Activity status measuring device

• US 10,117,601 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2016
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FBTriangle Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: FBTriangle Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hiroura, Masatoshi, Saho, Yutaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Yoo, Jasson
• Application Number:
  US15/152,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20160332026A1
• Time in Patent Office: 909 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/10 Athletes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0507 using microwaves or terahertz waves
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6891 Furniture
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6892 Mats
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2225 used in active tags, i.e. provided with its own power source or in passive tags, i.e. deriving power from RF signal

Abstract

A plurality of wireless vital sensors for capturing biometric data of individuals is laid out and fixed at predetermined setting locations. The vital sensors are configured to sense the biometric data of an individual via non-contact when the individual enters the sensing area of any one of the plurality of vital sensors. Moreover, there is no discomfort while the wireless vital sensor is attached or no risk of damage to or destruction of the wireless vital sensor due to collisions during games. Additionally, the measuring device also includes the identification sensors for identifying a mobile object, and the individual corresponding to the biometric data sensed by the vital sensors is identified by the RFID data from the identification sensor. Accordingly, in a configuration where the wireless vital sensors can capture the biometric data of an unspecified number of individuals, which individual the biometric data belongs to can be surely identified.

Claims

1. A measuring device comprising:

a plurality of wireless vital sensors fixed at adjacent predetermined setting locations, wherein the wireless vital sensors are configured to simultaneously sense biometric data of each individual of a set of individuals with non-contact for a predetermined time upon entry of the individual into a sensing area of any one of the plurality of vital sensors, and wherein the wireless vital sensors are configured to repeatedly sense the biometric data of individuals when the individual gets out from the sensing area according to passing of the predetermined time and then again enters into the sensing area of any one of the plurality of vital sensors;

a plurality of identification sensors, and each of the identification sensors comprising a transmitter and a receiver to wirelessly transmit ID data of the individual,

wherein the receiver is positioned near one of the wireless vital sensors corresponding to the receiver and each of the wireless vital sensors is preliminarily associated with the receiver in one of the identification sensor to make a pair, and the receiver accepts the ID data from the transmitter upon entry of the transmitter that is attached to the individual into a coverage area of the receiver; and

a converter for determining that the biometric data sensed by the wireless vital sensor associated with the receiver for a time period of accepting the ID data of the receiver is for the individual identified by the ID data based on a relationship between the receiver and the wireless vital sensor, and sending to an information processing terminal.

2. The measuring device of claim 1, wherein the converter is configured to convert the ID data and the associated biometric data to a format of JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) prior to send to the information processing terminal.

3. A performance assessment system comprising:

a plurality of wireless vital sensors fixed at predetermined setting locations, wherein the wireless vital sensors are configured to sense biometric data of individuals with non-contact upon entry of the individual into a sensing area of any one of the plurality of vital sensors,

a plurality of identification sensors, and each of identification sensors comprising a transmitter and a receiver to wirelessly transmit ID data of the individual,

wherein the receiver is positioned near one of the wireless vital sensors corresponding to the receiver and each of the wireless vital sensors is preliminarily associated with the receiver in one of the identification sensors, and the receiver accepts the ID data from the transmitter upon entry of the transmitter that is attached to the individual into a coverage area of the receiver; and

a converter for determining that the biometric data sensed by the associated wireless vital sensor associated with the receiver for a time period of accepting the ID data of the receiver is for the individual identified by the ID data based on a relationship between the receiver and the wireless vital sensor to make a pair, and an information processing unit for comparing the biometric data of the individual from the converter with corresponding biometric data stored of the individual to analyze change of performance for the individual.

4. The performance assessment system of claim 3, wherein the information processing unit is configured to represent a predetermined display or alert when the change of performance surpasses a predetermined threshold.