CN112107432A

CN112107432A - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system, and storage medium

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Publication number: CN112107432A
Application number: CN202010555304.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 丹下明子; 三井浩一郎
Original assignee: Unicharm Corp
Current assignee: Unicharm Corp
Priority date: 2019-06-21
Filing date: 2020-06-17
Publication date: 2020-12-22
Anticipated expiration: 2040-06-17
Also published as: CN112107432B; JP2021002234A; JP7398212B2

Abstract

The invention provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing system, and a storage medium, for acquiring useful information about a child. The information processing apparatus according to the present application is characterized by comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires body motion information indicating a body motion of an infant and body temperature information indicating a body temperature of the infant, which are detected by a detection device attached to an article worn by the infant; a determination unit that determines an event relating to the infant based on the body motion information and the body temperature information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a registration unit that registers information indicating the event determined by the determination unit in a predetermined recording device.

Description

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system, and storage medium

Technical Field

The invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing system, and a storage medium.

Background

Conventionally, a technique for estimating a state of an infant using body information of the infant whose speech is unclear is known. As an example of such a technique, a technique is known in which a sensor is provided in an absorbent article such as a diaper to detect whether or not an infant has excreted.

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2019-37292

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

However, in the above-described conventional art, it may not be asserted that useful information about the nursing baby is acquired.

For example, when considering the normal development of an infant, the number of excretions into a diaper, the number of replacements of the diaper, the bedtime, and the like are important, as well as the presence or absence and timing of various events related to the infant. However, in the above-described technique, it is only detected whether the infant excretes, and it is difficult to detect other events. In addition, manually recording such various events is labor and time intensive.

The present application has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to obtain useful information about a child-bearing child.

Means for solving the problems

The information processing apparatus according to the present application is characterized by comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires body motion information indicating a body motion of an infant and body temperature information indicating a body temperature of the infant, which are detected by a detection device attached to an article worn by the infant; a determination unit that determines an event relating to the infant based on the body motion information and the body temperature information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a registration unit that registers information indicating the event determined by the determination unit in a predetermined recording device.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION

According to one embodiment, useful information on a child care can be acquired.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a providing system according to the embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a front view showing an example of the shape of the wearable device WD according to the embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of the shape of the wearable device WD according to the embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing a wearing example of the wearable device according to the embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the terminal device according to the embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of information registered in the wearer database according to the embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing an example of information registered in the user database according to the embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of a flow of processing executed by the information providing apparatus according to the embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a first diagram showing an example of information provided by the information providing apparatus according to the embodiment.

Fig. 10 is a second diagram showing an example of information provided by the information providing apparatus according to the embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a third diagram showing an example of information provided by the information providing apparatus according to the embodiment.

Fig. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration.

Description of the reference numerals

10: an information providing device; 20: a communication unit; 30: a storage unit; 31: a wearer database; 32: a user database; 40: a control unit; 41: an acquisition unit; 42: a determination unit; 43: a registration unit; 44: a determination section; 45: a supply section; 100. 101, 102: a terminal device; WD: a wearable device.

Detailed Description

At least the following matters will become apparent from the description of the present specification and the accompanying drawings.

An information processing apparatus, comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires body motion information indicating a body motion of an infant and body temperature information indicating a body temperature of the infant, which are detected by a detection device attached to an article worn by the infant; a determination unit that determines an event relating to the infant based on the body motion information and the body temperature information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a registration unit that registers information indicating the event determined by the determination unit in a predetermined recording device.

Such an information processing device determines various events that are performed on an infant by a user different from the infant, such as excretion, turning over, or creeping movement of the infant, replacement of a diaper, holding up of family members in a standing position, holding up in a lying state, or movement by a stroller, based on the body movement of the infant and the body temperature of the infant, as events (events) related to the infant, and automatically records the determined events in a predetermined recording device.

As a result of such processing, the information processing device can automatically grasp the state of an infant whose speaking is unclear, and automatically register information indicating the grasped state in a predetermined recording device. Therefore, the information processing apparatus can acquire useful information about the child-bearing infant and save labor and time for registering the information.

The information processing device determines the action performed by the infant itself as an event related to the infant. For example, the information processing device determines excretion performed by an infant or sleep of the infant. The information processing device can determine various events of the infant itself, such as turning over, creeping, falling asleep, or getting up of the infant. As a result of such processing, the information processing device can acquire information useful for the child-care, such as at what timing the infant has performed what action.

When the body motion indicated by the body motion information falls within a predetermined range and the manner of increase in the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information satisfies a predetermined condition, the information processing device determines that the infant has excreted. As a result of such processing, the information processing device can hygienically and appropriately determine excretion of the infant.

The information processing device determines the sleep of the infant based on the periodicity of the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information and the maximum value of the body temperature. Therefore, the information processing device can appropriately determine the sleep mode of the infant.

In addition, the information processing device determines the action of the other person on the infant as an event related to the infant. For example, the information processing device determines an action of changing an absorbent article worn by an infant or of holding the infant as an action performed by another person. More specifically, the information processing device may determine that the other person has taken the infant when the body motion indicated by the body motion information falls within a predetermined range and the manner of increase in the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information satisfies a predetermined condition. The information processing device may determine that the absorbent article of the infant has been replaced by another person when the body motion indicated by the body motion information falls within a predetermined range and the manner of decrease in the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information satisfies a predetermined condition. Therefore, the information processing device can record the frequency of changing the absorbent article such as a diaper, or holding an infant.

In addition, the information processing apparatus determines a pattern in which the event occurs. Therefore, the information processing device can provide various information according to the mode of occurrence of various events related to the infant.

The information processing device provides information corresponding to the specified mode to a user having a predetermined relationship with the infant. For example, the information processing apparatus provides information visually representing the mode. Therefore, the information processing device can present the user with a mode of an image of the baby himself or herself, and a mode of an image of another person such as changing of the diaper.

When the information processing device determines that the timing of occurrence of the predetermined event deviates from the pattern in which the predetermined event occurs, the information processing device provides a notification that the occurrence of the predetermined event deviates from the pattern. The information processing device may acquire the body motion information and the body temperature information for each of the plurality of infants, determine an event related to the infant for each of the infants, specify a pattern of occurrence of the event for each of the infants, and provide a notification that the occurrence of the predetermined event deviates from the pattern when the timing at which the predetermined event is determined to occur with respect to the predetermined infant deviates from an average pattern of occurrence of the predetermined event with respect to the other infants. As a result, the information processing device can provide various information to parents so that various events related to infants occur in a predetermined pattern, for example, and thus can promote the development of infants.

