Measuring Apparatus and Measuring System

• US 20130261418A1
• Filed: 03/26/2013
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc
• Original Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc
• Inventors: Nakanishi, Hiroyuki, Hata, Hitoshi, Fukuda, Kazuo
• Application Number:
  US13/850,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20130261418A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/365
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48785 Electrical and electronic details of measuring devices for physical analysis of liquid biological material not specific to a particular test method, e.g. user interface or power supply

Abstract

A measuring apparatus (10) for measuring the condition of a measurement subject includes: a recording unit (11) configured to record a plurality of behaviors that can be set in the measuring apparatus (10), and pieces of identification information that are associated with the plurality of behaviors; an output unit (13) configured to output the behaviors; and a setting unit (12) configured to specify a piece of identification information that is correlated with a measurement result in accordance with external input, and to set the specified piece of identification information and a behavior associated therewith, as identification information and a behavior that are to be used.

Claims

1. A measuring apparatus that measures the condition of a measurement subject, comprising:

a recording unit configured to record a plurality of behaviors that can be set in the measuring apparatus, and pieces of identification information that are associated with the plurality of behaviors;

an output unit configured to output the behaviors; and

a setting unit configured to specify a piece of identification information that is correlated with a measurement result in accordance with external input, and to set the specified piece of identification information and a behavior associated with the specified piece of identification information, as identification information and a behavior that are to be used.

2. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the behaviors are each defined by at least one of sound that is output by the measuring apparatus, screen display that is output by the measuring apparatus, light that is output by the measuring apparatus, and vibration that is output by the measuring apparatus.

3. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the setting unit causes the output unit to output the plurality of different behaviors and specifies, when any of the behaviors is selected through external input, a piece of identification information that is associated with the selected behavior as the identification information correlated with the measurement result.

4. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1,

further comprising a communication unit configured to be able to intercommunicate with a communication terminal.

5. The measuring apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein upon input of a new behavior and identification information that is associated with the new behavior from the communication terminal, the communication unit receives the new behavior and the identification information, and

when the communication unit has received the input of the new behavior and the identification information associated with the new behavior, the recording unit records the received new behavior and the identification information associated with the new behavior.

6. The measuring apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the communication unit receives from the communication terminal a confirmation instruction for confirmation of the behavior associated with the identification information, and

when the communication unit has received the confirmation instruction, the output unit outputs the behavior associated with the identification information.

7. The measuring apparatus according to claims 4,

further comprising a warning unit configured to output a warning,

wherein the communication unit causes the warning unit to output a warning, when having detected change in a communication state with the communication terminal.

8. A measuring system comprising:

a measuring apparatus configured to measure a condition of a measurement subject, and a communication terminal,

the measuring apparatus including;

a recording unit configured to record a plurality of different behaviors that can be set in the measuring apparatus, and pieces of identification information that are associated with the plurality of behaviors;

an output unit configured to output the behaviors;

a setting unit configured to specify a piece of identification information that is correlated with a measurement result in accordance with external input, and to set the specified piece of identification information and a behavior associated with the specified piece of identification information, as identification information and a behavior that are to be used; and

a communication unit configured to be able to intercommunicate with the communication terminal.

9. The measuring system according to claim 8,

wherein upon input of a new behavior and identification information that is associated with the new behavior from the communication terminal, the communication unit receives the new behavior and the identification information, and

when the communication unit has received the input of the new behavior and the identification information associated with the new behavior, the recording unit records the received new behavior and the identification information associated with the new behavior.

10. The measuring system according to claim 8,

wherein the communication unit receives from the communication terminal a confirmation instruction for confirmation of the behavior associated with the identification information, and

when the communication unit has received the confirmation instruction, the output unit outputs the behavior associated with the identification information.

11. The measuring system according to claim 8,

wherein the measuring apparatus further includes a warning unit configured to output a warning, and

the communication unit causes the warning unit to output a warning, when having detected change in a communication state with the communication terminal.