the allowable pressure and the contact pressure by voice.

  As described above, the notification unit 14 can notify the information about the difference between at least one of the appropriate pressure and the allowable pressure and the contact pressure by voice. Thereby, the user can easily recognize how much pressure of the finger brought into contact with the contact portion 16 should be increased or decreased. Therefore, the user can easily adjust the contact pressure. Further, such a sound makes it easy for the user to adjust the contact pressure to be within the appropriate pressure or allowable pressure range while confirming the notification of the notification unit 14.

  The notification unit 14 can notify the user by voice when the measurement unit 12 starts and ends the acquisition of the biometric output. By performing the acquisition start notification, the user can recognize that the finger should be kept pressed, and by performing the acquisition end notification, the user may move the finger away from the contact unit 16. Can be recognized. Moreover, the notification part 14 may notify the information regarding the measurement result of biometric information by voice.

  The storage unit 15 can be composed of a semiconductor memory or the like, and stores various information and a program for operating the measuring apparatus 10 and also functions as a work memory. Moreover, in this embodiment, the memory | storage part 15 memorize | stores the various audio | voice information output from the notification part 14 as mentioned above. The voice information stored in the storage unit 15 may be generated by voice synthesis, for example, or may be a sample of voice actually uttered by a human. In particular, in the present embodiment, when the user measures biological information using the measuring device 10, it is preferable to store various kinds of voices related to a conversation that is assumed to be exchanged with the user.

  In addition, the storage unit 15 stores history data and the like in which the biological information measured by the measurement device 10 is associated with the contact pressure when measuring the biological information. When measuring the biological information, the control unit 13 may measure the biological information with reference to the history data based on the contact pressure detected by the pressure detection unit 11 and the biological measurement output measured by the measurement unit 12.

  Thus, when the control unit 13 measures the biological information with reference to the history data, the measurement unit 12 acquires a predetermined number of biometric measurement outputs at a predetermined time, for example. The predetermined time and the predetermined number can each be an arbitrary time and an arbitrary number. For example, the measurement unit 12 performs five measurements for five seconds each for five seconds, thereby measuring five living bodies. Measurement output can be obtained.

  In addition, as an example of another method for measuring biological information with reference to history data, the control unit 13 refers to the history data and responds to the measurement accuracy of biological information for each contact pressure of the five biological measurement outputs. The weighting may be determined. For example, the control unit 13 can determine to perform high weighting on the biometric output related to the contact pressure with high measurement accuracy. And the control part 13 can measure biometric information by calculating the weighted average which considered the determined weight about five biometric measurement outputs in the measurement part 12. FIG.

  The contact part 16 is a part which contacts a test site such as a finger so that the user can measure biological information. The contact part 16 can be comprised by a plate-shaped member, for example. Further, the contact portion 16 may be formed of a member that is transparent to at least the measurement light and the detection light. The pressure detection unit 11 detects the pressure applied to the contact unit 16 when a finger or the like comes into contact with the contact unit 16 and transmits the detected contact pressure to the control unit 13. Moreover, in order to detect the contact of test parts, such as a finger | toe, it is suitable for the contact part 16 to comprise the member which can detect a contact like a touch sensor, for example. Moreover, as long as the contact part 16 can detect the contact of test parts, such as a finger | toe, you may comprise by the member which can detect a contact indirectly like a temperature sensor, for example. Furthermore, when the pressure detection unit 11 is detecting the pressure with respect to the contact part 16, it can also process as what the contact part 16 has detected the contact. In this case, the contact part 16 does not need to be comprised with the member which can detect a direct contact or temperature like a touch sensor or a temperature sensor.

  The display unit 17 is a display device configured by a known display, for example. The display unit 17 displays the biological information measured by the control unit 13, for example. The display unit 17 can be configured by various display devices such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic EL display.

  The vibration part 18 can vibrate any part of the measuring device 10 such as the contact part 16 by generating vibrations, and can present various tactile sensations to the subject (user). The vibration unit 18 can generate various vibrations according to a predetermined drive signal supplied from the control unit 13. In particular, when an electronic device including the measurement device 10 is realized as a communication device such as a mobile phone or a smartphone, the vibration unit 18 provides a vibration function. As a result, the communication device including the measuring apparatus 10 can notify the user of an incoming call and an e-mail instead of generating a sound or receiving a sound when a call is received and when an e-mail is received. I can inform you. As long as the vibration part 18 which concerns on this embodiment generate | occur | produces a vibration, arbitrary structures are employable.

