JP3204400B2 - Health management device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention checks the health status in a toilet by integrating information on food intake, physical condition, and excretion, and provides information for improving eating habits. The present invention relates to a health management device for performing health management on a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of technology, excrement discharged into a flush toilet in a house is inspected by using an excrement inspection sensor disposed on the inner surface of the flush toilet or the inner surface of a curved pipe of the discharge pipe. Then, the inspection result is transmitted to a monitoring center via a telephone line, and the inspection result is analyzed to check for a symptom (for example, JP-A-63-267332 or JP-A-64-267332). No. 63861).

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, it is merely an examination of excrement, and it does not provide meaningful information for improving the health condition to the urinal user quickly and directly. There was no problem.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the related art, and an object of the present invention is to integrate the food intake information, the physical condition information, and the excrement information into the health condition of a toilet user. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a health management device that checks the health of a person and grasps the state of health and promptly provides information for improving a diet that is closely related to the recovery of the state of health.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides an input means for a toilet user to perceive and input information on the properties of excrement in the toilet and the food or condition eaten or consumed as required. Alternatively, there is provided in the toilet a detecting means for detecting the property information, an inference means for inferring a health condition based on the information from the input means or the detecting means, and an output means for outputting an inference result of the inference means.
Further, the input means and the detection means may be provided together. Further, it is preferable that an output means for outputting meal improvement advice information corresponding to the health state of the inference result is connected to the inference means and provided in the kitchen. The detection means includes a CCD camera for identifying the shape of the excrement, an odor sensor, and a color sensor . Also, it is provided with a output means for outputting a meal improvement advice information based on the detection means.

[0005]

When the property information of the excrement in the toilet is input to the inference means by the perception of the user of the toilet or by the detection means including the CCD camera, the odor sensor and the color sensor, the health condition is determined by the inference means. The result is determined and output to an output means provided in the toilet. Further, meal improvement advice information corresponding to the health condition is output from the output means provided in the kitchen from the inference result of the inference means. Also
Is a dietary improvement advisor based on the food or condition you eat or drink
Output information .

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a health management device according to the present invention,
2 and 3 are flowcharts.

The toilet 1 is provided with a detecting means comprising a CCD camera 2, an odor sensor 3 and a color sensor 4, and these devices 2, 3 and 4 are respectively connected to a controller 5 which is an inference means. Further, the controller 5 is connected to a monitor 6 serving as input / output means provided in the toilet and a monitor 7 serving as input / output means provided in the kitchen.

The monitor 6 provided in the toilet has a key 9 for selecting a comment or picture displayed on the display 8 for inputting information such as the content of the food and the condition of the food and drink eaten by the user of the toilet to the controller 5. An IC card reader / writer (R / W) 10 for personal identification is arranged. In addition, 11 is an on / off switch, and 12 is an interface.

A key 14 for selecting a comment or picture displayed on the display 13 for inputting the menu contents to the controller 5 is arranged on the monitor 7 provided in the kitchen. Reference numeral 15 denotes an on / off switch, and reference numeral 16 denotes an interface.

The operation of the health management device configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. The toilet user turns on the on / off switch 11, and inserts the IC card 20 for personal identification into the IC card R / W10 (S1). Then, an initial screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display 8 (S2), and one of health check, home medical book reference, and termination is selected (S3). If you select a health check (S
4) Further, the person who does not use the IC card 20 selects the age of the person to be checked from the screen displayed on the display 8 (S5).

After defecation, the nature of the excrement (shape, smell, color)
The information is input to the controller 5 by detecting means including the CCD camera 2, the odor sensor 3, and the color sensor 4, and stored in the memory in the controller 5 (S6). Here, when the color of the excrement can be identified by the CCD camera 2, it is not necessary to separately provide the color sensor 4. When the detecting means is not provided, the user perceives the properties of the excrement and operates the key 9 to select a corresponding one from the screen displayed on the display 8 and input the same to the controller 5. Further, the user operates the key 9 to select the corresponding content from the screen displayed on the display 8 and input the food content and the physical condition information such as the content of dinner last night, alcohol, etc. to the controller 5 (S7, S8). ). Then, the excrement information, the consumed food information, and the physical condition information are subjected to comprehensive calculation processing (S9), and a check result as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display 8 of the monitor 6 (S10). Thereafter, if it is not necessary to explain the terms in step S11, the operation may be ended, or the screen may be returned to the initial screen (S2).

