JP2016126535A - Portable terminal and active mass management system using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable terminal which guides a user of an activity meter so that the user visits prescribed places at suitable intervals such as a shop where advices with respect to active mass are presented.SOLUTION: A portable terminal 10 comprises: active mass measurement means 11; storage means 13 which stores active mass information measured by the active mass measurement means 11 in a readable state; a display 14; and control means 15 which controls display on the display 14. The control means 15 of the portable terminal 10 does not allow the active mass information to display on the display 14 at a lapse of a predetermined period after last reading of the active mass information from the storage means 13, and then allow the active mass information to display on the display 14 when reading out the active mass information from the storage means 13.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal provided with activity amount measuring means and an activity amount management system using the portable terminal.

  In order to maintain or improve health, it is widely practiced to wear an activity meter that measures the number of steps and record daily activity. Some health institutions etc. give life guidance to those who have recorded their activity amount on whether the activity amount is sufficient or the activity time is appropriate.

  In addition, a system has been proposed in which the number of steps measured by an activity meter is converted into points, and products and services can be obtained using the accumulated points (Patent Document 1). According to this system, it is said that it is possible to maintain motivation to continue exercise and to maintain or improve health.

  On the other hand, in order to improve life for the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases, it is effective not only to continue exercise by self-management, but also to obtain appropriate advice from experts regarding the amount of activity in daily life. The interval for receiving advice from experts is preferably about one week to one month.

JP 2003-141260 A

  The activity meter user continuously exercises by measuring the daily activity amount with the activity meter according to the description in Patent Literature 1 and making it possible to obtain goods and services by making it a point. Even so, the user cannot be directed to get expert advice at intervals of one week to one month.

  On the other hand, an object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal that guides the user's behavior so that the user of the activity meter goes to a predetermined place such as a store that provides advice on the activity amount at an appropriate interval, and uses the portable terminal. Is to provide a system.

  In order to allow a user of a mobile terminal equipped with an activity amount measuring means to visit an advice providing place where advice relating to an active amount is provided every predetermined period, the inventor finally visits the advice providing place. The amount of activity information will no longer be displayed on the mobile device after a certain period of time, and it will be effective to display the amount of activity information again when going to the advice provision site. The present invention has been completed.

That is, the present invention is an activity amount measuring means,
Storage means for storing information on the amount of activity measured by the activity amount measuring means in a readable manner;
A portable terminal comprising a display and a control means for controlling display on the display,
The control means hides the activity amount information on the display when a predetermined period has elapsed from the time when the activity amount information was last read from the storage means, and then the activity amount information is read from the storage means on the display. Provided is a portable terminal capable of displaying activity amount information.

The present invention also relates to a portable terminal comprising activity amount measuring means, and storage means for storing information on the activity amount measured by the activity amount measuring means in a readable manner,
Activity server that stores activity information for each mobile device user,
An information reading terminal that is installed at an advice providing site where advice regarding an activity amount is provided by an advisor, reads information on the activity amount stored in the storage means of the portable terminal, and transmits it to the activity amount server,
An activity amount management system comprising:
An activity amount management system including the above-described portable terminal as a portable terminal is provided.

  According to the portable terminal of the present invention, when a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the activity amount information was last read from the portable terminal, the activity amount information stored in the portable terminal is changed to the portable type terminal. When the activity amount information is read from the portable terminal and then the activity amount information is read from the portable terminal, the activity amount information can be displayed on the display. The user is guided to take an action in which information on the amount of activity is read from the terminal.

  On the other hand, according to the activity amount management system of the present invention, the information reading terminal reads out information on the activity amount from the portable terminal of the present invention and transmits the information to the activity amount server. Since the activity amount information is stored for each user, the advisor can provide advice regarding the activity amount to the user based on the stored information. Here, the information reading terminal is installed in an advice providing place where advice is provided by an advisor, while the user is guided to take an action of reading out information on the amount of activity from the portable terminal before a predetermined period of time elapses. Therefore, I will go to the place to provide advice.

