WO2012141367A2 - Method of controlling amount of exercise using blood glucose meter having step-counter function - Google Patents

Method of controlling amount of exercise using blood glucose meter having step-counter function Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2012141367A2
WO2012141367A2 PCT/KR2011/003159 KR2011003159W WO2012141367A2 WO 2012141367 A2 WO2012141367 A2 WO 2012141367A2 KR 2011003159 W KR2011003159 W KR 2011003159W WO 2012141367 A2 WO2012141367 A2 WO 2012141367A2
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
blood glucose
exercise
amount
count
steps
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/KR2011/003159
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
WO2012141367A3 (en
Inventor
In Hwan Choi
Jeong In Bag
Original Assignee
Philosys Co., Ltd.
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Philosys Co., Ltd. filed Critical Philosys Co., Ltd.
Publication of WO2012141367A2 publication Critical patent/WO2012141367A2/en
Publication of WO2012141367A3 publication Critical patent/WO2012141367A3/en

Links

Images

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/145—Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissue
    • A61B5/14532—Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissue for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/14—Devices for taking samples of blood ; Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration within the blood, pH-value of blood
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/103—Detecting, measuring or recording devices for testing the shape, pattern, colour, size or movement of the body or parts thereof, for diagnostic purposes
    • A61B5/11—Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb
    • A61B5/1118—Determining activity level
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/103—Detecting, measuring or recording devices for testing the shape, pattern, colour, size or movement of the body or parts thereof, for diagnostic purposes
    • A61B5/11—Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb
    • A61B5/112—Gait analysis
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/0054—Features for injury prevention on an apparatus, e.g. shock absorbers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C22/00—Measuring distance traversed on the ground by vehicles, persons, animals or other moving solid bodies, e.g. using odometers, using pedometers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2220/00—Measuring of physical parameters relating to sporting activity
    • A63B2220/17—Counting, e.g. counting periodical movements, revolutions or cycles, or including further data processing to determine distances or speed
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2230/00—Measuring physiological parameters of the user
    • A63B2230/20—Measuring physiological parameters of the user blood composition characteristics
    • A63B2230/202—Measuring physiological parameters of the user blood composition characteristics glucose
    • A63B2230/203—Measuring physiological parameters of the user blood composition characteristics glucose used as a control parameter for the apparatus

