JP2015219700A - Information processing unit, terminal, biological information analysis system, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique that enables a user to easily grasp an environmental factor of variation of biological information with complexity of processing suppressed.SOLUTION: An information processing unit (analysis server) 5 includes: a user information reception part 61 which receives user information including biological information on a user and additional information representing the time when and position where the biological information is obtained; an environmental factor information reception part 62 which receives one or more pieces of environmental information associated with the environment of the time and position that the additional information included in the user information represents; a correlation evaluation part 63 which evaluates correlation between the biological information and environmental information; and a message transmission part 64 which transmits a result of the evaluation to the user.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that estimates environmental factors that are factors such as changes in a user's biological information.

  In recent years, it has been widely recognized that daily health management is important as a prevention and countermeasure for lifestyle-related diseases. And it is drawing attention that each person performs his own health management by measuring and recording biological information (vital data) such as body weight, body temperature and blood pressure on a daily basis.

  In addition, when a user feels pain in the body, an information processing apparatus has been developed that estimates factors that induce the pain. For example, Patent Document 1 acquires and records information (life information) on a user's life situation and date / time information when pain such as migraine occurs, and corresponds to the acquired date / time and the date / time. A technique for estimating a factor that induces pain by matching with weather information is disclosed. Patent Document 2 discloses a health management system that acquires environmental information that is an external factor of a user's physical condition change and predicts the user's physical condition change.

JP 2012-198860 A (released on October 18, 2012) JP 2013-238970 A (published November 28, 2013)

  However, the technique of Patent Document 1 has a problem in that when recording life information and pain information, the user needs to manually input each time, which is troublesome and burdensome. Moreover, since life information, pain information, and the like are subjective, even if the cause of pain is estimated from such information, a certain estimation result is not necessarily obtained. Furthermore, the diseases that can be estimated by the above-described technique are only pains that are correlated with life information and weather information.

  Further, Patent Document 2 describes that environmental information that is an external factor of a user's physical condition change is obtained and a user's physical condition change is predicted. The physical condition may change due to factors other than the factors that become, and the factors that affect the physical condition may vary from person to person. For this reason, it is preferable to acquire all external factors and environmental information, but there is a problem that it is expensive and the processing becomes complicated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its main purpose to realize a technology that allows a user to easily grasp environmental factors that cause changes in biological information while suppressing the complexity of processing. To do.

  In order to solve the above problem, an information processing apparatus according to aspect 1 of the present invention acquires user information including user's biological information and additional information indicating the date and time when the user's biological information was obtained. User information acquisition means, environmental information acquisition means for acquiring one or more environment information related to the environment at the date and time indicated by the additional information included in the user information acquired by the user information acquisition means, and the biological information And a correlation evaluation unit that evaluates the correlation between the environment information and an evaluation result presentation unit that presents an evaluation result by the correlation evaluation unit to the user.

  According to said structure, when biometric information changes about a certain user, the date and time and the environmental information of the position of the place are acquired. Then, the correlation between the biological information and the environmental information is evaluated, and the evaluation result is presented to the user. According to this, since the user can acquire the presence / absence of correlation between his / her own biological information and environmental information, correlated environmental information, etc., the user can grasp environmental factors that cause changes in biological information. can do. In particular, environmental information published on the Internet by obtaining the user's location information (for example: the Ministry of the Environment's air pollution status public page; http://www.env.go.jp/air/osen /osen.html) can obtain environmental information about the current location of the user, and analyze changes in the user's biological information in association with such environmental information.

  In the information processing apparatus according to aspect 2 of the present invention, in the aspect 1, the evaluation result presentation unit presents the biological information and environmental information highly correlated with the biological information to the user as the evaluation result. It is good to do.

  According to said structure, when an environment with high correlation is specified, the environment estimated as a factor of a biometric information change is shown to a user. According to this, since the user can confirm the environment that causes the change of the biological information of the user, the occurrence of unpleasant symptoms accompanying the change of the biological information can be prevented in advance, or the influence of the environment can be minimized. Avoidance measures can be taken to limit

  The information processing apparatus according to aspect 3 of the present invention is the information processing apparatus according to aspects 1 and 2 described above, wherein the biometric information of another user different from the user and the date and position where the biometric information of the other user is obtained Other person information acquisition means for acquiring other person information including information, and searching for other person information acquired by the other person information acquisition means using the date and position indicated by the additional information included in the user information as a key, Does the other person information extracting means for extracting the corresponding other person information, the biological information included in the user information, and the biological information included in the other person information extracted by the other person information extracting means have the same tendency? It is good also as providing the tendency determination means which determines whether or not.

