SETTING DEVICE, BIOMETRIC DEVICE, BIOMETRIC DEVICE SETTING SYSTEM, BIOMETRIC DEVICE SETTING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20090179736A1
• Filed: 06/19/2007
• Published: 07/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2006
• 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: Shiraishi, Yumi, Nakagawa, Katsuya
• Application Number:
  US12/305,454
• Publication Number:
  US 20090179736A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.820
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/222 combined with detection or measurement of physiological parameters, e.g. heart rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4872 Body fat
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades

Abstract

Setting of a biometric device is easily carried out. A setting device (7) includes: a storage section for storing (i) personal or physical information to be set in a biometric device (101), and (ii) output mode information indicative of an output mode of a measurement result measured by the biometric device (101); a setting request acquisition section (23) for acquiring a setting request, a device ID and a type ID; a setting information management section (27) for reading out, in a case where the setting request acquisition section (23) acquires the setting request, necessary personal and/or physical information and appropriate output mode information from the storage section (30); and a setting information output section (26) for notifying the biometric device (101) of various setting contents indicated by various information read out by the setting information management section (27).

Claims

1. A setting device for setting a biometric device that measures information related to a living body, the setting device comprising:

a setting information storage section for storing a plurality of setting information indicative of setting contents to be applied to the biometric device;

a device information acquisition section for acquiring device information related to the biometric device;

a setting information management section for reading out, from the setting information storage section, one or more of the setting information based on the device information acquired by the device information acquisition section; and

a setting information output section for notifying the biometric device of at least one of the setting contents indicated by the setting information read out by the setting information management section.

2. The setting device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the device information is information for specifying a type of setting information required for setting the biometric device.

3. The setting device as set forth in claim 2, wherein the setting information storage section stores, as the setting information, physical or personal information of a user who is to be measured by the biometric device.

4. The setting device as set forth in claim 3, further comprising:

a validity period storage section for storing validity period information indicative of a validity period of respective setting information stored in the setting information storage section; and

a notification section for notifying a user in a case where the validity period is detected to have elapsed, the validity period being measured starting upon preparation or registration of the setting information stored in the setting information storage section and being indicated by the validity period information stored in the validity period storage section.

5. The setting device as set forth in claim 3, further comprising:

a setting item storage section for storing the device information and a setting information identifier so that the device information and the setting information identifier correspond to each other, the setting information identifier being an identifier for specifying respective setting information,

the setting information storage section (i) storing the setting information for a plurality of items, and (ii) storing each of the setting information so that the setting information corresponds to a respective setting information identifier,

the setting information management section (i) reading out, from the setting item storage section, a setting information identifier that corresponds to the device information acquired by the device information acquisition section, and (ii) selecting, from the setting information storage section, setting information that corresponds to the setting information identifier thus read out, and

the setting information output section notifying the biometric device of a setting content indicated by the setting information selected by the setting information management section.

6. The setting device as set forth in claim 3, wherein:

the setting information storage section (i) stores the setting information for a plurality of items, and (ii) stores each of the setting information so that the setting information corresponds to a confidentiality degree indicative of a degree of confidentiality of respective setting information, the setting information management section selects one or more of setting information among the setting information stored in the setting information storage section, based on a comparison of the confidentiality degree stored in the setting information storage section and a predetermined threshold, and

the setting information output section notifies the biometric device of at least one of setting contents indicated by the setting information selected by the setting information management section.

7. The setting device as set forth in claim 3, further comprising:

a notification section,

the setting information storage section (i) storing the setting information for a plurality of items, and (ii) storing the setting information so that the setting information corresponds to a confidentiality degree indicative of a degree of confidentiality of respective setting information, the setting information management section comparing the confidentiality degree stored in the setting information storage section with a predetermined threshold, and

in accordance with a comparison result by the setting information management section, the notification section asking a user whether or not to notify the biometric device of the at least one of the setting contents indicated by the setting information.

8. The setting device as set forth in claim 6, wherein the setting information management section compares the confidentiality degree with a threshold set based on device information acquired by the device information acquisition section.

9. The setting device as set forth in claim 6, wherein the threshold is based on a degree of safety of how the setting information output section notifies the biometric device.

10. The setting device as set forth in claim 3, further comprising:

a notification section for notifying a user; and

a timing section,

the setting information storage section storing the setting information so that the setting information corresponds to a time at which the setting information is prepared or updated, and

the notification section notifying to the user an elapse of a predetermined period when the elapse is detected based on the time and the timing section after the setting information is prepared or updated.

11. The setting device as set forth in claim 10, wherein:

the setting information storage section stores the setting information for a plurality of items, and the predetermined period varies depending on the items of the setting information.

