JP2005168908A - Driver's health monitoring system using car - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a health monitoring system that enables especially a driver using a car on a daily basis to obtain his/her everyday physical information easily and to be motivated to continue such measurement. <P>SOLUTION: The system is characterized by having a detection means detecting the driver's everyday physical condition as physical information, a storing means memorizing the detected physical information, a determination means determining if the physical information is within a certain range in comparison with prescribed health information, a displaying means informing the driver of a result of the determination, and a sending/receiving means sending/receiving the prescribed health information including the physical information via network to/from relevant sites on the network. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a driver's health management system using an automobile.

  With the spread of personal computers and network services such as the Internet and mobile phone communications, health network services for managing personal health information with remote servers, health promotion and disease prevention have appeared. Services aimed at preventing lifestyle-related diseases and improving lifestyle include daily living conditions such as eating, exercising and sleeping, and measuring data such as weight and blood pressure measured at home on the user's terminal. There are also many devices that transmit data from a health measuring instrument and manage it with a center server on the service side, or transmit health advice to the user side based on the transmitted data (for example, Patent Document 1). reference).

  By using these services, you can measure your health every day, look back on your daily life, and enter your dietary content and exercise status every day to raise your health awareness. In addition, by browsing the entered health information collectively on a computer screen, etc., it is possible to objectively review one's own lifestyle and find specific methods for improving lifestyle in his / her lifestyle There is also an advantage of being able to do it.

  These lifestyle improvement services can only be used daily and for a long period of time if you can experience benefits such as health promotion and weight loss. It is also important to see long-term trends in health measurement data according to daily fluctuations.

However, the input of these health measurement data is because the user is busy and forgets to measure, the measurement device is neglected because it is difficult to carry the measurement device, and the measurement result does not change, so the user does not change the measurement result. In many cases, it does not last for a long time due to getting tired or troublesome input, and it is not possible to realize the effect of health improvement. For this reason, it was not satisfactory with regard to regular management and promotion of health.
JP-A-9-103413

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and in particular, a driver who uses a car on a daily basis can easily acquire daily physical information and gives the driver the motivation to continue the measurement. It is to provide a health management system that can.

  In order to achieve the above object, a health management system for a driver using an automobile according to the present invention stores detection means for detecting the daily physical state of the driver as physical information, and stores the detected physical information. Storage means; determination means for determining whether the physical information is within a certain range compared to predetermined health information; display means for notifying a driver of the determination result; and the physical information via a network And transmitting / receiving means for transmitting / receiving predetermined health information.

  In the present invention, since the detection means for detecting the physical information is disposed in the vicinity of the driver's seat of the automobile, the driver can collect the health measurement data simply by getting in the car without any trouble. Can be measured and measurement can be continued easily. In addition, for example, a driver who uses a car for commuting or the like can check health status with the same posture at approximately the same time every day, and thus can continuously obtain highly accurate health measurement data. Furthermore, the storage means accumulates past physical information about the driver and determines a criterion such as an average value, and based on the newly obtained physical information and this criterion, the health condition of the driver on that day Whether it is normal can be determined, and some warnings can be displayed if necessary. Furthermore, because it can be connected to networks such as the Internet using in-vehicle devices such as car navigation systems, daily physical information is transmitted to related sites, for example, health management institutions such as insurance companies and medical institutions, Information such as diagnosis with higher accuracy and appropriate health advice can be received from these health management organizations, which can be a motivation to continue measuring health data.

  Here, it is desirable that the body information is at least one of health measurement data such as body temperature, blood pressure value, heart rate, pulse waveform, body weight, blood sugar level, body fat.

  These health measurement data are important indicators for knowing the daily health condition of the driver, and lifestyle diseases and the like can be detected early by continuously measuring.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  The health management system of the present invention comprises a terminal device 1 mounted on an automobile, a network 2 such as the Internet, and a related site 3 on the network.

  The terminal device 1 includes an arithmetic unit 11, a biological sensor 12 that detects physical information, a storage means 13 that stores the detected physical information, a determination means 14 that determines the measured daily physical information, and a determination result And display means 15 for notifying the driver of various information and transmission / reception means 16 for exchanging information via a network.

  The biosensor 12 includes a sensing cell built in a steering wheel for measuring body fat percentage, a driver's heart rate by inserting a finger or the like installed on an instrument panel close to the driver's seat, To illustrate a device that accurately measures pulse waveforms, blood pressure, sweating, etc., or a CCD camera that is installed on an instrument panel or the like to capture the driver's face image and measure the driver's head surface temperature Can do. It is also preferable to measure physical information such as heart rate, pulse waveform, blood pressure, etc. by incorporating a sensing cell in the armrest of the driver's seat. Furthermore, the weight of the driver's seat can be measured by incorporating a load cell or the like. These biological sensors 12 input detection signals to the arithmetic unit 11 as physical information.

