JP2020077189A - Experience recording system and experience recording method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a novel method for recording experience of a user.SOLUTION: An experience recording system includes: tear collection means which collects tears shed by a user; tear measurement means which measures the collected tears, and outputs information on the tears as tear information; experience information acquisition means which acquires information on the experience of the user having a causal relationship with the tears as experience information; and experience recording data generation means which generates experience recording data that is digital data in which the tear information and the experience information are paired.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for recording an experience as digital data.

  Conventionally, there are photographs and diaries as means for recording experiences. Recently, an increasing number of people are using SNS (Social Networking Service) and blogs to record their actions and images on the network. Patent Document 1 proposes a system for automatically creating a diary from a life log such as running and eating and uploading it to a blog.

JP, 2005-106291, A

  However, a photograph (image), a diary (text), and a life log are not sufficient as a means for recording the emotion (emotion) that the user has when he / she experiences something.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for recording a user's experience. A further object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for recording the user's experience together with the emotions at that time.

  A first aspect of the present invention includes a tear collecting unit that collects tears shed by a user, a tear measuring unit that measures the collected tears and outputs information about the tears as tear information, and a causal relationship between the tears. Experience information acquisition means for acquiring, as experience information, information related to the experience of the user, and experience record data generation means for generating experience record data, which is digital data in which the tear information and the experience information are paired. An experience recording system characterized by having.

  According to this configuration, when the user looks back at the experience record later, not only the information about the experience but also the fact that the tears were shed at that time and the information about what kind of tears were shed . As a result, it is possible to expect an effect of rejuvenating emotional changes during the experience and memories of the surroundings, as compared with the case of simply looking back on the diary or the photograph.

  The tear measuring unit may generate image data of the tear or a product based on the tear and output the image data as the tear information. The tear measuring means may analyze the tear and output the obtained analysis result as the tear information.

  A second aspect of the present invention stores a pair of information about the tear obtained by collecting and measuring tears shed by the user and information about the experience of the user having a causal relationship with the tear. Provides a data structure characterized by: Such data that pairs information about tears with information about experiences has various uses.

The present invention can be understood as an experience recording system including a part or all of the above-mentioned configuration. Further, the present invention can be understood as an experience recording method including a part or all of the above-described processing, a control method of the experience recording system, and the like. The present invention also regards a program for causing a computer (or a processor of the computer) to execute a part or all of the above-described processing, or a computer-readable storage medium that stores the program non-temporarily. You can The present invention also considers a data structure including information about tears and information about a user's experience, experience record data having such a data structure, or a computer-readable storage medium that non-temporarily stores the experience record data. be able to.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a novel method for recording a user's experience.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an experience recording system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the tear recording device. 3A to 3C are views showing the outer appearance of the tear recording device. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the information processing apparatus. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of use of the experience recording system.

  An example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<Structure of experience recording system>
FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of an experience recording system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The experience recording system 1 is a system for recording an experience of a user, and information about tears shed by the user (referred to as “tears information”) and information about experiences having a causal relationship with the tears (“experience information”). It is characterized by a configuration for generating and recording digital data paired with and. The experience recording system 1 may be used for personal use, or the service provided by the experience recording system 1 may be provided as an online service such as SNS (social networking service).

  The experience recording system 1 has a tear recording device 10 and an information processing device 11 as main components. The tear recording device 10 is a device that collects tears, measures the collected tears, generates tear information, and the like, and the information processing device 11 is a device that generates experience record data from the user's experience information and tear information. .. Hereinafter, a specific configuration example of each device will be described.

(Tear recording device 10)
FIG. 2 schematically shows the functional configuration of the tear recording device 10. The tear recording device 10 has a tear collection unit 20, a tear imaging unit 21, a tear analysis unit 22, an operation unit 23, and a tear information output unit 24 as main functions. In this example, the tear collecting unit 20 is an example of the tear collecting unit of the present invention, and the tear photographing unit 21 and the tear analyzing unit 22 are an example of the tear measuring unit of the present invention.