The information processing device acquires body motion information and body temperature information detected by a detection device attached so as to sandwich an end of a waist portion of an absorbent article worn by an infant. Therefore, the information processing device can be easily worn by the detection device for acquiring the body motion information and the body temperature information of the infant.

An example of a mode (hereinafter, referred to as an "embodiment") for implementing the information processing apparatus, the information processing method, the information processing system, and the storage medium will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The information processing apparatus, the information processing method, the information processing system, and the storage medium are not limited to the embodiments. In the following embodiments, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description thereof is omitted.

[ embodiment ]

[ 1 ] an example of a providing system ]

First, an example of a providing system according to the embodiment will be described with reference to fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a providing system according to the embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, the providing system includes an information providing apparatus 10 as an example of an information processing apparatus, and terminal apparatuses 101 and 102 (hereinafter, may be collectively referred to as "terminal apparatus 100") used by users UM and UF. Further, the providing system may have any number of information providing apparatuses 10, terminal apparatuses 100. In addition, the information providing apparatus 10 may execute the processing described later with any number of terminal apparatuses 100.

The information providing apparatus 10 is an information processing apparatus that performs information processing described later, and is realized by, for example, a server device, a cloud system, or the like. For example, the information providing apparatus 10 communicates with the terminal apparatus 100 via a Network N (see, for example, fig. 5) such as LTE (Long Term Evolution), various mobile communication systems including LET-Advanced (a kind of LET), 5G (Generation), which is to be standardized in the future, various wireless communication networks such as Wifi (registered trademark) and wireless LAN (Local Area Network), or various wired communication networks.

The terminal device 100 is a terminal device used by the user U, and is realized by a PC (Personal Computer), a server device, a smart television, a smart phone, a smart tablet, or other smart devices, and is a mobile terminal device capable of communicating with the information providing device 10 via the network N. The terminal device 100 may have a screen having a function of a touch panel such as a liquid crystal display, and may have a function of accepting various operations performed on the content delivered from the information providing device 10, such as a touch operation, a slide operation, and a scroll operation performed by a user with a finger, a stylus pen, or the like.

Here, the terminal device 101 is a terminal device used as a user UM of a mother of the infant B1. The terminal device 102 is a terminal device used by a user UF who is a father of the infant B1. Each terminal device may be a terminal device used by an arbitrary user who performs various actions on the infant B1, such as a brother, a grandfather, a relative, a nurse, or a nurse, other than the parents of the infant B1.

[ 1-1. image about infants ]

Here, it is considered useful for promoting the development of infants to determine various events (events) that occur with respect to infants and to provide various proposals to parents and the like based on the determined events. For example, it is considered that the excretion pattern of an infant can be estimated from the date and time when the infant excreted, and efficient replacement timing of absorbent articles (for example, various diapers and the like) can be proposed.

Further, it is considered that the sleep pattern of the infant can be estimated from the date and time when the infant falls asleep and the date and time when the infant gets up, and information such as when it is appropriate to sleep the infant and prediction of when the infant gets up can be provided from such sleep patterns, and thus appropriate sleep of the infant can be promoted, development can be promoted, and the quality of life of parents can be improved.

In addition, the mode, amount, etc. of carrying out hugging can be estimated according to the date and time of hugging the infant. It is considered that such a hug-like skin-friendly infant is useful for the development of an infant, and therefore, by providing information indicating the pattern and amount of hugging to parents, the hug-like skin-friendly infant can be promoted, thereby promoting the development of the infant.

It is considered that the promotion of the development of infants and the improvement of the quality of life of parents can be achieved by managing the history of such various events relating to infants. However, manually recording the occurrence of such an infant-related event is labor and time intensive.

In addition, events that occur with respect to infants are considered to include a wide variety of events. For example, such events include various events that are triggered by the infant's own actions, such as the infant excreting, the infant crawling movement, the infant turning, the infant sleeping, the infant getting up, or the infant eating breast milk. Such events include various events that are caused by the actions of a user different from the infant, such as changing an absorbent article worn by the infant, hugging the infant, and moving the infant with the stroller. It takes much labor and time to record events whenever such various events occur.

[ 1-2. overview on information processing ]

Therefore, the information providing apparatus 10 performs the following information processing. First, the information providing device 10 acquires body motion information indicating a body motion of an infant and body temperature information indicating a body temperature of the infant, which are detected by a detection device attached to an article worn by the infant. For example, the information providing device 10 acquires the body movement and body temperature of an infant via a detection device mounted with a thermometer, various acceleration sensors, and the like.

Here, when some event occurs with respect to an infant, it is considered that the movement of the body of the infant and the body temperature of the infant have different characteristics depending on the type of event (i.e., the content of the event). For example, it is considered that when a normal mammal excretes, the body needs to be strenuous, and thus the movement of the body is stopped. Further, when an infant or a young child excretes into an absorbent article such as a diaper, the humidity in the absorbent article increases, and as a result, the body temperature increases. Therefore, when the body movement of the infant is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value and the body temperature of the infant rises (rises rapidly) by equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, it can be determined that the infant has excreted.

Therefore, the information providing device 10 determines an event that occurs with respect to the infant from the acquired body movement and body temperature of the infant. For example, the information providing apparatus 10 determines an event based on an action performed on the infant by the user, such as excretion, falling asleep, or sleeping of the infant, or a change or hugging of the diaper. Then, the information providing apparatus 10 registers the determination result in a predetermined recording apparatus.

In this manner, the information providing apparatus 10 automatically determines an event that occurs with respect to an infant, and registers information of the determined event in the recording apparatus. As a result of such processing, the information providing apparatus 10 can provide various useful information about the child care, for example.

The information providing apparatus 10 can determine various events based on the body movement and body temperature. The details of such determination processing will be apparent from the description below.

[ 1-3 ] examples of prediction processing ]

Next, an example of information processing will be described with reference to fig. 1. For example, in the example shown in fig. 1, the infant B1 wears the absorbent article D. Here, the absorbent article D may be any absorbent article, as long as it is an absorbent article for infants and young children, such as a belt diaper and a pants diaper, which is worn by using a belt.

Here, the wearable device WD is mounted as a detection device for detecting the body motion of the infant B1 (hereinafter, collectively referred to as "body motion") and the body temperature of the infant B1 on the absorbent article D. For example, the wearable device WD is an article that can be attached to and detached from an arbitrary absorbent article D, and is attached so as to sandwich an end portion of a waist portion of the absorbent article D.

Next, an example of the wearable device WD will be described with reference to fig. 2 to 4. Fig. 2 is a front view showing an example of the shape of the wearable device WD according to the embodiment. For example, as shown in fig. 2, the head fitting P1, the connection fitting P2, and the rear fitting P3 of the wearable device WD are integrally formed of a soft and flexible material such as silicone.