Definitions

  • the present invention relates, in general, to a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function, and, more particularly, to a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function, which can set the amount of appropriate exercise depending on a measured blood glucose level, and can effectively control the set amount of appropriate exercise.
  • a step counter is a machine which is used to measure the number of steps of a user, and can be used to numerically and exactly measure the number of steps of a user, thereby calculating the approximate amount of exercise.
  • a blood glucose meter is a machine which is used to measure a blood glucose level in the blood, and is chiefly used for diabetics to measure their current blood glucose level.
  • Diabetes mellitus is a kind of metabolic disease that the level of insulin production in the body is insufficient or the normal function of insulin is not performed, and is characterized as hyperglycemia in which glucose concentrations in the blood is high. Recently, exercise cures have been chiefly used in order to prevent abnormal symptoms and signs attributable to such hyperglycemia.
  • Diabetics take exercise while separately carrying a blood glucose meter, used to check blood glucose levels obtained before and after the exercise, and a step counter, used to measure the amount of their exercise.
  • a blood glucose meter and a step counter are separately carried according to related art methods, there are problems in that it is inconvenient to take exercise, that it is difficult to calculate numerical values related to the amount of exercise measured using a step counter and a blood glucose level measured using a blood glucose meter, and that it is difficult to calculate the amount of appropriate exercise when the amount of exercise needs to be gradually increased.
  • the present inventors developed a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function, which can measure a blood glucose level and the amount of exercise using a single machine, can automatically calculate the range of the amounts of appropriate exercise depending on the measured blood glucose level, and can effectively control the amount of exercise when exercise is taken in excess of the range of the amounts of appropriate exercise.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function, which can measure a blood glucose level and the amount of exercise using a single machine.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function, which can automatically calculate the range of the amounts of appropriate exercise depending on a measured blood glucose level.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function, which can effectively control the amount of exercise when exercise is taken in excess of the range of the amounts of appropriate exercise.
  • a method of controlling an amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function includes displaying a selection window for blood glucose measurement mode and step-counting operation mode; selecting the blood glucose measurement mode from the selection window; measuring a blood glucose level in the blood glucose measurement mode; and converting the measured blood glucose level into data and storing the resulting data in a central processing unit, determining the count of the number of critical steps of the measured blood glucose level using the central processing unit, and displaying the count of the number of critical steps on a display unit using the central processing unit.
  • the count of the number of critical steps is determined using a preset arbitrary value or a value set by a user.
  • the converting, determining, and displaying may include calculating the count of the number of critical steps and the amount of critical exercise of the blood glucose level measured based on previously stored information about the height and weight of a user, and displaying the count of the number of critical steps and the amount of critical exercise on the display unit at the same time using the central processing unit.
  • the method of controlling an amount of exercise further includes, after the converting, determining, and displaying, selecting the step-counting operation mode from the selection window; counting the number of steps of the user in the step-counting operation mode; calculating the amount of exercise for a unit number of steps based on the previously stored information about the height and weight of the user with respect to the counted number of steps using the central processing unit; and continuously displaying each of results of the count of the number of steps and the amount of exercise on the display unit.
  • the converting, determining, and displaying may include, when the blood glucose level lower than a preset critical blood glucose level is measured, transmitting information, indicative of the count of the number of critical steps which is 0, to the display unit regardless of exercise of a user using the central processing unit; and continuously outputting a visual or auditory alarm using the display unit using the display unit.
  • the converting, determining, and displaying may include, when each of the results of the count of the number of steps and the amount of exercise is larger than each of the preset critical count and the amount of exercise, outputting a visual or auditory alarm using the display unit.
  • the present invention has an advantage of providing a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function, which can measure a blood glucose level and the amount of exercise using a single machine, can automatically calculate the range of the amounts of appropriate exercise depending on the measured blood glucose level, and can effectively control the amount of exercise when exercise is taken in excess of the range of the amounts of appropriate exercise.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the schematic configuration of a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the schematic configuration of a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to the present invention.
  • the blood glucose meter having a step-counter function includes a blood glucose measurement unit 11 for measuring a blood glucose level in blood glucose measurement mode 10, and a sensor unit 21 for counting the number of steps in step-counting operation mode 20.
  • Data, measured using the blood glucose measurement unit 11 and the sensor unit 21, is transmitted to a central processing unit 30 and then stored in and processed by the central processing unit 30. Further, the central processing unit 30 transmits a signal related to the processed data to the display unit 40, and the display unit 40 displays the signal.
  • the blood glucose measurement unit 11 is an element for measuring a blood glucose level in the blood in such a way as to drop the blood of a user down into a test strip. There is no restriction for a method of measuring a blood glucose level.
  • a low power sensor is used as the sensor unit 21 due to the nature of the blood glucose meter. For example, it is preferable to use an electro-mechanical switch or a piezoelectric-type sensor, which consumes low power, to an acceleration sensor. The reason is that a low power sensor has a simple circuit configuration and low power consumption compared to an acceleration sensor, thereby smoothly implementing a desired operation.
