Biological-sound data processing system, program, and recording medium

• US 20050033144A1
• Filed: 06/24/2004
• Published: 02/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Wada, Yasunori
• Application Number:
  US10/877,692
• Publication Number:
  US 20050033144A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/407
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 7/003 Detecting lung or respiration noise

Abstract

A biological-sound data processing system including: a biological-sound data detecting apparatus for detecting a plurality of biological-sound data sequentially from a plurality of different detecting positions; a data processing apparatus to convert detected biological-sound data into visible data, and to correspond the each of detecting positions to at least one of detected data and visible data; and a displaying apparatus to display the visible data according to each of the detecting positions.

Claims

1. A biological-sound data processing system comprising:

a biological-sound data detecting apparatus for detecting a plurality of biological-sound data sequentially from a plurality of different detecting positions of an object;

a data processing apparatus to convert detected biological-sound data into visible data, and to correspond the each of detecting positions to at least one of detected data and visible data; and

a displaying apparatus to display the visible data according to each of the detecting positions.

2. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 1,

wherein the plurality of different detecting positions are specified in a prescribed sequence, and

wherein the data processing apparatus correspond the detected biological-sound data with the specified sequence.

3. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 2, wherein the specified sequence is selected from at least one of sequence patterns for detecting biological-sound data on a plurality of different positions sequentially.

4. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 1, wherein the biological-sound data detecting apparatus comprises a position-detecting device to detect the position on a object to be detected at which the biological-sound data detecting apparatus is located.

5. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 4, wherein the position detecting device comprising an acceleration sensor.

6. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 1, wherein the biological-sound data detecting apparatus comprises an instructing device to transmit operational instruction data to the data processing apparatus.

7. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 6, wherein the operational instruction data includes at least one of a starting instruction data for starting the biological-sound detecting operation, an terminating instruction data for terminating the biological-sound detecting operation, an changing instruction data for changing a sequential order of the positions to be detected and an deleting instruction data for deleting detected data.

8. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 7, wherein the instructing device transmits at least one of the starting instruction data and the terminating instruction data, in conjunction with the operation of the biological-sound data detecting apparatus including at least one of contacting with, approaching and moving away from the object.

9. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 1, further comprising:

a storing device to store the detected biological-sound data, wherein the data processing apparatus retrieves a plurality of biological-sound stored-data detected from the same object at different time periods from biological-sound data stored in the storing device, and compares the biological-sound stored-data and the detected biological-sound data, and wherein the displaying apparatus displays the comparative result compared by the data processing apparatus.

10. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 9, wherein the comparative result indicates at least one of a change of the characteristics of the biological-sound data and a change of candidate disease.

11. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 1, wherein the biological-sound data detecting apparatus comprising a wireless transmission device to wirelessly transmit the detected biological-sound data to the data processing apparatus.

12. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 1,

wherein the data processing apparatus analyzes the detected biological-sound data for extracting a risk whether detected biological-sound data corresponds with a candidate disease the disease or not, and

wherein the displaying apparatus to display information according to the risk.

13. A biological-sound data processing system comprising:

a biological-sound data detecting apparatus for detecting a plurality of biological-sound data of an object;

a data processing apparatus to analyze detected biological-sound data for extracting a risk whether detected biological-sound data corresponds with a candidate disease the disease or not; and

a displaying apparatus to display information according to the risk.

14. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 13, wherein the data processing apparatus analyzes on base of at least a difference of a plurality of detected biological-sound data according to each of the detecting positions of the object.

15. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 13, wherein the data processing apparatus analyzes detected biological-sound data by comparing the data with case data which has been stored.

16. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 13, wherein the biological-sound data detecting apparatus detects the plurality of biological-sound data sequentially from a plurality of different detecting positions.

17. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 16,

wherein the plurality of different positions are specified in a prescribed sequence, and

wherein the data processing apparatus correspond the detected biological-sound data with the specified sequence.

18. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 17, wherein the specified sequence is selected from at least one of sequence patterns for detecting biological-sound data on a plurality of different positions sequentially.

19. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 13, wherein the biological-sound data detecting apparatus comprises a position detecting device to detect the position on a object to be detected at which the biological-sound data detecting apparatus is located.

20. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 19, wherein the position detecting device comprising an acceleration sensor.

21. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 13, wherein the biological-sound data detecting apparatus comprises an instructing device to transmit operational instruction data to the data processing apparatus.

22. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 21, wherein the operational instruction data includes at least one of a starting instruction data for starting the biological-sound detecting operation, an terminating instruction data for terminating the biological-sound detecting operation, an changing instruction data for changing a sequential order of the positions to be detected and an deleting instruction data for deleting detected data.

23. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 22, wherein the instructing device transmits at least one of the starting instruction data and the terminating instruction data in conjunction with the operation of the biological-sound data detecting apparatus including at least one of contacting with, approaching and moving away from the object.

24. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 13, further comprising:

a storing device to store detected biological-sound data;

wherein the data processing apparatus retrieves a plurality of biological-sound stored-data detected from the same object at different time periods from biological-sound data stored in the storing device, and compares the biological-sound stored-data and the detected biological-sound data, and

wherein the displaying apparatus displays the comparative result compared by the data processing apparatus.

25. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 13, wherein the comparative result indicates at least one of a change of the characteristics of the biological-sound data and a change of candidate disease.

26. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 13, wherein the biological-sound data detecting apparatus comprising a wireless transmission device to wirelessly transmit the detected biological-sound data to the data processing apparatus.

27. The biological-sound data processing system of claim 13, wherein the data processing apparatus analyzes the detected biological-sound data in combination with other diagnosis methods for extracting the risk.

28. A computer program to control a computer to function as a biological-sound data processor, wherein the biological-sound data processor comprises:

a detecting function for detecting a plurality of biological-sound data sequentially from a plurality of different detecting positions;

a data processing function for converting detected biological-sound data into visible data, and for corresponding the each of detecting positions to at least one of detected data and visible data; and

a displaying function for displaying the visible data according to each of the detecting positions.

29. A recording medium, which comprises a program to control a computer to function as a biological-sound data processor, wherein the biological-sound data processor comprising:

a detecting function for detecting a plurality of biological-sound data sequentially from a plurality of different detecting positions;

a data processing function for converting detected biological-sound data into visible data, and for corresponding the each of detecting positions to at least one of detected data and visible data; and

a displaying function for displaying the visible data according to each of the detecting positions.

30. A computer program to control a computer to function as a biological-sound data processor, wherein the biological-sound data processor comprises:

a biological-sound data detecting function for detecting a plurality of biological-sound data;

a data processing function to analyze the detected biological-sound data for extracting a risk whether detected biological-sound data corresponds with a candidate disease the disease or not; and

a displaying function for displaying information according to the risk.

31. A recording medium, which comprises a program to control a computer to function as a biological-sound data processor, wherein the biological-sound data processor comprising:

a biological-sound data detecting function for detecting a plurality of biological-sound data;

a data processing function to analyze the detected biological-sound data for extracting a risk whether detected biological-sound data corresponds with a candidate disease the disease or not; and

a display function for displaying information according to the risk.