JP2022044667A - Remote examination system for animal patient - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a remote examination system for an animal patient capable of assisting smooth remote examination without losing the quality of both an image and a voice.

SOLUTION: The remote examination system for an animal patient comprises: a user terminal with a camera; and an animal hospital terminal connected with the user terminal so as to be able to communicate via a network. The user terminal transmits information acquired by the camera to the animal hospital terminal, which displays the received acquired information on a display unit. In the system, in response to an operation on the user terminal or the animal hospital terminal, an information volume of the acquired information displayed on the display unit of the animal hospital terminal is switched to a first data volume or a second data volume.

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Description

The present disclosure relates to a remote examination system for animal patients.

In recent years, attention has been paid to medical examinations (hereinafter referred to as "remote medical examinations") performed on patients who are away from doctors via networks.

Patent Document 1 discloses a mechanism for supporting remote medical examination.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-306698

Generally, there is a limit to the communication speed of the network. For this reason, as the image quality becomes higher, the sound quality becomes lower, and as a result, there may be a problem that the sound that should have arrived does not reach the other party or the other party has difficulty in hearing. On the other hand, as the sound quality becomes higher, the image quality becomes lower, and as a result, there may be a problem that the image that should be visible by the other party cannot be seen by the other party or is difficult to see by the other party.

In particular, in the case of animal patients, small animals such as puppies and reptiles such as frogs, which are originally small in size, can be examined. Therefore, the affected area (skin surface) can be examined. , Eyeball, oral cavity, etc.) It is important to visually and accurately grasp the state in order to prevent misdiagnosis.

Therefore, one of the purposes of the present disclosure is to provide a remote medical examination system for animal patients, which can support accurate remote medical examination without impairing the quality of both images and sounds, especially for medical examination applications for animal patients. do.

According to the present disclosure, the user terminal including a user terminal provided with a camera unit and an animal hospital terminal connected to the user terminal so as to be communicable via a network, the user terminal obtains acquired information acquired by the camera unit. In a remote diagnosis system for animal patients, which is transmitted to the animal hospital terminal and the received information is displayed on the display unit, the animal hospital terminal is said to respond to at least the operation of the user terminal or the animal hospital terminal. A remote examination system for animal patients can be obtained in which the amount of acquired information displayed on the display unit of the animal hospital terminal is switched to either the first data amount or the second data amount.

Further, according to another disclosure of the present invention, the remote examination terminal for an animal patient is connected to a user terminal provided with a camera unit so as to be able to communicate with each other via a network.
A means for receiving the acquired information acquired by the camera unit of the user terminal, and
A means for displaying the received acquired information on the information display unit, and
A means for switching the amount of information of the acquired information displayed on the information display unit to either the first data amount or the second data amount at least in response to an operation on the animal patient remote examination terminal or the user terminal. A remote examination terminal for animal patients is obtained.

According to the present disclosure, since the acquired information can be switched to a plurality of information amounts according to the priority during the examination, the quality according to the needs of both image and sound is selected and the accurate remote examination is performed. Can support

It is a figure which shows the configuration example of the remote examination system 1 for an animal patient which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this disclosure. It is a functional block block diagram of the user terminal 10 of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the service management table 1001 stored in the recording unit 130. It is a functional block block diagram which shows the animal hospital terminal 20 of FIG. This is an example of a flowchart relating to the remote examination method according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. It is a figure which shows the screen composition example displayed on the user terminal 10 in the information processing of this embodiment (the 1). It is a figure which shows the screen composition example displayed on the user terminal 10 in the information processing of this embodiment (the 2). It is a figure which shows the screen composition example displayed on the animal hospital terminal 20 in the information processing of this embodiment.

