JP2009153609A - Health management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a health management system that securely takes the photograph of a system user's face in natural behaviors and improves his/her health based on the results of accurate analysis of the photograph. <P>SOLUTION: The system is provided with a mirror 1 provided at a dressing table or face washstand 20, a face image information obtaining means 2 to obtain face image information from the user of the mirror 1, an analyzer 7 to analyze the user's face skin conditions based on the obtained face image information, and an analysis results notification means 13 to notify the user of analysis results from the analyzer 7. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a health management system.

  Conventionally, a photographer takes a photograph of the subject's skin with a photographing means such as a camera, analyzes the photographed result to detect biological information such as the degree of rough skin, and the beauty of the subject through appropriate treatment and alerting. Attempts have been made to make them useful for health (see, for example, Patent Document 1). However, the technique for photographing a specific part of the subject is largely dependent on the skill of the photographer, and there is a problem that ecological information errors are likely to occur.

In addition, such a health management system is only spread in specialized facilities such as cosmetic surgery and not in ordinary homes, and can contribute to health promotion by analyzing its own appearance. Even the notion of this is currently not pervasive.
JP 2004-73802 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a health that can surely photograph a user's face with natural motion and can promote health based on an analysis result with few errors. It is an object to provide a management system.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, in the health management system according to the present invention, the mirror unit 1 provided in the vanity or the washstand 20 and the face for acquiring the face image information of the user who uses the mirror unit 1 The image information acquisition means 2, the analysis part 7 which analyzes the skin state of a user's face from the acquired face image information, and the analysis result notification means 13 which notifies the analysis result by the analysis part 7 To do. According to this, the face image information of the user can be surely acquired by the face image information acquisition means 2 during the user's natural operation of looking into the mirror unit 1, so that it depends on the image acquisition location. Face image information with little error can be obtained, and the analysis unit 7 analyzes based on the face image information with little error, and the analysis result can be notified to the user by the analysis result notifying means 13, which is highly reliable. Health can be promoted based on the analysis results. Further, the mirror 21 provided on the dressing table or the wash basin 20 to be looked into in preparation for going out in the morning is the mirror unit 1 for acquiring the face image information by the face image information acquiring means 2, so that the usual lifestyle is obtained. You can make regular health checks and improve your health.

  It is also preferable that the analysis result notifying means 13 is provided in the mirror unit 1. According to this, the user can conveniently receive notification of the analysis result by the analysis unit 7 in the operation of looking at the mirror unit 1.

  It is also preferable to include a determination unit 8 that quantifies the analysis result by the analysis unit 7 and a determination result notification unit 14 that notifies the determination result by the determination unit 8. According to this, the analysis result by the analysis unit 7 can be notified to the user by the determination result notification means 14 in a form that is easy to understand by the quantification determination by the determination unit 8, and further health promotion can be achieved. .

  Further, the acquisition information storage unit 12 that stores the face image information acquired by the face image information acquisition unit 2, the face image display unit 15 that displays the face image information stored in the acquisition information storage unit 12, and the determination by the determination unit 8 It is also preferable to include the control unit 5 that displays the face image information stored in the acquired information storage unit 12 when the determination result is high when the result is low evaluation, on the face image display means 15. According to this, when the determination result notifying by the determination unit 8 is notified to the user by the determination result notifying unit 14 and the user is disheartened, the control unit 5 causes the determination result when the determination result is high evaluation. By displaying the face image information stored in the acquired information storage unit 12 on the face image display means 15, the user can be encouraged and health can be promoted.

  The face image information acquisition means 2 and the analysis result notification means 13 are provided on the dressing table or the wash basin 20, and the analysis unit 7 is a center connected to the face image information acquisition means 2 and the analysis result notification means 13 via a network. It is also preferable to provide the server 101. According to this, since it is not necessary to arrange the control unit 5 in the wash basin 20 where the interior space is limited, an increase in the size of the wash basin 20 can be avoided, and the control unit 5 arranged in the center server 101 on the network can be controlled by a control program. (Change of control circuit board) can be performed in a lump and maintenance can be facilitated.

