HEALTH CHECK SYSTEM, HEALTH CHECK APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100234694A1
• Filed: 12/17/2009
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Glitter Technology LLP, Precision Point Devices LLC
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Takano, Kosuke, Yoshida, Naofumi, Kurabayashi, Shuichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,583,452 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• 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

Various types of health checks are realized using optimal sensors. The health check apparatus according to the present application is configured such that optimal sensors 160 corresponding to an environment or the like in which an information service is realized out of a plurality of available sensors 160 or sensors 160 available to realize a health check to be delivered are selected. The health check apparatus according to the present application selects appropriate parameters for the sensors 160 and processing programs 286, 300 and 310 so that a health check is appropriately delivered and sets the parameters in the sensors and processing programs. Thus, the health check apparatus according to the present application is configured to be able to deliver various health checks by only receiving specification of a desired information service by the user and thereby appropriately combining various types of sensors and a plurality of processing programs.

Claims

1. A health check system comprising:

a module/parameter delivering apparatus; and

a health check apparatus connected to the module/parameter delivering apparatus, capable of executing a plurality of sensor drive modules, service execution modules and a plurality of output modules,

wherein the module/parameter delivering apparatus delivers to the health check apparatus one or more module components to be selected at a request from the health check apparatus, the components comprising;

one or more sensor drive modules;

one or more service execution modules;

one or more output modules;

one or more sensor setting parameters set in the respective matching sensor drive modules and to be used for processing thereof;

one or more processing setting parameters set in the respective matching service execution module and to be used for processing thereof; and

one or more output setting parameters set in the respective matching output modules and to be used for processing thereof,

the health check apparatus comprises;

an input device that receives inputs that specify one or a plurality of health check services;

a selector that selects the module components to be selected necessary to realize one or more of the specified health check services based on association information that associates the plurality of health check services with one or more of the module components to be selected considered necessary to realize the health check services;

an information acquisition section that requests module components to be selected necessary to realize one or more of the specified health check services, which do not exist in the health check apparatus from the module/parameter delivering apparatus and receives components delivered in response to the request;

a plurality of types of physiological sensors that match any one of the sensor drive modules and detect physiological information from health check targets according to types thereof;

a parameter setting section that sets the physiological sensor setting parameter, the processing setting parameter and the output setting parameter in the sensor drive module, the service execution module and the output module that match the respective parameters;

an execution device that corresponds to the specified health check service, executes the sensor drive modules, the service execution modules and the output modules for which the settings have been made, delivers information inputted/outputted to/from the modules so as to match realization of the specified health check service and realizes the specified health check service; and

an output device that outputs results of the one or more realized health check services,

the executed sensor drive module drives the matching physiological sensor, detects physiological information corresponding to the type of the physiological sensor and outputs the physiological information as physiological sensor information;

the respective executed service execution modules process the physiological sensor information outputted from the physiological sensor driven by the executed sensor drive module and outputs one or more or any one of a health condition judgment result of a health check target to which a physiological sensor is attached and the physiological sensor information to the output module, and

the executed output module creates a result of the realized health check service from the judgment result outputted from the service execution module and the physiological sensor information or any one of the two and outputs the created result to the output device.

10. The health check apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of physiological sensors detect one or more of perspiration, pulsation, blood pressure, signal generated by the heart, brain waves and blood component of a health check target as the physiological information.

2. A health check apparatus comprising:

one or more sensor drive modules;

one or more service execution modules;

an input device that receives an input specifying one or a plurality of health check services;

a selector that selects the one or more sensor drive modules and the one or more service execution modules necessary to realize the one or more specified health check services based on association information that associates the plurality of health check services with the one or more sensor drive modules necessary for realization thereof and the one or more service execution modules;

a plurality of types of physiological sensors that match any one of the sensor drive modules and detect physiological information from health check targets according to the types thereof;

an execution device that executes the selected sensor drive modules and the service execution modules, delivers information inputted/outputted between the modules so as to match the realization of the specified health check service and realizes the specified health check service; and

an output device that outputs one or more results of the realized health check service,

wherein the executed sensor drive module drives the matching physiological sensor, detects physiological information of the health check target corresponding to the type of the physiological sensor and outputs the information as physiological sensor information, and

the respective executed service execution modules process physiological sensor information outputted from the executed sensor drive module and output the processing result to the output device as a result of the specified health check service.

3. The health check apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising one or more output modules that process the processing results outputted from the respective service execution modules, create results of the specified health check services in a predetermined format and output the created results of the health check services to the output device,

wherein the output device outputs the results of the health check services outputted from the output modules.

