KR20160017483A - A SYSTEM FOR HEALTH CARE BASED ON IoT AND THE METHOD THEREOF - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a healthcare system and a healthcare method based on the internet of things (IoT). The healthcare system based on the IoT measures dietary intake information including the weight of a meal in real time by using the IoT to perform healthcare to numerically quantify food intake in real time, and allows healthcare via a database for nutritional information and calorie information of a variety of food in real time at any time and place.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an Internet-

The present invention relates to a healthcare system based on Internet (IoT) and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a healthcare system based on Internet (IoT) which measures the weight of a meal in real time using the Internet of objects and performs healthcare including calorie consumption and dietary intake, The present invention relates to a system and a method for realizing self-quantification in real time with respect to intake of nutrients and nutrition information of various foods and a healthcare system through a database of calorie information at any time.

Recently, as the service using the Internet of Things (IoT) technology is being expanded, technologies are being developed that can more easily perform and manage the service implementation through the Internet of things.

In other words, the importance of technology for information transmission, message processing, communication protocol, and the like over the Internet has been emphasized, and a new standardization of a communication protocol for combining and transmitting data through the Internet has been proceeding.

For example, there are Representational State Transfer (REST), which transfers device state with technology related to Internet of things, Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT), which deals with mass messaging communication protocol under harsh environment, eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) And Constrained Environments Application Protocol (CoAP) technology for realizing communication of devices having limited performance on the Internet. REST means to transmit the status of the devices constituting the Internet, which means a combination of rules for organizing and transmitting information on the Internet. REST refers to information such as documents, images, and services on the Internet in the name of a resource, and supports CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) processing of resources in a network environment of a client server. MQTT is a large-capacity message delivery protocol designed considering limited computing performance and operation in a poor network connection environment. It is a technology developed by IBM and selected as an Internet standard protocol by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) . XMPP is an international standard protocol established by IETF for instant messengers. It is a protocol that can exchange extensible XML based real time messages based on publish / subscribe structure between multiple clients. It is currently being used by Google, MSN and Yahoo messengers. CoAP is an application-layer standard protocol that is being created in the CoR (Constrained RESTful Environments) working group of IETF to realize communication of devices with limited computing capability, such as sensor nodes, on the Internet. It is a technology designed for lightweight protocol that can do web service because it can not use heavy communication protocol such as TCP and HTTP in a constrained environment to implement web service.

On the other hand, the rapid growth of the quantified self market due to the expansion of the U-healthcare market is progressing, but the real-time self-quantification of the food consumption has not been done yet. In addition, recently, personal biometric data is collected in real time to be used for healthcare, and the self-quantification trend is promoting the market activation while creating an environment for easy self-care. In addition to the development of technologies for the Internet of things, products that implement conventional Internet services and sensor technologies have been introduced in various fields, but most technologies are still in the early stages. Therefore, there is an urgent need to measure the food intake through the Internet based technology and to make it easy to carry.

In addition, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2014-0090981 (Apr. 17, 2014) discloses a method for generating, displaying and tracking a wellness task, It is also possible to generate and provide graphs and charts that help the user examine the recorded pattern to achieve a particular health or wellness goal, such as weight loss, increased muscle mass, healthy lifestyle, etc., And a system capable of requesting a behavior change or generating and providing a customized program to be followed by a user based on information about the user.

Korean Patent No. 1167930 (July 17, 2012) discloses a smart range and a method of cooking the same, which uses new basic cooking information received from a server to generate new cooking information corresponding to the number of users set by the user And automatically controlling the food preparation, cooking time, and cooking method according to the number of people by automatically cooking the food by the smart range.

Meanwhile, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2009-0105897 (2009.10.07) relates to a table, a plate, and a method for inducing a balanced balanced diet, wherein the weight of the food is set in a table or a plate, The weight sensor senses that the weight of the food placed on the table or the plate is decreased according to the amount of food intake, that is, the amount of weight reduction of the food on the table or the plate is the food consumed by the user, And to induce food to be eaten.