  Therefore, by setting this predetermined period to a preferable interval for managing the amount of activity from the viewpoint of prevention of lifestyle-related diseases, the user can receive advice on the amount of activity from the advisor at a preferable interval. Since the activity amount server reliably accumulates information on the activity amount of the user, the advice received by the user is accurate based on the accumulated activity amount.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a health solution service system including an activity amount management system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen on the display of the portable terminal. FIG. 3A is an explanatory diagram of a display screen on the display of the portable terminal. FIG. 3B is an explanatory diagram of a display screen on the display of the portable terminal. FIG. 4 is an example of an evaluation sheet describing advice.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, in each figure, the same code | symbol represents the same or equivalent component.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an activity amount management system 1 using a portable terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The activity amount management system 1 is related to a system provider who operates the activity amount management system, a user of the portable terminal 10 provided with the activity amount measurement means 11, a store, a facility, and the like that provide advice. In this activity amount management system 1, in order to enable a user to wear a portable terminal 10 and to be active, and to increase or maintain the amount of activity in a healthy manner, advice regarding the amount of activity is provided from the advisor to the user at the advice providing site. In addition, in order to increase the motivation of a user who wears the portable terminal 10 and is active to go to the advice providing site and receive advice, the portable terminal 10 includes information on the amount of activity as described later. It is provided with a characteristic configuration that makes it impossible to display or enable display. Further, in the illustrated embodiment of the activity amount management system 1, points are given to the activity amount in order to further increase the user's motivation to increase or maintain the activity amount in a healthy manner. For this reason, as the portable terminal 10, a device provided with a point giving unit 12 that gives points to the activity amount measured by the activity amount measuring unit 11 is used. In the present invention, the point giving means 12 can be incorporated into the portable terminal 10 as necessary.

  The system provider distributes the portable terminal 10 provided with the activity amount measuring means 11 and the point giving means 12 to the user free of charge or at a low price. Further, the system provider has a server 20 including an activity amount server 20A for storing information on activity amounts for each user and a point management server 20B for managing points given to the activity amounts. Here, the points given to the amount of activity can have a value that can be used for exchanging with a predetermined product or service or discounting the product or service.

  Furthermore, the system provider associates the quality of activities in daily life (for example, walking speed, the situation of continuous walking time) and the amount (for example, the number of steps, calorie consumption, etc.) and advice for them. 21. The activity amount server 20A transmits advice on the activity amount of daily life from the database 21 to the information reading terminal 30 installed in the advice providing location based on the activity amount information accumulated for each user.

  The advice providing place is a place where an information reading terminal 30 for reading out information on the amount of activity and points of each user stored in the portable terminal 10 and transferring the information to the server 20 of the system provider is installed. As the information reading terminal 30, a personal computer having a communication function can be used. In addition, the advice providing site provides advice on the quality and quantity of the user's activity based on the information on the activity quantity of the user or the advice information transmitted from the activity quantity server 20A. It is a place where someone who can explain the content exists.

  Advising locations include pharmacy stores participating in the activity management system 1, elderly facilities such as day care centers, municipal facilities such as municipal health centers, fitness facilities, and health consultation facilities for private companies. I can give you.

  In addition, as advisors, health care qualifiers such as store clerk, pharmacist, sports instructor, health exercise instructor and elderly physical fitness supporter who received guidance on the amount of activity and health from the system provider, physical therapist Etc. Note that the advisor may perform an operation of reading information on the activity amount of the user from the portable terminal 10 using the information reading terminal 30 and transferring the information to the activity amount server 20A of the system provider.

  The user is a person who has distributed the portable terminal 10 including the activity amount measuring means 11 from the system provider. The user uses this portable terminal 11 to measure the amount of activity in daily life. In addition, distribution of the portable terminal 10 to the user may be performed at the advice providing place.

  In this activity amount management system 1, the user measures the amount of activity in daily life with the portable terminal 10 and goes to an advice providing place. In the advice providing place, information on the amount of activity stored in the user's portable terminal 10 is read by the information reading terminal 30 and transferred to the activity amount server 20A, and the points stored in the user's portable terminal 10 are also stored. It is read and transferred to the point management server 20B.