  The tear collecting unit 20 has a function or structure for collecting tears shed by the user. For example, it may be configured to have a spoon-like tear receiving portion for receiving the tears spilling from the eyes and a tear receiving portion for storing the tear received by the tear receiving portion. Alternatively, instead of the tear receiver, a dropper-like member may be used to collect tears. Note that the structure and the storage method of the tear storage unit may be appropriately designed according to the tear measurement method. For example, if the tear itself (that is, liquid tear) is measured, the tear container has a structure for holding the liquid. Further, if a substance (salt, protein, etc.) deposited from tears is to be measured, the tear container may have a structure that evaporates the water content of the tears. Alternatively, if the components of tears and the like are analyzed, the tear container may carry tears on another substance or solution.

  The tear image capturing unit 21 has a function of capturing an enlarged image of tears and outputting the digital image data as tear information. The tear imaging unit 21 is composed of, for example, a magnifying optical system, an image sensor, and an image processing circuit. The optical magnification of the magnifying optical system is preferably at least 10 to 40 times. The method of photographing tears is arbitrary. For example, you may take an image of a crystal of a substance deposited from tears (like a micrograph), you may take a tear of a liquid, or an optical image when a special light is applied to tears. May be photographed, or the reaction and color when a special sample is mixed with tears may be photographed. That is, the tear image capturing unit 21 obtains tear image data and / or image data of a tear-based product.

  The tear analysis unit 22 has a function of analyzing tears and outputting the analysis result as tear information. The tear analysis unit 22 determines the amount and ratio of each component contained in the collected tears by, for example, quantitative analysis. Alternatively, the result of the chemical change between the collected tear and the predetermined sample may be simply obtained as the analysis result.

  The operation unit 23 has a function of receiving a user operation. For example, an operation button for instructing the start of imaging by the tear imaging unit 21 and an analysis by the tear analysis unit 22, an operation button for instructing transfer of the acquired tear information to an external device, a power button, and the like are provided. Good.

  The tear information output unit 24 has a function of outputting the acquired tear information (image data obtained by the tear photographing unit 21 and analysis result data obtained by the tear analysis unit 22) to an external device (the information processing device 11 or the like). Is. For connection between the tear recording device 10 and an external device, any connection method such as USB, LAN, short-range wireless communication (for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark), NFC) may be adopted.

  3A and 3B show an example of the outer appearance of the tear recording device 10. 3A is a top view and FIG. 3B is a side view. The tear collection unit 20 is provided at the tip of the housing 30 imitating the drop of tears, and the operation unit 23 is provided on the side surface of the housing 30. The tear imaging unit 21, the tear analysis unit 22, and the tear information output unit 24 are provided inside the housing 30. The device size is arbitrary, but in consideration of portability and gripping property, a size slightly smaller than the egg is preferable. FIG. 3C shows a state in which the cover 31 is attached to the distal end portion of the tear recording device 10. The cover 31 is provided with a strap or a chain so that the tear recording device 10 can be hung on the neck for easy carrying.

(Information processing device 11)
FIG. 4 schematically shows the functional configuration of the information processing device 11. The information processing apparatus 11 has a tear information acquisition unit 40, an experience information acquisition unit 41, an experience record data generation unit 42, and an experience record data output unit 43 as main components. In this example, the experience information acquisition unit 41 is an example of the experience information acquisition unit of the present invention, and the experience record data generation unit 42 is an example of the experience record data generation unit of the present invention.

  The tear information acquisition unit 40 has a function of acquiring tear information from the tear recording device 10. The tear information includes at least image data and / or analysis results. The tear information acquisition unit 40 records the date and time when the tear information is acquired and adds a time stamp to the tear information. When the tear recording device 10 has a built-in clock, the tear recording device 10 may add tear collection date and time (time stamp) to the tear information.

The experience information acquisition unit 41 has a function of acquiring information about the experience of the user having a causal relationship with tears (obtained tear information). The "experience having a causal relationship with tears" includes "reason (cause) that causes the user to shed tears (result)" and "event (result) that occurs when the user sheds tears (cause)". Either is fine. Examples of the former include tears that were touched by the last scene of the movie, tears when a friend gave me a gift, and examples of the latter include tears that reconcile with a boyfriend and a happy date. , Can be mentioned. The experience information acquisition unit 41 provides a GUI for inputting information on such an experience, and receives the input of the experience information from the user. As the experience information, text data describing the experience content is typical, but other than that, data such as an image (still image, moving image) or voice recording a situation at the time of the experience may be input.

