KR20060120799A - Remote health check system - Google Patents

Abstract

A remote health check system is provided to display correct medial diagnosis and/or prescription to a user by installing health measurers to a door of a refrigerator and transmitting data measured in the health measurers to a diagnosis server. The refrigerator(1) obtains physical data of a user from the external health measurers(A), determines a health state of the user according to the physical data, transmits health information including the health state to the diagnosis server(100) through the Internet(200), and displays health diagnosis information received from the diagnosis server. The diagnosis server is connected to the refrigerator through the network, performs the diagnosis and/or the prescription for the user based on the received health information, and transmits the health diagnosis information including the diagnosis and/or the prescription to the refrigerator. The refrigerator comprises the first communication port connecting to the health measurers, the second communication part connecting to the network, a microcomputer, and a display part.

Description

Remote Health Check System {REMOTE HEALTH CHECK SYSTEM}

1 is a conceptual diagram of a remote health examination system according to the present invention,

2 is a front view and a partially enlarged view of the refrigerator of FIG. 1, FIG.

3 is a configuration diagram of the refrigerator of FIG. 1,

4 is a configuration diagram of the diagnostic server of FIG.

5 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the remote medical examination system according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols on main parts of the drawings>

1: refrigerator 10: communication terminal

20: micom 22: data receiving unit

24: data management unit 26: data transmission unit

28: data storage unit 30: display unit

100: diagnostic server 200: Internet

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote health diagnosis system, and in particular, to allow a diagnostic server to diagnose and / or prescribe the measured body data and corresponding health state as a health measuring device for measuring body data such as body mass and blood pressure is connected. The present invention relates to a remote health diagnosis system that displays more accurate health information.

In general, a refrigerator is a device for storing food and the like freshly in a low temperature state for a long time by keeping the freezer and the refrigerating compartment at a low temperature using cold air.

Most people think that 'the food in the refrigerator doesn't hurt' leads to the idea that 'it is safe to eat', so that many people eat and drink cold foods and drinks in the refrigerator. In addition, cold energy accumulates, causing pain, inflammation, and swelling in the body, and obesity is rapidly increasing today.

Obesity, of course, is not dangerous in itself, but is often dangerous because excess visceral fat (fat that surrounds the organs) increases the abdominal fat rate and thus increases the risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.

Therefore, in recent years, it is required to be able to prevent and manage diseases that may be caused by obesity in addition to refrigerators for storing food and beverages, etc., which may cause obesity, at low temperatures.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, a remote health check system that can measure and input various body data to the refrigerator door side, and can display the health status determined according to the body data It aims to provide.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a remote health examination system for transmitting a health information including a health state to a diagnosis server to display a more accurate medical diagnosis and / or prescription to the user.

The remote health diagnosis system according to the present invention for solving the above problems is to obtain the user's body data from an external health measurement device, determine the user's state of health according to the body data, at least including the state of health A refrigerator for transmitting health information to a diagnosis server through a predetermined network, receiving and displaying health diagnosis information from the diagnosis server, a connection between the refrigerator and the network, and a diagnosis for the user based on the received health information And / or a diagnostic server performing prescription and transmitting health diagnosis information including the same to the refrigerator.

In this case, the refrigerator is installed so as to be exposed to the exterior of the door, a first communication terminal connected to a health measuring device for measuring the body data of the user, a second communication terminal for connecting to the network, and the first communication terminal Determine the state of health according to the body data obtained in connection with the controller; transmit health information including the state of health in connection with the second communication terminal to the diagnosis server; and receive health diagnosis information from the diagnosis server. And a display unit connected to the micom on the exterior of the door to display the health state and / or health diagnosis information.

In addition, the microcomputer determines whether the health measuring device is connected to the first communication terminal, a data receiving unit receiving body data when the health measuring device is connected, and data storing various reference data and health conditions accordingly. A storage unit, a data management unit which determines a state of health by comparing the body data received from the data receiving unit with the reference data, and transmits the health information to the diagnosis server through the second communication terminal. And a data transmitter and receiver for receiving health diagnosis information and a data transmitter for transmitting the health state and / or health diagnosis information to the display unit.

In addition, the body data preferably includes body mass or blood pressure.

In addition, the diagnosis server performs a diagnosis and / or prescription for the user's health in accordance with the communication terminal for the connection to the network, the health information obtained in connection with the communication terminal, the diagnosis and / or prescription It is preferably made of a microcomputer to transmit health diagnostic information including the.

In addition, the microcomputer is connected to a communication terminal for receiving and transmitting the health information and the transmission of health diagnosis information, a data storage unit for storing a variety of reference data and the corresponding diagnosis and / or prescription, and the The health information received from the data transmission and reception unit is preferably configured to include a data management unit for performing the diagnosis and / or prescription for the user's health by comparing with the reference data.

