JPH0455066B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Industrial Application Field The present invention measures the basal body temperature of a human being, stores the measured temperature in a memory every day, and memorizes the start date of menstruation. This invention relates to an electronic recording thermometer device used for managing health conditions.

(b) Conventional technology The basal body temperature method and the Ogino method have been known as methods for managing women's health conditions. The basal body temperature method records the basal body temperature measured every day and determines the state of health based on this data.On the other hand, the Ogino method memorizes the start date of menstruation and calculates the current state based on the menstrual cycle calculated from this. It tells you about your health condition. In these methods, it is necessary to record past data, but it is troublesome to record it every day, and errors due to transcription are likely to occur.

Therefore, in recent years, electronic recording thermometer devices have been developed that store these data in a memory and display them graphically as needed. Here, the basal body temperature is based on the first day of menstruation, and based on this, it is possible to know the physical condition by checking the change in basal body temperature until the next menstruation. When displaying a graph using an electronic recording thermometer, the left end of the graph is fixed to the start date of menstruation, and the daily basal body temperature is displayed based on that date. To create such a system, it is necessary to perform an operation to update the month on the first day of menstruation, and by performing this operation, a graph for the next new month is displayed with the first day of menstruation as the left end. In other words, the menstrual cycle is considered to be one month, and a graph is displayed for each month. In such a case, the basal body temperature graph moves to the right by one scale per day, with temperature on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis. Basal body temperature patterns vary depending on the individual, but the standard pattern is said to be 28 days. However, if you become pregnant, or if your physical condition delays the start of your menstruation, the basal body temperature graph may shift in the time axis direction and exceed the displayable range. When displaying a graph in such a case, it is necessary to divide the graph into a plurality of parts due to limitations of the display device. in this case,
On the first screen, the left edge of the graph is the start date of menstruation, but on the next screen, the left edge of the graph is not the true start date of menstruation, so you need to be careful when determining your physical condition and it is difficult to understand. There is.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems. The aim is to clarify the start date of menstruation even in cases where the date of menstruation begins.

(d) Means for Solving Problems The electronic recording thermometer device of the present invention includes a thermometer section for measuring a person's body temperature, a memory for storing temperature data of the thermometer section, and a memory for storing temperature data stored in the memory. An electronic recording thermometer device having a display means for displaying a graph, wherein the graph display means includes a display section for displaying temperature data for about one month, and displays temperature data in order from the left end of the display section. a display section, a monthly marker display section for displaying monthly information of the temperature data displayed on the display section, and a monthly marker display section for storing that the number of days in one menstrual cycle exceeds the displayable range of the temperature data display section. a marker storage section; and a monthly marker display control section that controls the display state of the monthly marker display section based on the data stored in the monthly marker storage section, and one menstrual cycle is a displayable range of the temperature data display section. By changing the display state of the month marker when the temperature exceeds 1, it is displayed that the left end of the graph displayed on the temperature data display section is not the start date of menstruation.

(E) Effect Data based on a woman's basal body temperature requires accumulation of data from several menstrual cycles. Also, although the menstrual cycle varies from person to person, the basic cycle is 25 to 34 days, and some people have cycles longer than that. In order to reduce the size and weight of this type of electronic recording thermometer by omitting the display part as much as possible, the display part must be limited to about 34 days in order to display one menstrual cycle. And the display part is 34
If the number of days is set, data cannot be displayed at one time for menstrual cycles exceeding this number. Therefore, when basal body temperature is displayed in a graph, if the left end of the graph display is the start date of menstruation, the month marker is configured to light up. However, when the next divided graph is displayed on the screen, the month marker blinks to indicate that the left end of the graph does not correspond to the start date of menstruation, alerting the user. Here, the monthly marker is a display that indicates whether the body temperature was measured this month or how many months ago.

(f) Example In order to effectively use data on a woman's basal body temperature and the menstrual cycle obtained from several menstrual start dates, it is necessary to accumulate data for several months.
Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to record body temperature and menstrual cycle up to six months ago.

An example of a graphical representation of basal body temperature is shown in FIG. 1. The 0 in the upper right corner of Figure 1 is a monthly marker indicating that this month's body temperature graph is being displayed.For example, if the graph from one month ago is being displayed, it is 1, and if the graph from six months ago is being displayed. When the graph is being displayed, the display number 6 lights up, which allows you to understand which graph is being displayed. The horizontal axis of the graph has 34 days, so up to 34 days of the menstrual cycle can be displayed on the graph, but longer periods cannot be displayed at once, so if the left end of the graph display is the start date of menstruation, the previous month The marker lights up.
However, when the next divided graph is displayed on the screen, the month marker blinks, indicating that the left edge of the graph is not the start date of menstruation.
Warn users.

