JPH11318830A - Health status measuring instrument and its method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a health status measuring instrument and its method which gives a questionnaire to a subject, measures biological information on the blood pressure, pulse rate, etc., of the subject and totally judges the health rate based on the result of the questionnaire and the biological information. SOLUTION: In the proposed health status measuring instrument 1, a guidance part 3 provides questionnaire concerning health conditions such as eating habits of a subject. In addition, a biological measuring part 2 measures biological information on the pulse rate, blood pressure, etc., of the subject. At this time, the guidance part 3 relaxes the subject by giving music, etc., and executes guidance such as the operating method, etc., of the measuring instrument of various kinds of biological information. A judging part 4 totally judges the health rate of the subject from the result of the questionnaire and the biological information. In addition, an amusement part 5 provides amusement such as a game, fortune-telling in the waiting time of the person during the total diagnosing of the his health rate, etc., to entertain the subject.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides a questionnaire to a subject, measures biological information such as blood pressure and pulse, and based on the results of the questionnaire and the biological information, the degree of health of the subject is measured. The present invention relates to a health degree measuring device and a health degree measuring method for easily determining the health degree.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a person becomes sick, he or she goes to a hospital and consults a doctor to treat the disease. However, recently, the number of people who realize that it is important to prevent disease from becoming sick every day is increasing. There are an increasing number of people who use their various biological information measuring devices to measure their own biological information and manage their health.

[0003]

However, when a medical examination is performed at a medical checkup or the like, it takes about one to two days and the consultation cost is high. For this reason, there are many people who want to undergo a medical examination at a medical checkup or the like, but give up the consultation because they do not have enough time, and many people give up the consultation due to cost. In addition, the frequency of the consultation is once every one to two years, and the period of consultation is long and not sufficient from the viewpoint of disease prevention.

[0004] In addition, in order to measure biometric information by himself / herself using various measuring instruments and to perform health care, a measuring instrument for measuring various biometric information must be purchased. However, since these measuring instruments are expensive, and purchasing a measuring instrument for each type of biological information requires a large amount of cost, many people give up purchasing various measuring instruments. In addition, even if a person purchases a biological information measuring device at a great expense, a general person with poor medical knowledge can judge his / her own health condition comprehensively from biological information measured by each measuring device. It was almost impossible.

[0005] Furthermore, there are some people who exercise at a sports gym or the like in order to maintain their health, but most of them stop on the way. In addition, even a person who is continuously exercising is merely judging his / her own health state on his / her own sensation, which is not sufficient in terms of prevention of illness.

An object of the present invention is to perform a questionnaire for a subject, measure biological information such as blood pressure and pulse rate of the subject, and based on the questionnaire results and the measurement results of the biological information, measure the subject. It is an object of the present invention to provide a health level measuring device and a health level measuring method for comprehensively determining the health level of a person.

[0007] The present invention also provides a waiting time for a subject which is generated when comprehensively determining the degree of health of the subject based on the results of questionnaires performed on the subject and the measurement results of biological information. An object of the present invention is to provide a health measurement device and a health measurement method that do not bore the subject by providing entertainment such as games and fortune-telling.

Further, the present invention provides a health degree measuring apparatus and a health degree measuring method in which a subject is relaxed and biological information is measured so that the measurement result hardly includes a mental effect due to tension or the like. The purpose is to provide.

[0009]

The health measuring device according to the present invention comprises a guidance unit for conducting a questionnaire to a subject, and a biological information measuring unit for measuring biological information such as blood pressure and pulse of the subject. A determination unit configured to determine a health level of a subject based on a questionnaire result obtained by the guidance unit and biological information measured by the biological information measurement unit; and an output that outputs a diagnosis result including the health level determined by the determination unit. Department and
It has.