  • the central processing unit 30 includes a central processing element capable of storing data from the blood glucose measurement unit 11 and the sensor unit 21 and capable of performing data processing such as the calculation of the amount of exercise based on the data.
  • the display unit 40 is an element which outputs data from the central processing unit 30, and can include a display element, such as a Light-Emitting Diode (LED) or a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). Further, the display unit 40 may output an auditory alarm, such as beep, as well as may perform visual display using the display element.
  • a display element such as a Light-Emitting Diode (LED) or a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD).
  • the display unit 40 may output an auditory alarm, such as beep, as well as may perform visual display using the display element.
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function includes displaying a selection window for blood glucose measurement mode and step-counting operation mode at step S10; selecting the blood glucose measurement mode from the selection window at step S20; measuring a blood glucose level in the blood glucose measurement mode; and converting the measured blood glucose level into data and storing the resulting data in the central processing unit, and calculating the count of the number of critical steps of the measured blood glucose level using the central processing unit and displaying the count of the number of critical steps on the display unit using the central processing unit at step S40.
  • the method of controlling the amount of exercise may further include selecting the step-counting operation mode from the selection window at step S50; counting the number of steps of a user in the step-counting operation mode at step S60; calculating the amount of exercise of the unit number of steps based on previously stored information about the height and weight of the user with respect to the counted number of steps using the central processing unit at step S70; and continuously displaying the results of the count of the number of steps and the amount of exercise on the display unit at step S80.
  • the method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function will be described below in more detail.
  • the selection window for the blood glucose measurement mode and the step-counting operation mode is displayed at step S10.
  • a blood glucose level is measured based on an instruction in the blood glucose measurement mode at step S30.
  • the method of measuring a blood glucose level performed in such a way that a test strip, into which a user dropped his/her blood, is inserted into the measurement unit of the blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to the present invention, and the blood glucose meter measures a blood glucose level in the blood on the test strip.
  • data about the measured blood glucose level is stored in the central processing unit, and the central processing unit calculates the count of the number of critical steps of the measured blood glucose level, and displays the count of the number of critical steps on the display unit at step S40.
  • the user can primarily control the amount of exercise based on above-described steps S10 to S40. Since the central processing unit calculates the count of the number of critical steps of the measured blood glucose level of the user and displays the count of the number of critical steps on the display unit at above-described step S40, the user can be aware of the displayed number of critical steps and can control the amount of his/her exercise.
  • the calculation of the count of the number of critical steps of the measured blood glucose level of the user is performed in such a way as to calculate the count of the number of steps of the minimum safe range of blood glucose levels, at which hypoglycemia shocks can be prevented, using a formula stored in the central processing unit, and to display the count of the number of critical steps on the display unit.
  • the count of the number of critical steps may be determined using a preset arbitrary value or a value set by a user.
  • the number of critical steps may be displayed using an arbitrary value which was previously set when a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function was manufactured, or the number of critical steps may be determined using a value which is separately set by a user.
  • the central processing unit transmits information, indicative of the count of the number of critical steps which is “0”, to the display unit, and the display unit outputs visible and/or auditory alarm signals to the outside.
  • the visible and/or auditory alarm signals are continuously maintained, so that there is an advantage of attracting attention when the user is not aware of the critical blood glucose level and continues exercising.
  • the visible alarm signal may be configured using method of displaying an alarm signal on the display
  • the auditory alarm signal may be configured using a method of outputting a beep sound. Therefore, the user can effectively control the amount of exercise in response to the continuous visual and/or auditory alarm signals.
  • step S40 may be configured using a method of the central processing unit calculating the count of the number of critical steps and the amount of critical exercise of a blood glucose level measured based on the previously stored personal information, such as information about the height and weight of a user, and displaying the count of the number of critical steps and the amount of critical exercise on the display unit at the same time.
  • Such method has an advantage of minimizing the range of errors of the count of the number of critical steps and amount of critical exercise of a user.
  • a user can secondarily control the amount of exercise using steps S50 to S80 which will be described below.
  • the sensor unit in the step-counting operation mode counts the number of steps of the user at step S60.
  • the central processing unit calculates the amount of exercise per unit number of steps based on the previously stored information about the height and weight of the user at step S70. The results of the count of the number of steps and the amount of exercise, which were calculated by the central processing unit, are continuously displayed on the display unit at step S80.
  • the user can be aware of the number of current steps and the amount of exercise based on the count of the number of steps during exercise, and can be aware of the count of the number of critical steps and the amount of critical exercise at the same time, so that the user can take exercise corresponding to the amount of appropriate exercise for the user. Consequentially, the amount of appropriate exercise for the user can prevent a problem of hypoglycemia shocks or reduction in strength attributable to excessive exercise from occurring.
  • the display unit can output a visual or auditory alarm signal, and send the alarm signal to the user.
  • Such visual or auditory alarm signal may be configured using a method of displaying an alarm signal on the display unit and/or outputting a beep sound, as described above.
  • the method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function can automatically calculate the range of the amounts of appropriate exercise based on a measured blood glucose level, so that there is an advantage of especially diabetics, in which excessive exercise may affect their health, conveniently and usefully using the method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function.