Next, we will explain the mechanism to achieve this function. Here, FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the present invention. In the figure, indicates the body temperature measurement circuit (thermometer section), indicates the control circuit that generates various control signals,
is the average body temperature calculation circuit, is the temperature data memory, is the write address control circuit to the temperature memory, is the read address control circuit from the temperature memory, is the clock circuit, is the operation switch, is the converter of the temperature in the temperature data memory into a graph The graph display control circuit is a display memory write control circuit that writes data into the display memory (RAM) as a digital display of body temperature, digital display of a clock, graph display, etc., and is a 36.7℃ line write control circuit.
is display memory (RAM), is display driver,
is a display device, is a memory circuit that memorizes whether the monthly marker is lit or flashes, is a monthly marker display control circuit that indicates which graph is being displayed, and is a monthly marker flag. This is a monthly marker flash control circuit which lights up when the flash memory is in the flash state and lights up when it is in the lighting state. Body temperature is measured by the body temperature measurement circuit, and the body temperature data is written to the display memory (RAM) through the display memory write control circuit and displayed digitally. When the temperature measurement is completed, the temperature data is stored in the temperature data memory at the address specified by the write control address circuit. At the same time, the body temperature data is sent to the average body temperature calculation circuit to calculate and store the average body temperature. When the date is updated by the clock circuit of , the write address of is updated by one by the control circuit of . As a result, the basal body temperature measured every day is stored one after another in the display memory.

Here, the graph display means includes a display memory write control circuit, a 36.7°C line write control circuit, a display memory (RAM), a display driver, a display device, a graph display control circuit, a monthly marker flash memory circuit, and a monthly marker display control circuit. Circuit〓〓,
It consists of a monthly marker flash control circuit. And the operation switch GRAPH
When turned ON, the address of the read address control circuit is set to the address where the temperature data corresponding to the left end of the graph is stored, and the corresponding temperature data is called out.
is input to the graph display control circuit. In the graph display control circuit, the data is converted to the length of a bar graph such that the average body temperature is at the center of the graph. The display memory write control circuit writes the length of the bar graph obtained in , to a predetermined address in the display memory. In the 36.7°C line write control circuit, the light is turned off when the bar graph and the 36.7°C line intersect, and the light is turned on when the bar graph and the 36.7°C line do not intersect. Display memory (RAM)
The data entered is processed by the display driver of
displayed on the display device. By updating the temperature data reading address control circuit address by one when the graph display for one day is finished, and repeating the same operation until the graph display for this month is finished,
A graph is displayed.

In this example, when the GRAPH switch is turned on,
This control circuit displays this month's graph, and each time it is turned on, the graph for the corresponding month is displayed, such as 6 months ago, 5 months ago, 4 months ago, 3 months ago, 2 months ago, and 1 month ago. The readout address is controlled by, but it is linked to the display month.
Display month data is preset in the month marker display control circuit. The month marker flash memory circuit has a memory indicating whether or not to flash for each month, and the memory corresponding to the month marker of 〓〓 is sent to . The monthly marker flash control circuit according to the stored data,
When the memory is "0", it is in lighting mode, and the memory is "1".
At the time of , it operates in the flash mode, and the month marker specified by the month marker display control circuit of 〓〓 lights up or flashes.

The monthly marker flash memory circuit will be explained based on FIG. In this example, the memory has seven months' worth of memory including the current month being measured, but each memory has temperature data for this month in memory 1 and temperature data for this month in memory 2, as shown in Figure 3A. It contains temperature data from several months ago and sequentially from six months ago. Each month has a menstrual cycle
Since it is within 34 days, there is no need to flash the month marker and it is stored as none. Next, FIG. 3B shows an example where this month's menstruation is irregular and there is no menstruation even after 34 days, which cannot be displayed on one screen.
Memory 1 stores the new temperature data for this month, but since the month marker needs to be flashed, it is stored with a flash. Memory 2 contains this month's old temperature data, but since flashing is not necessary, it is stored as having no monthly marker flashing. Thereafter, for the temperature data from one month ago to five months ago, flashing of the month marker is no longer necessary, so it is stored as "none".

(g) Effects of the Invention According to the configuration of the present invention, even if the menstrual cycle exceeds the graph display range, the user can distinguish whether the left end of the graph is the start date of menstruation or not. You will be able to judge changes more appropriately.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a graph display of basal body temperature, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the electronic recording thermometer device of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of monthly marker flash memory. ...Body temperature measurement circuit, ...Control circuit, ...
Average body temperature calculation circuit, ...Write address control circuit, ...Read address control circuit, ...Clock circuit, ...Temperature data memory, ...Display memory write control circuit, ...36.7℃ line write control circuit, ...Display memory (RAM), ...
...display driver, ...display device, ...operation switch, ...graph display control circuit, ...monthly marker flash memory circuit, ...monthly marker display control circuit, ...monthly marker flash control circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An electronic recording thermometer device having a thermometer section for measuring a person's body temperature, a memory for storing temperature data of the body temperature section, and a display means for displaying the temperature data stored in the memory in a graph, The graph display means includes a temperature data display section that includes a display section for displaying about one month's worth of temperature data and displays the temperature data in order from the left end of the display section; and a temperature data display section that displays temperature data in order from the left end of the display section; a monthly marker display section for displaying information; a monthly marker storage section for storing that the number of days in one menstrual cycle exceeds the displayable range of the temperature data display section; and a monthly marker display control section that controls a display state of the monthly marker display section, and changes the display state of the monthly marker when one menstrual cycle exceeds a displayable range of the temperature data display section. The electronic recording thermometer device is characterized in that the left end of the graph displayed on the temperature data display unit displays that the left end of the graph is not the start date of menstruation.