KR20100052951A - Unified health-care apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

An integrated healthcare device is disclosed that includes an identification module for identifying a user and an external exercise device. The integrated healthcare device includes a biometric information receiving module for receiving biometric information corresponding to a recognized user, an exercise information receiving module for receiving exercise information according to the usage of a user's external exercise device from the recognized external exercise device, and the exercise information And a central controller configured to generate the health state and the exercise result of the user and a display unit to display the health state and the exercise result based on the biometric information before and after the exercise of the user, wherein the central control unit displays the biometric information and the exercise information of the user during the exercise. It displays in real time and detects a dangerous state based on the user's biometric information and notifies the user. Integrated healthcare devices may be interconnected via a network module. By using the integrated healthcare device, it is possible to systematically collect and manage biometric information and exercise information of a plurality of users, and to easily perform basic physical examination.

Description

Unified health-care apparatus

The present invention relates to a healthcare device for managing a user's health, and in particular, can identify a user and an external exercise device, and generating the health state and the exercise result of the user based on the received biometric information and exercise information Of course, the present invention relates to an integrated healthcare device capable of informing a state of exercise in real time while performing an exercise, and notifying a user when a dangerous state occurs.

 In general, modern people lack the momentum compared to the past. In particular, due to the development of computer technology, modern people often live in front of a computer, and the amount of exercise is absolutely insufficient except for simple repetitive movements such as mouse manipulation or keyboard manipulation. In addition, with the rapid spread of the Internet, the time spent in front of modern computers is increasing. Therefore, in recent years, interest in health has been increasing in comparison with the related art. In response to this concern, a number of athletic and measuring instruments have been developed and distributed.

However, a disadvantage of the conventional measuring instruments is that the measuring apparatuses are individually separated according to the biometric information to be measured by the user. For example, if a user wants to know the weight, he / she uses a scale, and if he wants to know his heart rate, his / her biometric information is measured. Therefore, the user can measure only the fragmentary biometric information, and the measured biometric information is soon forgotten as one-time information and thus is not systematically managed. For example, a user using a sphygmomanometer installed in a public health center measures the blood pressure at his / her own time, and the measured blood pressure is deleted without being stored anywhere. However, in order to accurately measure the health of the user, the body information continuously measured for a certain period of time, rather than the body information at any point in time is much more important. For example, by storing the measured blood pressure continuously for at least six months, and determining whether the user has high blood pressure using the stored blood pressure information, the accuracy of the determination result can be improved. However, since the conventional measuring instruments display the measured values on the display and then delete them, or store them in the internal memory, it is impossible to view the stored measurement information elsewhere.

In addition, in the case of the conventional exercise equipment, the exercise according to the usage of each exercise equipment is performed and only the exercise result of the exercise is displayed. Therefore, not only various biometric information and exercise information may not be known during the exercise of the user using the exercise device, but also the result of the exercise cannot be easily stored and managed after the exercise is over. Furthermore, even when a user exercises using several exercise apparatuses, each exercise result is measured by the individual exercise apparatuses, and the measured exercise results cannot be systematically managed. In order to systematically manage the results of various exercises, users have to constantly go to a professional institution such as a fitness center where expensive equipment is installed and exercise, and manage the measurement results directly.

Therefore, by automatically identifying the user and the exercise equipment, receiving biometric information and exercise information from the identified user and the exercise equipment, and transmitting and managing the received information through the network, various biometric information of the user during the exercise in real time. There is an urgent need for an integrated healthcare device that can measure and display, as well as integrate and manage athletic information from a variety of exercise equipment.

An object of the present invention includes an identification module for identifying a user and an external exercise device, so that the biometric information of the user exercising and the exercise information from the exercise device used by the user can be measured and managed in real time while the user is exercising. It is to provide an integrated healthcare device.

