JP6754412B2 - Experience recording system and experience recording method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a technique for recording an experience as digital data.

Traditionally, there are photographs and diaries as means for recording experiences. Recently, an increasing number of people are using SNS (social networking services) and blogs to record their own action records and images on the network. Patent Document 1 proposes a system that automatically creates a diary from a life log such as running or eating and uploads it to a blog.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-106291

However, photographs (images), diaries (texts), and life logs are not sufficient as a means of recording the emotions that users have when they experience something.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for recording a user's experience. A further object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for recording a user's experience together with emotions at that time.

The first aspect of the present invention is a tear collecting means for collecting tears shed by a user, a tear measuring means for measuring the collected tears and outputting information about the tears as tear information, and a causal relationship with the tears. An experience information acquisition means for acquiring information on the experience of the user having the above, an experience record data generation means for generating experience record data, which is digital data obtained by pairing the tear information and the experience information. Provide an experience recording system characterized by having.

According to this configuration, when the user looks back at the experience record later, not only the information about the experience but also the fact that shed tears at that time and the information about what kind of tears shed can be looked back together. .. This can be expected to have the effect of reviving emotional changes during the experience and memories of the surroundings, rather than simply looking back at the diary or photo.

The tear measuring means may generate image data of the tear or a product based on the tear, and output the image data as the tear information. The tear measuring means may analyze the tear and output the obtained analysis result as the tear information.

The second aspect of the present invention is to store a pair of information about the tears obtained by collecting and measuring the tears shed by the user and information about the experience of the user having a causal relationship with the tears. It provides a data structure characterized by the fact that it does. Data that pairs information about tears with information about experiences in this way has various utility values.

The present invention can be regarded as an experience recording system including a part or all of the above-mentioned configurations. Further, the present invention can be regarded as an experience recording method including a part or all of the above-mentioned processes, a control method of the experience recording system, and the like. Further, the present invention is regarded as a program for causing a computer (or a processor of a computer) to execute a part or all of the above-mentioned processes, or a computer-readable storage medium in which the program is temporarily stored. Can be done. Further, the present invention regards the data structure including information on tears and information on the user's experience, experience record data having such a data structure, or a computer-readable storage medium in which the experience record data is stored non-temporarily. be able to.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a novel method for recording a user's experience.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an experience recording system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the tear recording device. 3A to 3C are views showing the appearance of the tear recording device. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the information processing device. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a usage example of the experience recording system.

An example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<Structure of experience recording system>
FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of the experience recording system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. This experience recording system 1 is a system for recording the user's experience, and is information on the tears shed by the user (referred to as "tears information") and information on the experience having a causal relationship with the tears ("experience information"). It is characterized by a configuration that generates and records digital data in pairs with). The experience recording system 1 may be used for personal use, or the service provided by the experience recording system 1 may be provided as an online service such as an SNS (social networking service).

The experience recording system 1 has a tear recording device 10 and an information processing device 11 as main configurations. The tear recording device 10 is a device that collects tears, measures the collected tears, generates tear information, and the like, and the information processing device 11 is a device that generates experience recording data from the user's experience information and tear information. .. Hereinafter, specific configuration examples of each device will be described.

(Tears recording device 10)
FIG. 2 schematically shows the functional configuration of the tear recording device 10. The tear recording device 10 has a tear collecting unit 20, a tear photographing unit 21, a tear analysis unit 22, an operation unit 23, and a tear information output unit 24 as main functions. In this example, the tear collecting unit 20 is an example of the tear collecting means of the present invention, and the tear photographing unit 21 and the tear analysis unit 22 are examples of the tear measuring means of the present invention.

The tear collecting unit 20 has a function or structure for collecting tears shed by the user. For example, it may have a structure including a spoon-like tear receiving portion for scooping tears spilling from the eyes and a tear receiving portion for accommodating the tears received at the tear receiving portion. Alternatively, instead of the tear receiving portion, a dropper-like member may be used to suck the tears. The structure and storage method of the tear storage portion may be appropriately designed according to the tear measurement method. For example, when measuring tears themselves (that is, liquid tears), the tear reservoir adopts a structure that holds the liquid. In addition, when measuring substances (salts, proteins, etc.) precipitated from tears, the tear accommodating portion may have a structure that evaporates the water content of the tears. Alternatively, if the components of tears are to be analyzed, the tear accommodating portion may support the tears on another substance, solution, or the like.

