JP2010160783A - Information providing system, portable information terminal, and information management device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology allowing a user to receive necessary information and messages according to already accumulated information about the user without making any request from the user. <P>SOLUTION: An information providing system includes: a portable information terminal containing information about the user; a database which is connected to a network to obtain the information about the user from the portable information terminal via radio communication, accumulates the obtained information, and analyzes the obtained information about the user based on the already accumulated information about the user and other information; and an information providing device providing information and instructions necessary for the user to the user via the portable information terminal based on the analysis result analyzed by the database. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing system, a portable information terminal, and an information management device that can provide necessary information according to a user.

In recent years, with the widespread use of mobile phones, not only are they used as functions of mere telephones and information terminals, but services suitable for each user of mobile phones and the development of technologies therefor have been actively conducted. As one of the service providing fields, there is a medical field regarding health management (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).
In Patent Document 1, each user inputs a blood glucose level measured by each user into a mobile phone, and transmits the input blood glucose level to a database of a computer in a hospital via a network. A technique is disclosed in which guidance information regarding medication, meal, or exercise is returned to each user's mobile phone in accordance with the blood glucose level of each user.
Patent Document 2 allows each user to input a plurality of health data items to a mobile phone and transmits the health data to the database of the health management server, thereby storing each user's daily time-series personal health information, Disclosed is a technology for extracting each user's own health information, which is useful for managing the health of each user, from the accumulated time-series data automatically or in response to each user's request and notifying each user. .

JP 2004-344571 A JP 2006-110278 A

However, in the prior art, if there is no input or request for information indicating the health status from each user, the computer or health management server in a hospital or the like does not provide information regarding health management to each user. There was a problem.
In view of the problems of the above-described conventional technology, an object of the present invention is to provide a technology that allows a user to receive necessary information and a message according to information about the user accumulated so far, even if there is no request from the user. It is to provide.

In order to solve the above problems, an information providing system according to the present invention is connected to a portable information terminal having information about a user and a network, and acquires and stores information about the user from the portable information terminal via wireless communication. In addition, a database that analyzes information about the acquired user based on the information about the user accumulated so far and other information, and information and instructions necessary for the user based on the results analyzed by the database, And an information providing device provided to a user via a portable information terminal.
Further, the information processing apparatus includes an information management device that has an attachment unit for attaching the portable information terminal, and acquires and manages information about the user when the portable information terminal is attached to the attachment unit.
In addition, the information management apparatus may include an operation driving unit that performs an operation for drawing the user's attention according to the content of information about the user to be managed.
In addition, the information management apparatus may include a display output unit that displays the content of information related to the managed user on an external display device.

In addition, the portable information terminal includes a detection unit that detects the user's exercise, and the database obtains information on the detected user's exercise from the portable information terminal, calculates energy consumed by the user's exercise, and an information providing device May provide the user with the energy consumption calculated by the database via the portable information terminal or the information management device.
The portable information terminal includes a living body measurement unit that measures the user's biological information when the user holds the portable information terminal or exhales toward the portable information terminal, and the database includes the measured user's biological information. The biometric information is obtained from the portable information terminal and the user's health condition is analyzed, and the information providing apparatus provides the user's health condition information analyzed by the database to the user via the portable information terminal or the information management apparatus. May be.

In addition, the portable information terminal includes an imaging unit that captures a subject image and generates an image, and the database acquires an image of a meal taken by the user captured by the imaging unit from the portable information terminal, and consumes energy from the meal. And the information providing apparatus may provide the user with the information on the intake energy calculated by the database via the portable information terminal or the information management apparatus.
Further, the information providing device carries information and instructions regarding the content of exercise, the content of meals, or the content of medical treatment for the user based on the user's exercise, energy consumption, intake energy, and biological information accumulated in the database. You may provide to a user via an information terminal or an information management device.
Further, the other information stored in the database is information related to a plurality of other users of the portable information terminal, and the information providing device refers to the information related to the plurality of other users to describe the content of the exercise for the user, Information and instructions regarding meal contents or medical treatment contents may be provided to the user via a portable information terminal or an information management device.
Further, the information management device may include a wireless communication unit that can transmit and receive information about the user between the database and the information providing device by wireless communication.
The portable information terminal may include a call unit that operates as a mobile phone.

  The mobile terminal device according to the present invention has information about the user, and provides and stores the information about the user in a database connected to the network, and the information about the user provided by the database is stored in the database so far. A portable information terminal in an information providing system that is analyzed together with information on the accumulated user and other information and receives necessary information and instructions provided to the user from the information providing apparatus based on the analysis result, A communication unit that transmits and receives information between the database and the information providing device, and a communication unit that transmits information about the user to the database and receives information and instructions necessary for the user provided from the information providing device. A control unit for controlling.

The portable terminal device of the present invention includes a storage unit that records information about a user, a communication unit that transmits and receives information between external devices connected on a network, and information about the user recorded in the storage unit. The information about the user provided and stored by the external device is analyzed together with the information about the user and the other information stored so far in the external device, and the analysis result And a control unit that controls the communication unit to receive information and instructions necessary for the user provided based on.
Moreover, the connection part connected with the information management apparatus which manages the information regarding a user may be provided, and a control part may transfer the information regarding a user to an information management apparatus via a connection part.
In addition, the control unit transmits information about the user to the external device via the information management device connected to the connection unit, and receives information and instructions necessary for the user provided from the external device. May be controlled.

In addition, the control unit includes a detection unit that detects the user's exercise, and the control unit transmits the detected user exercise information to the external device via the communication unit or the information management device, and is transmitted by the external device. You may receive the consumption energy calculated based on a user's exercise | movement.
In addition, the portable information terminal includes a biological measurement unit that measures the biological information of the user by holding the portable information terminal or exhaling toward the portable information terminal, and the control unit is connected via the communication unit or the information management device. Then, the measured user's biological information may be transmitted to the external device, and the external device may receive the user's health state analyzed based on the transmitted user's biological information.
In addition, an imaging unit that captures a subject image and generates an image is generated, and the control unit transmits an image of a meal taken by the user captured by the imaging unit to an external device via the communication unit or the information management device. Then, the intake energy calculated from the meal may be received by the external device.
Moreover, you may provide the display part which displays the information and instruction | indication required for the user provided from an external device.
Moreover, you may provide the call part which operate | moves as a mobile phone.

  The information management device of the present invention is connected to a mobile information terminal having information about a user and connected to the network, acquires information about the user from the mobile information terminal, and stores the information about the acquired user so far. In an information providing system configured with a database for analyzing based on information about the user and other information, and an information providing apparatus for providing the user with necessary information and instructions based on the results analyzed by the database An information management device, a mounting unit for mounting a portable information terminal, a control unit that acquires and manages information about a user from the portable information terminal via the mounting unit, and transmits information about the managed user to a database A communication unit that receives information and instructions necessary for the user provided from the information providing device; Provided, the control unit, the information and instructions necessary for the user that is received by the portable information terminal by the communication unit, and transfers via the mounting portion.

An information management apparatus according to the present invention relates to a mounting unit that mounts a portable information terminal having information about a user, a control unit that acquires and manages information about the user from the portable information terminal via the mounting unit, and a user who manages the information. Sends information to an external device connected to the network for storage and sends information about the user provided by the external device, information about the user stored so far in the external device, and other information And a communication unit that receives information and instructions necessary for the user provided based on the analysis result, and the control unit receives the information and instructions necessary for the user received by the communication unit. It transfers to a portable information terminal via a mounting part.
In addition, an operation driving unit that drives the information management apparatus may be provided, and the control unit may cause the operation driving unit to perform an operation for attracting the user's attention according to the content of information about the user to be managed.
Moreover, you may provide the display output part which displays the content of the information regarding the user to manage on an external display apparatus.

  According to the present invention, even if there is no request from the user, the user can receive necessary information and messages according to the information related to the user accumulated so far.

1 is a configuration diagram of an information providing system 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the state which mounted | wore the mounting part 57 of the information management apparatus 50 with the mobile telephone 30 of the information provision system 100. FIG. The figure in the case where the user grips the mobile phone 30 and performs the health measurement by the living body measuring unit 39 A flowchart showing a basic operation procedure of the information providing system 100 The figure which shows an example of the initial screen displayed on the display part 32 of the mobile telephone 30 (A) A screen when an exercise application is selected and (b) a screen showing a graph showing changes in calorie consumption The figure which shows an example of a screen when the application of a meal is selected The figure which shows an example of the screen when the application of health measurement is selected The figure which shows an example of the operation | movement setting in the operation drive part of the information management apparatus 50. The block diagram of the information provision system 200 which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows an example of arrangement | positioning of the biometric measurement part 39 in the mobile telephone 30 The figure which shows an example of the method of the display by the display part 32 of the mobile telephone 30 The block diagram of the information provision system 300 which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram of the information provision system 400 which concerns on the 4th Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows an example of the state which mounted | wore the mounting part 57 of the information management apparatus 50 'with the mobile telephone 30 of the information provision system 400. FIG.

<< First Embodiment >>
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an information providing system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
The information providing system 100 includes a terminal 10 (hereinafter referred to as an agent 10), a server 20, a mobile phone 30, an information management device 50, and a television 60. The terminal 10, the server 20, the mobile phone 30, and the information management device 50 are connected via the network 15 so as to be able to transmit information to each other.