In this configuration, the degree of health is comprehensively determined based on the results of questionnaires performed on the subject and the results of measurement of biological information such as blood pressure and pulse, and the determined degree of health of the subject is determined here. Is output. That is, the subject only needs to answer the questionnaire on health and measure the biological information with various biological information measuring devices, and can know his / her own health level easily and in a short time. Also,
There is no need to purchase various kinds of biological information measuring instruments, and no medical knowledge is required.

The health measuring device of the present invention simply determines the health of the subject. When it is determined that there is any problem with the health, a full-scale examination is performed at a hospital or the like. You can take it.

Further, the present invention includes an amusement unit for providing the subject with entertainment such as fortune-telling or a game during the waiting time of the subject during the determination of the degree of health in the determination unit. The subject is not bored.

Further, the amusement unit may include a function of creating a portrait by image-processing the photographed face image of the person to be measured, or may output a chart in which the portrait of the person to be measured is printed. Good.

[0014] Further, the guidance unit may include audio, video,
By relaxing the subject using fragrance or the like, it is possible to obtain a measurement result of biological information that hardly includes mental effects such as tension.

Further, by providing an operation guidance function for explaining the procedure of the measurement operation in the biological information measuring section to the subject, the subject can operate smoothly.

[0016]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a health degree measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an appearance of the health degree measuring apparatus, and FIG. It is a figure showing the outline inside a measuring device. Health measurement device 1
Provides a living body measurement unit 2 for measuring biological information such as blood pressure and pulse of the subject and a body mass such as height and weight, and provides a guidance to the subject such as a questionnaire on dietary health and operation procedures. A guidance unit 3 to be performed; a determination unit 4 for comprehensively determining the health level of the subject based on a questionnaire result for the subject and a measurement result in the biometric unit 2; a portrait of the subject; An amusement unit 5 for providing entertainment such as fortune-telling, and an output unit 6 for printing and issuing the degree of health of the subject determined by the determination unit 4 are provided.

FIG. 2 shows a health degree measuring apparatus 1 according to this embodiment.
As shown in Fig. 5, it is a locker type, and can be easily installed in front of a station or a game center. Entrance 1a of health degree measuring device 1
Is provided with a curtain 1b so that the inside can not be seen from outside. With this curtain 1b,
It protects the privacy of the person who measures the degree of health internally.

As shown in FIG. 3, a camera 9 and a display unit 10 are provided inside the health degree measuring device 1. The biological measurement unit 2 includes a height measurement unit 11 that measures height, a weight measurement unit 12 that measures weight, a body fat measurement unit 13 that measures body fat, a blood pressure measurement unit 14 that measures blood pressure, and a body temperature measurement unit. Body temperature measuring unit 15 for measuring and pulse measuring unit 1 for measuring pulse
6, a bone density measuring unit 17 for measuring bone density, and a visual acuity measuring unit 18 for measuring visual acuity. In addition, 6a shown in the figure is a discharge port that discharges the chart 25 on which the determination result of the degree of health of the subject is printed. The height of the subject is measured by photographing the subject standing upright with the camera 9 and processing the captured image to detect the position of the head of the subject. The weight measuring unit 12 measures the weight of the subject on the table. The body fat measurement unit 13 measures the sensor unit by holding the sensor unit with both hands. The blood pressure measurement unit 14 is configured to wrap the sensor unit around the arm unit for measurement. The body temperature measuring unit 15 is configured to measure by inserting the sensor unit into the ear hole of the subject. The pulse measuring unit 16 measures the pulse by attaching the sensor unit to a fingertip or the like. The bone density measurement unit 17 is for measuring the lower knee by inserting the lower part of the knee into the sensor unit. The eyesight measurement unit 18 displays an eyesight test table on the display unit 10 and measures the eyesight of the subject.

The weight measuring unit 12 and the body fat measuring unit 1
3, blood pressure measurement unit 14, body temperature measurement unit 15, pulse measurement unit 1
6 and the bone density measuring unit 17 are each provided with a measuring device having a known configuration.