  When the information on the activity amount of the user is transmitted from the information reading terminal 30, the activity amount server 20A stores the information on the activity amount of the user. Then, the activity amount server 20A aggregates the information on the activity amount of the user accumulated so far, and transmits the advice information related to daily life output from the database 21 to the information reading terminal 30 based on the activity amount information. On the other hand, when the user point information is transmitted, the point management server 20B updates the total value of the user points stored in the server 20B. The point total information can also be transmitted to the information reading terminal 30.

  The adviser communicates and explains the information on the amount of activity and advice information transmitted at the advice providing site in an easy-to-understand manner. At this time, the transmitted activity amount and advice information may be output to the paper and handed to the user, for example, as in the evaluation sheet 40 shown in FIG. In this evaluation sheet 40, the target value, the actual value, the achievement level, etc. of the walking speed, the average number of steps, the average calorie consumption, the average wearing time (that is, the average time when the activity is recognized), etc. are described in a predetermined period. The combined evaluation is expressed on each date of the calendar in the ranks of A, B, C, and D, and the comprehensive evaluation is also expressed in the ranks of A, B, C, and D, and the text of the advice is described. As a result, the user can have his / her activity amount explained with expert advice in an easy-to-understand manner, and can deepen communication with the advisor. Therefore, the user repeatedly visits the advice providing site.

  In addition, when the advice providing place is a store such as a pharmacy, for example, the user repeatedly visits the store, thereby promoting the sale of products in the store and improving the sales. Therefore, in this activity amount management system 1, the system provider distributes the portable terminal 10 to the user free of charge, and the store serving as the advice providing location pays the system provider a usage fee for the service system. For example, when a system provider manufactures a product related to health maintenance and improvement, the product may be handled in a store.

  In addition, if the place where the advice is provided relates to a welfare facility for the elderly such as a day care center, the facility can easily grasp the health status of the elderly by allowing the elderly as a user to visit the facility repeatedly. As a result, the disease can be prevented. Therefore, the facility may pay the usage fee for the service system, or the usage fee may be paid at a public expense.

  As described above, according to the activity amount management system 1 shown in FIG. 1, there is an advantage that the portable terminal 10 is distributed to the user and advice regarding daily activity amount can be received. There is an advantage that goods and services can be obtained with the points granted. Stores, facilities, etc., which provide advice, have the advantage that the sales of the stores can be improved and the user's health status can be easily grasped by the fact that the users come to visit there. Furthermore, the system provider has advantages such as being able to obtain a usage fee for the service system from a store, facility, or the like serving as an advice providing place, or handling the system provider's products at the advice providing place.

  Here, in order to make this activity amount management system 1 more effective, the user visits the advice providing place at a preferable interval (for example, one week to one month) for receiving advice on the activity amount. Is preferably induced. Therefore, the portable terminal 10 of the present invention used in the activity amount management system 1 stores, in addition to the activity amount measuring means 11, information on the activity amount measured by the activity amount measuring means 11 in a readable manner. The display 14 and the control means (CPU) 15 for controlling the display on the display 14 are provided, and the communication means 16, a clock for recognizing the current time and date, the point giving means 12, and the like can also be provided. Then, the control unit 15 hides the activity amount information on the display 14 after a predetermined period from the time when the activity amount information was last read from the storage unit 13, and then the activity amount information is stored in the storage unit 13. Is read out, the information on the amount of activity can be displayed on the display 14. Thereby, when the information on the activity amount is hidden, the user of the portable terminal 10 goes to the advice providing place so that the information on the activity amount is displayed on the display 14 again. It is strongly urged to read the amount of information by the information reading terminal 30. Therefore, the user of the portable terminal 10 can receive advice regarding the amount of activity by going to the advice providing area immediately before or after the information on the amount of activity is not displayed on the display 14. Receive advice on the amount of activity from the advisor at an appropriate time.

  In the present invention, the portable terminal 10 can be provided with the point giving means 12 as described above, and in that case, the control means 15 from the time when the activity amount information was last read from the storage means 13. The point information on the display 14 may be hidden after a predetermined period of time, and the point information can be displayed when the activity amount information is read from the storage unit 13 thereafter. As a result, the user of the portable terminal 10 goes to the advice providing site in a period appropriate for receiving advice regarding the amount of activity before the predetermined period elapses, and receives advice regarding the amount of activity from the advisor.