The contents of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be listed and described. The present disclosure comprises the following configurations.
[Item 1]
Including a user terminal provided with a camera unit and a veterinary hospital terminal connected to the user terminal so as to be able to communicate via a network.
The user terminal transmits the acquired information acquired by the camera unit to the veterinary hospital terminal.
The veterinary hospital terminal is a remote examination system for animal patients that displays the received acquired information on an information display unit.
At least in response to the operation of the user terminal or the veterinary hospital terminal, the amount of information of the acquired information displayed on the information display unit of the veterinary hospital terminal is switched to either the first data amount or the second data amount.
Remote examination system for animal patients.
[Item 2]
The remote medical examination system for animal patients according to item 1.
The camera unit can switch between the first acquisition mode in which the acquisition information is acquired by the first data amount and the second acquisition mode in which the acquisition information is acquired by the second data amount.
The switching operation is performed at least according to the operation of the user terminal or the veterinary hospital terminal.
Remote examination system for animal patients.
[Item 3]
The remote examination system for animal patients according to item 1 or item 2.
The communication between the user terminal and the hospital terminal is a first communication method in which the communication amount per unit time is the first data amount, and a second communication amount in which the communication amount per unit time is the second data amount. It is possible to switch to both the communication method and the communication method.
The switching operation is performed at least according to the operation of the user terminal or the veterinary hospital terminal.
Remote examination system for animal patients.
[Item 4]
The remote medical examination system for animal patients according to item 1.
The user terminal uses the camera unit to communicate with the first data amount to start a video call sequence with the veterinary hospital terminal, and a video call sequence unit.
A remote examination system for animal patients further comprising a reception unit capable of accepting a switching operation from the first data amount to the second data amount while the video call sequence is being performed.
[Item 5]
The remote medical examination system for animal patients according to item 4.
At least one of the user terminal and the hospital terminal further includes an object display unit for displaying the information acquired by the camera unit and the UI object for performing the switching.
The reception unit accepts a selection operation for the displayed UI object.
Remote examination system for animal patients.
[Item 6]
The remote examination system for animal patients according to any one of items 1 to 3.
At least one of the user terminal or the hospital terminal further includes a recording unit for recording at least one of a still image or a moving image when switching to the second data amount.
Remote examination system for animal patients.
[Item 7]
The remote examination system for animal patients according to any one of items 1 to 4.
The amount of data to be communicated is larger in the second data amount than in the first data amount.
Remote examination system for animal patients.
[Item 8]
It is a remote examination terminal for animal patients that is connected to a user terminal equipped with a camera unit so that it can communicate via a network.
A means for receiving the acquired information acquired by the camera unit of the user terminal, and
A means for displaying the received acquired information on the information display unit, and
A means for switching the amount of information of the acquired information displayed on the information display unit to either the first data amount or the second data amount at least in response to an operation on the animal patient remote examination terminal or the user terminal. Equipped with a remote examination terminal for animal patients.

<Overview>
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present specification and the drawings, components having substantially the same functional configuration are designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

The animal patient remote examination system 1 of the present embodiment is intended to support smooth remote examination without impairing the quality of both image and sound. In the animal patient remote examination system 1 of the present embodiment, the data amount of the image information displayed on the display unit of the veterinary hospital terminal can be flexibly switched to either the first data amount or the second data amount. In the present embodiment, two types of switching operations of the first data amount and the second data amount will be described in particular, but the data may be switched to a plurality of types.

<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a remote examination system 1 for an animal patient according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in the figure, the animal patient remote examination system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a user terminal 10 and a veterinary hospital terminal 20. The user terminal 10 and the veterinary hospital terminal 20 are communicably connected via the network NW. It should be noted that this configuration is an example, and a certain configuration may have another configuration or may include another configuration.

In this embodiment, the network NW assumes the Internet. The network NW is constructed by, for example, a public telephone line network, a mobile phone line network, a wireless communication network, Ethernet (registered trademark), and the like.

The user terminal 10 is, for example, a terminal operated by the owner R1 of an animal patient. Such a terminal can be operated by the owner R1. For example, the user terminal 10 may be a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, or the like.

The veterinary hospital terminal 20 is, for example, a terminal owned or rented by a veterinarian R2 who works at a veterinary hospital. Such terminals may be operated by veterinarian R2. For example, the veterinary hospital terminal 20 may be a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, or the like.

In FIG. 1, only one user terminal 10 and one veterinary hospital terminal 20 are shown, but in the animal patient remote examination system 1, a plurality of user terminals 10 and a plurality of veterinary hospital terminals 20 are shown. May be connected.

In the animal patient remote examination system 1 of FIG. 1, the veterinarian provides remote medical care to the animal patient while sharing the captured image of the affected part of the animal patient captured by the camera unit 110 of the user terminal 10 on the veterinary hospital terminal 20. I do.

<User terminal 10>
FIG. 2 is a functional block configuration diagram of the user terminal 10 of FIG. The user terminal 10 includes a camera unit 110, a communication unit 120, a recording unit 130, and a control unit 140.