4. The health check apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

one or more sensor setting parameters set in the matching sensor drive modules respectively and to be used for processing thereof;

one or more processing setting parameters set in the matching service execution modules respectively and to be used for processing thereof; and

a parameter setting section that sets the sensor setting parameters and the processing setting parameters in the matching sensor drive modules and the matching service execution modules respectively,

wherein the selector further selects one or more of the sensor setting parameters and one or more of the processing setting parameters necessary to realize one or more of the specified health check services based on the association information that associates a plurality of health check services with one or more of the sensor setting parameters and one or more of the processing setting parameters considered necessary for realization thereof, and

the execution device executes the sensor drive modules and the service execution module for which the settings have been made.

5. The health check apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

one or more sensor setting parameters set in the respective matching sensor drive modules and to be used for processing thereof;

one or more processing setting parameters set in the respective matching service execution modules and to be used for processing thereof; and

one output setting parameter set in the respective matching output modules and to be used for processing thereof; and

a parameter setting section that sets the sensor setting parameters, the processing setting parameters and the output modules in the sensor drive modules, the service execution modules and the output modules that match the setting parameters and modules,

wherein the selector further selects one or more of the sensor setting parameters, one or more of the processing setting parameters and one or more of the output modules necessary to realize the specified health check service based on the association information that associates a plurality of health check services, one or more of the sensor setting parameters, one or more of the processing setting parameters and the output modules considered necessary for realization thereof, and

the execution device executes the sensor drive modules, the service execution modules and the output modules for which the settings have been made, delivers information inputted/outputted to/from the modules so as to match the realization of the specified health check service and realizes the specified health check service.

6. The health check apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein priority is assigned to the plurality of physiological sensors in the health check service for which the physiological sensor is used, and

when the plurality of physiological sensors are used in the specified health check service, the execution device delivers physiological sensor information outputted from the physiological sensors to one or more of the service execution modules used in the health check service according to the priority assigned to the physiological sensors.

7. The health check apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the one or more health check services are assigned priority on realization thereof, and

the execution device realizes the realizable health check service according to the priority assigned to the specified health check service.

8. The health check apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a module delivering device that delivers, at a request, one or more of;

the one or more sensor drive modules;

the one or more service execution modules;

the one or more sensor setting parameters; and

the one or more processing setting parameters, and

an information acquisition section that requests one or more of;

the one or more sensor drive modules;

the one or more service execution modules;

the one or more sensor setting parameters; and

the one or more processing setting parameters,

which are components necessary to realize one or more of the specified health check services and which cannot be selected by the selector, from the module/parameter delivering apparatus for the module delivering device and receives components delivered in response to the request,

wherein the selector assumes one or more of;

the one or more sensor drive modules;

the one or more service execution modules;

the one or more sensor setting parameters; and

the one or more processing setting parameters,

delivered from the module/parameter delivering apparatus as selection targets.

9. The health check apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

a module delivering device that delivers, at a request, one or more of;

the one or more sensor drive modules;

the one or more service execution modules;

the one or more output modules;

the one or more sensor setting parameters;

the one or more processing setting parameters; and

the one or more output setting parameters, and

an information acquisition section that requests one or more of;

the one or more sensor drive modules;

the one or more service execution modules;

the one or more output modules;

the one or more sensor setting parameters;

the one or more processing setting parameters; and

the one or more output setting parameters,

which are components necessary to realize one or more of the specified health check services and which cannot be selected by the selector, from the module/parameter delivering apparatus for the module delivering device and receives components delivered in response to the request,

wherein the one or more selector assumes one or more of;

the one or more sensor drive modules;

the one or more service execution modules;

the one or more output modules;

the one or more sensor setting parameters;

the one or more processing setting parameters; and

the one or more output setting parameters,

delivered from the module/parameter delivering apparatus as selection targets.

11. An information service delivering method which is a health check method, comprising:

receiving an input specifying one or a plurality of health check services;

selecting the one or more sensor drive modules and the one or more service execution modules necessary to realize the one or more specified health check services based on association information that associates the plurality of health check services with the one or more sensor drive modules and the one or more service execution modules considered necessary for realization thereof;

executing the selected sensor drive modules and the service execution modules, delivering information inputted/outputted between the modules so as to match the realization of the specified health check service and realizing the specified health check service; and

outputting one or more results of the realized health check service,

wherein the respective executed sensor drive modules drive any one of a plurality of types of physiological sensors that match the sensor drive module and detect physiological information of health check targets corresponding to the respective types, detect information corresponding to the type of the physiological sensor and output the information as physiological sensor information, and

the respective executed service execution modules process physiological sensor information outputted from the executed sensor drive module and output the processing result as a result of the specified health check service.