The tear photographing unit 21 is a function of photographing a magnified image of tears and outputting the digital image data as tear information. The tear imaging unit 21 is composed of, for example, a magnifying optical system, an image sensor, and an image processing circuit. The optical magnification of the magnifying optical system is preferably at least 10 to 40 times. The method of photographing tears is arbitrary. For example, an image of a crystal of a substance precipitated from tears (such as a micrograph) may be taken, a liquid tear may be taken, or an optical image when the tear is exposed to special light. You may take a picture of the reaction and color when a special sample is mixed with tears. That is, the tear photographing unit 21 obtains image data of tears and / or image data of a product based on tears.

The tear analysis unit 22 has a function of analyzing tears and outputting the analysis result as tear information. The tear analysis unit 22 determines the amount and ratio of each component contained in the collected tears, for example, by quantitative analysis. Alternatively, the result of a chemical change between the collected tears and a predetermined sample may be simply obtained as an analysis result.

The operation unit 23 is a function that accepts user operations. For example, an operation button for instructing the start of imaging by the tear imaging unit 21 and the start of analysis by the tear analysis unit 22, an operation button for instructing the transfer of the acquired tear information to an external device, a power button, and the like are provided. It is good.

The tear information output unit 24 has a function of outputting the acquired tear information (image data obtained by the tear photographing unit 21 and analysis result data obtained by the tear analysis unit 22) to an external device (information processing device 11 or the like). Is. Any connection method such as USB, LAN, short-range wireless communication (for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark), NFC) may be adopted for the connection between the tear recording device 10 and the external device.

3A and 3B show an example of the appearance of the tear recording device 10. 3A is a top view and FIG. 3B is a side view. A tear collecting unit 20 is provided at the tip of the housing 30 that imitates a drop of tears, and an operating unit 23 is provided on the side surface of the housing 30. The tear imaging unit 21, the tear analysis unit 22, and the tear information output unit 24 are provided inside the housing 30. The size of the device is arbitrary, but in consideration of portability and grip, a size slightly smaller than that of a chicken egg is preferable. FIG. 3C shows a state in which the cover 31 is attached to the tip end portion of the tear recording device 10. The cover 31 has a strap or a chain so that the tear recording device 10 can be hung around the neck for easy carrying.

(Information processing device 11)
FIG. 4 schematically shows the functional configuration of the information processing device 11. The information processing device 11 has a tear information acquisition unit 40, an experience information acquisition unit 41, an experience record data generation unit 42, and an experience record data output unit 43 as main configurations. In this example, the experience information acquisition unit 41 is an example of the experience information acquisition means of the present invention, and the experience record data generation unit 42 is an example of the experience record data generation means of the present invention.

The tear information acquisition unit 40 is a function of acquiring tear information from the tear recording device 10. The tear information includes at least image data and / or analysis results. The tear information acquisition unit 40 records the date and time when the tear information was acquired, and attaches a time stamp to the tear information. When the tear recording device 10 has a built-in clock, the tear recording device 10 may attach a tear collection date and time (time stamp) to the tear information.

The experience information acquisition unit 41 is a function of acquiring information on the experience of a user who has a causal relationship with tears (obtained tear information). "Experiences that have a causal relationship with tears" are "reasons (causes) that led to the user shedding tears (results)" and "events (results) that occurred due to the user shedding tears (causes)". Either is fine. Examples of the former include tears when I was moved by the last scene of the movie, and tears when I was happy to receive a gift from a friend. As an example of the latter, I made up with my boyfriend and had a fun date. , Can be mentioned. The experience information acquisition unit 41 provides a GUI for inputting information related to such an experience, and accepts input of experience information from a user. As the experience information, text data describing the content of the experience is typical, but other than that, data recording the situation at the time of the experience such as an image (still image, moving image) or voice may be input.

The experience record data generation unit 42 generates "experience record data" which is digital data in which the "tears information" acquired by the tear information acquisition unit 40 and the "experience information" acquired by the experience information acquisition unit 41 are paired. It is a function. The experience record data output unit 43 is a function of outputting experience record data to an external device (including an SNS and a cloud server). FIG. 4 shows, as an example, an example of experience record data including a tear image, a tear analysis result, an experience description (text), and an experience image.

