Biological information measuring device and control method thereof

A control method of a biological information measuring device which measures biological information of a user,

• wherein the biological information measuring device includes:
• a finger insertion part into which a finger of the user is inserted;
• a first light source which emits, to the finger insertion part, first light having a first wavelength;
• a second light source which emits, to the finger insertion part, second light having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength;
• a first light-receiving unit configured to receive first reception light which is the first light transmitted through the finger or reflected from the finger;
• a second light-receiving unit configured to receive second reception light which is the second light transmitted through the finger or reflected from the finger,
• said control method comprising:
• determining a timing at which a vein pattern of the user is to be measured so that the timing changes for each predetermined measurement period;
• measuring a vein pattern of the user based on the first reception light received by the first light-receiving unit;
• measuring biological data of the user based on the second reception light received by the second light-receiving unit;
• and
• transmitting, to an external server, a measurement result of the vein pattern and a measurement result of the biological data,
• in said measuring of biological data, the biological data is measured a predetermined number of times in a predetermined measurement period, and a value obtained from the measurement results of the biological data measured the predetermined number of times is determined as one measurement result of biological data, and
• in said measuring of a vein pattern, the vein pattern of the user is measured with the determined timing in the predetermined measurement period.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for use in a computer, the recording medium having a computer program recorded thereon for causing the computer to execute:

• determining a timing at which a vein pattern of a user is to be measured so that the timing changes for each predetermined measurement period;
• measuring a vein pattern of a user based on transmitted light or reflected light, the transmitted light being first light having a first wavelength that is emitted to a finger insertion part by a first light source and transmitted through a finger of the user, the reflected light being the first light reflected from the finger, and the finger being inserted into the finger insertion part;
• measuring biological data of the user based on transmitted light or reflected light, the transmitted light being second light having a second wavelength that is emitted to the finger insertion part by a second light source and transmitted through the finger, the reflected light being the second light reflected from the finger, and the second wavelength being different from the first wavelength;
• and
• transmitting, to an external server, a measurement result of the vein pattern and a measurement result of the biological data,
• wherein in said measuring of biological data, the biological data is measured a predetermined number of times in a predetermined measurement period, and a value obtained from the measurement results of the biological data measured the predetermined number of times is determined as one measurement result of biological data, and
• in said measuring of a vein pattern, the vein pattern of the user is measured with the determined timing in the predetermined measurement period.

An integrated circuit comprising:

• a calculating unit configured to (i) measure a vein pattern of a user based on transmitted light or reflected light, the transmitted light being first light having a first wavelength that is emitted to a finger insertion part by a first light source and transmitted through a finger of the user, the reflected light being the first light reflected from the finger, and the finger being inserted into the finger insertion part, and (ii) measure biological data of the user based on transmitted light or reflected light, the transmitted light being second light having a second wavelength that is emitted to the finger insertion part by a second light source and transmitted through the finger, the reflected light being the second light reflected from the finger, and the second wavelength being different from the first wavelength;
• a transmitting and receiving unit configured to transmit, to an external server, a measurement result of the vein pattern and a measurement result of the biological data;
• and
• a control unit configured to determine a timing at which the vein pattern of the user is to be measured so that the timing changes for each predetermined measurement period,
• wherein said calculating unit is configured to measure the biological data a predetermined number of times in a predetermined measurement period, determine a value obtained from the measurement results of the biological data measured the predetermined number of times as one measurement result of biological data, and measure the vein pattern in the predetermined measurement period.

A biological information measuring system comprising a biological information measuring device which measures biological information of a user and a server which receives the biological information measured by said biological information measuring device and registers the received biological information into a database,

• wherein said biological information measuring device includes:
• a finger insertion part into which a finger of the user is inserted;
• a first light source which emits, to said finger insertion part, first light having a first wavelength;
• a second light source which emits, to said finger insertion part, second light having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength;
• a first light-receiving unit configured to receive first reception light which is the first light transmitted through the finger or reflected from the finger;
• a second light-receiving unit configured to receive second reception light which is the second light transmitted through the finger or reflected from the finger;
• a calculating unit configured to measure a vein pattern of the user based on the first reception light, and measure biological data of the user based on the second reception light;
• and
• a transmitting and receiving unit configured to transmit, to said server, a measurement result of the vein pattern and a measurement result of the biological data;
• and
• a control unit configured to determine a timing at which the vein pattern of the user is to be measured so that the timing changes for each predetermined measurement period,
• wherein said calculating unit is configured to measure the biological data a predetermined number of times in a predetermined measurement period, determine a value obtained from the measurement results of the biological data measured the predetermined number of times as one measurement result of biological data, and measure the vein pattern in the predetermined measurement period, and
• said server includes:
• a transmitting and receiving unit configured to receive, from said biological information measuring device, the measurement result of the vein pattern and the measurement result of the biological data;
• a memory which stores, for each user, a measurement result of a vein pattern in advance;
• and
• a control unit configured to write, when the measurement result of the vein pattern received by said transmitting and receiving unit matches the measurement result of the vein pattern stored in advance in said memory, the measurement result of the vein pattern received by said transmitting and receiving unit in association with the measurement result of the vein pattern stored in advance in said memory, into said memory.