Another object of the present invention, when the user performs the exercise using a variety of external exercise equipment, by receiving and managing a variety of exercise information from the exercise equipment, integrated health that can be commonly used in various types of exercise equipment It is to provide a care device.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an integrated healthcare device that can perform various measurements related to the basic fitness of a user without using a separate exercise device or measurement device by using an integrated healthcare device interconnected through a network. .

One aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object relates to an integrated healthcare device comprising an identification module for identifying a user and an external exercise device, the integrated healthcare device is to provide biometric information corresponding to the recognized user A biometric information receiving module for receiving; An exercise information receiving module for receiving exercise information according to the usage of the user's external exercise device from the recognized external exercise device; A central controller configured to generate a user's health state and an exercise result based on exercise information and biometric information before and after the user's exercise; And a display unit configured to display a health state and an exercise result, wherein the central controller displays the user's biometric information and exercise information in real time during the exercise, detects a dangerous state based on the user's biometric information, and notifies the user of the dangerous state. . Furthermore, the central controller may provide at least one of exercise prescription, nutrition prescription, and doctor's prescription as customized prescription information based on the user's health condition and the exercise result. In addition, the integrated healthcare device further includes a network module for interconnecting with other healthcare devices through a predetermined network, and by using the integrated healthcare device, biometric information and exercise information of the user with other integrated healthcare devices may be used. And exchange the generated biometric information and the exercise information to generate the health state and the exercise result. The network module transmits the health state and the exercise result to the healthcare server through the network. The biometric information receiving module receives biometric information from at least one of a measurement module embedded in the integrated healthcare device and a portable health information measurement module carried by the user. In particular, the identification module is characterized in that it operates in accordance with one of the Bluetooth, Zigbee and RFID communication standards.

The integrated healthcare device according to the present invention can identify a user and an external exercise device. Therefore, the integrated healthcare device can measure and manage the user's biometric information and exercise information in real time while the user is exercising.

In addition, according to the present invention, when the user performs the exercise using a variety of external exercise equipment, since the integrated healthcare device can receive and manage various exercise information from the exercise equipment, exercise using a variety of exercise equipment The results can be processed in batches to accurately measure the user's health.

Furthermore, the integrated healthcare device according to the present invention is connected to each other through a network module, so that if there is basic information such as the separation distance of the integrated healthcare device, by measuring the time the user passes the integrated healthcare device, Various measures related to the basic fitness of the user can be performed without an exercise device or a measuring device.

In order to fully understand the present invention, the operational advantages of the present invention, and the objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention and the contents described in the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In addition, in order to clearly describe the present invention, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and the same reference numerals in the drawings indicate the same members.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it may further include other components, without excluding the other components unless otherwise stated. In addition, the terms "... unit", "... unit", "module", "block", etc. described in the specification mean a unit for processing at least one function or operation, which may be hardware or software or It can be implemented in a combination of hardware and software.

1 is a diagram illustrating a scenario 100 in which several integrated healthcare devices according to the present invention interact to measure biometric information and exercise information of a plurality of users.

The integrated healthcare devices 110 and 120 shown in FIG. 1 are connected to the healthcare server 130 via the network 150. As described below, the healthcare apparatus 110 or 120 may identify the first to third users 160, 170, and 180.

For ease of explanation, the users of FIG. 1 are shown to include user IDs 162, 172, 182 and exercise equipment IDs 164, 174, 184, respectively, to identify the user. However, not all users have to exercise using exercise equipment. The reason for this is that users who have only the user IDs 162, 172, and 182 and do not use the exercise equipment as described below can participate in various basic fitness measurement programs such as running and reciprocating running.

The healthcare devices 110 and 120 identify users when the users 160, 170, and 180 are in proximity. The distance required for the healthcare devices 110, 120 to identify the users 160, 170, 180 depends on the communication method adopted by the identification module included in the healthcare devices 110, 120 (see 210 in FIG. 2). Do. In addition, the identification distance may be adjusted according to the type of exercise performed by the user.