  The present invention has an advantage that the user's face can be surely photographed by a natural operation and the health of the user can be promoted from the analysis result with little error.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

  The health management system of the present invention is a system that is attached to a vanity or a wash basin 20 and analyzes the appearance of the user's face to promote health promotion. In this embodiment, the system is provided on the wash basin 20 as shown in FIG. It is.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the health management system of this example includes a mirror unit 1 that is provided on a dressing table or a sink 20 and reflects a user's face, and a use that is positioned in front of the mirror unit 1. Human body detection sensor 3 for detecting a person, illumination means 4 for illuminating the face of the user, face image information acquisition means 2 for acquiring face image information of the user who uses the mirror unit 1, and the acquired face image information A control unit 5 that analyzes the skin condition of the user's face and controls the operation of the health management system, and a notification unit 6 that notifies the user of the analysis result and the like are provided.

  In this example, the mirror unit 1 is configured by the mirror 21 provided in the washstand 20, but may be configured by the mirror 21 provided in the dressing table when the health management system is provided in the dressing table.

  The human body detection sensor 3 is a sensor that detects a user located at a predetermined position in front of the mirror unit 1. For example, an infrared sensor can be suitably used.

  The illumination unit 4 is a unit that illuminates the face of the user located at a predetermined position in front of the mirror unit 1. In this example, the left and right sides of the mirror unit 1 are configured so as not to create shadows on the illuminated user's face as much as possible. Is provided.

  In this example, the face image information acquisition means 2 is constituted by a photographing means 2a for photographing a user's face, and specifically comprises a camera or a video camera for photographing the user's face. The photographing means 2a of this example is embedded in the substantially central part of the mirror part 1, and the part of the mirror part 1 that covers the front of the photographing means 2a is a magic mirror and is used in front of the mirror part 1. The person's face can be photographed.

  Here, when the photographing unit 2a detects that the user is located at a predetermined position at a predetermined distance from the mirror unit 1 by the human body detection sensor 3, the control unit 5 turns on the illumination unit 4 and turns on the mirror unit. Control for photographing the face of the user looking into 1 is performed. Face image information as a result of photographing by the photographing means 2a can be stored in an imaging storage unit 12a serving as an acquisition information storage unit 12 described later. The illumination means 4 may be manually turned on / off.

  The control unit 5 includes an analysis unit 7 that analyzes the skin state (skin appearance) of the user's face from the face image information acquired by the face image information acquisition unit 2, and a determination for quantifying the analysis result by the analysis unit 7 A unit 8 and a storage unit 9 are provided. The storage unit 9 includes an analysis storage unit 10 that stores the analysis result by the analysis unit 7, a determination storage unit 11 that stores the determination result by the determination unit 8, and an imaging storage unit 12a that stores the imaging result by the imaging unit 2a. It has been.

  The notifying means 6 includes an analysis result notifying means 13 for notifying the analysis result by the analyzing section 7, a determination result notifying means 14 for notifying the determination result by the determining section 8, and a face for displaying the face image information stored in the imaging storage section 12a. An imaging display unit 15a as the image display unit 15 is provided. In the case of this example, the notification means 6 is provided in the mirror unit 1, and specifically, the display unit 22 such as a liquid crystal panel or the like that is provided by notching a part of the mirror 21 in the washstand 20 or the like. An audio output unit (not shown) such as a speaker is also used.

  Here, in the analysis of the skin condition (skin appearance) of the user's face performed by the analysis unit 7, in this example, a method of analyzing the skin information of the face image that is an image captured by the imaging unit 2 a is employed. Yes.

  That is, the main components of skin color are composed of black-brown melanin pigment present in the skin epidermis and red hemoglobin pigment present in the blood vessels of the dermis layer. In general, it is said that when a person is under stress (unhealthy state), the sympathetic nervous system is advantageous, and the skin blood vessels contract and blood flow decreases, and conversely, when the person is relaxed (health state) It is said that the nervous system is advantageous and the skin blood vessels expand to increase blood flow. When the blood flow changes, the amount of hemoglobin pigment in the blood changes accordingly, and the degree of redness of the skin also changes. In particular, many arteriovenous anastomoses (AVA) blood vessels are distributed in the nose of the face, and the blood flow of the AVA blood vessels is significantly larger than that of normal skin, and is affected by the autonomic nervous system. On the other hand, it is known that the forehead has almost no change in blood flow due to the influence of the autonomic nervous system.