The techniques presented in the above prior art documents are intended to manage the health of the user, to provide a smart dish, or to measure the weight of the food and to induce the user to eat a proper amount of food. In the present invention, Objects for which technology is required to perform healthcare based on Internet devices are neither presented nor disclosed.

In addition, the conventional products through the Internet include a thermometer that can measure the temperature of a dog, and when the temperature exceeds a certain temperature, the owner informs the owner of the temperature, and those who are unable to take care of the cat's meal It is possible to feed through cat feeders connected to the Internet and perform surveillance through a webcam. In addition, the toothbrush has an Internet access function, and there is a technology to transmit the dental hygiene data to the Internet, and a product has been introduced to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide by connecting the plant to the Internet.

Most of these products are intended to perform convenient functions for plants or animals through the transmission and reception of information through the Internet. In recent years, there has been an increasing need to cope with the aging society by applying such technology to people, but most of the technologies are not configured to perform real-time self-quantification, and their practicality is low.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a healthcare mat capable of realizing self-quantification in real time on food consumption, and provides a system for automatically collecting and managing information on the collected food intake through the system, And to provide a system and a method for enabling execution of the system.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to measure the weight of a meal in real time with respect to a meal amount of a user and transmit the measured data to a terminal or a server via the Internet via a low- And it is an object of the present invention to provide a healthcare mat capable of calculating the amount of change.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a healthcare app that receives measured data and performs analysis, recording, and notification services, and provides healthcare services based on information obtained through a calorie database.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a healthcare server that provides a calorie management service according to a meal amount of each user on the basis of calorie information of each meal material and information of meal amount of each user to be measured.

The object-based healthcare system according to an embodiment of the present invention measures dietary intake information including weight of a meal amount, transmits the measured information to the Internet through a local communication means, and transmits information transmitted from the Internet A health care mat for receiving and setting the measurement conditions; A user terminal having a healthcare app that transmits and receives information to and from the healthcare mat to set a diet, generates an alarm according to a meal amount, and confirms calories; And a healthcare server for collecting dietary data of each user through the healthcare mat, the healthcare application, or a combination thereof, and also providing calorie information about each food to the diets by using the measured dietary intake information The nutritional information and the calorie information of the food are stored in a database, and the health care is performed in real time anytime and anywhere.

In the Internet-based healthcare system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the function of the healthcare mat may be set up with a display itself or may be set through an externally-driven healthcare application, Wherein the communication means of the healthcare mat includes at least one of Bluetooth, RFID, ZigBee, WiFi, Ethernet, or a combination thereof, and transmits and receives a beacon signal through the communication means Thereby mutual information is transmitted and received.

In the healthcare system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the healthcare application may be installed directly on a healthcare mat or installed in a wired / wireless terminal including a smart phone, a notebook PC, a tablet PC, a general purpose PC, or a notepad Is used.

Also, in the healthcare system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the healthcare app collects information on food intake from the healthcare mat, collects calorie information on the food from the healthcare server, The user's food intake rate and the calories of the consumed food are calculated and displayed based on the weight information of the user's food intake.

Also, in the healthcare system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the healthcare server stores information collected through the healthcare mat or the healthcare app in a database, and also collects calorie information about foods from the outside And when it is requested by the healthcare mat or the healthcare app, the calorie information of the food is extracted from the database and provided.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for healthcare based on objects, comprising: setting a diet through a healthcare mat or a healthcare application; Measuring the dietary intake information including the weight of the food ingested through the healthcare mat; Sending an alarm through the healthcare app if the measured information is greater than a set value; And checking calorie consumption according to the information in real time and checking calorie consumption according to the consumed amount of exercise, wherein the measured information is self-quantified, and the nutrition information and the calorie information of the food are stored in a database, Can be performed in real time anytime and anywhere.

