JPH042255B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a women's thermometer that can display pregnancy and expected date of birth.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a woman's basal body temperature is measured, this basal body temperature is stored together with the measurement date, and the woman's ovulation day is calculated based on the basal body temperature data during the required body temperature measurement period. A female thermometer that can display several days before and after the date as the fertile period has been filed by the same applicant as the present application.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The conventional women's thermometer described above has a function of measuring basal body temperature, storing the measured basal body temperature, and recalling the stored basal body temperature along with the date of measurement. It can calculate the day of ovulation and display the fertile period based on the day of ovulation, but as a more advanced function, it can determine pregnancy and display it, as well as calculate the expected date of childbirth. There was a demand for a women's thermometer that could display this information.

Therefore, in the present invention, it is a technical problem to be solved to provide a women's thermometer that satisfies the above requirements.

[Means for solving the problem] The technical means for solving the above problem is to provide a women's thermometer with a function to display the expected date of birth, a calendar function, a means to measure the woman's basal body temperature, and a setting for the first day of menstruation. temperature storage means for storing the measured basal body temperature along with the days of each menstrual cycle of the woman; means for calculating a reference body temperature which is the average temperature of the average body temperature of the patient and the average body temperature of the high temperature period; When two conditions are met: the menstrual period has continued for more than a specified number of days, and a predetermined number of days have passed since the first day of menstruation, a means for determining that the predetermined number of days before the current day is the ovulation day, and a predetermined high temperature period after the low temperature period. means for determining pregnancy when the pregnancy continues for more than a number of days, and means for determining a day after a predetermined number of days counting the day of ovulation as the first day as the expected birth date in the state determined to be pregnant by the means; The present invention further includes a scheduled birth date display means for displaying the expected date of birth.

[Function] According to the women's thermometer with the function of displaying the expected date of birth having the above configuration, the reference body temperature, which is the average body temperature during the low temperature period and the average body temperature during the high temperature period, is calculated based on the basal body temperature stored together with the days of the menstrual cycle. The body temperature has been higher than the reference body temperature and has been higher than the lowest temperature of the current menstrual cycle for more than a prescribed number of days, including the current day, and the prescribed number of days has passed since the first day of menstruation. When the conditions are met,
The predetermined number of days before the current day is determined to be the ovulation day, and the pregnancy is determined when the high temperature period continues for a predetermined number of days or more after the low temperature period, and the day after the predetermined number of days after the ovulation day is counted as the first day. The expected date of birth is determined and the expected date of birth is displayed.

[Example] Next, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an equipment layout diagram showing the panel surface of a female thermometer 1 with a function of displaying the expected date of birth.

As shown in FIG. 1, the panel surface of the women's thermometer 1 with the function of displaying the due date of birth displays AM, PM, and the actual time in the normal display state, while when detecting the woman's body temperature, , a first display 2 consisting of an LCD (liquid crystal) for numerically displaying the body temperature detected by a body temperature detector 30, which will be described later, is installed, and next to it, a first display 2 consisting of an LCD (liquid crystal) is installed to display a number based on the basal body temperature, as will be explained later. The heart mark HM is displayed when it is determined that you are pregnant, and the days of the menstrual cycle with the first day of menstruation as the first day are displayed.
A second display 3 of LCD is installed. Furthermore, next to it, in the normal display state, the month and day of the current day are displayed according to the calendar, but when the preset alarm time arrives, the alarm will be displayed for a specified period of time.
Display the ALM character and also the heart mark above.
A third LCD display 4 is attached that displays the expected birth date, which will be explained later, when a switch 12, which will be described later, is pressed while the HM is lit.
When the alarm time comes, a buzzer 38 (to be described later) sounds for a predetermined period of time, so the temperature is measured within one hour before and after the buzzer 38 sounds, and this temperature measurement data is stored in the microcomputer 31 (to be described later).

Further, the first display 2, the second display 3,
On the lower side where the third display 4 is arranged, the basal body temperature measured for each day of the woman's menstrual cycle is displayed as a bar graph BS, and the average body temperature during the low temperature period and the average body temperature during the high temperature period are displayed. Reference temperature ST which is the average temperature
A graphic display 5 is provided to display the image in a horizontal line. This graphic display 5 is
It is composed of LCD dots, and 27 body temperature display dots are arranged in units of, for example, 0.05°C in the vertical axis direction for each cycle, and the dot for displaying the reference temperature ST is located in the middle of the body temperature display dots. 1 piece, and a bar control period display dot indicating the fertile period in the range of several days before and after the ovulation day, which is calculated by the calculation means described below based on the basal body temperature etc.
BCs are arranged in a horizontal row at the lower end of the body temperature display dots.

