JP2011221956A - Health care system and health care method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a health care system capable of calculating automatically calorie consumption concerning the number of steps during work without distributing a pedometer or a cellphone with a GPS function.SOLUTION: A health care system 1 comprises at least a plurality of management target devices 12 using a token 11 possessed by a user, and a management server device 10 managing user's calories. Every time a predetermined time elapses, the management server device 10 analyses a use log which is sent when a user 11a uses the management target device 12, and the management server device 10 calculates the user's total walking distance within a prescribed time from walking distance between two management target devices 12 which are used before and after in the time sequence, and calculates and stores the user's calorie consumption within the prescribed time from the total walking distance.

Description

  The present invention is a system for providing healthcare related to metabolic measures.

  In response to the government's introduction of a system aimed at preventing and improving metabolic syndrome, and the company's health insurance association being required to take metabolic countermeasures, the company is also involved in healthcare related to metabolic countermeasures for users (employees). Began to do.

  Metabolic syndrome is also referred to as “metabolic syndrome” or “visceral fat syndrome”, and there are four such as “hypertension”, “hyperlipidemia”, “diabetes” and “obesity” caused by visceral fat obesity. It means a complex lifestyle-related disease in which two or more of lifestyle-related diseases overlap, and the metabolic syndrome includes a reserve army for complex lifestyle-related diseases.

  Metabolic measures are based on “exercise habits” and “improvement of eating habits”. In “exercise habits”, which is one of the metabolic measures, the calorie consumption based on the amount of exercise per week or day can be presented to the user. I need it.

  As an invention for presenting the calorie consumption based on the amount of exercise for one week or one day to the user, for example, a pedometer such as a pedometer (registered trademark) or a portable terminal with a GPS function is used. Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose an invention in which a user's exercise amount is automatically grasped on the server side. In these inventions, the application installed in the portable terminal transmits the number of steps measured by the pedometer and the amount of movement measured by the GPS function to the server, and the server calculates the amount of exercise based on the number of steps and the amount of movement. .

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-24404 JP 2008-181317 A

  However, in the above-described invention, in order to automatically perform healthcare related to metabolic measures, a portable terminal with a pedometer and a GPS function must be distributed to users, and the introduction cost becomes a problem. In this way, there are cases where the target value of the amount of exercise for one week is set and each user wants to manage the target value by himself / herself.

  As a metabolic measure, in “exercise habits”, when each user self-controls the target value of the amount of exercise for one week, it is necessary to add the number of steps unconscious in daily life to the amount of exercise for one week. In the case of a user who is working, although the working time exceeds 8 hours, the number of steps in work is often included in the number of steps that are not conscious in daily life.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a health care system and method capable of automatically calculating calorie consumption related to the number of steps during work without distributing a pedometer or a portable terminal with a GPS function to the user. Objective.

  A first invention that solves the above-described problem is a health care system that includes at least a plurality of management target devices that use hardware-type tokens possessed by a user and a management server device that manages the user's calories. The management target device transmits a usage log including a user identifier read from the token of a user who uses the management target device, a device identifier of the management target device, and a usage time to the management server device. The management server device includes a usage log storage unit that stores the usage log received from the management target device; and a device identifier included in the usage log stored within a predetermined time when a predetermined time has elapsed. In addition, the management target device used by the user within a predetermined time is specified in time series from the use time, and the time series is changed. A consumption for executing, for each user identifier, a process of calculating a user's calorie consumption within a predetermined time from the walking distance between the two management target devices and calculating and storing the user's calorie consumption within the predetermined time from the total walking distance. A health care system comprising calorie calculation means.

  According to the first invention, since the usage log transmitted from the management target device from the management server device includes a user identifier, a device identifier, and a usage time, the management server device stores the usage log. By analyzing, it is possible to grasp when and which managed device is used by the user specified by the user identifier.

  Since the installation location of the management target device used by the user indicates the location where the user was, the management server device can use the device identifier and the usage time included in the usage log stored within the predetermined time, and If the device to be managed used in the above is specified in time series and the walking distance between the two devices to be managed preceding and following in time series is obtained, the total walking distance of the user within a predetermined time can be obtained, If the total walking distance is multiplied by a predetermined coefficient, the user's calorie consumption within a predetermined time can be obtained.