The agent 10 can use a general workstation, a personal computer, or the like. The agent 10 determines the current situation for each user of the mobile phone 30 based on the past and current weather and temperature information acquired and accumulated by the server 20, information on each of a plurality of users who own the mobile phone 30, and the like. The analysis result is acquired via the network 15, and based on the analysis result, necessary information and messages corresponding to each user's current situation are sent to each user's mobile phone 30 based on the analysis result. Create and send.
The server 20 acquires and stores information on past and present weather and temperature, information on a plurality of users transmitted from the mobile phone 30, and stores each user of the mobile phone 30 based on the stored information. Then, the current situation is analyzed, and the analysis result is transmitted to the agent 10.

The cellular phone 30 includes a voice call unit 31, a display unit 32, a wireless communication unit 33, an input / output interface (input / output I / F) unit 34, a CPU 35, an imaging unit 36, a memory 37, an operation member 38, and a biological measurement unit 39. Consists of The voice call unit 31, the display unit 32, the wireless communication unit 33, the input / output interface (input / output I / F) unit 34, the CPU 35, the imaging unit 36, the memory 37, the operation member 38, and the biological measurement unit 39 are connected to the bus 40. It is connected so that information can be transmitted through the network. Note that the mobile phone 30 in FIG. For example, in the mobile phone 30, a digital terrestrial broadcast receiver, a rechargeable battery as a power source, and the like are omitted.
The voice call unit 31 includes a microphone that converts voice from the user into an electrical signal and a speaker that converts an electrical signal of voice from the other party into voice. Make a voice call with.

The display unit 32 displays icons of various application programs stored in the memory 37 and displays information, messages, and the like transmitted from the agent 10. As the display unit 32, a liquid crystal monitor or the like can be appropriately selected and used.
The wireless communication unit 33 wirelessly connects the mobile phone 30 and the network 15 or the other party's mobile phone, and performs bidirectional data transmission / reception and voice communication. The wireless communication unit 33 performs wireless communication using a wireless communication method according to a conventional mobile communication network, and performs wireless communication using a wireless LAN, Wi-Fi, or the like when radio waves of the mobile communication network are weak or cannot be received. . In the present embodiment, as will be described later, when the mobile phone 30 is attached to the attachment portion 57 of the information management device 50, the wireless communication unit 33 of the mobile phone 30 is not connected to other mobile phones. Wireless communication by a mobile communication network is performed, and wireless communication by the wireless communication unit 53 of the information management apparatus 50 by wireless LAN, Wi-Fi, or the like is performed with the network 15.

As shown in FIG. 2, the input / output I / F unit 34 is connected to the input / output I / F unit 51 when the mobile phone 30 is mounted on the mounting unit 57 of the information management apparatus 50. Various types of user information stored in the memory 37 of the mobile phone 30 are transferred to the storage unit 52 of the information management device 50 via the input / output I / F unit 34 and the input / output I / F unit 51 and recorded. Is done.
When the user presses the power button on the operation member 38, the CPU 35 turns on the cellular phone 30, reads the control program stored in the memory 37, and initializes the cellular phone 30. When the CPU 35 receives an instruction from the user via the operation member 38, the CPU 35 operates various applications such as telephone and e-mail or issues a subject imaging command by the imaging unit 36 based on the control program. Further, in the present embodiment, the CPU 35 transmits user information recorded in the memory 37 with the agent 10, receives information and messages received from the agent 10, and displays them on the display unit 32. Or respond to it. As the CPU 35, a CPU of a general computer can be used.

The imaging unit 36 is an electronic camera that images a subject and generates image data. As the imaging unit 36, a small electronic camera including a general lens and an imaging element can be used.
The memory 37 is measured by a control program for the CPU 35 to control the mobile phone 30, transmission / reception records of calls and mail exchanged by the user, images captured by the imaging unit 36, and a biometric unit 39 described later. Information on the user's health, exercise history, and the like are recorded. As the memory 37, any non-volatile memory among semiconductor memories can be appropriately selected and used.
The operation member 38 outputs an operation signal corresponding to the content of the member operation by the user to the CPU 35. The operation member 38 includes operation members such as a power button, activation buttons for various applications, and a cursor operation button displayed on the display unit 32, for example. The operation member 38 may be a touch panel type button displayed on the screen of the display unit 32, or may be a touch sensor or the like provided on a part of the main body of the mobile phone 30.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the living body measurement unit 39 measures the user's blood pressure, pulse, body fat, and the like by a known photoelectric pulse detection method, impedance method, or the like when the user grips the mobile phone 30. To do. In addition, the living body measurement unit 39 includes an acceleration sensor (not shown) and operates as a pedometer or the like that measures daily exercise. In the present embodiment, the microphone constituting the wireless communication unit 33 has a function of measuring bad breath when the user blows, and operates as a partial function of the biological measurement unit 39.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the information management device 50 to which the mobile phone 30 is attached includes an input / output I / F unit 51, a storage unit 52, a wireless communication unit 53, a CPU 54, an external display output I / F unit 55, and a mounting unit 57. (Fig. 2). The input / output I / F unit 51, the storage unit 52, the wireless communication unit 53, the CPU 54, and the external display output I / F unit 55 are connected via a bus 56 so that information can be transmitted. Note that the information management apparatus 50 in FIG. For example, in the information management device 50, when the mobile phone 30 is attached to the attachment unit 57, the rechargeable battery (for the mobile phone 30) via the input / output I / F unit 34 and the input / output I / F unit 51. A power supply device for charging (not shown) is omitted.

The input / output I / F unit 51, the wireless communication unit 53, and the CPU 54 of the information management device 50 are the same as the operations of the input / output I / F unit 34 and the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30, and detailed description thereof is omitted. .
The storage unit 52 is configured to receive and transmit / receive calls and mails exchanged by the user and recorded in the memory 37 of the mobile phone 30 based on an instruction from the CPU 54 when the mobile phone 30 is mounted on the mounting unit 57. The storage unit 52 is a general hard disk device, magneto-optical disk device, or semiconductor memory that reads and records the image captured by the user and information on the health state of the user, exercise history, and the like measured by the biometric measurement unit 39. Any arbitrary non-volatile memory can be selected and used.

The wireless communication unit 53 basically operates in the same manner as the wireless communication unit 33 of the mobile phone 30, connects the information management device 50 and the network 15 via a wireless LAN or Wi-Fi, and transmits and receives data bidirectionally. .
The external display output I / F unit 55 is connected to a television 60 that is an external display device in a wired manner, and in accordance with an instruction issued by the CPU 35 or the CPU 54 of the mobile phone 30 according to the operation of the operation member 38 by the user, the storage unit 52. Records and exchanges of calls and emails exchanged by the user, images captured by the imaging unit 36, and information on the user's health and exercise history measured by the biometric measurement unit 39 are output and displayed. Or a digital terrestrial broadcast received by a receiver (not shown) of the mobile phone 30 is displayed. As the television 60, a television compatible with general terrestrial digital broadcasting can be appropriately selected and used.

Next, a basic operation procedure of the information providing system 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
Step S101: When the user presses the power button on the operation member 38, the cellular phone 30 is turned on. Then, the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 reads the control program stored in the memory 37 and initializes the mobile phone 30. The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 displays an initial screen as shown in FIG. 5 on the display unit 32 and waits for a call or mail from the other party or reception of information or a message transmitted from the agent 10. Wait. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the user has operated the operation member 38 in advance and has input information such as the date of birth, age, height, and weight of the user into the mobile phone 30 in advance.

  Here, the icons displayed on the display unit 32 in FIG. 5 include, for example, an icon 61 indicating a radio wave reception state, an icon 64 indicating a charging state of the mobile phone 30, a current time display 62, a cursor 63, and various applications. Icons 70-78. The icon 70 is an icon for a call application, the icon 71 is an icon for an application for calculating energy consumption by exercise, the icon 72 is an icon for a music application, and the icon 73 is an icon for an application for viewing digital terrestrial broadcasting. , Icon 74 is an icon of an application for measuring a user's health, icon 75 is an icon of an Internet application, icon 76 is an icon of an email application, and icon 77 is an application that calculates the intake energy of a meal consumed by the user. The icon 78 represents an icon of an application for photographing by the imaging unit 36.

  Step S102: The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 determines whether any of the icons 70 to 78 displayed on the display unit 32 has been selected by the user. If the CPU 35 determines that none of the icons 70 to 78 has been selected by the user, the CPU 35 proceeds to step S103 (NO side). On the other hand, if it is determined that any application of the icons 70 to 78 has been selected, the CPU 35 proceeds to step S107 (YES side).

Here, in the following description, the case where the application is not selected in step S102 and the case where the application is selected are described separately.
≪If no application is selected≫
Step S103: The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 transmits / receives a call or mail exchanged by the user stored in the memory 37, an image taken by the imaging unit 36, and a user's health state measured by the biometric unit 39 Information, exercise history, and the like are transmitted to the server 20. Of course, a history that no application has been selected this time is also transmitted as one piece of information.

Step S104: The server 20 includes the new information transmitted from the mobile phone 30, the information history of the user of the mobile phone 30 stored in the server 20 so far, the plurality of other users of the mobile phone 30. With reference to statistical analysis of information, information on current and past weather and temperature, etc., the current situation of the user, analysis of past behavior history and trend are performed using a known method. The server 20 transmits the analysis result to the agent 10.
Step S105: Based on the analysis result received from the server 20, the agent 10 creates, as a message, information and instructions that are considered necessary in the current situation for the user. The agent 10 transmits the created message to the mobile phone 30.

