Data managing method in portable blood sugar value-measuring and portable blood sugar value-measuring apparatus using same
First Claim
1. A data managing method, to be carried out in a portable blood sugar value-measuring apparatus having no operation button, of selectively and removably mounting a selected one of several electrodes on the apparatus to execute a function corresponding to a resistance value of the selected electrode, comprising:
- a preparatory process of mounting the electrode on the portable blood sugar value-measuring apparatus to set the apparatus to an operation start state and to select the function to be executed in correspondence with the mounted electrode;
a first clocking process of clocking a first period of time after the execution of the preparatory process terminates;
a first dropping-determining process for determining whether the first clocking process has been switched over to a blood sugar value-measuring process for measuring a blood sugar value of to-be-measured liquid which has been dropped to the mounted electrode while clocking of the first period of time is being executed in the first clocking process;
a storing process for storing a measured blood sugar value in storing means subsequent to the first clocking process being switched over to a blood sugar value-measuring process; and
a read-out process for reading out measured blood sugar data stored in the storing means from a termination point of the first period of time and outputting the measured blood sugar data read out from the storing means when the first period of time has terminated without the switchover from the first clocking process to the blood sugar value-measuring process being decided in the first dropping-determining process.
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Abstract
A managing method includes steps of selecting a function according to the type of an electrode mounted on the portable blood sugar value-measuring apparatus; executing a process of clocking a predetermined period of time; deciding whether or not the clocking process has been switched over to a different process while the predetermined period of time is being clocked; and reading out data of measured blood sugar values stored in a storing device from a termination point of the first predetermined period of time when the first predetermined period of time has terminated without the switch-over from the first clocking process to the blood sugar value-measuring process being decided in the deciding process.
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27 Claims
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1. A data managing method, to be carried out in a portable blood sugar value-measuring apparatus having no operation button, of selectively and removably mounting a selected one of several electrodes on the apparatus to execute a function corresponding to a resistance value of the selected electrode, comprising:
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a preparatory process of mounting the electrode on the portable blood sugar value-measuring apparatus to set the apparatus to an operation start state and to select the function to be executed in correspondence with the mounted electrode; a first clocking process of clocking a first period of time after the execution of the preparatory process terminates; a first dropping-determining process for determining whether the first clocking process has been switched over to a blood sugar value-measuring process for measuring a blood sugar value of to-be-measured liquid which has been dropped to the mounted electrode while clocking of the first period of time is being executed in the first clocking process; a storing process for storing a measured blood sugar value in storing means subsequent to the first clocking process being switched over to a blood sugar value-measuring process; and a read-out process for reading out measured blood sugar data stored in the storing means from a termination point of the first period of time and outputting the measured blood sugar data read out from the storing means when the first period of time has terminated without the switchover from the first clocking process to the blood sugar value-measuring process being decided in the first dropping-determining process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A portable blood sugar value-measuring apparatus, having no operation button, for selecting a function to be executed based on a selected one of several electrodes each of which has a resistance value and each executing a particular function, the apparatus having electrode detection means for detecting whether or not one of the electrodes removable therefrom has been mounted thereon, thus outputting a mounting detection signal;
- and signal output means, connected with an output side of the electrode detection means, for outputting a function selection signal based on a resistance value of the electrode mounted on the portable blood sugar value-measuring apparatus, the apparatus comprising;
storing means for storing data of measured blood sugar values obtained by executing a blood sugar value-measuring function selected based on the resistance value of the mounted electrode; preparatory means, connected with the output side of the electrode detection means and an output side of the signal output means, for setting the portable blood sugar value-measuring apparatus to an operation start state when the electrode detection means detects that the electrode has been mounted on the portable blood sugar value-measuring apparatus and for selecting the function to be executed based on the function selection signal; first clocking means connected with an output side of the preparatory means, for clocking a first period of time from a point when the function is selected by the preparatory means; first dropping-determining means, connected with an output side of the first clocking means, the output side of the electrode detection means, and the output side of the signal output means, for determining whether or not the mounting detection signal and the function selection signal have been supplied while clocking the first period of time; and read-out means, connected with the output side of the first dropping-determining means and an output side of the storing means, for reading out the data of the measured blood sugar values stored in the storing means from a point when the first period of time has terminated, and outputting the data of the measured blood sugar values when the first period of time has terminated without the first dropping-determining means determining whether or not the function selection signal has been supplied. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
- and signal output means, connected with an output side of the electrode detection means, for outputting a function selection signal based on a resistance value of the electrode mounted on the portable blood sugar value-measuring apparatus, the apparatus comprising;
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27. A method for managing data in a portable blood sugar value measuring apparatus comprising the steps of:
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detecting whether an electrode has been mounted on the portable blood sugar value measuring apparatus; measuring a characteristic of the electrode to determine what type of electrode has been mounted on the portable blood sugar value measuring apparatus; clocking a first period of time after the step of measuring a characteristic of the electrode has been completed; determining whether the step of clocking a first period of time has been switched over to a step of measuring a blood sugar value before a termination point of the first period of time; measuring a blood sugar value of liquid which has been placed on the electrode and storing a measured blood sugar value in storing means when the step of clocking a first period of time has been switched over to the step of measuring a blood sugar value before the termination point of the first period of time; and reading out measured blood sugar data stored in the storing means from a termination point of the first period of time and outputting the measured blood sugar data read out from the storing means when the step of clocking a first period of time has reached the termination point without being switched over to the step of measuring a blood sugar value.
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