BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

• US 20150173615A1
• Filed: 12/22/2014
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: NAGASAKI, Shintaro
• Granted Patent: US 10,327,639 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4806 Sleep evaluation A61B5/4821 takes precedence; devices for inducing sleep A61M21/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4866 Evaluating metabolism A61B5/083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A biological information measurement apparatus includes a sensor unit, a processing unit which detects first biological information and second biological information based on sensor information obtained from the sensor unit, a communication unit which transmits the first biological information and the second biological information to an information processing apparatus, and a storage unit which stores the second biological information. The communication unit transmits the first biological information in a first communication cycle and transmits the second biological information stored in the storage unit in a second communication cycle longer than the first communication cycle.

Claims

1. A biological information measurement apparatus comprising:

a sensor unit;

a processing unit which detects first biological information and second biological information based on sensor information obtained from the sensor unit;

a communication unit which transmits the first biological information and the second biological information to an information processing apparatus; and

a storage unit which stores the second biological information,

wherein the communication unit transmits the first biological information in a first communication cycle and transmits the second biological information stored in the storage unit in a second communication cycle longer than the first communication cycle.

2. The biological information measurement apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the communication unit transmits the first biological information based on a standard profile of a communication standard for communication by the communication unit and transmits the second biological information based on a specific profile of the communication standard.

3. The biological information measurement apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the communication standard is a proximity wireless communication standard, and

the standard profile is a profile which is standardized in the proximity wireless communication standard.

4. The biological information measurement apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the communication unit transmits the first biological information with a first data amount at the transmission timing of the first communication cycle and transmits the second biological information with a second data amount greater than the first data amount at the transmission timing of the second communication cycle.

5. The biological information measurement apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the communication unit divides data of the second biological information into a plurality of blocks each having a plurality of packets and transmits the plurality of blocks.

6. The biological information measurement apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the communication unit transmits the plurality of blocks with a first characteristic having a property of read with no acknowledge by proximity wireless communication and receives the reception results of the blocks in the information processing apparatus with a second characteristic having a property of write with acknowledge.

7. The biological information measurement apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a time output unit which outputs the measurement time of the second biological information,

wherein the storage unit stores the second biological information in association with the measurement time.

8. The biological information measurement apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a time output unit which outputs time,

wherein the communication unit determines the transmission timing of the second biological information based on the time output from the time output unit and transmits the second biological information at the determined transmission timing.

9. The biological information measurement apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the communication unit changes a communication speed from a first communication speed to a second communication speed faster than the first communication speed before the second biological information is transmitted and changes the communication speed to a third communication speed slower than the second communication speed after transmission of the second biological information is completed.

10. The biological information measurement apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the second biological information includes information regarding at least one of calorie intake, mental stress information, sleep information, and behavior analysis information.

11. The biological information measurement apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the storage unit accumulates and stores the first biological information, and

the second biological information includes the first biological information accumulated in the storage unit.

12. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a communication unit which performs communication with a biological information measurement apparatus, which detects first biological information and second biological information based on sensor information and stores the second biological information; and

a processing unit,

wherein the communication unit receives the first biological information transmitted from the biological information measurement apparatus in a first communication cycle and receives the second biological information transmitted from the biological information measurement apparatus in a second communication cycle longer than the first communication cycle.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12,

wherein the processing unit instructs the biological information measurement apparatus to start transmission of the second biological information when the communication unit receives, from the biological information measurement apparatus, a notification that the second biological information is transmittable.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12,

wherein the processing unit instructs to change a communication speed from a first communication speed to a second communication speed faster than the first communication speed before the second biological information is received and instructs to change the communication speed to a third communication speed slower than the second communication speed after transmission of the second biological information is completed.

15. A biological information measurement system comprising:

a biological information measurement apparatus; and

an information processing apparatus,

wherein the biological information measurement apparatus detects first biological information and second biological information based on sensor information, stores the second biological information, transmits the first biological information to the information processing apparatus in a first communication cycle, and transmits the stored second biological information to the information processing apparatus in a second communication cycle longer than the first communication cycle, and

the information processing apparatus receives the first biological information in the first communication cycle and receives the second biological information in the second communication cycle.