  Step S106: The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 displays the message received from the agent 10 on the display unit 32. For example, in the morning, people tend to exercise in the evening with the message, “Good morning. How many nights did you have last night?” Or “Did you eat breakfast? Japanese food seems to be good.” If there is a message, “It is 17:30. Do you want to play sports today?” Or based on the weather information obtained by the server 20, “It is raining today. “Let's not forget the umbrella.” Is received from the agent 10 and displayed on the display unit 32 of the mobile phone 30. The user may or may not answer these information and instructions, but the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 records such information as one of the history information in the memory 37. At the same time, it is transmitted to the server 20 and stored in the server 20.

The above is the operation procedure of the information providing system 100 when the user does not select any application in step S102.
≪When application is selected≫
In step S102, among the icons 70 to 78 shown in FIG. 5, (1) an application that calculates energy consumption due to exercise of the icon 71, (2) an application that calculates the intake energy of meal of the icon 77, and (3) an icon A case will be described where 74 health measurement applications are selected. In the present embodiment, the three applications are referred to as medical applications. The other icons 70 are a call application, the icon 72 is a music application, the icon 73 is an application for viewing digital terrestrial broadcasts, the icon 75 is an Internet application, the icon 76 is an email application, and the icon 78 is an imaging unit. The photographing application according to 36 can be performed using a known method so far, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
(1) When an application for calculating energy consumption due to exercise is selected Step S107: When the icon 71 is selected by the user in Step S102, the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 determines which application as shown in FIG. Ask the user whether to calculate the energy consumed by exercise. The user selects the calculation of the energy consumption by the walking motion of the icon 71a, for example, by directly touching the display screen of the display unit 32 or operating the cursor 63 with the touch sensor as the operation member 38. The user starts walking measurement by an acceleration sensor (not shown) constituting the living body measurement unit 39 of the mobile phone 30 by performing a walking exercise. Here, the icon 71b represents jogging, the icon 71c represents cycling, and the icon 71d represents swimming.

Step S103: The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 finally transmits to the server 20 information indicating how much time, distance and steps the user has walked.
Step S104: The server 20 calculates and calculates the energy consumed by the walking movement from the information on the time, distance and the number of steps of the walking movement by the user transmitted from the mobile phone 30, and records it as the movement history of the user. . The server 20 performs statistical analysis results on the past exercise history of the user and the exercise history of a plurality of other users of the mobile phone 30 together with the results of the time, distance, number of steps, and energy consumption of the user's walking exercise. Information such as trends is transmitted to the agent 10.

Step S105: The agent 10 uses the current exercise result of the user transmitted from the server 20, and information such as statistical analysis results and trends in the user's past exercise history and other user's exercise history. Based on this, a message with necessary information and instructions for the user is created. The agent 10 transmits the created message to the mobile phone 30.
Step S106: The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 displays the information received from the agent 10 and the instruction message on the display unit 32. For example, “Today's walking time was 1 hour and I walked 5 km. Calorie consumption was 420 kcal. Let's do our best tomorrow!” Information such as “Let's do our best!” And instructions messages are received from the agent 10 and displayed on the display unit 32 of the mobile phone 30. Or you may display on the display part 32 of the mobile telephone 30 by making into a graph the energy consumption by the daily exercise | movement by a user as shown in FIG.6 (b). In FIG. 6B, a graph of daily energy consumption is displayed. However, the graph displayed on the display unit 32 according to the operation of the operation member 38 by the user is displayed as the item button 80 for one day, one week. The display method may be switched by selecting either the item button 81 for each item or the item button 82 for each month. In addition, by pressing the left scroll button 83 or the right scroll button 84, it may be possible to confirm the state of change in calorie consumption on the preceding and following days, weeks, or months.

The above is the operation procedure of the information providing system 100 when the user selects the application for calculating the energy consumption due to the motion of the icon 71 in step S102.
(2) When an application for calculating intake energy by meal is selected Step S107: In step S102, the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 directly touches the display screen of the display unit 32 by the user or the touch sensor of the operation member 38. When the cursor 63 is operated to select an application for calculating the intake energy by meal of the icon 77, a message 90 “Please take a meal” is displayed as shown in FIG. The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 causes the imaging unit 36 to capture a meal that the user intends to ingest and generate an image according to the operation of the operation member 38 by the user. The CPU 35 displays the captured meal image 91 on the display unit 32.

Step S <b> 103: The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 transmits a meal image 91 to the server 20.
Step S104: The server 20 performs color separation based on the meal image 91 transmitted from the mobile phone 30, and what the meal is, how much vegetables are contained in the meal, protein, Analyze how much nutrients such as carbohydrates are contained. Based on the analysis result, the server 20 calculates and obtains the energy consumed by the meal, and records it as the user's meal history. The server 20 performs statistical analysis on the result of intake energy and past meal history, the result of intake energy and past meal history, and the meal history of a plurality of other users of the mobile phone 30 together with information on the current meal. Information such as results and trends is transmitted to the agent 10.

Step S105: The agent 10, together with the user's current meal transmitted from the server 20, the results of intake energy, past meal history, and statistical analysis results and trends in other multiple user's meal histories, etc. Based on this information, a message of necessary information and instructions for the user is created. The agent 10 transmits the created message to the mobile phone 30.
Step S106: The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 displays the information received from the agent 10 and the instruction message on the display unit 32. For example, “Today's meal is fox udon. Calorie intake was 398 kcal. Let's eat more vegetables!” And “Today's calorie intake is 1200 kcal. The instruction message is received from the agent 10 and displayed on the display unit 32 of the mobile phone 30. Or you may display the graph of the intake energy by the daily meal by a user on the display part 32 of the mobile telephone 30 by a method as shown in FIG.6 (b).

The above is the operation procedure of the information providing system 100 when the user selects an application for calculating the energy consumed by the meal of the icon 77 in step S102.
(3) When an application for measuring health is selected Step S107: In step S102, the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 directly touches the display screen of the display unit 32 by the user or moves the cursor 63 with the touch sensor of the operation member 38. When an application for measuring the health of the icon 74 is selected by operation, a list of measurement items is displayed as shown in FIG. 8, and a message 110 “Please hold the mobile phone body” is displayed. The Then, when the user holds the mobile phone 30 as shown in FIG. 3, the living body measurement unit 39 measures the user's blood pressure, pulse, body fat, etc. by a known photoelectric pulse detection method, impedance method, or the like. To do. Moreover, the breath breath is measured by the user blowing his / her breath on the microphone constituting the wireless communication unit 33 that operates as a part of the biological measurement unit 39.

Step S <b> 103: The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 displays the measurement result of the user measured this time on the display unit 32 and transmits it to the server 20.
Step S104: The server 20 records the measurement result transmitted from the mobile phone 30 as the health history of the user. The server 20 transmits, to the agent 10, information on past health history of the user and statistical analysis results and trends in the health history of other users of the mobile phone 30 together with the current measurement result.
Step S105: The agent 10 presents the user's current measurement results transmitted from the server 20, information on the past health history of the user, and statistical analysis results and trends on the health history of other users. Based on the above, a message of necessary information and instructions for the user is created. The agent 10 transmits the created message to the mobile phone 30.

Step S106: The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 displays the information and instructions received from the agent 10 on the display unit 32. For example, information such as “body fat is higher than the standard value. Would you like to start with walking exercise first?” Or an instruction message is received from the agent 10 and displayed on the display unit 32 of the mobile phone 30. Alternatively, the daily health condition by the user may be displayed in a graph on the display unit 32 of the mobile phone 30 by a method as shown in FIG.
The above is the operation procedure of the information providing system 100 when the user selects an application for measuring the health of the icon 74 in step S102.

  With these three medical applications, not only information such as exercise, meal and health status in the daily life of the user is accumulated in the server 20, but also the mobile phone 30 is attached to the mounting portion 57 of the information management device 50. By mounting, the information is also stored in the storage unit 52 of the information management device 50. Then, the user can not only check the accumulated information on the display unit 32 of the mobile phone 30, but also on the screen of the television 60 connected to the external display output I / F unit 56 of the information management device 50, as shown in FIG. It can be confirmed from the display of a graph or the like as in b).

As described above, in this embodiment, the agent 10 receives no request from the user based on the current user situation received from the user's mobile phone 30 together with the history information about the user accumulated so far in the server 20. In both cases, a message of information and instructions necessary for the user is created and received by the user, so that it is possible to appropriately respond to the user's current or future actions.
Further, if the information management device 50 and the television 60 connected to the external display output I / F unit 55 are provided in each exercise facility such as a gym, for example, the user can use the information on the mobile phone 30 in the exercise facility. By mounting on the mounting unit 57 of the management device 50, information such as exercise, meal and health status in the user's daily life can be displayed and confirmed on the television 60, so that it matches the user's health status. It is possible to measure the amount of exercise by acquiring data from the training configuration, information when a new training device is introduced into the gym, and the new training device linked to the mobile phone 30.

  Also, if the information management device 50 and the television 60 connected to the external display output I / F unit 55 are provided in each restaurant, for example, the information management device in which the user places the mobile phone 30 in each restaurant. By mounting on the 50 mounting portions 57, information such as exercise, meals and health status in the user's daily life can be displayed and confirmed on the TV 60, so that the menu according to the user's health status It is possible to measure the nutrients by acquiring information on the configuration, new store opening, and ingested food data linked to the mobile phone 30.