To facilitate understanding, assume that the first user 160 is close to the first healthcare device 110 in a cycle 164. Then, the identification module included in the healthcare device 110 identifies the user ID 162 of the first user 160 to know that the first user 160 is in proximity. Then, the healthcare device 110 receives the user's exercise information from the cycle 164 on which the first user 160 is riding. The exercise information may include an amount of load (exercise intensity) applied to the cycle 164, an exercise start time, an exercise end time, a path taken by the user, calories burned during exercise, and the like. In addition, the healthcare device 110 may receive biometric information of the first user 160. The biometric information includes height, weight, fat mass, muscle mass, waist circumference, blood sugar, body balance, BMI, normal blood pressure, It may include a variety of information such as pulse rate, cardiopulmonary endurance, muscle strength, muscle endurance, agility, quickness, flexibility, coordination, blood pressure during exercise, pulse rate during exercise. In this case, the biometric information may be measured by using a measurement unit (not shown) built in the healthcare devices 110 and 120, or measured by the measurement unit attached to the exercise equipment 164, 174, and 184. May be sent to the device.

Then, the healthcare device may transmit the received biometric information and exercise information to the other healthcare device through the network 150 or to the healthcare server 130. The healthcare server 130 stores biometric information and exercise information of the user in a database (not shown). In addition, the healthcare server 130 may generate optimal prescription information suitable for the user by using the received current information and the history of the information stored in the past, and provide the optimal prescription information to the integrated healthcare apparatus 110 or 120 again. Then, the user may promote health by acquiring prescription information provided from the healthcare server 130 even if the user does not visit the specialized institution by using the display unit included in the healthcare devices 110 and 120. In addition, the health care server 130 may analyze the received biometric information of the user and may transmit a risk message to the corresponding user to guide the lowering of the exercise intensity when detecting that a predetermined risk occurs during the exercise. For example, it is assumed that when the healthcare device 110 that recognizes the first user 160 searches for the corresponding user from the healthcare server 130, the user knows that the user has hypertension. In this case, the healthcare device 110 continuously monitors the biometric information of the first user 160 during the exercise, and immediately lowers the exercise intensity when the blood pressure of the first user 160 becomes 160 mmHg or more, for example. You can provide a danger message. The biometric information may be measured through various measuring instruments such as a height meter, a blood pressure monitor, a blood glucose meter, a weight scale, a body fat meter, a pulse meter, and the like. have . Therefore, the biometric information and the exercise device illustrated in the embodiments of the present invention are provided by way of example only, and should not be understood as limiting the technical idea of the present invention.

Now, a case in which the second user 170 performs a running exercise is illustrated. Unlike the first user 160, the second user 170 does not need a separate exercise device when performing a running exercise. For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the separation distance between the first and second healthcare devices 110 and 120 is 50 meters. Then, only the user ID 172 of the second user 170 is sufficient to measure the running speed of the user. That is, when the second user 170 approaches the healthcare device 110, the first healthcare device 110 identifies the second user 170. Then, the second user 170 starts running to the second healthcare device 120 with the user ID 172. When the second user 170 reaches the second healthcare device 120, the second healthcare device 120 now identifies the user ID 172 of the second user 170. Then, the second healthcare device 120 receives the departure time from the healthcare device 110 via the network 150, and compares it with the time when the second user 170 identifies the second user 170 to immediately run 50 meters. Can calculate and display time and speed. The displayed workout result is transmitted to the other healthcare device 110 and the healthcare server 130 via the network 150. In order to improve the accuracy of the measurement, the healthcare device 110, 120 preferably identifies the users 160, 170, 180 using a near field communication technique. The reason for this is that as the identification distance increases, the user may recognize that the user arrives before reaching the healthcare device.