Abstract

A method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function is disclosed. A selection window for blood glucose measurement mode and step-counting operation mode is displayed. The blood glucose measurement mode is selected from the selection window. A blood glucose level is measured in the blood glucose measurement mode. The measured blood glucose level is converted into data and the resulting data is stored in a central processing unit. The central processing unit determines the count of the number of critical steps of the measured blood glucose level, and displays the count of the number of critical steps on a display unit.

Description

METHOD OF CONTROLLING AMOUNT OF EXERCISE USING BLOOD GLUCOSE METER HAVING STEP-COUNTER FUNCTION
The present invention relates, in general, to a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function, and, more particularly, to a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function, which can set the amount of appropriate exercise depending on a measured blood glucose level, and can effectively control the set amount of appropriate exercise.
A step counter is a machine which is used to measure the number of steps of a user, and can be used to numerically and exactly measure the number of steps of a user, thereby calculating the approximate amount of exercise. Further, a blood glucose meter is a machine which is used to measure a blood glucose level in the blood, and is chiefly used for diabetics to measure their current blood glucose level.
Diabetes mellitus is a kind of metabolic disease that the level of insulin production in the body is insufficient or the normal function of insulin is not performed, and is characterized as hyperglycemia in which glucose concentrations in the blood is high. Recently, exercise cures have been chiefly used in order to prevent abnormal symptoms and signs attributable to such hyperglycemia.
Diabetics take exercise while separately carrying a blood glucose meter, used to check blood glucose levels obtained before and after the exercise, and a step counter, used to measure the amount of their exercise. However, when a blood glucose meter and a step counter are separately carried according to related art methods, there are problems in that it is inconvenient to take exercise, that it is difficult to calculate numerical values related to the amount of exercise measured using a step counter and a blood glucose level measured using a blood glucose meter, and that it is difficult to calculate the amount of appropriate exercise when the amount of exercise needs to be gradually increased.
Therefore, in order to solve the problems of related art, the present inventors developed a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function, which can measure a blood glucose level and the amount of exercise using a single machine, can automatically calculate the range of the amounts of appropriate exercise depending on the measured blood glucose level, and can effectively control the amount of exercise when exercise is taken in excess of the range of the amounts of appropriate exercise.
Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function, which can measure a blood glucose level and the amount of exercise using a single machine.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function, which can automatically calculate the range of the amounts of appropriate exercise depending on a measured blood glucose level.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function, which can effectively control the amount of exercise when exercise is taken in excess of the range of the amounts of appropriate exercise.
A method of controlling an amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to the present invention includes displaying a selection window for blood glucose measurement mode and step-counting operation mode; selecting the blood glucose measurement mode from the selection window; measuring a blood glucose level in the blood glucose measurement mode; and converting the measured blood glucose level into data and storing the resulting data in a central processing unit, determining the count of the number of critical steps of the measured blood glucose level using the central processing unit, and displaying the count of the number of critical steps on a display unit using the central processing unit.
Here, the count of the number of critical steps is determined using a preset arbitrary value or a value set by a user.
The converting, determining, and displaying may include calculating the count of the number of critical steps and the amount of critical exercise of the blood glucose level measured based on previously stored information about the height and weight of a user, and displaying the count of the number of critical steps and the amount of critical exercise on the display unit at the same time using the central processing unit.
The method of controlling an amount of exercise, further includes, after the converting, determining, and displaying, selecting the step-counting operation mode from the selection window; counting the number of steps of the user in the step-counting operation mode; calculating the amount of exercise for a unit number of steps based on the previously stored information about the height and weight of the user with respect to the counted number of steps using the central processing unit; and continuously displaying each of results of the count of the number of steps and the amount of exercise on the display unit.
The converting, determining, and displaying may include, when the blood glucose level lower than a preset critical blood glucose level is measured, transmitting information, indicative of the count of the number of critical steps which is 0, to the display unit regardless of exercise of a user using the central processing unit; and continuously outputting a visual or auditory alarm using the display unit using the display unit.
The converting, determining, and displaying may include, when each of the results of the count of the number of steps and the amount of exercise is larger than each of the preset critical count and the amount of exercise, outputting a visual or auditory alarm using the display unit.
The present invention has an advantage of providing a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function, which can measure a blood glucose level and the amount of exercise using a single machine, can automatically calculate the range of the amounts of appropriate exercise depending on the measured blood glucose level, and can effectively control the amount of exercise when exercise is taken in excess of the range of the amounts of appropriate exercise.
The above and other objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the schematic configuration of a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to the present invention; and
FIG. 2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
A method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the schematic configuration of a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to the present invention includes a blood glucose measurement unit 11 for measuring a blood glucose level in blood glucose measurement mode 10, and a sensor unit 21 for counting the number of steps in step-counting operation mode 20. Data, measured using the blood glucose measurement unit 11 and the sensor unit 21, is transmitted to a central processing unit 30 and then stored in and processed by the central processing unit 30. Further, the central processing unit 30 transmits a signal related to the processed data to the display unit 40, and the display unit 40 displays the signal.
The blood glucose measurement unit 11 is an element for measuring a blood glucose level in the blood in such a way as to drop the blood of a user down into a test strip. There is no restriction for a method of measuring a blood glucose level. A low power sensor is used as the sensor unit 21 due to the nature of the blood glucose meter. For example, it is preferable to use an electro-mechanical switch or a piezoelectric-type sensor, which consumes low power, to an acceleration sensor. The reason is that a low power sensor has a simple circuit configuration and low power consumption compared to an acceleration sensor, thereby smoothly implementing a desired operation.
