Electronic device for health index measurement and control method of the same

• US 7,758,504 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2007
• Issued: 07/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nihon Seimitsu Sokki Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nihon Seimitsu Sokki Company Limited
• Inventors: Suda, Eikichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Mallari; Patricia C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Toth; Karen E
• Application Number:
  US12/000,256
• Publication Number:
  US 20090018402A1
• Time in Patent Office: 952 Days
• Field of Search: 600/300
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/022 by applying pressure to close blood vessels, e.g. against the skin; Ophthalmodynamometers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick

Abstract

The present invention allows easily performing various types of controls and improving productivity without adding a special communication section. The present invention includes a power receiving section 21 to be connected to a driving power supply 50, a voltage measuring section 22 configured to measure a variation of a power supply voltage that is inputted to the power receiving section 21, a signal extracting section 23 configured to analyze measured data thereof and to extract a digital code contained in the measured data, and a control section 24 configured to perform a specific control based on the extracted digital code. As the specific control, the control section 24 selects an operation mode corresponding to the digital code from selectively executable plural operation modes, performs a function setting corresponding to the digital code, or writes the digital code as individual information into a nonvolatile memory.

Claims

1. An electronic device for health index measurement, comprising:

a power receiving section that receives a power supply voltage, in which a digital code for performing a specific control is incorporated so that a low level voltage period of a predetermined length and higher than a minimum operating voltage of an electronic device is set before a period of incorporating the digital code, and said digital code begins with a high-level voltage after said low-level voltage period, and is expressed by a variation pattern of a combination of a high-level voltage and a low-level voltage;

a voltage measuring section configured to measure a variation of a power supply voltage that is inputted to said power receiving section;

a signal extracting section configured to analyze the measured variation of a power supply voltage and to extract said digital code contained in the measured variation; and

a first control section configured to perform said specific control based on said digital code extracted by said signal extracting section.

2. An electronic device for health index measurement, according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second control section configured to perform a control for health index measurement and other necessary controls; and

a switch section configured to transmit a switching signal and other signals to each section by a predetermined setting operation,

wherein said second control section has a control function of controlling said voltage measuring section, said signal extracting section and said first control section to operate and perform a specific control only when said switch section is in a predetermined set state.

3. An electronic device for health index measurement according to claim 1 further comprising:

a second control section configured to perform a control for health index measurement and other necessary controls;

wherein said second control section has a function capable of selecting and executing one kind of operation mode, or two or more kinds of operation modes as an operation mode of said electronic device, and has a function of operating said voltage measuring section, said signal extracting section and said first control section to make them perform said specific control only when a specific operation mode is selected out of these operation modes.

4. The electronic device for health index measurement according to claim 1, wherein said digital code is given as a time-series variation of a power supply voltage within a range that assures a normal operation of said electronic device.

5. The electronic device for health index measurement according to claim 1, wherein plural kinds of said digital code are prepared, said first control section has plural operation modes corresponding to the plural kinds of digital code, and selects and executes a specific operation mode corresponding to the kind of digital code extracted by said signal extracting section.

6. The electronic device for health index measurement according to claim 5, wherein the operation mode is a mode in which function setting is performed.

7. The electronic device for health index measurement according to claim 1, wherein said first control section has a function of writing said digital code extracted by said signal extracting section into a nonvolatile memory as individual information.

8. The electronic device for health index measurement according to claim 1, wherein said first control section has a function of writing an operation program that is given by said digital code extracted by said signal extracting section into a nonvolatile memory.

9. A control method of an electronic device for health index measurement, comprising:

connecting a driving power supply for supplying the power supply voltage to said power receiving section of the electronic device for health index measurement according to claim 1; and

applying from said power supply to said power receiving section of said electronic device a power supply voltage in which said digital code is incorporated, so that said electronic device performs a specific control based on the digital code.

10. The control method of the electronic device for health index measurement according to claim 9, comprising:

said driving power supply for supplying the power supply voltage incorporating said digital code in said power supply voltage.