  The communication unit 19 exchanges various types of information by transmitting / receiving signals to / from the outside of the assumed device 10 via wired or wireless. That is, the communication unit 19 performs wired or wireless communication. In particular, in a communication device such as a mobile phone or a smartphone provided with the measurement device 10, the communication unit 19 performs incoming and outgoing calls, transmission and reception of e-mails, and the like by communicating with a base station. In this embodiment, since the communication part 19 can be comprised using various arbitrary radio | wireless communication means etc., detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The voice input unit 20 detects voice information based on the voice generated by the user. The voice input unit 20 can be configured using, for example, an arbitrary microphone. The audio information input to the audio input unit 20 is supplied to the control unit 13.

  Next, the operation of the measuring apparatus 10 according to this embodiment will be described.

  Hereinafter, the measurement apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described as being provided in an electronic device that can be used as a communication device, such as a mobile phone or a smartphone. For this reason, the user of the measuring apparatus 10 can not only measure the biological information using the measuring apparatus 10, but can also make a telephone call or create and send an e-mail, for example. However, an example in which biological information is measured using the measurement apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described below.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the operation of the measuring apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment.

  When the operation shown in FIG. 3 starts, the control unit 13 of the measurement apparatus 10 first activates the voice assist function (step S11).

  In the present embodiment, the “voice assist” function is a function that performs processing based on voice information by a user's utterance input to the voice input unit 20. For example, when the process to be performed by the measurement apparatus 10 is uniquely determined based on the voice information input to the voice input unit 20, the control unit 13 executes the process. When processing is performed in this way, the control unit 13 may ask the user for confirmation using voice. In addition, when the processing to be performed by the measurement apparatus 10 is not uniquely determined by the voice information input to the voice input unit 20, the control unit 13 returns a question to the user in order to limit the processing to be performed by the measurement apparatus 10. Control to do.

  As described above, when the control unit 13 requests confirmation or a response from the user, the control unit 13 may display a dialog on the display unit 17 to prompt the user to input an operation. It can also be output from the notification unit 14 as voice information. In this way, the user who uses the measuring apparatus 10 can execute a desired operation only by exchanging sound with the measuring apparatus 10 for a predetermined process.

  For example, when the user utters “mail creation” toward the voice input unit 20, the control unit 13 analyzes the voice information, and creates e-mail creation application software (hereinafter “application”) associated with the voice information. Abbreviated). At this time, the control unit 13 may output a voice such as “Do you want to start the mail creation application” from the notification unit 14 by voice and ask the user for confirmation. In this case, when the user returns a response such as “Yes”, the control unit 13 activates the e-mail creation application.

  The voice assist function stores various predefined conversation algorithms in the storage unit 15, and the control unit 13 performs control so that an appropriate response is made according to voice information based on the voice uttered by the user. To do. Such a function can be realized as an application executed by the measurement apparatus 10.

  In step S11, the voice assist function may be activated by detecting the user's operation input, or it is detected that the user has uttered “voice assist” or the like toward the voice input unit 20, and control is performed. The unit 13 may activate the voice assist function. Alternatively, it can be set so that when the measuring apparatus 10 starts operating, the voice assist function is also activated accordingly.

  When the voice assist function is activated in step S11, the control unit 13 determines whether or not voice information for instructing measurement of biological information has been detected (step S12). Here, the voice information indicating that the measurement of the biological information is instructed can be voice information that the user utters “start measurement” or the like toward the voice input unit 20. In addition, it is preferable to be able to respond to various instructions such as “I want to measure biological information”, “Measure blood flow”, or simply “Measure”. In step S12, the control unit 13 can identify the instruction intended by the user by comparing the voice information detected by the voice input unit 20 with a pattern of voice information defined in advance.

  When the measurement instruction is detected in step S12, the control unit 13 determines whether or not the subject (user) finger is in contact with the contact unit 16 (step S13). In step S13, as described above, the touch sensor, the temperature sensor, the pressure detection unit 11, or the like can determine whether the subject's (user) finger or the like is in contact with the contact unit 16. . When the subject (user) finger or the like is not in contact with the contact unit 16 in step S13, the control unit 13 normally starts the biological information measurement application (step S14).

  In the biometric information measurement application, in order to avoid a situation where the measurement is started before the user is ready at the moment when the application is normally started, the measurement is performed after the user inputs an operation to start the measurement. It is assumed that the specification will be started. Therefore, in step S14, when the biological information measurement application is normally started, the measurement preparation is completed, but the measurement itself has not started yet.