In the following, the invention is explained in detail by way of example on the basis of embodiments of the invention and the accompanying drawings. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited by the following embodiments and drawings, and the scope of the present invention will be limited only by the contents described in the claims below.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a remote health examination system according to the present invention.

As shown, the remote health diagnosis system receives a health measurement device (A) for measuring various body data, and receives the body data from the health measurement device (A), thereby determining the health state of the user, and the determined The refrigerator 1 and the Internet 200 which transmit health information including a health state to the diagnosis server 100 through the Internet 200 and provide the user with health diagnosis information received from the diagnosis server 100. The diagnostic server 100 receives health information, performs diagnosis and / or prescription, and transmits health diagnosis information including the diagnosis and / or prescription to the refrigerator 1. The above components are described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4 below.

 2 to 4 is a front view and a partial enlarged view of the refrigerator, a configuration diagram and a configuration diagram of the diagnostic server.

2 and 3, the refrigerator according to the present invention is installed so that the freezer compartment door 2a and the refrigerating compartment door 2b are hinged to the refrigerator main body (not shown) formed in both sides of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment, as shown in FIGS. The microcomputer 20 for controlling generation and supply of cold air to the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment is installed to be built in the refrigerator main body, and various buttons 4 for controlling the operation state of the refrigerator and a display unit for displaying the operation state of the refrigerator ( 30 is installed on the freezer door (2a) side, a health immediate device (A) that can measure a variety of body data on one side of the dispenser (6) installed to easily supply ice and cold water to the front of the freezer compartment (2a) The communication terminal 10 is formed so that can be connected, and the communication terminal 10 is connected to the microcomputer 20 to determine the state of health according to the body data measured from the health measurement device (A) It is configured so that that will appear in the display unit (3O). In addition, the communication terminal 40 (not shown in Figure 2) is formed, so that the microcomputer 20 can perform data communication with the diagnostic server 100 via the Internet (200).

Here, the communication terminal 10 may be connected to the health measurement device (A), the microcomputer 20 receives the body data measured by the health measurement device (A) through the communication terminal (10). The health state may be determined, and the display unit 30 may display physical data and a health state.

Specifically, the communication terminal 10 is a USB port to which the health measuring device A, which is a kind of external electronic device, can be connected, so that an electrical signal can be transmitted between the health measuring device A and the microcomputer 20. Connect.

In this case, the health measuring device (A) is preferably a medical device capable of measuring blood pressure and body mass, which are the body data related thereto, in order to prevent and manage diseases such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia, which may be usually caused by obesity. , The health measuring device (A) is configured to be able to directly measure blood pressure and body mass, etc., as well as to connect a USB cable to one side.

Of course, whether the health measurement device (A) is connected to the communication terminal 10 is determined by the microcomputer 20, and when the health measurement device (A) is connected to the body data from the health measurement device (A) Configure to receive.

Next, the microcomputer 20 includes a data receiver 22 that determines whether the health measuring device A is connected to the communication terminal 10 and receives body data when the health measuring device A is connected. And a health state and various data determined by the data management unit 24 and the data management unit 24 to determine a health state by comparing the body data received from the data receiving unit 22 with reference data. It is configured to further include a data transmitter 26 for transmitting to (30).

At this time, the data receiving unit 22 converts the body data received from the health measuring device A into a form that can be compared with the reference data in the data management unit 24, while the data transmitting unit 26 is the data The body data converted by the receiver 22 and the health state determined based on the same are converted into a form that can be displayed on the display unit 30.

In addition, in the microcomputer 20, body data such as blood pressure and body mass received from the health measuring device A by the data receiver 22 is compared with various reference data by the data manager 24, and accordingly, health The state is determined, and the data storage unit 28 that stores the reference data and the corresponding health state is configured to further include.

In addition, the data storage unit 28 may be configured to be included in the data management unit 24, but since the storage capacity is relatively large, it is preferable to configure the data storage unit 24 separately from the reference body data. And not only the health state thereof is stored, but also it is configured to accumulate and manage various measurement data or to store and manage the determined health state for each user.

Of course, it is preferable that the data storage unit 28 automatically deletes the measured body data except for a predetermined period of time or a set number of times.

For example, in the data storage unit 28, the reference maximum blood pressure range is 140 to 100 mmHg and the reference minimum blood pressure range is stored as 90 to 70 mmHg. Furthermore, the data management unit 24 stores the reference maximum blood pressure range and reference. The state of health is stored according to the minimum blood pressure range, specifically, when the blood pressure falls within the reference high blood pressure range and the reference low blood pressure range, the high blood pressure is higher than the reference high blood pressure range, and the low blood pressure is lower than the reference high blood pressure range. It is.

