Portable device for collecting information about living body

A portable device for collecting information about a user, comprising:

• a case mountable on the user's wrist;
• storage means disposed in the case for storing a plurality of characters;
• character selection means for sequentially selecting the plurality of characters from the storage means;
• a display provided on the case for sequentially displaying the selected plurality of characters;
• input means provided on the case for allowing user input of information about sequentially displayed characters;
• measuring means disposed in the case for measuring elapsed time from the display of the sequentially displayed characters until occurrence of the user input;
• memory means disposed in the case for storing the information input by the user and the time measured by the measuring means;
• control means for controlling operations of the character selecting means and the memory means, the control means having a timer, and, at predetermined time intervals measured by the timer, causing the memory means to store the information input by the user with the input means and the time measured by the measuring means;
• and delaying means for delaying the start of operation of the memory means to cause the memory means to store the information input by the user with the input means and the time measured by the measuring means at a different time delayed from the predetermined time intervals.

A portable device for collecting information about a user, comprising:

• a case;
• a timepiece disposed in the case;
• frontal-lobe-function examining means disposed in the case for executing cognitive ability testing using a display and an input device of the timepiece;
• and analyzing means for analyzing results of the cognitive faculty tests to determine fluctuations in the user's memory faculty while the user performs different activities.