JP2012078913A - Outing support device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To precisely guide an outing person to a rest room.SOLUTION: An outing going-out support device (10) comprising a CPU (38) supports a person who goes out in accordance with an outgoing schedule including rest room timing. When the person goes out, the CPU receives sensor data from a temperature sensor (34) and a humidity sensor (36) in every fixed time, and modifies or corrects the rest room timing (S37, S41, S55), if necessary. Then, in accordance with the corrected rest room timing, the person is guided to a rest room (S51, S57, S61).

Description

  The present invention relates to an outing support apparatus, and in particular, when an elderly person, a person with higher brain dysfunction, or a physically disabled person using a wheelchair or the like goes out, the outing person is guided to a toilet or the outing person is appropriately rested. The present invention relates to a new go-out support device that provides support such as making a call.

Patent Document 1 discloses an outing support system that enables elderly people and the like to go out with peace of mind.
JP 2002-267463 A [G01C 21/00 A61G 5/04 G08G 1/005]

  The background art described above is intended to manage the remaining amount of battery when an elderly person or the like goes out by a moving body using a battery, and is not considered for toilet management of the outing person.

  On the other hand, for elderly people, people with higher brain dysfunction, or physically disabled people using wheelchairs, toilet interval and toilet location management when going out is a big problem.

  Therefore, there is a demand for such an outing support apparatus that can appropriately guide an outing person to the toilet at an appropriate interval.

  Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a novel outing support device.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an outing support apparatus that can properly guide an outing person to a toilet at appropriate intervals.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an outing support apparatus that allows an outing person to take a break appropriately.

  The present invention employs the following configuration in order to solve the above problems. The reference numerals in parentheses, supplementary explanations, and the like indicate correspondence relationships with embodiments described later to help understanding of the present invention, and do not limit the present invention in any way.

  1st invention is a going-out assistance apparatus for supporting the going-out person who goes out according to the going-out schedule including a toilet timing, Comprising: The toilet timing contained in an going-out schedule according to the event related to the amount of body water of the going-out person And a toilet guidance device that performs toilet guidance for a person who goes out based on the toilet timing modified by the first modification device.

  In 1st invention, a going-out person can be suitably guided to a toilet. It is possible to appropriately control the amount of water in the body of the outsider.

  According to 1st invention, since a going-out person can be guide | induced to a toilet appropriately, while being able to control a water | moisture content of a going-out person appropriately, comfortable going-out support can be performed.

  A second invention is dependent on the first invention, is provided with at least one of a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor, and the event is an event for acquiring sensor data of the temperature sensor and sensor data of the humidity sensor. It is.

  In 2nd invention, when sensor data of a temperature sensor and / or a humidity sensor are acquired, a toilet timing can be corrected according to the temperature and / or humidity.

  A third invention is an outing support apparatus according to the first or second invention, wherein the event is a food intake of an outing person.

  In the third invention, the toilet timing can be corrected when the outsider eats or drinks.

  A fourth invention is an outing support apparatus according to any one of the first to third inventions, wherein the event is excretion of an outing person.

  In the fourth aspect of the invention, the toilet timing can be corrected when the outsider excretes.

  A fifth invention is dependent on any one of the first to fourth inventions, and the toilet guiding means is a going-out support device that performs toilet guidance in a time stepwise manner with respect to the next toilet timing.

  In the fifth invention, for example, in a stage where there is a time margin for the next toilet timing, a stage where the next toilet timing is approaching, or a stage where the next toilet timing is imminent Guide the person outside to the bathroom.

  According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the toilet is guided step by step, so that an outing person can be reliably guided to the toilet.

  A sixth invention is dependent on any one of the first to fifth inventions, the outing schedule further includes a rest timing, and the rest timing included in the outing schedule according to an event related to the degree of fatigue of the outing person And a second guiding means for correcting the movement and a resting guiding means for guiding the resting person to take a rest based on the rest timing corrected by the second correcting means.

  In the fifth aspect of the invention, the rest timing is corrected according to the degree of fatigue of the outing person, and the rest is guided based on the corrected rest timing, so that the outing person can appropriately take a break.

  A seventh invention is an outing support device for supporting an outing person who goes out according to an outing schedule including a rest timing, wherein the rest timing included in the outing schedule is determined according to an event related to the amount of fatigue of the outing person. A going-out support apparatus comprising a correcting means for correcting, and a rest guiding means for guiding the rest to the outing person based on the rest timing corrected by the correcting means.