  According to said structure, when biometric information changes about a certain person, another person's biometric information is extracted by using the date and the position of the place as a key. And it is determined whether the biometric information of the person and the biometric information of another person are the same. According to this, since the biometric information between the user and another person is compared, it is possible to grasp whether or not the tendency is the same as that of the other person.

  The information processing apparatus according to aspect 4 of the present invention outputs data indicating that the biological information is general when the tendency determination unit determines that the tendency is the same in the aspect 3, A data output means for outputting data indicating that the biological information is not general when the tendency determination means determines that the tendency is not the same may be further provided.

  According to the above configuration, if the person's biological information and the like and the other person's biological information and the like have the same tendency, the change or the like of the person's biological information is notified. On the other hand, if it does not have the same tendency, it notifies that the change in the biological information of the person is not general. According to this, the user can know whether or not the change of his / her biological information and the occurrence of subjective symptoms are general. If it is a general one, you can get immediate relief. On the other hand, if it is not general, motivation for taking measures to eliminate or avoid environmental factors can be obtained. In particular, since information on other users who are in the same position at the same date and time is also used as a reference, it is considered to be very effective in analyzing, for example, epidemic diseases.

  The information processing apparatus according to aspect 5 of the present invention is the information processing apparatus according to any one of aspects 1 to 4, wherein the correlation evaluation unit evaluates the correlation between the biological information and the environment information. It is good also as evaluating including the correlation with biometric information and the said environmental information in the date and time when the said biometric information was obtained.

  According to the above configuration, not only the combination of the biometric information included in the user information acquired at that time and the environment information having the same date and position, but also the past biometric information of the person and the date and time And the combination of the environment information having the same position, and the evaluation of the correlation. Therefore, if multiple combinations of the same biological state and the same environmental information with high correlation are extracted, the environmental information and the biological information are extracted. The credibility of the causal relationship of information will increase.

  The terminal which concerns on aspect 6 of this invention is a terminal which can communicate with the information processing apparatus which analyzes the factor of a user's biometric information, Comprising: A user's biometric information, the date, time, and position where the said user's biometric information was obtained Is transmitted to the information processing apparatus.

  According to said structure, the said terminal can have an effect similar to the information processing apparatus mentioned above.

  A biological information analysis system according to an aspect 7 of the present invention includes a terminal that acquires a user's biological information, and an information processing device that analyzes a factor of the biological information, and the terminal includes the biological information of the user, and User information reception including user information including additional information indicating the date and time when the biometric information of the user is obtained is transmitted to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus receives the user information from the terminal. Means, environmental information acquisition means for acquiring one or more environmental information regarding the environment at the date and time indicated by the additional information included in the user information acquired by the user information receiving means, the biological information, and the environmental information Correlation evaluation means for evaluating the correlation between the correlation evaluation means and an evaluation result transmission means for transmitting an evaluation result by the correlation evaluation means to the terminal.

  According to said structure, the said biological information analysis system can have an effect similar to the information processing apparatus mentioned above.

  The information processing apparatus according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the information processing apparatus is operated by the computer by causing the computer to operate as each unit included in the information processing apparatus. An information processing apparatus program to be realized and a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that a user can easily grasp environmental factors that cause changes in biological information.

It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of a structure of the biometric information analysis system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the analysis server which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the data memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the analysis server which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the analysis server which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the biometric information analysis system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a graph which shows an example of the correlation evaluation of the user information which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, and environmental factor information. It is a figure which shows an example of the measurement item of the user terminal which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the analysis server which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the biometric information analysis system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention.

Embodiment 1
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail. However, the configuration described in this embodiment is merely an illustrative example, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention only to that unless otherwise specified.

[System configuration and overview]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a configuration of a biological information analysis system 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The biological information analysis system 1 includes a user terminal 2, another person terminal 3, a WEB server 4, and an analysis server 5. The user terminal 2, the other party terminal 3, the WEB server 4, and the analysis server 5 are connected to each other via a network 6 so that they can communicate with each other.

