Data processing device, data processing system, and data processing method for identifying data from both licensed and unlicensed devices

• US 8,922,561 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Kohei
• Primary Examiner(s): Zarka, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A
• Application Number:
  US13/640,404
• Publication Number:
  US 20130050221A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,104 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 345/440
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14507 specially adapted for measuring characteristics of body fluids other than blood devices for taking samples of body liquids A61B10/0045
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4277 saliva secretion
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

The data processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of pieces of the same category of bio-information about the same person. The bio-information is measured with both a licensed first device and an unlicensed second device. A judgment unit judges whether each acquired piece of bio-information acquired in the previous acquisition was measured by the first device or the second device. A display processing unit displays with different display modes on the same screen, a first data group of a plurality of pieces of bio-information judged to have been measured with the first device and a second data group of a plurality of pieces of bio-information judged to have been measured with the second device. The data processing device identifies data when data from both licensed and unlicensed devices coexist.

Claims

1. A data processing device comprising:

a non-transitory memory device storing a program; and

a hardware processor configured to execute the program and cause the data processing device to operate as the following units stored in the memory device;

an acquisition unit that acquires, from a first measurement device that is a medical device for which a manufacturing license has been granted by a medical organization, bio-information pieces measured by the first measurement device along with a device ID that identifies the first measurement device, and, from a second measurement device that is a medical device for which a manufacturing license has not been granted by the medical organization, bio-information pieces measured by the second measurement device along with a device ID that identifies the second measurement device, both the bio-information pieces measured by the first measurement device and the bio-information pieces measured by the second measurement device being bio-information pieces of a single category about a single person;

a judgment unit that judges whether each acquired bio-information piece is authorized bio-information or unauthorized bio-information, by determining, using the device ID acquired along with the bio-information piece, whether the bio-information piece was measured by the first measurement device or by the second measurement device; and

a display processing unit that displays on a same screen, with different graph representations, a first data group representing a plurality of bio-information pieces judged to be authorized bio-information by the judgment unit, and a second data group representing a plurality of bio-information pieces judged to be authorized bio-information by the judgment unit,

wherein the data processing device stores an authorization number associated with the first measurement device, and the judgment unit judges whether each acquired bio-information piece is authorized bio-information or unauthorized bio-information using the authorization number and the device ID acquired by the acquisition unit.

2. The data processing device of claim 1, wherein the display processing unit revises the unauthorized bio-information using the authorized bio-information as a standard, according to a correlation between the authorized bio-information and the unauthorized bio-information, and displays a data group made up of revised bio-information pieces as the second data group.

3. The data processing device of claim 1, wherein

when the device ID indicates the first device, the device ID indicates authorization by the medical organization, and is an authorization number associated with the first device,

the acquisition unit further acquires signature data for the authorization number, and

the judgment unit performs verification of the signature data, and when judging from the verification results that the authorization number is valid, judges, as a result of the verification, that the corresponding bio-information piece was measured by the first device.

4. The data processing device of claim 2, including:

a data acquisition device provided with the acquisition unit and the judgment unit, and

a data display device provided with the display processing unit, wherein

the data acquisition device and the data display device are connected via the Internet,

when outputting to the display device the plurality of bio-information pieces acquired by the data acquisition device from the first and second devices, and the judgment results of the judgment unit, the data acquisition device adds a signature to the bio-information piece that the judgment unit has judged to be authorized bio-information, and

the data display device carries out display with the display processing unit only when the bio-information piece corresponding to the signature verification based on the signature data has been judged valid.

5. The data processing device of claim 2, wherein

the display processing unit also displays identifying information to show whether the bio-information pieces displayed with one of the graph representations were measured by the first device or the second device, when the display processing unit displays the first data group and second data group.

6. A data processing system comprising:

a first measurement device that is a medical device for which a manufacturing license has been granted by a medical organization;

a second measurement device that is a medical device for which a manufacturing license has not been granted by a medical organization; and

a data processing device, wherein

the first measurement device and the second measurement device measure a single category of bio-information, and

the data processing device comprises;

a non-transitory memory device storing a program; and

a hardware processor configured to execute the program and cause the data processing device to operate as the following units stored in the memory device;

an acquisition unit that acquires bio-information pieces measured by the first measurement device along with a device ID that identifies the first measurement device, and bio-information pieces measured by the second measurement device along with a device ID that identifies the second measurement device, both the bio-information pieces measured by the first measurement device and the bio-information pieces measured by the second measurement device being bio-information pieces of a single category about a single person;

a judgment unit that judges whether each acquired bio-information piece is authorized bio-information or unauthorized bio-information, by determining, using the device ID acquired along with the bio-information piece, whether the bio-information piece was measured by the first measurement device or by the second measurement device; and

a display processing unit that displays on a same screen, with different graph representations, a first data group of a plurality of bio-information pieces judged to be authorized bio-information by the judgment unit, and a second data group of a plurality of bio-information pieces judged to be unauthorized bio-information by the judgment unit,

wherein the data processing device stores an authorization number associated with the first measurement device, and the judgment unit judges whether each acquired bio-information piece is authorized bio-information or unauthorized bio-information using the authorization number and the device ID acquired by the acquisition unit.

7. A data processing method used in a data processing device that includes a non-transitory memory device storing a program, and a hardware processor configured to execute the program and cause the data processing device to operate as an acquisition unit, a judgment unit and a display processing unit stored in the memory so as to perform the data processing method, the data processing method comprising:

acquiring, using the acquisition unit and from a first measurement device that is a medical device for which a manufacturing license has been granted by a medical organization, bio-information pieces measured by the first measurement device along with a device ID that identifies the first measurement device, and, from a second measurement device that is a medical device for which a manufacturing license has not been granted by the medical organization, bio-information pieces measured by the second measurement device along with a device ID that identifies the second measurement device, both the bio-information pieces measured by the first measurement device and the bio-information pieces measured by the second measurement device being bio-information pieces of a single category about a single person;

judging, using the judging unit, whether each bio-information piece is authorized bio-information or unauthorized bio-information, by determining, using the device ID acquired along with the bio-information piece, whether the bio-information piece was measured by the first measurement device or by the second measurement device; and

displaying, using the display processing unit and on a same screen, with different graph representations, a first data group of a plurality of bio-information pieces judged to be authorized bio-information by the judgment unit, and a second data group of a plurality of bio-information pieces judged to be unauthorized bio-information by the judgment unit,

wherein the data processing method stores an authorization number associated with the first measurement device, and the judgment step judges whether each acquired bio-information piece is authorized bio-information or unauthorized bio-information using the authorization number and the device ID acquired by the acquisition step.