  In the present invention, any device can be used as long as the device to be managed includes the usage log transmission means. However, the management server device includes two devices to be managed in time series. In order to obtain the total walking distance of the user within a predetermined time from the walking distance in between, it is preferable that the management target device includes a door gate that increases the walking distance.

  In the present invention, the token stores a user identifier for identifying a user, can use an IC card, a USB key, etc. that communicates with an external device, and assumes that the company uses a healthcare system. It is preferable to use an IC card widely used in a certificate as the token.

  Moreover, the identifier of the food and drink purchased by the user is included in the usage log transmitted by the management target device used for selling food and drink to the management server device, and the identifier of the food and drink is included in the management server device. A process of storing a corresponding calorie amount and calculating and storing a user's calorie intake within a predetermined time from a sum of calorie amounts corresponding to food and drink identifiers included in the use log stored within the predetermined time. By providing calorie intake calculation means to be executed every time, the management server device can calculate not only calorie consumption but also calorie intake.

  Further, a health care system includes a terminal device that transmits a calorie display request including a user identifier read from the token to the management server device, and the management server device receives the calorie display request from the terminal device, By providing calorie presenting means for generating calorie consumption and intake calorie display data corresponding to the user identifier included in the calorie display request and transmitting it to the terminal device, the consumed calorie and intake calorie can be presented to the user. become.

  Further, the health care system includes a travel expense settlement device that stores at least the travel destination and the date and time when the user went out in association with the user identifier, and the calorie consumption calculating means of the management server device has gone out The calorie consumption at the time is stored for each destination, the user's outing destination within a predetermined time is obtained from the transportation expense settlement device for each user identifier, and the calorie consumption based on the destination is added to the calorie consumption obtained from the walking distance If the process to perform is performed, the calorie consumption related to the user's going out can be taken into consideration.

  A second invention that solves the above-described problem is a health care method that uses a plurality of management target devices that use hardware-type tokens possessed by a user and a management server device that manages user calories. The management target device transmits the usage log including the user identifier read from the token of the user to be used, the device identifier of the management target device, and the usage time to the management server device, and the management server device receives the usage log. The usage log storage step for storing the usage log, and when the management server device has passed a predetermined time, the user has used it within the predetermined time from the device identifier and the usage time included in the usage log stored within the predetermined time. The management target device is identified in time series, and the user within a predetermined time is determined from the walking distance between the two management target devices that are back and forth in time series. A calorie consumption calculation step of calculating for each user identifier a process for calculating the user's calorie consumption within a predetermined time from the total walk distance and calculating / storing the user's calorie consumption from the total walk distance. It is.

  Also in the second aspect, the usage log transmitted from the managed device used for selling food to the management server device includes an identifier of the food purchased by the user, and the management server device , Calorie intake calculation for executing, for each user identifier, a process of calculating and storing a user's calorie intake within a predetermined time from a total amount of calories corresponding to the identifier of food and drink included in the usage log stored within the predetermined time If the process is included, not only the calorie consumption but also the calorie intake can be calculated on the management server device side.

  Furthermore, when the terminal device transmits a calorie display request including the user identifier read from the token to the management server device, and the management server device receives the calorie display request from the terminal device, the calorie display request is received. By including the calorie presenting step of generating display data of calorie consumption and intake calorie corresponding to the included user identifier and transmitting it to the terminal device, the user can present the calorie consumption and intake calorie.

  Further, in the calorie consumption calculation step, the management server device determines a user's outing place within a predetermined time from a travel expense adjusting apparatus that stores at least the outing destination and outing date and time when the user goes out in association with the user identifier. If the process of acquiring for each user identifier and adding the calorie consumption based on whereabouts to the calorie consumption obtained from the total walking distance is executed, the calorie consumption related to the user's going out can be considered.

  As described above, it is possible to provide a health care system and method that can automatically calculate calorie consumption related to the number of steps during work without distributing a pedometer or a portable terminal with a GPS function to the user.