  When the biological information measurement application is normally activated in step S14, the control unit 13 determines whether or not an operation input for starting measurement is performed by the user (step S15). In step S15, for example, a dialog such as “Do you want to start measuring biological information? (Yes / No)” may be displayed on the display unit 17 to prompt the user to input an operation, or voice assist. Depending on the function, it may be detected that the user generates “start” or the like.

  When an operation input indicating the start of measurement is detected in step S15, the control unit 13 activates the measurement unit 12 along a normal process flow (step S16), and starts measuring biological information (step S16). S17).

  In step S14 to step S17, it is assumed that the user starts measurement without bringing a finger or the like into contact with the contact portion 16. Therefore, in this case, it is preferable that the control unit 13 displays on the display unit 17 or the like guidance such as “Please press your finger at a predetermined position” or “Are you ready for measurement?” It is.

  On the other hand, when the subject's (user) finger or the like is in contact with the contact portion 16 in step S13, the control portion 13 determines whether or not the pressure detection portion 11 has detected an appropriate pressure (step). S18). The appropriate pressure in step S18 can be set to the above-described appropriate pressure or allowable pressure range, particularly when the contact pressure at the contact portion 16 is within a predetermined range as described above. As described above, in step S18, it is preferable that the pressure range in which the biological information based on the biological measurement output can be appropriately measured is determined in association with the pressure detected by the pressure detection unit 11.

  When an appropriate pressure is not detected in step S18, the control unit 13 controls the voice assist function to output voice information for guiding the user from the notification unit 14 so that the pressure is pressed with an appropriate pressure. (Step S19). In step S19, guidance regarding the strength of pressing such as “please press a little harder” or “weaken the pressing force” can be performed by voice assist. Moreover, in step S19, not only the strength of pressing, but also voice assistance based on various types of voice information such as maintaining pressing force or measuring time can be performed. Thus, when an appropriate press is not detected in step S18, guidance by voice assist is performed in step S19 until an appropriate press is obtained.

  On the other hand, when an appropriate press is detected in step S18, the control unit 13 activates the biological information measurement application (step S20). When the measurement application is activated in step S20, the control unit 13 activates the measurement unit 12 (step S16) and starts measuring biological information (step S17).

  In the case of proceeding to step S20, it is assumed that the user is touching the contact portion 16 with a finger or the like and is further pressing appropriately. In this case, since the control unit 13 activates the biological information measurement application and the measurement unit 12 and starts measurement, the user emits a voice without performing any input from the state in which the user presses the contact unit 16. Without any problem, the measurement starts immediately and automatically.

  Thus, in the measuring apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, the control unit 13 measures biological information based on the biological measurement output and performs processing based on the input voice information. Further, when the voice information indicating that the measurement of the biological information is started is input, the control unit 13 when the contact pressure of the test site in the contact unit 16 detected by the pressure detection unit 11 satisfies a predetermined condition. Controls to start measurement of biological information. On the other hand, when the voice information indicating that the measurement of the biological information is started is input, the control unit 13 is when the contact pressure of the test site in the contact unit 16 detected by the pressure detection unit 11 does not satisfy a predetermined condition. Then, control is performed so as to output sound information about the contact pressure of the test site in the contact portion 16. In addition, when the voice information for starting the measurement of the biological information is input, the control unit 13 is based on the operation input for starting the measurement of the biological information when the test site is not in contact with the contact unit 16. And control to start measurement of biological information.

  The measurement apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment can start measurement of biological information by a user's utterance. Moreover, if the measurement apparatus 10 detects appropriate contact and pressing of the user's finger or the like based on the audio information indicating the start of measurement, the measurement apparatus 10 starts measurement immediately. Therefore, it is possible to reduce time and effort required of the user before the start of measurement. Moreover, if the appropriate contact and press of a user's finger etc. are not detected, the measuring apparatus 10 will urge the proper contact and press of the user's finger etc. to be performed by voice guidance. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the burden on the user and improve convenience, and to improve the reliability of measurement.

  In addition, this invention is not limited only to the said embodiment, Many deformation | transformation or a change is possible. For example, functions included in each component, step, etc. can be rearranged so as not to be logically contradictory, and a plurality of components, steps, etc. can be combined or divided into one It is.

  For example, the voice assist function described above is not limited to the measurement described in the present embodiment, and assumes a function that assists the user as various assists such as activation of various applications. However, the main function of the voice assist is assumed to be an operation that activates an application that is preliminarily defined as an application that is considered highly relevant in accordance with the user's utterance. Therefore, in the voice assist function, when the application to be activated cannot be determined uniquely according to the user's utterance, a function is provided that allows the user to select the application to be activated after presenting several applications to the user. May be.

