Measuring time management system, data transmitter-receiver and measuring time management method

• US 7,613,210 B2
• Filed: 03/26/2007
• Issued: 11/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Original Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Inventors: Takehara, Katsumi
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN GILLES, JUDE
• Application Number:
  US11/727,405
• Publication Number:
  US 20070286154A1
• Time in Patent Office: 953 Days
• Field of Search: 370/503, 370/350, 370/252, 370/328
• US Class Current: 370/503
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

A unified time can be simply set between data measuring instruments, and when the clock function of a specific data measuring instrument was damaged, the data measuring instrument can be immediately set to have the unified time, and when a certain data measuring instrument was managed with a plurality of PCs, it is not necessary to adjust the difference of time between the PCs, and in addition even when a data measuring instrument was used in the state with time zone difference, it is not necessary to adjust the difference of time due to the time zone difference. A PC 11 can obtain the time information of a provider side server 44 at the timing of transmitting measuring information to the provider side server 44 to synchronize therewith, and a relay key 12 can obtain the time information from the PC 11 to synchronize therewith. The relay key 12 records a time stamp on the measuring information transmitted from the data measuring instrument 14 or the like based on the above time information, and transmits to the PC 11 the measuring information on which the time stamp was recorded, and the PC 11 forwards the measuring information to the provider side server 44.

Claims

1. A measuring time management system comprising:

a server and an information terminal device connected to each other through a network, a data transmitter-receiver detachably connected with the information terminal device by a predetermined interface, and a data measuring instrument connected to the data transmitter-receiver by a predetermined wireless communication system, wherein

said server includes

time information transmitting means for transmitting the time information of the server side to said information terminal device,

said information terminal device includes

information terminal device side time information transmitting means for transmitting to said data transmitter-receiver the time information transmitted by said time information transmitting means, and

measuring information forwarding means for forwarding to said server the measuring information transmitted from said data transmitter-receiver,

said data transmitter-receiver includes

data transmitter-receiver side synchronous means for synchronizing the time of the data transmitter-receiver with the time information transmitted by said information terminal device side time information transmitting means,

information transmitting means for transmitting predetermined information to said data measuring instrument side,

time stamp record means for recording a time stamp on the measuring information transmitted from said data measuring instrument based on the time information of the data transmitter-receiver side synchronized by said data transmitter-receiver side synchronous means, and

time stamp recorded measuring information transmitting means for transmitting to said information terminal device the measuring information on which the time stamp was recorded by said time stamp record means.

2. The measuring time management system according to claim 1, wherein said data measuring instrument includes measuring information transmitting means for transmitting to said data transmitter-receiver the measuring information obtained by performing predetermined operation to measured data based on the predetermined information transmitted by said information transmitting means.

3. The measuring time management system according to claim 1, wherein when said data measuring instrument transmits the measuring information after the lapse of the predetermined time after measurement completion, the measuring information transmitted from said data measuring instrument to said data transmitter-receiver contains lapsed time information showing the lapsed time from the measurement completion to the transmission of the measuring information,

said information terminal device includes a calculation means for calculating measurement completion time based on the time stamp recorded on the measuring information transmitted by said time stamp recorded measuring information transmitting means, and the lapsed time information contained in the measuring information, or

said server includes the calculation means for calculating the measurement completion time based on the time stamp recorded on the measuring information forwarded by said measuring information forwarding means, and the lapsed time information contained in the measuring information.

4. The measuring time management system according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined information transmitted by said information transmitting means includes the time information of said data transmitter-receiver side synchronized by said data transmitter-receiver side synchronous means, when said data measuring instrument performs the synchronization with the time information, said data measuring instrument further includes data measuring instrument side synchronous means for synchronizing the time of said data measuring instrument with the time information.

5. The measuring time management system according to claim 1, the time information is relative time on the basis of the predetermined time.

15. The measuring time management method according to claim 1, wherein the time information is relative time on the basis of the predetermined time.

6. A data transmitter-receiver connected removably, by a predetermined interface, to an information terminal device connected to a server through a network, comprising:

data transmitter-receiver side synchronous means for synchronizing the time of the data transmitter-receiver with the time information of the server side transmitted to the information terminal device,

information transmitting means for transmitting to the data measuring instrument side the predetermined information containing the time information of the data transmitter-receiver side synchronized by said data transmitter-receiver side synchronous means,

time stamp record means for recording a time stamp on the measuring information transmitted from the data measuring instrument based on the time information of the data transmitter-receiver side synchronized by said data transmitter-receiver side synchronous means,

time stamp recorded measuring information transmitting means for transmitting to the information terminal device the measuring information on which the time stamp was recorded by said time stamp record means.

