Software updating system of physiological information detecting sensor

• US 10,678,531 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2018
• Issued: 06/09/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Inventors: Konno, Norihito
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Thuy
• Application Number:
  US16/026,960
• Publication Number:
  US 20190012163A1
• Time in Patent Office: 707 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57

Abstract

A method includes: receiving, from at least one physiological information detecting sensor, flag information indicating whether an acceleration of the physiological information detecting sensor is higher than a threshold or not, and sensor identification information of the physiological information detecting sensor, wherein the flag information and the sensor identification information are associated with each other, and the physiological information detecting sensor stores first software; displaying the sensor identification information on a display; changing a visual aspect of the sensor identification information displayed on the display in accordance with the flag information; transmitting second software for updating a version of the first software to the physiological information detecting sensor indicated by the sensor identification information selected through a user input operation; and updating the version of the first software based on the second software.

Claims

1. A system comprising at least one physiological information detecting sensor and an information processing apparatus wirelessly connected to the physiological information detecting sensor,

wherein the physiological information detecting sensor comprises:

an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration of the physiological information detecting sensor;

a memory that stores first software, flag information indicating whether the acceleration is higher than a threshold or not, and sensor identification information of the physiological information detecting sensor, wherein the flag information and the sensor identification information are associated with each other;

a first transmitter that transmits, to the information processing apparatus, the flag information and the sensor identification information;

a first receiver that receives second software for updating a version of the first software; and

an updating section that updates the version of the first software based on the second software,

wherein the information processing apparatus comprises;

a second receiver that receives the flag information and the sensor identification information from the physiological information detecting sensor;

a display;

a display controller that displays the sensor identification information on the display; and

a second transmitter that transmits the second software to the physiological information detecting sensor indicated by the sensor identification information selected through a user input operation, and

wherein the display controller is configured to change a visual aspect of the sensor identification information displayed on the display in accordance with the flag information.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the display controller is configured to change the visual aspect of the sensor identification information associated with flag information indicating that the acceleration is higher than the threshold.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein

the visual aspect of the sensor identification information associated with the flag information indicating that the acceleration is higher than the threshold is different from a visual aspect of another sensor identification information associated with flag information indicating that the acceleration is equal to or lower than the threshold.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the first transmitter further transmits, to the information processing apparatus, version information of the first software, wherein the version information is associated with the flag information and the sensor identification information;

the second receiver further receives the version information; and

the display controller further displays the version information on the display.

5. A system comprising at least one physiological information detecting sensor and an information processing apparatus wirelessly connected to the physiological information detecting sensor,

wherein the physiological information detecting sensor comprises:

an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration of the physiological information detecting sensor;

a memory that stores first software, acceleration information indicating the acceleration, and sensor identification information of the physiological information detecting sensor, wherein the acceleration information and the sensor identification information are associated with each other;

a first transmitter that transmits, to the information processing apparatus, the acceleration information and the sensor identification information;

a first receiver that receives second software for updating a version of the first software; and

an updating section that updates the version of the first software based on the second software,

wherein the information processing apparatus comprises;

a second receiver that receives the acceleration information and the sensor identification information from the physiological information detecting sensor;

a display;

a display controller that displays the sensor identification information on the display; and

a second transmitter that transmits the second software to the physiological information detecting sensor indicated by the sensor identification information selected through a user input operation, and

wherein the display controller is configured to change a visual aspect of the sensor identification information displayed on the display in accordance with whether the acceleration is higher than a threshold.