MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20110093210A1
• Filed: 04/02/2010
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Futa, Yuichi, Matsuzaki, Natsume, Nonaka, Masao
• Granted Patent: US 8,938,620 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/19
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0271 using a remote monitoring unit
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• 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: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/805 Lightweight hardware, e.g. radio-frequency identification [RFID] or sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/88 Medical equipments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/085 Secret sharing or secret splitting, e.g. threshold schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/302 involving the integer factorization problem, e.g. RSA or quadratic sieve [QS] schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3231 Biological data, e.g. fingerprint, voice or retina network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using biometrical features in a packet data network H04L63/0861
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3247 involving digital signatures

Abstract

A measurement device includes: a first measurement unit (101) measuring first biological data at least k times (k≧2) to obtain any k first measurement values; a distributed-signature generation unit (104) executing signature operations for the k first measurement values using any various k distributed-signature keys, respectively, to generate k distributed signatures, where the k distributed-signature keys can reconstruct a signature generation key only when all of them are available; a signature synthesis unit (106) synthesizing the k distributed signatures together to reconstruct a signature; and a steady state verification unit (107) verifying, using a signature verification key corresponding to the signature generation key, whether or not the signature reconstructed by the signature synthesis unit is correct, where the correctness of the signature means that the k first measurement values are same values.

Claims

1. A measurement device comprising:

a first measurement unit configured to measure first biological data at least k times, where k≧

2, to obtain any k first measurement values;

a distributed-signature generation unit configured to execute signature operations for the k first measurement values using any various k distributed-signature keys, respectively, to generate k distributed signatures, the k distributed-signature keys being capable of reconstructing a signature generation key only when all of the k distributed-signature keys are available;

a signature synthesis unit configured to synthesize the k distributed signatures together to reconstruct a signature; and

a steady state verification unit configured to verify, using a signature verification key corresponding to the signature generation key, whether or not the signature reconstructed by said signature synthesis unit is correct, where the correctness of the signature means that the k first measurement values are same values.

2. The measurement device according to claim 1,

wherein a result of a multiplication of the signature generation key and the signature verification key is a predetermined value,

each of the signature operations is exponentiation where a corresponding one of the k distributed-signature keys or the signature generation key is an exponent,

the signature generation key is generated by summing values of respective multiplications of the k distributed-signature keys by respective predetermined coefficients,

said distributed-signature generation unit is configured to generate the k distributed signatures by executing the exponentiation for the k first measurement values, respectively, a base of the exponentiation being each of the k first measurement values, and an exponent of the exponentiation being a distributed-signature key corresponding to the each of the k first measurement values among the k distributed-signature keys,

said signature synthesis unit is configured to calculate the signature by raising the k distributed signatures respectively to power of the respective predetermined coefficients to generate k exponentiation results, and multiplying the k exponentiation results together, and

said steady state verification unit is configured to determine by the verification that the signature reconstructed by said signature synthesis unit is correct, when a predetermined verification equation is satisfied, a left-hand side of the predetermined verification equation being exponentiation where the signature is a base and the signature verification key is an exponent, and a right-hand side of the predetermined verification equation being a target first measurement value from among the k first measurement values.

3. The measurement device according to claim 1, further comprising

a quantization unit configured to quantize the k first measurement values obtained by said first measurement unit,

wherein said distributed-signature generation unit is configured to generate the k distributed signatures by executing the signature operations for the k first measurement values using the k distributed-signature keys, respectively, the k first measurement values being quantized by said quantization unit.

4. The measurement device according to claim 1, further comprising

a transmission unit configured to transmit, to an external server, one of the k first measurement values together with the signature reconstructed by said signature synthesis unit, when said steady state verification unit determines by the verification that the signature is correct.

5. The measurement device according to claim 1, further comprising

a second measurement unit configured to measure second biological data to obtain a second measurement value, the second biological data being different from the first biological data measured by said first measurement unit and being measured in parallel to the measurement of the first biological data,

wherein said steady state verification unit is further configured to permit the second measurement value obtained by said second measurement unit to be transmitted outside, when said steady state verification unit determines by the verification that the signature reconstructed by said signature synthesis unit is correct.

6. The measurement device according to claim 5, further comprising

a first reference value storage unit configured to store, as a reference value, a criterion value to be used as a criterion for the k first measurement values,

wherein said distributed-signature generation unit is configured to generate the k distributed signatures by executing the signature operations for the reference value and (k−

1) first measurement values among the k first measurement values using the k distributed-signature keys, respectively.

7. The measurement device according to claim 5, further comprising:

a second signature generation unit configured to generate a signature of the second measurement value using, as a signature generation key, the signature reconstructed by said signature synthesis unit; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the second measurement value together with the signature of the second measurement value to an external server, when said steady state verification unit permits the second measurement value to be transmitted outside.

8. The measurement device according to claim 5, further comprising:

a second encryption unit configured to encrypt the second measurement value using, as an encryption key, the signature reconstructed by said signature synthesis unit; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the second measurement value encrypted by said second encryption unit to an external server, when said steady state verification unit permits the second measurement value to be transmitted outside.

9. The measurement device according to claim 5,

wherein the first biological data is pulse data, and

the second measurement value is electrocardiogram data.

10. The measurement device according to claim 1,

wherein said first measurement unit is configured to measure the first biological data temporally consecutive k times to obtain the k first measurement values.

11. A method of controlling a measurement device, said method comprising:

measuring first biological data at least k times, where k≧

2, to obtain any k first measurement values;

executing signature operations for the k first measurement values using any various k distributed-signature keys, respectively, to generate k distributed signatures, the k distributed-signature keys being capable of reconstructing a signature generation key only when all of the k distributed-signature keys are available;

synthesizing the k distributed signatures together to reconstruct a signature; and

verifying, using a signature verification key corresponding to the signature generation key, whether or not the signature reconstructed is correct where the correctness of the signature means that the k first measurement values are same values.

12. A computer program recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for use in a computer, the computer program causing the computer to execute:

measuring first biological data at least k times, where k≧

2, to obtain any k first measurement values;

executing signature operations for the k first measurement values using any various k distributed-signature keys, respectively, to generate k distributed signatures, the k distributed-signature keys being capable of reconstructing a signature generation key only when all of the k distributed-signature keys are available;

synthesizing the k distributed signatures together to reconstruct a signature; and

verifying, using a signature verification key corresponding to the signature generation key, whether or not the signature reconstructed is correct, where the correctness of the signature means that the k first measurement values are same values.

13. An integrated circuit comprising:

a first measurement unit configured to measure first biological data at least k times, where k≧

2, to calculate any k first measurement values;

a distributed-signature generation unit configured to execute signature operations for the k first measurement values using any various k distributed-signature keys, respectively, to generate k distributed signatures, the k distributed-signature keys being capable of reconstructing a signature generation key only when all of the k distributed-signature keys are available;

a signature synthesis unit configured to synthesize the k distributed signatures together to reconstruct a signature; and

a steady state verification unit configured to verify, using a signature verification key corresponding to the signature generation key, whether or not the signature reconstructed by said signature synthesis unit is correct, where the correctness of the signature means that the k first measurement values are same values.