In the health care method according to another embodiment of the present invention, the health care mat may include: setting a food intake target value and communicating; Setting a reference value (initial value) by measuring food weight; Measuring food intake through measurement of changes in food weight; Checking whether the food intake has reached the target value and extracting the meal rate; And measuring the final food weight to derive a final food intake amount, wherein the measurement of the food intake amount is performed.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a healthcare method, comprising: selecting a healthcare application activation and a diet; Measuring a food intake; Calculating a target calorie intake and a food intake rate of the food intake; And displaying information related to calories from the end food intake on a display user terminal.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a healthcare method comprising the steps of: storing information on an ingested food in a database through a healthcare server; And sharing the information through the SNS server.

The present invention relates to a healthcare system and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a healthcare system and a method thereof, which are capable of real-time self-measurement of dietary intake of food by measuring dietary intake information including weight of food in real- And also relates to a system and a method for realizing healthcare in real time anytime and anywhere through a database of nutrition information and calorie information of various foods.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a healthcare system through measurement of dietary intake information including weight of food in real time according to the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a target value by calculating a metabolic rate and an intake calorie based on the user's own biometric data according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
3 is a flow chart illustrating a procedure for real-time self-quantification of food intake according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a healthcare mat, a healthcare application, and a healthcare server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 7 are flowcharts illustrating a process flow of a healthcare mat, a healthcare application, and a healthcare server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is an exemplary view showing a main function of a healthcare application according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

Hereinafter, an object-based Internet-based healthcare system and method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a healthcare system through measurement of dietary intake information including a weight of food in real time according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the dietary intake information including the weight of the meal amount is measured using the healthcare mat 100 and transmitted to the smartphone 200, the smart phone 200 transmits the result of the measurement Information necessary for health care including calorie information of specific foods can be provided from the health care server 300 and provided to the user.

The healthcare mat 100 measures necessary food information and biometric information through a sensor (e.g., a weight sensor) 110 for various kinds of foods, collects information about the measured values in the MCU 120, And transmits the Bluetooth beacon signal to the smartphone through the transmission 130. [

The sensor 110 may be installed at a specific location on the healthcare mat to allow for weight measurement of various foods. Although it is possible to simply measure one food, at least one weight sensor may be installed to acquire information about the weight. Since the sensor for obtaining the weight information can be modified in various ways, the present invention does not limit the configuration of the sensor. However, it is also possible to provide a sensor for measuring the weight in various shapes and positions, In the case of a kind of sensor, such as a pressure gauge, which is a means for measuring the weight, it suffices.

The sensor 110 may be provided with a measuring device for measuring a blood pressure, a blood glucose level, a body weight, a pulse, etc., in addition to a sensor for measuring the weight of a meal amount. These meters can be embedded in a healthcare mat or can be input from an external meter via Bluetooth, USB, NFC, RFID, or near-field communication means such as ZigBee.

Meanwhile, the healthcare mat according to the present invention provides an interface with a PHR (Personal Health Record) to transmit an individual medical record to a healthcare application or a healthcare server, It is possible to do. The healthcare mat, the healthcare app, or the healthcare server according to the present invention can serve as an interface for remote medical treatment between the patient and the doctor.

Specifically, the healthcare mats can be used to check individual medical information and health status, and transmit them to a medical institution. In addition, when a picture of a patient's face or a part to be treated is taken and transmitted through a healthcare application, Based on this, you can consult and prescribe. In addition, by allowing the patient to transmit images such as MRI and CT received from the medical institution to the medical institution or to view the images stored in the medical institution, the patient and the doctor can sit in the same place Effect can be obtained.

In addition, the MCU 120 collects the weight information measured by the weight sensor. However, the MCU 120 may allow the user to perform the setting of the position and the type of the food through the simple display screen 140. That is, the user can set the kind of the food and the place where the food is placed on the display screen. In addition to collecting the weight information of the food amount, the MCU 120 also collects blood pressure, blood glucose level, body weight, pulse, and the like, collects medical records through the PHR, Or to a healthcare server.

