MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND DIAGNOSIS PROGRAM

• US 20150359476A1
• Filed: 01/17/2014
• Published: 12/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: HIRANO, Asao
• Granted Patent: US 9,913,609 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0247 for compensation or correction of the measured physiological value
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0252 using ambient temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0257 using atmospheric pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0443 Modular apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02405 Determining heart rate variability
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02416 using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation A61B5/14552 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/026 Measuring blood flow A61B3/1233, A61B3/1241 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1123 Discriminating type of movement, e.g. walking or running A61B5/1116, A61B5/112 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4035 Evaluating the autonomic nervous system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7203 for noise prevention, reduction or removal
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/721 using a separate sensor to detect motion or using motion information derived from signals other than the physiological signal to be measured
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7278 Artificial waveform generation or derivation, e.g. synthesising signals from measured signals A61B5/327 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7282 Event detection, e.g. detecting unique waveforms indicative of a medical condition A61B5/4094, A61B5/4818, A61B5/349, A61B5/0823 take precedence

Abstract

A mobile electronic device includes: waveform information acquisition part configured to add a time stamp to a waveform detected from a user and record the waveform with the time stamp as waveform information; condition information acquisition part configured to add a time stamp to information indicating a condition of the user and record the information with the time stamp as condition information; artifact waveform acquisition part configured to acquire, from artifact waveform data in which a condition and the artifact waveform are associated with each other and stored, an artifact waveform that corresponds a condition indicated by the condition information in the same time period as a time period of the waveform information; waveform correction part configured to correct the waveform information using the artifact waveform; and autonomic nerves diagnosis part configured to diagnose autonomic nerves of the user using the waveform information corrected by the waveform correction part.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic device comprising:

waveform information acquisition part configured to add a time stamp to a waveform detected from a user and record the waveform with the time stamp as waveform information;

condition information acquisition part configured to add a time stamp to information indicating a condition of the user and record the information with the time stamp as condition information;

artifact waveform acquisition part configured to acquire, from artifact waveform data in which a condition and an artifact waveform are associated with each other and stored, the artifact waveform that corresponds a condition indicated by the condition information within the same time period as a time period of the waveform information;

waveform correction part configured to correct the waveform information using the artifact waveform; and

autonomic nerves diagnosis part configured to diagnose autonomic nerves of the user using the waveform information corrected by the waveform correction part.

2. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the waveform correction part conform a scale of a wavelength of the artifact waveform to a scale of a wavelength of the waveform indicated by the waveform information on a basis of a singular point of the artifact waveform and a singular point of the waveform indicated by the waveform information.

3. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 further comprising an acceleration sensor, wherein the condition information acquisition part records as the condition information either a direction and a magnitude of acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor or a moving condition of the user that is foreseen on a basis of the direction and the magnitude of acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor.

4. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 further comprising a calculating processing unit configured to execute a program, wherein the condition information acquisition part acquires information indicating a condition of the user by monitoring the program that is executed.

5. A method of diagnosis comprising:

adding a time stamp to a waveform detected from a user and recording the waveform with the time stamp as waveform information;

adding a time stamp to information indicating a condition of the user and recording the information with the time stamp as condition information;

acquiring, from artifact waveform data in which a condition and the artifact waveform are associated with each other and stored, an artifact waveform that corresponds a condition indicated by the condition information in the same time period as a time period of the waveform information;

correcting the waveform information using the artifact waveform; and

diagnosing autonomic nerves of the user using the corrected waveform information.

6. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program causing, when executed by a mobile electronic device, the mobile electronic device to execute:

adding a time stamp to a waveform detected from a user and recording the waveform with the time stamp as waveform information;

adding a time stamp to information indicating a condition of the user and recording the information with the time stamp as condition information;

acquiring, from artifact waveform data in which a condition and the artifact waveform are associated with each other and stored, an artifact waveform that corresponds a condition indicated by the condition information in the same time period as a time period of the waveform information;

correcting the waveform information using the artifact waveform; and

diagnosing autonomic nerves of the user using the corrected waveform information.