Electronic apparatus and communication control method

• US 9,375,143 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2013
• Issued: 06/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Matsuno, Takaya, Suzuki, Shingo, Kikugawa, Yusaku, Yamamoto, Koji, Takeda, Kentaro, Sudo, Takashi, Amada, Tadashi, Kanishima, Yasuhiro, Sugiura, Chikashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Hai
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bousono, Orlando
• Application Number:
  US14/073,633
• Publication Number:
  US 20140320307A1
• Time in Patent Office: 965 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0209 adapted for power saving
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/06 Arrangements of multiple sensors of different types
• 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: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6802 Sensor mounted on worn items
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/72 Signal processing specially adapted for physiological signals or for diagnostic purposes character recognition, recognising digital ink, document-oriented image-based pattern recognition G06V30/00; recognition or understanding of postal images G06V30/424
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• 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

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a biological sensor, an extraction module, a state detector, and a transmission controller. The biological sensor generates first biological data. The extraction module extracts one or more first features from the first biological data. The state detector detects a communication state between a communication module and a server. The transmission controller transmits at least one of the first biological data and the one or more first features to the server, based on the detected communication state.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a biological sensor configured to generate first biological data;

at least one processor configured to;

extract one or more first features from the first biological data;

detect a communication state between a communication device and a server; and

calculate an evaluation value of the communication state; and

a transmission controller configured to transmit at least one of the first biological data and the one or more first features to the server, based on the detected communication state,

wherein the transmission controller is configured to transmit the first biological data to the server when the evaluation value is equal to or larger than a first threshold, to transmit the one or more first features to the server when the evaluation value is smaller than the first threshold and is equal to or larger than a second threshold, and to store the first biological data and the one or more first features in a buffer when the evaluation value is smaller than the second threshold.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising the communication device.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a message from the server, the message being generated based on at least one of the first biological data and the one or more first features; and

a display controller configured to display the message on a screen.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a receiver configured to receive second biological data and one or more second features from an external electronic apparatus, the one or more second features being extracted from the second biological data,

wherein the transmission controller is configured to transmit at least either the first biological data and the second biological data or the one or more first features and the one or more second features to the server, based on the communication state.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to detect a location where the electronic apparatus is used,

wherein the transmission controller is configured to transmit the first biological data to the server when the detected location is a first location, and to transmit the one or more first features to the server when the detected location is not the first location.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

detect a plurality of communication states between a plurality of communication devices and the server, the plurality of communication devices communicating by a plurality of communication schemes; and

select a first communication device of the plurality of communication devices, based on the plurality of communication states, and

the transmission controller is configured to transmit at least one of the first biological data and the one or more first features to the server, based on the communication state of the first communication device.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to select the first communication device based on the plurality of communication states and a battery level.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to detect a communication state between the communication device and an external electronic apparatus, and

the transmission controller is configured to transmit at least one of the first biological data and the one or more first features to the server via the external electronic apparatus, based on the communication state between the communication device and the external electronic apparatus.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a message from the server via the external electronic apparatus, the message being generated based on at least one of the first biological data and the one or more first features; and

a display controller configured to display the message on a screen.

10. A communication control method comprising:

sensing first biological data;

extracting one or more first features from the first biological data;

detecting a communication state between a communication device and a server;

calculating an evaluation value of the communication state; and

transmitting at least one of the first biological data and the one or more first features to the server, based on the detected communication state,

wherein the transmitting comprising transmitting the first biological data to the server when the evaluation value is equal to or larger than a first threshold, transmitting the one or more first features to the server when the evaluation value is smaller than the first threshold and is equal to or larger than a second threshold and storing the first biological data and the one or more first features in a buffer when the evaluation value is smaller than the second threshold.

11. A biological data management system comprising a wearable device and a server, the wearable device comprising:

a biological sensor configured to generate first biological data;

at least one processor configured to;

extract one or more first features from the first biological data;

detect a communication state between a communication device and a server; and

calculate an evaluation value of the communication state; and

a transmission controller configured to transmit at least one of the first biological data and the one or more first features to the server, based on the detected communication state, and

wherein the server comprises a storage processor configured to store in a storage device at least one of the first biological data and the one or more first features transmitted from the wearable device,

wherein the transmission controller is configured to transmit the first biological data to the server when the evaluation value is equal to or larger than a first threshold, to transmit the one or more first features to the server when the evaluation value is smaller than the first threshold and is equal to or larger than a second threshold, and to store the first biological data and the one or more first features in a buffer when the evaluation value is smaller than the second threshold.