The information processing device 11 can be configured by, for example, a general-purpose computer including a CPU (processor), a memory, an auxiliary storage device (hard disk, SSD, etc.), a display device, an input device, an output device, a communication module, and the like. .. In the case of such a configuration, each function shown in FIG. 4 is realized by software by expanding the program stored in the auxiliary storage device into the memory and executing it by the CPU. The information processing device 11 may be configured in any form. For example, cloud computing or distributed computing may be used. Alternatively, a part or all of the functions shown in FIG. 4 may be configured by a dedicated IC chip or hardware. As the information processing device 11, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, a mobile phone (feature phone), a wearable terminal, a smart watch, a game device, or the like may be used. Alternatively, the information processing device 11 and the tear recording device 10 may be configured by one device.

(Example of use)
FIG. 5 shows an example of recording an emotional experience when a user views video content as an example of using the experience recording system 1.

The user is watching the video content on a TV or a smartphone. At this time, it is preferable to carry the tear recording device 10 (so that tears can be collected at any time). When tears overflow while viewing video content and it is desired to record this impression, the user collects and measures tears with the tear recording device 10 and uses the tear information as a smartphone as an information processing device 11. Transfer to (Experience recording app). Then, after viewing the video content, the impression and evaluation of the video content are input as experience information from the experience information input screen of the experience recording application. As the experience information, a captured image or a link of the video content may be input. The experience recording application generates experience record data from tear information and experience information, and uploads it to the SNS as an experience record.

In this way, by recording the information about tears as a pair with the information about the experience, when the user looks back at the experience record later, not only the description and the photograph about the experience but also the fact that tears were shed at that time. You can also look back on the information about what kind of tears you shed. This can be expected to have the effect of reviving emotional changes during the experience and memories of the surroundings, rather than simply looking back at the diary or photo.

The experience record data, which is a pair of tear information and experience information, can be used in other ways. For example, accessories, jewelry, and goods created from images and analysis results contained in tear information with experience information added may be commercialized (for example, suitable as souvenirs for childbirth, weddings, graduation ceremonies, etc.). Is). Alternatively, since the experience record data can be said to be data including evidence that "the user actually shed tears", the experience record data should be used as "objective evaluation data of the content experienced by the user". You can also. For example, by aggregating experience record data from people who watched a certain video content and shed tears, what are the number of viewers who shed tears in this video content, the scenes where many people shed tears, and the scenes where they can cry? You can get statistical information such as whether there are times. That is, it can be said that the experience record data, which is a pair of tear information and experience information, is valuable in itself.

1: Experience recording system, 10: Tear recording device, 11: Information processing device, 20: Tear collecting unit, 21: Tear imaging unit, 22: Tear analysis unit, 23: Operation unit, 24: Tear information output unit, 30: Housing, 31: Cover, 40: Tears information acquisition unit, 41: Experience information acquisition unit, 42: Experience record data generation unit, 43: Experience record data output unit

Claims (5)

A tear collecting means for collecting tears shed by the user,
A tear measuring means that measures the collected tears and outputs information about the tears as tear information.
An experience information acquisition means for acquiring information on the experience of the user having a causal relationship with the tears as experience information,
Experience record data generation means for generating experience record data, which is digital data in which the tear information and the experience information are paired,
Have a,
The tear measuring means is an experience recording system characterized in that it generates image data of the tear or a product based on the tear and outputs the tear information including the image data . The tear measuring means outputs the tear information including image data of crystals of a substance precipitated from tears or image data obtained by photographing a reaction or color when a specific sample is mixed with tears.
The experience recording system according to claim 1, wherein the experience recording system is characterized in that. The experience recording system according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the tear measuring means analyzes the tears and outputs the tear information including the obtained analysis result. The tear measuring means analyzes the component amount and the component ratio of the tear, and outputs the tear information including the analyzed component amount and the component ratio of the tear.
The experience recording system according to claim 3, wherein the experience recording system is characterized in that . It is an experience recording method executed by the experience recording system.
The steps to collect the tears shed by the user,
A step of measuring the collected tears and outputting information about the tears as tear information.
The step of acquiring information on the experience of the user having a causal relationship with the tears as experience information,
A step of generating experience record data, which is digital data obtained by pairing the tear information and the experience information,
Have a,
An experience recording method characterized in that, in the output step, image data of the tear or a product based on the tear is generated, and the tear information including the image data is output .

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