The camera unit 110 has a function of electronically photographing using an image pickup element such as CMOS or CCD. Further, the camera unit 110 converts the image data acquired by imaging into compressed digital data such as JPEG under the control of the control unit 140 and records it in the recording unit 130 or in the veterinary hospital terminal 20 through the communication unit 120. It can be output. The captured image may be a still image or a moving image, and in the case of a moving image, a part of the moving image is cut out under the control of the control unit 140 and stored as a still image in the recording unit 130. Is also possible. Further, it is assumed that the image obtained by imaging is a precise image having an amount of information necessary for a medical examination at the veterinary hospital terminal 20, and the number of pixels or the image quality can be specified.

The camera unit 110 has a function of changing the number of pixels of the image pickup device used for image pickup, and has a fine definition of, for example, 800 × 600 (480,000 pixels) according to the operation of at least the user terminal 10 or the veterinary hospital terminal 20. It is possible to set any shooting pixel mode from the mode, the standard mode of 640 × 480 (300,000 pixels), and the high-definition mode of 1600 × 1200 (1.92 million pixels). The standard mode is an example of the first acquisition mode described in the claims. The high-definition mode is an example of the second acquisition mode.

The communication unit 120 is a communication interface for communicating with the veterinary hospital terminal 20 via the network NW, and communication is performed according to a communication convention such as TCP / IP.

The recording unit 130 stores programs, input data, and the like for executing various control processes or functions in the control unit 140, and is composed of a RAM, a ROM, and the like. The recording unit 130 is an example of the recording unit described in the claims. Further, the recording unit 130 has a function of recording at least one of a still image or a moving image when the first data amount is switched to the second data amount. The details of the first data amount and the second data amount will be described later. Further, the recording unit 130 can also temporarily store the data communicated with the veterinary hospital terminal 20. A database (not shown) storing various data may be constructed outside the recording unit 130 or the user terminal 10.

The control unit 140 controls the entire operation of the user terminal 10 by executing a program stored in the recording unit 130, and is composed of a CPU, a GPU, or the like. The control unit 140 has a quality change unit 141 and a video call sequence unit 142. The quality change unit 141 and the video call sequence unit 142 are activated by a program stored in the recording unit 130 and executed by the user terminal 10 which is a computer (electronic computer).

The quality change unit 141 sets or changes the quality of the image data or sound data applied to the communication between the user terminal 10 and the animal hospital terminal 20 with reference to the service management table 1001 stored in the recording unit 130. The quality change unit 141 is an example of the reception unit described in the claims.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the service management table 1001 stored in the recording unit 130.

The recording unit 130 of FIG. 2 stores the service management table 1001. The service management table 1001 stores the service ID, various operation parameters corresponding to the service plan, and the IP addresses of the requesting user terminal 10 and the receiving animal hospital terminal 20 in association with each other. Examples of various operation parameters include image frame rate (fps: frames per second), image resolution, image (or sound) bit rate (kbps: kilobit per second), and data transmission coding method. The operating parameters include parameters that may affect the quality of the image data or sound data received by the user terminal 10 or the veterinary hospital terminal 20. The content corresponding to the service plan is not limited to this, and the transmission delay time (ms), execution speed (kbps), delay fluctuation (ms), error rate (%), etc. of image data or sound data are not limited to this. Parameters related to transmission quality may be managed. Here, the content of the service management table 1001 is an operation parameter set in advance by the owner R1 of the animal patient or the veterinarian R2.

The quality change unit 141 specifies the service ID of the service plan provided to the user terminal 10 as "s103" based on the service management table 1001. The quality change unit 141 can extract a service plan having a higher quality than "s103" based on the service management table 1001 at least according to the operation of the user terminal 10 or the veterinary hospital terminal 20. The operating parameters of "s103" are a frame rate of "10fps", a resolution of "SD (Standard Definition)", a bit rate of "64kbps", and an encoding method of "MPEG-2". Therefore, a service plan is extracted in which these operation parameters can be set to be suitable for providing a higher quality service. For example, "s101", "s102", "s201", "s201" and the like are candidates for extraction. The coding method "MPEG-2" of "s103" is an example of the first communication method described in the claims. The coding method "H.264 / SC" of "s102" is an example of the second communication method described in the claims.

The video call sequence unit 142 has a function of using the camera unit 110 to perform communication based on the first data amount and start a video call sequence with the veterinary hospital terminal 20. In the video call sequence, video data is shared between the user terminal 10 and the veterinary hospital terminal 20.

<Veterinary hospital terminal 20>
FIG. 4 is a functional block configuration diagram showing the veterinary hospital terminal 20 of FIG. The veterinary hospital terminal 20 includes a camera unit 210, a communication unit 220, a recording unit 230, and a control unit 240.