  The configuration of the portable terminal 10 will be described more specifically. As the activity amount measuring means 11, an acceleration sensor that measures triaxial acceleration is built in, and the activity amount is calculated based on the measured acceleration value by the acceleration sensor. Use what can be output as calories burned, daily walking speed, number of steps, or activity time. As such an activity amount measuring means, for example, Decalorie EW-NK10 manufactured by Panasonic Corporation can be used.

  The storage unit 13 stores the activity amount measured by the activity amount measurement unit 11, the points calculated by the point grant unit 12, and the date and time when the activity amount was read by the information reading terminal 30. Even when the activity amount information is not displayed on the display 14 after a predetermined period has elapsed since the activity amount information was last read from the storage unit 13, the activity amount information is not displayed. Similarly to the above, the storage means 13 keeps storing information on the amount of activity. As this storage amount, for example, information on the amount of activity for one month can be used. As a result, when the user of the portable terminal 10 goes to the advice providing place and causes the information reading terminal 30 to read the activity amount information stored in the storage means 13, the latest one month stored in the storage means 13. It is possible to receive advice on the amount of activity based on the information on the amount of activity.

  The activity amount and point information stored in the storage means 13 is read by the information reading terminal 30 and transmitted to the server 20 by the information reading terminal 30, but this reading is not performed by any information reading device 30. The information reading terminal 30 that can be read may be registered in advance in the portable terminal 10 so that the information reading terminal is installed in the advice providing place.

  In the storage unit 13, information read by the information reading terminal 30 may be erased. As a result, the information accumulated in the server 20 can be prevented from being transmitted again from the storage means 13 and stored in the server 20 with the amount of activity or points being double added. As a more specific configuration for this purpose, for example, the CPU that controls the storage means 13 reads and stores the date and time when points and activity amounts are read by the information reading terminal 30 from the clock and stores them in the storage means 13. It is possible to adopt a configuration in which the value of the point or activity amount writing area is set to zero.

  The display 14 controls the amount of activity and the amount of activity depending on whether or not a predetermined period has elapsed since the information of the amount of activity was last read from the storage unit 13. Show or hide points that are awarded. In addition, the date and time at the time point is displayed as appropriate.

  In this case, it is preferable not to display the information on the amount of activity or points suddenly after the predetermined period has elapsed, but to display that prompts the user to go to the advice provision site before the predetermined period has elapsed. For example, 2 weeks is set as the most preferable period from receiving the previous advice to receiving the next advice, and after the activity amount information is read out for the predetermined period in which the activity amount is not displayed on the display 14. Set to 3 weeks, and if the name of the store or facility where the advice is provided is XX, “Come to XX” will be automatically displayed the day before and the day before two weeks. . This display is performed, for example, every 5 seconds for 0.5 seconds before the lapse of 2 weeks, and for 1 second every 3 seconds after the lapse of 2 weeks until 3 weeks. Then, when 3 weeks have passed since the information on the amount of activity was read last, the amount of activity and points are not displayed.

  Note that the display prompting the user to go to the advice providing site such as “Come to XX” may not be displayed depending on the function used by the portable terminal 10 at that time. For example, in the case where the display content on the display 14 can be switched by pressing the button 17 on the portable terminal 10, when the number of steps in a certain section is displayed on the display 14, by pressing the button 17, “○ The number of steps can be displayed without "Please come to".

  In addition, when the activity amount information is not displayed on the display 14 of the portable terminal 10 as described above, or in addition to that, the point information is also not displayed, the display 14 should go to the advice providing place. It is preferable to display a prompt mark or phrase. As a result, the user of the portable terminal 10 is informed that it is time to go to the advice provision site and read information on the amount of activity from the portable terminal 10 by the information reading terminal 30. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, on the normal screen on the display 14, the amount of activity 14a stored in the portable terminal 10, the date and time 14b at that time, and the points 14c given to the amount of activity 14a are displayed. When a predetermined period has elapsed, as shown in FIG. 3A, “Go” may be displayed as a display 14d for prompting the user to go to the advice providing place, and the user may be encouraged to visit the ad serving place. As shown in FIG. 3B, “touch” is displayed, the user of the portable terminal 10 is reminded to touch the portable terminal 10 to the information reading terminal 30, and the activity amount information is read from the portable terminal 10. You may be encouraged to do so.

