Information provision system, electronic device, method and storage medium

• US 10,022,051 B2
• Filed: 12/09/2014
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Original Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Inventors: Nakayama, Kanako, Takakura, Junya, Fuke, Sawa
• Primary Examiner(s): Small, Naomi J
• Application Number:
  US14/564,760
• Publication Number:
  US 20150157206A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,316 Days
• Field of Search: 34053912
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/029 adapted for auto-initiation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 characterised by features of the telemetry system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4848 Monitoring or testing the effects of treatment, e.g. of medication
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an information provision system including a biological sensor device including a sensor and an information transmitting terminal communicably connected to the biological sensor device is provided. The information transmitting terminal includes a detector. The detector detects an action of the user. The biological sensor device includes an obtaining module. The obtaining module obtains, when the action of the user is detected, biological data by driving the sensor during a measurement period included in a measurement information in association with the action.

Claims

1. An information provision system comprising:

a biological sensor device including a plurality of types of sensors; and

an information transmitting terminal communicably connected to the biological sensor device, wherein

the information transmitting terminal includes a detector to detect an action of a user, and

the biological sensor device includes;

a memory to hold measurement information including a measurement period during which biological data is obtained in association with the action of the user;

an obtaining module to obtain, when the action of the user is detected, biological data by driving the sensor during the measurement period included in the measurement information in association with the action; and

a controller configured to change, based on a type of taken medication, a measurement frequency by a corresponding one of the types of sensors, if it is determined based on the obtained biological data that the user has a change different from usual,

wherein the biological sensor device operates in a power saving mode for lower power consumption when the measurement period, which is determined according to the type of taken medication and the corresponding one of the types of sensors, is terminated.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein

the measurement information held in the memory further includes sensor information indicating a sensor to be driven in association with the action of the user, and

the obtaining module obtains the biological data by driving the sensor indicated by the sensor information included in the measurement information in association with the detected action of the user.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein

the measurement information held in the memory further includes a measurement frequency by the sensor in association with the action of the user, and

the obtaining module obtains the biological data at the measurement frequency included in the measurement information in association with the detected action of the user.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein

the action of the user includes an action in which a type of medication is taken, and

the detector detects intake of the type of medication in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation of the transmitting terminal or the biological sensor.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the information transmitting terminal further includes a warning module to output a warning when the intake of the type of medication is not detected within a predetermined period.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein

the biological sensor device further includes:

a storage in which the obtained biological data is stored; and

a communication module to transmit the biological data stored in the storage to the information transmitting terminal when the storage lacks an area for storing the obtained biological data and when the measurement period ends.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein

the information transmitting terminal further includes a display processor configured to display the transmitted biological data.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein

the information transmitting terminal further includes a communication module to transmit the transmitted biological data to an external server device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the action of the user includes an action in which a bathroom is used, an action in which the user moves so that an external temperature around the user is changed by a predetermined value or greater due to the move, and an action in which the user snores.

10. An electronic device including a plurality of types of sensors, the device comprising:

a detector to detect an action of a user;

a memory to hold measurement information including a measurement period during which biological data is obtained in association with the action of the user;

an obtaining module to obtain, when the action of the user is detected, biological data by driving the sensor during the measurement period included in the measurement information in association with the action; and

a controller configured to change, based on a type of taken medication, a measurement frequency by a corresponding one of the types of sensors, if it is determined based on the obtained biological data that the user has a change different from usual,

wherein the electronic device operates in a power saving mode for lower power consumption when the measurement period, which is determined according to the type of taken medication and the corresponding one of the types of sensors, is terminated.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein

the measurement information held in the memory further includes sensor information indicating a sensor to be driven in association with the action of the user, and

the obtaining module obtains the biological data by driving the sensor indicated by the sensor information included in the measurement information in association with the detected action of the user.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein

the measurement information held in the memory further includes a measurement frequency by the sensor in association with the action of the user, and

the obtaining module obtains the biological data at the measurement frequency included in the measurement information in association with the detected action of the user.

13. A method executed by an information provision system including a biological sensor device and an information transmitting terminal communicably connected to the biological sensor device, the biological sensor device including a plurality of types of sensors and a memory to hold measurement information including a measurement period during which biological data is obtained in association with an action of a user, the method comprising:

detecting the action of the user by the information transmitting terminal;

obtaining, when the action of the user is detected, biological data by driving the sensor during the measurement period included in the measurement information in association with the action by the biological sensor device;

changing, based on a type of taken medication, a measurement frequency by a corresponding one of the types of sensors, if it is determined based on the obtained biological data that the user has a change different from usual, and

operating the biological sensor device in a power saving mode for lower power consumption when the measurement period, which is determined according to the type of taken medication and the corresponding one of the types of sensors, is terminated.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein

the measurement information held in the memory further includes sensor information indicating a sensor to be driven in association with the action of the user, and

the obtaining includes obtaining the biological data by driving the sensor indicated by the sensor information included in the measurement information in association with the detected action of the user.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the measurement information held in the memory further includes a measurement frequency by the sensor in association with the action of the user, and

the obtaining includes obtaining the biological data at the measurement frequency included in the measurement information in association with the detected action of the user.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which is executable by a computer of an electronic device communicably connected to a biological sensor device including a plurality of types of sensors, the program causing the computer to execute functions of:

detecting an action of a user;

causing the biological sensor device to obtain, when the action of the user is detected, biological data by driving the sensor during a measurement period associated with the action;

causing the biological sensor device to change, based on a type of taken medication, a measurement frequency by a corresponding one of the types of sensors, if it is determined based on the obtained biological data that the user has a change different from usual, and

causing the biological sensor device to operate in a power saving mode for lower power consumption when the measurement period which is determined according to the type of taken medication and the corresponding one of the types of sensors, is terminated.

17. The storage medium of claim 16, wherein

the causing includes causing the biological sensor device to obtain the biological data by driving a sensor associated with the detected action of the user.

18. The storage medium of claim 17, wherein

the causing includes causing the biological sensor device to obtain the biological data at a measurement frequency associated with the detected action of the user.