The figure explaining the structure of the health care system concerning this embodiment. The figure explaining the management object apparatus installed in the laboratory room. The figure explaining the management object apparatus installed in the cafeteria of welfare welfare building. The block diagram of a management object apparatus. The functional block diagram of a management server apparatus. The flowchart performed when calculating consumption and intake calories. The flowchart performed when showing consumption and intake calorie to a user.

  From this, the embodiments of the present invention will be described to the extent that those skilled in the art of the present invention can understand the contents of the present invention and implement the present invention.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a health care system 1 according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 1A, the health care system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a management server device 10 that manages the calories of the user 11a during work.

  A user 11a of a company in which the health care system 1 is introduced has a hardware type token 11 (for example, an IC card) in which a user identifier is stored, and in each facility 14 of the company to which the user 11a belongs, A management target device 12 that identifies a user 11a (here, an employee) using the token 11 and executes a specific process is installed, and each management target device 12 is connected to the management server device 10 via a network. Yes.

  In FIG. 1, the welfare building 14a, the laboratory 14b, the warehouse 14c, the factory building 14d, and the factory office building 14e are illustrated as the company facilities 14 to which the user 11a belongs. Further, in FIG. A transportation expense settlement apparatus 13 for settlement of transportation expenses is connected to the management server apparatus 10.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the management target device 12 installed in the room of the laboratory 14b, and FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the management target device 12 installed in the cafeteria of the welfare building 14a.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the laboratory 14b, the token 11 is used as a management target device 12 that identifies the user 11a and executes a predetermined process, and uses the token 11 to go to a room in the laboratory 14b. A door gate 12a for managing entrance / exit of the user, a PC (Personal Computer) 12b for managing login of the user 11a using the token 11, a multifunction machine 12c for managing use of the user 11a using the token 11, and a token 11 A vending machine 12d for charging processing is installed, and each device has a function of communicating with the token 11 and reading a user identifier.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 3, in the cafeteria of the welfare facility 14a, the token 11 is used as a management target device 12 that identifies the user 11a using the token 11 and executes a predetermined process. A ticket vending machine 12e to be used and a vending machine 12d to perform a billing process using the token 11 are installed, and each device has a function of communicating with the token 11 and reading a user identifier.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the management target device 12. The management target device 12 installed in each facility 14 of the company to which the user 11a belongs includes a user identifier read from the token 11 of the user 11a using the management target device 12, a device identifier of the management target device 12, and a use time. Usage log transmission means 120 for transmitting the usage log including the management log to the management server device 10 and specific processing means 121 for identifying the user 11a (here, an employee) using the token 11 and executing specific processing. . In addition, when the user 11a uses the management target apparatus 12 related to eating and drinking such as the food vending machine 12e or the vending machine 12d, in addition to the user identifier, the apparatus identifier, and the use time, the identifier of the food purchased by the user 11a Is included in the usage log.

  As the usage log transmission unit 120 of the management target device 12, a function that the management target device 12 originally has can be used. For example, in the case of the door gate 12a, the unlocking history of the door collected by the door gate 12a can be used as a usage log. In the case of the vending machine 12d, the sales history of the user 11a collected by the vending machine 12d is used. Can be used as a usage log.

  The device identifier of the management target device 12 used by the user 11a may include the data stored on the management target device 12 side in the usage log, but the address of the management target device 12 that has transmitted the usage log. (For example, a MAC address or an IP address) may be used as the device identifier of the management target device 12.

  Furthermore, the timing at which the management target device 12 transmits the usage log to the management server device 10 is such that each time the user 11a uses the token 11 and uses the management target device 12, the management target device 12 sends the usage log to the management server device 10. The management target device 12 may temporarily store the usage log, and every time a certain period (for example, 1 hour) elapses, the management server device 10 You may make it transmit to.

  In this way, by including the user identifier, the device identifier, and the usage time in the usage log transmitted from the management target device 12 from the management target device 12, if the usage log is analyzed on the management server device 10 side, the user The user specified by the identifier can grasp when and which managed device is used.