The head metal P1 has an opening H1 smaller than the sensor S described later, and the head metal P1 is configured to be able to hold the sensor S described later via the opening H1. Magnets M1 and M2 arranged so that their magnetic poles with respect to the front face are reversed are sealed in the head metal fitting P1 and the rear metal fitting P3. Therefore, the wearable device WD can be fixed to an object by bending the connecting part fitting P2 to sandwich a part of an arbitrary object by the head fitting P1 and the rear fitting P3.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of the shape of the wearable device WD according to the embodiment. Fig. 3 shows an example of a cross-sectional view of the wearable device WD cut along the line a-a shown in fig. 2.

As shown in fig. 3, a sensor S for measuring the body temperature and body movement of an infant is sealed in a head metal P1 of the wearable device WD through an opening H1. For example, the sensor S has a body made of various resins or metals, and is mounted with a body temperature sensor, an acceleration sensor, and various circuits for performing Near Field Communication (NFC) or other short-range wireless communication. The sensor S may have waterproof property, and may include a circuit for wireless power supply, a circuit for wired power supply, and a terminal. Such a sensor S is enclosed in the head fitting of the wearable device WD via the opening H1.

Here, the opening H1 is provided so as to face the body side of the infant B1 when the connection part fitting P2 of the wearable device WD is bent. For example, fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of mounting the wearable device according to the embodiment. For example, as shown in fig. 4, the wearable device WD is bent so that the magnets M1, M2 sandwich the end of the absorbent article D, whereby the wearable device WD can be fixed to the absorbent article D by the electromagnetic EM generated by the magnets M1, M2. At this time, the header part P1 enclosing the sensor S is disposed in contact with the body (for example, the abdomen or the periphery of the side abdomen) of the infant wearing the absorbent article D. As a result of such a configuration, the wearable device WD can appropriately measure the body temperature of the infant B1. Further, the main body portion of the wearable device WD may be hollow or absent.

As described above, the wearable device WD is a detection device that can be attached to and detached from various absorbent articles D, and measures the body temperature and body movement of the infant B1. Therefore, the wearable device WD can be attached to not only absorbent articles D of any size or of any manufacturer but also the body temperature and body movement of the infant B1 can be continuously measured only by attaching the wearable device WD to a new absorbent article D when the absorbent article D is replaced.

The configuration of the wearable device WD shown in fig. 2 to 4 is merely an example. For example, the wearable device WD may have a clip-type shape formed of plastic. In addition, for example, the wearable device WD may adopt the following structure: a body temperature sensor is mounted in a range (for example, a head metal fitting P1) that is in contact with the infant B1 during assembly, and an acceleration sensor is mounted in a range (for example, a rear metal fitting P3) that is not in contact with the infant B1.

Further, an acceleration sensor capable of measuring acceleration in 3 axial directions with respect to the sensor is mounted on the sensor S. The acceleration acquired by using such an acceleration sensor is represented in a measurement coordinate system based on the sensor, and the information providing apparatus 10 may execute the following processing using the acceleration based on such a measurement coordinate system, for example, may determine the direction of gravity from the measured acceleration, and perform various conversions used in the determined direction of gravity to determine the acceleration based on an absolute coordinate system based on the direction of gravity, and execute the following processing based on the determined acceleration based on the absolute coordinate system.

The description is continued with reference to fig. 1. Such a wearable device WD detects the body motion and the body temperature of the infant B1 (step S1). For example, the wearable device WD detects accelerations in the respective axial directions at prescribed time intervals (for example, several seconds) as body motions, and performs detection of body temperature. The wearable device WD associates the detection time with the information indicating the detected body motion (i.e., the value of the acceleration) as body motion information, associates the detection time with the value of the body temperature as body temperature information, and holds the body motion information and the body temperature information.

The wearable device WD then provides the terminal apparatus 101 used by the user UM with body motion information indicating the body motion and body temperature information indicating the body temperature (step S2). For example, the wearable device WD transmits the held body motion information and body temperature information to the terminal apparatus 101 via short-range wireless communication or the like.

In this case, the terminal device 101 transmits the body motion information and the body temperature information to the information providing device 10 (step S3). In this case, the information providing apparatus 10 estimates an event occurring with respect to the infant based on the body motion information and the body temperature information (step S4). For example, the information providing apparatus 10 determines whether or not the infant has excreted, whether or not the user UM is present, whether or not the user UF has replaced the absorbent article, and the like, based on the body motion and body temperature measured at the same time. The information providing apparatus 10 determines the time at which each event occurs based on the detection time corresponding to the body motion and the body temperature. After that, the information providing apparatus 10 registers the determined event in a predetermined database in association with the time.

The information providing apparatus 10 determines the pattern of event occurrence for each event type (step S5). For example, the information providing apparatus 10 calculates information indicating various patterns of excretion, such as excretion performed at intervals of several hours, excretion performed at several points, and a high possibility of excretion performed at several points per day, as the pattern of excretion performed by the infant. The information providing apparatus 10 may calculate, as information indicating the pattern of replacement of the absorbent article, the number of times of replacement per day, the average value thereof, the time period during which the replacement is likely to be performed, and the like, for example, when the absorbent article D worn by the infant B1 is replaced at about some point such as the user UM.

Then, the information providing apparatus 10 provides the user UM with information corresponding to the mode (step S6). For example, the information providing apparatus 10 provides information indicating various patterns such as a time period when the infant B1 is likely to excrete.

Here, when it is determined that the timing of occurrence of the predetermined event is deviated from the pattern of occurrence of the predetermined event, the information providing apparatus 10 may provide a notification that the occurrence of the predetermined event is deviated from the pattern. For example, the information providing apparatus 10 compares the date and time at which the absorbent article D was last replaced with the pattern based on the date and time at which the absorbent article D was replaced so far. When the date and time at which the absorbent article D was last replaced does not match the pattern based on the date and time at which the absorbent article D was replaced so far, the information providing apparatus 10 determines that the absorbent article D was replaced in a pattern different from the pattern of weekdays. For example, when the pattern of the time interval from the determination that the infant has excreted until the absorbent article D is replaced is different from the last time interval from the determination that the infant has excreted until the absorbent article D is replaced, it is determined that the absorbent article D has been replaced in a mode different from the pattern of the weekday. The information providing device 10 may determine, for example, an average time interval from the time when the infant excretes to the time when the absorbent article D is replaced as the pattern.