  The user terminal 2 is a terminal for a general user (user) to use the biological information analysis system 1. In particular, the user terminal 2 transmits information such as a predetermined user's biological information and subjective symptoms to the analysis server 5. The message is received from the analysis server 5 and displayed. As the display content, a message or data including a measurement result of biological information and an evaluation result thereof is displayed, but related environmental information may be displayed. Specifically, it may be a PC (Personal Computer), a chair-type biological measurement booth fixedly installed in a medical institution, a portable terminal (such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, or a tablet terminal) that is portable, or It may be a health band worn on the user's arm like a wristwatch. The user terminal 2 can be shared among a plurality of users. In that case, when the user terminal 2 is used, it is necessary to input a user ID for identifying the user, and the user ID is set in the user information and data transmitted to and received from the analysis server 5. In order to display and refer to the data received by the user terminal 2, a user ID is required.

  The other person terminal 3 is a terminal for a general user (user) to use the biological information analysis system 1, and in particular, information such as biological information and subjective symptoms of a person other than the user of the user terminal 2. Transmit to the analysis server 5. A specific example of the terminal is the same as that of the user terminal 2. Although the user terminal 2 alone can analyze the biometric information of a predetermined user, in addition to the user terminal 2, for example, evaluation is performed including information from the other person terminal 3 used by people living in the same area. Thereby, the credibility of the factor of the biometric information estimated using the information from the user terminal 2 can be increased.

  The WEB server 4 is a server that is a target for the analysis server 5 to collect environmental information that affects the biological information and subjective symptoms of the user. This is not the specific server, but the entire server that is connected to the Internet and stores weather information, air pollution information, or other environmental information as a target for the analysis server 5 to search using the date and position as a key. Is assumed.

  The analysis server 5 is an information processing apparatus that plays a main role in the biological information analysis system 1. This is a message or data that receives information from the user terminal 2, the other person terminal 3, and the WEB server 4, performs analysis and evaluation processing on the information, and includes an evaluation result to be presented to the user as a result. Is transmitted to the user terminal 2.

  The WEB server 4 and the analysis server 5 are realized by general server computers, but are not limited to a single device, and a plurality of devices (servers) operate in cooperation with each other. Also good. Further, the analysis processing performed by the analysis server 5 may be partially or entirely performed by the user terminal 2 or the other party terminal 3 if the terminal has sufficient processing performance.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the analysis server 5 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The analysis server 5 includes a communication unit 51, an input unit 52, a display unit 53, a processing unit 54, and a storage unit 55, and is configured so that each unit can transmit and receive data via the bus 56. The communication unit 51 is a part that performs IP (Internet Protocol) communication with a terminal and other servers via the network 6. This is realized by, for example, a NIC (Network Interface Card) or the like. The input unit 52 is a part where an operator inputs data (for example, data related to server settings) and instructions, and is realized by, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, or the like. The display unit 53 is a part that displays data according to an instruction from the processing unit 54, and is realized by, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD). The processing unit 54 transfers data between the units via a predetermined memory and controls the entire analysis server 5. A CPU (Central Processing Unit) stores a program stored in the predetermined memory. It is realized by executing. The storage unit 55 stores data from the processing unit 54 and reads the stored data, and is realized by a non-volatile storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or an SSD (Solid State Drive), for example. The

  The hardware configuration of the WEB server 4 is the same as that described above.

[Data structure]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of data stored in the storage unit 55 of the analysis server 5 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3A shows the configuration of the user information 55A. The user information 55 </ b> A is information regarding a person (user) who wants to know the cause of the change in his / her biological information and the occurrence of subjective symptoms using the biological information analysis system 1. It has a record for each user that contains information. The date and time information is the date and time when measurement of biological information and recognition of awareness information were performed. The position information is the position of the place where the measurement of the biological information and the recognition of the awareness information are performed, and the position information of the user terminal 2 is specified and set by GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like. The biological information is objective data indicating the state of the body, and is, for example, blood pressure, pulse, weight, body temperature, oxygen saturation, facial color, pulse wave, and the like. The subjective information is subjective data indicating subjective symptoms that do not appear in the biological information, such as pain of each part, cough, runny nose, itchy eyes, chills, fatigue, and the like. Hereinafter, the change in biological information and the occurrence of subjective symptoms are collectively referred to as a physical condition.