The guidance section 3 is a questionnaire section 21 for conducting a questionnaire regarding the subject such as eating habits.
And a measurement assisting unit 22 that provides guidance to the subject on operation procedures and the like, and a relaxation unit 23 that relaxes the subject using fragrance, music, and the like. The determination unit 4 analyzes a health level of the subject for each of the measured biometric information, and a health information of the subject based on various types of biometric information analyzed by the biometric information analyzing unit 31. The diagnostic device includes a comprehensive diagnostic unit 32 for determining the degree and a chart creating unit 33 for creating a diagnosis result of the degree of health for the subject. The amusement unit 5 includes a portrait creating unit 41 that creates a portrait based on the face image of the subject captured by the camera 9 and a game processing unit 42 that executes a previously stored game program.

Hereinafter, the operation of the health degree measuring apparatus 1 of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing of the health measuring device of this embodiment. The health degree measuring device 1 receives the input of the personal data of the subject (n1). The personal data is data such as age and gender. In the health degree measuring device 1, when receiving the input of the personal data of the subject, the questionnaire unit 21 of the guidance unit 3 conducts a questionnaire on health such as eating habits (n2). For example, the subject may ask, "Do you smoke or if you smoke, how many bottles per day?" Or "How often do you drink alcohol?
How many times can I drink? "
In addition, a questionnaire is also given to the part of the patient who is suffering from an illness, which is the subject's self-consciousness, and the illness currently being treated. The questionnaire to the subject may be made by voice, or a question may be displayed on the display unit 10.

When the questionnaire for the subject is completed, the height, weight, body fat, blood pressure, body temperature, pulse, bone density, and visual acuity are measured (n3 to n10). n3 to n10
Is measured by each measurement unit provided in the biological measurement unit 2. At this time, the measurement auxiliary unit 2
2 gives guidance to the person to be measured on the operation method of each measurement unit by voice or display. In addition, the relaxing section 23 plays music or generates fragrance to relax the subject. Therefore, the subject can operate without a doubt, and the biological information can be measured in a state in which the subject's feeling is depressed, so that a measurement result with almost no mental influence due to tension or the like can be obtained. . Alternatively, the face of the person to be measured and the type of the person to be photographed by the camera 9 may be displayed on the display unit 10 to make the person to be measured more relaxed.

When the measurement of the subject's biological information is completed, the health degree measuring apparatus 1 analyzes each of the measured biological information (n11), and performs the measurement based on these analysis results and the questionnaire result in n2. The health level of the person is comprehensively determined (diagnosed) (n12). The processing in n11 and n12 requires a processing time of about several minutes, during which the subject is to wait. Therefore, in the health degree measuring device 1 of this embodiment, the amusement unit 5 displays the portrait of the person to be measured on the display unit 10 during the waiting time, and provides the person to be measured with entertainment such as games and fortune-telling. . Therefore, the subject does not get bored with such a waiting time.

When the comprehensive judgment on the health level of the subject and the entertainment such as games and fortune-telling are completed, the health level measuring device 1
Releases the chart 25 as the determination result from the discharge port 6a (n13). FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a chart released at n13. In the medical record 25, the measurement result of the biological information measured from the subject, the comprehensive determination result comprehensively determined from the measurement result of the biological information and the questionnaire result regarding health, the result of entertainment provided by the amusement unit 5 such as games and fortune-telling. The portrait of the subject is printed. The portrait creating section 41 previously stores in the database images having different feature amounts for face image parts such as eyes, nose, mouth, etc., performs image processing on the face image of the subject captured by the camera 9, and performs face image processing. A feature amount is extracted for each part, a face image part with the highest similarity is read from the database, and the read face image part is appropriately arranged to create a portrait. In addition, as a comprehensive judgment result, for example, "There is no problematic part, but it seems that the blood pressure is a little high. Let's have a little drink. Is printed.