Further, if the information management device 50 and the television 60 connected to the external display output I / F unit 55 are provided in each medical institution, for example, the information management device in which the user places the mobile phone 30 in the medical institution. By attaching to the 50 mounting portions 57, information on exercise, meals, health status, etc. in the daily life of the user who is a patient can be displayed and confirmed on the television 60, so that the doctor can see the patient's health status. It will also be possible to accurately determine future treatment policies.
<< Supplementary items of the first embodiment >>
In the present embodiment, there is one agent 10 and one server 20 in FIG. 1, but the present invention is not limited to this, and there may be a plurality of agents. It is preferable that any of the agent 10 and the server 20 can be selected when the user starts up the mobile phone 30.

  In this embodiment, when the mobile phone 30 is turned on in step S101, the initial screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when a call is received at the same time as the power is turned on, the display unit 32 displays a screen to notify the incoming call. When information is received from the agent 10 during the call, the display unit 32 displays It is preferable to display an icon or the like for informing it.

  In the present embodiment, the information management apparatus 50 is measured by a call or mail transmission / reception record exchanged by the user stored in the storage unit 52, an image captured by the imaging unit 36, and the biological measurement unit 39. The television 60 records information on the user's health, exercise history, and the like, and receives the information and terrestrial digital broadcast received by a receiver (not shown) of the mobile phone 30 via the external display output I / F unit 55. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the information management device 50 includes an operation drive unit, and is recorded in the storage unit 52 by the user and exchanged calls and mails, images captured by the imaging unit 36, and the biometric measurement unit 39. The information management device 50 emits a sound, blinks light with an LED, or performs operations such as rotation in order to draw the user's attention according to the measured health status information or exercise history of the user. You may go.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, the operation driving unit of the information management device 50 determines the number of answering machines and unread mails, the usage frequency of telephones and emails, the usage frequency of music and games, the intake calories and the consumption. Depending on the value of calories, etc., the LED blinks, shakes, rotates, and sounds an alarm. LED flashing, shaking motion, rotational motion and the number of answering machines and unread mails for sounding alarm sounds, frequency of telephone and mail usage, frequency of music and game usage, and thresholds such as calorie intake and calories consumed Is preferably set and stored in the storage unit 52 in advance. Furthermore, the threshold value is the number of answering machines or unread mails during that period (for example, one week), the frequency of use of telephones or emails, the frequency of use of music or games, the calorie intake and the calorie consumption. When the values are greatly different from each other as compared with the average value, it is preferable to set the average value as a new threshold value.

  In FIG. 9, the number of answering machines and unread mails, the frequency of use of telephones and emails, the frequency of use of music and games, the intake calories and the calorie consumption, and the blinking of LEDs, the shaking motion, the rotational motion and the alarm However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the correspondence can be changed as appropriate. In addition, the operation of the LED evolves so that the pattern of blinking, shaking motion, rotational motion, and alarm sound changes according to the amount of information of the user stored in the storage unit 52 of the information management device 50. The control program is preferably stored in the storage unit 52. Thereby, it is possible to always attract attention without getting tired of the user.

In the present embodiment, the applications installed in the memory 37 of the mobile phone 30 are only those represented by the icons 70 to 78. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the icon 75 depends on the Internet. Various applications can be added through the application.
In the present embodiment, the information management device 50 records information about the user received from the attached mobile phone 30 in the storage unit 52, and stores the information via the external display output I / F unit 55. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the terrestrial digital broadcast application of the icon 73 of the mobile phone 30 is selected, the terrestrial digital broadcast program may be displayed on the display unit 32, or the external display output I / F attached to the information management device 50. When the television 60 is connected to the unit 55, the program may be displayed on the television 60. Also, the information management device 50 can send information about the program that the user likes to watch among the user information recorded in the storage unit 52 and the program guide via the wireless communication unit 53 to the agent 10 or the like. By receiving from the server 20, while the user is away, the information management apparatus 50 transmits a program that the user always watches or seems to watch via the TV 60 and the external display output I / F unit 55. , Recording may be performed in the storage unit 52.

It should be noted that the present invention can be implemented in various other forms without departing from the spirit or main features thereof. For this reason, the above-described embodiment is merely an example in all respects and should not be construed in a limited manner. Further, all modifications and changes belonging to the equivalent scope of the claims are within the scope of the present invention.
<< Second Embodiment >>
FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram of an information providing system 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The information providing system 200 according to the present embodiment is different from the information providing system 100 according to the first embodiment in that the agent 10, the server 20, and the mobile phone 30 are configured. The elements constituting each of the agent 10, the server 20, and the mobile phone 30 are the same as those shown in FIG. 1, and the same reference numerals are given and detailed description thereof is omitted.
Note that, among the components of the mobile phone 30 in the present embodiment, differences from the first embodiment will be described below. Note that the mobile phone 30 in FIG. 10 shows only the main part. For example, a rechargeable battery for driving the mobile phone 30 and a charger for charging the rechargeable battery are omitted.

The display unit 32 in the present embodiment displays various application program icons stored in the memory 37, information and messages transmitted from the agent 10, and the like. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the display part 32 in this embodiment is provided in a part of surface of the mobile telephone 30, However, You may provide in the whole surface.
In addition, the wireless communication unit 33 in the present embodiment performs wireless communication by a wireless communication method according to a conventional mobile communication network, and when the mobile communication network has weak or cannot receive radio waves, the wireless LAN, Wi-Fi, It is assumed that wireless communication is performed by a method such as infrared rays, Bluetooth (registered trademark), ZigBee (registered trademark). Furthermore, the wireless communication unit 33 also has a GPS receiver that receives a global positioning system (GPS) signal and obtains the current position.
Further, the operation member 38 in the present embodiment may be a touch panel type button displayed on the screen of the display unit 32, or may be a touch sensor or the like provided on a part or the whole of the main body of the mobile phone 30. May be.

Further, as the living body measurement unit 39 in the present embodiment, for example, a pressure sensor is further provided on the surface opposite to the surface of the mobile phone 30 provided with the display unit 32 shown in FIG. Provided. As in the case of the first embodiment, the user grasps the mobile phone 30 so as to touch the living body measurement unit 39, and thereby the user's blood pressure, pulse and Measure body fat etc. In the present embodiment, the pressure sensor that is the living body measurement unit 39 may be used as the operation member 38 for operating the cursor 63 when the pressure sensor is not used for the user's health measurement.
Conventionally, since the size of the display unit of the mobile phone is small, images and web pages are displayed by reducing the size of the images and web pages or simplifying the contents of web pages. . In the present embodiment, when an acceleration sensor (not shown) that is the biometric measurement unit 39 is not used for the user's health measurement, the CPU 35 virtually displays the image 93, the web page, etc. as shown in FIG. A part of the image is displayed on the display unit 32 and the mobile phone 30 is moved up and down, left and right by the user, and the acceleration sensor (not shown) detects the movement. Depending on the received signal, it may be displayed so as to move on the image 93, the web page, or the like.

Next, the operation procedure of the information providing system 200 according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the information providing system 100 according to the first embodiment, and is performed according to the flowchart of FIG.
Step S101: When the user presses the power button on the operation member 38 of the mobile phone 30, power is supplied to the mobile phone 30 from a rechargeable battery (not shown). The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 reads the control program stored in the memory 37 and initializes the mobile phone 30. The CPU 35 displays an initial screen as shown in FIG. 5 on the display unit 32 and waits for reception of a call or mail from the other party or information or a message transmitted from the agent 10. In this embodiment, the user operates the operation member 38 in advance and inputs information such as the user's own date of birth, age, height, and weight to the mobile phone 30 and records the information in the memory 37. Shall.

  Step S102: The CPU 35 determines whether any of the icons 70 to 78 displayed on the display unit 32 is selected by the user. If the CPU 35 determines that none of the icons 70 to 78 has been selected by the user, the CPU 35 proceeds to step S103 (NO side). On the other hand, if it is determined that any application of the icons 70 to 78 has been selected, the CPU 35 proceeds to step S107 (YES side).

In the following description, the case where the application is not selected in step S102 and the case where the application is selected are described separately.
≪If no application is selected≫
Step S <b> 103: The CPU 35 transmits and receives calls and mails exchanged by the user stored in the memory 37, images captured by the imaging unit 36, and information and exercises on the user's health measured by the biometric measurement unit 39. A history or the like is transmitted to the server 20. Note that a history that no application has been selected this time is also transmitted as one piece of information.

Step S104: The server 20 includes the new information transmitted from the mobile phone 30, the information history of the user of the mobile phone 30 stored in the server 20 so far, and a plurality of other information possessing the mobile phone 30. Perform a statistical analysis on the current situation of the user, past action history and trends, using similar methods by referring to the same information about the user and the current and past weather and temperature information. . The server 20 transmits the analysis result to the agent 10.
Step S105: Based on the analysis result received from the server 20, the agent 10 creates, as a message, information and instructions that are considered necessary in the current situation for the user. The agent 10 transmits the created message to the mobile phone 30.

Step S106: The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 displays the message received from the agent 10 on the display unit 32. For example, in the morning, people tend to exercise in the evening with the message, “Good morning. How many nights did you have last night?” Or “Did you eat breakfast? Japanese food seems to be good.” If there is a message, “It is 17:30. Do you want to play sports today?” Or based on the weather information obtained by the server 20, “It is raining today. “Let's not forget the umbrella.” Is received from the agent 10 and displayed on the display unit 32 of the mobile phone 30.
In step S105, the CPU 35 receives the message “Did you eat breakfast? Japanese food seems to be good” from the agent 10 in the morning, for example, by the wireless communication unit 33 together with the message. The current position information based on the GPS signal and the information about the restaurant where breakfast can be taken around the position are received from the agent 10, and the restaurant information is displayed on the map indicating the current position together with the message. Good. When the user touches the display unit 32 and selects any of the restaurants, it is preferable that information such as more detailed breakfast menus and word-of-mouth information on the selected restaurants is displayed. The user may or may not answer these information and instructions. However, the correspondence of each message of the user as one of the history information is recorded in the memory 37, transmitted to the server 20, and stored in the server 20 by the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30.