  FIG. 3B shows the configuration of the other person information 55B. The other person information 55 </ b> B is information related to a person (other person) other than the user, and includes a record for each other person including date information, position information, biological information, and awareness information. The details of each information are the same as the user information 55A.

  FIG. 3C shows the configuration of the environmental factor information 55C. The environmental factor information 55C is information relating to environmental factors corresponding to the date information and position information of the user information 55A, and weather information, air pollution information, and other environmental information are set therein. The weather information includes, for example, weather, temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, greenhouse gas concentration, ultraviolet rays, yellow sand, solar radiation / infrared radiation, and the like, and is acquired and set from the website of the Japan Meteorological Agency. The air pollution information is information indicating the air pollution status of air pollutants, pollen, radioactive substances, etc. represented by PM2.5, for example, and the Ministry of the Environment website (http://www.env.go.jp/ air / osen / osen.html) etc. and set. Other environmental information is environmental information other than weather and air pollution. Since environmental factor information is received and set from a public site, it can be used effectively regardless of where the user is in the country.

  In addition, when the analysis server 5 accumulates environmental factor information while performing a net search at any time regardless of the date information and position information of the user information 55A, the date information and position information are included in each information of the environmental factor information 55C. Are preferably linked.

[Function block configuration]
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a functional block configuration of the analysis server 5 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The analysis server 5 includes, as functional blocks, a user information reception unit 61 (user information acquisition unit, user information reception unit), an environmental factor information reception unit 62 (environment information acquisition unit), and a correlation evaluation unit 63 (correlation). Evaluation means) and a message transmission unit 64 (evaluation result presentation means, evaluation result transmission means). The user information receiving unit 61 receives user information from the user terminal 2 and is realized by the communication unit 51. The environmental factor information receiving unit 62 receives environmental factor information from the WEB server 4 and is realized by the communication unit 51. The correlation evaluation unit 63 evaluates the correlation between the biological information and awareness information of the user information received by the user information receiving unit 61 and the environmental factor of the environmental factor information received by the environmental factor information receiving unit 62. And is realized by the processing unit 54. The message transmission unit 64 transmits a message or data indicating that the environmental factor is a factor of the physical condition to the user terminal 2 when the correlation is high, and is realized by the communication unit 51. .

[System processing]
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing of the biological information analysis system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This process is mainly performed by the analysis server 5 and is triggered by the communication unit 51 receiving user information from the user terminal 2, and the processing unit 54 performs analysis and evaluation processing of biological information. After that, a message or data including the evaluation result is transmitted to the user terminal 2. In particular, this process is an analysis and evaluation process using the user information 55A and the environmental factor information 55C, and evaluates the correlation between the user's own information and the environmental factor.

  First, the user terminal 2 acquires the user's biological information and awareness information, and transmits it to the analysis server 5 as user information together with additional information indicating the acquired date and position. The timing at which the user information is transmitted from the user terminal 2 to the analysis server 5 is, for example, when the user terminal 2 is a terminal having an input interface such as a PC or a portable terminal, Is input to the terminal, and when the input completion is designated, the awareness information is transmitted. Next, when the user terminal 2 is a chair type, when the user sits on the chair, the biological information is automatically measured, and when the measurement is completed, the biological information is transmitted. Further, when the user terminal 2 is a health band, the biological information is periodically acquired, and thus the biological information is transmitted each time.

  On the other hand, the user information receiving unit 61 of the analysis server 5 receives user information from the user terminal 2 via the network 6, and the processing unit 54 stores the user information in the storage unit 55 as user information 55A. (S501). Next, the environmental factor information receiving unit 62 searches the Internet for the stored user information 55A using the date information and position information as additional information as keys (S502). Then, the environmental factor information corresponding to the key is received from the WEB server 4, and the processing unit 54 stores the environmental factor information in the storage unit 55 as the environmental factor information 55C (S503). On the Internet, environmental factor information is associated with date / time information and position information, so when there is date / time information and position information matching the key, the environmental factor information associated with them is specified.