  The storage means 13 is in accordance with instructions from the arithmetic unit 11 and includes detected physical information and personal information of the driver, for example, physical information such as the height of the driver that cannot be measured by the biosensor 12, or the age and sex of the driver. is there.

  In accordance with an instruction from the arithmetic unit 1, the determination unit 4 determines whether certain measurement data in the physical information acquired in the storage unit 13 is within a certain range compared to predetermined physical information such as past average values. It is. Judgment can also be made by comparing with an average value based on personal health information accumulated continuously, a nationwide average value stored in 13 in the storage means, or the like.

  The display means 15 displays the determination result or the like as a character or a chart as an image in accordance with an instruction from the arithmetic unit 11 or notifies the driver by voice, and displays a display screen or sound means of an in-vehicle device such as a car navigation system. May be used.

  The transmission / reception means 16 is connected to a network such as the Internet through a communication line according to a predetermined operation by the driver, and can exchange health information with a desired related site from an automobile.

  Next, the control action of the terminal device 1 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

  When the engine key of the vehicle is turned on in step S1, the display means 15 advises the driver so that the driver checks his / her physical condition before the vehicle travels in step S2, and prompts the checking operation. In step S3, the driver's personal data is read from the storage means 13 to the arithmetic unit 1 based on the driver's designation operation, and the process proceeds to step S4.

  In step S4, it is checked whether or not the driver has measured the body state such as the heart rate, pulse waveform, blood pressure, and sweating state by the biosensor 12 within a predetermined time. If measured by the biosensor 12, the storage means 13 stores the measured physical information.

  In the next step S6, the measured physical information is compared with the driver's personal time history data average value read from the storage means 13, and the determination means 14 makes the former within a certain range from the latter. It is checked whether it exists. For example, heart rate is abnormally high or low, pulse waveform is abnormal compared to normal, blood pressure is abnormally high or low, sweating is abnormally high, facial temperature is abnormally high or low, etc. Determination and display on the display means 15, and if the former is out of the above range, the process proceeds to step S7, and the display means 15 displays that the driver is in poor physical condition or in an abnormal state.

  In step S6, if the measured physical information is within a certain range from the driver's personal time history data, the process proceeds to step S8, the display means 15 displays that the driver's physical condition is normal, and the control flow is as follows. finish.

  It is desirable to measure the physical information once a day before the start of driving for the first ride. More accurate determination and diagnosis can be obtained by measuring under substantially the same conditions.

  Further, the physical information measured in S4 is sent from the automobile to the Internet to the related site in S9 when the driver performs a predetermined operation.

Transmission of physical information and the like from the terminal device 1 to the Internet can be performed through a known network (for example, G-BOOK, Carwings, etc.).
An example of the network is shown in FIG.

  Here, by incorporating the terminal device 1 of the present invention into the in-vehicle device 20, information can be transmitted / received to / from the desired intermediary site 3 via the Internet 2.

  Examples of the related site 3 include websites operated by insurance companies, medical institutions, sports gyms, etc., and websites established by individuals such as friends and acquaintances.

  For example, the driver can transmit daily physical information to a desired medical institution, accumulate his / her physical information in the medical institution, and receive an occasional health degree determination analyzed by the medical institution. Moreover, general information such as the average value of each physical information for each physical information and appropriate health advice can be received as necessary.

  In addition, the driver may establish a homepage etc. to share information with friends, or develop a health level competition (for example, diet etc.), etc. to make it a continuous motivation to check the health status every day it can.

  According to the present invention, the driver can easily continue to measure the health data, which is physical information, in the daily action of driving a car, and can know the change in the health condition at an early stage. In addition, by connecting to a health care organization via the Internet, it is possible to receive highly accurate diagnosis and appropriate health advice. Furthermore, since you can manage your health without difficulty by opening a homepage, you can further promote your health.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the health management apparatus of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control effect | action of the health management apparatus of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of the information network using a motor vehicle.

Explanation of symbols

1: Terminal device 2: Internet 3: Related site 11: Arithmetic unit 12: Physical information detection means 13: Storage means 14: Determination means 15: Display means 16: Transmission / reception means 20: In-vehicle device

Claims (2)

  Detection means for detecting the daily physical state of the driver as physical information, storage means for storing the detected physical information, and whether or not the physical information is within a certain range compared to predetermined health information Driving using an automobile characterized by comprising: a determining means for determining; a display means for notifying a driver of the determination result; and a transmitting / receiving means for transmitting / receiving predetermined health information such as the physical information via a network. Health management system.   2. The health management of a driver using an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the physical information is at least one of health measurement data such as a body temperature, a blood pressure value, a heart rate, a pulse waveform, a body weight, a blood glucose level, and a body fat. system.

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