The above is the operation procedure of the information providing system 200 when the user does not select any application in step S102.
≪When application is selected≫
In step S102, as in the case of the first embodiment, (1) an application for calculating energy consumption due to exercise of the icon 71, (2) an application for calculating the intake energy of meal of the icon 77, and (3) an icon A case will be described in which each of the medical applications, which is an application for performing 74 health measurements, is selected.
(1) When an application for calculating energy consumption due to exercise is selected Step S107: When the icon 71 is selected by the user in Step S102, the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 determines which application as shown in FIG. Ask the user whether to calculate the energy consumed by exercise. The user selects, for example, calculation of energy consumption by the walking motion of the icon 71a by operating the cursor 63 using the operation member 38 which is a touch panel provided in front of the display screen of the display unit 32. The user starts walking measurement by an acceleration sensor (not shown) constituting the living body measurement unit 39 of the mobile phone 30 by performing a walking exercise.

Step S103: The CPU 35 finally transmits to the server 20 information indicating how much time, distance, and number of steps the user has walked.
Step S104: The server 20 calculates and calculates the energy consumed by the walking movement from the information on the time, distance and the number of steps of the walking movement by the user transmitted from the mobile phone 30, and records it as the movement history of the user. . The server 20 performs statistical analysis results on the past exercise history of the user and the exercise history of a plurality of other users of the mobile phone 30 together with the results of the time, distance, number of steps, and energy consumption of the user's walking exercise. Information such as trends is transmitted to the agent 10.
Step S105: The agent 10 uses the current exercise result of the user transmitted from the server 20, and information such as statistical analysis results and trends in the user's past exercise history and other user's exercise history. Based on this, a message with necessary information and instructions for the user is created. The agent 10 transmits the created message to the mobile phone 30.

Step S106: The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 displays the information received from the agent 10 and the instruction message on the display unit 32. For example, “Today's walking time was 1 hour and I walked 5 km. Calorie consumption was 420 kcal. Let's do our best tomorrow!” Information such as “Let's do our best!” And instructions messages are received from the agent 10 and displayed on the display unit 32 of the mobile phone 30.
As in the case of the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6B, the CPU 35 displays the energy consumed by daily exercise by the user as a graph on the display unit 32 of the mobile phone 30. Also good.

  In addition, in step S105, when the energy consumed by the user's current exercise transmitted from the server 20 in step S105, for example, 420 kcal of energy is consumed by the user's current walking exercise, draft beer (medium bottle) With one message of about 200 kcal, the message “Today's walking time was 1 hour and 5 km walked. Calorie consumption was 420 kcal. Can you drink two draft beers (medium bottles)? The address information of the website where draft beer can be purchased is transmitted to the mobile phone 30. In step S106, the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 displays “Yes” and “No” buttons as to whether or not to drink draft beer together with the above message, and receives a selection signal for judgment by the user from the operation member 38. stand by. When the CPU 35 receives a selection signal indicating that the user drinks draft beer, the CPU 35 may display a list of websites from which the draft beer received from the agent 10 can be purchased for purchase.

  Further, the CPU 35 may receive a list of purchase sites such as snacks from the agent 10 together with a list of websites from which draft beer can be purchased, and display it on the display unit 32, or a web from which draft beer can be purchased. Instead of the list of sites, together with the above message, the current position by the GPS signal received by the wireless communication unit 33 and information such as a liquor store or pub around the current position are received from the agent 10, and the message and the current position are received. Information such as a tavern may be superimposed on the displayed map and displayed on the display unit 32. When the user touches the display unit 32 and selects one of the stores, it is preferable that information such as a more detailed menu or word-of-mouth for the selected store is displayed.

The above is the operation procedure of the information providing system 100 when the user selects the application for calculating the energy consumption due to the motion of the icon 71 in step S102.
(2) When an application for calculating intake energy by meal is selected Step S107: The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 is an operation member 38 that is a touch panel provided on the front of the display screen of the display unit 32 by the user in Step S102. When the application for calculating the intake energy by eating the icon 77 is selected by operating the cursor 63 using, etc., as shown in FIG. 7, a message 90 “Please take a meal” is displayed. The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 causes the imaging unit 36 to capture a meal that the user intends to ingest and generate an image according to the operation of the operation member 38 by the user. The CPU 35 displays the captured meal image 91 on the display unit 32.

Step S <b> 103: The CPU 35 transmits a meal image 91 to the server 20.
Step S104: The server 20 performs color separation based on the meal image 91 transmitted from the mobile phone 30, and what the meal is, how much vegetables are contained in the meal, protein, Analyze how much nutrients such as carbohydrates are contained. Based on the analysis result, the server 20 calculates and obtains the energy consumed by the meal, and records it as the user's meal history. The server 20 performs statistical analysis on the result of intake energy and past meal history, the result of intake energy and past meal history, and the meal history of a plurality of other users of the mobile phone 30 together with information on the current meal. Information such as results and trends is transmitted to the agent 10.
Step S105: The agent 10, together with the user's current meal transmitted from the server 20, the results of intake energy, past meal history, and statistical analysis results and trends in other multiple user's meal histories, etc. Based on this information, a message of necessary information and instructions for the user is created. The agent 10 transmits the created message to the mobile phone 30.

Step S106: The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 displays the information received from the agent 10 and the instruction message on the display unit 32. For example, “Today's meal is fox udon. Calorie intake was 398 kcal. Let's eat more vegetables!” And “Today's calorie intake is 1200 kcal. The instruction message is received from the agent 10 and displayed on the display unit 32 of the mobile phone 30.
As in the case of the first embodiment, the CPU 35 displays on the display unit 32 of the mobile phone 30 a graph of energy consumed by daily meals by the user in the display form as shown in FIG. May be.

  In step S105, the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 receives, for example, the above-mentioned message from the agent 10 “Today's meal is fox udon. Calorie intake was 398 kcal. Let's eat more vegetables!” In this case, along with the message, the current position by the GPS signal received by the wireless communication unit 33 and information on other restaurants where the fox noodles around the current position can be taken and the restaurant where the vegetables can be taken are received from the agent 10. Restaurant information may be superimposed on a map showing the message and the current position and displayed on the display unit 32. When the user touches the display unit 32 and selects one of the restaurants, it is preferable that information such as a more detailed menu or a word of mouth for the selected restaurant is displayed.

The above is the operation procedure of the information providing system 100 when the user selects an application for calculating the energy consumed by the meal of the icon 77 in step S102.
(3) When an application for measuring health is selected Step S107: The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 uses the operation member 38, which is a touch panel provided on the front surface of the display screen of the display unit 32 by the user in Step S102. When an application for measuring the health of the icon 74 is selected by operating the cursor 63 or the like, a list of measurement items is displayed as shown in FIG. A message 110 such as “hold the main body” or “please breathe” is displayed. Then, when the user holds the mobile phone 30 as shown in FIG. 3, the living body measurement unit 39 measures the user's blood pressure, pulse, body fat, etc. by a known photoelectric pulse detection method, impedance method, or the like. To do. Moreover, the breath breath is measured by the user blowing his / her breath on the microphone constituting the wireless communication unit 33 that operates as a part of the biological measurement unit 39.

Step S103: The CPU 35 displays the measurement result of the user measured this time on the display unit 32 and transmits it to the server 20.
Step S104: The server 20 records the measurement result transmitted from the mobile phone 30 as the health history of the user. The server 20 transmits, to the agent 10, information on past health history of the user and statistical analysis results and trends in the health history of other users of the mobile phone 30 together with the current measurement result.
Step S105: The agent 10 presents the user's current measurement results transmitted from the server 20, information on the past health history of the user, and statistical analysis results and trends on the health history of other users. Based on the above, a message of necessary information and instructions for the user is created. The agent 10 transmits the created message to the mobile phone 30.

Step S106: The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 displays the information and instructions received from the agent 10 on the display unit 32. For example, information such as “body fat is higher than the standard value. Would you like to start with walking exercise first?” Or an instruction message is received from the agent 10 and displayed on the display unit 32 of the mobile phone 30. Alternatively, the CPU 35 may display the daily health status of the user on the display unit 32 of the mobile phone 30 as a graph in a display form as shown in FIG.
The above is the operation procedure of the information providing system 100 when the user selects an application for measuring the health of the icon 74 in step S102.

As described above, in this embodiment, the agent 10 receives no request from the user based on the current user situation received from the user's mobile phone 30 together with the history information about the user accumulated so far in the server 20. In both cases, a message of information and instructions necessary for the user is created and received by the user, so that it is possible to appropriately respond to the user's current or future actions.
≪Supplementary items for the second embodiment≫
In the present embodiment, there is one agent 10 and one server 20 in FIG. 10, but the present invention is not limited to this, and there may be a plurality of agents. It is preferable that any agent 10 or server 20 can be selected when the user starts up the mobile phone 30 or 30.

In this embodiment, when the mobile phone 30 is turned on in step S101, the initial screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when a call is received at the same time as the power is turned on, the display unit 32 displays a screen to notify the incoming call. When information is received from the agent 10 during the call, the display unit 32 displays It is preferable to display an icon or the like for informing it.
In the present embodiment, the applications installed in the memory 37 of the mobile phone 30 are only those represented by the icons 70 to 78. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the icon 75 depends on the Internet. Various applications can be added through the application.

