Method and medium for synchronizing vital signal data received from plural measuring apparatuses and system of enabling the method

• US 8,540,630 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2006
• Issued: 09/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Jin Sang, Kim, Soo Kwan, Kim, Kyung Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Thomson, Bill
• Assistant Examiner(s): JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING
• Application Number:
  US11/519,952
• Publication Number:
  US 20070135692A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,568 Days
• Field of Search: 600/300, 600/301, 128903-905, 128/920
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A method of synchronizing a user'"'"'s biosignal data received from a plurality of measurement devices is provided, including: transmitting a time set command to each of the plurality of measurement devices; receiving the user'"'"'s first biosignal data from each of the plurality of measurement devices, the first biosignal data including a time axis and the time axis including a measurement start time and a measurement termination time; comparing the measurement start time and the measurement termination time with a standard time; and generating second biosignal data from corrected first biosignal data, corrected by referring to the standard time, when the comparison results in an error; and synchronizing a plurality of the second biosignal data and generating third biosignal data, wherein each of the plurality of measurement devices receives the time set command and generates the first biosignal data.

Claims

1. A method of synchronizing a user'"'"'s biosignal data received from a plurality of measurement devices, comprising:

transmitting a time set command to each of the plurality of measurement devices;

receiving the user'"'"'s first biosignal data from each of the plurality of measurement devices, the first biosignal data including a time axis and the time axis including a measurement start time and a measurement termination time;

comparing the measurement start time and the measurement termination time with a standard time; and

generating second biosignal data from corrected first biosignal data, corrected by referring to the standard time, when the comparison results in an error; and

synchronizing the second biosignal data and generating third biosignal data,

wherein each of the plurality of measurement devices receives the time set command and generates the first biosignal data, and

wherein the measurement start time causes the beginning of the measuring of the biosignal data, and the measurement termination time causes, or is caused by, the completion of the measuring of the biosignal data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, in the generating second biosignal data, the second biosignal data is generated by correcting a time axis of the first biosignal data by referring to the standard time.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating error data with respect to the error and transmitting the generated error data to the measurement device,

wherein the measurement device receives the error data and resets a reference time of the measurement device.

4. A method of operating a measurement device measuring a user'"'"'s biosignal and generating biosignal data, comprising:

receiving a time set command from a predetermined system and, in response to receipt of the time set command, measuring the user'"'"'s biosignal, and generating first biosignal data, the first biosignal data including a time axis and the time axis including a measurement start time and a measurement termination time;

transmitting the generated biosignal data to the system; and

receiving error data from the system and resetting a reference time of the measurement device,

wherein the measurement start time causes the beginning of the measuring of the biosignal data, and the measurement termination time causes, or is caused by, the completion of the measuring of the biosignal data,

wherein the system receives the user'"'"'s first biosignal data from the measurement device, the first biosignal data including a time axis and the time axis including a measurement start time and a measurement termination time, compares the measurement start time and the measurement termination time with the standard time of the system, and when the comparison results in an error, generates second biosignal data from corrected measurement data, corrected by referring to the standard time, and generates error data with respect to the error and transmits the generated error data to the measurement device.

5. A computer readable recording medium storing a program for implementing a method of synchronizing a user'"'"'s biosignal data received from a plurality of measurement devices, the method comprising:

transmitting a time set command to each of the plurality of measurement devices;

receiving the user'"'"'s first biosignal data from each of the plurality of measurement devices, the first biosignal data including a time axis and the time axis including a measurement start time and a measurement termination time;

comparing the measurement start time and the measurement termination time with a standard time;

generating second biosignal data from corrected first biosignal data, corrected by referring to the standard time, when the comparison results in an error; and

generating third biosignal data by synchronizing a plurality of the second biosignal data,

wherein each of the plurality of measurement devices receives the time set command and generates the first biosignal data, and

wherein the measurement start time causes the beginning of the measuring of the biosignal data, and the measurement termination time causes, or is caused by, the completion of the measuring of the biosignal data.

6. A system for synchronizing a user'"'"'s biosignal data received from a plurality of measurement devices, comprising:

a communication module to transmit a time set command to each of the plurality of measurement devices and to receive the user'"'"'s first biosignal data from each of the plurality of measurement devices, the first biosignal data including a time axis and the time axis including a measurement start time and a measurement termination time;

an error control module to compare the measurement start time and the measurement termination time with a standard time and, when the comparison results in an error, to generate second biosignal data from corrected first biosignal data, corrected by referring to the standard time, and

a data synchronization module to synchronize a plurality of the generated second biosignal data and to generate third biosignal data based on synchronization of the plurality of second biosignal data,

wherein the measurement start time causes the beginning of the measuring of the biosignal data, and the measurement termination time causes, or is caused by, the completion of the measuring of the biosignal data.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the error control module corrects the time axis of the first biosignal data by referring to the standard time.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising a feedback generation module to generate error data with respect to the error and to transmit the generated error data to each of the plurality of measurement devices,

wherein each of the plurality of measurement devices receives the error data and resets a standard time of each of the plurality of measurement devices.

