JP6724724B2 - Diagnosis support device and diagnosis support system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a diagnosis support device that supports a user's diagnosis, and a diagnosis support system including the diagnosis support device.

Conventionally, a technique for supporting a user's diagnosis is known. In Patent Document 1, a measurement result of biological information such as a heartbeat by a sensor attached to a user is transferred to a mobile information terminal, and when the mobile information terminal determines an abnormality in the measurement result, an inquiry is made to the user. A technique for diagnosing a user's physical condition based on an input result of an answer to an inquiry is disclosed.

JP, 2008-11865, A

It is considered to be advantageous to measure biological information such as heartbeat while the user is in the vehicle. For example, there are many cases where mental stress is imposed by various traffic scenes while riding, and it is considered that changes in biometric information are more likely to occur when the user has a disease than at rest. In addition, since there is little large body movement during riding, it is considered that it is easy to accurately measure the biomedical signal. On the other hand, assuming that the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is used in a vehicle, if the user determines an abnormality in biometric information while the vehicle is driving, an inquiry is made from the mobile information terminal to the user. As a result, there is a problem that it hinders driving.

The present invention has been made based on this situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide a diagnosis support device and a diagnosis support system that support a user's diagnosis so as not to hinder driving of a vehicle. is there.

The above objective is achieved by a combination of features described in independent claims, and the subclaims define further advantageous embodiments of the invention. The reference numerals in parentheses in the claims indicate the correspondence with the specific means described in the embodiments described below as one aspect, and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention. ..

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the diagnosis support device of the first invention determines a biometric sensor (301, 302, 303) that measures biometric information of a user and whether or not the biometric information measured by the biometric sensor is abnormal. A diagnosis support device comprising: an abnormality determination unit (305) that performs an inquiry, and an inquiry unit (35, 35b) that makes an inquiry to diagnose a user based on the abnormality determination unit determining that the biological information is abnormal. The vehicle includes a stop determination unit (306) that determines whether the vehicle in which the user is aboard has stopped, and the inquiry unit does not perform an inquiry until the stop determination unit determines that the vehicle has stopped.

According to this, even when the biometric information measured by the biometric sensor is determined to be abnormal by the abnormality determination unit, an inquiry for diagnosing the user is performed until the vehicle stop determination unit determines that the vehicle has stopped. Absent. Therefore, even if the user is driving the vehicle, the inquiry is not performed while the user is driving, so that the inquiry does not interfere with the driving. As a result, it becomes possible to support the user's diagnosis so as not to interfere with the driving of the vehicle.

Further, the diagnosis support apparatus of the second invention is a biometric sensor (301, 302, 303) that measures biometric information of a user, and an abnormality determination unit (305 that determines whether or not the biometric information measured by the biometric sensor is abnormal. ) And an inquiry section (35, 35b) that makes an inquiry for diagnosing the user based on the fact that the abnormality determination section determines that the biological information is abnormal. A vehicle stop determination unit (306) that determines whether the vehicle has stopped, and a driving determination unit (310) that determines whether the user is a driver of the vehicle are provided. If it is determined that the vehicle is stopped, the vehicle stop determination unit determines that the vehicle has stopped, while if the operation determination unit determines that the user is not the driver of the vehicle, the vehicle stop determination unit determines that the vehicle is stopped. Interview is conducted even if it is not judged as having done.

According to this, when the driving determination unit determines that the user is the driver of the vehicle, the vehicle is stopped even when the biological information measured by the biological sensor is determined to be abnormal by the abnormality determination unit. The inquiry for diagnosing the user is not performed until the stop determination unit determines. Therefore, even if the user is driving the vehicle, the inquiry is not performed while the user is driving, so that the inquiry does not interfere with the driving. If the driving determination unit determines that the user is not the driver of the vehicle, a question is asked even if the vehicle determination unit determines that the vehicle has stopped. Therefore, the user may be a passenger who is not driving. If you do not interfere with driving, you can ask a question. As a result, it becomes possible to support the user's diagnosis so as not to interfere with the driving of the vehicle.

The diagnosis support system according to the third aspect of the invention includes a biometric sensor (301, 302, 303) that measures biometric information of a user, and an abnormality determination unit (305) that determines whether or not the biometric information measured by the biometric sensor is abnormal. ) And a diagnosis support device (3) including an inquiry section (35) for making an inquiry for diagnosing a user based on the abnormality determination section determining that the biological information is abnormal, and a server for transmitting inquiry data. (4), and the diagnosis support apparatus, when the user determines that the vehicle is stopped has a stop determination unit (306), and the abnormality determination unit determines that the biological information is abnormal, the diagnosis data, A transmission unit (34) that transmits trigger information that is a trigger to be transmitted to the server, and that transmits vehicle stop information indicating that the vehicle has stopped to the server when the vehicle stop determination unit determines that the vehicle has stopped. , The server transmits the inquiry data when the stop information is received in addition to the trigger information, while the server does not transmit the inquiry data when the stop information is not received. Do not interview until you receive the interview data.

According to this, even when the biometric information measured by the biometric sensor is determined to be abnormal by the abnormality determination unit, until the vehicle stop determination unit determines that the vehicle has stopped, the inquiry data is not transmitted from the server, The inquiry section does not make an inquiry to diagnose the user. Therefore, even if the user is driving the vehicle, the inquiry is not performed while the user is driving, so that the inquiry does not interfere with the driving. As a result, it becomes possible to support the user's diagnosis so as not to interfere with the driving of the vehicle.

A diagnosis support system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention includes a biometric sensor (301, 302, 303) that measures biometric information of a user, and an abnormality determination unit (305) that determines whether or not the biometric information measured by the biometric sensor is abnormal. A diagnosis support device (3a) including an inquiry section (35) for making an inquiry for diagnosing a user based on the abnormality determination section determining that the biological information is abnormal, and a server (4a) for transmitting inquiry data. ) And a driving determination unit (310) that determines whether the user is a driver of the vehicle, and a driving determination unit (310) that determines whether the user is a driver of the vehicle. In addition to the determination result of the determination unit, when the abnormality determination unit determines that the biological information is abnormal, the trigger information that triggers the inquiry data is transmitted to the server, and the vehicle stop determination unit determines that the vehicle has stopped. In the case of, the transmission unit (34) for transmitting the stop information indicating that the vehicle has stopped to the server, and the server, when the determination result of the drive determination unit indicates that the driver of the vehicle, In addition to receiving the trigger information, the inquiry data is transmitted when the vehicle stop information is received.On the other hand, when the vehicle stop information is not received, the inquiry data is not transmitted. If it indicates that the driver is not the driver, regardless of whether or not the stop information is received, the inquiry data is transmitted when the trigger information is received, and the inquiry unit performs the inquiry until the inquiry data is received from the server. Absent.