In the present embodiment, when an application for calculating the energy consumed by meals is selected, the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 causes the imaging unit 36 to image the meal to be taken, and the captured meal image 91 is displayed. Although it is transmitted to the server 20 and the intake energy is calculated, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the CPU 35 causes the imaging unit 36 to capture labels of purchased products such as vegetables and lunch boxes, and transmits the captured images to the server 20. The server 20 then purchases product names, purchase dates, and purchase dates from the received images. Character information such as the expiration date (or expiration date) may be extracted and managed. Thereby, for example, in step S105, the agent 10 transmits a message to the mobile phone 30 when there is a product whose expiry date is approaching or there is a product about to eat, and the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 In S106, on the display section 32, “The expiration date of the milk purchased on August 2 is tomorrow. Let's drink it early!” Or “It is almost time to eat bananas.” Or “Lunch box whose expiration date has passed yesterday. A message such as “I ate it, is it okay?” Can be displayed. In addition, it is preferable to use a well-known technique suitably for the method of extracting character information from an image.
<< Third Embodiment >>
FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram of an information providing system 300 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

The configuration of the information providing system 300 according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the information providing system 100 according to the first embodiment, and the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof is omitted.
Note that the differences between the components of the cellular phone 30 and the information management device 50 in the present embodiment from those in the first embodiment will be described below. Note that the information management apparatus 50 in FIG. 13 shows only the main part. For example, a rechargeable battery for driving the information management device 50 and a charger for charging the rechargeable battery are omitted.
The display unit 32 in the present embodiment displays various application program icons stored in the memory 37, information and messages transmitted from the agent 10, and the like. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the display part 32 in this embodiment is provided in a part of surface of the mobile telephone 30, However, You may provide in the whole surface.

In addition, the wireless communication unit 33 in the present embodiment performs wireless communication by a wireless communication method according to a conventional mobile communication network, and when the mobile communication network has weak or cannot receive radio waves, the wireless LAN, Wi-Fi, It is assumed that wireless communication is performed by a method such as infrared, Bluetooth, or ZigBee. Further, the wireless communication unit 33 has a GPS receiver that receives a GPS signal and obtains the current position.
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, when the mobile phone 30 is attached to the attachment portion 57 of the information management device 50, the wireless communication unit 33 of the mobile phone 30 is not connected to other mobile phones. Wireless communication using a mobile communication network is performed, and wireless communication with the network 15 is performed by a wireless communication unit 53 of the information management apparatus 50 using a wireless LAN, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, or the like.

In addition, the input / output I / F unit 34 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. Unit 51 is connected with a connector or a contactless power supply / charging system, and is used to transfer data between the mobile phone 30 and the information management device 50 and to charge a rechargeable battery of the mobile phone 30 (not shown). Power is supplied from an AC power source (not shown) via the management device 50.
Further, the operation member 38 in the present embodiment may be a touch panel type button displayed on the screen of the display unit 32, or may be a touch sensor or the like provided on a part or the whole of the main body of the mobile phone 30. May be. Further, when the mobile phone 30 is mounted on the mounting portion 57 of the information management device 50, the operation member 38 preferably operates as an operation member of the information management device 50.

  Further, as the living body measurement unit 39 in the present embodiment, for example, a pressure sensor is further provided on the surface opposite to the surface of the mobile phone 30 provided with the display unit 32 shown in FIG. Provided. Then, as in the case of the first embodiment, the user grasps the cellular phone 30 so as to touch the living body measurement unit 39, and thereby the user's blood pressure, Measure pulse and body fat. In the present embodiment, the pressure sensor that is the living body measurement unit 39 may be used as the operation member 38 for operating the cursor 63 when the pressure sensor is not used for the user's health measurement.

  Conventionally, since the size of the display unit of the mobile phone is small, images and web pages are displayed by reducing the size of the images and web pages or simplifying the contents of web pages. . In the present embodiment, when an acceleration sensor (not shown) that is the biometric measurement unit 39 is not used for the user's health measurement, the CPU 35 virtually displays the image 93, the web page, etc. as shown in FIG. A part of the image is displayed on the display unit 32 and the mobile phone 30 is moved up and down, left and right by the user, and the acceleration sensor (not shown) detects the movement. Depending on the received signal, it may be displayed so as to move on the image 93, the web page, or the like.

In addition, the wireless communication unit 53 in this embodiment basically performs the same operation as the wireless communication unit 33 of the mobile phone 30, and between the information management apparatus 50 and the network 15, a wireless LAN, Wi-Fi, infrared , Bluetooth, ZigBee, etc. are used for data transmission / reception.
Finally, the operation driving unit 58 in the present embodiment is measured by the biometric measuring unit 39, a call or mail transmission / reception record exchanged by the user managed in the storage unit 52, an image captured by the imaging unit 36, and the biometric measuring unit 39. In response to an instruction from the CPU 54 based on information on the user's health condition, exercise history, etc., a sound is generated, a light is flashed, or an operation such as a rotational exercise is performed in order to draw the user's attention. . For the operation drive unit 58, a speaker, a light source such as an LED, and an electric motor are used.

  Next, the operation procedure of the information providing system 300 according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment and the second embodiment, and is performed according to the flowchart of FIG. However, in the information providing system 300 according to the present embodiment, even when the mobile phone 30 transmits / receives information to / from the agent 10 and the server 20 via the information management device 50, basically, the information providing system 300 is based on the flowchart of FIG. However, the operation in step S103 is different from those in the first embodiment and the second embodiment. It is assumed that the user operates the operation member 38 in advance and inputs information such as the user's own date of birth, age, height, and weight to the mobile phone 30 and records them in the memory 37.

  That is, in step S103, when the mobile phone 30 is attached to the attachment unit 57 of the information management device 50 by the user, the call exchanged by the user stored in the memory 37 by the wireless communication unit 53 of the information management device 50 The CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 before the transmission / reception record of the email, the image captured by the imaging unit 36, the user's health information measured by the biometric measurement unit 39, the exercise history, and the like are transmitted to the server 20. The difference is that these pieces of information are transferred to the storage unit 52 of the information management device 50 via the input / output I / F unit 34 and the input / output I / F unit 51 to be recorded and updated.

  Furthermore, in step S103, the CPU 54 transmits and receives a call and mail exchanged by the user managed in the storage unit 52, an image captured by the imaging unit 36, and a user's health state measured by the biometric measurement unit 39. Information, exercise history, and the like are transmitted to the server 20 via the wireless communication unit 53 and the user's attention is given to the operation drive unit 58 based on the information managed in the storage unit 52. In order to draw, a sound is generated, light is blinked by an LED, or operations such as rotational motion are controlled.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, the operation drive unit 58 of the information management device 50 includes the number of answering machines and unread mails, the usage frequency of telephones and emails, the usage frequency of music and games, the calorie intake, The CPU 54 controls the LED to blink, shake, rotate, and generate alarm sounds and music according to the magnitude of the value such as calorie consumption. In addition, the thresholds of LED blinking, shaking motion, rotational motion and the number of answering machines and unread emails for sounding, the frequency of usage of telephones and emails, the frequency of usage of music and games, the calorie intake and calorie consumption, etc. It is preferable to set and store in the storage unit 52 in advance. Furthermore, it is preferable that these threshold values are updated and set for each predetermined period (for example, one week) according to the usage frequency of the user.
In FIG. 9, the number of answering machines and unread mails, the frequency of use of telephones and emails, the frequency of use of music and games, the intake calories and the calorie consumption, and the blinking of LEDs, the shaking motion, the rotational motion and the alarm However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the correspondence can be changed as appropriate. In addition, the pattern of LED blinking, shaking motion, rotational motion, and alarm sounding is a control program that changes and evolves according to the amount of user information stored in the storage unit 52 of the information management device 50. Is preferably stored in the storage unit 52. Thereby, it is possible to always attract attention without getting tired of the user.

As described above, in this embodiment, the agent 10 receives no request from the user based on the current user situation received from the user's mobile phone 30 together with the history information about the user accumulated so far in the server 20. In both cases, a message of information and instructions necessary for the user is created and received by the user, so that it is possible to appropriately respond to the user's current or future actions.
Further, if the information management device 50 and the television 60 connected to the external display output I / F unit 55 are provided in each exercise facility such as a gym, for example, the user can use the information on the mobile phone 30 in the exercise facility. By mounting on the mounting unit 57 of the management device 50, information such as exercise, meal and health status in the user's daily life can be displayed and confirmed on the television 60, so that it matches the user's health status. It is possible to measure the amount of exercise by acquiring data from the training configuration, information when a new training device is introduced into the gym, and the new training device linked to the mobile phone 30.

  Also, if the information management device 50 and the television 60 connected to the external display output I / F unit 55 are provided in each restaurant, for example, the information management device in which the user places the mobile phone 30 in each restaurant. By mounting on the 50 mounting portions 57, information such as exercise, meals and health status in the user's daily life can be displayed and confirmed on the TV 60, so that the menu according to the user's health status It is possible to measure the nutrients by acquiring information on the configuration, new store opening, and ingested food data linked to the mobile phone 30.

Further, if the information management device 50 and the television 60 connected to the external display output I / F unit 55 are provided in each medical institution, for example, the information management device in which the user places the mobile phone 30 in the medical institution. By attaching to the 50 mounting portions 57, information on exercise, meals, health status, etc. in the daily life of the user who is a patient can be displayed and confirmed on the television 60, so that the doctor can see the patient's health status. It will also be possible to accurately determine future treatment policies.
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In the present embodiment, there is one agent 10 and one server 20 in FIG. 13, but the present invention is not limited to this, and there may be a plurality of agents. It is preferable that any of the agent 10 and the server 20 can be selected when the user starts up the mobile phone 30.