  Further, as will be described later, the management server device 10 determines the total walking distance of the user within a predetermined time from the walking distance between the two management target devices 12 moving back and forth in time series. It is preferable to include a door gate 12a that increases the walking distance.

  As the token 11 possessed by the user, a user identifier for identifying the user can be stored and an IC card, a USB key, etc. communicating with an external device can be used. However, assuming that the healthcare system 1 is used in a company. The token 11 is preferably an IC card widely used for employee ID cards.

  The specific processing unit 121 of the management target device 12 is different for each type of the management target device 12. For example, in the case of the door gate 12a, the function of controlling the unlocking of the door corresponds to the specific processing means 121, and in the case of the vending machine 12d, the function of selling food and drink to the user 11a corresponds to the specific processing means 121.

  The management server device 10 has a function of calculating the calorie consumption and intake calorie of the user 11a during work from the usage log of the management target device 12, and uses all the management target devices 12 installed in the company facility 14. The log is used to calculate calorie consumption, and the use log of the management target device 12 (for example, the ticket vending machine 12e or the vending machine 12d) that sells food and drink is used to calculate the calorie intake.

  FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the management server device 10. The management server device 10 is a device realized by a general-purpose server device having hardware resources such as a CPU, a RAM, a data storage device, and a network interface, and has a function realized by a computer program using these hardware resources. , A usage log storage unit 100 that stores a usage log indicating the usage status of the managed device 12, a calorie consumption calculation unit 101 that analyzes the usage log and calculates calories consumed by the user 11a during work, and analyzes the usage log. A calorie intake calculating means 102 for calculating the calorie intake of the user 11a during work and a calorie presenting means 103 for presenting consumption / intake calories to the user 11a are provided.

  The reason why the management server device 10 is provided with the calorie consumption calculating means 101 is to allow the user's calorie consumption to be calculated from the usage log. Since the installation location of the management target device 12 specified by the device identifier included in the usage log indicates the location where the user was, the management server device 10 specifies the management target device used by the user within a predetermined time in time series. If the total walking distance that the user has moved to use the management target device is obtained, the calorie consumption of the user within a predetermined time can be calculated.

  The reason why the management server device 10 is provided with the calorie intake calculating means 102 is to enable the user's calorie intake to be calculated from the usage log. The identifier of the food and drink purchased by the user may be included in the usage log transmitted to the management server device 10 by the management target device 12 (for example, the ticket vending machine 12e or the vending machine 12d) used for selling the food or drink. For example, on the management server device 10 side, the food and drink purchased by the user can be specified from the usage log, and the calorie intake of the user can be calculated from the calorie content of the food and drink.

  Further, the reason why the management server device 10 is provided with the calorie presenting means 102 is to allow the user to present the consumed / ingested calories calculated on the management server device 10 side.

  The usage log storage means 100 of the management server device 10 is a means for executing processing for storing the usage log received from the management target device 12 in the data storage device, and is a data table for storing the contents of the usage log for each user identifier. When a usage log table is stored in the data storage device and the usage log is stored in the data storage device, the usage log is stored in time series in the usage log table specified by the user identifier included in the usage log.

  The calorie consumption calculating means 101 provided in the management server device 10 is a means for calculating and storing the calorie consumption within a predetermined time for each user 11a every time a predetermined time (for example, one day) elapses. The calorie intake calculating means 102 provided in the apparatus 10 is a means for calculating and storing calorie intake within a predetermined time for each user 11a every time a predetermined time (for example, one day) elapses.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart executed when the management server device 10 calculates consumed / ingested calories. The flow shown in FIG. 6 is for each user identifier registered in the management server device 10 when a predetermined time elapses. This is the procedure to be executed.

  When the management server device 10 calculates consumed / ingested calories, first, the calorie consumption calculating means of the management server device 10 uses the usage log within a predetermined time from the usage log table of the target user 11a as the usage log to be analyzed. After the extraction (S1), the total walking distance of the user 11a within a predetermined time is obtained, and calorie consumption based on the total walking distance is calculated and stored (S2).