According to this, when the driving determination unit determines that the user is the driver of the vehicle, the vehicle is stopped even when the biological information measured by the biological sensor is determined to be abnormal by the abnormality determination unit. While the vehicle stop determination unit makes the determination, the server does not transmit the inquiry data, and the inquiry unit does not make an inquiry to diagnose the user. Therefore, even if the user is driving the vehicle, the inquiry is not performed while the user is driving, so that the inquiry does not interfere with the driving. When the driving determination unit determines that the user is not the driver of the vehicle, the server transmits the inquiry data even if the vehicle determination unit does not determine that the vehicle has stopped, and the inquiry unit can diagnose the user. Interview. Therefore, if the user is a fellow passenger who is not driving and does not hinder driving, an inquiry can be made. As a result, it becomes possible to support the user's diagnosis so as not to interfere with the driving of the vehicle.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a diagnosis support system 1. It is a figure which shows an example of a schematic structure of the vehicle side unit 2. It is a figure which shows an example of a schematic structure of the biological information measuring device 3. It is a figure which shows an example of a schematic structure of the server 4. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing related to diagnosis in the server 4. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing related to diagnosis in the biological information measuring device 3. It is a figure which shows an example of a schematic structure of the biological information measuring device 3a. It is a figure which shows an example of a schematic structure of the server 4. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process relevant to the diagnosis in the server 4a. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process relevant to the diagnosis in the biological information measuring device 3a. 9 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the flow of processing related to diagnosis in the biological information measuring device 3a in Modification 1. It is a figure which shows an example of a schematic structure of the diagnostic assistance system 1b. It is a figure which shows an example of a schematic structure of the biological information measuring device 3b. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process relevant to the diagnosis in the biological information measuring device 3b.

A plurality of embodiments and modifications for disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that, for convenience of description, between a plurality of embodiments and modifications, parts having the same functions as the parts shown in the drawings used in the description up to now are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. There is a case. For the parts denoted by the same reference numerals, the description in other embodiments and/or modified examples can be referred to.

(Embodiment 1)
<Schematic configuration of diagnosis support system 1>
Hereinafter, Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the diagnosis support system 1 includes a vehicle-side unit 2, a biological information measuring device 3, and a server 4.

The vehicle-side unit 2 is used in a vehicle and wirelessly communicates with the biological information measuring device 3. The biological information measuring device 3 is a wearable device that is attached to a user and measures the biological information of the user. As the wearable device, there are a wristwatch type to be worn on the user's arm, a spectacles type to be worn on the user's head in the same manner as glasses, and the following description will be given by taking the wristwatch type as an example. The server 4 communicates with the biological information measuring device 3 to perform processing related to diagnosis. The server 4 may be composed of a plurality of servers.

<Schematic configuration of vehicle-side unit 2>
Subsequently, a schematic configuration of the vehicle-side unit 2 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle-side unit 2 includes an in-vehicle sensor 21, a vehicle control ECU 22, a verification ECU 23, and a short-range communication device 24. The vehicle-mounted sensor 21, the vehicle control ECU 22, the verification ECU 23, and the short-range communication device 24 are connected to each other by, for example, an in-vehicle LAN.

The vehicle-mounted sensor 21 is a sensor group mounted on the vehicle. For example, as the on-vehicle sensor 21, a courtesy switch for detecting the open/closed state of each vehicle door of the vehicle, a parking brake switch for detecting the operating state of the parking brake of the vehicle, and a vehicle speed sensor for detecting the vehicle speed of the vehicle. , There is a shift position sensor that detects the shift position of the vehicle. The vehicle control ECU 22 is an electronic control device that controls acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle. For example, the vehicle control ECU 22 performs acceleration/deceleration control of the own vehicle by controlling the operation of the traveling drive source.

The verification ECU 23 is an electronic control device that executes processing related to the smart function. The smart function refers to a function of performing code matching by short-range wireless communication between the vehicle-side unit 2 and the electronic key, and permitting locking/unlocking of the vehicle door based on the successful code matching. .. For example, the collation ECU 23 causes the LF antenna to transmit a request signal to the outside of the vehicle compartment when detecting that the vehicle door is opened and then closed from the signal from the courtesy switch in a state where the vehicle door is unlocked. Then, when the code verification using the code included in the response signal returned from the electronic key outside the vehicle compartment is established, the body ECU is instructed to lock.

The short-range communication device 24 transmits and receives a signal according to the short-range wireless communication standard. It is preferable that the short-range communication device 24 has a communication range within the vehicle compartment of the vehicle. The short-range communication device 24 performs wireless communication with the biological information measuring device 3 used by the user who gets in the vehicle. The short-range communication device 24 may be configured to transmit and receive signals in accordance with a short-range wireless communication standard such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) and ZigBee (registered trademark). The short-range communicator 24 is connected to a biological information measuring device, which is communication-connected with the detection result of the vehicle-mounted sensor 21, the control state of the traveling drive source in the vehicle control ECU 22, and the locking of the vehicle outside the vehicle in the verification ECU 23. Send to 3.

<Schematic configuration of the biological information measuring device 3>
Subsequently, a schematic configuration of the biological information measuring device 3 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the biological information measuring device 3 includes a measurement related unit 30, a battery 31, an operation input unit 32, a short-range communication unit 33, a wide area communication unit 34, and a presentation unit 35. The biological information measuring device 3 corresponds to the diagnosis support device in the claims.

The battery 31 is a power source that supplies electric power for operating the biological information measuring device 3. The battery 31 may be a primary battery such as a lithium battery or a secondary battery such as a lithium ion battery.

The operation input unit 32 is a switch group operated by the user. The operation input unit 32 may be a mechanical switch, or may be, for example, a touch panel type switch integrated with a display device of the presentation unit 35 described later. As an example, it has a power switch for switching the power of the biological information measuring device 3 between an on state and an off state, a measurement start switch for instructing the start of measurement of biological information, a switch for performing text input, and the like.

Note that the power of the biological information measuring device 3 may not be switched on/off by an operation input from the user to the operation input unit 32. For example, a configuration may be adopted in which the biological information measuring device 3 is automatically switched according to attachment/detachment.

The short-range communication unit 33 performs short-range wireless communication with the short-range communication device 24 of the vehicle-side unit 2 of the own vehicle. The short-range communication unit 33 transmits information from the on-vehicle sensor 21 transmitted from the short-range communication unit 24, the control state of the travel drive source in the vehicle control ECU 22, the information such as the locking performed outside the vehicle in the verification ECU 23. To receive.

The wide area communication unit 34 communicates with the server 4 via the public communication network and the base station. The wide area communication unit 34 corresponds to the transmission unit in the claims. When the abnormality of the biometric information measured by the biometric information measuring device 3 is determined, the wide area communication unit 34 transmits the abnormality detection information indicating that the abnormality is determined and the biometric information to the server 4. The abnormality detection information and the biological information correspond to the trigger information in the claims. The wide area communication unit 34 also receives the inquiry data and the diagnosis result transmitted from the server 4. The inquiry data is data about the inquiry of the user for diagnosing a disease, for example. The inquiry data may be, for example, an e-mail listing inquiry items or a URL of an inquiry screen of a Web browser. The diagnosis result is the result of the diagnosis performed by the server 4 from the result of the inquiry.

The presentation unit 35 presents information by displaying on a display device, outputting a voice from a voice output device, or outputting a sound from a buzzer or the like. For example, when the abnormality of the biometric information measured by the biometric information measuring device 3 is determined, the presentation unit 35 gives a notification indicating the abnormality of the biometric information (hereinafter, an abnormality notification). Examples of the abnormality notification include display of text and icons indicating that abnormality is found in biological information, output of voice and warning sound, and the like.

Further, the presentation unit 35 makes an inquiry according to the inquiry data received from the server 4. Therefore, the presenting section 35 corresponds to the inquiry section of the claims. As an example of the inquiry, if the inquiry data is the above-mentioned e-mail, the list of the inquiry items may be displayed on the display device. In the case of the URL of the inquiry screen of the Web browser described above, the wide area communication unit 34 accesses the Web server at the URL to acquire the data of the inquiry screen of the Web browser, and displays the inquiry screen of the Web browser on the display device. It is also possible to adopt a configuration that allows it. In addition, the presentation unit 35 presents the diagnosis result received from the server 4 by displaying it on a display device.

