Measurement information display apparatus, measurement information display system, and measurement information display method

• US 9,974,486 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2017
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Nagasaki, Shintaro, Hatta, Akira, Araki, Yukari, Nonoyama, Masaaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang, Peter
• Application Number:
  US15/669,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20170332972A1
• Time in Patent Office: 291 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02416 using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation A61B5/14552 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/163 by tracking eye movement, gaze, or pupil change
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4809 Sleep detection, i.e. determining whether a subject is asleep or not
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4812 Detecting sleep stages or cycles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7445 Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/62 Semi-transparency
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 : Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 : related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 : Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/08 : Biomedical applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/02 : characterised by the way in which colour is displayed details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 : for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 : ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 : relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 : relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 : relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 : for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 : using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

A measurement information display system includes a measuring apparatus that measures biological and/or behavioral information of a user, and the measurement information display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display unit with a screen; a communication unit that communications with the measuring apparatus to acquire the information, and a display control unit that causes the display unit to display a plurality of graphs on the screen, where the graphs represent the information. The graphs include a first graph located on a first portion of the screen and a second graph located on a second portion of the screen overlapping the first portion.

Claims

1. An information terminal comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate measurement data with a physiological measurement apparatus;

a control unit configured to;

calculate sleep time information and calorie information including a total value of intake calories and a total value of consumed calories based on the measurement data,

generate a first graph related to one of the sleep time information and the calorie information based on the calculated sleep time information or the calculated calorie information, and

generate a second graph related to other one of the sleep time information and the calorie information based on the calculated sleep time information or the calculated calorie information;

a display unit configured to display the first graph and the second graph;

wherein;

the first graph and the second graph are arranged in a first portion and a second portion along a virtual plane in a screen of the display unit such that the first graph and the second graph are reviewable at a same time,

the control unit causes the display unit to display the first graph in the first portion and display the second graph in the second portion with a transmittance higher than the first graph, and display the second graph smaller than the first graph,

the control unit updates the first graph and the second graph at the same time when the communication unit receives new measurement data from the physiological measurement apparatus, updating including;

calculating updated sleep time information and updated calorie information based on the new measurement data,

generating an updated first graph related to one of the updated sleep time information and the updated calorie information based on the calculated updated sleep time information or the calculated updated calorie information, and

generating an dated second graph related to other one of the updated sleep time information and the updated calorie information based on the calculated updated sleep time information or the calculated updated calorie information.

2. The information terminal according to claim 1, comprising:

an operation unit configured to output an operation signal corresponding to an operation by a user to the control unit;

wherein

the control unit updates the display unit to move the second graph from the second portion to the first portion, and move the first graph from the first portion to the second portion in response to the operation signal, wherein the control unit causes the display unit to display the second graph with the transmittance lower than the first graph, and display the second graph larger than the first graph.

3. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit causes the display unit to move the second graph from the second portion to the first portion and move the first graph from the first portion to the second portion in response to a single operation signal provided by an operation unit.

4. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the second graph is related to the calorie information and includes a first bar representing the total value of the intake calories extending along a first direction, and a second bar representing the total value of the consumed calories extending along a second direction opposite to the first direction.

5. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit is configured to calculate excitement time during exercise and excitement time during non-exercise based on the measurement data,

the display unit is configured to display a third graph related to the excitement time during exercise and the excitement time during non-exercise in a third portion of the screen along the virtual plane, wherein the third graph is different from the first graph and the second graph in the transmittance and size, and

the control unit updates the first graph, the second graph and the third graph at the same time when the communication unit receives new measurement data from the physiological measurement apparatus.

6. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the first graph is larger than both the second graph and the third graph.

7. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first portion of the screen comprises the first graph and a numerical value corresponds to the first graph.

8. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is configured to display a visual cue indicating that the control unit is updating the first graph and the second graph.

9. The measurement information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first graph and the second graph have a same format.