  In the analysis unit 7, an independent component analysis (ICA) is applied to the photographed user's face image to separate it into a hemoglobin pigment component and a melanin pigment component. In this example, the above processing is performed on the nose region of the face image and the forehead region of the face image, and the amount of hemoglobin in the nose region is compared and analyzed based on the amount of hemoglobin pigment component in the forehead region. The nervous system activity, that is, the health level is obtained as an analysis result. The analysis result can be notified to the user by the analysis result notifying means 13 by the control unit 5, and can be stored in the analysis storage unit 10 by the control unit 5.

  In the determination unit 8, the analysis result by the analysis unit 7 is quantified and determined. Specifically, the numerical value of the health level of the analysis result is classified into several stages (for example, three stages of “good”, “normal”, “bad”), and the determination result is obtained. . The determination result can be notified to the user by the determination result notifying unit 14 by the control unit 5, and can be stored in the determination storage unit 11 by the control unit 5.

  As described above, the health management system of this example can surely photograph the user's face with the photographing means 2a during the user's natural action of looking into the mirror unit 1. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a photographing result with a small error, and to analyze the result of the photographing with a small error by the analysis unit 7 and to notify the analysis result to the user by the analysis result notifying means 13, which is highly reliable. The user can be encouraged to improve their health based on the analysis result. Here, the mirror unit 1 is configured with a mirror 21 provided in the vanity or the washbasin 20 to be looked for in preparation for going out in the morning, etc., so that the health check can be performed regularly in the usual lifestyle. We can plan improvement. Further, the notification means 6 constituting the analysis result notification means 13 is provided in the mirror part 1 of the wash basin 20 or the vanity, so that the user stands in front of the wash basin 20 and looks at the mirror part 1 by an operation. It is convenient to recognize the analysis results. Further, in this example, in addition to notifying the user of the analysis result by the analysis unit 7, the determination unit 8 is also notified of the determination result obtained by quantifying the analysis result. The analysis result by the unit 7 can be notified to the user in an easy-to-understand form by the quantification determination by the determination unit 8, and further health promotion can be achieved.

  Furthermore, in the health management system of the present example, by using the stored information stored in each storage unit 9 under the control of the control unit 5, the notification means 6 notifies the user to further improve the user's health. It can be devised.

  For example, the control unit 5 is provided with an analysis result average calculation unit (not shown) that calculates an average value of past analysis results stored and accumulated in the analysis result storage unit 9. In addition to the above, it is preferable that the user is notified of the analysis result of the past average. According to this, it is possible to compare the current health level with the daily health level, and to promote the desire to continue the health check, thereby promoting health.

  Further, when the determination result by the determination unit 8 at the time of the current health measurement is low evaluation such as “bad”, the control unit 5 responds to high evaluation such as “good” stored in the determination storage unit 11. In addition, it is also preferable that the imaging result stored in the imaging storage unit 12a is displayed on the user by the imaging display means 15. According to this, when the determination result of the low evaluation by the determination unit 8 is notified to the user by the determination result notification means 14 and the user is disheartened, the high evaluation stored in the determination storage unit 11 by the control unit 5 By displaying the imaging result stored in the imaging storage unit 12a at the time on the imaging display means 15, the user can be encouraged and encouraged to continue the health check, thereby promoting health.

  The health management system can be incorporated into an information system as shown in FIG. In the information system of FIG. 3, a LAN 201 is constructed by Ethernet (registered trademark) in a personal house X, and the LAN 201 is configured as a WAN via a security device 53 a called an information breaker housed in a house board 53. It is connected to the.

  Here, the housing board 53 incorporates a main switch and a branch switch to supply power to the branch circuit in the house, and the security device 53a connected to the LAN 201 in the house is connected to the Internet 202 via a router (not shown). It is connected to the. The security device 53a has a function of automatically discarding a packet that seems to be an unauthorized access to a home device.

  On the other hand, a center server 101 for providing a health management service for allowing a user to perform health management at home is installed on the business operator Y side who operates the health management system. Here, the center server 101 on the business operator Y side, the Internet 202, the LAN 201 in the house X that uses the health management service provided by the business operator Y, the wash basin 20 and the vanity installed in the house X, etc. This system is composed of.