The answer to the inquiry made by the presenting unit 35 may be made by inputting to the operation input unit 32. Regarding the information on the answer to the inquiry (hereinafter referred to as answer information), if the inquiry data is an electronic mail, it may be configured to be transmitted from the wide area communication unit 34 to the server 4 as a reply to the electronic mail. On the other hand, when the inquiry data is the URL of the inquiry screen of the Web browser, the server 4 may receive it from the Web server.

<Schematic configuration of measurement-related section 30>
Subsequently, a schematic configuration of the measurement related unit 30 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the measurement-related unit 30 includes a pulse wave sensor 301, a heartbeat measurement unit 302, a blood pressure measurement unit 303, a storage unit 304, an abnormality determination unit 305, a vehicle stop determination unit 306, a notification processing unit 307, and user information storage. It includes a unit 308 and a transmission control unit 309.

When activated, the pulse wave sensor 301 sequentially detects the user's pulse wave at the site where the biological information measuring device 3 is attached. As the pulse wave sensor 301, for example, a photoelectric pulse wave sensor, an impedance pulse wave sensor, or the like can be used. In the present embodiment, as an example, a case of measuring a volume pulse wave using a photoelectric pulse wave sensor will be described. In the present embodiment, the case where the biological information measuring device 3 is a wristwatch type is taken as an example, and therefore it is preferable to use the photoelectric pulse wave sensor of the reflection type rather than the transmission type.

The heartbeat measuring unit 302 performs well-known signal processing on the volume pulse wave signal sequentially detected by the pulse wave sensor 301, and measures the heart rate as biometric information of the user from the volume pulse wave. The measurement result is stored in the storage unit 304, for example, with a time stamp indicating the measured time. The blood pressure measurement unit 303 performs well-known signal processing on the signal of the volume pulse wave sequentially detected by the pulse wave sensor 301, and measures the blood pressure as the biometric information of the user from the volume pulse wave. The measurement result is stored in the storage unit 304, for example, with a time stamp indicating the measured time. The pulse wave sensor 301, the heartbeat measuring unit 302, and the blood pressure measuring unit 303 correspond to the biosensor in the claims.

A non-volatile memory may be used as the storage unit 304. The storage unit 304 may be configured to store the measurement result for a certain period of time by sequentially deleting the old measurement result after a certain period of time from the storage.

The abnormality determining unit 305 determines whether or not there is an abnormality in the heart rate measured by the heartbeat measuring unit 302 and whether or not there is an abnormality in the blood pressure measured by the blood pressure measuring unit 303. As an example, it may be configured to determine that there is an abnormality when the value of the measurement result exceeds the upper limit value or falls below the lower limit value. The upper limit value and the lower limit value here are values at which the measurement result can be said to be abnormal, and may be fixed values that are set arbitrarily, or variable values that are sequentially set by learning. Good. When using a variable value, for example, an average value of past measurement results may be set as the reference heart rate. For example, the upper limit may be twice the reference heart rate, and the lower limit may be two thirds of the reference heart rate.

The vehicle stop determination unit 306 determines whether the vehicle in which the user is riding has stopped. The vehicle stop determination unit 306 receives from the detection result by the vehicle-mounted sensor 21 received by the short-range communication unit 33, the control state of the traveling drive source by the vehicle control ECU 22, the information such as the locking of the vehicle outside the vehicle by the verification ECU 23, and the like. It suffices to determine whether the vehicle in which the user is riding has stopped. For example, when the detection result of the vehicle speed sensor is substantially 0 km/h, it may be determined that the vehicle has stopped. Further, it may be determined that the vehicle has stopped when the control state of the traveling drive source indicates stop.

More preferably, the vehicle stop determination unit 306 determines that the vehicle is parked as a vehicle stop. In this case, the detection result of the courtesy switch indicates the opening/closing of the driver's door, the detection result of the shift position indicates the parking position, or the detection result of the parking brake switch indicates that the parking brake is on. In this case, it may be determined that the vehicle has stopped. In addition, it may be determined that the vehicle has stopped when the information on the lock implementation outside the vehicle compartment is received. Note that it may be determined that the vehicle has stopped based on the combination of information received by the short-range communication unit 33.

The notification processing unit 307 causes the presentation unit 35 to perform the above-described abnormality notification. The user information storage unit 308 stores whether or not the user of the biological information measuring device 3 is a sick person having a disease. As an example, a configuration in which the user information storage unit 308 stores in advance whether the user is a sick person or not according to the result of the user setting whether the user is a sick person in advance via the operation input unit 32. do it. Therefore, the user information storage unit 308 corresponds to the disease storage unit in the claims.

When the transmission control unit 309 determines that there is an abnormality in the abnormality determination unit 305, and when the user information storage unit 308 stores that the user is not a sick person, the transmission control unit 309 determines that there is a heartbeat. Biological information such as the number and blood pressure is read from the storage unit 304. Then, the wide area communication unit 34 transmits the abnormality detection information indicating that the abnormality is determined and the biometric information thereof to the server 4. When the user information storage unit 308 stores the user as a sick person, when the abnormality determination unit 305 determines that there is an abnormality, the transmission control unit 309 determines whether the user is a sick person in addition to the abnormality detection information and the biological information. The wide area communication unit 34 may transmit the user information indicating that there is the information to the server 4. Further, when the vehicle stop determination unit 306 determines that the vehicle in which the user is riding has stopped, the transmission control unit 309 causes the wide area communication unit 34 to transmit the vehicle stop information indicating that the vehicle has stopped to the server 4. When the user information storage unit 308 stores the user as a sick person, it is preferable that the stop information is not transmitted.

<Schematic configuration of server 4>
Subsequently, a schematic configuration of the server 4 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the server 4 includes a control unit 40, a communication unit 41, and a storage unit 42.

The communication unit 41 receives the abnormality detection information, the biological information, and the stop information transmitted from the biological information measuring device 3. In addition, when the above-mentioned reply information is transmitted from the biological information measuring device 3, the communication unit 41 receives this reply information. On the other hand, in the case where the inquiry is displayed on the inquiry screen of the Web browser, the communication unit 41 may be configured to receive the answer information from the Web server. The communication unit 41 also transmits the inquiry data and the diagnosis result to the biological information measuring device 3.

The storage unit 42 is a non-volatile memory and determines the suspicious disease from the user's past biometric information, biometric information other than the user, inquiry data for an inquiry to determine a suspected disease, and answers to the inquiry. The data of is stored. The inquiry data may be stored for each suspected disease.

The control unit 40 includes a processor, a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, an I/O, and a bus connecting these, and executes various processes related to diagnosis by executing a control program stored in the non-volatile memory. When the communication unit 41 receives the abnormality detection information and the biometric information, the control unit 40 analyzes the received biometric information in more detail. As an example, by comparing the received biometric information with the past biometric information of the user stored in the storage unit 42 or the biometric information of the user other than the user, the abnormality of the biometric information is analyzed in more detail, and the suspected disease is analyzed. Specify the type simply. In addition, the configuration may be such that the abnormality of the biometric information is re-determined and the inquiry is not performed when the server 4 determines that the abnormality is not abnormal.

Further, when the communication unit 41 receives the vehicle stop information, the control unit 40 reads out the inquiry data regarding the inquiry for determining the suspected disease from the storage unit 42 and causes the communication unit 41 to transmit the inquiry data. At this time, if the server 4 receives the user information indicating that the user is a sick person, the server 4 does not transmit the inquiry data. Further, when the communication unit 41 receives the response information, the control unit 40 uses the data stored in the storage unit 42 to diagnose the disease based on the received response information. After diagnosing the disease, the control unit 40 causes the communication unit 41 to transmit the diagnosis result.