  Subsequently, the correlation evaluation unit 63 evaluates the correlation between the biological information and the awareness information in the stored user information 55A and each piece of information of the environmental factor information 55C (S504). When evaluating the correlation, for example, multivariate analysis may be used, and not only multivariate analysis but also other methods of evaluating correlation may be used. The correlation evaluation unit 63 does not target environmental factor information for a certain period in the past from the time when the biometric information or the like changes, but the date and time when the biometric information or the like received by the environmental factor information receiving unit 62 is acquired. Since the evaluation target is narrowed down by targeting the environmental factor information related to the position, the complexity of the processing of the correlation evaluation unit 63 can be suppressed.

  Then, when the correlation evaluation unit 63 determines that there is a combination of biological information or awareness information and environmental factor information with high correlation (for example, the correlation coefficient is equal to or greater than a predetermined value) (YES in S505). ), The message transmission unit 64 transmits a message indicating that the environmental factor is a factor of the biological information and subjective symptoms to the user terminal 2 (S506). When a predetermined environmental factor affects the user's body, when there is an environmental factor that changes at the same date and time as the measurement item that changes in the user's biological information, a message such as “ It is presumed that the environmental factors of ・ ・ are affecting your blood pressure rise. ” At this time, it is not necessarily limited to a message, but as a correlation evaluation result, for example, user biometric information, highly correlated environmental factors, and data indicating changes in user-desired environmental factors are stored in the user terminal 2. You may send it.

  On the other hand, the user terminal 2 receives a message or data from the analysis server 5 and displays it on the screen. According to this, the user can know environmental factors that cause changes in his / her biological information and occurrence of subjective symptoms by referring to messages or data displayed on the screen of the user terminal 2. So you can take preventive and avoidance measures.

  Note that whether or not the user of the user terminal 2 needs the evaluation result in real time varies depending on the situation. For example, when the user terminal 2 is a chair-type biological measurement booth, the user is operating in order to know the state of his / her body, so it is considered that an evaluation result is desired immediately. Therefore, it is preferable that the analysis server 5 transmits the evaluation result to the user terminal 2 in real time when the user terminal 2 is a chair-type biological measurement booth. On the other hand, when the user terminal 2 is a portable health band, the user information is periodically transmitted, so the user is not aware of the transmission timing. Therefore, when the user terminal 2 is a portable health band, a portable terminal, or the like, the analysis server 5 responds to a request from the user terminal 2 (for example, a user operation that instructs acquisition of an evaluation result). Accordingly, it is preferable to transmit the evaluation result to the user terminal 2.

  According to the above, the usage of the user differs depending on the type of the user terminal 2, and the processing of the analysis server 5 does not change due to the difference. In other words, when the analysis server 5 performs the analysis and evaluation processes, if there is biometric information that has changed greatly and there is an environmental factor highly correlated with the biometric information, the analysis server 5 sends a message to that effect to the terminal. And the user terminal 2 receives and displays the message.

[Example of correlation evaluation]
FIG. 6 is a graph showing an example of correlation evaluation between the user information 55A and the environmental factor information 55C according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig.6 (a) shows the time change of a user's blood pressure. FIG. 6B shows a temporal change of the environmental factor I. FIG.6 (c) shows the time change of the environmental factor II. For example, if there is an environmental factor having the same change time as the change time of the blood pressure, it is considered that the environmental factor has some influence on the blood pressure of the user.

  In the example shown in FIG. 6A, the regular measurement value of the blood pressure of a certain user has been a normal value for a while, but it suddenly increases from a certain time and reaches the maximum value at time t0. Therefore, it is estimated that some change has occurred in the environmental factor in the vicinity of the time t0. Therefore, the correlation evaluation unit 63 identifies environmental factors that cause such changes in biological information.

  Since the environmental factor I in FIG. 6B suddenly decreases from a certain time and reaches a minimum value at a time slightly before time t0, the correlation evaluation unit 63 determines that the environmental factor I is an increase in blood pressure. Judged to be a factor. On the other hand, although the environmental factor II in FIG. 6C changes at a time slightly before time t0, it does not change so significantly. Therefore, the correlation evaluation unit 63 determines that the environmental factor II is an increase in blood pressure. Judge that it is not a factor.

