JPH1074226A - Health management system for household - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily provide advice relating to the meal and exercise of family members and the information of the prevention of the diseases of adults or the like by displaying the meal and exercise required for each person and predicted diseases or the like based on health data and meal data for each family member. SOLUTION: For the health data HD and nutritional value data ND, the change of the health data and the cause, etc., are outputted to a display device or the like based on the data stored in this health management system HM. For instance, when it is assumed that body weight increased by 5kg in one month (change), the excessive taking of fatty meals and the excessive taking of sugar for a snack, etc., are indicated as the cause or the possibility of exercise insufficiency or the like without the problem of the meal is indicated. Then, as a coping means for the body weight increase, the need for fast walk for more than one hour per day and rope skipping exercise for more than 30 minutes for instance is advised.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a home health management system, and more particularly to a home health management system that manages the health of each family member based on family health management data and meal data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent homes, in addition to conventional thermometers and weight scales as health management devices, a weight scale capable of measuring body fat, a simple electronic blood pressure meter, and the number of steps of the day are measured. Pedometers and the like have come to be provided. on the other hand,
There are diseases closely related to food items and quantities, such as adult illness, which is a chronic illness that people over 40 years old are susceptible to. How much such foods are consumed is an important key.

[0003] Therefore, housewives and the like at home need to be fully aware of the health of all members of the family and take due care in their diet so that all members can live a healthy and comfortable life. Efforts are being made for that. As a means for reducing such efforts, for example, as shown in FIG.
Cards with energy and components such as sliced toast and one cup of milk, and software for personal computers are on sale.

As shown in FIG. 9, software for a personal computer for displaying a radar chart is on the market as a means for knowing, for example, the daily nutritional intake. This software displays the name of the food and the amount of food eaten by family members on the keyboard from the personal computer keyboard. The energy, vitamins, iron, lipids, etc. ingested on that day are displayed on the display of the personal computer as a radar chart. Makes it possible to determine the amount of nutrient intake.

[0005]

However, with the conventional means, it is only possible to know the daily intake. For example, in the case of taking too much energy, it is necessary to determine whether the diet has a large amount of lipids or the like. It was not possible to know the specific execution items of each member such as what to do.
Therefore, it is very convenient if you can grasp the health status of each member of the family from daily life and know what measures each person can take in a daily life to be able to lead a comfortable and healthy life. It is.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a home health management system capable of giving advice on diet and exercise based on the health status of family members and daily diet data and preventing adult diseases. It is.

[0007]

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a health management data measuring means which is installed in a home and measures data related to health management.
Input means for inputting the name and amount of food taken, calculating means for obtaining the nutritional value of the food based on the food name and quantity input from the input means, at least disease, exercise, health management data, and food intake Based on the nutritional value calculated by the health management data measuring means and the calculating means, at least a disease predicted for the person, and the amount of exercise and food intake necessary to maintain a healthy life. And control means for determining

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the data relating to the health management of each household is measured by the health management data measuring means. Input the name and amount of food taken by each family member from the input means. The calculating means obtains a nutrition value included in the food based on the input food name and amount. The storage means stores at least the association between the disease, the amount of exercise, the health management data, and the food intake as data. Based on the nutritional value calculated by the health management data measurement means and the calculation means, the control means obtains at least the disease predicted for the person and the amount of exercise and food intake necessary to maintain a healthy life, for example, the display means indicate.

[0009] The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that a meal menu useful for preventing recurrence and recovery of the disease is obtained based on the name of the disease that has been affected in the past or present. According to the second aspect of the present invention, a past or present disease name is input from the input means. The control means obtains, from the storage means, a meal menu useful for preventing the recurrence and recovery of the disease for the inputted disease name.

[0010] Further, the invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that when at least one character of a meal menu name is inputted from the first character, a menu starting with the character is displayed in a list. According to the third aspect of the present invention, when at least one character of the meal menu name from the first character is input from the input means, for example, a menu starting with the character is displayed in a list on the display means.

The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that a slip at the time of shopping for food is read by a reading means, and a meal menu is estimated from the read food.