Here, when the mode of replacement of the absorbent article D is changed, there is a high possibility that the absorbent article D is replaced by a different user. Therefore, the information providing device 10 provides the terminal device 102 used by the user UF, not the user UM, with information indicating that the absorbent article D has been replaced in a mode different from the normal mode, and also provides information indicating the normal mode, that is, the mode of the event (replacement of the absorbent article D) performed as the mother user UM (step S7).

Further, it is possible to determine which user has replaced the absorbent article D by registering in advance which user UF or user UM is performing nursing (or acquiring schedule information or the like). For example, when the absorbent article D is replaced in a mode different from the normal mode, or when the absorbent article D is not replaced, the information providing apparatus 10 identifies the user who performs care based on a pre-registered schedule. The information providing apparatus 10 may provide the determined user with a message prompting the user to change the absorbent article D in a change mode. In addition, when the absorbent article D is not replaced during a period from when the infant has excreted until the time interval determined as the mode elapses, the information providing device 10 can notify the user of prompting to replace the absorbent article D.

In this manner, the information providing device 10 determines various events occurring in the infant B1 based on the body motion and body temperature detected by the detection device attached to the absorbent article worn by the infant B1, automatically records the determined events, and provides the user with information corresponding to the events. Therefore, the information providing apparatus 10 can promote the development of the infant B1, reduce the labor, time, and feeling of uneasiness of the users UM and UF with respect to the child bearing, and establish a quality life. In particular, the infant occupies a larger proportion of sleep in life (the proportion of sleep time in a day, the number of times of sleep such as afternoon nap, and the like) than an adult, that is, the life pattern of the infant has a great influence on the sleep pattern. Therefore, by providing the user with information corresponding to the event and information corresponding to the pattern of the event, the life pattern can be stabilized, and as a result, the sleep pattern of the infant can be adjusted, and therefore, the development of the infant can be promoted.

[ 2 ] an example of a functional structure ]

Next, an example of a functional configuration for realizing the above-described selection processing will be described. In the following description, an outline of the functional configuration of the information providing apparatus 10 will be described, and an example of processing that exhibits the functional configuration of the information providing apparatus 10 will be described later.

[ 2-1 ] overview of functional configuration of terminal device 100 ]

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the terminal device according to the embodiment. As shown in fig. 5, the information providing apparatus 10 includes a communication unit 20, a storage unit 30, and a control unit 40.

The communication unit 20 is connected to the network N by wire or wireless, and transmits and receives information to and from the terminal device 100. For example, the communication unit 20 is implemented by a circuit for communication or the like.

The storage unit 30 is implemented by, for example, a semiconductor Memory element such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a Flash Memory, a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk, or a storage medium, and registers various data for executing output processing. For example, in the example shown in fig. 2, a wearer database 31 and a user database 32 are registered in the storage unit 30. The information processing program is stored in the storage unit 30.

Information on the wearer (i.e., an infant) wearing the absorbent article D is registered in the wearer database 31. That is, information of the user to be determined as the event is registered in the wearer database 31. For example, fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of information registered in the wearer database according to the embodiment. As shown in fig. 6, the wearer ID (Identifier), the counter ID, the pattern information, and the sensor information are registered in the wearer database 31 in association with each other. Here, information having items such as date and time, body temperature information (temperature), and body motion information (x, y, z) is registered as sensor information in the wearer database 31. Each body motion information corresponds to information having an item such as "determination information". In addition to the information shown in fig. 6, various sensor data acquired from the wearer and information about the wearer may be registered in the wearer database 31.

Here, the "wearer ID" is an identifier for identifying the wearer. The "corresponding person ID" is an identifier for identifying a user who performs various actions on the wearer such as changing the absorbent article, and is, for example, a user ID described later. The pattern information is information indicating a pattern of various events determined from the sensor information.

The "date and time" is information indicating the date and time at which the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information and the body motion indicated by the body motion information are detected, and is information indicating the detection date and time, for example. The "body temperature information" is information indicating the body temperature (for example, celsius) of the wearer detected by the sensor S. The "body motion information" is information indicating the acceleration (for example, G) in each axial direction detected by the sensor S. The "determination information" is information indicating an event determined to have occurred in the infant when the corresponding sensor information is acquired.

For example, in the example shown in fig. 6, the wearer database 31 registers the wearer ID "UID # 1", the corresponding person IDs "M #1 and F # 1", and the pattern information "pattern # 1" in association with each other. Such information indicates that the user performing various actions on the wearer indicated by the wearer ID "UID # 1" is the user indicated by the corresponding person IDs "M #1, F # 1", and the pattern of various events related to the wearer is the pattern indicated by the pattern information "pattern # 1".

In the example shown in fig. 6, a date and time "2019/05/01/10: 15: 25 ", body temperature information" 37.2 ", body motion information" (0.5, 0.2) "and decision information" hug ". Such information indicates that the body temperature measured by the wearer at 15 minutes and 25 seconds on day 10 on day 01 of month 05 of 2019 for the wearer ID "UID # 1" is "37.2" degrees, the acceleration in each axial direction is (0.5, 0.2), and it is determined that the event occurred in the infant is "hugging" when the sensor information is acquired.

In the example shown in fig. 6, conceptual information such as "pattern # 1" is shown, but actually, numerical values and character strings indicating patterns of various events, such as the type of an event, the date and time of occurrence of the event, the average cycle of occurrence of the event, and the time period in which the event is likely to occur, are registered.

Information on a user who performs various actions on the wearer is registered in the user database 32. For example, fig. 7 is a diagram showing an example of information registered in the user database according to the embodiment. As shown in fig. 7, information such as a user ID, terminal information, and relationship information is registered in the user database 32. In addition to the information shown in fig. 7, arbitrary information on a user who performs various actions on the wearer may be registered in the user database 32.

Here, the "user ID" is an identifier for identifying a user. The "terminal information" is information for identifying the terminal device 100 used by the user indicated by the corresponding user ID. The "relationship information" is information indicating a relationship between a user indicated by a corresponding user ID and a wearer indicated by a wearer ID associated with the user ID.

For example, in the example shown in fig. 7, information such as the user ID "M # 1", the terminal information "T # 1-1", and the relationship information "mother" is registered in association with each other in the user database 32. Such information indicates the user terminal device 100 indicated by the user terminal information "T # 1-1" indicated by the user ID "M # 1". The information indicates that the user indicated by the user ID "M # 1" is the "mother" of the wearer indicated by the wearer ID "UID # 1" corresponding to the user ID "M # 1" in the wearer database 31.

The description is continued with reference to fig. 5. The control Unit 40 is, for example, an arithmetic Processing device for executing various processes, and is realized by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), or the like, which executes various programs (corresponding to an example of an output program) stored in a predetermined storage device (for example, the storage Unit 30) using a RAM as a work area. The control unit 80 may be implemented by an Integrated Circuit such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) or an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array).