The camera unit 210 has a function of electronically photographing using an image pickup element such as CMOS or CCD. Further, the camera unit 210 converts the image data acquired by imaging into compressed digital data such as JPEG under the control of the control unit 240, records it in the recording unit 230, or outputs it to the user terminal 10 through the communication unit 220. Can be done. The captured image may be a still image or a moving image, and in the case of a moving image, a part of the moving image is cut out under the control of the control unit 240 and stored as a still image in the recording unit 230. Is also possible. Further, it is assumed that the number of pixels or the image quality can be specified for the image obtained by imaging.

The communication unit 220 is a communication interface for communicating with the user terminal 10 via the network NW, and communication is performed according to a communication protocol such as TCP / IP.

The recording unit 230 stores programs, input data, and the like for executing various control processes or functions in the control unit 240, and is composed of a RAM, a ROM, and the like. Further, the recording unit 230 temporarily stores the communication content with the user terminal 10. The recording unit 230 can be an example of the recording unit described in the claims, like the recording unit 130 of the user terminal 10.

The control unit 240 controls the entire operation of the veterinary hospital terminal 20 by executing a program stored in the recording unit 230, and is composed of a CPU, a GPU, or the like.

<Processing flow>
With reference to FIG. 5, the flow of processing executed by the animal patient remote examination system 1 of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is an example of a flowchart relating to the remote examination method according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. Prior to the start of this flowchart, it is assumed that the user terminal 10 and the veterinary hospital terminal 20 are logged in to the animal patient remote examination system 1.

First, the veterinary hospital terminal 20 receives animal patient information regarding the animal patient via the communication unit 220 (step S101). The animal patient information here may include, for example, account information such as a name, nickname, and animal patient ID, and authentication information such as a password or passphrase, an IC card or smart card, a fingerprint, or an iris. Here, the veterinary hospital terminal 20 receives the animal patient information, and also acquires the information necessary for confirming the connection with the user terminal 10 in the subsequent processing from the user terminal 10.

Next, the control unit 240 of the veterinary hospital terminal 20 acquires animal patient data from the user terminal 10 or the recording unit 230 based on the received animal patient information (step S102). The animal patient data here is necessary for medical treatment such as name, age, gender, desired clinical department, type of medical examination, veterinarian in charge or date and time when the remote medical examination system 1 for animal patients was used before. May contain information. In addition, the types of medical examinations here may include, for example, re-examination, initial examination, appointment diagnosis, and the like. If necessary, the animal patient data may include explanations of symptoms and the like.

Next, the control unit 140 of the user terminal 10 transmits a screen sharing request to the veterinary hospital terminal 20 via the communication unit 120 (step S103).

Next, the control unit 240 of the veterinary hospital terminal 20 receives a screen sharing request from the veterinary hospital terminal 20 and starts screen sharing (step S104).

Upon acceptance of the screen sharing request on the veterinary hospital terminal 20, screen sharing is started on the user terminal 10 side by the control unit 140 (step S105). During the subsequent screen sharing, it is assumed that the image captured by the camera unit 110 is output by the user terminal 10 and the veterinary hospital terminal 20 together with the sound or by the captured image alone.

After the start of screen sharing, the camera unit 110 of the user terminal 10 captures an image of the affected area, and the screen is shared with the veterinary hospital terminal 20. Instructions for imaging can be given from the veterinary hospital terminal 20. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen configuration displayed on the user terminal 10 in the information processing of the present embodiment. The display D10 of the user terminal 10 includes an area A10, an area A11, and a button B10. The display D10 is an example of the display unit described in the claims. The upper body of the veterinarian R2 is displayed in the area A10. In the region A11, the animal patient and its owner R1 are displayed. The button B10 is an object for receiving an instruction of a request for starting a video call sequence (hereinafter referred to as "video call request").

For example, when the owner R1 designates the other user as the veterinarian R2 and designates the button B10, the control unit 140 of the user terminal 10 detects the operation, and the control unit 140 makes a video call request via the communication unit 120. Is transmitted to the veterinary hospital terminal 20 (step S106).