If the control unit 40 is diagnosed as having a possible disease, the control unit 40 may transmit a diagnosis result indicating that there is a possible disease. In this case, the diagnosis result may include a notification for prompting a detailed examination at the hospital, a notification for introducing the hospital, and the like. Further, when it is diagnosed that there is no possibility of disease, the control unit 40 may transmit a diagnosis result indicating that there is no possibility of disease. In this case, the configuration may be such that a notification indicating the possibility of abnormality of the sensor that measures biological information is also transmitted. Instead of transmitting the diagnosis result indicating that there is no possibility of a disease, the notification indicating the possibility of sensor abnormality may be transmitted.

Note that the control unit 40 may be configured to transmit a notification indicating the possibility of an abnormality in the sensor that measures biological information when the number of times that the absence of a disease is diagnosed continues for a predetermined number of times. The control unit 40 may be configured to make an arrangement such as making a reservation for an examination in the server of the hospital via the communication unit 41 when it is diagnosed that a disease is present.

<Process related to diagnosis in server 4>
Next, an example of the flow of processing related to diagnosis in the server 4 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. The flowchart of FIG. 5 may be configured to start each time the communication unit 41 receives the abnormality detection information and the biological information from the biological information measuring device 3.

First, in step S1, the control unit 40 analyzes the biological information received by the communication unit 41 from the biological information measuring device 3 and simply identifies the type of suspected disease. In step S2, when the communication unit 41 receives the stop information from the biological information measuring device 3 (YES in S2), the process proceeds to step S3. On the other hand, when the stop information is not received (NO in S2), the process of S2 is repeated.

In step S3, the control unit 40 causes the communication unit 41 to transmit the inquiry data regarding the inquiry for determining the suspected disease analyzed in S1, to the biological information measuring device 3. In step S4, when the communication unit 41 receives the reply information about the inquiry conducted by the biological information measuring device 3 based on the inquiry data transmitted in S3 (YES in S4), the process proceeds to step S5. On the other hand, when the communication unit 41 has not received the reply information (NO in S4), the process of S4 is repeated.

In step S5, the control unit 40 diagnoses a disease based on the received reply information. In step S6, if the diagnosis in step S5 indicates that there is a possibility of a disease (YES in step S6), the process proceeds to step S7. On the other hand, if the diagnosis in S5 indicates that there is no possibility of disease (NO in S6), the process proceeds to step S8.

In step S7, the control unit 40 causes the communication unit 41 to transmit a diagnosis result indicating that there is a possibility of a disease to the biological information measuring device 3, and ends the process related to the diagnosis in the server 4. In step S8, the control unit 40 causes the communication unit 41 to transmit a notification indicating the possibility of an abnormality of the sensor that measures the biological information to the biological information measuring device 3, and ends the processing related to the diagnosis in the server 4. ..

<Process Related to Diagnosis by Biological Information Measuring Device 3>
Next, an example of the flow of processing related to diagnosis in the biological information measuring device 3 will be described using the flowchart in FIG. The flowchart of FIG. 6 shows the case where the power of the biological information measuring device 3 is turned on and the communication connection between the short-range communication unit 33 and the short-range communication device 24 of the vehicle-side unit 2 is established. The configuration may be started at.

First, in step S21, the heartbeat measuring unit 302 measures the heartbeat rate of the user based on the volume pulse wave sequentially detected by the pulse wave sensor 301. Further, the blood pressure measurement unit 303 measures the blood pressure of the user based on the volume pulse wave sequentially detected by the pulse wave sensor 301. Then, the measurement results of the measured heart rate and blood pressure are stored in the storage unit 304.

In step S22, the abnormality determination unit 305 determines whether the heart rate or blood pressure measured in S1 is abnormal. In step S23, if it is determined that there is an abnormality in S22 (YES in S23), the process proceeds to step S25. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no abnormality (NO in S23), the process proceeds to step S24.

In step S24, when it is the end timing of the process related to the diagnosis in the biological information measuring device 3 (YES in S24), the process related to the diagnosis in the biological information measuring device 3 is ended. On the other hand, if it is not the end timing (NO in S24), the process returns to S21 and is repeated. As an example of the end timing of the process related to the diagnosis in the biological information measuring device 3, the power of the biological information measuring device 3 is turned off, or the communication connection between the short-range communication unit 33 and the short-range communication device 24 is released. Have been done.

In step S25, the notification processing unit 307 causes the presentation unit 35 to notify the abnormality. In step S26, the transmission control unit 309 reads out biometric information such as the heart rate and blood pressure determined to be abnormal from the storage unit 304, and performs wide area communication between the abnormality detection information indicating that the abnormality is determined and the read biometric information. The part 34 is transmitted to the server 4. In step S27, when the user is stored in the user information storage unit 308 as a sick person (YES in S27), the wide area communication unit 34 is also caused to transmit the user information indicating that the user is a sick person to the server 4. , S24. On the other hand, when it is stored that the person is not a sick person (NO in S27), the process proceeds to step S28.

In step S28, when the vehicle stop determination unit 306 determines that the vehicle in which the user is riding has stopped (YES in S28), the process proceeds to step S29. On the other hand, when it is not determined that the vehicle has stopped (NO in S28), the process returns to S21 and is repeated. In step S29, the transmission control unit 309 causes the wide area communication unit 34 to transmit the stop information to the server 4. In step S30, the notification processing unit 307 causes the presentation unit 35 to notify the abnormality.

In step S31, the wide area communication unit 34 receives the inquiry data returned from the server 4 in response to the transmission of the abnormality detection information in S27. In step S32, the presentation unit 35 makes an inquiry according to the inquiry data received in S31. In step S33, the input of an answer to the inquiry from the user is accepted via the operation input unit 32. When the answer to the inquiry is made, the server 4 receives the answer information and diagnoses the disease based on the received answer information.

In step S34, the wide area communication unit 34 receives the diagnosis result of the diagnosis performed by the server 4 based on the input of the answer in S33 transmitted from the server 4. In step S35, the presentation unit 35 presents the diagnosis result received in S34, and the processing related to the diagnosis in the biological information measuring device 3 ends.

<Summary of Embodiment 1>
According to the configuration of the first embodiment, even if it is determined that the biometric information of the user is abnormal, the inquiry is not performed when the user is driving the vehicle, so that the inquiry does not interfere with the driving. In addition, when an abnormality in the biometric information of the user is determined, an inquiry is not performed immediately, but when the vehicle is stopped, an inquiry is performed.Therefore, when the abnormality of the biometric information of the user is determined, the vehicle is stopped immediately. Even if it does not exist, it is possible to receive an inquiry when the vehicle is stopped at the timing desired by the user, and in this respect also, the inquiry does not interfere with driving. As a result, it becomes possible to support the user's diagnosis so as not to interfere with the driving of the vehicle.

In addition, when an abnormality in the biometric information of the user is determined while driving the vehicle, when the vehicle is stopped, the abnormality notification is given and then the questioning is performed. It will be possible. Further, when the user is a sick person, the inquiry is not performed even when the abnormality of the biometric information of the user is determined, so that it is not necessary to perform the unnecessary inquiry to the user who is already aware of the disease. .. In addition, since the server 4 analyzes the biometric information and makes a diagnosis, the data other than the user of the biometric information measuring device 3 accumulated in the server 4 is also referred to, thereby determining or diagnosing the abnormality of the biometric information. Can be performed with higher accuracy.

(Embodiment 2)
In the first embodiment, the configuration is shown in which the process is performed regardless of whether the user is a driver or not, but the configuration is not limited to this, and the configuration of the following second embodiment may be used. In the second embodiment, the processing is switched according to the determination result of whether the user is a driver.