  For example, in the case of proceeding to step S14 described with reference to FIG. 3, the voice information indicating “measurement” is detected, but the user does not touch the contact portion 16 with a finger or the like. In this case, the control unit 13 may cause the user to select an application to be activated after displaying a list of other applications that are considered to be related including the biological information measurement application.

  Further, for example, the measuring apparatus 10 according to each of the above embodiments can be mounted on various electronic devices. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a mobile phone equipped with the measuring apparatus 10 of FIG. In FIG. 4, a mobile phone is shown as an example of an electronic device on which the measurement device 10 is mounted. However, the electronic device on which the measurement device 10 is mounted can be various communication devices such as a smartphone. As shown in FIG. 4A, the mobile phone 40 includes a measuring device 10 on the back side thereof. Moreover, the mobile phone 40 shown as an example in FIG. 4A includes a back display 41 on the back side thereof. On the rear display 41, for example, information on contact pressure is displayed as an indicator. As described above, when the measurement apparatus 10 is mounted on an electronic device, the notification unit 14 may notify information on contact pressure from the electronic device. That is, FIG. 4 shows an example in which the notification unit 14 is configured as the rear display 41.

  In FIG. 6, the contact portion 16 may be configured as the rear display 41. For example, in the second embodiment, the rear display 41 receives an incoming call or receives an e-mail depending on the display on the rear display 41 when the measurement apparatus 10 does not generate vibration or sound during measurement of biological information. Etc. can be notified. For example, in the third embodiment, the rear display 41 may display the measurement result output in step S32 or step S34 and information related to the reliability of the measurement.

  FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an example of a case where the user performs measurement of biological information using the mobile phone 40 including the measurement device 10. The user causes the measuring device 10 to measure biological information by bringing the finger into contact with the contact portion 16. When measuring biological information, the notification unit 14 can display information on contact pressure and the like on the rear display 41 as an indicator. In addition, the display of the information regarding contact pressure is not limited to that performed by the rear display 41. For example, the notification unit 14 outputs a sound from a speaker included in the mobile phone 40, emits light from a light emitting element included in the mobile phone 40, or vibrates a vibration unit included in the mobile phone 40. Information can be displayed.

  When the user uses the mobile phone 40 including the measurement device 10 to measure biometric information, the measurement device 10 activates a dedicated application for the user to measure biometric information using the mobile phone 40. Thus, measurement of biological information may be started. The measuring device 10 may automatically start measuring biological information when the contact pressure is detected at the contact portion 16. In this case, the user can start measurement of biological information by bringing a finger into contact with the contact unit 16 without activating the application.

  Further, when the user measures the biological information using the mobile phone 40 including the measurement device 10, the measurement device 10 can notify the user of the measurement result by various methods. For example, the measurement apparatus 10 displays, on the display provided in the mobile phone 40, whether the blood is “smooth” or “muddy” with reference to a predetermined threshold value based on the measured blood flow value. May be. In addition, for example, the measurement apparatus 10 may reproduce different sounds based on a predetermined threshold value based on the measured blood flow value. In addition, the measurement apparatus 10 may change the operability of the mobile phone 40 based on a predetermined threshold value based on the measured blood flow value, for example. In this case, when the user operates the mobile phone 40, the user can know the measurement result by the operability.

  Further, when measuring the biological information, the measuring apparatus 10 may perform only a notification indicating that the measurement is completed, for example. The measurement apparatus 10 can perform such notification by vibrating the vibration unit of the mobile phone 40, for example. In this case, when the user wants to know the measurement result, the user can operate the mobile phone 40 to display the result on the mobile phone 40.

  For example, the arrangement of the measuring device 10 in the mobile phone 40 is not limited to that shown in FIG. For example, the measuring device 10 may be disposed on another part of the back surface of the mobile phone 40, or may be disposed on the surface or side surface of the mobile phone 40.

  Further, the electronic device on which the measuring apparatus 10 is mounted is not limited to the mobile phone 40. For example, the measuring apparatus 10 can be mounted on a wide variety of electronic devices such as a portable music player, a notebook computer, a wristwatch, a tablet terminal, and a game machine.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated as what implement | achieves all the function parts, such as the pressure detection part 11, the biosensor 12, the control part 13, and the measurement part 16, on one apparatus, this invention is limited to this aspect. Is not to be done. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the present invention provides a measurement system that includes a measurement terminal 10 that acquires a biological measurement output and notifies a measurement result, and a server device 50 that measures biological information based on the biological measurement output. Can be configured.