[0012] According to the invention of claim 4, for example, when shopping at a supermarket and paying a total fee at a counter, a slip (receipt) is given. Generally, specific items (for example, ginseng, beef, tomato juice, kitchen detergent, etc.) are printed on this slip. Of these items, only food is read by reading means such as OCR, and the control means estimates a meal menu from the read food name.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Prior to the description of the embodiment, the concept of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, health data HD and nutrition value data ND are input to a health management system HM, and changes in health data and causes thereof are displayed based on data stored in the health management system HM. Output to device etc.

[0015] For example, assuming that the body weight has increased by 5 kg in one month (change), it is pointed out that the cause is excessive eating of lipids or too much sugar in snacking. Since there is no problem, point out the lack of exercise. Then, as means for coping with the weight increase, for example, it is advised that it is necessary to take a stroll for at least one hour a day or exercise for 30 minutes or more while skipping a rope.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. (1) First Embodiment FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing a first embodiment. FIG.
As shown in the figure, a weight scale (measurement of body fat) 1a for measuring health data, a sphygmomanometer 1b, a thermometer 1c, and a pedometer 1d
Are connected to the communication port 3 via the communication path 2. The communication path 2 may be wired or wireless. The communication port 3 is connected to an arithmetic and control unit 4 described below, and the health data (weight, body fat, blood pressure, body temperature, walking amount (exercise amount, etc.)) measured by the weight scale 1a or the like is transmitted to the communication path 2, It is sent to the arithmetic and control unit 4 via the communication port 3.

The arithmetic and control unit 4 includes an input unit 5 including a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, and the like for inputting an age, a meal menu, and the like, and an OCR (Optical) for reading a food name from a receipt (slip) of a supermarket or the like. Ca
rd Reader), a storage unit 7 in which various software described below are stored, a display unit 8 such as a CRT for displaying calculation results, and a printing unit 9 for printing out calculation results. And are connected.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of this embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a detailed specific example of the outline of the operation. First, in step S1 of FIG. 3, personal data of family members is input. Personal data includes, for example, age,
Gender, height, amount of exercise such as sports and domestic work, occupation type that can be distinguished from desk work (light work) and hard work (heavy work), and other data related to past or present health related diseases such as illness There is.

As a specific example of the personal data, S1 in FIG.
As shown in A, age is 25, gender is male, height is 17
5 cm, light activity in daily life (eg, desk work), swimming for about 2 hours only one day a week, no past and present illnesses, average wake-up time of 7:00 And the average bedtime is 11:30. From this, the daily amount of each nutritive value required by the person is known.

Next, in step S2 of FIG. 3, the health data from the weight scale 1a, the blood pressure monitor 1b, the thermometer 1c, the pedometer 1d, and the like, and the input nutrition value data from the input unit 5 and the reading unit 6 based on the meal menu. Is entered. As shown in S2A of FIG. 4, specific health data is data for the past month, and there is almost no change in weight, fat percentage increases by 5%, there is no change in blood pressure and heart rate, and there is no change in body temperature. Is almost nonexistent.

As shown in S2B of FIG. 4, specific data on the nutritional value of the intake shows that the total energy intake of the day is compared with the required amount and the energy is increased by 400 Kcal.
Protein is 10 g more, calcium is 50 mg deficient, and vitamin A is 100 IU deficient. Next, in step S3, a one-month change display of the health data (for example, increase or decrease in body weight), a health condition prediction display (for example, an adult disease that may be affected in the future), and a display of the intake nutritive value data (for example, FIG. A radar chart shown in FIG.
Will be displayed.

Here, the storage unit 7 stores data (eg, body weight, body fat, blood pressure, body temperature, heart rate, exercise amount) of each person's past (eg, the last five years) and As shown in FIG. 5, data on whether there is a possibility of suffering from such a disease (for example, adult illness) and data on the foods contained in a specific dish and the amount thereof (for example, if a vegetable salad is 70 g, , Oil and fat (dressing) 4g)
The relationship between the duration of the exercise and the energy consumption is stored in accordance with the type of the exercise. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the storage unit 7 stores data on energy and components per unit of various foods such as toast (one piece of six slices) and milk (one cup).

Then, as shown at S3A in FIG. 4, the arithmetic and control unit 4 performs a search from the storage unit 7 based on the personal data S1A, the health data S2A, and the ingested nutritive value data S2B, and finds that “the fat percentage has increased. Is displayed on the display unit 8 ", the intake energy is slightly higher, the calcium and vitamin A tend to be insufficient. Further, in step S4, advice display of daily life (for example, sleep time), exercise advice display (for example, quick walking for one hour or more, 30 minutes of jumping rope), and meal advice display (for example,
Excessive intake of lipids, excessive intake of sugar in snacks), recommended meal menu and recipe display.