In the conventional case, the larger the number of users who use the public space, the longer the waiting time for using the limited exercise equipment. However, the healthcare devices 110 and 120 according to the present invention automatically identify a plurality of users, and also automatically identify the exercise equipments used by the users, so that the users can exercise their own activities without interfering with each other's movements. In addition, it is possible to check the exercise results in real time during the exercise.

The healthcare device according to the present invention may be provided in the form of a kiosk that can be operated by a user. Kiosk (KIOSK) refers to an unmanned information terminal installed in a public place such as a government agency, a local government, a bank, a department store, or an exhibition hall. It is a word originally derived from Turkish, meaning a large tent or a porch installed outdoors. In general, an unmanned terminal installed in a public place to be easily used by various users for unmanned automation of information service and work is called a kiosk, and is also called a multimedia station or a self service station. . The user can easily log in to the healthcare server 130 using the kiosk. In the method used for authenticating a user in a kiosk, a login using an ID and a password, as well as a login method using an RFID, a face recognition, a fingerprint recognition, etc. may be used in various ways.

Healthcare device 110, 120 according to the present invention is a public health center, such as parks, playgrounds, performance facilities, government offices, schools, banks, department stores, discount stores, etc. Can be installed on As shown in FIG. 1, as the body information measuring unit is installed in more places, the user can easily obtain body information anytime and anywhere.

2 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an integrated healthcare device according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the integrated healthcare device 200 includes a user identification module 210, an exercise device identification module 220, a biometric information receiving module 230, an exercise information receiving module 240, and a central control unit 250. , A user interface 260, a network module 270, and a display unit 290. The central control unit 250 integrates and manages all the components of the integrated healthcare device 200.

The user identification module 210 automatically identifies a user by identifying a user ID recorded on an RFID tag or the like. The exercise device identification module 220 automatically identifies the exercise device used by the user. Since the user and the exercise equipment are automatically identified, the integrated healthcare device 200 can reliably process the biometric information and the exercise information of each user even in a public place used by several people.

The biometric information receiving module 230 receives various biometric information such as height, weight, blood pressure, and pulse of the user. The biometric information may be measured before the user exercises, as well as during and immediately after exercising. The biometric information may be received from a portable device (not shown) possessed by the user. The portable device may upload a user's exercise practice record to a healthcare server wirelessly or by wire, and may freely download an exercise prescription prescribed by a professional institution. In addition, the portable device may separately include a display (not shown) capable of displaying a workout schedule suitable for it. The portable device may also incorporate functions such as a pedometer, heart rate monitor, blood pressure monitor, and the like. In this case, while the user exercises, the body information according to the exercise intensity of the user may be transmitted to the exercise information receiving module 240 in real time.

Information transmitted from the portable device of the user to the healthcare server and information transmitted from the healthcare server to the portable device may be encrypted through various encryption techniques. When a user uses an individual portable device, a group of related experts such as doctors, nurses, exercise managers, nutritionists, and the like can monitor the user group directly through wired or wireless communication in real time. That is, the attending physician may inquire the current state of the patient in charge of him / her in real time, and based on this, the patient may separately read the measurement records and the practice records and prescribe an appropriate exercise prescription.

The exercise information receiving module 240 receives various information related to exercise while the user exercises by using an external exercise device. For example, when the external exercise device is a weight, the weight of the weight used by the user and the number of times of lifting the weight may be received through the exercise information receiving module 240. If the external exercise device is a treadmill, the exercise information receiving module 240 may receive information such as the slope of the treadmill, the speed of the belt, the exercise time, and which of the built-in walking programs is selected. Can be.

The user interface 260 allows a user to operate the integrated healthcare device 200 and to manually enter their identification information. The network module 270 allows the integrated healthcare device 200 to communicate with other healthcare devices via a network or to an external healthcare server. Since the plurality of healthcare devices share the measured biometric information and the exercise information through the network module 270, the measured biometric information and the exercise information may be effectively used.