In addition, at the upper end of the body temperature display dot, there are predetermined memo items related to conception, such as bleeding, which are important diagnostic materials when a gynecologist diagnoses and provides guidance related to fertility control. , menstrual pain, discharge, sexual intercourse, fever, and administration of drugs such as ovulation-inducing drugs. Memo display dots MD for displaying memos are arranged in a horizontal row. In addition, in order to display each of the above memo display dot MDs according to memo items,
As shown in FIG. 1, a cursor, memo 1, memo 2, memo 3,
The characters Memo 4, Memo 5, and Memo 6 are engraved.
For example, memo 1 could mean "bleeding," memo 2 could mean "menstrual pain," memo 3 could mean "disposables," memo 4 could mean "sexual intercourse," memo 5 could mean "fever," and memo 6 could mean "drug administration." do.

Various operation button switches are arranged on the right side of the graphic display 5.

As shown in FIG. 1, a total of 12 of the various operation button switches described above are arranged in two vertical columns.
At the top, a switch 11 for setting the "month" of the calendar and a switch 12 for setting the "day" are arranged, and below that is arranged for setting the "hour" of the 24-hour display. switch 13,
Switches 14 for setting "minutes" are arranged. Further, on the lower side thereof, there is a switch 15 for setting the "hour" of the alarm time when notifying the person to be temperature measured by an alarm of the time to measure the body temperature.
Switch 1 for setting the alarm time “minutes”
6 are arranged. Also, a left shift switch 17 for shifting the body temperature displayed in the bar graph BS on the graphic display 5 to the left every week, and a right shift switch 18 for shifting it to the right every week. are arranged.

The call switch 19 located on the right side of the bottom floor is
RAM 32 of the microcomputer 31 described later
Temperature measurement data stored in periodic units is called out one file at a time starting from the newest file, and a bar graph is displayed on the graphic display 5 for that file, resulting in a "calling state". When you press this call switch 19 once, the temperature measurement data of the file currently in progress is called up and displayed in a bar graph.The left end of this graph is the first day of menstruation, and as you move to the right, the date of each cycle becomes newer. It will be displayed as follows. If you press it again, the temperature data of the previous file will be displayed.

When the memory switch 20 is pressed, the third display 4 in the normal display state
The date displayed is the first day of your most recent menstrual period.
It is registered in the RAM 32, and the graphic display 5 enters the call state. However, if more than 10 days have not passed since the first day of the previous period, it will not be registered as the first day of the new period.

The memory correction switch 21 is
When is pressed, the display date on the third display 4 of the latest first day of menstruation registered by the memory switch 20 starts blinking. At the same time, the display section showing the temperature on the first display 2 and the display section showing the cycle on the second display 3 become blank, and the graphic display 5 also becomes blank. In this state, use the switches 11 and 12 to set the first day of menstruation to the date you wish to change while looking at the third display 4, and then press the switch 21 that corrected the memory once again. The date displayed on the device 4 stops blinking, and this date is registered as the changed first day of menstruation.

When the check switch 22 is pressed in the call state, the dot at the left end of the graphic display 5 flashes for 5 seconds ± 0.5 seconds at a cycle of 0.4 seconds ± 0.1 seconds, and displays the temperature, cycle date, and first day of menstruation. Displayed on the first display 2, second display 3, and third display 4. When the dot on the left end of the graphic display 5 finishes blinking, the dot on the right side starts blinking and displays the same as above.
In the same way, the bar graph displayed on the graphic display 5 flashes sequentially up to the right end, and the temperature,
and display the first day of menstruation.

When the cancel switch 23 is pressed, the process being executed is canceled and the display returns to the normal display state. Also, the latest body temperature data taken into the RAM 32 is deleted from the registration. However, if it is always displayed and more than 5 minutes ± 15 seconds have not passed since the latest temperature measurement, and the temperature data from the first temperature measurement within 1 hour before and after the alarm time is deleted. can do. Furthermore,
The registration memory of the first day of menstruation which has been erroneously registered can be deleted under the condition that the memory is being corrected.

