Biological information notifying apparatus, biological information notifying method, and computer-readable storage medium having biological information notifying program stored thereon

• US 9,113,841 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2013
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Amagai, Hitoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R
• Application Number:
  US14/025,738
• Publication Number:
  US 20140077945A1
• Time in Patent Office: 712 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00 Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices electric or electronic controls therefor A63B24/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A biological information notifying apparatus of the present invention includes a biological information obtainment sensor to detect biological information of a human body, a vibration section which notifies the biological information by transmitting vibrations to the human body, and a control section which causes the vibration section to vibrate in accordance with the biological information. The control section obtains a first count number of the biological information per a predetermined time period at a first time point, obtains a second count number at a second time point which follows the first time point, causes the vibration section to vibrate with a first vibration in accordance with the biological information, when a difference obtained by subtracting the first count number from the second count number is larger than a positive first value at the second time point.

Claims

1. A biological information notifying apparatus comprising:

a biological information obtainment sensor which detects biological information of a human body;

a vibration section which notifies the biological information by transmitting vibrations to the human body; and

a control section which causes the vibration section to vibrate in accordance with the biological information,

wherein the control section obtains a first count number of the biological information per a predetermined time period at a first time point, and obtains a second count number at a second time point which follows the first time point, and

wherein the control section causes the vibration section to vibrate with a first vibration in accordance with the biological information, when a difference obtained by subtracting the first count number from the second count number is larger than a positive first value at the second time point.

2. The biological information notifying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control section causes the vibration section to vibrate with a second vibration different from the first vibration in accordance with the biological information, when the difference of the biological information is smaller than a negative second value.

3. The biological information notifying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control section causes the vibration section to vibrate with a third vibration different from the first vibration and the second vibration in accordance with the biological information, when the difference of the biological information is in a range equal to or smaller than the positive first value and equal to or larger than the negative second value.

4. The biological information notifying apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first vibration has an amplitude larger than an amplitude of the second vibration, and

wherein the third vibration has a vibration period shorter than a vibration period of the first vibration and a vibration period of the second vibration.

5. The biological information notifying apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the vibration period of the first vibration is equal to the vibration period of the second vibration, and

wherein the third vibration has an amplitude smaller than the amplitude of the first vibration and larger than the amplitude of the second vibration.

6. The biological information notifying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control section does not cause the vibration section to vibrate, when the second count number of the biological information per the predetermined time period is 0.

7. The biological information notifying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the biological information obtainment sensor and the vibration section are integrally structured.

8. The biological information notifying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the biological information obtainment sensor and the vibration section are separately structured.

9. A biological information notifying method comprising:

a step of detecting biological information of a human body by a biological information obtainment sensor;

a step of obtaining a first count number of the biological information per a predetermined time period at a first time point, and obtaining a second count number at a second time point which follows the first time point;

a step of causing a vibration section to vibrate with a first vibration in accordance with the biological information, when a difference obtained by subtracting the first count number from the second count number is larger than a positive first value at the second time point; and

a step of notifying the biological information by transmitting the vibration to the human body.

10. The biological information notifying method according to claim 9, wherein the vibration section is caused to vibrate with a second vibration different from the first vibration in accordance with the biological information, when the difference of the biological information is smaller than a negative second value.

11. The biological information notifying method according to claim 10, wherein the vibration section is caused to vibrate with a third vibration different from the first vibration and the second vibration in accordance with the biological information, when the difference of the biological information is in a range equal to or smaller than the positive first value and equal to or larger than the negative second value.

12. The biological information notifying method according to claim 11, wherein the first vibration has an amplitude larger than an amplitude of the second vibration, and

wherein the third vibration has a vibration period shorter than a vibration period of the first vibration and a vibration period of the second vibration.

13. The biological information notifying method according to claim 12, wherein the vibration period of the first vibration is equal to the vibration period of the second vibration, and

wherein the third vibration has an amplitude smaller than the amplitude of the first vibration and larger than the amplitude of the second vibration.

14. The biological information notifying method according to claim 9, wherein the vibration section is not caused to vibrate, when the second count number of the biological information per the predetermined time period is 0.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program that is executable by a computer, the program being executable by the computer to perform functions comprising:

processing for detecting biological information of a human body by a biological information obtainment sensor;

processing for obtaining a first count number of the biological information per a predetermined time period at a first time point, and obtaining a second count number at a second time point which follows the first time point; and

processing for causing a vibration section to vibrate with a first vibration in accordance with the biological information, when a difference obtained by subtracting the first count number from the second count number is larger than a positive first value at the second time point.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the vibration section is caused to vibrate with a second vibration different from the first vibration in accordance with the biological information, when the difference of the biological information is smaller than a negative second value.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 16, wherein the vibration section is caused to vibrate with a third vibration different from the first vibration and the second vibration in accordance with the biological information, when the difference of the biological information is in a range equal to or smaller than the positive first value and equal to or larger than the negative second value.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the first vibration has an amplitude larger than an amplitude of the second vibration, and

wherein the third vibration has a vibration period shorter than a vibration period of the first vibration and a vibration period of the second vibration.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 18, wherein the vibration period of the first vibration is equal to the vibration period of the second vibration, and

wherein the third vibration has an amplitude smaller than the amplitude of the first vibration and larger than the amplitude of the second vibration.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the vibration section is not caused to vibrate, when the second count number of the biological information per the predetermined time period is 0.