The central control unit 250 may measure the user's health state and the exercise result based on the measured biometric information and the exercise information, as well as provide various prescription information necessary for the user. In the present specification, the prescription information refers to information such as an exercise prescription, nutritional prescription, or a doctor's prescription generated to improve the user's health based on the user's current and past physical information. Nutritional prescription refers to information about the diet desired for the user. In other words, no matter how hard you exercise, it is difficult to achieve good results unless it involves good eating habits. Therefore, the more exercise you have to pay attention to the nutrition you eat, the more attention is paid to nutritional prescriptions that provide nutritional information. Recently, nutrition prescriptions using the GI index have been in the limelight rather than the calorie intake of food. In addition, exercise prescription refers to a service that analyzes physical information such as the health and fitness level of the individual, and determines and provides the type, intensity, time, and frequency of exercise suitable for the individual according to the analysis result. Exercise prescriptions are organized systematically on an athletic scientific basis with medical expertise. On the other hand, the prescription of the doctor in the present invention means a professional dosage prescription or other prescription that the doctor comprehensively determined the user's physical state information. In addition, exercise and nutritional prescriptions can be processed and provided to the user more accurately through the doctor.

The ID of the user and the external exercise device identified by the integrated healthcare device 200, the received biometric information and the exercise information, and the health state and the exercise result determined by the central controller 250 may be displayed on the display unit 290. Can be. Of course, useful information such as prescription information and preferred posture and exercise method for exercise may also be provided through the display unit 290.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring biometric information and exercise information of a user exercising using a cycle using the integrated healthcare device according to the present invention.

For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the cycle includes a heart rate sensor mounted on the handle and includes a navigation and voice guidance module. It is also assumed that a Bluetooth or RFID tag is attached to the cycle to store the cycle's ID.

Once the workout is initiated, the user can rent the cycle. Then, the user identification module and the exercise equipment identification module of the integrated healthcare device identify and match the user and the cycle (S310). Then, the user moves freely on the rented cycle. At this time, when the user's cycle passes near the integrated healthcare device, the user and the cycle are recognized by the identification module. Then, biometric information and exercise information up to that point are transmitted to the integrated healthcare device (S320). For example, biometric information such as a user's heart rate and exercise information such as a moving speed and time of a bicycle are transmitted to a healthcare device during exercise. Then, the healthcare device calculates an exercise result, such as a movement speed of the user, by referring to the point where the user was previously identified and the distance to the user (S330). In this way, while the user is free to exercise using the cycle, the healthcare device identifying the user and the cycle will continue to receive and share the user's biometric information and exercise information. If it is determined that the exercise state of the user reaches a dangerous state in this process, the healthcare device may output a warning message to the user (S340). In other words, through the voice guidance module mounted on the cycle during the exercise, the user is notified that the user's heart rate is too low or too high, the exercise time is too short or too long, or the movement speed is too fast or too slow. By maximizing the movement effect, you can prevent accidental accidents that may occur during exercise.

When the user arrives at the final return point, all the biometric information and exercise information during the exercise are received by the healthcare device located at the final return point. Then, the healthcare device located at the final return point may display the user's health state and the final exercise result immediately after the exercise (S350), and transmit the measured information to the healthcare server and the other healthcare device through the network. Then, the user can check his movement path and exercise related information through the dedicated homepage. If necessary, the healthcare device provides the user with appropriate prescription information (S360).

When the user enters his or her health information such as high blood pressure or high blood sugar at the start of exercise to the healthcare device, the input information is shared by the healthcare server and all the healthcare devices. Provide customized exercise guidelines.

Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method of measuring the exercise results of a plurality of users doing a reciprocating running exercise using the integrated healthcare device according to the present invention.

First, before performing the reciprocating run, the distance between the two healthcare devices should be determined (S410). 4 illustrates a method of measuring basic fitness using two healthcare devices, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, if a user repeatedly instructs to run and return to a target at a certain distance based on one healthcare device, the record of the reciprocating run can be measured even with one healthcare device.