7. The data transmitter-receiver according to claim 6, wherein the measuring information transmitted from the data measuring instrument in said time stamp record means is obtained by performing predetermined operation to measured data with the data measuring instrument based on the predetermined information transmitted by said information transmitting means.

8. The data transmitter-receiver according to claim 6, wherein when the data measuring instrument transmits the measuring information after the lapse of predetermined time after measurement completion, the measuring information transmitted from the data measuring instrument to the data transmitter-receiver contains lapsed time information showing the lapsed time from the measurement completion to the transmission of the measuring information,

measurement completion time is calculated by the information terminal device based on the time stamp recorded on the measuring information transmitted by said time stamp recorded measuring information transmitting means, and the lapsed time information contained in the measuring information, or

the measurement completion time is calculated by the server based on the time stamp recorded on the measuring information transmitted from the information terminal device, and the lapsed time information contained in the measuring information.

9. The data transmitter-receiver according to claim 8, wherein the predetermined information transmitted by said information transmitting means includes the time information of the data transmitter-receiver side synchronized by said data transmitter-receiver side synchronous means, when the data measuring instrument performs the synchronization with the time information, the time of the data measuring instrument is synchronized with the time information by the data measuring instrument.

10. The data transmitter-receiver according to claim 6, the time information is relative time on the basis of the predetermined time.

11. A measuring time management method using a server and an information terminal device connected to each other through a network, a data transmitter-receiver detachably connected with the information terminal device by a predetermined interface, and a data measuring instrument connected to the data transmitter-receiver by a predetermined wireless communication system, wherein

the server includes

a time information transmitting step for transmitting the time information of the server side to the information terminal device,

the information terminal device includes

an information terminal device side time information transmitting step for transmitting to the data transmitter-receiver the time information transmitted at said time information transmitting step, and

the data transmitter-receiver includes

a data transmitter-receiver side synchronous step for synchronizing the time of the data transmitter-receiver with the time information transmitted at said information terminal device side time information transmitting step and

an information transmitting step for transmitting predetermined information to the data measuring instrument side,

the data measuring instrument includes

a measuring information transmitting step for transmitting the measuring information to the data transmitter-receiver,

the data transmitter-receiver includes

a time stamp record step for recording a time stamp on the measuring information transmitted at said measuring information transmitting step based on the time information of the data transmitter-receiver side synchronized at said data transmitter-receiver side synchronous step and

a time stamp recorded measuring information transmitting step for transmitting to the information terminal device the measuring information on which the time stamp was recorded at said time stamp record step, and

the information terminal device includes

a measuring information forwarding step for forwarding to the server the measuring information transmitted at said time stamp recorded measuring information transmitting step.

12. The measuring time management method according to claim 11, wherein said measuring information transmitting step transmits to the data transmitter-receiver the measuring information performed predetermined operation to measured data based on the predetermined information transmitted at said information transmitting step.

13. The measuring time management method according to claim 11, wherein when the data measuring instrument transmits the measuring information after the lapse of predetermined time after measurement completion, the measuring information transmitted at said measuring information transmitting step contains lapsed time information showing lapsed time from the measurement completion to the transmission of the measuring information,

the information terminal device includes a calculation step for calculating measurement completion time based on the time stamp recorded on the measuring information transmitted at said time stamp recorded measuring information transmitting step, and the lapsed time information contained in the measuring information, or

the server includes the calculation step for calculating the measurement completion time based on the time stamp recorded on the measuring information forwarded at said measuring information forwarding step, and the lapsed time information contained in the measuring information.

14. The measuring time management method according to claim 13, wherein the predetermined information transmitted at said information transmitting step includes the time information of the data transmitter-receiver side synchronized at said data transmitter-receiver side synchronous step, and when the data measuring instrument performs the synchronization with the time information, the data measuring instrument further includes a data measuring instrument side synchronous step for synchronizing the time of the data measuring instrument with the time information prior to said measuring information transmitting step.