In the example shown in fig. 5, the control unit 40 includes an acquisition unit 41, a determination unit 42, a registration unit 43, a determination unit 44, and a supply unit 45, and the control unit 40 executes information processing described below.

[ 2-2. about information processing ]

Next, an example of information processing performed by the control unit 40 will be described with reference to fig. 8. Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing executed by the information providing apparatus 10 according to the embodiment.

For example, the acquisition unit 41 determines whether or not the processing timing is a predetermined processing timing (step S101). For example, the acquisition unit 41 determines the processing timing when various sensor information such as body motion information and body temperature information is received from the terminal device 100. When the processing timing is not the predetermined processing timing (no in step S101), the acquisition unit 41 waits until the predetermined processing timing. Then, when the processing is performed at a predetermined timing (step S101: "YES"), the acquisition unit 41 acquires various sensor information from the terminal device 100 (step S102).

Here, the acquisition unit 41 acquires body motion information indicating a body motion of the infant and body temperature information indicating a body temperature of the infant, which are detected by a detection device attached to an article worn by the infant. For example, the acquisition unit 41 acquires the body motion information and the body temperature information from the wearable device WD attached so as to sandwich the end of the waist portion of the absorbent article D. Further, the acquisition section 41 may register the acquired sensor information in the wearer database 31.

Next, the determination unit 42 determines an event that occurs with respect to the infant based on the sensor information (step S103). For example, the determination unit 42 determines the content of an event that occurs in an infant based on body motion and body temperature detected at the same time. More specifically, the determination unit 42 specifies the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information and the body motion indicated by the body motion information at the same time (for example, within a range of several seconds to several minutes) as the detection date and time, and determines the event that occurs to the infant at that time based on whether or not the change in the body temperature and the change in the body motion satisfy a predetermined condition. For example, the determination unit 42 determines the action performed by the infant itself as an event related to the infant. More specifically, the determination unit 42 determines excretion performed by an infant or sleep of an infant.

For example, when an infant excretes into the absorbent article D, the body motion of the infant is small, and the body temperature of the infant rapidly rises. Therefore, the determination unit 42 determines that the infant has excreted when the body motion indicated by the body motion information falls within a predetermined range and the manner of increase in the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information satisfies a predetermined condition. For example, when a period in which the body motion information is within a predetermined range (for example, the amount of fluctuation in each axial direction is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value) continues for a predetermined period (for example, several tens of seconds) and the amount of increase or the rate of increase of the body temperature in the predetermined period including the period exceeds the predetermined threshold value, the determination unit 42 determines that the infant has excreted during the period.

When such a determination is made, the information providing apparatus 10 can detect excretion of an infant even if the wearable device WD is disposed at a position separated from the attachment for absorbing excretion in the absorbent article. Therefore, the information providing apparatus 10 can sanitarily hold the reusable wearable device WD.

Here, it is considered that maintaining the sleep pattern of an infant is effective for promoting the development of the infant. Therefore, when a time zone suitable for the infant to fall asleep is detected and the detected information is provided to the user, the infant can be promoted to sleep at an appropriate regular pattern, and the development of the infant can be promoted. Therefore, the determination unit 42 can determine a time zone suitable for the infant to fall asleep.

For example, when an infant falls asleep, it is estimated that the body motion of the infant is reduced and the body temperature of the infant gradually decreases after falling asleep as the body temperature of the infant gradually increases. In addition, it is generally considered that infants sleep at night. Therefore, the determination unit 42 determines the sleep of the infant based on the periodicity of the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information and the maximum value of the body temperature. For example, the determination unit 42 determines the variation cycle of the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information every 24 hours. The determination unit 42 determines that the infant falls asleep at the timing of the maximum value of the measured body temperature at night. The determination unit 42 may determine that the infant has got up at a timing when the rate of increase in body temperature in the morning exceeds a predetermined threshold.

The determination unit 42 may determine a mode of a time zone in which the infant falls asleep. Further, the time before the predetermined time of the timing at which the maximum value is reached may be determined as the appropriate time to fall asleep based on the periodicity of the body temperature and the maximum value. That is, the determination unit 42 may determine an appropriate time zone as the timing for bringing the infant to sleep, based on the periodicity and the maximum value of the body temperature.

The determination unit 42 may determine the sleep of the infant in consideration of the body motion indicated by the body motion information. For example, the determination unit 42 may determine that the infant falls asleep at a timing when the maximum value of the measured body temperature in the periodicity of the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value and the body motion indicated by the body motion information is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold value. When the body motion exceeds a predetermined threshold at a time determined as the appropriate sleep time, it may be determined that a notification or information for prompting sleep is provided. That is, the determination unit 42 may determine that the appropriate sleep onset is not performed when the body motion indicated by the body motion information satisfies the predetermined condition at the appropriate sleep onset time determined from the periodicity and the maximum value of the body temperature. The determination unit 42 may determine a mode of a time zone in which the infant gets up (a getting-up mode) and a time zone suitable for getting up, that is, a suitable getting-up time, in the same manner as the determination of the suitable sleep time.

In addition, it is considered that infants turn over during sleep. Therefore, the determination unit 42 determines the timing at which the infant turns over by comparing the characteristics of the body motion information measured in advance when the infant turns over with the characteristics of the acquired body motion information, for example. The determination unit 42 may determine whether or not the infant has turned over based on the body movement detected during the time period in which the infant is determined to be sleeping.

The determination unit 42 may determine various events caused by the movement of the infant itself, in addition to the above-described events. For example, the determination unit 42 may determine various events such as the baby performing crawling movement and the baby eating breast milk based on whether or not the body temperature information and the body motion information satisfy predetermined conditions.

The determination unit 42 determines the action of the other person on the infant as an event related to the infant. For example, the determination unit 42 determines the action of another person, such as replacement of an absorbent article worn by an infant or carrying the infant.

For example, it is considered that the body temperature of an infant drops sharply when an absorbent article worn by the infant is replaced, and the body motion of the infant becomes equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value. Therefore, the determination unit 42 may determine that the absorbent article of the infant has been replaced by another person when the body motion indicated by the body motion information falls within the predetermined range and the manner of decrease in the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information satisfies the predetermined condition.

Further, it is considered that when a user holds an infant, acceleration equal to or larger than a predetermined value is applied to the infant, and then, the variation in body motion becomes small. Further, it is considered that the body temperature of the infant rises because the user is in close contact with the infant when the user holds the infant. Therefore, the determination unit 42 may determine that the other person has taken the infant when the body motion indicated by the body motion information falls within a predetermined range and the manner of increase in the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information satisfies a predetermined condition.