  In the seventh invention, since the rest timing is corrected according to the degree of fatigue of the outing person, the outing person can appropriately take a break.

  An eighth invention is an outing support program executed by a computer of an outing support apparatus for supporting an outing person who goes out according to an outing schedule including toilet timing, the computer being related to the amount of moisture in the body of the outing person It is a going-out support program that functions as a toilet guiding unit that corrects a toilet timing included in the going-out schedule according to an event, and a toilet guiding unit that guides a toilet to the outside based on the toilet timing corrected by the correcting unit.

  In the eighth invention, the same effect as in the first invention can be expected.

  A ninth invention is an outing support program executed by a computer of an outing support apparatus for supporting an outing person who goes out according to an outing schedule including rest timing, wherein the computer is used as an event related to the amount of fatigue of the outing person Accordingly, the outing support program causes the rest timing included in the outing schedule to be corrected, and the outing support program to function as a rest guiding unit that guides the resting person based on the rest timing corrected by the correcting unit.

  In the ninth invention, the same effect as in the seventh invention can be expected.

  According to the present invention, a comfortable going-out support can be provided for a going-out person.

  The above object, other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an illustrative view showing an appearance of an outing support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the outing support apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is an illustrative view showing one example of a RAM memory map of the outing support apparatus of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation for creating an outing schedule in the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of operation of toilet timing generation in the embodiment of FIG. FIG. 6 is an illustrative view showing one example of an outing schedule. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the outing support operation in the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the toilet timing correction 1 in the embodiment of FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the toilet timing correction 2 in the embodiment of FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation for creating an outing schedule in the embodiment. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the outing support operation in the embodiment.

  With reference to FIG. 1, the outing support apparatus 10 of one embodiment is typically a portable information terminal having both the function of a mobile phone and the function of a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) like a so-called smartphone. . In the embodiment, a mobile phone iphone (product name) manufactured by Apple Inc. is assumed as an example. Of course, any portable information terminal such as a mobile phone or PDA having equivalent functions of other companies can be used.

  The outing support apparatus 10 of the embodiment includes a substantially rectangular flat housing 12, and a display 14 such as an LCD (liquid crystal display) is provided on the front surface of the housing 12, and a touch panel is provided on the display 14. 16 is arranged. The touch panel 16 may be either a resistance film type or a capacitance type, or may be another type of touch panel.

  A push button switch 18 called a “home button” is provided on the front surface of the housing on the right side of the display 14. The switch 18 is used for various menus, a camera shutter, and various other hardware. Switch. A microphone 20 indicated by a dotted line in FIG.

  A camera 22 indicated by a dotted line in FIG. 1 is provided on the rear surface of the left housing of the display 14. The camera 22 constitutes a video or image input means or a part thereof. A speaker 24 is disposed on the front surface of the housing 12 below the camera 22.

  Referring to FIG. 2, the outing support device 10 includes a display 14, a touch panel 16, a switch 18, a microphone 20, a camera 22, and a speaker 24, a gyro sensor (3-axis geomagnetic sensor) 26 and a 3-axis described above. The sensor data from the gyro sensor 26 and the acceleration sensor 28 including the acceleration sensor 26 is input through the sensor I / F 30.

Further, a temperature (air temperature) sensor 32, a first humidity sensor 34, and a second humidity sensor 36 are coupled to the sensor I / F 30. The temperature sensor 32 is a sensor that measures the outside air temperature, for example, by measuring a resistance change of the thermistor. The 1st humidity sensor 34 is a sensor which measures the humidity in air | atmosphere by measuring electrical conductions, such as a polymer film and a ceramic. The second humidity sensor 36 is the same as the first humidity sensor 34. However, the second humidity sensor 36 is suspended or affixed, for example, in a pendant manner so as to be in direct contact with the skin in an appropriate place such as the back or chest of an outsider. It is a sensor that measures the amount of sweat of a person who goes out. Since the amount of sweat is defined as the amount of moisture loss in the field of physiology, the amount of sweat can be conveniently measured by measuring the amount of moisture loss (transpiration moisture amount) using the second humidity sensor 36. . Strictly speaking, it is necessary for all the air that contacts the measurement site to be guided to the second humidity sensor 36, but even if it is not so strict, the second humidity sensor 36 has a certain degree of confidence in the amount of sweat of the outsider. It can be quantified by degree. The unit of sweating is “mg / cm ² · min”.