  In the present embodiment, the calorie consumption calculating means 101 stores map data indicating the position data of the management target device 12 and the passage data of the user 11a in order to obtain the walking distance of the user 11a.

  The calorie consumption calculating means 101 obtains the total walking distance of the user 11a within a predetermined time, and sorts the usage logs to be analyzed in chronological order when calculating the calorie consumption based on the total walking distance for each user 11a. Thus, the management target device 12 used by the user 11a within a predetermined time is specified in time series.

  Then, the calorie consumption calculating means 101 calculates the walking distance between the two management target devices 12 moving back and forth in time series while following the management target device 12 used by the user 11a within a predetermined time in time series. The total walking distance of the user 11a within a predetermined time is calculated by calculating the total walking distance by using the position data and the passage data, and the total walking distance of the user 11a within the predetermined time is multiplied by a predetermined coefficient. The calorie consumption of the user 11a within a predetermined time is calculated and stored by converting the amount of calories.

  In addition, in order to store the calorie consumption and intake calories of the user 11a within a predetermined time, the management server device 10 stores a calorie table, which is a data table for storing consumption calories and intake calories, for each user identifier in the data storage device. And when the calorie consumption calculating means 101 stores the calorie consumption in the data storage device, the calorie table specified by the target user identifier is given a start / end time of a predetermined time and the calorie consumption is stored.

  When the management server device 10 operates the calorie consumption calculation unit 101 and calculates the calorie consumption of the user 11a within a predetermined time for each user 11a, the management server device 10 operates the calorie intake calculation unit 102 to detect the user 11a within the predetermined time. Calorie intake is calculated and stored (S3).

  The calorie intake calculation means 102 stores the calorie content of food and drink in association with the identifier of food and drink sold at the facility 14 in the company in order to calculate the calorie intake of the user 11a from the usage log.

  And the calorie intake calculation means 102 specifies the calorie quantity corresponding to each identifier of the food and drink included in the usage log that is analyzed by the calorie consumption calculation means 101 for each user 11a, and obtains the sum of the calorie quantity. Thus, the calorie intake of the user 11a within a predetermined time is calculated and stored, and the procedure illustrated in FIG.

  When the calorie intake calculation means stores the calorie intake in the data storage device, the calorie intake table stores the calorie intake by giving a start / end time of a predetermined time to the calorie table specified by the target user identifier.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart executed when the management server device 10 presents consumed / ingested calories to the user 11a. The calorie presenting means 103 provided in the management server device 10 is a function realized by a Web application, and a calorie display request including a user identifier read from the token 11 possessed by the user 11a is provided in a laboratory room. Received from a terminal device such as a PC (S10), from the calorie table corresponding to this user identifier, the calorie consumption and intake calorie within the display period (for example, within one week) are extracted, Display data for displaying the calorie intake is generated, a process of transmitting the display data to the terminal device is executed (S11), and this procedure is terminated.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described so far, and various modifications and changes can be made, and these are also within the equivalent scope of the present invention.

  In the present embodiment described above, the calorie consumption calculating means 101 provided in the management server device 10 calculates the calorie consumption from only the walking distance in the company facility 14, but the calorie consumption of the user 11a during work is calculated. , You may make it add the calorie consumption concerning the movement at the time of going out.

  As shown in FIG. 1, when adding calorie consumption related to movement when going out, the user 11a (in this case, an employee) has a function to settle the transportation expenses, and the user 11a goes out and goes out when going out. A transportation expense settlement apparatus 13 that stores the date and time and transportation expenses is provided.

  Then, the calorie consumption calculating means 101 stores the calorie consumption in advance for each place to go, and when the calorie consumption calculating means 101 calculates the calorie consumption within a predetermined time, it is obtained from the transportation expense adjusting device 13. The calorie consumption corresponding to the place where you are going is added to the calorie consumption calculated from the total walking distance.