The mode switch 24 is configured to enable the respective switch operations when pressed at the same time as the switches 11 to 23 described above, that is, to eliminate the state of touching the switches unconsciously, and only when the switches are operated reliably. This is to receive operation signals from each switch.

It should be noted that a temperature measurement switch 30S is attached to the body temperature detector 30 shown in FIG. 2, which is used when measuring the body temperature of the person to be measured, and is pressed at the start of temperature measurement.

Next, the electronic circuit block diagram shown in FIG. 2 will be explained.

As shown in FIG. 2, a microcomputer 31 is provided in the central part of the electronic circuit of the women's thermometer 1 with an expected calculation date display function, as described above, and the microcomputer 31 includes a central processing unit (CPU). ) 31A, the RAM 32, and a ROM 33 storing various calculation control programs;
An input interface 34 and an output interface 35 are provided.

The input interface 34 is connected to each of the switches 11 to 24, and is further connected to a body temperature detector 30 via an A/D converter 36, which is used to measure the body temperature of the person to be measured. , the temperature measuring switch 30S attached to the body temperature detector 30 is connected.

On the other hand, the output counter face 35 includes an LCD (liquid crystal) driver 37 for driving each of the first display 2, second display 3, third display 4, and graphic display 5. Further, a buzzer 38 is connected which is made to sound when the alarm time arrives or when each of the switches 11 to 24 is operated.

Further, the output interface 35 is provided with a print connection interface to which a printer 40 for printing out various data input and stored in the microcomputer 31 can be connected.

Next, determining pregnancy based on the basal body temperature,
The operation for lighting up the heart mark HM, calculating the expected delivery date based on the ovulation date, and displaying it will be explained.

In basal body temperature, after the low temperature period, the high temperature period is 21
If the pregnancy continues for more than one day, the microcomputer 31 determines that she is pregnant, and lights up the heart mark HM from the 21st day until the first day of her next menstrual period.

Furthermore, the microcomputer 31 determines the ovulation day based on the following conditions.

(1) More than 7 days have passed since the first day of menstruation.

(2) The body temperature on that day was higher than the standard body temperature ST and was 0.3℃ or more higher than the lowest body temperature of the current menstrual cycle for 3 days or more, including that day.

If both of the above two conditions are met, 4 on this day
The previous day is regarded as the ovulation day and stored in the RAM 32.

Next, with the ovulation day determined as above as the first day, the 266th day is determined as the expected delivery date.
Store in RAM32. as heart mark HM
is lit, press the "day" switch 12.
When is pressed, the expected birth date is displayed on the third display 4.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, pregnancy can be automatically determined based on the basal body temperature measured and stored with a women's thermometer, and furthermore, pregnancy can be determined based on the basal body temperature and the cycle of the menstrual cycle. The expected date of delivery can be calculated and displayed based on the detected ovulation date, allowing not only gynecologists but also the woman who measured her basal body temperature to know that she is pregnant and giving birth. This has the effect of making it possible to clearly recognize the scheduled date.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a panel view of a women's thermometer with a function of displaying the expected date of birth, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an electronic circuit of the thermometer for women with a function of displaying the expected date of birth. 1...Women's thermometer with expected birth date display function, 2
...First display, 3...Second display, 4...
Third display, 5...Graphic display, 11
~24...Switch, 30...Body temperature detector, 31
...Microcomputer, 31A...CPU,
32...RAM, 33...ROM, 34...Input interface, 35...Output interface, HM...Heart mark (for pregnancy indication).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Calendar function, means for measuring the woman's basal body temperature, means for setting the first day of menstruation, body temperature storage means for storing the measured basal body temperature together with the days of each menstrual cycle of the woman, and the body temperature means for calculating a reference body temperature, which is an average temperature of an average body temperature in a low temperature period and an average body temperature in a high temperature period, based on the basal body temperature stored in the storage means together with the days of each menstrual cycle; In addition, when two conditions are met: the temperature has been higher than the minimum temperature of the current menstrual cycle for a predetermined number of days including the current day, and a predetermined number of days have passed since the first day of menstruation, the predetermined number of days on the current day is met. a means for determining pregnancy when the high temperature period continues for a predetermined number of days or more after the low temperature period; and a means for determining pregnancy when the high temperature period continues for a predetermined number of days after the low temperature period; A thermometer for women with an expected birth date display function, comprising means for determining a day after a predetermined number of days counted as the expected date of birth as the expected date of birth, and means for displaying the expected date of birth for displaying the expected date of birth.