  The outing support apparatus 10 of the embodiment further includes a CPU 38, a ROM 40, a RAM 42, a flash memory 44, a wireless communication circuit 46, a GPS circuit 48, and a clock circuit 50. The wireless communication circuit 46 can make a voice call (telephone) using the device 10 or connect to the network to send and receive data and electronic mail. A GPS (Global Positioning System) circuit 48 is used to specify the current position of the device 10. The clock circuit 50 can know the current time.

  The above-described gyro sensor 26 detects the intensity of geomagnetism in the orthogonal three-axis directions. In this embodiment, the gyro sensor 26 is used to configure an electronic compass or a digital compass with the CPU 38. As is well known, the electronic compass combines two geomagnetic sensors at right angles to detect the geomagnetism in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction, and calculates which is the north direction from the strength. In this embodiment, the three-axis acceleration sensor 28 is used alone or in combination with the gyro sensor 26 to measure the number of steps of a person carrying the device 10, that is, an outsider. However, the method of counting the number of steps based on the output of the gyro sensor 26 and / or the acceleration sensor 28 is well known, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The RAM 42 included in the outing support device 10 is provided with a program area 52 and a data area 54 as shown in FIG. In the program area 52, various programs preset in the ROM 40 are developed when used. For example, the OS area 521 stores an OS (Operating System). In the outing support program area 522, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 11, which will be described later, when an elderly person, a person with higher brain dysfunction, or a disabled person using a wheelchair or the like goes out, the outing's toilet or rest An outing support program has been set up to effectively support people. The toilet timing generation program area 523 stores a toilet timing generation program for generating the timing of a restroom or a break (rest) especially when going out before going out.

  As described above, the outing support apparatus 10 or attached to the outing support apparatus 10 is provided with various sensors 26-36 such as a gyro sensor through the sensor I / F 30, and these sensors 26-36 are provided. Is set in the sensor data acquisition program area 424. Then, a GPS data acquisition program for acquiring the current position data of the outing support device 10 using the GPS circuit 48 is set in the GPS data acquisition program area 525, and further, from the web (web) using the wireless communication circuit 44. A map data acquisition program for acquiring map data is set in the map data acquisition program area 526. This map data acquisition program can be used when searching for routes before going out, or when searching for whether there are toilets or parks nearby, such as Google (trademark) sites. Connect to to get map data. The meteorological data acquisition program set in the meteorological data acquisition program area 527 is also used for acquiring local meteorological data (for example, temperature, humidity, weather, etc.) such as an outing destination and an outing route from the web. It is a program.

  The data storage area 54 of the RAM 42 stores outing schedule data describing an outing schedule as shown in FIG. 6, for example. In the outing schedule, destinations, routes, transportation means (train, bus, walking, etc.) and scheduled times are set, and in particular, toilets that indicate when a person is going to the restroom and / or rest ( Rest) timing is set as an important matter.

  In the sensor data storage area 542, data of sensor data (for example, the number of steps, the amount of sweating, the temperature, the humidity, the current position, etc.) acquired by the above-described sensor data acquisition program 524 is temporarily stored.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 2, each sensor 26-36 is connected to the sensor interface 30 by wire, and therefore the sensor data is illustrated as being taken into the CPU 38 by wire. However, it is also conceivable that the sensor data of these sensors 26-36 is input wirelessly using, for example, a short-range wireless such as Bluetooth (product name) or Zigbee (product name). In this case, the sensor data acquisition program is changed so as to capture sensor data from the wireless communication circuit 46.

  Also, toilet information (such as where it is) included in the map data acquired by the previous map data acquisition program 426 may be stored together in the toilet information storage area 543 as toilet information. However, as needed, location information indicating a place where a person who can go out, such as a park, can take a rest is accumulated in the toilet information storage area 543.

  FIG. 4 illustrates an operation for creating an outing schedule before going out. This operation is not necessarily executed automatically, but is expressed in the form of a flow diagram for convenience.

  First, as a first step S1, a user (outing person) or family inputs a schedule, for example, a destination, a destination, a destination arrival time, and the like. Thereafter, as step S3, if necessary, for example, a web site including train connection time and transfer guidance is accessed to search for a route including moving means. At this time, by referring to the map data acquired using the map data acquisition program 525, the time zone in which the outsider cannot be particularly guided to the toilet is searched.

  As the next step S5, using the sensor data acquisition program 524, the temperature sensor 32 and the first humidity sensor 34 attached to the outing support apparatus 10 detect the ambient temperature and humidity around the outing support apparatus 10, and the weather The data acquisition program 527 is used to acquire local weather data, temperature, humidity, weather, and the like from the web, such as an outing destination and an outing route.