In this embodiment, when the mobile phone 30 is turned on in step S101, the initial screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when a call is received at the same time as the power is turned on, the display unit 32 displays a screen to notify the incoming call. When information is received from the agent 10 during the call, the display unit 32 displays It is preferable to display an icon or the like for informing it.
In the present embodiment, the applications installed in the memory 37 of the mobile phone 30 are only those represented by the icons 70 to 78. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the icon 75 depends on the Internet. Various applications can be added through the application.

  In the present embodiment, when an application for calculating the energy consumed by meals is selected, the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 causes the imaging unit 36 to image the meal to be ingested, and the captured meal image 91 is displayed. Although it is transmitted to the server 20 and the intake energy is calculated, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the CPU 35 causes the imaging unit 36 to capture labels of purchased products such as vegetables and lunch boxes, and transmits the captured images to the server 20. The server 20 then purchases the product name, purchase date, and purchase date from the received image. Character information such as the expiration date (or expiration date) may be extracted and managed. Thereby, for example, in step S105, the agent 10 transmits a message to the mobile phone 30 when there is a product whose expiry date is approaching or there is a product about to eat, and the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 In S106, on the display section 32, “The expiration date of the milk purchased on August 2 is tomorrow. Let's drink it early!” Or “It is almost time to eat bananas.” A message such as “I ate it, is it okay?” Can be displayed. In addition, it is preferable to use a well-known technique suitably for the method of extracting character information from an image.

In the present embodiment, the information management device 50 records and updates information related to the user received from the attached mobile phone 30 in the storage unit 52, and transmits the information to the television via the external display output I / F unit 55. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the terrestrial digital broadcast application of the icon 73 of the mobile phone 30 is selected, the terrestrial digital broadcast program may be displayed on the display unit 32, or the external display output I / F attached to the information management device 50. When the television 60 is connected to the unit 55, the program may be displayed on the television 60. Also, the information management device 50 can send information about the program that the user likes to watch among the user information recorded in the storage unit 52 and the program guide via the wireless communication unit 53 to the agent 10 or the like. By receiving from the server 20, while the user is away, the information management apparatus 50 transmits a program that the user always watches or seems to watch via the TV 60 and the external display output I / F unit 55. , Recording may be performed in the storage unit 52.
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FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram of an information providing system 400 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 shows an example of the information management device 50 ′ in the present embodiment, together with the power supply device 120 that supplies power to the information management device 50 ′.
The configuration of the information providing system 400 according to the present embodiment is a modification of the information providing system 300 according to the third embodiment, and the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof is omitted. In FIG. 14, the configuration content of the mobile phone 30 is omitted because it is the same as that of the mobile phone 30 in the third embodiment. Further, the information management apparatus 50 ′ of FIG. 14 shows only the main part. For example, a rechargeable battery for driving the information management device 50 ′ is omitted.

Next, the difference between the information management apparatus 50 ′ in the present embodiment and the information management apparatus 50 in the third embodiment will be described below.
1) The information management device 50 ′ has wheels 58 a and 58 b for self-running operation such as rotational movement, and is connected to an electric motor (not shown) of the operation driving unit 58.
2) A sensor unit 59a that performs distance measurement and an imaging unit 59b that images an obstacle and the like, and the CPU 54 recognizes an obstacle such as a wall and measures its distance in a self-propelled operation.
3) Since the power supply device 120 is provided separately from the information management device 50 ′, the external display output I / F unit 55 is provided in the power supply device 120.

Therefore, the information management apparatus 50 ′ of the present embodiment having the above different points will be described based on FIGS. 14 and 15 together with the power supply apparatus 120.
As in the case of the third embodiment, the operation driving unit 58 in the present embodiment is a transmission / reception record of calls and mails exchanged by the user managed in the storage unit 52, images captured by the imaging unit 36, and In order to draw the user's attention in response to an instruction from the CPU 54 based on the user's health information or exercise history measured by the biometric measurement unit 39, a sound is generated or a light is blinked. Or perform operations such as rotational motion. For the operation drive unit 58, a speaker, a light source such as an LED, and an electric motor are used. Furthermore, the operation drive unit 58 in this embodiment is connected to, for example, semicircular wheels 58a and 58b as shown in FIG.

15, for example, when the mobile phone 30 is not mounted, the wheels 58a and 58b of the present embodiment transfer information about the user to the information management device 50 ′ immediately after the mobile phone 30 is mounted. Or when the information management device 50 ′ is being charged in the power supply device 120, the information management device 50 ′ is closed. On the other hand, for example, when the mobile phone 30 is attached to the attachment portion 57, or a self-running operation is performed. In this case, it is assumed that the wheel can be opened and closed in accordance with the operation of an electric motor (not shown) of the operation drive unit 58 so as to be opened.
As described above, the sensor unit 59a is a distance measuring sensor that measures the distance to an obstacle such as a wall in the self-running operation of the information management device 50 ′. In the present embodiment, two sensor units 59a are provided at the position of the information management device 50 ′ as shown in FIG. 15 so as to improve the accuracy of distance measurement. As the sensor unit 59a, a general distance measuring sensor can be appropriately selected and used.

  The imaging unit 59b is an electronic camera that images a subject and generates image data. The imaging unit 59b can be a small electronic camera that includes a general imaging lens and an imaging device such as a CMOS. Using this imaging unit 59b, the CPU 54 of the information management device 50 'recognizes an obstacle such as a wall by continuously imaging the subject at a predetermined frame rate and analyzing the image of each frame. The CPU 54 performs control so as to avoid a collision with an obstacle in the self-running operation of the information management device 50 ′ by combining the recognition result with the distance measurement information of the sensor unit 59 a. Furthermore, when the face data of the user of the mobile phone 30 is recorded in advance in the storage unit 52 of the information management device 50 ′, and the mobile phone 30 receives a call or mail, or receives information from the agent 10, the information management device 50 The CPU 54 'performs face recognition processing on the image picked up by the image pickup unit 59b and determines whether or not it matches the user's face data recorded in the storage unit 52. You may make it self-run. Note that obstacle recognition and face recognition processing in the image captured by the imaging unit 59b can be performed using a known technique.

Based on the control of the CPU 121 of the power supply device 120, which will be described later, the power receiving unit 59c receives power from the AC power source that is transmitted by the power transmission unit 124 by the contactless power supply / charging method, and charges the information management device 50 ′ Charge the battery (not shown). Note that the connection between the power reception unit 59c and the power transmission unit 124 in the present embodiment may be a connection using a connector.
Next, the power supply device 120 includes a CPU 121, a storage unit 122, a wireless communication unit 123, a power transmission unit 124, and an external display output I / F unit 55, and is connected to be able to transmit information via a bus 126. .

  The CPU 121 reads a control program stored in the storage unit 122 when a power button (not shown) is turned on by the user or when power is supplied by inserting a power plug (not shown) into an AC power outlet. The power supply device 120 is initialized. Based on the control program, the CPU 121 transmits the power from the AC power source to the power transmission unit 124 to the power reception unit 59c of the information management device 50 'by the non-contact power feeding / charging method. In addition, the CPU 121 determines the information management device 50 ′ that is self-running via the wireless communication unit 123 based on the identification information of the power supply device 120 and the information management device 50 ′ recorded in advance in the storage unit 122. A beacon signal is transmitted to the wireless communication unit 53 together with the identification information. Thereby, the CPU 54 of the information management device 50 ′ obtains the relative position with the power supply device 120 based on the beacon signal and the identification information received by the wireless communication unit 53, and based on the information on the relative position, When the amount of charge of a rechargeable battery (not shown) falls below a predetermined threshold value, as shown in FIG. 15, a self-running operation for returning to the power supply device 120 for charging, or the operation member 38 of the mobile phone 30. The self-running operation can be performed in a range set by the user through the range or a range set in the storage unit 52 in advance.

The storage unit 122 stores a control program executed by the CPU 121, identification information of the power supply device 120 and the information management device 50 ′, and the like. As the storage unit 122, any non-volatile memory among semiconductor memories can be appropriately selected and used.
The wireless communication unit 123 transmits a beacon signal and identification information to the wireless communication unit 53 of the information management device 50 ′ by a method such as Wi-Fi, infrared, Bluetooth, or ZigBee.

Next, the operation procedure of the information providing system 400 according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the third embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
As described above, in this embodiment, the agent 10 receives no request from the user based on the current user situation received from the user's mobile phone 30 together with the history information about the user accumulated so far in the server 20. In both cases, a message of information and instructions necessary for the user is created and received by the user, so that it is possible to appropriately respond to the user's current or future actions.
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In the present embodiment, there is one agent 10 and one server 20 in FIG. 14, but the present invention is not limited to this, and there may be a plurality of agents. It is preferable that any of the agent 10 and the server 20 can be selected when the user starts up the mobile phone 30.

In this embodiment, when the mobile phone 30 is turned on in step S101, the initial screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when a call is received at the same time as the power is turned on, the display unit 32 displays a screen to notify the incoming call. When information is received from the agent 10 during the call, the display unit 32 displays It is preferable to display an icon or the like for informing it.
In the present embodiment, the applications installed in the memory 37 of the mobile phone 30 are only those represented by the icons 70 to 78. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the icon 75 depends on the Internet. Various applications can be added through the application.