In addition, in the data storage unit 28, not only blood pressure but also body mass is set as the reference body mass range as described above, and the health condition according to the data management unit 24 is stored as normal, overweight, obesity, and underweight. In addition, the reference range and its health state may be stored according to various body data. In addition, the data storage unit 28 further includes information on the constitution or information on a disease previously treated or currently being treated. This information is included with the health condition described above in the health information and transmitted to the diagnosis server 100.

In addition, the microcomputer 20 further includes a data transmission / reception unit 29 for performing data communication between the communication terminal 40 and the data management unit 24 for connecting to the Internet 200. The data transmitting / receiving unit 29 transmits health information including the state of health processed by the data management unit 24 to the communication terminal 40. If data conversion is required at this time, the health information is converted and transmitted accordingly. do. In addition, the data transmission / reception unit 29 receives the health diagnosis information from the communication terminal 40 and transmits it to the data management unit 24 to process it. In this case, the data transmission / reception unit 29 may store the received health diagnosis information in the data storage unit 28.

Next, the directly measured data may be displayed in numerical values on the display unit 30. Furthermore, since the health state corresponding to each numerical value may be displayed in various forms in the form of a character or an avatar, Not only can it be alarming, but it can also improve your eating habits.

In addition, the display unit 30 displays the measurement data accumulated by the individual in the data storage unit 28 through graphs, so that not only the change of the body data can be observed for each individual, but also continuous health management is achieved. Can be lost.

Next, the communication terminal 40 is a communication port that can be connected to a network, such as a kind of Internet 200, is to connect the electrical signal between the diagnostic server 100 through the Internet (200). The communication terminal 40 may be, for example, a modem connected to the Internet 200, and may be built in or external to the refrigerator 1. In addition, the communication terminal 40 is like a kind of power line modem, and may be a means for having a separate home server and connecting to the home server.

As shown in FIG. 4, the diagnosis server 100 determines the communication terminal 110 for data communication with the Internet 200 and the health information received through the communication terminal 110 according to previously stored reference information. Thus, by performing the diagnosis and / or according to the health diagnosis information is generated by the microcomputer 120 to transmit to the refrigerator 1 through the communication terminal 110.

Here, the communication terminal 110 performs the same function as the communication terminal 40 described above.

Next, the microcomputer 120 receives the health information through the communication terminal 110 and transmits it to the data management unit 124, and receives the health diagnosis information from the data management unit 124 and transmits the health information to the communication terminal 110. The transceiver 122 and the received health information are compared with the reference information stored in the data storage 126 to perform diagnosis and / or prescription according thereto, and generate health diagnosis information including the same to generate the data transceiver 122. A data management unit 124 for transmitting the data; and a data storage unit 126 for storing reference information to be compared with the health information.

Here, the data transmitting and receiving unit 122 has the same configuration and function as the above-described data transmitting and receiving unit 29, only the data to be transmitted and received is different.

In addition, the reference information stored in the data storage unit 126 includes reference data for a predetermined health state, reference data for diagnosis of a disease corresponding to the health state, and reference data for prescription for a disease. On the basis of this reference information, the data management unit 124 analyzes the state of health and / or the disease and / or constitution of the user, and performs diagnosis and / or prescription of the current state of the user. do.

Figure 5 is a flow chart of the operation of the remote medical examination system according to the present invention, the operation of the present invention configured as described above with reference to Figures 3 and 4 as follows.

First, in the first step, the refrigerator 1 determines whether the health measuring device A is connected to the communication terminal 10 and collects body data from the health measuring device A when the health measuring device A is connected. Receive and determine health status accordingly (see S1, S2).

Specifically, the health measuring device (A) is a medical device that can measure the body mass or blood pressure, etc., is connected to the communication terminal 10 formed on the freezer door 2a side, the communication terminal 10 to the The microcomputer 20 determines whether the health measuring device A is connected.

At this time, when it is determined that the health measuring device A is connected to the communication terminal 10 in the microcomputer 20, various body data are input to the data receiving unit 22 from the health measuring device A, The health state is determined by comparing the body data input from the data manager 24 to the data receiver 22 with reference body data stored in the data storage 28.

For example, when body mass is measured, the measured body mass is compared with the reference body mass to determine the health status as normal, overweight, obese or underweight, or when the blood pressure is measured, the measured blood pressure is compared with the reference blood pressure to determine normal, hypertension, Determine your health by low blood pressure.

Next, the second step accumulates and stores the physical data and the state of health determined in the first step (see S3).