In step S7, the toilet interval TI is calculated using Equation 1 by the CPU 38 of the outing support apparatus 10 or by other calculation means.
[Equation 1]
TI = 120 + T + 0.5 * (70-H)
However, T is the air temperature (° C.) acquired in step S5, and H is the humidity (%) acquired in step S5.

  As shown in Equation 1, the toilet interval TI is based on 120 minutes and is appropriately corrected according to the outside air temperature and humidity. In Equation 1, the toilet interval TI becomes longer as the outside air temperature T rises, and the toilet interval TI becomes longer as the humidity H becomes lower. It is calculated that if the outside air temperature is high or the humidity is low, the amount of water in the body tends to decrease due to perspiration, and therefore the time interval for going to the toilet is inevitably longer.

  Thereafter, in step S9, the toilet timing generation program 523 shown in detail in FIG. 5 is executed by the CPU 38 of the outing support apparatus 10 to generate toilet timing.

  In the first step S11, the CPU 38 determines the toilet timing for each toilet interval TI calculated in the previous step S7, with 10 minutes before departure as the first time. That is, 10 minutes before going out is the first time, the second toilet timing is calculated after TI time, and the third toilet timing is calculated after TI.

  In the next step S13, the CPU 38 compares the route searched in step S3 with the toilet timing, and in step S15, for example, a train or other time zone where the toilet cannot be reached overlaps the toilet timing determined in step S11. It is determined whether there is no toilet, that is, whether the calculated toilet timing is within the toilet non-usable time zone. If “NO” in the step S15, it means that the toilet timing calculated in the step S11 can be used as it is. Therefore, in this case, the routine is directly exited.

  When "YES" is determined in step S15, that is, when any toilet timing is included in the toilet unavailable time, in subsequent step S17, the CPU 38 sets the corresponding toilet timing to the toilet unavailable time in which it is included. Moving to the front of the belt, the toilet timing is recalculated based on the previously calculated toilet interval TI, starting from the toilet timing after movement.

  Then, in step S19, the CPU 38 determines whether or not all intervals of the toilet timing as a result of recalculation are longer than a threshold value such as 15 minutes. If “NO”, the process returns to step S13 to verify the effectiveness of each toilet timing again.

  When “YES” is determined in step S19, that is, when it is determined that the interval of the toilet timing is equal to or less than 15 minutes (threshold), two consecutive toilet timings at intervals of 15 minutes or less are set at intermediate times. Are summarized in one toilet timing, and then verification is repeated from step S13.

  In this way, the toilet timing generation program shown in FIG. 5 determines the timing for guiding an outing person to the toilet in consideration of the temperature and humidity of the day when going out according to the route searched earlier.

  FIG. 6 illustrates an example of an outing schedule including the toilet timing determined in this way. In this outing schedule, the departure time from the place AA, whether it is a home or a facility, is 10:30, and the destination is an EE department store. Then, after leaving the place AA, we will walk and go in the order of X1, X2 and X3, and we will arrive at the BB station of the train at 11:00. However, the name of the road (X1, X2, X3, etc.) is entered because it is convenient for finding nearby toilets and resting places based on the map data.

  The departure time for the express train departing from the BB station is 11:20, and the time required for the train is 35 minutes. If you go to the toilet after arriving at the CC station, it will be 10 minutes before the departure. More than 120 minutes have passed since 10:20, which is inconvenient from the above-mentioned principle of Equation 1. Therefore, in this outing schedule, 11:10, 10 minutes before getting on the train at BB station, is set as the first toilet timing.

  We will arrive at CC station at 11:55 and will be on a bus bound for DD at 13:00, so we will have lunch during that time. And if you take the bus for 25 minutes and go to the toilet after arriving at the DD bus stop, there will be an interval of 2 hours or more from the first toilet timing (11:10). After the meal, the second toilet timing is set at 12:50, 10 minutes before getting on the bus.

  After arriving at the DD bus stop at 13:25, it is set to arrive at the destination EE department store through X4 and X5 streets on foot.

  Since the time to leave the EE department store and return is set at 16:30, the toilet timing is set 10 minutes before that. However, since the second toilet timing was 12:50, if the next toilet timing was 16:20, there would be an interval of 2 hours or more, so another toilet timing was set during that time. In other words, the third and fourth toilet timings were set while in the EE department store.

  It is planned to follow the reverse course and return to the departure point AA.