Further, the central processing unit 30 includes a central processing element capable of storing data from the blood glucose measurement unit 11 and the sensor unit 21 and capable of performing data processing such as the calculation of the amount of exercise based on the data. The display unit 40 is an element which outputs data from the central processing unit 30, and can include a display element, such as a Light-Emitting Diode (LED) or a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). Further, the display unit 40 may output an auditory alarm, such as beep, as well as may perform visual display using the display element.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 2, the method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to the present invention includes displaying a selection window for blood glucose measurement mode and step-counting operation mode at step S10; selecting the blood glucose measurement mode from the selection window at step S20; measuring a blood glucose level in the blood glucose measurement mode; and converting the measured blood glucose level into data and storing the resulting data in the central processing unit, and calculating the count of the number of critical steps of the measured blood glucose level using the central processing unit and displaying the count of the number of critical steps on the display unit using the central processing unit at step S40. Further, after step S40 is performed, the method of controlling the amount of exercise may further include selecting the step-counting operation mode from the selection window at step S50; counting the number of steps of a user in the step-counting operation mode at step S60; calculating the amount of exercise of the unit number of steps based on previously stored information about the height and weight of the user with respect to the counted number of steps using the central processing unit at step S70; and continuously displaying the results of the count of the number of steps and the amount of exercise on the display unit at step S80. The method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described below in more detail.
First, when power is applied to the blood glucose meter, the selection window for the blood glucose measurement mode and the step-counting operation mode is displayed at step S10.
If the blood glucose measurement mode is selected from the selection window of step S10 at step S20, a blood glucose level is measured based on an instruction in the blood glucose measurement mode at step S30. As described above, the method of measuring a blood glucose level performed in such a way that a test strip, into which a user dropped his/her blood, is inserted into the measurement unit of the blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to the present invention, and the blood glucose meter measures a blood glucose level in the blood on the test strip. Thereafter, data about the measured blood glucose level is stored in the central processing unit, and the central processing unit calculates the count of the number of critical steps of the measured blood glucose level, and displays the count of the number of critical steps on the display unit at step S40.
The user can primarily control the amount of exercise based on above-described steps S10 to S40. Since the central processing unit calculates the count of the number of critical steps of the measured blood glucose level of the user and displays the count of the number of critical steps on the display unit at above-described step S40, the user can be aware of the displayed number of critical steps and can control the amount of his/her exercise. The calculation of the count of the number of critical steps of the measured blood glucose level of the user is performed in such a way as to calculate the count of the number of steps of the minimum safe range of blood glucose levels, at which hypoglycemia shocks can be prevented, using a formula stored in the central processing unit, and to display the count of the number of critical steps on the display unit.
Further, the count of the number of critical steps may be determined using a preset arbitrary value or a value set by a user. For example, the number of critical steps may be displayed using an arbitrary value which was previously set when a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function was manufactured, or the number of critical steps may be determined using a value which is separately set by a user.
If the blood glucose level lower than a preset critical blood glucose level is measured, for example, if the blood glucose level lower than 60 mg/㎗ is measured and it is determined that hypoglycemia shocks may occur at step S40, the central processing unit transmits information, indicative of the count of the number of critical steps which is “0”, to the display unit, and the display unit outputs visible and/or auditory alarm signals to the outside. Here, the visible and/or auditory alarm signals are continuously maintained, so that there is an advantage of attracting attention when the user is not aware of the critical blood glucose level and continues exercising. Further, the visible alarm signal may be configured using method of displaying an alarm signal on the display, and the auditory alarm signal may be configured using a method of outputting a beep sound. Therefore, the user can effectively control the amount of exercise in response to the continuous visual and/or auditory alarm signals.
However, when the amount of critical exercise for a user is not properly calculated using the above-described methods or when errors are large, step S40 may be configured using a method of the central processing unit calculating the count of the number of critical steps and the amount of critical exercise of a blood glucose level measured based on the previously stored personal information, such as information about the height and weight of a user, and displaying the count of the number of critical steps and the amount of critical exercise on the display unit at the same time. Such method has an advantage of minimizing the range of errors of the count of the number of critical steps and amount of critical exercise of a user.
Further, a user can secondarily control the amount of exercise using steps S50 to S80 which will be described below. If the user selects the step-counting operation mode at step S50, the sensor unit in the step-counting operation mode counts the number of steps of the user at step S60. Thereafter, on the basis of the counted number of steps, the central processing unit calculates the amount of exercise per unit number of steps based on the previously stored information about the height and weight of the user at step S70. The results of the count of the number of steps and the amount of exercise, which were calculated by the central processing unit, are continuously displayed on the display unit at step S80. In this process, the user can be aware of the number of current steps and the amount of exercise based on the count of the number of steps during exercise, and can be aware of the count of the number of critical steps and the amount of critical exercise at the same time, so that the user can take exercise corresponding to the amount of appropriate exercise for the user. Consequentially, the amount of appropriate exercise for the user can prevent a problem of hypoglycemia shocks or reduction in strength attributable to excessive exercise from occurring.
If a user is not aware of the above-described count of the number of critical steps and the amount of critical exercise during exercise or if the number of steps and the amount of exercise based on the number of steps exceed the count of the number of critical steps and the amount of critical exercise, respectively, the display unit can output a visual or auditory alarm signal, and send the alarm signal to the user. Such visual or auditory alarm signal may be configured using a method of displaying an alarm signal on the display unit and/or outputting a beep sound, as described above.
Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.
The method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function according to the present invention can automatically calculate the range of the amounts of appropriate exercise based on a measured blood glucose level, so that there is an advantage of especially diabetics, in which excessive exercise may affect their health, conveniently and usefully using the method of controlling the amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function.