The determination unit 42 may determine whether the infant is held in the standing position or in the lying position based on the body motion indicated by the body motion information. For example, the determination unit 42 may determine whether the infant is in the standing or lying state based on the acceleration in each axial direction acquired as the body movement information.

The determination unit 42 may determine an event based on the action performed by the user on the infant, in addition to the above-described event. For example, the determination unit 42 may determine various events such as the movement of the infant by the stroller. Further, it is possible to determine such an event by holding in advance, for example, the type of the event and the characteristics of the body temperature and the body motion measured when the event occurs, and determining whether or not the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information and the body motion indicated by the body motion information have the characteristics.

The determination unit 42 may determine the event based on a rule base such as whether or not the body motion and the body temperature satisfy a predetermined condition, and for example, may realize the determination using a model obtained by learning a relationship between the type of each event and the body temperature and the characteristics of the body motion measured when the event occurs.

For example, the determination unit 42 acquires a model obtained by learning so that, when body motion information indicating a body motion and body temperature information indicating a body temperature acquired when a certain event occurs are input, information indicating the event is output. The determination unit 42 may input the body temperature information and the body motion information to the model to determine an event that occurs in the infant when the body temperature information and the body motion information are acquired.

Such a model can employ any kind of model. For example, the information providing apparatus 10 may employ SVM (Support Vector Machine) and DNN (Deep Neural Network) as a model. Here, DNN may be CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) or RNN (Recurrent Neural Network). The RNN may be LSTM (Long short-term memory network) or the like. The model can be realized by combining a plurality of models such as a model in which CNN and RNN are combined. In the case where the determination and recording of the event are performed using such a learning model, the accuracy of the recorded event input by the user may be accepted. This enables the learning model to be updated using the accuracy of the input.

The registration unit 43 registers the determination result in the database (step S104). For example, the registration unit 43 registers information indicating the event determined by the determination unit 42 as determination information in the wearer database 31. For example, when the event determined from the sensor information acquired within a certain period is "hugging", the registration unit 43 associates the determination information "hugging" with the sensor information acquired within the period.

The determination section 44 determines the pattern of the event occurrence based on the estimation result (step S105). For example, the specifying unit 44 specifies the common time zone and the common interval of the predetermined event occurrence by referring to the wearer database 31, thereby specifying the pattern of the event occurrence of the same type. The determination unit 44 may determine, for example, the total time of the hugging, the frequency of the hugging, and the like as the pattern of the event occurrence.

The providing unit 45 generates providing information corresponding to the identified event and the pattern of the event (step S106). Then, the providing unit 45 provides the provision information to the parents of the infant (step S107).

For example, the providing unit 45 may provide information indicating the determined event and information indicating the time period in which the event occurs to a user having a predetermined relationship with the infant, such as a parent or a caregiver. The providing unit 45 may provide information corresponding to the specified pattern to a user who has a predetermined relationship with the infant.

For example, fig. 9 is a first diagram showing an example of information provided by the information providing apparatus according to the embodiment. For example, the supply unit 45 determines an event that a user gets caught among events that occur with respect to an infant, and specifies a pattern of being caught. The providing unit 45 provides the user with information corresponding to the total number of times the user has been held up within 24 hours, the total time the user has been held up, and whether or not the interval between the held-up time periods satisfies a predetermined condition.

For example, the supply unit 45 determines the evaluation corresponding to the hang-up time as follows: the "little" is the case where the hang-up time is less than 15 minutes, "may" be the case where the hang-up time is 15 minutes or more and less than 30 minutes, "general" is the case where the hang-up time is 30 minutes or more and less than 45 minutes, "considerable" is the case where the hang-up time is 45 minutes or more and less than 60 minutes, and "very large" is the case where the hang-up time is 60 minutes or more. As shown in fig. 9, the providing unit 45 generates a content C10 indicating an evaluation (for example, "considerable") regarding the holding time, and provides the content C10 to the user.

The providing unit 45 may provide information indicating the timing of replacement of the absorbent article estimated from the specified pattern. For example, fig. 10 is a second diagram showing an example of information provided by the information providing apparatus according to the embodiment. In the case shown in fig. 10, the providing unit 45 specifies the time zone in which the infant is asleep and the awake time zone, and generates content C20 indicating the specified time zone. For example, the providing section 45 generates the content C20 including the following bar graph: in the bar graph showing the times of day, the sleeping time period is shown in white, and the waking time period is shown in shaded.

The providing unit 45 generates a content C20 in which an icon indicating the timing at which the infant excretes as the excretion timing is shown together with the bar chart. For example, the supply unit 45 estimates an appropriate replacement timing of the absorbent article from the determined discharge timing. For example, the supply unit 45 estimates an appropriate replacement timing of the absorbent article based on the timing at which excretion is performed, the timing pattern, the number of times of excretion that can be handled by one absorbent article (for example, two times), and the like. The providing unit 45 generates content C20 indicating information indicating the specified replacement timing together with the bar chart and the excretion timing. The providing unit 45 may provide the generated content C20 to the user.

For example, when the absorbent article has two excretion times, the providing unit 45 may determine the number of times the infant has excreted since the absorbent article was changed last time, and provide a reminder to the user when the determined number of times is two or more.

In addition, the providing part 45 may provide information visually representing the determined mode. For example, fig. 11 is a third diagram showing an example of information provided by the information providing apparatus according to the embodiment. For example, the supply unit 45 estimates the time during which the infant is likely to fall asleep and the time during which the infant is likely to get up, based on the cycle of body temperature indicated by the body temperature information of the infant and the like. The providing unit 45 may generate and provide the content C30, the content C30 including a graph showing a cycle of the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information of the infant and including information showing a time at which the infant easily falls asleep and a time at which the infant easily gets up.

Here, it is considered that maintaining the life pattern of infants such as excretion, bedtime, and holding is effective for promoting the development of infants. For example, when the user UF wants to replace the absorbent article at a timing different from the timing at which the user UM replaces the absorbent article, stress may be applied to the infant B1, which may cause variations in bedtime. Therefore, when it is determined that the timing of occurrence of the predetermined event deviates from the pattern of occurrence of the predetermined event, the providing unit 45 may provide a notification that the occurrence of the predetermined event deviates from the pattern. For example, when the occurrence timing of an event for changing an absorbent article deviates from the pattern of the event for changing an absorbent article, the providing unit 45 may provide the user UM or UF with the meaning.

In addition to the above information, the providing unit 45 may provide information on various events determined by the determining unit 42, or may provide information indicating the mode of various events determined by the determining unit 44. The providing unit 45 may provide information according to the number, frequency, and the like of the determined events, and various information according to the result of comparison between the timing of occurrence of each event and the pattern.