  As described above, the correlation evaluation unit 63 correlates the timing of occurrence of the change in biological information and the subjective symptom with the information on the environmental factor, so that the correlation evaluation unit 63 affects the change in the biological information and the occurrence of the subjective symptom. Can be estimated. As a result, the message transmission unit 64 presents to the user a causal relationship such as, for example, a decrease in temperature causes a rise in blood pressure, a rise in temperature causes a decrease in weight, or a cause of fatigue caused by air pollution. can do. Thereby, the user can know the environmental factor estimated as a factor of a change of own physical condition.

[Example of biological information]
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of measurement items of the user terminal 2 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the column “Measurement device”, the types of measurement devices (heart rate monitor, pulse meter, blood pressure monitor, etc.) are listed. The heart rate meter measures the pulsation of the heart, and the pulsometer measures the pulsation of the pulse. In the “measurement item” column, items that can be measured by the measurement device are described. In the “fixed type” and “portable” columns, the necessity of each measurement item is described in the case where the user terminal 2 is a fixed type and a portable type. “Necessary” indicates an item to be measured. “Arbitrary” indicates an item to be measured if possible. “Unnecessary” indicates that the item is unnecessary or difficult to measure.

  Of the user information transmitted from the user terminal 2 to the analysis server 5, the biological information is an item that can be measured by the user terminal 2. As shown in FIG. 7, the measurement item, that is, the biological information differs depending on the type of the user terminal 2.

  For example, when the user terminal 2 is a chair type, the biological information includes heart rate, pulse rate, blood pressure (maximum blood pressure, minimum blood pressure, average blood pressure), body weight, BMI, body composition (body fat percentage, muscle mass). , Fat amount, water amount, etc.), blood vessel health (calculation of blood vessel flexibility from pulse wave), blood oxygen saturation and body temperature are preferably included. The biometric information may further include an electrocardiogram and a blood sugar level.

  When the user terminal 2 is a health band, the biological information preferably includes a pulse rate, and further includes blood pressure, blood vessel health, blood oxygen saturation, body temperature, blood sugar level, and step count. And calories burned may be included.

<< Embodiment 2 >>
Next, the biological information analysis system 1 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described. Embodiment 2 of this invention points out the difference between a user's physical condition and the physical condition of others in the same area. According to this, when the environmental factor that causes the physical condition of the user is identified as a result of performing the processing according to the first embodiment, the situation of the user is compared with the situation of others in the same region. You can consider whether there is a problem. The system configuration according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the hardware configuration of the analysis server 5, and the data configuration of the storage unit 55 are the same as those of the first embodiment.

[Function block configuration]
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the analysis server 5 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The analysis server 5 includes, as functional blocks, a user information receiving unit 71 (user information acquiring unit), an other person information receiving unit 72 (other person information acquiring unit), and an other person information extracting unit 73 (other person information extracting unit). , A trend determination unit 74 (trend determination unit) and a message transmission unit 75 (data output unit). The user information receiving unit 71 receives user information from the user terminal 2 and is realized by the communication unit 51. The other person information receiving unit 72 receives the other person information from the other person terminal 3, and is realized by the communication unit 51. The other person information extraction unit 73 searches the stored other person information using the date and position of the user information as a key and extracts the corresponding other person information, and is realized by the processing unit 54. The tendency determination unit 74 determines whether or not the received user information and the extracted other person information have the same tendency, and is realized by the processing unit 54. The message transmission part 75 transmits the message or data which shows that the said physical condition is general to the user terminal 2, when it is the same tendency. When not in the same tendency, a message or data indicating that the physical condition is not general is transmitted to the user terminal 2, which is realized by the communication unit 51.

[System processing]
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing of the biological information analysis system 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. This process is an analysis and evaluation process using the user information 55A and the other person information 55B. The user's own information is compared with the other person's situation to determine whether or not they have the same tendency. .

  First, the user information receiving unit 71 of the analysis server 5 receives user information from the user terminal 2 via the network, and the processing unit 54 stores the user information in the storage unit 55 as user information 55A (S901). ). Next, the other person information receiving unit 72 receives the other person information from the other person terminal 3 via the network, and the processing unit 54 stores the other person information as the other person information 55B in the storage unit 55 (S902). The other person information 55B may be accumulated in advance by performing the process of S902 as needed.