The configuration of the second embodiment will be described below. The diagnostic support system 1 according to the second embodiment is different from the diagnostic support system according to the first embodiment except that the biological information measuring device 3a is included instead of the biological information measuring device 3 and the server 4a is included instead of the server 4. The same as 1.

<Schematic configuration of biological information measuring device 3a>
Here, the biological information measuring device 3a according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the biological information measuring device 3a includes a measurement related unit 30a, a battery 31, an operation input unit 32, a short-range communication unit 33, a wide area communication unit 34, and a presentation unit 35. The biological information measuring device 3a according to the second embodiment is the same as the biological information measuring device 3 according to the first embodiment except that the measurement related unit 30a is provided instead of the measurement related unit 30. This biological information measuring device 3a also corresponds to the diagnosis support device in the claims.

<Schematic configuration of measurement-related section 30a>
Subsequently, the measurement related unit 30a of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the measurement-related unit 30a includes a pulse wave sensor 301, a heartbeat measurement unit 302, a blood pressure measurement unit 303, a storage unit 304, an abnormality determination unit 305, a vehicle stop determination unit 306, a notification processing unit 307, and user information storage. The unit 308a, the transmission control unit 309a, and the driving determination unit 310 are provided. The measurement-related unit 30a according to the second embodiment is provided with a driving determination unit 310 and a point that a user information storage unit 308a and a transmission control unit 309a are provided instead of the user information storage unit 308 and the transmission control unit 309. For example, it is the same as the measurement related unit 30 of the first embodiment.

The user information storage unit 308a is the same as the user information storage unit 308 of the first embodiment, except that the user of the biological information measuring device 3a stores whether or not the user is a vehicle driver. As an example, it is determined whether the user is the driver of the vehicle or not according to the result of the user previously setting whether or not the driver of the vehicle via the operation input unit 32 before or at the time of getting on the vehicle. The configuration may be stored in the unit 308a in advance. This user information storage unit 308a also corresponds to the disease storage unit in the claims.

The driving determination unit 310 determines whether the user is a driver of the vehicle in which the user is riding. When the user is stored as the driver of the vehicle in the user information storage unit 308a, the driving determination unit 310 determines that the user is the driver of the vehicle in which the user is riding, while the user information storage unit 308a stores the driver of the vehicle in the user by the user. If not stored, it may be determined that the user is not the driver of the vehicle in which the user is riding.

The driving determination unit 310 is not limited to the configuration that determines whether or not the user is the driver of the vehicle in which the user is riding based on the information stored in advance in the user information storage unit 308a. For example, the following configurations may be adopted. First, the biometric information measuring device 3a of the user who is the driver of the vehicle is configured to include a member that functions as the electronic key in the smart function described above. Then, the driving determination unit 310 may be configured to determine whether or not the user is the driver of the vehicle in which the user is riding, depending on whether or not the processing related to the smart function is executed by the device itself.

In the case where the transmission control unit 309a determines that there is an abnormality in the abnormality determination unit 305, and the user information storage unit 308a stores that the user is not a sick person and the driving determination unit 310 determines that the user is a driver. For example, biometric information such as the heart rate and blood pressure determined to be abnormal is read from the storage unit 304. Then, the wide area communication unit 34 is caused to transmit the abnormality detection information indicating that the abnormality is determined, the biometric information thereof, and the driver presence/absence information indicating whether the user is a driver to the server 4a. Further thereafter, when the vehicle stop determination unit 306 determines that the vehicle in which the user is riding has stopped, the transmission control unit 309a causes the wide area communication unit 34 to transmit the vehicle stop information indicating that the vehicle has stopped to the server 4. ..

When the abnormality determination unit 305 determines that there is an abnormality, the transmission control unit 309a determines that the user information storage unit 308a stores the user as not a sick person and the driving determination unit 310 determines that the user is not a driver. Also in this case, biometric information such as the heart rate and blood pressure determined to be abnormal is read from the storage unit 304. Then, regardless of whether or not the own vehicle has stopped, the wide area communication unit 34 is caused to transmit the abnormality detection information indicating that an abnormality has been determined, its biometric information, and driver presence/absence information to the server 4a.

In addition, the transmission control unit 309a may be configured not to perform the determination by the driving determination unit 310 when the user information storage unit 308a stores the user as a sick person. When the user information storage unit 308a stores the user as a sick person or when the driving determination unit 310 determines that the user is not a driver, it is preferable that the stop information is not transmitted. When the user information storage unit 308a stores the user as a sick person, the transmission control unit 309a sends, from the wide area communication unit 34, user information indicating that the user is a diseased person, in addition to the abnormality detection information and the biological information. It may be transmitted to the server 4a. On the other hand, when the user information storage unit 308a does not store the user as a sick person, the user information indicating that the user is not a sick person may be transmitted.

<Schematic configuration of server 4a>
Subsequently, a schematic configuration of the server 4a will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the server 4a includes a control unit 40a, a communication unit 41, and a storage unit 42.

The control unit 40a is the same as the control unit 40 of the first embodiment except that the process is switched as described below according to the driver presence/absence information received from the biological information measuring device 3a. When the control unit 40a receives the driver presence/absence information indicating that the user is a driver, when the communication unit 41 receives the stop information, the control unit 40a reads the inquiry data from the storage unit 42 and causes the communication unit 41 to transmit the inquiry data. .. On the other hand, when the control unit 40a receives the driver presence/absence information indicating that the user is not the driver, the control unit 40a reads the inquiry data from the storage unit 42 and receives the inquiry data from the communication unit 41 even if the communication unit 41 does not receive the stop information. Send it. However, when the user is a sick person, it is preferable not to transmit the inquiry data from the communication unit 41 regardless of the driver presence/absence information.

<Process Related to Diagnosis on Server 4a>
Next, an example of the flow of processing related to diagnosis in the server 4a will be described using the flowchart in FIG. The flowchart of FIG. 9 may be configured to start each time the communication unit 41 receives abnormality detection information, biometric information, user information, and driver presence/absence information from the biometric information measuring device 3a.

First, in step S41, the same processing as that in S1 described above is performed. In step 42, if the communication unit 41 has received the user information indicating that the user is a sick person (YES in S42), the process ends. On the other hand, when the communication unit 41 has received the user information indicating that the user is not a sick person (NO in S42), the process proceeds to step S43.

In step S43, if the communication unit 41 has received the driver presence/absence information indicating that the user is a driver (YES in S43), the process proceeds to step S44. On the other hand, when the communication unit 41 has received the driver presence/absence information indicating that the user is not the driver (NO in S43), the process proceeds to step S45.

In step S44, similarly to S2 described above, when the communication unit 41 receives the stop information (YES in S44), the process proceeds to step S45, while when the stop information is not received (NO in S44). Repeats the above-described processing of S44. In step S45, the control unit 40a causes the communication unit 41 to transmit the inquiry data to the biological information measuring device 3a, as in S3 described above. The processing from step S45 to step S50 is the same as the processing from S4 to S8 described above.

<Process Related to Diagnosis by Biological Information Measuring Device 3a>
Next, an example of the flow of processing related to diagnosis in the biological information measuring device 3a will be described using the flowchart of FIG. The flowchart of FIG. 10 shows the case where the power of the biological information measuring device 3a is turned on and the communication connection between the short-range communication unit 33 and the short-range communication device 24 of the vehicle-side unit 2 is established. It may be configured to start at.