For example, the providing unit 45 may provide information indicating an appropriate sleep time determined based on the periodicity and the maximum value of the body temperature. When it is determined that the sleep has not been properly taken, the providing unit 45 may provide information indicating that the sleep has been properly taken. For example, the providing unit 45 may provide a message for proposing that the infant is asleep quietly when the body motion indicated by the body motion information during the appropriate sleep time satisfies a predetermined condition.

[ 3. variants on treatment ]

Next, a modification of the above-described processing will be described. The output processing described below may be implemented individually or in any combination.

[ 3-1. concerning the handling of events taking into account other infants ]

In the above description, the information providing apparatus 10 determines an event that occurs with respect to a predetermined infant, and provides information according to the determination result. However, the embodiment is not limited thereto. For example, the information providing apparatus 10 may determine events occurring with respect to a plurality of infants, and provide information corresponding to the determination results.

For example, the information providing apparatus 10 acquires body motion information and body temperature information with respect to each of a plurality of infants. The information providing apparatus 10 determines an event related to the infant for each infant, and specifies a pattern of occurrence of the event for each infant.

The information providing device 10 then determines an average pattern in which a predetermined event occurs for each infant. For example, the information providing device 10 determines the average time period during which all infants are asleep as the average mode. When the time zone in which a certain infant has bedded deviates from the average time zone, the information providing device 10 may notify the parents of the infant that the bedtime pattern deviates from the average.

As a result of such processing, the information providing device 10 can further promote the development of infants because it can mean that the event notification occurrence timing and pattern for which the pattern can be averaged deviate from the average with respect to the derivation timing such as the bedtime and the waking time, for example.

[ 3-2. about the executive body ]

In the above description, the terminal device 100 acquires the sensor information detected by the wearable device WD, the information providing apparatus 10 acquires the sensor information from the terminal device 100, and the information providing apparatus 10 performs various processes (for example, determination of an event, and the like), thereby realizing the above-described information processing. However, the embodiment is not limited thereto.

For example, all or a part of the various processes performed by the information providing apparatus 10 described above may be performed on the terminal apparatus 100 side. For example, the terminal device 100 includes the acquisition unit 41, the determination unit 42, the registration unit 43, the determination unit 44, and the providing unit 45 shown in fig. 5, and the terminal device 100 determines an event related to an infant based on sensor information acquired from the wearable device WD through short-range wireless communication. The terminal device 100 may register the determination result in a storage device in the terminal device, for example, in a storage area on various networks such as a cloud server.

[ 3-3. about the application object ]

In the above-described example, the information providing apparatus 10 determines various events that occur with an infant based on sensor information detected by the wearable device WD attached to an absorbent article worn by the infant. However, the embodiment is not limited thereto. For example, the information providing apparatus 10 can determine various events that occur in a cared person using sensor information detected by a wearable device WD attached to an absorbent article or clothing worn by the cared person who needs to be cared.

[ 3-4. utilization of attitude sensor ]

The embodiment has been described in which the temperature sensor and the acceleration sensor are mainly used as the sensors in the above system, but the wearable device WD may be provided with an angular velocity sensor to detect the posture of the infant to which the wearable device WD is attached. The angular velocity sensor in the wearable device WD may be disposed in the same manner as the acceleration sensor, the same manner as the temperature sensor, or in another position.

The information providing apparatus 10 may be configured to manage posture information, body motion information, and body temperature information, by using posture information as information in which information on the detected posture is associated with the detection time. Also, the information providing apparatus 10 may make a decision of the event of hugging based on the body motion information, the body temperature information, and the posture information. Thus, it can be determined that the body is hugging, based on the posture being standing, the body motion periodically vibrating and the body temperature rising. Further, the posture information can be used to determine the difference between the body of the infant standing upright and the body of the infant lying across.

By acquiring more detailed information on hugging in this manner, for example, information on child-care actions such as "recommended hugging method", "suggest a hugging band for many people" and the like, and information on a child-care product can be provided to a user. Further, for example, the information to be provided to the terminal used by dad can be determined based on the information of the hug determined from the information acquired by the terminal used by mom. Thus, information of the hugging means such as "the mother always draws" can be shared.

The sensor may be any sensor capable of detecting or calculating the posture of an infant, and may be any sensor that measures an angle, angular acceleration, orientation, and the like without limiting the measurement target to angular velocity. The information providing apparatus 10 may estimate the direction of gravity from the measurement result of the acceleration sensor based on the installation direction of the wearable device WD, and may estimate the posture of the infant from the estimation result. The information providing apparatus 10 can estimate the body motion of the infant from the measurement results of the angular velocity sensor and the angle sensor. That is, the information providing apparatus 10 can detect or estimate various information related to the infant, such as the body motion, posture, and body temperature of the infant, based on information measured by an arbitrary sensor.

[ 3-5. other ]

In addition, all or a part of the above-described processes, which are automatically performed, may be manually performed. All or a part of the processes described as the processes performed manually may be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, with respect to the above-described documents, the processing procedures shown in the drawings, specific names, information including various data, parameters, and the like, unless otherwise specified, can be arbitrarily changed. For example, the various information shown in the figures is not limited to the information shown in the figures.

The components of each illustrated device are functionally conceptual, and are not necessarily physically configured as illustrated in the drawings. That is, the specific form of the dispersion/combination of the devices is not limited to the form shown in the drawings. All or a part of the components may be functionally or physically distributed or combined in arbitrary units according to various loads, use conditions, and the like. The above-described processes can be performed in appropriate combinations within a range not inconsistent with each other.

[ 4. hardware construction ]

The information providing apparatus 10 according to the above-described embodiment is realized by a computer 1000 having a configuration shown in fig. 12, for example. Fig. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration. The computer 1000 is connected to an output device 1010 and an input device 1020, and an arithmetic device 1030, a buffer (primary storage device) 1040, a memory (secondary storage device) 1050, an output IF (Interface) 1060, an input IF 1070, and a network IF 1080 are connected via a bus 1090.

The arithmetic unit 1030 operates based on programs stored in the cache 1040 and the memory 1050, programs read from the input unit 1020, and the like, and executes various processes. The buffer 1040 is a buffer for temporarily storing data used for various operations performed by the arithmetic device 1030, such as a RAM. The Memory 1050 is a storage device for registering data used for various operations performed by the operation device 1030 and various databases, and is implemented by a ROM (Read Only Memory), an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a flash Memory, or the like.