  Here, the center server 101 is provided with the control unit 5, and the wash basin 20 having a configuration other than the control unit 5 in the health management system shown in FIG. 1 is connected to the LAN 201 and the Internet 202 network. Communication takes place. The wash basin 20 is installed in a building, and can be directly connected to the LAN 201 or the Internet 202 network through the laid LAN cable 203. In this example, the sink 20 is connected to the LAN 201 or the Internet 202 via the network adapter 54. Connecting. That is, the net adapter 54 is connected to the security device 53a via the LAN cable 203 and communicates by radio waves with a transmission / reception unit provided on the wash basin 20 using Bluetooth or specific low power radio. Is.

  When the radio wave including the transmission source and destination IDs is transmitted from the washstand 20 existing in the communicable area of the network adapter 54, and when the network adapter 54 receives this radio wave, the signal transmitted by the radio wave is transmitted. Protocol conversion is performed, and a signal is transmitted to a network device (such as the center server 101) indicated by the transmission destination ID. Further, when a signal with the wash basin 20 set as a transmission destination is transmitted from a network device (such as the center server 101), the network adapter 54 performs protocol conversion of the transmitted signal to convert it into a radio wave, and transmits the transmission destination. A radio wave is transmitted to the wash basin 20. In this way, by using Bluetooth or specific low-power radio, communication between the network adapter 54 and the wash basin 20 is widened, and communication is possible even if there are obstacles in the communication path, thereby expanding the communication range. Is done. Further, there is an advantage that it is possible to eliminate the construction of newly laying the LAN 201 up to the place of the building where the washstand 20 is disposed.

  Thus, in this embodiment, since the control part 5 was arrange | positioned in the center server 101 on a network, without arrange | positioning the control part 5 in the wash basin 20 where interior space is restricted, enlargement of the wash basin 20 is avoided. In addition, it is advantageous in that maintenance such as control program change (control circuit board change) in the control unit 5 can be easily performed collectively.

  Note that a display device 52 disposed adjacent to the wash basin 20 is also connected to the LAN 201 of this example. The display device 52 is a television device having a network connection function, and can constitute the notification means 6. That is, the display unit 22 constituting the notification unit 6 is limited in installation space to be disposed in an area in the mirror unit 1 and tends to be relatively small. The display device 52 that is not limited by the installation conditions disposed in the area can be made relatively large, and also has the advantage that the contents of notification by the notification means 6 can be displayed large and can be easily viewed by the user. .

  Although not shown, it is also preferable to provide an advice distribution server in addition to the center server 101 in the system on the business operator Y side. This advice distribution server is for causing a user to receive advice for health management or the like via the notification means 6 according to the analysis result of the analysis unit 7 or the determination result of the determination unit 8. Can add value.

It is a control block diagram of the health management system of the example of an embodiment of the invention. It is a perspective view of a wash basin provided with the health management system same as the above. It is a schematic block diagram of the health management system of the other example of embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mirror part 2 Face image information acquisition means 2a Imaging means 3 Human body detection sensor 4 Illumination means 5 Control part 6 Notification means 7 Analysis part 8 Determination part 9 Storage part 10 Analysis storage part 11 Determination storage part 12 Acquisition information storage part 12a Imaging storage Unit 13 Analysis result notifying unit 14 Determination result notifying unit 15 Face image display unit 15a Imaging display unit 20 Washing stand 21 Mirror 22 Display unit

Claims (5)

  A mirror unit provided on the dressing table or the washstand, a facial image information acquisition unit that acquires facial image information of a user who uses the mirror unit, and a skin condition of the user's face from the acquired facial image information A health management system comprising: an analysis unit; and an analysis result notification unit that notifies an analysis result by the analysis unit.   The health management system according to claim 1, wherein the analysis result notifying means is provided in the mirror section.   The health management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a determination unit that quantifies the analysis result by the analysis unit; and a determination result notification unit that notifies the determination result by the determination unit.   An acquisition information storage unit that stores face image information acquired by the face image information acquisition unit, a face image display unit that displays face image information stored in the acquisition information storage unit, and a determination result by the determination unit is low The health management system according to claim 3, further comprising a control unit that displays the face image information stored in the acquired information storage unit when the determination result is high evaluation on the face image display unit.   The face image information acquisition means and the analysis result notification means are provided in a dressing table or a washstand, and the analysis unit is provided in a center server connected to the face image information acquisition means and the analysis result notification means via a network. The health management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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