  On the other hand, the point giving means 12 is realized by an arithmetic device incorporated in the portable terminal 10. The point granting unit 12 gives points to the activity amount measured by the activity amount measuring unit 11. Also for this point grant, in order to encourage mobile terminal users to go to the advice provision site before a predetermined period, the point according to the period from the last time the activity amount information was read at the advice provision place to the present time You may change the ratio to give.

  The present invention can take various aspects. For example, in the activity amount point management system described above, the point granting unit 12 may be incorporated in the information reading terminal 30 so that point information is transmitted from the information reading terminal 30 to the server 20. It may be incorporated in the server 20. When the point granting means 12 is incorporated in the information reading terminal 30 or the server 20, the portable terminal 10 can confirm the points awarded for the amount of activity stored in the portable terminal 10 at that time. Alternatively, the information may be transmitted from the portable terminal 10 to the information reading terminal 30 or the server 20 by communication means as appropriate, and the point information may be transmitted to the portable terminal 10. Also in this case, as described above, it is preferable to display or hide points depending on whether or not a predetermined period has elapsed since the information on the amount of activity was last read from the storage means.

  The activity amount of the user is managed by the information reading terminal 30, and the database 21 in which the quality and quantity of the activity are associated with the advice is connected to the information reading terminal 30, and the advice is output from the information reading terminal 30. You may do it.

  The database 21 may be omitted, and the advisor may provide advice on the activity amount information of the user transmitted from the activity amount server 20A.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Activity amount management system 10 Portable terminal 11 Activity amount measuring means 12 Point giving means 13 Storage means 14 Display 14a Activity amount display 14b Date and time display 14c Point display 14d Display 15 prompting to go to advice providing place Control means 20 Server 20A Activity amount server 20B Point management server 21 Database 30 Information reading terminal 40 Evaluation sheet describing advice

Claims (7)

Activity measurement means,
Storage means for storing information on the amount of activity measured by the activity amount measuring means in a readable manner;
A portable terminal comprising a display and a control means for controlling display on the display,
The control means hides the activity amount information on the display when a predetermined period has elapsed from the time when the activity amount information was last read from the storage means, and then the activity amount information is read from the storage means on the display. A portable terminal that can display activity information.   2. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein reading of the activity amount information from the storage means is performed by an information reading terminal installed in an advice providing place where advice regarding the activity amount is provided by an advisor.   The control means goes to the advice providing place on the display in a state where the information on the active quantity on the display is not displayed after a predetermined period has elapsed since the information on the active quantity was last read from the storage means. The portable terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a mark or a phrase that prompts the user is displayed. The portable terminal has a communication means,
When the communication means receives the information of the points given to the activity amount read from the storage means, the storage means stores the information of the points,
The control means hides the point information on the display when a predetermined period has elapsed since the last time the activity amount information was read from the storage means, and then the point on the display when the activity amount information is read from the storage means. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the information can be displayed. A portable terminal comprising an activity amount measuring means, and a storage means for readable storage of information on the activity amount measured by the activity amount measuring means;
Activity server that stores activity information for each mobile device user,
An information reading terminal that is installed at an advice providing site where advice regarding an activity amount is provided by an advisor, reads information on the activity amount stored in the storage means of the portable terminal, and transmits it to the activity amount server,
An activity amount management system comprising:
An activity amount management system comprising the portable terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4 as a portable terminal. A database that correlates the quality and quantity of activities in daily life with advice on them,
When the activity amount server transmits information on the activity amount of the user from the information reading terminal, the activity amount server connects to the database, and based on the activity amount information of the user stored in the activity amount server, advice on activity amount is obtained from the database. The activity amount management system according to claim 5, wherein the information is transmitted to the information reading terminal. A point granting unit for giving points to the amount of activity read from the portable terminal, and a point management server for managing the points given by the point granting unit,
The portable terminal according to claim 4 is provided as a portable terminal,
The activity amount management system according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the information reading terminal transmits the point information given by the point giving means to the portable terminal.

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