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App. No. 17/645,555

BIOLOGICAL-DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, BIOLOGICAL-DATA MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

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App. No.
17/645,555
Abstract

A biological-data processing apparatus includes a processor; and a memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to execute performing an addition-averaging process every time an addition count of biological data reaches a predetermined count, the biological data being measured in response to a trigger signal associated with a stimulus applied to one or more parts; storing, in a storage, addition-average data resulting from the addition-averaging process performed for each of the stimulated one or more parts, in association with the addition count in the addition-average data; and performing a biological data process based on the biological data, by using the addition-average data corresponding to each of the stimulated one or more parts, the addition-average data being acquired by referring to the storage based on the addition count that is specified.

Claims (58)

1 . A biological-data processing apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to execute:

performing an addition-averaging process every time an addition count of biological data reaches a predetermined count, the biological data being measured in response to a trigger signal associated with a stimulus applied to one or more parts;

storing, in a storage, addition-average data resulting from the addition-averaging process performed for each of the stimulated one or more parts, in association with the addition count in the addition-average data; and

performing a biological data process based on the biological data, by using the addition-average data corresponding to each of the stimulated one or more parts, the addition-average data being acquired by referring to the storage based on the addition count that is specified.

2 . The biological-data processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the biological data is biomagneticfield data of a biomagneticfield generated by a living body, and

the biological data process is performed by estimating an intensity of an action current for each of the stimulated one or more parts in the living body, based on the biomagneticfield data.

3 . The biological-data processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further caused to execute:

accepting a specification of the addition count.

4 . The biological-data processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further caused to execute:

accepting a specification of the predetermined count.

5 . The biological-data processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further caused to execute:

accepting a specification of an update interval count, wherein

the predetermined count is automatically updated to a count obtained by adding the accepted update interval count to the predetermined count, every time the addition count reaches the predetermined count.

6 . The biological-data processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further caused to execute:

switching a method of performing the biological data process according to the addition count.

7 . The biological-data processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the switching includes switching the method only in response to determining that the addition count corresponds to a total addition count,

the biological data process is performed at a high speed compared to a case where the addition count corresponds to the total addition count, in response to determining that the addition count does not correspond to the total addition count, and

the biological data process is performed with high precision compared to a case where the addition count does not correspond to the total addition count, in response to determining that the addition count corresponds to the total addition count.

8 . A biological-data measurement system comprising:

the biological-data processing apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

a measurement apparatus configured to perform measurement of a living body.

9 . The biological-data measurement system according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is further caused to execute:

controlling the measurement apparatus to discontinue or extend the measurement based on a processing result of the biological data process.

10 . The biological-data measurement system according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is further caused to execute:

displaying, on a display, the processing result of the biological data process,

accepting an instruction to either discontinue or extend the measurement by the measurement apparatus, and

controlling the measurement apparatus to discontinue or extend the measurement according to the instruction.

11 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

performing an addition-averaging process every time an addition count of biological data reaches a predetermined count, the biological data being measured in response to a trigger signal associated with a stimulus applied to one or more parts;

storing, in a storage, addition-average data resulting from the addition-averaging process performed for each of the stimulated one or more parts, in association with the addition count in the addition-average data; and

performing a biological data process based on the biological data, by using the addition-average data corresponding to each of the stimulated one or more parts, the addition-average data being acquired by referring to the storage based on the addition count that is specified.

12 . A biological-data processing apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to execute:

performing a segment addition-averaging process on biological data every time an addition count of the biological data according to a trigger signal reaches a predetermined count;

storing, in a storage, segment addition data resulting from a plurality of the segment addition-averaging processes, in association with the addition count in the segment addition data;

displaying, on a display, the segment addition data; and

performing an addition-averaging process to acquire addition-average data, the addition-averaging process being performed on any piece of the segment addition data among the segment addition data acquired by referring to the storage.

13 . The biological-data processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is further caused to execute:

performing a biological data process based on the biological data, with respect to at least one of the segment addition data or the addition-average data.

14 . The biological-data processing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein

the biological data is biomagneticfield data of a biomagneticfield generated by a living body, and

the biological data process includes at least one of a process of estimating an intensity of an action current in the living body based on the biomagneticfield data or a process of performing frequency analysis on the biomagneticfield data, and

the displaying includes displaying a result of the biological data process on the display.

15 . The biological-data processing apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein

the displaying includes displaying a plurality of pieces of the segment addition data side-by-side with a plurality of pieces of the addition-average data.

16 . A biological-data processing apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to execute:

performing a segment addition-averaging process on biological data every time an addition count of the biological data according to a trigger signal reaches a predetermined count;

displaying, on a display, segment addition data resulting from the segment addition-averaging process;

storing, in a storage, all epoch data associated with the trigger signal, and

performing an addition-averaging process to acquire addition-average data, the addition-averaging process being performed upon selecting any piece of epoch data among all of the epoch data acquired by referring to the storage.

17 . The biological-data processing apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the predetermined count and a segment width are set separately.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY
To: INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TOKYO
Reel/Frame 069747/0188 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2024
From: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
To: INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TOKYO
Reel/Frame 069595/0934 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2022
From: HOSHI, FUMIKAZU; MIYANO, YUKI; YAMAGATA, HIDEAKI; KAWABATA, SHIGENORI; NAGAOKA, NOBUYORI; WATANABE, TAISHI
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 059062/0109 →