As described above, the health degree measuring apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment measures a subject based on the results of a questionnaire on the health of the subject and on biological information that can be easily measured such as blood pressure and pulse. The degree of health of the person can be comprehensively determined. Therefore, the subject can recognize his / her own health in a short time and relatively inexpensively. In addition, during the waiting time of the subject caused by the internal processing of the apparatus main body, entertainment such as games and fortune-telling is provided, so that the subject is not bored. Also,
The device may be used by a user whose purpose is to provide entertainment during a waiting time, and such a user may also be given a higher interest in health.

In the above-described embodiment, the height, weight, body fat, blood pressure, body temperature, pulse, bone density, and visual acuity of the subject are measured. For those that do, the subject may be asked to answer the questionnaire. Further, in addition to the above-described biological information, brain waves and the like may be measured as biological information.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, the degree of health is comprehensively determined based on the results of a questionnaire given to a subject and the results of measurement of biological information such as blood pressure and pulse. Therefore, the subject can be informed of the degree of health easily and in a short time.

In addition, the present invention provides entertainment such as fortune-telling or a game to the subject during the waiting time of the subject occurring during the determination of the degree of health in the determination section. The subject is not bored.

Also, since the subject is relaxed and the biological information is measured using voice, video, fragrance, etc., a measurement result almost free from the influence of the mental state can be obtained, and the subject can be obtained with high accuracy. The measurer's degree of health can be determined.

Further, since the operation procedure is explained to the subject, the subject is not oblivious.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a health degree measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an appearance of a health degree measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the inside of a health degree measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing processing of the health degree measuring device of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a medical chart issued by the health degree measuring device of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-health degree measuring device 2-biological measurement unit 3-guidance unit 4-judgment unit 5-amusement unit 6-output unit

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A guidance unit for conducting a questionnaire to a subject, a biological information measuring unit for measuring biological information such as a blood pressure and a pulse of the subject, a questionnaire result in the guidance unit and the biological information measuring unit A health measurement device comprising: a determination unit that determines the health level of the subject based on the biological information measured in step 1; and an output unit that outputs a diagnosis result including the health level determined by the determination unit. 2. The amusement unit according to claim 1, further comprising an amusement unit that provides the subject with entertainment such as fortune-telling or a game during a waiting time of the subject during the determination of the degree of health in the determination unit. Health degree measuring device. 3. The health level measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the amusement unit includes a function of performing image processing on a photographed face image of the subject to create a portrait. 4. The health measurement device according to claim 3, wherein the output unit outputs a chart on which a portrait of the subject is printed, together with the determination result of the health of the subject by the determination unit. 5. The health measurement device according to claim 1, wherein the guidance unit includes a relaxation function for relaxing the subject using sound, video, aroma, or the like. 6. The health degree measurement according to claim 1, wherein the guidance unit includes an operation guidance function for explaining a procedure of a measurement operation in the biological information measurement unit to a subject. apparatus. 7. A questionnaire is given to the subject, and biological information such as the blood pressure and pulse of the subject is measured, and the health of the subject is determined based on the questionnaire result and the measured various biological information. A health degree measurement method that makes a judgment and outputs the judgment result as a diagnosis result. 8. From the results of the questionnaire and various types of biological information measured from the subject, during the determination of the subject's health level, the subject's waiting time, which occurs during the determination of the subject's health level, etc., is provided to the subject for entertainment such as fortune-telling or games. The method for measuring the degree of health according to claim 7, which provides: 9. The health measurement method according to claim 7, wherein the face image of the person to be measured is image-processed to create a portrait. 10. The health measurement method according to claim 9, wherein a portrait of the subject is printed and output together with the result of the determination of the health of the subject on the medical record. 11. The health measurement device according to claim 7, wherein the subject is relaxed by using sound, video, aroma, or the like. 12. The health measurement method according to claim 7, wherein a procedure of a measurement operation in the biological information measurement unit is explained to a subject.