First, the processing from step S61 to step S65 is the same as the above-described processing from S21 to S25. In step S66, if the user is a sick person (YES in S66), the process proceeds to step S67 based on the information in the user information storage unit 308a. On the other hand, when the user is not a sick person (NO in S66), the process proceeds to step S68.

In step S67, the transmission control unit 309a reads out biometric information such as the heart rate and blood pressure determined to be abnormal from the storage unit 304. Then, the abnormality detection information indicating that the abnormality is determined, the read biometric information, and the user information indicating that the user is a sick person are transmitted from the wide area communication unit 34 to the server 4a, and the process proceeds to S64. In step S68, when the driving determination unit 310 determines that the user is the driver of the vehicle (YES in S68), the process proceeds to step S69. On the other hand, when it is determined that the user is not the driver of the vehicle (NO in S68), the process proceeds to step S73.

In step S69, the transmission control unit 309a reads out biometric information such as the heart rate and blood pressure determined to be abnormal from the storage unit 304. Then, the wide area communication unit 34 is caused to transmit the abnormality detection information indicating that the abnormality is determined, the read biometric information, and the driver presence/absence information indicating that the user is a driver to the server 4a. The processing from step S70 to step S72 is the same as the above-described processing from S28 to S30.

In step S73, which is performed when it is determined in S68 that the user is not the driver of the vehicle, the transmission control unit 309a reads out biometric information such as the heart rate and blood pressure determined to be abnormal from the storage unit 304. Then, the wide area communication unit 34 is caused to transmit the abnormality detection information indicating that the abnormality is determined, the read biometric information, and the driver presence/absence information indicating that the user is not the driver to the server 4a. The processing from step S74 to step S78 is the same as the processing from S31 to S35 described above.

<Summary of Embodiment 2>
According to the configuration of the second embodiment, when it is determined that the user is the driver of the vehicle, even if it is determined that the biometric information of the user is abnormal, if the user is driving the vehicle, an interview is performed. Since it is not done, it does not interfere with driving due to interviews. On the other hand, if it is determined that the user is not the driver of the vehicle, a question is asked even if it is not determined that the vehicle has stopped. Therefore, if the user is a passenger who is not driving and does not hinder driving. Can ask questions. As a result, it becomes possible to support the user's diagnosis so as not to interfere with the driving of the vehicle. Further, the configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the process is switched depending on whether or not the user has determined that the user is a driver of the vehicle.

(Modification 1)
Further, in the second embodiment, when it is determined that the biometric information of the user is abnormal for a predetermined number of times or more within a predetermined time, the user may be instructed to stop the vehicle (hereinafter, modified example 1). Here, an example of the configuration of Modification 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 11.

In the first modification, the process shown in FIG. 11 is added between the processes of S69 and S70 of the processes related to the diagnosis in the biological information measuring device 3a of the second embodiment shown in FIG. do it. In Modification 1, when the abnormality determination unit 305 determines that there is an abnormality in S63, the abnormality determination unit 305 starts counting the timer and adds the number of determinations that there is an abnormality. In addition, when the timer is counting, only the number of times of determination that there is an abnormality may be added.

In the first modification, the process of step S69a is performed subsequent to the process of S69 performed when the driving determination unit 310 determines that the user is a driver of the vehicle. In step S69a, when a predetermined time has elapsed since the timer started counting (YES in S69a), the process proceeds to step S69b. On the other hand, if the predetermined time has not elapsed (NO in S69a), the process proceeds to step S69c. The predetermined time referred to here is a time that can be set arbitrarily. In step S69b, the timer count is reset, and the process returns to S61 to repeat the process.

In step S69c, if the number of times of integration determined by the abnormality determination unit 305 that the abnormality has occurred after the timer starts counting is equal to or greater than the set number (YES in S69c), the process proceeds to step S69d. On the other hand, if it is less than the set number of times (NO in S69c), the process proceeds to S70. The set number of times referred to here is a number that can be set arbitrarily, and may be set to a number corresponding to the frequency at which it is estimated that the evacuation behavior such as rest is urgent. In step S69d, an instruction to urge the user to stop (hereinafter, a vehicle stop instruction) is given, and the process returns to S61 to repeat the processing. As an example of the vehicle stop instruction, the presenting unit 35 may display the user to stop the vehicle or output a voice.

It should be noted that the biometric information measuring device 3a does not necessarily determine whether or not the biometric information of the user is determined to be abnormal a predetermined number of times or more within a predetermined time, as described above. The configuration may be such that the server 4a determines based on the biometric information that is determined to be abnormal. In this case, the server 4a may be configured to transmit an instruction to the biological information measuring device 3a, and the biological information measuring device 3a may be configured to instruct the user to stop the vehicle.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to cause the user to stop the vehicle and take the evacuation action in a situation where the user's biometric information frequently occurs abnormally and the evacuation action such as rest is estimated to be urgent. It will be possible.

(Modification 2)
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the abnormality detection information and the biometric information are transmitted from the wide area communication unit 34 to the servers 4 and 4a when the abnormality determination unit 305 determines that there is an abnormality has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. .. For example, when the abnormality determination unit 305 determines that there is an abnormality, only the abnormality detection information of the abnormality detection information and the biometric information may be transmitted from the wide area communication unit 34 to the servers 4 and 4a. In this case, the servers 4 and 4a may be configured to send uniform inquiry data to the biological information measuring devices 3 and 3a without analyzing the biological information.

(Modification 3)
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration has been shown in which the timing of the inquiry in the biological information measuring devices 3 and 3a is switched according to the transmission timing of the inquiry data from the servers 4 and 4a to the biological information measuring devices 3 and 3a. Absent. For example, the biological information measuring devices 3 and 3a may be configured to switch the timing of the inquiry. In this case, the biometric information measuring devices 3 and 3a do not transmit the stop information, but when the servers 4 and 4a receive the abnormality detection information, the inquiry data is transmitted to the biometric information measuring devices 3 and 3a. Good. Then, the biological information measuring devices 3 and 3a perform an inquiry according to the inquiry data received from the servers 4 and 4a by waiting until the vehicle stop determination unit 306 determines that the vehicle in which the user is riding has stopped. Good.

(Modification 4)
In addition, the vehicle unit 2 includes a wide area communication device that communicates with the servers 4 and 4a via a public communication network such as a mobile phone network or the Internet and a base station, and the biological information measuring devices 3 and 3a are located at a short distance. The communication unit 33, the short-range communication device 24, and the wide area communication device may be used to communicate with the servers 4 and 4a.

(Embodiment 3)
Although the configuration including the servers 4 and 4a has been shown in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and the following third embodiment may be used. The configuration of the third embodiment will be described below.

<Schematic configuration of diagnosis support system 1b>
As shown in FIG. 12, the diagnosis support system 1b of the third embodiment includes a vehicle side unit 2 and a biological information measuring device 3b. The diagnosis support system 1b is the same as the diagnosis support system 1 of the first embodiment except that the server 4 is not included and that the biological information measuring device 3b is included instead of the biological information measuring device 3.

<Schematic configuration of biological information measuring device 3b>
Here, the biological information measuring device 3b of the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 13, the biological information measuring device 3b includes a measurement related unit 30b, a battery 31, an operation input unit 32, a short-range communication unit 33, a presentation unit 35b, and a diagnosis unit 36. The biological information measuring device 3b according to the third embodiment does not include the wide area communication unit 34, includes the diagnosis unit 36, and includes the measurement related unit 30b instead of the measurement related unit 30. Except for this, it is the same as the biological information measuring device 3 of the first embodiment. The biological information measuring device 3b also corresponds to the diagnosis support device in the claims.

