IP Library Granted Patent US 8,145,267
Granted Patent B2
US 8,145,267 · App. 12/664,768 · Granted Mar 27, 2012

Biological sample measurement apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,145,267
App. No.
12/664,768
Granted
Mar 27, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A biological sample measurement apparatus includes a measurement component for detecting a blood glucose level, a transmitter for sending the detected blood glucose level to a portable terminal, a receiver for receiving an acknowledge signal and a portable terminal ID sent from the portable terminal, a storage component for associating the communication frequency at the point of successful communication with the received portable terminal ID and storing it as communication success history along with successful information from the past, and a communication frequency selector for selecting a communication frequency on the basis of this communication success history.

Claims (19)

1. A biological sample measurement apparatus for having wireless communication with a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a biological data measurement component configured to measure biological data;

a transmitter configured to establish communication with the portable terminal using a specific communication frequency, and send the biological data measured by the biological data measurement component to the portable terminal;

a receiver configured to receive a portable terminal individual identification number and a communication success signal sent back from the portable terminal, the communication success signal indicating that communication has been established with the portable terminal using the specific communication frequency;

a storage component configured to store as communication success history the specific communication frequency and the portable terminal individual identification number so as to be associated with the specific communication frequency when the receiver has received the communication success signal; and

a communication frequency selector configured to select the specific communication frequency and the portable terminal individual identification number associated with the specific communication frequency before the transmitter starts communication with the portable terminal.

2. The biological sample measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the communication frequency selector selects, for the specific communication frequency, a communication frequency from among the communication success history in time series order, going backward from the most recent communication frequency.

3. The biological sample measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the communication frequency selector selects, for the specific communication frequency, a first communication frequency and a first terminal individual identification number associated with the selected first communication frequency; and

when the transmitter fails to establish communication with a portable terminal using the selected first communication frequency, the communication frequency selector further selects, for the specific communication frequency, a second communication frequency that has been stored in the storage component and is associated with the first terminal individual identification number.

4. The biological sample measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the communication frequency selector selects, for the specific communication frequency, a communication frequency from among the most recent communication frequencies for the communication frequencies stored in association with each portable terminal individual identification number.

5. The biological sample measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the communication frequency selector selects, for the specific communication frequency, a communication frequency in descending order of the storage count for each portable terminal individual identification number in the communication success history.

6. The biological sample measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in the communication success history, when the storage count is the same in number for different portable terminal individual identification numbers, the communication frequency selector selects, for the specific communication frequency, a communication frequency from among the communication frequencies stored in association with the portable terminal individual identification number that is the same in number as the storage count, in time series order starting with the newest.

7. The biological sample measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an individual identification number input component with which a desired portable terminal individual identification number can be inputted.

8. The biological sample measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the communication frequency selector repeatedly selects, for the specific communication frequency, a communication frequency, focusing on a specific reference frequency and in increasing order of deviation from the specific reference frequency, until the receiver receives the communication success signal or until the deviation reaches or exceeds a specific value.

9. The biological sample measurement apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the deviation is a value obtained by adding or subtracting by a specific frequency value at a time.

10. The biological sample measurement apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the communication frequency selector selects, for the specific communication frequency, a communication frequency in increasing order of deviation from a communication frequency selected when the receiver has received the communication success signal, and searches for a receivable frequency band that is a range of communication frequencies over which the receiver can receive the communication success signal.

11. The biological sample measurement apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the storage component stores as the optimal frequency a central frequency of the receivable frequency band.

12. The biological sample measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the receiver has failed to properly receive the communication success signal even though the transmitter has sent the biological data to a portable terminal at the specific communication frequency selected by the communication frequency selector, the transmitter resends the biological data to the portable terminal with the transmission power set to maximum at the selected specific communication frequency.

13. The biological sample measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the biological data measurement component includes a reagent layer connected to a working electrode and a counter electrode, the reagent layer being configured to react with a biological specimen to measure the biological data.

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 29, 2018
From: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046459/0861 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PHC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032785/0498 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 29, 2014
From: PHC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032785/0563 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2014
From: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032480/0433 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032360/0795 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2010
From: OKUDA, EIJI; OOZAWA, AKIYOSHI; MANABE, KAZUO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024020/0918 →