If the on / off switch of the kitchen monitor 7 is turned on and the meal improvement advice is selected from the initial screen (S20) displayed on the display 13 (S21, S22), the check result is obtained. The content of the meal improvement advice for improving the health condition as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display 13 (S23). Thereafter, the operation may be ended, or the initial screen (S2
0). Therefore, the toilet user can know his / her health on the toilet monitor 6 and can further improve his / her health if he / she ingests food according to the menu displayed on the kitchen monitor 7.

Steps S3 and S11 of the toilet monitor 6
Alternatively, if “reference to home medical book” is selected in the menu selection of step S21 of the kitchen monitor 7 (S12), the ROM (Read Only Memory) in the controller 5 is selected.
Since the contents of the home medical book are stored as a dictionary, if a keyword is input using the keys 9 and 14, (S1)
3) After the search, the contents of the explanation are displayed on the displays 8 and 13 (S15). After that, the operation may be ended,
You may return to an initial screen (S2).

The IC card 20 is connected to an IC card R / W
When inserted into the menu 10, the menu for each individual can be displayed on the kitchen monitor 7. Furthermore, if the menu actually consumed is inputted on the kitchen monitor 7, the consumed food information is inputted to the controller 5, so that the toilet user does not need to manually input the consumed food information on the toilet monitor 6. Is also possible.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. In the health management apparatus according to the first and sixth aspects, the user's own health condition can be quickly inferred when the user adds the item to the toilet, so that the user's health condition can be checked very easily. Also, not only those who have the disease but also those who are healthy will be more interested in health management. According to the health management device of the second to fourth aspects, in addition to the effect of the first aspect , diet improvement advice information corresponding to the health condition can be obtained. You can take action for recovery.
By means of the detection means according to the fifth aspect , the property information of the excrement can be quickly collected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a health management device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart in a toilet monitor.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart in a kitchen monitor.

FIG. 4 is an example of an initial screen of a toilet monitor.

FIG. 5 is a display example of a check result of a toilet monitor.

FIG. 6 is a display example of meal improvement advice on a kitchen monitor.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... toilet bowl, 2 ... CCD camera, 3 ... odor sensor, 4 ...
Color sensor, 5: controller (inference means), 6: toilet monitor (input means, output means), 7: kitchen monitor (input means, output means).

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-1-197879 (JP, A) JP-A-3-7136 (JP, A) JP-A-1-152364 (JP, A) JP-A-1-197364 53162 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A61B 5/00 E03D 9/00 G01N 33/493

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. An input means for a toilet user to perceive and input information on the properties of excrement in a toilet and food or physical condition eaten and consumed as required, and a health condition based on the information input by the input means. Inference means for inferring a state;
An output means for outputting an inference result of the inference means is provided in the toilet. 2. An input means for a toilet user to perceive and input information on the properties of excrement in the toilet and the food or condition eaten and consumed as needed, and a health condition based on the information input by the input means. Inference means for inferring a state;
Output means for outputting the inference result of the inference means is provided in the toilet, and output means for outputting meal improvement advice information corresponding to the health state of the inference result is connected to the inference means and provided in the kitchen. And health management equipment. 3. A detecting means for detecting the property information of the excrement in the toilet, an inference means for inferring a health condition based on the property information detected by the detecting means, and an output for outputting an inference result of the inference means. A health management device wherein a means is provided in a toilet and an output means for outputting meal improvement advice information corresponding to a health state of the inference result is connected to the inference means and provided in a kitchen. 4. An input means for inputting information on the food or condition of food or drink, a detecting means for detecting property information of excrement in the toilet, and a health state inferring based on the information by the input means and the detecting means. In the toilet, and output means for outputting meal improvement advice information corresponding to the health state of the inference result are connected to the inference means, and output means for outputting the inference result of the inference means are connected to the kitchen. A health management device characterized by being provided. 5. The health management device according to claim 3 , wherein the front detection means includes a CCD camera for identifying the shape of the excrement, and an odor sensor and a color sensor. 6. A health management apparatus comprising: a detection unit for detecting excrement property information; and an output unit for outputting meal improvement advice information based on the property information detected by the detection unit.