12. The setting device as set forth in claim 10, wherein the notification section notifies the user so as to encourage updating of the setting information.

13. The setting device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the setting information storage section stores, as the setting information, one or more output mode information indicative of one or more output modes of respective one or more measurement results measured by the biometric device,

the device information is information for specifying a respective measurement item of the biometric device,

the setting information management section specifies the measurement item of the biometric device based on the device information acquired by the device information acquisition section so as to select, based on the measurement item thus specified, the output mode information from the setting information storage section, and

the setting information output section notifies the biometric device of a setting content indicated by the output mode information selected by the setting information management section.

14. The setting device as set forth in claim 13, further comprising:

a notification section for acquiring the measurement result so as to notify a user of them,

the setting information storage section storing a plurality of output mode information including first output mode information and second output mode information, the first output mode information being indicative of an output mode for notifying the user of the measurement result by use of the biometric device, and the second output mode information being indicative of an output mode for notifying the user of the measurement result by use of the notification section.

15. The setting device as set forth in claim 13, further comprising:

a confidentiality degree storage section for storing a confidentiality degree so that the confidentiality degree corresponds to a respective measurement item of the biometric device, the confidentiality degree being indicative of a degree of confidentiality of the measurement item,

the setting information management section reading out the confidentiality degree of a specified measurement item from the confidentiality degree storage section so as to select the output mode information from the setting information storage section based on the confidentiality degree thus read out.

16. The setting device as set forth in claim 13, wherein:

the setting information storage section stores each of the output mode information so that the output mode information corresponds to a safety degree indicative of a degree of safety of a respective output mode, the degree of safety of the output mode being indicated by the output mode information,

the setting information management section selects the output mode information from the setting information storage section based on a specified measurement item and the safety degree.

17. The setting device as set forth in claim 13, further comprising:

a confidentiality degree storage section for storing a confidentiality degree so that the confidentiality degree corresponds to a respective measurement item of the biometric device, the confidentiality degree being indicative of a degree of confidentiality of the measurement item,

the setting information storage section storing each of the output mode information so that the output mode information corresponds to a safety degree indicative of a degree of safety of a respective output mode, the degree of safety of the output mode being indicated by the output mode information, and

the setting information management section reading out the confidentiality degree corresponding to a specified measurement item from the confidentiality degree storage section so as to select the output mode information from the setting information storage section based on the confidentiality degree thus read out and the safety degree.

18. The setting device as set forth in claim 14, wherein:

the setting information management section selects a plurality of candidates among the output mode information stored in the setting information storage section, and

the setting information output section notifies the biometric device of an output mode indicated by any one of the output mode information that is specified by a user, among the candidates selected by the setting information management section.

19. The setting device as set forth in claim 13, wherein the setting information storage section stores, as the setting information, registering destination information indicative of a destination at which the measurement result measured by the biometric device is to be registered.

20. The setting device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless communication unit for carrying out wireless communication with the biometric device,

the setting information output section transmitting at least one of the setting contents to the biometric device via the wireless communication unit.

21. The setting device as set forth in claim 14, further comprising:

a wireless communication unit for carrying out wireless communication with the biometric device,

the notification section receiving the measurement result from the biometric device via the wireless communication unit.

22. The setting device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the device information acquisition section acquires the device information from the biometric device.

23. The setting device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

an operation entering unit,

the device information acquisition section acquiring the device information via the operation entering unit.

24. The setting device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the setting device is a mobile phone.

25. (canceled)

26. (canceled)

27. A biometric device for measuring biometric information, comprising:

a device information notification section for notifying device information to an external device, the device information being information related to said biometric device;

a setting content acquisition section for acquiring a setting content that is returned in accordance with the device information notified by the device information notification section; and

a setting section for carrying out a setting based on the setting content acquired by the setting content acquisition section.

28. (canceled)

29. (canceled)

30. A system for setting a biometric device, said system comprising:

a biometric device for measuring biometric information; and

a setting device for setting the biometric device, said setting device including;

a setting information storage section for storing a plurality of setting information indicative of setting contents to be applied to the biometric device;

a device information acquisition section for acquiring device information related to the biometric device;

a setting information management section for reading out, from the setting information storage section, one or more of the setting information based on the device information acquired by the device information acquisition section; and

a setting information output section for notifying the biometric device of at least one of the setting contents indicated by the setting information read out by the setting information management section, and

said biometric device including;

a device information notification section for notifying the device information to the setting device;

a setting content acquisition section for acquiring a setting content to be notified from the setting device; and

a setting section for carrying out a setting based on the setting content acquired by the setting content acquisition section.

31. (canceled)