The presentation unit 35b is the same as the presentation unit 35 of the first embodiment, except that the presentation unit 35b receives an instruction from the measurement-related unit 30b and makes an inquiry. The presenting unit 35b also corresponds to the inquiry unit in the claims. When the presentation unit 35b receives an instruction from the measurement-related unit 30b, the presentation unit 35b may be configured to perform an inquiry according to the inquiry data stored in advance in the non-volatile memory of the biological information measuring device 3b. The inquiry data is, for example, data in which items of the inquiry are listed, and the presentation unit 35b may be configured to perform the inquiry by displaying the items of the inquiry on the display device. The answer to the inquiry made by the presentation unit 35b may be made by inputting to the operation input unit 32.

The diagnosis unit 36 diagnoses a disease based on the information about the answer to the inquiry made by the presentation unit 35b. As an example, the non-volatile memory of the biological information measuring device 3b stores in advance data for determining a disease suspected from an answer to an inquiry, and the diagnosis unit 36 uses this data to diagnose the disease. The configuration may be performed. The diagnosis may be performed in the same manner as the control unit 40 of the first embodiment. After diagnosing the disease, the diagnosis unit 36 outputs the diagnosis result to the presentation unit 35b. Then, the presentation unit 35b presents the diagnosis result by displaying it on the display device.

<Schematic configuration of measurement-related section 30b>
Subsequently, the measurement related unit 30b of the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 13, the measurement-related unit 30b includes a pulse wave sensor 301, a heartbeat measurement unit 302, a blood pressure measurement unit 303, a storage unit 304, an abnormality determination unit 305, a vehicle stop determination unit 306, a notification processing unit 307, and user information storage. The unit 308 and the inquiry determination unit 311 are provided. The measurement-related unit 30b of the third embodiment is the same as the measurement-related unit 30 of the first embodiment, except that the transmission control unit 309 is not provided and the inquiry determination unit 311 is provided.

If the abnormality determination unit 305 determines that there is an abnormality and the user information storage unit 308 stores that the user is not a sick person, the inquiry determination unit 311 instructs the presentation unit 35b to perform an inquiry. I do. On the other hand, when the user information storage unit 308 stores the user as a sick person, the inquiry determination unit 311 informs the presentation unit 35b of the inquiry even when the abnormality determination unit 305 determines that there is an abnormality. Do not give instructions.

<Process Related to Diagnosis by Biological Information Measuring Device 3b>
Next, an example of the flow of processing related to diagnosis in the biological information measuring device 3b will be described using the flowchart in FIG. The flowchart of FIG. 14 shows the case where the power of the biological information measuring device 3b is turned on and the communication connection between the short-range communication unit 33 and the short-range communication device 24 of the vehicle-side unit 2 is established. The configuration may be started at.

First, the processing from step S81 to step S85 is the same as the above-described processing from S21 to S25. In step S86, when the user is stored in the user information storage unit 308 as a sick person (YES in S86), the process proceeds to S84. On the other hand, when it is stored that the person is not a sick person (NO in S86), the process proceeds to step S87. In step S87, when the vehicle stop determination unit 306 determines that the vehicle in which the user is riding has stopped (YES in S87), the process proceeds to step S88. On the other hand, if it is not determined that the vehicle has stopped (NO in S87), the process returns to S81 to repeat the process.

In step S88, the notification processing unit 307 causes the presentation unit 35b to notify the abnormality. In step S89, the inquiry determination unit 311 instructs the presentation unit 35b to make an inquiry, and the presentation unit 35b makes an inquiry. In step S90, the input of an answer to the inquiry from the user is accepted via the operation input unit 32. In step S91, the diagnosis unit 36 diagnoses a disease based on the information of the answer received in S90. In step S92, the presentation unit 35b presents the diagnosis result diagnosed in S91, and the processing related to the diagnosis in the biological information measuring device 3 ends.

<Summary of Embodiment 3>
The third embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment except that the server 4 is not used. Therefore, the third embodiment has the same actions and effects as those of the first embodiment, except for the effects of using the server 4.

Note that the configuration may be a combination of the third embodiment and the second embodiment. In this case, the biological information measuring device 3b may be configured to include the user information storage unit 308a instead of the user information storage unit 308 and the operation determination unit 310. Then, in the flowchart of FIG. 14, the above-described processing of S68 is performed between S86 and S87, and if the user is determined to be the driver of the vehicle, the process proceeds to S86, whereas if it is determined that the user is not the driver, S89 is performed. It may be configured to move to.

(Modification 5)
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the abnormality notification and the inquiry are not performed when the user is stored as the sick person in the user information storage units 308 and 308a is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the biological information measuring devices 3, 3a, 3b are not provided with the user information storage units 308, 308a, and the processing is not switched depending on whether or not the user information storage units 308, 308a are stored as the sick person. May be In the case of the flowchart of FIG. 6, the process of S26 may be omitted. In the case of the flowchart of FIG. 10, the process of S67 may be omitted. In the case of the flowchart of FIG. 13, the process of S86 may be omitted.

(Modification 6)
In the above-described embodiment, when the abnormality determination unit 305 determines that there is an abnormality, the abnormality is notified even before the vehicle stop determination unit 306 determines that the vehicle in which the user is riding has stopped. It is not necessarily limited to this. For example, even after the abnormality determination unit 305 determines that there is an abnormality after the processing related to the diagnosis in the biological information measuring devices 3, 3a, and 3b described above is started, the user gets in the stop determination unit 306. The configuration may be such that the abnormality notification is not performed until it is determined that the inside vehicle has stopped.

In addition, after starting the processing related to the diagnosis in the biological information measuring devices 3, 3a, 3b described above, the abnormality notification is given until the vehicle stop determination unit 306 determines that the vehicle in which the user is riding has stopped. The number of times may be limited to a predetermined number including once. According to this, even when the abnormality determination unit 305 determines that there is an abnormality many times while the vehicle in which the user is riding is running, it is possible to limit the number of abnormality notifications to a predetermined number, which is bothersome. Can be reduced.

(Modification 7)
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the vehicle stop determination unit 306 determines whether the vehicle in which the user is riding has stopped has been described, but the configuration is not limited to this. For example, the vehicle stop determination unit 306 may determine whether the vehicle in which the user is a passenger has stopped or is running, and restrict the inquiry based on that the vehicle is running. For example, in the case of the biological information measuring device 3, the inquiry may not be performed while the vehicle stop determination unit 306 determines that the vehicle is running. In the case of the biological information measuring device 3a, the inquiry may not be performed while the driving determination unit 310 determines that the driver is a driver and the vehicle stop determination unit 306 determines that the vehicle is running.

(Modification 8)
In the above embodiment, the configuration in which the heart rate and blood pressure are measured from the pulse wave measured by the pulse wave sensor 301 has been shown, but the configuration is not necessarily limited to this, and the configuration in which the heart rate and blood pressure are measured by another method may be adopted. .. As an example, the configuration may be such that the instantaneous heart rate (RRI) or the like is measured from the electrocardiogram measured by a sensor that measures the electrocardiogram.

(Modification 9)
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the heart rate and the blood pressure are measured as the biometric information has been shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the configuration may be such that either one of the heart rate and blood pressure is measured. Further, it may be configured to measure biological information other than heart rate and blood pressure.

(Modification 10)
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the biometric information measuring devices 3, 3a, 3b are wearable devices used by being worn by the user has been described, but the invention is not necessarily limited to this. For example, it may be an on-vehicle device that measures biometric information of a user by electrodes provided on a member that comes into contact with a user who is a driver such as a steering wheel of a vehicle or a driver's seat. When the modified example 9 is adopted in the second embodiment, the driving determination unit 310 depends on whether or not the biometric information can be measured by the electrodes provided on the member that comes into contact with the user who is the driver such as the steering wheel and the driver's seat. Alternatively, it may be configured to determine whether or not the user is a driver of the vehicle in which the user is riding.