In this case, the data storage unit 28 not only stores the measured body data received by the data receiver 22, but also stores the health state determined by the data manager 24, measured body data and health state for each individual. To be stored so that it can be managed continuously. In this case, the body data and the health state stored in the second step may be displayed. That is, the data transmitter 26 transmits the body data and the health state stored in the data storage unit 28 to the display unit 30 so that the body data measured within a predetermined period and the health state accordingly All of them can be displayed in various forms such as numbers, characters, avatars, and graphs.

Next, in the third step, the refrigerator 1 transmits the health information including the health state determined in the second step to the diagnosis server 100 through the Internet 200 (see S4).

At this time, the data manager 24 transmits the health information including the health state generated in the second step to the diagnosis server 100 through the data transceiver 29. Here, the data manager 24 may include information about a previous disease, a current disease, and / or a constitution of a user previously stored in the data storage unit 28 in the health information.

Next, the fourth step is a step in which the diagnosis server 100 receives the health information from the refrigerator 1 and performs the diagnosis and / or prescription according to the reference information to generate the health diagnosis information (see S5).

At this time, the data transmission and reception unit 122 receives the health information through the communication terminal 110, the data management unit 124 obtains the health information from the data transmission and reception unit 122, the data storage unit 126 The stored basic information is read, the determined basic information is compared with the health information, and diagnosis and / or prescription are performed accordingly. The data manager 124 generates health diagnosis information including diagnosis and / or prescription, and transmits the health diagnosis information to the refrigerator 1 through the data transmission / reception unit 122.

Next, the fifth step is a step in which the refrigerator 1 receives the health diagnosis information from the diagnosis server 100 and displays the health diagnosis information to the user (see S6).

Here, the data management unit 24 receives the medical examination information from the data transmission and reception unit 29, and transmits the medical examination information to the data transmission unit 26. The data transmission unit 26 converts and transmits the medical diagnosis information according to the data type of the display unit 30, and the display unit 30 converts all of the converted medical diagnosis information such as numbers, characters, avatars, graphs, and the like. It can be displayed in the form.

In the remote health diagnosis system according to the present invention configured as described above, a communication terminal for measuring and inputting various body data is installed at the refrigerator door side, and the body is determined through the display unit by determining the state of health according to the body data connected thereto. Since data and health status are displayed, the health status can be continuously known based on physical data, which not only raises awareness about health but also improves eating habits, thereby preventing and managing various diseases.

In addition, the present invention transmits the health information including the health status to the diagnosis server to receive the diagnosis and / or prescription according to it to provide a medical judgment about the current health of the user to prevent and treat diseases according to the health diagnosis, etc. There is an advantage.

Claims (6)

Acquire the user's body data from an external health measurement device, determine the user's health state according to the body data, transmit health information including at least the health state to a diagnosis server through a predetermined network, and diagnose the diagnosis. A refrigerator for receiving and displaying health diagnosis information from a server; A diagnostic server connected to the refrigerator through the network and performing a diagnosis and / or prescription for a user based on the received health information and transmitting health diagnosis information including the same to the refrigerator; Health screening system. The method of claim 1, The refrigerator is installed to be exposed to the exterior of the door, and is connected to a first communication terminal connected to a health measuring device for measuring the body data of the user, a second communication terminal for connecting to the network, and connected to the first communication terminal. The microcomputer determines the health state according to the obtained body data, transmits health information including the health state to the diagnosis server in connection with the second communication terminal, and receives health diagnosis information from the diagnosis server. And a display unit connected to the micom on the exterior of the door to display the health state and / or health diagnosis information. The method of claim 2, The microcomputer determines whether the health measurement apparatus is connected to the first communication terminal, and receives a data receiver for receiving body data when the health measurement apparatus is connected, and a data storage unit for storing various reference data and a health state according thereto. And a data management unit comparing the body data received from the data receiving unit with the reference data to determine a state of health, and transmitting the health information to the diagnosis server through the second communication terminal, and from the diagnosis server. And a data transmitting and receiving unit for receiving information, and a data transmitting unit for transmitting the health state and / or health diagnosis information to the display unit. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And said body data comprises body mass or blood pressure. The method of claim 1, The diagnosis server performs a diagnosis and / or prescription for the user's health according to the health information obtained by being connected to the communication terminal and the communication terminal, and includes the diagnosis and / or prescription. Remote medical examination system, characterized in that consisting of a microcomputer for transmitting the medical examination information to the refrigerator. The method of claim 5, The microcomputer is connected to a communication terminal for receiving and transmitting the health information and the transmission of health diagnosis information, a data storage unit for storing a variety of reference data and the corresponding diagnosis and / or prescription, and the data transmission and reception And a data management unit configured to perform diagnosis and / or prescription for the user's health by comparing the health information received from the unit with the reference data.

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