  As an example, the outing person and his attendant or caregiver make a round trip from AA to EE according to the outing schedule of FIG.

  During this outing, the outing support apparatus 10 executes the outing support program (FIG. 3) represented by the flowchart shown in FIG. This outing support program is executed by using an event that sensor data is acquired by a sensor data acquisition program executed every predetermined time (for example, 0.5 seconds) as a trigger. Sensor data acquired at this time includes temperature, humidity, sweating amount, amount of exercise (number of steps), etc., and the temperature and humidity easily change due to the user touching the sensor. Shall be used. Therefore, in the first step S31, the CPU 38 calculates a time average of temperature and humidity for the past n minutes (for example, 5 minutes). Past temperature and humidity data are stored in the sensor data area 542 of the data storage area 54.

  In subsequent step S33, the CPU determines whether or not the temperature and humidity change are large. For example, the criterion for determining whether the change is large is 2 ° C. or higher for temperature and 5% or higher for humidity. If "YES" is determined in the step S33, the process proceeds to a subroutine "Toilet timing correction 1" in a step S37.

  When “NO” is determined in the step S33, the CPU 38 determines whether or not there is food or drink in the next step S35. In order to determine whether or not the food has been eaten, an inquiry message “Did you eat or drink?” Is displayed on the display 14 (FIG. 1), and the touch panel 16 at the position of the “yes” button (not shown) is touched accordingly. Judge by whether or not. This is the same when it is determined whether or not there is excretion in the next step S37.

  If it is determined in step S35 that there is eating or drinking, the process proceeds to step S37, and if it is determined that there is excretion in step S37, the process proceeds to the subroutine “Toilet timing correction 2” in step S41.

The details of the “toilet timing correction 1” subroutine (step S37) are shown in FIG. In the toilet timing correction 1 program shown in FIG. 8, in step S71, the toilet interval TI is calculated according to Equation 1, and the toilet timing is determined based on the calculated toilet interval TI starting from the previous toilet timing. However, when there is food and drink, it calculates with Formula 2, and when there is no food and drink, it calculates with Formula 1. This is because the fact that there was eating or drinking just before meant that it took water, and it was necessary to advance the next toilet timing.
[Equation 2]
TI = 90 + T + 0.5 * (70-H)
Subsequent steps S73 to S81 are the same as steps S13 to S21 of FIG. 5, and the description thereof will not be repeated here.

  When “YES” is determined in step S39, that is, when there is excretion immediately before, the “toilet timing correction 2” subroutine in step S41 is shown in FIG. In the toilet timing correction 2 program shown in FIG. 9, in step S91, the toilet timing is set at the toilet interval TI calculated according to Equation 1 with the current time (this is known from the clock data from the clock circuit 50 shown in FIG. 2) as a starting point. decide. Since there was excretion at the current time, the next toilet timing is set to the current time. Subsequent steps S93-S101 are the same as steps S13-S21 in FIG. 5, and the description thereof will not be repeated here.

Returning to FIG. 7, in step S <b> 43, the CPU 38 determines whether the sweating amount of the outsider is large based on the humidity data from the second humidity sensor 36. If the perspiration amount “mg / cm ² · min” is equal to or greater than a certain value, it is determined that the perspiration amount is large. In this case, in step S45, the CPU 38 drinks “tea (water) on the display 14, for example. A message prompting hydration such as “Sho” is displayed. If the amount of sweating is larger than expected, the amount of water in the body is considered to be decreasing, so that water is replenished. As a result, heat stroke is prevented.

  In this embodiment, the amount of sweating was evaluated in step S43. However, for example, the air in the clothes immediately goes outside during summer wear, and the amount of sweating is measured based on the second humidity sensor 36. It may be inaccurate. In such a case, the amount of sweating may be indirectly evaluated based on the temperature, humidity, number of steps, etc., without using the amount of sweating based on the humidity data of the second humidity sensor 36 as a reference for evaluation.

  For example, if the number of steps is 400 steps or more, and if the temperature is 30 ° C. or more and stays for 10 minutes or more, it may be assumed that the amount of sweating is large and proceed to Step S45.