(Modification 11)
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the biological information measuring devices 3, 3a and 3b are applied when getting on is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the configuration may be applied when the vehicle is not in use. In this case, the configuration may be such that the vehicle side unit 2 is excluded from the diagnosis support system 1. In addition, the biological information measuring devices 3, 3a, 3b may be configured to communicate with the servers 4, 4b without going through the vehicle-mounted communication module.

(Modification 12)
Further, the biological information measuring devices 3 and 3a may be configured to communicate with the servers 4 and 4a via mobile terminals such as multifunctional mobile phones. In this case, the communication between the biological information measuring devices 3 and 3a and the mobile terminal may be wired communication or short-distance wireless communication. Communication between the mobile terminal and the servers 4 and 4a may be performed via the public communication network and the base station. Further, the above-described function of the presenting unit 35 may be assigned to the display device or the audio output device of the mobile terminal.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and modifications, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and the technical means disclosed in the different embodiments and modifications, respectively. Embodiments obtained by appropriately combining the above are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

1, 1b Diagnostic support system, 2 Vehicle side unit, 3, 3a, 3b Biological information measuring device, 4, 4a server, 30, 30a, 30b Measurement related part, 33 Short-distance communication part, 34 Wide area communication part (transmission part) , 35, 35b Presentation unit (interview unit), 36 Diagnosis unit, 301 Pulse wave sensor (Biosensor), 302 Heartbeat measurement unit (Biosensor), 303 Blood pressure measurement unit (Biosensor), 304 Storage unit, 305 Abnormality determination unit , 306 Stop determination unit, 307 Notification processing unit, 308, 308a User information storage unit, 309, 309a Transmission control unit, 310 Driving determination unit, 311 Interview determination unit

Claims (11)

A biometric sensor (301, 302, 303) for measuring biometric information of the user,
An abnormality determination unit (305) that determines whether or not the biological information measured by the biological sensor is abnormal,
A diagnostic support device comprising: an inquiry section (35, 35b) for making an inquiry for diagnosing a user based on the abnormality determination section determining that the biological information is abnormal.
A vehicle stop determination unit (306) for determining whether the vehicle in which the user is riding has stopped,
The diagnosis support apparatus, wherein the inquiry unit does not perform the inquiry until the vehicle stop determination unit determines that the vehicle has stopped. A biometric sensor (301, 302, 303) for measuring biometric information of the user,
An abnormality determination unit (305) that determines whether or not the biological information measured by the biological sensor is abnormal,
A diagnostic support device comprising: an inquiry section (35, 35b) for making an inquiry for diagnosing a user based on the abnormality determination section determining that the biological information is abnormal.
A vehicle stop determination unit (306) for determining whether the vehicle in which the user is riding has stopped,
A driving determination unit (310) that determines whether the user is a driver of the vehicle,
When the driving determination unit determines that the user is a driver of the vehicle, the inquiry unit does not perform the inquiry until the vehicle stop determination unit determines that the vehicle has stopped, while the driving determination unit When the user determines that the user is not the driver of the vehicle, the diagnosis support apparatus performs the inquiry even if the vehicle stop determination unit does not determine that the vehicle has stopped. In claim 2,
When the abnormality determination unit determines that the biometric information is abnormal for a predetermined number of times or more within a predetermined time, and when the operation determination unit determines that the user is the driver of the vehicle, A diagnostic support device that prompts the vehicle to stop. In any one of Claims 1-3,
When the abnormality determination unit determines that the biological information is abnormal, the transmission unit (34) that transmits trigger information serving as a trigger for transmitting inquiry data about the inquiry to a server that transmits the inquiry data,
The inquiry support device is a diagnosis support device that performs the inquiry based on the inquiry data transmitted from the server. In claim 4,
When the transmission unit determines that the vehicle has stopped by the vehicle stop determination unit, vehicle stop information indicating that the vehicle has stopped is received, in addition to receiving the trigger information, the vehicle stop information. The diagnostic support device for transmitting the inquiry data to the server under the condition. In any one of Claims 1-5,
A diagnosis support apparatus comprising: a notification processing unit (307) that performs notification indicating an abnormality in the biological information when the abnormality determination unit determines that the biological information is abnormal. In claim 6,
In the case where the notification processing unit causes the notification before the vehicle stop determination unit determines that the vehicle has stopped, the notification processing unit performs the notification again when the vehicle stop determination unit determines that the vehicle has stopped. Let
The diagnosis support apparatus, wherein the inquiry section causes the notification processing section to perform the notification again and then performs the inquiry. In Claim 6 or 7,
A disease storage unit (308, 308a) that stores in advance whether the user is a sick person,
When the user is stored in advance in the disease storage unit as a sick person, when the abnormality determination unit determines that the biological information is abnormal, the notification processing unit is caused to perform the notification, and the inquiry Diagnosis support device that does not carry out the inquiry in the department. In any one of Claims 1-8,
A diagnostic support device mounted on and used by the user. A biometric sensor (301, 302, 303) for measuring biometric information of the user,
An abnormality determination unit (305) that determines whether or not the biological information measured by the biological sensor is abnormal,
A diagnosis support device (3), comprising: an inquiry section (35) for making an inquiry for diagnosing a user, based on the abnormality determination section determining that the biometric information is abnormal.
A server (4) for transmitting inquiry data about the inquiry,
The diagnosis support device,
A vehicle stop determination unit (306) for determining whether the vehicle in which the user is riding has stopped,
When it is determined that the biological information is abnormal by the abnormality determining unit, the trigger information that is a trigger for transmitting the inquiry data is transmitted to the server, and when the vehicle determining unit determines that the vehicle has stopped. A transmission unit (34) for transmitting stop information indicating that the vehicle has stopped to the server,
The server transmits the inquiry data when the vehicle stop information is received in addition to the trigger information, while the server does not transmit the inquiry data when the vehicle stop information is not received,
The diagnosis support system, wherein the inquiry unit does not perform the inquiry until it receives the inquiry data from the server. A biometric sensor (301, 302, 303) for measuring biometric information of the user,
An abnormality determination unit (305) that determines whether or not the biological information measured by the biological sensor is abnormal,
A diagnosis support device (3a), comprising: an inquiry section (35) for making an inquiry for diagnosing a user, based on the abnormality determination section determining that the biological information is abnormal.
A server (4a) for transmitting inquiry data about the inquiry,
The diagnosis support device,
A vehicle stop determination unit (306) for determining whether the vehicle in which the user is riding has stopped,
In addition to the determination result of the driving determination unit (310) that determines whether the user is the driver of the vehicle and the driving determination unit, the inquiry data is obtained when the biological information is determined to be abnormal by the abnormality determination unit. A transmission unit that transmits, to the server, trigger information that serves as a trigger to transmit, when the vehicle stop determination unit determines that the vehicle has stopped, transmits stop information indicating that the vehicle has stopped to the server. (34) and,
When the determination result of the driving determination unit indicates that the driver of the vehicle, the server transmits the inquiry data when the stop information is received in addition to the trigger information. On the other hand, if the stoppage information is not received, the inquiry data is not transmitted, and if the determination result in the driving determination unit indicates that the driver is not the driver of the vehicle, it is determined whether the stoppage information is received. Regardless of whether or not the inquiry data is transmitted when the trigger information is received,
The diagnosis support system, wherein the inquiry unit does not perform the inquiry until it receives the inquiry data from the server.

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