Upon acceptance of the video call request on the veterinary hospital terminal 20, the video call sequence unit 142 of the user terminal 10 starts the video call sequence (step S107). In the video call sequence, video data is transmitted and received between the user terminal 10 and the veterinary hospital terminal 20.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen configuration displayed on the user terminal 10 in the information processing of the present embodiment. The display D10 of the user terminal 10 includes an area A10, an area A11, and a button B11. Since the area A10 and the area A11 are the same as the area shown in FIG. 6, detailed description thereof will be omitted. The button B11 is an object for accepting a switching operation to a service plan higher than the service plan currently applied to the communication between the user terminal 10 and the veterinary hospital terminal 20. Button B11 is an example of the UI object described in the claims. The UI object is an image object for inputting to the application program on the screen of the application program running on the user terminal 10, for example, an icon, a button, a switch, a slide bar, a menu item, or the like. The information to be displayed or the content of the display control can be specified by, for example, a selection operation of the owner R1 of the animal patient.

For example, when the owner R1 specifies the button B11, the quality change unit 141 of the user terminal 10 detects the operation, and the quality change unit 141 is higher than the service plan currently applied from the service management table 1001. Start searching for the service ID. Specifically, the quality change unit 141 extracts from the service management table 1001 that the service ID of the service plan currently in use is "s103". Next, the quality change unit 141 extracts the service ID of the higher-level service plan from the service management table 1001. In this case, for example, "s201" is extracted as a service ID suitable for providing a service having a higher quality than "s103". The operating parameters of "s201" are a frame rate of "30fps", a resolution of "8K", a bit rate of "1024kbps", and a coding method of "H.264 / SC". Further, the quality change unit 141 reads out each operation parameter and applies it to the communication between the user terminal 10 and the veterinary hospital terminal 20. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen configuration displayed on the veterinary hospital terminal 20 in the information processing of the present embodiment. The display D20 of the veterinary hospital terminal 20 includes the area A20 and the area A21. The display D20 is an example of the display unit described in the claims. The area A20 displays the animal patient and its owner R1. The upper body of the veterinarian R2 is displayed in the area A21. Thus, in a state where the higher communication quality is maintained, the veterinarian R2 uses the display D20 (FIG. 7) of the veterinary hospital terminal 20 to inform the affected part such as the wound mouth of the animal patient (hereinafter, simply "wound mouth"). The animal patient is diagnosed, and the result is transmitted to the owner R1 via the user terminal 10 (step S108). The display D20 is an example of the information display unit described in the claims.

As a UI function corresponding to the button B11 described above, acquisition of a still image or acquisition of a moving image may be associated. Further, the button B11 may be displayed on the veterinary hospital terminal 20. In this case, it is possible to acquire an image or the like at a timing desired by the veterinarian R2, and the operability can be improved and the accuracy can be improved.

Here, comparing the two parameters before and after the change, the resolution is changed from "SD" to "8K". Thus, even if the veterinarian R2 asks the veterinarian R1 to show, for example, the wound while the owner R1 and the veterinarian R2 are having a face-to-face conversation in the video call sequence. By increasing the resolution, the owner R1 can display the wound opening image obtained by imaging the wound opening on the display D20 of the veterinary hospital terminal 20 with high image quality via the user terminal 10.

The wound mouth image can be recorded in the recording unit 230 of the veterinary hospital terminal 20. The recording unit 230 is an example of the recording unit described in the claims. For example, when the veterinarian R2 instructs the owner R1 to send only one photograph of the wound opening, the wound opening is acquired by taking an image of the wound opening with the camera unit 101 set to the high-definition mode. The owner R1 may transmit the still image to the veterinary hospital terminal 20 via the user terminal 10. In such a case, since the resolution at the time of imaging is important, the resolution at the time of communication does not matter as long as the wound mouth image reaches the veterinary hospital terminal 20 side. Then, the veterinary hospital terminal 20 can manage the still image received from the user terminal 10 in a database or the like for managing the medical record information of the animal patient.

After the diagnosis, the control unit 140 of the user terminal 10 ends the screen sharing in response to the input of the owner R1 and notifies the veterinary hospital terminal 20 (step S109).

Further, the notification of the end of screen sharing from the user terminal 10 also ends the screen sharing on the veterinary hospital terminal 20 side (step S110). Here, the order of steps S108 and S109 may be reversed, and the veterinary hospital terminal 20 may notify the user terminal 10 of the end of screen sharing.

Finally, both the user terminal 10 and the veterinary hospital terminal 20 log out from the animal patient remote examination system 1, and the process executed by the animal patient remote examination system 1 of the present embodiment is completed.

Generally, there is a limit to the communication speed of the network. For this reason, as the image quality becomes higher, the sound quality becomes lower, and as a result, there may be a problem that the sound that should have arrived does not reach the other party or the other party has difficulty in hearing. On the other hand, as the sound quality becomes higher, the image quality becomes lower, and as a result, there may be a problem that the image that should be visible by the other party cannot be seen by the other party or is difficult to see by the other party.