  When “NO” is determined in step S43, or after step S37, S41, or S45, in step S47, the CPU 38 determines how much time is left until the next toilet timing. Here, Ti is a time to the next toilet timing, Ic is a threshold time for notifying that the toilet timing is close, and Im is a threshold for recommending to go to the toilet (Recommend) It's time. The next toilet timing Ti here is the corrected toilet timing if it was corrected in the operation of FIG. 7 executed earlier. That is, the toilet guidance after the toilet timing is corrected is performed based on the corrected toilet timing. Recommending to go to the toilet (Recommend) is a threshold time with a margin for the next toilet timing, and when it reaches a certain time (Ic) until the next toilet timing, informs that it is almost time to go to the toilet (Notify ) And when the outsider does not follow the toilet guidance, it warns (Alert). That is, toilet guidance in this embodiment is performed in stages in three stages of recommendation, notification, and warning, as will be described in detail below.

  In step S47, therefore, whether the time Ti until the next toilet timing is shorter than Im (threshold time for toilet recommendation) and longer than Ic (threshold time for toilet notification) (that is, Im> Ti > Ic).

  “YES” in step S47 means that there is a time margin before the next toilet timing Ti. In this case, in the next step S49, it is determined whether or not the toilet is nearby.

  The determination in step S49 is based on the current position information acquired by GPS and the toilet position included in the toilet information stored in the toilet information area 543 (FIG. 3) of the data storage area 54 or the map data acquired in the web. Judgment can be made by comparing the information. Depending on the spirit of the person who is going out, whether it is close or not can be determined from whether the distance from the current position to the toilet position is within 200 meters, for example.

  If the toilet is nearby, “YES” is determined in step S49, and in the next step S51, the CPU 38 indicates, for example, on the display unit 14 that “the toilet seems to be nearby. A message to recommend a toilet is displayed. In the next step S53, the CPU 38 determines whether or not the outsider has gone to a nearby toilet according to the message. Whether the user has gone to the toilet is determined by displaying an inquiry message “Did you go to the toilet” on the display 14 (FIG. 1) and responding to this by touching the “Yes” button on the touch panel 16? .

  If it is confirmed that the user has gone to the toilet, the CPU 38 executes a subroutine “toilet timing correction 2” similar to the previous step S41 in step S55.

  If “NO” in the step S49 or “NO” in the step S53, the process returns as it is.

  If “NO” is determined in step S47, it means that the next toilet timing Ti is close (Ti <Ic). In this case, in the next step S57, the CPU 38 displays, for example, on the display unit 14. , “Toilet time is near. Would you like to go to the toilet?” Is displayed. In the next step S59, the CPU 38 determines whether or not the outsider has gone to the toilet according to the message. The determination method here may be the same method as in the previous step S51.

  If “NO” in the step S59, it means that the outsider has not responded to the toilet notification (Notification), and the CPU 38 at this time, in the next step S61, for example, displays “ “Toilet time. Please go to the toilet” “Alert” message is displayed to alert you that you did not go to the toilet. This step S61 is repeated until it can be confirmed in step S59 that the outsider has gone to the toilet according to the message.

  Thus, in the embodiment of FIG. 7, the toilet timing is corrected based on detection of events related to the amount of moisture in the body of the outsider, such as temperature, humidity, sweating amount, etc. Comfortable going-out support that does not cause major changes can be provided.

  Moreover, since the toilet timing is corrected by an event of eating, drinking, or excretion, it is possible not only to manage the amount of water in the body but also to accurately guide the toilet to the outsiders.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 7, the timing of guidance to the toilet is controlled by events that correlate with the amount of moisture in the body of the outsider, such as temperature, humidity, food, and excretion.

  On the other hand, it is conceivable to support the outing so that the outing can take an appropriate break according to the degree of fatigue of the outing. This embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.

  FIG. 10 shows an operation of creating an outing schedule, which includes processing that is not partly automated as in FIG. 5, but is represented in the form of a flow diagram for convenience.

  First, in step S111, as in step S1 of FIG. 5, a user (outing person) or family inputs a schedule, for example, a destination, a destination purpose, a destination arrival time, and the like. Thereafter, in step S113, a route including the moving means is searched. At this time, with reference to the map data acquired using the map data acquisition program 525, a place where the person can take a break, for example, a time zone where the outsider such as a park cannot be guided is searched.

  As the next step S115, the sensor data acquisition program 524 is used to detect the temperature and humidity, and also acquire local weather data, temperature, humidity, weather, and the like.

In step S117, the CPU 38 of the outing support apparatus 10 or other calculation means calculates the rest interval RI using Equation 3.
[Equation 3]
RI = 30-0.5 * T (70-H)
However, T and H are the air temperature (° C.) and the humidity (%) acquired in step S115, respectively.