The output IF 1060 is an Interface for transmitting information to be output to an output device 1010 such as a monitor or a printer for outputting various information, and may be realized by a standard connector such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus), a DVI (Digital Visual Interface), or an HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface). On the other hand, the input IF 1070 is an interface for receiving information from various input devices 1020 such as a mouse, a keyboard, and a scanner, and is implemented by, for example, USB.

For example, the input device 1020 can be implemented as a device for reading information from an Optical recording medium such as a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), or a PD (Phase change rewritable Disc), a Magneto-Optical recording medium such as an MO (Magneto-Optical Disc), a tape medium, a magnetic recording medium, or a semiconductor memory. The input device 1020 may be implemented by an external storage medium such as a USB memory.

The network IF 1080 has the following functions: data is received from another device via the network N and transmitted to the arithmetic device 1030, and data generated by the arithmetic device 1030 is transmitted to another device via the network N.

Here, the arithmetic device 1030 controls the output device 1010 and the input device 1020 via the output IF 1060 and the input IF 1070. For example, the computing device 1030 loads a program from the input device 1020 and the memory 1050 onto the cache 1040, and executes the loaded program. For example, when the computer 1000 functions as the information providing apparatus 10, the arithmetic device 1030 of the computer 1000 executes a program loaded on the cache 1040, thereby realizing the function of the control unit 140. In addition, when the computer 1000 functions as the terminal device 100, the arithmetic device 1030 of the computer 1000 realizes a function of acquiring information of various sensors from the wearable device WD and transmitting the information to the computer functioning as the information providing device 10 by executing a program (application program) loaded on the buffer 1040.

That is, the application system includes programs installed in various information processing devices such as the information providing device 10 and application programs installed in the terminal device 100. Such an application installed in the terminal device 100 acquires body motion information indicating a body motion of an infant and body temperature information indicating a body temperature of the infant, which are detected by a detection device (for example, the wearable device WD) attached to an article worn by the infant. Further, such a program loaded on the information processing apparatus causes the information processing apparatus to execute: a determination step of determining an event related to the infant based on the body motion information and the body temperature information acquired by the terminal device 100; and a registration step of registering information indicating the event determined by the determination step in a predetermined recording apparatus.

[ 5. Effect ]

As described above, the information providing apparatus 10 determines various events related to the infant based on the body motion and body temperature of the infant detected by the detection device attached to the article worn by the infant. Further, the information providing apparatus 10 registers the determination result in the recording apparatus.

For example, the information providing device 10 determines an event based on the movement of the infant itself, such as excretion, movement, falling asleep, or getting up of the infant, and an event based on the movement of the infant performed by another person, such as replacement or getting up of an absorbent article. The information on such an event can be useful information on the child care, such as at what timing the absorbent article is appropriately replaced for the infant, and when it is appropriate for the infant to sleep. Therefore, the information providing apparatus 10 can acquire useful information about the child care.

The embodiments of the present application are described above in detail based on the drawings. However, these are illustrative, and the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in other ways by implementing various modifications and improvements based on the modes described in the disclosure of the invention and the knowledge of those skilled in the art. The "section (module, unit)" can be interpreted as "unit", "circuit", and the like.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

an acquisition unit that acquires body motion information indicating a body motion of an infant and body temperature information indicating a body temperature of the infant, which are detected by a detection device attached to an article worn by the infant;

a determination unit that determines an event relating to the infant based on the body motion information and the body temperature information acquired by the acquisition unit; and

and a registration unit that registers information indicating the event determined by the determination unit in a predetermined recording device.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

the judgment unit judges the action performed by the infant as an event related to the infant.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

the determination unit determines excretion performed by the infant or sleep of the infant.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

the determination unit determines that the infant has excreted when the body motion indicated by the body motion information falls within a predetermined range and when a manner of increase in the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information satisfies a predetermined condition.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

the determination unit determines the sleep of the infant based on the periodicity of the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information and the maximum value of the body temperature.

6. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,

the judgment unit judges the action of the other person on the infant as an event related to the infant.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6,

the determination unit determines an action of replacing an absorbent article worn by the infant or of carrying the infant as an action performed by the other person.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7,

the determination unit determines that the infant is held by another person when the body motion indicated by the body motion information falls within a predetermined range and a manner of increase in the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information satisfies a predetermined condition.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 or 8,

the determination unit determines that the absorbent article of the infant has been replaced by another person when the body motion indicated by the body motion information falls within a predetermined range and the manner of decrease in the body temperature indicated by the body temperature information satisfies a predetermined condition.

10. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9,

the image processing apparatus further includes a specifying unit that specifies a pattern in which the event determined by the determining unit occurs.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10,

the infant care apparatus further includes a providing unit that provides information corresponding to the mode specified by the specifying unit to a user who has a predetermined relationship with the infant.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11,

the providing part provides information visually representing the mode.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 or 12,

when the determination unit determines that the timing of occurrence of the predetermined event deviates from the pattern in which the predetermined event occurs, the providing unit provides a notification that the occurrence of the predetermined event deviates from the pattern.

14. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 11 to 13,

the acquisition unit acquires the body motion information and the body temperature information for each of a plurality of infants,

the determination unit determines an event relating to the infant for each infant,

the specifying unit specifies a pattern of occurrence of the event for each infant,

when the determination unit determines that the timing of occurrence of the predetermined event is deviated from the average pattern of occurrence of the predetermined event with respect to the other infant, the providing unit provides a notification that the occurrence of the predetermined event is deviated from the pattern.

15. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 14,

the acquisition unit acquires body motion information and body temperature information determined by a detection device attached so as to sandwich an end of a waist portion of an absorbent article worn by the infant.

16. An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus, the information processing method comprising:

an acquisition step of acquiring body motion information indicating a body motion of an infant and body temperature information indicating a body temperature of the infant, which are detected by a detection device attached to an article worn by the infant;

a determination step of determining an event relating to the infant based on the body motion information and the body temperature information acquired in the acquisition step; and

a registration step of registering information indicating the event determined in the determination step in a predetermined recording device.

17. A storage medium storing an information processing program for causing a computer to execute:

a determination process of determining an event relating to the infant based on the body motion information and the body temperature information acquired by the acquisition process; and

and a registration step of registering information indicating the event determined by the determination step in a predetermined recording device.

18. An information processing system including a program installed in an information processing device and an application program installed in a terminal device,

the application program causes the terminal device to perform an acquisition procedure,

in the acquisition process, body motion information indicating the body motion of an infant and body temperature information indicating the body temperature of the infant, which are detected by a detection device attached to an article worn by the infant, are acquired,

the program causes the information processing apparatus to execute:

a determination step of determining an event relating to the infant based on the body motion information and the body temperature information acquired by the terminal device; and