  As described above, when the present invention is configured as a measurement system, the measurement terminal 10 measures the contact pressure of the test site in contact with the contact unit 16 in the pressure detection unit 11, and the measurement unit 12 Obtain biometric output. Then, the measurement terminal 10 transmits the measured contact pressure and the acquired biometric measurement output from the communication unit 19 to the server device 50 connected to the measurement terminal 10 via a wired or wireless network or a combination thereof. The server device 50 measures the biological information based on the biological information output received via the server communication unit 58 in the server control 53. Then, the server device 50 transmits the measured biological information to the measurement terminal 10 via the server communication unit 58. The measurement terminal 10 notifies the user of the received biological information by the notification unit 14.

  Thus, when the present invention is configured as a measurement system, the measurement terminal 10 can be reduced in size and the like as compared with a case where all the functional units are realized on one measurement apparatus.

  The above-described voice assist function transmits voice information acquired from the voice input unit 20 of the measurement apparatus 10 to the server apparatus 50, and the server apparatus 50 performs control to analyze the voice information and determine a corresponding process. It can also be done. In this way, the control unit 13 of the measuring apparatus 10 does not need to perform processing related to analysis of audio information and determination of corresponding processing, and can reduce processing load.

  Furthermore, in embodiment mentioned above, the measuring apparatus 10 demonstrated the aspect provided with the audio | voice input part 20 and the notification part 14. FIG. However, the measurement apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment may be configured to connect, for example, a microphone and / or a speaker as an external device without including the voice input unit 20 and / or the notification unit 14. In this case, the control unit 13 performs processing based on audio information input from the outside and performs control for outputting the audio information to the outside.

  In addition, each of the embodiments described above is not only an invention of the measurement apparatus 10 or an electronic apparatus including the measurement apparatus 10, but also a method of performing measurement in such an apparatus or apparatus or a system including such an apparatus or apparatus. It can also be implemented as an invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Measuring apparatus 11 Pressure detection part 12 Measurement part (biological sensor)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 Control part 14 Notification part 15 Memory | storage part 16 Contact part 17 Display part 18 Vibrating part 19 Communication part 20 Audio | voice input part 21 Irradiation part 22 Light receiving part 40 Mobile telephone 41 Rear display 50 Server apparatus 53 Server control part 55 Server storage part 58 Server Communication department

Claims (5)

A measuring device for measuring biological information by bringing a test site into contact with a contact part,
A measurement unit for obtaining a biometric output from the test site;
A pressure detection unit for detecting a contact pressure of the test site in the contact unit;
A controller that measures the biological information based on the biological measurement output and performs processing based on the input voice information;
With
When the control unit receives voice information indicating that the measurement of the biological information is started, the contact pressure of the test site in the contact unit detected by the pressure detection unit satisfies a predetermined condition Controls to start the measurement, and controls to output sound information about the contact pressure of the test site at the contact portion when the contact pressure of the test site does not satisfy a predetermined condition ,measuring device.   When the voice information indicating that the measurement of the biological information is started is input and the test site is not in contact with the contact portion, the control unit receives an operation input for starting the measurement of the biological information. A measurement device that controls to start the measurement based on the measurement result.   An electronic apparatus comprising the measuring device according to claim 1. A measurement system for measuring biological information by bringing a test site into contact with a contact part,
A measurement unit for obtaining a biometric output from the test site;
A pressure detection unit for detecting a contact pressure of the test site in the contact unit;
A voice input unit for detecting voice information;
A notification unit for outputting audio information;
A control unit that measures the biological information based on the biological measurement output and performs processing based on the voice information input to the voice input unit;
With
When the voice information indicating that the measurement of the biological information is started is input to the voice input unit, the control unit detects that the contact pressure of the test site in the contact unit detected by the pressure detection unit is a predetermined condition. Is controlled to start the measurement, and if the contact pressure of the test site does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the voice information about the contact pressure of the test site in the contact portion is Measurement system that controls to output from the notification unit. A measurement method for measuring biological information by bringing a test site into contact with a contact part,
Obtaining a biometric output from the test site;
A pressure detection step of detecting a contact pressure of the test site in the contact portion;
A control step of measuring the biological information based on the biological measurement output and performing processing based on the input voice information;
Including
In the control step, when voice information indicating that the measurement of the biological information is started is input, the contact pressure of the test site in the contact portion detected in the pressure detection step satisfies a predetermined condition. Control to start the measurement, and if the contact pressure of the test site does not satisfy a predetermined condition, control to output audio information about the contact pressure of the test site at the contact portion Measurement method.

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