  As shown in Equation 3, the rest interval RI is based on 30 minutes and is appropriately corrected according to the outside air temperature and humidity. In Equation 3, the rest interval RI becomes shorter as the temperature T rises, and the rest interval RI becomes shorter as the humidity H becomes higher. It is a calculation that it is necessary to take frequent breaks when the outside air temperature is high, or that the time interval for taking a break is inevitably shortened because the fatigue becomes large even when the humidity is high.

  Thereafter, in step S119, the CPU 38 of the outing support apparatus 10 executes a rest timing generation program (not shown) to generate rest (rest) timing. However, this rest timing generation program is basically similar to the toilet timing generation program of FIG. 5, but here, in the processing step corresponding to step S11 of FIG. 5, starting from the departure time, step S117 The rest timing is set for each rest interval RI calculated in (1). Step S13 and subsequent steps in FIG. 5 can be applied in substantially the same manner by replacing the toilet timing with the rest timing.

  Although the outing schedule including such rest timing is created, it is similar except that the number of times of rest timing is increased compared to the outing schedule of FIG.

  During this outing, the outing support apparatus 10 executes the outing support program represented by the flowchart shown in FIG. This outing support program is executed by using a sensor data acquisition event as a trigger every predetermined time (for example, 0.5 seconds). Sensor data acquired at this time includes temperature, humidity, sweating amount, amount of exercise (number of steps), etc., and the temperature and humidity easily change due to the user touching the sensor. Shall be used. Therefore, in the first step S121, the CPU 38 calculates a time average of the temperature and humidity for the past n minutes (for example, 5 minutes).

  In subsequent step S123, the CPU 38 determines whether or not the outsider's fatigue is large. In this step S123, there is a method for calculating the fatigue amount from the sensor data and determining whether the fatigue amount exceeds a threshold value, or a method for determining whether any value exceeds the threshold value using each sensor data as it is. .

In the former method and the method of calculating the amount of fatigue, the number of steps at the temperature t is n ^(t), and it is determined whether the value according to Equation 4 exceeds the threshold value.

  According to Equation 4, when ts = 25 is set, the number of steps when the temperature is 25 ° C. or higher greatly affects the fatigue amount.

  The latter method assumes that the amount of fatigue is large, for example, when the number of steps is 400 steps or more, and when the temperature is 30 ° C. or more and stays for 10 minutes or more.

  Regardless of which method is used, if “YES” is determined in step S123, it is necessary to strongly encourage the outing person to take a break, and the process proceeds to step S125. In step S125, the CPU 38 displays a warning (Alert) message for forcibly taking a break such as “I am tired. Please take a break” on the display 14, for example. This step S125 is repeated until it can be confirmed in step S127 that the outsider has taken a break according to the message.

  Whether or not there is a break may be determined by displaying an inquiry message “Have you rested” on the display 14 (FIG. 1) and responding to it by touching the “Yes” button on the touch panel 16.

  If a break can be confirmed in step S127, in the next step S129, the CPU 38 executes a subroutine for correcting the rest timing. Although this subroutine is not shown, for example, it is similar to the subroutine of “Toilet timing correction 2” in FIG. 9, and is a step corresponding to step S91 in FIG. 9, for example, at the rest timing RI for each rest interval RI starting from the current time. Is recalculated. Thereafter, the rest timing can be corrected in the same manner by replacing “restroom timing” in steps S93 to S101 of FIG. 9 with “rest timing”.

  If "NO" is determined in the step S125, the CPU 38 proceeds to the next step S131. In step S131, the CPU 38 determines how much time is left until the next rest timing. Here, Ti is a time until the next rest timing, Ic is a threshold time for notifying that the rest timing is close, and Im is a threshold time for recommending to take a break (Recommend) It is. “Recommend” is a threshold time with a margin for the next rest timing, and when it reaches a certain time (Ic) until the next rest timing, it will be notified that the time to take a break is near (Notify) I have to.

  In step S131, therefore, whether the time Ti until the next rest timing is shorter than Im (threshold time for break recommendation) and longer than Ic (threshold time for break notification) (that is, Im> Ti > Ic).

  "YES" in step S131 means that there is time before the next rest timing Ti. In this case, in the next step S133, it is determined whether or not there is a place where a break can be made.

  In step S133, the current position information acquired by GPS and the rest location information stored in the data storage area 54 (FIG. 3) or the rest location information included in the map data acquired by the web are used. This can be determined by comparison. Whether the distance is close or not can be determined based on, for example, whether the distance from the current position to a resting place, for example, the bench position is within 50 meters.