The user ID may be recorded on the portable device, and such portable device may be issued one for each user. Then, each of the users may be identified by matching the users participating in the round trip with the paid portable device (S430).

The exercise is started by pressing the start measurement button installed on the reciprocating running measurement healthcare device. The users then move back and forth between the two healthcare devices with their portable devices. At this time, using a device such as a speaker to inform the reference time or the cut time or to encourage users to exercise. When the user reaches the second healthcare device, the second healthcare device automatically identifies the user who has arrived from the portable device the user has carried, and now the distance between the vision devices and the healthcare devices from the first healthcare device is determined. Running speed can be measured using (S450). The user then runs from the second healthcare device towards the first healthcare device. The reciprocating running operation may be performed by making the cut time become faster and faster, and if the reciprocating run is not completed within two cut times in succession, a drop message may be sent (S470). The healthcare device then registers the dropped user, ignoring his record even if the user continues to run back and forth after being dropped.

When the exercise is finished, and transmits the record of each user to the healthcare server (S490).

By using the method as shown in FIG. 4, the basic stamina of a plurality of users can be easily measured.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible. For example, the exercise that can be measured in the healthcare device is not limited to reciprocating running. For example, when the user attaches the portable device to the chest, the number of sit-ups may be measured by recognizing when the user lifts the upper body. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

The present invention can be applied to a healthcare system capable of automatically identifying and managing biometric information and exercise information of a plurality of users using an integrated healthcare device that can communicate with each other through a network such as the Internet.

1 is a diagram illustrating a scenario in which several integrated healthcare devices according to the present invention interact to measure biometric information and exercise information of a plurality of users.

2 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an integrated healthcare device according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of measuring biometric information and exercise information of a user exercising using a cycle using the integrated healthcare device according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method of measuring the exercise results of a plurality of users doing a reciprocating running exercise using the integrated healthcare device according to the present invention.

Claims (7)

An integrated healthcare device comprising an identification module for identifying a user and an external exercise device, A biometric information receiving module for receiving biometric information corresponding to the recognized user; An exercise information receiving module for receiving exercise information according to a usage of the external exercise device of the user from the recognized external exercise device; A central controller configured to generate a health state and an exercise result of the user based on the exercise information and the biometric information before and after the exercise of the user; And A display unit for displaying the health state and the exercise result, The central control unit, Integrated health care device characterized in that the display of the user's biometric information and exercise information in real time during the exercise, and detects the dangerous state based on the biometric information of the user. The method of claim 1, wherein the central control unit, And at least one of an exercise prescription, a nutrition prescription, and a doctor's prescription as personalized prescription information based on the user's health condition and the exercise result. The method of claim 2, Further comprising a network module for interconnecting with another healthcare device through a predetermined network, The integrated healthcare device exchanges biometric information and exercise information of the user with another integrated healthcare device, and generates the health state and exercise result using the exchanged biometric information and exercise information. The network module is an integrated healthcare device, characterized in that for transmitting the health state and exercise results to the healthcare server via the network. According to any one of claims 1 to 3, The biometric information receiving module, And the biometric information is received from at least one of a measurement module embedded in the integrated healthcare device and a portable health information measurement module carried by a user. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The external exercise device is a cycle, The integrated healthcare device, the integrated healthcare device, characterized in that by communicating with a nearby healthcare device spaced by a predetermined distance to calculate the movement path, travel time, and movement speed of the user. According to any one of claims 1 to 3, The biometric information receiving module, Including a heart rate measuring device, The central control unit, Integrated health care device, characterized in that for generating a result of the exercise of the user using the time when the recognized user starts running, the end of the run, heart rate information before and after exercise, weight information and the like. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the identification module, Integrated healthcare device, characterized in that the operation according to one of the Bluetooth, Zigbee and RFID communication standards.

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