  In this way, if the health care system 1 includes the travel expense settlement apparatus 13 that stores at least the travel destination and the date and time when the user went out in association with the user identifier, the user calculated by the management server apparatus 10 It becomes possible to add calorie consumption when the user goes out to calorie consumption.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Healthcare system 10 Management server apparatus 100 Usage log memory | storage means 101 Calorie consumption calculation means 102 Calorie intake calculation means 103 Calorie presentation means 11 Token 12 Management object apparatus 120 Usage log transmission means 121 Specific processing means 13 Transportation expense adjustment apparatus 14 Facilities

Claims (10)

  A healthcare system comprising at least a plurality of managed devices that use hardware-type tokens possessed by a user and a management server device that manages the user's calories, wherein the managed device is the managed object Usage log transmission means for transmitting a usage log including a user identifier read from the token of a user who uses a device, a device identifier of the management target device and a usage time to the management server device, and the management server device includes: Usage log storage means for storing the usage log received from the management target device, and when a predetermined time elapses, the user uses it within a predetermined time from the device identifier and the usage time included in the usage log stored within the predetermined time. The management target device is identified in time series, and the walking distance between the two management target devices moving back and forth in time series A calorie consumption calculating means for calculating a user's total walking distance within a predetermined time and calculating / storing the user's calorie consumption within a predetermined time from the total walking distance for each user identifier. And health care system.   The usage log transmitted to the management server device by the managed device used for sales of food and drink includes an identifier of the food and beverage purchased by the user, and the management server device corresponds to the identifier of the food and drink. A process for storing a calorie amount to be calculated and calculating a user's calorie intake within a predetermined time from a sum of calorie amounts corresponding to food and drink identifiers included in the use log stored within the predetermined time for each user identifier The health care system according to claim 1, further comprising calorie intake calculation means to be executed.   A terminal device that transmits a calorie display request including a user identifier read from the token to the management server device; the management server device is included in the calorie display request when the calorie display request is received from the terminal device; The health care system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising calorie presentation means for generating display data of calories consumed and calories consumed corresponding to a user identifier and transmitting the display data to the terminal device.   A travel expense adjusting device that stores at least the destination and the date and time when the user goes out in association with the user identifier is included, and the calorie consumption calculating means of the management server device outputs the calorie consumption when the user goes out. Stores every destination, obtains the user's whereabouts within a predetermined time from the transportation expense settlement device for each user identifier, and executes a process of adding the calories consumed based on the destination to the calories consumed calculated from the total walking distance The healthcare system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the healthcare system is characterized in that   The health care system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the management target device includes a door gate that performs user entrance / exit management using the token.   The healthcare system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the token is an IC card. A healthcare method using a plurality of managed devices that use hardware-type tokens possessed by a user and a management server device that manages the user's calories,
The usage log including the user identifier read from the token of the user to be used, the device identifier of the management target device, and the usage time is transmitted from the management target device to the management server device and received by the management server device A usage log storage process for storing logs;
When the predetermined time has elapsed, the management server device specifies the management target device used by the user within the predetermined time in a time series from the device identifier and the usage time included in the usage log stored within the predetermined time. Calorie consumption for calculating a user's total walking distance within a predetermined time from the walking distance between the two managed devices, and calculating and storing the user's caloric consumption within the predetermined time from the total walking distance for each user identifier A calculation process;
A health care method comprising: The usage log transmitted to the management server device by the management target device used for selling food and drink includes an identifier of the food and beverage purchased by the user,
For each user identifier, the management server device calculates and stores the calorie intake of the user within a predetermined time from the total amount of calories corresponding to the identifier of the food and drink contained in the usage log stored within the predetermined time. The health care method according to claim 7, further comprising a calorie intake calculation step to be executed.   When the terminal device transmits a calorie display request including the user identifier read from the token to the management server device, and the management server device receives the calorie display request from the terminal device, the user identifier included in the calorie display request The health care method according to claim 8, further comprising a calorie presenting step of generating display data of calorie consumption and intake calorie corresponding to and transmitting to the terminal device. In the calorie consumption calculating step, the management server device determines the user's whereabouts within a predetermined time from the travel expense adjusting device that stores at least the outing destination and the date and time when the user goes out in association with the user identifier. The health care according to any one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that a process of acquiring calorie consumption based on going out and adding to calorie consumption obtained from the total walking distance is executed every time. Method.

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