FIG. 4 shows a specific example of exercise and meal advice.
As shown in S4A, exercise about 2 hours of swimming one day a week, eat roasted or boiled food, fry one cup of milk daily, eat a little more green and yellow vegetables such as carrots And so on.

The specific advice of the recommended meal menu is
As shown in S4B of FIG.
One sheet, one cup of milk, a green salad, one large bowl of rice for lunch, one grilled fish, one-fourth of cold, a small bowl of spinach, and a large bowl of rice for dinner
Zen, one dish of cream stew, 1/2 chilled tomato,
For example, 1/2 grapefruit is displayed.

Further, as a specific example of the recipe, as shown in S4C of FIG. 4, ingredients, cooking procedures, etc. are displayed as a method of making a cream stew. In this case, the change display of the health data, the daily exercise amount, the recipe, and the like are printed out from the printing unit 9 as necessary.

When it is desired to input a corn potage from the input section 5, as shown in FIG. 6, when “ko” is input, “coffee, cocoa, tea, corn potage” is stored in the storage section 7. All the foods starting with "" are displayed on the display unit 8. At this stage, if "corn potage" is further designated by a mouse or the like, a component table of corn potage (table corresponding to FIG. 8) and a recipe (recipe corresponding to S4C in FIG. 4) are displayed.

(2) Second Embodiment FIG. 7 is a system configuration diagram of the present embodiment. Note that the same reference numerals are given to the already described portions, and redundant description is omitted. The difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment is the first embodiment.
While the embodiment example was a home-only system,
The present embodiment is characterized in that it can be connected to an external organization such as a hospital via a telephone line.

In FIG. 7, reference numeral 8A denotes a display and input unit of a touch panel type, 11 denotes a modem connected to a general telephone line, and 12 denotes a hospital / communication unit connected to the general telephone line.
It is an external institution such as an aesthetic salon. Various kinds of health data, nutrient value data, and the like input from the display & input unit 8A and calculated by the calculation / control unit 4 are sent to a specialized external organization 12 such as a hospital via a modem 11 and a general telephone line. Based on the transmitted data, more specialized advice can be received from a doctor, a dietitian, or the like of the external organization 12.

[0030]

As described above, according to the invention described in each claim, health data for each family member is collected, meal data of each member is input, and each member's meal data is input based on the health data and the meal data. Since the diet, exercise, predicted illness, and the like necessary for a person are displayed, advice on diet and exercise of family members and information on prevention of adult illness or the like can be easily obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the concept of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a schematic operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of the flowchart shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an example of data stored in a storage unit according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing abbreviations when data is input in the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a system configuration diagram of the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an example of a conventional card showing energy and components for each food.

FIG. 9 is an example of a conventional radar chart showing daily nutrient intake.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a Weight scale (health management data measurement means) 1b Sphygmomanometer (health management data measurement means) 1c Thermometer (health management data measurement means) 1d Pedometer (health management data measurement means) 4 Calculation / control unit (calculation means, control) Means) 5 input unit 6 reading unit 7 storage unit 9 printing unit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Takayasu Narita 8 Shinsugita-cho, Isogo-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Pref.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Health management data measuring means installed in a home for measuring data related to health management, input means for inputting the name and quantity of food taken, and food name and quantity input from the input means. Calculating means for calculating the nutritional value included in the food, storage means for storing at least the relationship between the disease, exercise amount, health management data and food intake, and calculating the nutritional value calculated by the health management data measuring means and the arithmetic means. A home health care system comprising: a control means for obtaining at least a disease predicted for the individual and exercise amount and food intake necessary for maintaining a healthy life. 2. The home health care system according to claim 1, wherein a meal menu useful for preventing and recovering from the recurrence of the disease is obtained based on the name of the disease that has been affected in the past or present. 3. The home health care system according to claim 1, wherein when a meal menu name is entered at least one character from the first character, a menu starting with the character is displayed in a list. 4. The home health care system according to claim 1, wherein a slip at the time of shopping for food is read by a reading means, and a meal menu is estimated from the read food.