Apparatus for measuring biological data and exercise machines
First Claim
1. An apparatus for measuring biological data of a user, said apparatus comprising:
- data obtaining means for simultaneously obtaining fingerprint data and a first signal from the body of said user;
first identifying means for determining whether or not said user is one of registered users by using said fingerprint data;
measuring means for measuring biological data of said user and thereby obtaining a second signal from the body of said user;
second identifying means for determining whether or not said user is the user identified by said first identifying means by using said first signal and said second signal; and
memory means for storing said biological data obtained by said measuring means.
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Abstract
An apparatus for measuring biological data such as blood pressure of a user has a pulse detector for simultaneously obtaining fingerprint data and a first signal from the user'"'"'s body such as a pulse wave signal. The fingerprint data are used to check if the user is a registered user. After the user'"'"'s biological data such as pulse waves are measured and a second signal is obtained from the user, the first and second signals are compared to check if this is the same user from whom the fingerprint data were taken in order to prevent the apparatus from being used by a wrong person. Comparison may be made between the first signal and a pattern of pulse waves extracted from earlier obtained pulse waves stored in a memory. Similar components may be used for an exercising machine to prevent it from being used by a person not preliminarily registered or a person different from the one who passed the fingerprint test on the machine.
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27 Claims
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1. An apparatus for measuring biological data of a user, said apparatus comprising:
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data obtaining means for simultaneously obtaining fingerprint data and a first signal from the body of said user;
first identifying means for determining whether or not said user is one of registered users by using said fingerprint data;
measuring means for measuring biological data of said user and thereby obtaining a second signal from the body of said user;
second identifying means for determining whether or not said user is the user identified by said first identifying means by using said first signal and said second signal; and
memory means for storing said biological data obtained by said measuring means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for measuring biological data of a user, said apparatus comprising:
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data obtaining means for simultaneously obtaining fingerprint data and a first signal from the body of said user;
first identifying means for determining whether or not said user is one of registered users by using said fingerprint data;
measuring means for measuring biological data of said user and thereby obtaining a second signal from the body of said user;
memory means for storing said biological data measured by said measuring means and said first signal; and
second identifying means for determining whether or not said user is the user identified by said first identifying means by using said first signal stored in said memory means and said second signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An exercise machine comprising:
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data obtaining means for simultaneously obtaining fingerprint data and a first signal obtained from the body of a user using said exercise machine;
first identifying means for determining whether or not said user is one of registered users by using said fingerprint data;
exercising means for aiding said user to carry out exercises, obtaining exercise data on amount of exercise carried out by said user and a second signal from body of said user and saving said exercise data;
second identifying means for determining whether or not said user is the user identified by said first identifying means by using said first signal obtained by said first identifying means and said second signal obtained by said exercising means together with said exercise data; and
memory means for storing said exercise data.
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27. An exercise machine comprising:
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data obtaining means for simultaneously obtaining fingerprint data and a first signal obtained from the body of a user using said exercise machine;
first identifying means for determining whether or not said user is one of registered users by using said fingerprint data;
exercising means for aiding said user to carry out exercises, obtaining exercise data on amount of exercise carried out by said user and a second signal from body of said user and saving said exercise data;
memory means for storing said exercise data and said first signal; and
second identifying means for determining whether or not said user is the user identified by said first identifying means by using said first signal stored in said memory means and said second signal obtained by said exercising means together with said exercise data.
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