Claims (6)

  1. A method of controlling an amount of exercise using a blood glucose meter having a step-counter function, comprising:
    displaying a selection window for blood glucose measurement mode and step-counting operation mode;
    selecting the blood glucose measurement mode from the selection window;
    measuring a blood glucose level in the blood glucose measurement mode; and
    converting the measured blood glucose level into data and storing the resulting data in a central processing unit, determining a count of a number of critical steps of the measured blood glucose level using the central processing unit, and displaying the count of the number of critical steps on a display unit using the central processing unit.
  2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the count of the number of critical steps is determined using a preset arbitrary value or a value set by a user.
  3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the converting, determining, and displaying comprises calculating the count of the number of critical steps and an amount of critical exercise of the blood glucose level measured based on previously stored information about height and weight of a user, and displaying the count of the number of critical steps and the amount of critical exercise on the display unit at the same time using the central processing unit.
  4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, after the converting, determining, and displaying, further comprising:
    selecting the step-counting operation mode from the selection window;
    counting a number of steps of the user in the step-counting operation mode;
    calculating an amount of exercise for a unit number of steps based on the previously stored information about the height and weight of the user with respect to the counted number of steps using the central processing unit; and
    continuously displaying each of results of the count of the number of steps and the amount of exercise on the display unit.
  5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the converting, determining, and displaying comprises, when the blood glucose level lower than a preset critical blood glucose level is measured, transmitting information, indicative of the count of the number of critical steps which is 0, to the display unit regardless of exercise of a user using the central processing unit; and continuously outputting a visual or auditory alarm using the display unit using the display unit.
  6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the converting, determining, and displaying comprises, when each of the results of the count of the number of steps and the amount of exercise is larger than each of the preset critical count and the amount of exercise, outputting a visual or auditory alarm using the display unit.
PCT/KR2011/003159 2011-04-13 2011-04-28 Method of controlling amount of exercise using blood glucose meter having step-counter function WO2012141367A2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
KR1020110034101A KR20120116581A (en) 2011-04-13 2011-04-13 Method of controlling momentum by using blood glucose test meter having walking counter function
KR10-2011-0034101 2011-04-13