9. A device of measuring a user'"'"'s biosignal and generating biosignal data, comprising:

a biosignal data generation module to receive a time set command from a predetermined system and, in response to the received time set command, to measure the user'"'"'s biosignal, and to generate first biosignal data, the first biosignal data including a time axis and the time axis including a measurement start time and a measurement termination time;

a communication module to transmit the generated first biosignal data to the system; and

an error correction module to receive error data from the system and to correct a reference time of the measurement device,

wherein the system receives the user'"'"'s first biosignal data from the measurement device, the first biosignal data including a time axis and the time axis including a measurement start time and a measurement termination time, compares the measurement start time and the measurement termination time with a standard time of the system, when the comparison results in an error, generates second biosignal data from corrected measurement data, corrected by referring to the standard time, synchronizes second biosignal data, generates third biosignal data based on the synchronized second biosignal data, and generates error data with respect to the error and transmits the generated error data to the measurement device, and

wherein the measurement start time causes the beginning of the measuring of the biosignal data, and the measurement termination time causes, or is caused by, the completion of the measuring of the biosignal data.

10. A method of synchronizing a user'"'"'s biosignal data received from a plurality of measurement devices, comprising:

transmitting a time set command to each of the plurality of measurement devices;

receiving the user'"'"'s first biosignal data from each of the plurality of measurement devices, the first biosignal data including a time axis and the time axis including a measurement start time and a measurement termination time;

comparing the measurement start time and the measurement termination time with a standard time; and

generating second biosignal data from corrected first biosignal data, corrected by referring to the standard time, when the comparison results in an error;

synchronizing the second biosignal data; and

generating third biosignal data based on synchronization of second biosignal data,

wherein the measurement start time causes the beginning of the measuring of the biosignal data, and the measurement termination time causes, or is caused by, the completion of the measuring of the biosignal data.

11. At least one computer readable medium storing instructions that control at least one processor to implement a method of synchronizing a user'"'"'s biosignal data received from a plurality of measurement devices, the method comprising:

transmitting a time set command to each of the plurality of measurement devices;

receiving the user'"'"'s first biosignal data from each of the plurality of measurement devices, the first biosignal data including a time axis and the time axis including a measurement start time and a measurement termination time;

comparing the measurement start time and the measurement termination time with a standard time;

generating second biosignal data from corrected first biosignal data, corrected by referring to the standard time, when the comparison results in an error;

synchronizing a plurality of the second biosignal data; and

generating third biosignal data based on synchronization of the plurality of second biosignal data,

wherein the measurement start time causes the beginning of the measuring of the biosignal data, and the measurement termination time causes, or is caused by, the completion of the measuring of the biosignal data.

12. A method of synchronizing a user'"'"'s biosignal data received from a plurality of measurement devices, comprising:

transmitting a time set command to each of the plurality of measurement devices;

receiving the user'"'"'s first biosignal data from each of the plurality of measurement devices, the first biosignal data including a time axis and the time axis including a measurement start time and a measurement termination time;

comparing the measurement start time and the measurement termination time with a standard time; and

generating second biosignal data from corrected first biosignal data, corrected by referring to the standard time, when the comparison results in an error;

synchronizing a plurality of the second biosignal data; and

generating third biosignal data based on the synchronization of the plurality of second biosignal data.

13. At least one computer readable medium storing instructions that control at least one processor to implement a method of synchronizing a user'"'"'s biosignal data received from a plurality of measurement devices, the method comprising:

transmitting a time set command to each of the plurality of measurement devices;

receiving the user'"'"'s first biosignal data from each of the plurality of measurement devices, the first biosignal data including a time axis and the time axis including a measurement start time and a measurement termination time;

comparing the measurement start time and the measurement termination time with a standard time;

generating second biosignal data from corrected first biosignal data, corrected by referring to the standard time, when the comparison results in an error;

synchronizing a plurality of the second biosignal data; and

generating third biosignal data based on synchronization of the plurality of second biosignal data.

14. A system for synchronizing a user'"'"'s biosignal data received from a plurality of measurement devices, comprising:

a communication module to transmit a time set command to each of the plurality of measurement devices and to receive the user'"'"'s first biosignal data from each of the plurality of measurement devices, the first biosignal data including a time axis and the time axis including a measurement start time and a measurement termination time;

an error control module to compare the measurement start time and the measurement termination time with a standard time and, when the comparison results in an error, to generate second biosignal data from corrected first biosignal data, corrected by referring to the standard time, and

a data synchronization module to synchronize a plurality of the generated second biosignal data and to generate third biosignal data based on synchronization of the plurality of second biosignal data.