Vital information measuring device, electric power consumption control method, vital information measuring program, and computer-readable storage medium

• US 20080058616A1
• Filed: 08/30/2007
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ishino, Nobuyoshi, Nakagawa, Katsuya
• Application Number:
  US11/896,269
• Publication Number:
  US 20080058616A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0209 adapted for power saving
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A vital information measuring device according to the present invention includes: communication means for communicating with an external device; a vital information measuring section for measuring vital information of a living organism; vital condition judging section for judging a condition of the living organism by comparing (i) the vital information measured by the vital information measuring section with (ii) vital evaluation information for evaluating the vital information; an electric power consumption control section for controlling electric power consumption of the vital information measuring device in accordance with a result of the judgment carried out by the vital condition judging means. This makes it possible to control the electric power consumption of the device in accordance with the result of judging the condition of the living organism.

Claims

1. A vital information measuring device, comprising:

communication means for communicating with an external device;

measuring means for measuring vital information of a living organism;

vital condition judging means for judging a condition of the living organism by comparing (i) the vital information measured by the measuring means with (ii) vital evaluation information for evaluating the vital information; and

electric power consumption control means for controlling electric power consumption of the vital information measuring device in accordance with a result of the judgment carried out by the vital condition judging means.

2. The vital information measuring device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the electric power consumption control means includes communication condition adjusting means for adjusting a communication condition of the communication means, and

the electric power consumption control means controls the electric power consumption of the vital information measuring device by causing the communication condition adjusting means to adjust the communication condition of the communication means in accordance with the result of the judgment carried out by the vital condition judging means.

3. The vital information measuring device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the electric power consumption control means includes measurement frequency adjusting means for adjusting how frequent the measuring means carries out the measurement, and

the electric power consumption control means controls the electric power consumption of the vital information measuring device by causing the measurement frequency adjusting means to adjust, in accordance with the result of the judgment carried out by the vital condition judging means, how frequent the measuring means carries out the measurement.

4. The vital information measuring device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

device condition judging means for judging a condition of the vital information measuring device,

wherein;

the electric power consumption control means controls the electric power consumption of the vital information measuring device in accordance with a result of the judgment carried out by the device condition judging means.

5. The vital information measuring device as set forth in claim 2, wherein:

the communication condition adjusting means includes transmission timing adjusting means for adjusting a timing at which the communication means transmits, to the external device, the vital information measured by the measuring means, so as to adjust the communication condition of the communication means.

6. The vital information measuring device as set forth in claim 2, wherein:

the communication condition adjusting means includes transmission electric power adjusting means for adjusting transmission electric power with which the communication means transmits, to the external device, the vital information measured by the measuring means, so as to adjust the communication condition of the communication means.

7. The vital information measuring device as set forth in claim 6, wherein:

in accordance with the result of the judgment carried out by the device condition judging means, the transmission electric power adjusting means adjusts the transmission electric power, used by the communication means, to a first transmission electric power for a purpose of transmission of a communication request to the external device, and

the transmission electric power adjusting means adjusts the transmission electric power, used by the communication means, to a second transmission electric power when a communication permission replying to the communication request is detected.

8. The vital information measuring device as set forth in claim 4, further comprising:

memory means for storing the vital information,

wherein;

the device condition judging means includes remaining memory amount detecting means for detecting a remaining memory amount of the memory means, and

the device condition judging means judges the condition of the vital information measuring device in accordance with a result of the detection carried out by the remaining memory amount detecting means.

9. The vital information measuring device as set forth in claim 4, further comprising:

a power source for supplying electric power to the vital information measuring device,

wherein;

the device condition judging means includes electric power remaining amount detecting means for detecting a remaining amount of electric power that is to be supplied from the power source, and

the device condition judging means judges the condition of the vital information measuring device in accordance with a result of the detection carried out by the electric power remaining amount detecting means.

10. The vital information measuring device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the vital evaluation information includes an evaluation threshold value for evaluating the vital information measured by the measuring means.

11. The vital information measuring device as set forth in claim 10, wherein:

the vital evaluation information includes vital reference information, which is information referred together with the evaluation threshold value, and

the vital reference information is information regarding an attribute of the living organism, information regarding a daily physical condition of the living organism, or information regarding health management of the living organism.

13. A vital information measuring program for causing a computer to operate as the respective means of the vital information measuring device as set forth in claim 1.

14. A computer-readable storage medium storing the vital information measuring program as set forth in claim 13.

12. An electric power consumption control method, comprising:

a measuring step in which measuring means of a vital information measuring device measures vital information of a living organism;

a vital condition judging step in which vital condition judging means of the vital information measuring device judges a condition of the living organism by comparing (i) the vital information measured in the measuring step with (ii) vital evaluation information for evaluating the vital information; and

an electric power consumption control step in which electric power consumption control means of the vital information measuring device controls electric power consumption of the vital information measuring device in accordance with a result of the judgment carried out in the vital condition judging step.