  Then, the other person information extraction unit 73 searches the other person information 55B from the stored user information 55A using the date information and position information as additional information as keys (S903), and the biometric information of the corresponding other person information 55B. Information and awareness information are extracted (S904). At this time, the date and time indicated by the date and time information as a key is preferably a date and time within a predetermined period centered on the date and time indicated by the date and time information of the user information 55A, for example. Further, the position indicated by the position information as a key is preferably a position within a predetermined geographical range centered on the position information of the user information 55A, for example.

  Subsequently, the tendency determination unit 74 compares the tendency between the biological information and the awareness information of the user information 55A and the biological information and the awareness information of the plurality of other person information 55B (S905). For example, statistical processing is performed with respect to temporal changes in the numerical values of biological information. And when the tendency determination part 74 determines with a user's information and the information of others having the same tendency (YES of S906), it is the same as that of other people in the same area on the same date and time. It can be determined that this is a general physiological phenomenon and not a user-specific disease. Therefore, for example, for blood pressure, the message sending unit 75 sends a message such as “Your blood pressure change is normal. There is no problem because it is the same tendency as other people in the same area.” It transmits to the terminal 2 (S907).

  On the other hand, if the tendency determination unit 74 determines that the user's information and the other's information are different (NO in S906), the situation is different from other people in the same area at the same date and time. There is a possibility of illness. So, for example, if you have blood pressure, the message sending unit 75 says, “The change in your blood pressure is not common. It is different from other people in the same region, so it reacts sensitively to environmental factors. It is recommended that the influence of environmental factors be avoided. ”Is transmitted to the user terminal 2 (S908).

  At this time, the message transmission unit 75 is not necessarily limited to the transmission of the message, and as a determination result of whether or not the same tendency, for example, the change of the biometric information of the user and the biometric information of other people in the same region, for example May be transmitted to the user terminal 2.

  On the other hand, the user terminal 2 receives a message or data from the analysis server 5 and displays it on the screen. According to this, the user refers to the message or data displayed on the screen of the user terminal 2, and is similar to other people in the same area where changes in his / her biological information and occurrence of subjective symptoms occur. You can know if it is. And if it is the same, you can rest assured, otherwise you can take action against the environmental factors that are actually affected. In particular, when there is a high correlation between the user's information and the specified environmental factors and the user's information tends to differ from the information of others, important information that is meaningful to the user Can be obtained.

  According to the above-described embodiment, information on other users who are at the same position at the same date and time is also used as a reference, so that it is considered to be very effective in analyzing, for example, epidemic diseases.

<< Embodiment 3 >>
As Embodiment 3, in the process of S504 in FIG. 5, when evaluating the correlation between the user's biological information and awareness information and each information of the environmental factor, the correlation evaluation unit 63 displays the past of the user. It is also possible to use this information.

  At this time, in the environmental factor information 55C, date and time information and position information are set corresponding to weather information, air pollution information, and other environmental information, and these information are collected and accumulated as needed. For example, a message including information that the same environmental factor has changed is transmitted to the user terminal 2 when the predetermined biological information rises for a certain date and position in the past. According to this, since the credibility of the causal relationship between the environmental factor and one's own symptoms is increased, the user is motivated to perform a treatment based on the credibility.

<< Embodiment 4 >>
As the fourth embodiment, after performing the processing of the second embodiment (processing for comparing user information and other person information), the processing of the first embodiment (analyzing (evaluating) the correlation between the user information and the environment information) Can also be performed.

  That is, the analysis server 5 first determines whether the biological information and the awareness information have the same tendency between the user information 55A and the other person information 55B, and the message or data corresponding to the determination result. Send. Next, in the case of different tendencies, in order to estimate the environmental factors that cause the user's biological information and awareness information, the correlation between the biological information and awareness information and the environmental factor information 55C is evaluated. If there is environmental factor information 55C highly correlated with biometric information or the like, the user is notified that the environmental factor is a factor such as biometric information.

  According to this, the user can first confirm whether or not the tendency is the same as those in the same region, and if it is the same, the user can be relieved for the time being. On the other hand, if the tendency is different, by knowing the environmental factors that are further influencing, measures for eliminating or avoiding the influence of the environmental factors can be examined and dealt with.