  If the bench is near, “YES” is determined in step S133, and in the next step S135, the CPU 38 displays, for example, on the display device 14 such as “It seems that the bench is near. Display a message recommending a break. In the next step S137, the CPU 38 determines whether or not the outsider has taken a break on a nearby bench according to the message. Whether or not there is a break may be the same as in step S127.

  When it is confirmed that the outsider has taken a break, the CPU 38 recalculates (corrects) the rest timing in step S129.

  If “NO” in the step S133 or “NO” in the step S137, the process returns as it is.

  The determination of “NO” in step S131 means that the next rest timing Ti is close (Ti <Ic). In this case, in the next step S139, the CPU 38 displays, for example, on the display 14. , A message indicating that the rest timing is close, such as “Now, break time is near. In the next step S127, the CPU 38 determines whether or not the outsider has taken a break according to the message.

  If “NO” in the step S127, it means that the outsider did not respond to the notification of the break (Notification), and the CPU 38 strongly instructs the outsider to take a break in the next step S125. Display the (Alert) message. This step S125 is repeated as described above until it is confirmed in step S127 that the outsider has taken a break according to the message.

  As described above, in the embodiment of FIG. 11, the rest timing is corrected based on the detection of the event related to the amount of fatigue of the outsider, for example, temperature, humidity, sweating amount, etc., so that fatigue does not accumulate. Comfortable going-out support can be performed.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, temperature and humidity sensor data is used, but the toilet timing and rest timing can be corrected using only one of the temperature data and humidity data.

  Furthermore, the embodiment of FIG. 7 related to the change of the toilet timing and the embodiment of FIG. 11 related to the change of the rest timing are described as independent from each other. However, FIG. 7 and FIG. 11 can be integrated to control not only the toilet timing but also the rest timing according to the event related to the moisture content in the body. However, in the integrated embodiment, the toilet timing can be controlled according to the amount of moisture in the body, and the rest timing can be controlled according to the amount of fatigue.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, it has been described that confirmation input such as “whether you have eaten or eaten”, “whether you have gone to the toilet”, “whether you have taken a break”, or the like is performed using the touch panel. However, even without a touch panel, for example, input / output means is also possible in which information is presented by voice through a speaker, and the user also inputs voice using a microphone.

  In the above-described embodiment, the sweating amount is conveniently measured as the humidity change of the second humidity sensor 36. However, the sweating amount may be estimated from the temperature, the humidity, and the exercise amount.

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42 ... RAM
52 ... Program area 54 ... Data storage area

Claims (9)

An outing support device for supporting an outing person who goes out according to an outing schedule including toilet timing,
In response to an event related to the amount of moisture in the body of the outing person, first correction means for correcting the toilet timing included in the outing schedule, and toilet guidance for the outing person based on the toilet timing corrected by the first correction means A going-out support device comprising toilet guidance means for performing. Comes with at least one of temperature sensor and humidity sensor,
The going-out support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the event is an event for acquiring sensor data of a temperature sensor and sensor data of a humidity sensor.   The going-out support apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the event is an eating and drinking intake of a going-out person.   The going-out support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the event is excretion of a going-out person.   The going-out support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the toilet guiding means performs toilet guidance in a time stepwise manner with respect to a next toilet timing. The outing schedule further includes a rest timing, in accordance with an event related to the degree of fatigue of the outing person, a second correcting means for correcting the rest timing included in the outing schedule, and a rest timing corrected by the second correcting means The going-out support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising break guidance means for guiding a break for a person who goes out. An outing support device for supporting an outing person who goes out according to an outing schedule including rest timing,
A correction means for correcting a rest timing included in the outing schedule according to an event related to the amount of fatigue of the outing person, and a break induction means for guiding a rest to the outside person based on the rest timing corrected by the correction means A go-out support device. An outing support program executed by a computer of an outing support device for supporting an outing person who goes out according to an outing schedule including toilet timing,
A correction means for correcting the toilet timing included in the outing schedule according to an event related to the amount of moisture in the body of the outing person, and toilet guidance for the outing person based on the toilet timing corrected by the correction means An outing support program that functions as a toilet guide. An outing support program executed by a computer of an outing support device for supporting an outing person who goes out according to an outing schedule including rest timing,
A correction means for correcting a rest timing included in the outing schedule according to an event relating to the amount of fatigue of the person who has gone out, and a break that induces a break for the person based on the rest timing corrected by the correction means An outing support program that functions as a guide.

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