  In the present embodiment, when an application for calculating the energy consumed by meals is selected, the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 causes the imaging unit 36 to image the meal to be taken, and the captured meal image 91 is displayed. Although it is transmitted to the server 20 and the intake energy is calculated, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the CPU 35 causes the imaging unit 36 to capture labels of purchased products such as vegetables and lunch boxes, and transmits the captured images to the server 20. The server 20 then purchases product names, purchase dates, and purchase dates from the received images. Character information such as the expiration date (or expiration date) may be extracted and managed. Thereby, for example, in step S105, the agent 10 transmits a message to the mobile phone 30 when there is a product whose expiry date is approaching or there is a product about to eat, and the CPU 35 of the mobile phone 30 In S106, on the display section 32, “The expiration date of the milk purchased on August 2 is tomorrow. Let's drink it early!” Or “It is almost time to eat bananas.” Or “Lunch box whose expiration date has passed yesterday. A message such as “I ate it, is it okay?” Can be displayed. In addition, it is preferable to use a well-known technique suitably for the method of extracting character information from an image.

  In the present embodiment, the information management device 50 ′ records and updates the information about the user received from the attached mobile phone 30 in the storage unit 52, and the information is output to the external display output I / F of the power supply device 120. Although displayed on the television 60 via the unit 55, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the terrestrial digital broadcast application of the icon 73 of the mobile phone 30 is selected, a digital terrestrial broadcast program may be displayed on the display unit 32, or may be attached to the information management device 50 and connected to the power supply device 120. When the television 60 is connected to the external display output I / F unit 55, the program may be displayed on the television 60. Also, the information management device 50 can send information about the program that the user likes to watch among the user information recorded in the storage unit 52 and the program guide via the wireless communication unit 53 to the agent 10 or the like. By receiving from the server 20, while the user is away, the information management apparatus 50 transmits a program that the user always watches or seems to watch via the TV 60 and the external display output I / F unit 55. , Recording may be performed in the storage unit 52.

In the present embodiment, the imaging unit 59b captures the subject in order to recognize the obstacle and the user's face, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the television 60 is connected to the external display output I / F unit 55 of the power supply apparatus 120 and the display shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is displayed, the CPU 54 causes the imaging unit 59b to image the user and capture the image. The user may be used as the operation member 38 for operating the mobile phone 30 and the information management device 50 ′ by detecting the movement of the user's finger by analyzing the user's image.
In the present embodiment, the CPU 54 of the information management device 50 ′ obtains the relative position with the power supply device 120 based on the beacon signal and the identification information transmitted to the wireless communication unit 123 of the power supply device 120. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the CPU 54 may obtain the relative position with respect to the power supply device 120 according to the radio wave intensity from the wireless communication unit 123 received by the wireless communication unit 53 and the size of the viewing angle.

10 terminal (agent), 15 network, 20 server (database), 30 mobile phone (mobile information terminal), 50 information management device, 60 TV, 100 information providing system

Claims (24)

A portable information terminal having information about the user;
Information related to the user connected via a network is acquired and stored via wireless communication from the portable information terminal, and the acquired information related to the user is stored in the information related to the user and other information. A database to analyze based on information,
An information providing system comprising: an information providing device that provides information and instructions necessary for the user to the user via the portable information terminal based on a result analyzed by the database. In the information provision system of Claim 1,
An information providing system comprising: an attachment unit for attaching the portable information terminal; and an information management device that acquires and manages information about the user when the portable information terminal is attached to the attachment unit. . In the information provision system of Claim 2,
The information management device includes:
An information providing system comprising: an operation driving unit that performs an operation for drawing the user's attention according to the content of information on the user to be managed. In the information provision system according to claim 2 or 3,
The information management device includes:
An information providing system comprising: a display output unit configured to display content of information on the user to be managed on an external display device. The information providing system according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
The portable information terminal
A detection unit for detecting the user's movement;
The database obtains information on the detected exercise of the user from the portable information terminal and calculates energy consumed by the exercise of the user,
The information provision system comprises: the energy consumption calculated by the database is provided to the user via the portable information terminal or the information management device. The information providing system according to any one of claims 2 to 5,
The portable information terminal
A biological measurement unit that measures the user's biological information by holding the portable information terminal by the user or exhaling toward the portable information terminal;
The database acquires the measured biometric information of the user from the portable information terminal and analyzes the health status of the user,
The information providing system provides the user with the information on the health condition of the user analyzed by the database via the portable information terminal or the information management device. The information providing system according to any one of claims 2 to 6,
The portable information terminal
An imaging unit that captures a subject image and generates an image;
The database acquires an image of a meal taken by the user imaged by the imaging unit from the portable information terminal and calculates an intake energy by the meal,
The information providing system provides the user with the information on the energy intake calculated by the database via the portable information terminal or the information management device. In the information provision system of Claim 7,
The information providing device includes information related to exercise content, meal content, or medical treatment content for the user based on the user's exercise, energy consumption, intake energy, and biological information accumulated in the database. An instruction is provided to the user via the portable information terminal or the information management device. The information providing system according to claim 8,
The other information stored in the database is information on a plurality of other users of the portable information terminal,
The information providing apparatus refers to information on the plurality of other users, and provides information and instructions regarding the content of exercise, the content of meals, or the content of medical treatment for the user to the portable information terminal or the information management device. And providing the information to the user. The information provision system according to any one of claims 2 to 9,
The information management system includes a wireless communication unit capable of transmitting and receiving information about the user between the database and the information providing apparatus through wireless communication. The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 10,
The mobile information terminal includes a call unit that operates as a mobile phone. It has information about the user, and the information about the user is provided and stored in a database connected on the network, and the information about the provided user has been stored in the database so far by the database. A mobile information terminal in an information providing system that is analyzed together with information about the user and other information and receives information and instructions necessary for the user provided from the information providing device based on the analysis result,
A communication unit for transmitting and receiving information between the database and the information providing device;
A control unit that controls the communication unit to transmit information about the user to the database and receive information and instructions necessary for the user provided from the information providing device;
A portable information terminal comprising: A storage unit for recording information about the user;
A communication unit that transmits and receives information to and from an external device connected to the network;
The information related to the user recorded in the storage unit is transmitted to be provided and stored in the external device, and the information related to the provided user is stored in the external device so far by the external device. A control unit that controls the communication unit to receive information and instructions necessary for the user that are analyzed based on the analysis result and provided based on the analysis result.
A portable information terminal comprising: The portable information terminal according to claim 13,
A connection unit that connects to an information management device that manages information about the user;
The controller is
The portable information terminal, wherein information related to the user is transferred to the information management device via the connection unit. The portable information terminal according to claim 14, wherein
The controller is
The information management for transmitting information about the user to the external device via the information management device connected to the connection unit and receiving information and instructions necessary for the user provided from the external device A portable information terminal characterized by controlling a device. The portable information terminal according to claim 15,
A detection unit for detecting the user's movement;
The controller is
The consumption calculated by the external device based on the transmitted user's motion is transmitted to the external device through the communication unit or the information management device. A portable information terminal characterized by receiving energy. The portable information terminal according to claim 15 or claim 16,
A biological measurement unit that measures the user's biological information by holding the portable information terminal by the user or exhaling toward the portable information terminal;
The controller is
The measured biometric information of the user is transmitted to the external device via the communication unit or the information management device, and is analyzed by the external device based on the transmitted biometric information of the user. A portable information terminal that receives a user's health status. The portable information terminal according to any one of claims 14 to 17,
An imaging unit that captures a subject image and generates an image;
The controller is
Via the communication unit or the information management device, the image of the meal taken by the user captured by the imaging unit is transmitted to the external device, and the energy consumed by the meal calculated by the external device is transmitted. A portable information terminal characterized by receiving. The portable information terminal according to any one of claims 13 to 18,
A portable information terminal comprising a display unit that displays information and instructions necessary for the user provided from the external device. The portable information terminal according to any one of claims 13 to 19,
A portable information terminal comprising a calling unit that operates as a mobile phone. A mobile information terminal having information about the user, and connected to the network, acquires and stores information about the user from the mobile information terminal, and stores information about the acquired user about the user And information management in an information providing system configured with an information providing apparatus that provides the user with necessary information and instructions based on a result analyzed by the database A device,
A mounting portion for mounting the portable information terminal;
A control unit that acquires and manages information about the user from the portable information terminal via the mounting unit;
A communication unit that transmits information about the user to be managed to the database and receives information and instructions necessary for the user provided from the information providing device;
The controller is
The information management apparatus, wherein information and instructions necessary for the user received by the communication unit are transferred to the portable information terminal via the mounting unit. A mounting unit for mounting a portable information terminal having information about the user;
A control unit that acquires and manages information about the user from the portable information terminal via the mounting unit;
The information related to the user to be managed is transmitted to be provided and stored in an external device connected to the network, and the information related to the user provided by the external device is transmitted to the external device so far. A communication unit that receives the information and instructions necessary for the user, which is analyzed together with the information about the accumulated user and other information and is provided based on the analysis result;
The controller is
The information management apparatus, wherein information and instructions necessary for the user received by the communication unit are transferred to the portable information terminal via the mounting unit. The information management device according to claim 22,
An operation drive unit for driving the information management device;
The controller is
An information management apparatus that causes the operation driving unit to perform an operation for drawing the user's attention according to the content of information on the user to be managed. In the information management device according to claim 22 or claim 23,
An information management apparatus comprising: a display output unit configured to display content of information on the user to be managed on an external display device.

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