In this respect, in the animal patient remote examination system 1 of the present embodiment, the amount of information displayed on the display D20 of the veterinary hospital terminal 20 is the first data at least in response to the operation of the user terminal 10 or the veterinary hospital terminal 20. It is switched to either the amount or the second data amount. Therefore, smooth remote examination can be supported without impairing the quality of both image and sound.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the technical scope of the present disclosure is not limited to such examples. It is clear that anyone with ordinary knowledge in the art of the present disclosure may come up with various modifications or amendments within the scope of the technical ideas set forth in the claims. Is, of course, understood to belong to the technical scope of the present disclosure.

The series of processes by the apparatus described herein may be implemented using software, hardware, or any combination of software and hardware. It is possible to create a computer program for realizing each function of the user terminal 10 according to the present embodiment and implement it on a PC or the like. It is also possible to provide a computer-readable recording medium in which such a computer program is stored. The recording medium is, for example, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a flash memory, or the like. Further, the above computer program may be distributed, for example, via a network without using a recording medium.

Further, the processes described with reference to the flowcharts in the present specification may not necessarily be executed in the order shown in the drawings. Some processing steps may be performed in parallel. Further, additional processing steps may be adopted, and some processing steps may be omitted.

In addition, the effects described herein are merely explanatory or exemplary and are not limited. That is, the technique according to the present disclosure may exert other effects apparent to those skilled in the art from the description of the present specification, in addition to or in place of the above effects.

1 Remote examination system for animal patients 10 User terminal 110 Camera unit 130 Recording unit 142 Video call sequence unit 20 Animal hospital terminal 230 Recording unit

Claims (8)

Including a user terminal provided with a camera unit and a veterinary hospital terminal connected to the user terminal so as to be able to communicate via a network.
The user terminal transmits the acquired information acquired by the camera unit to the veterinary hospital terminal.
The veterinary hospital terminal is a remote examination system for animal patients that displays the received acquired information on an information display unit.
At least in response to the operation of the user terminal or the veterinary hospital terminal, the amount of information of the acquired information displayed on the information display unit of the veterinary hospital terminal is switched to either the first data amount or the second data amount.
Remote examination system for animal patients. The remote medical examination system for animal patients according to claim 1.
The camera unit can switch between the first acquisition mode in which the acquisition information is acquired by the first data amount and the second acquisition mode in which the acquisition information is acquired by the second data amount.
The switching operation is performed at least according to the operation of the user terminal or the veterinary hospital terminal.
Remote examination system for animal patients. The remote medical examination system for animal patients according to claim 1 or 2.
The communication between the user terminal and the hospital terminal is a first communication method in which the communication amount per unit time is the first data amount, and a second communication amount in which the communication amount per unit time is the second data amount. It is possible to switch to both the communication method and the communication method.
The switching operation is performed at least according to the operation of the user terminal or the veterinary hospital terminal.
Remote examination system for animal patients. The remote medical examination system for animal patients according to claim 1.
The user terminal uses the camera unit to communicate with the first data amount to start a video call sequence with the veterinary hospital terminal, and a video call sequence unit.
A remote examination system for animal patients further comprising a reception unit capable of accepting a switching operation from the first data amount to the second data amount while the video call sequence is being performed. The remote medical examination system for animal patients according to claim 4.
At least one of the user terminal and the hospital terminal further includes an object display unit for displaying the information acquired by the camera unit and the UI object for performing the switching.
The reception unit accepts a selection operation for the displayed UI object.
Remote examination system for animal patients. The remote examination system for animal patients according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
At least one of the user terminal or the hospital terminal further includes a recording unit for recording at least one of a still image or a moving image when switching to the second data amount.
Remote examination system for animal patients. The remote examination system for animal patients according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
The amount of data to be communicated is larger in the second data amount than in the first data amount.
Remote examination system for animal patients. It is a remote examination terminal for animal patients that is connected to a user terminal equipped with a camera unit so that it can communicate via a network.
A means for receiving the acquired information acquired by the camera unit of the user terminal, and
A means for displaying the received acquired information on the information display unit, and
A means for switching the amount of information of the acquired information displayed on the information display unit to either the first data amount or the second data amount at least in response to an operation on the animal patient remote examination terminal or the user terminal. Equipped with a remote examination terminal for animal patients.

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