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2012141367A2 true WO2012141367A2 (en) 2012-10-18
WO2012141367A3 WO2012141367A3 (en) 2013-03-14

Family

ID=47009783

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/KR2011/003159 WO2012141367A2 (en) 2011-04-13 2011-04-28 Method of controlling amount of exercise using blood glucose meter having step-counter function

Country Status (2)

Country Link
KR (1) KR20120116581A (en)
WO (1) WO2012141367A2 (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN110132311A (en) * 2019-06-12 2019-08-16 广东小天才科技有限公司 Step counting test method, system, step counting test equipment and storage medium

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6379301B1 (en) * 1997-01-10 2002-04-30 Health Hero Network, Inc. Diabetes management system and method for controlling blood glucose
US6827702B2 (en) * 2001-09-07 2004-12-07 Medtronic Minimed, Inc. Safety limits for closed-loop infusion pump control
US20060094947A1 (en) * 2000-03-29 2006-05-04 Kovatchev Boris P Method, system, and computer program product for the evaluation of glycemic control in diabetes from self-monitoring data
US20090299276A1 (en) * 2004-02-26 2009-12-03 Dexcom, Inc. Integrated delivery device for continuous glucose sensor

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6379301B1 (en) * 1997-01-10 2002-04-30 Health Hero Network, Inc. Diabetes management system and method for controlling blood glucose
US20060094947A1 (en) * 2000-03-29 2006-05-04 Kovatchev Boris P Method, system, and computer program product for the evaluation of glycemic control in diabetes from self-monitoring data
US6827702B2 (en) * 2001-09-07 2004-12-07 Medtronic Minimed, Inc. Safety limits for closed-loop infusion pump control
US20090299276A1 (en) * 2004-02-26 2009-12-03 Dexcom, Inc. Integrated delivery device for continuous glucose sensor

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN110132311A (en) * 2019-06-12 2019-08-16 广东小天才科技有限公司 Step counting test method, system, step counting test equipment and storage medium

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
WO2012141367A3 (en) 2013-03-14
KR20120116581A (en) 2012-10-23

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US10448928B2 (en) Method and device for detecting physiological index
US9662072B2 (en) Exercise information detecting apparatus, exercise information detecting method, and computer-readable storage medium having exercise information detection program stored thereon
US8818752B2 (en) Biological information acquiring system and biological information acquiring method
KR101141251B1 (en) Method of Measuring Blood Glucose Using Blood Glucose Test Meter Having Walking Counter Function
US20190234792A1 (en) Removable handheld unit
EP1836956A2 (en) Activity-induced energy expenditure estimating instrument
JP2008048382A (en) Diabetes mellitus management apparatus for detecting analytes, and method for transmitting data selectively
RU2012146350A (en) METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DISPLAYING DATA OF ANALYTICAL SENSOR
WO2010127169A3 (en) Performance reports associated with continuous sensor data from multiple analysis time periods
JP2017086524A (en) Fatigue degree control device, fatigue degree control system and fatigue degree determination method
CN102430170A (en) Weight measuring intelligent transfusion monitoring system
CA3042837A1 (en) A computer-implemented method and a portable device for analyzing glucose monitoring data indicative of a glucose level in a bodily fluid, and a computer program product
US20170193854A1 (en) Smart wearable device and health monitoring method
JP2013039316A (en) Underwater kinesimeter
CN105488331B (en) Data processing method and device
CN105138844B (en) A kind of information processing method, device and smartwatch
JP2010165088A (en) Pedometer, and method of counting steps
WO2012141367A2 (en) Method of controlling amount of exercise using blood glucose meter having step-counter function
TW201621310A (en) Blood glucose meter with low cost user interface having programmed graphic indicators
US10849570B2 (en) Detection apparatus, detection method, and program
JP6160819B2 (en) Weight measuring device, biological measuring device, and weight measuring program
US20190313951A1 (en) Organism analyzing apparatus and organism analyzing method
EP2695577A1 (en) Energy consumption estimator
CN211013209U (en) Domestic intelligent human health management device
US9451907B2 (en) Measuring apparatus

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application

Ref document number: 11863428

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A2

NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: DE

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase

Ref document number: 11863428

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A2