  The experience record data generation unit 42 generates “experience record data” which is digital data in which the “tear information” acquired by the tear information acquisition unit 40 and the “experience information” acquired by the experience information acquisition unit 41 are paired. It is a function. The experience record data output unit 43 has a function of outputting the experience record data to an external device (including an SNS and a cloud server). FIG. 4 shows an example of experience record data including an image of tears, an analysis result of tears, a description of experience (text), and an image of experience as an example.

  The information processing device 11 can be configured by a general-purpose computer including, for example, a CPU (processor), a memory, an auxiliary storage device (hard disk, SSD, etc.), a display device, an input device, an output device, a communication module, and the like. .. In the case of such a configuration, each function shown in FIG. 4 is realized by software by expanding the program stored in the auxiliary storage device in the memory and executing the program by the CPU. The information processing device 11 may have any configuration. For example, cloud computing or distributed computing may be used. Alternatively, some or all of the functions shown in FIG. 4 may be configured by a dedicated IC chip or hardware. As the information processing device 11, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, a mobile phone (feature phone), a wearable terminal, a smart watch, a game device, or the like may be used. Alternatively, the information processing device 11 and the tear recording device 10 may be configured by one device.

(Example of use)
FIG. 5 shows, as an example of using the experience recording system 1, an example of recording a moving experience when a user views video content.

  The user is viewing the video content on a television or a smartphone. At this time, it is preferable to carry the tear recording device 10 (so that tears can be collected anytime). When tears overflow during viewing of the video content and the user desires to record this emotion in the recording, the user collects and measures tears by the tear recording device 10, and uses the tear information as a smartphone as the information processing device 11. Transfer to (Experience record app). Then, after the viewing of the video content is completed, the impression or evaluation of the video content is input as experience information from the experience information input screen of the experience recording application. As the experience information, a captured image of video content or a link may be input. The experience record application generates experience record data from the tear information and the experience information and uploads it as an experience record to the SNS.

  In this way, by recording information about tears in pairs with information about experiences, when the user looks back at the experience record later, not only the description and photos about the experience but also the fact that tears were shed at that time You can also look back with information on what kind of tears you shed. As a result, it is possible to expect an effect of rejuvenating emotional changes during the experience and memories of the surroundings rather than simply looking back on the diary or the photos.

The experience record data in which tear information and experience information are paired can be used in other ways. For example, you may commercialize accessories, jewelry, and goods that were created using the images and analysis results included in tear information as material, with experience information added (for example, suitable as a souvenir for birth, wedding, graduation ceremony, etc. Is). Or, it can be said that the experience record data is data that includes evidence that "the user actually shed tears", so use the experience record data as "objective evaluation data of the content that the user has experienced". You can also For example, by collecting experience record data from those who saw a certain video content and shed tears, what was the number of viewers who shed tears in this video content, the scene where there were many tears, and the scene where weeped? You can get statistical information such as how many times there are. That is, it can be said that the experience record data in which the tear information and the experience information are paired is valuable in the data itself.

1: Experience recording system, 10: Tear recording device, 11: Information processing device, 20: Tear collecting unit, 21: Tear imaging unit, 22: Tear analysis unit, 23: Operation unit, 24: Tear information output unit, 30: Case: 31: Cover, 40: Tear information acquisition unit, 41: Experience information acquisition unit, 42: Experience record data generation unit, 43: Experience record data output unit

Claims (5)

Tear collecting means for collecting tears shed by the user,
Tear measuring means for measuring the collected tears and outputting information regarding the tears as tear information,
Experience information acquisition means for acquiring, as experience information, information related to the experience of the user having a causal relationship with the tears;
Experience record data generation means for generating experience record data, which is digital data in which the tear information and the experience information are paired,
An experience recording system characterized by having. The experience recording system according to claim 1, wherein the tear measurement unit generates image data of the tear or a product based on the tear and outputs the image data as the tear information. The experience recording system according to claim 1, wherein the tear measuring unit analyzes the tear and outputs the obtained analysis result as the tear information. Collecting tears shed by the user,
Measuring the collected tears and outputting information about the tears as tear information,
Acquiring information about the experience of the user having a causal relationship with the tears as experience information,
Generating experience record data, which is digital data in which the tear information and the experience information are paired,
An experience recording method characterized by having. Information about the tears obtained by collecting and measuring tears shed by the user,
Information about the experience of the user having a causal relationship with the tears,
A data structure characterized by storing a pair of.

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