≪Example of implementation by software≫
Each functional block of the analysis server 5 shown in FIGS. 4 and 8 may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, or using a CPU (Central Processing Unit). It may be realized by software.

  In the latter case, the analysis server 5 includes a CPU that executes instructions of a program that is software that implements each function, a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which the program and various data are recorded so as to be readable by a computer (or CPU), or A storage device (these are referred to as “recording media”), a RAM (Random Access Memory) for expanding the program, and the like are provided. And the objective of this invention is achieved when a computer (or CPU) reads the said program from the said recording medium and runs it. As the recording medium, a “non-temporary tangible medium” such as a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. The program may be supplied to the computer via an arbitrary transmission medium (such as a communication network or a broadcast wave) that can transmit the program. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and can be obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention. Furthermore, a new technical feature can be formed by combining the technical means disclosed in each embodiment.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for a system that analyzes changes in human biological information and causes of subjective symptoms.

1 Biological information analysis system 2 User terminal (terminal)
3 Other terminal 4 WEB server 5 Analysis server (information processing device)
51 Communication Unit 52 Input Unit 53 Display Unit 54 Processing Unit 55 Storage Unit 55A User Information 55B Others Information 55C Environmental Factor Information (Environmental Information)
61 User information receiver (user information acquisition means, user information reception means)
62 Environmental factor information receiver (environmental information acquisition means)
63 Correlation evaluation unit (correlation evaluation means)
64 Message transmission unit (evaluation result presenting means, evaluation result transmitting means)
71 User information receiver (user information acquisition means)
72 Other information receiver (Other information acquisition means)
73 Other information extraction unit (other information extraction means)
74 Trend determination unit (trend determination means)
75 Message transmitter (evaluation result presentation means, data output means)

Claims (9)

User information acquisition means for acquiring user information including user biometric information, and additional information indicating the date and position when the user biometric information was obtained;
Environmental information acquisition means for acquiring one or more environmental information related to the environment at the date and time indicated by the additional information included in the user information acquired by the user information acquisition means;
Correlation evaluation means for evaluating the correlation between the biological information and the environmental information;
An evaluation result presenting means for presenting an evaluation result by the correlation evaluating means to the user;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation result presenting unit presents the biological information and environmental information highly correlated with the biological information as the evaluation result to the user. Other person information acquisition means for acquiring other person's biometric information different from the user, and other person information including additional information indicating the date and time when the other user's biometric information was obtained;
Other person information extraction means for searching for other person information acquired by the other person information acquisition means and extracting corresponding other person information using the date and position indicated by the additional information included in the user information as a key,
A trend determining means for determining whether or not the biometric information included in the user information and the biometric information included in the other person information extracted by the other person information extracting means have the same tendency;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: When the tendency determining means determines that the same tendency is output, the data indicating that the biological information is general is output, and when the tendency determining means determines that the tendency is not the same, the biological information The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising data output means for outputting data indicating that is not general. The correlation evaluation means, when evaluating the correlation between the biological information and the environmental information, the biological information in the past of the person, and the environmental information at the date and position where the biological information was obtained The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation is performed including the correlation between the information processing apparatus and the information processing apparatus. A terminal capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus that analyzes a factor of a user's biological information,
A terminal characterized by transmitting user information including user's biometric information and additional information indicating the date and time when the user's biometric information was obtained to the information processing apparatus. A terminal that obtains user biometric information;
An information processing apparatus for analyzing factors of the biological information;
With
The terminal
User information including user's biometric information and additional information indicating the date and position where the user's biometric information was obtained is transmitted to the information processing apparatus;
The information processing apparatus includes:
User information receiving means for receiving the user information from the terminal;
Environmental information acquisition means for acquiring one or more environmental information regarding the environment at the date and time indicated by the additional information included in the user information acquired by the user information receiving means;
Correlation evaluation means for evaluating the correlation between the biological information and the environmental information;
Evaluation result transmission means for transmitting the evaluation result by the correlation evaluation means to the terminal;
A biological information analysis system characterized by comprising:   A program for causing a computer to function as the information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the program causes the computer to function as each of the means.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 8 is recorded.

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