Of course, the setting for the weight measurement of the healthcare mat can be changed or changed by the smartphone through the setting of the healthcare mat. It is also possible to set or change the setting value in the healthcare mat, or to set or change the setting value of the healthcare mat in the smartphone. Therefore, the means for the setting may be provided on the healthcare mat or may be provided so as to be able to be set through a smart phone. In addition, the setting may be such that the simple setting is provided in the healthcare mat, and the more complicated setting is performed in the smartphone. Therefore, the means for the setting can be provided at any one of the healthcare mat and the smartphone. Therefore, in the present invention, it is preferable that the apparatus having the means for setting these can be variously modified and applied according to the demand of the user. In some cases, a means for setting may not be necessary.

Information (ID, name, age, sex, weight, etc.) necessary for using the healthcare mat, information for communication (connection port , Communication means, password, etc.) may be required.

The BLE transmission 130 is a means for communicating between the healthcare mat and the smartphone by transmitting and receiving a beacon to perform near-field communication. The healthcare mat periodically transmits information on dietary intake including the weight information of the food, so that the smartphone can calculate the rate and amount of food intake, and the smartphone sets the information necessary to use the healthcare mat, And transmit the requesting beacon signal.

Here, the healthcare mat may be configured to be able to communicate with the healthcare server 300 by accessing the Internet through a gateway having a Bluetooth interface, even if the user does not have a smartphone. In this case, even if the smartphone is not provided, the user can access the healthcare server 300 (for example, login) through a dining table equipped with a healthcare mat pre-installed in a restaurant and transmit dietary information including the necessary food information And displays his / her calorie information on the display of the healthcare mat in real time so as to check his or her meal amount and the calorie amount of the ingested food in real time.

Here, the means for short-range communication is not limited to short-range communication, but it is possible to utilize medium-range or long-distance wired and wireless communication means comprehensively as needed. That is, the communication means is not limited to the kinds of communication means such as Bluetooth, RFID, ZigBee, WiFi, 4G, and Ethernet.

The healthcare mat 100 may be provided with a separate OS in the MCU 120 in accordance with the location and infrastructure of the healthcare mat 100 so as to allow the user to operate the application, have.

Of course, the smart phone 200 is installed with a healthcare application downloaded from the healthcare server 300, and can scan the surrounding healthcare mats and connect to the smart mats used by the user. In addition, information transmitted from the smart mat in real time is collected and combined with calorie information of the food provided to the healthcare server 300, thereby enabling calorie management of the user. That is, nutritional information and calorie information of various foods stored in the database are provided through a server, and health care is performed.

In addition, the smartphone can perform its own healthcare through a healthcare app directly without connecting to a separate server. In this case, the nutrition information and the calorie information of the food are stored in the smartphone in advance, and the health care can be performed using the information.

However, it is preferable to connect the healthcare server 300 to manage diets more efficiently through various types of dietary control big data system associated with the SNS, and to perform health care. In other words, in connection with SNS, it is possible to utilize various experience information obtained from other users through SNS in addition to basic nutrition information and calorie information. In other words, food information and calorie information that are not included in the basic information can be obtained, and dietary control can be performed considering the adverse side effects on specific foods, It is because. Because this information does not complete all the information at a single point but evolves into new information continuously with the passage of time, the user must always obtain new food and calorie information and use it in his / her own health care.

The healthcare server 300 basically provides various kinds of food information and calorie information of the food to the user. However, the healthcare server 300 may also include information on the interaction between the foods, Because it can contain clinical data of experts, it is a server-specific system for dieting. In addition, the healthcare server can exchange information held by the healthcare server with other SNS server 400 and exchange with each other.

In addition, the healthcare mat can set the type of food according to the position of the food weight sensor, and can decorate the food according to the type and position of the food. Since the matters are complicated, the position of the food can be automatically memorized or tracked have. Through this, a personalized diet can be presented to the user and the result of the ingestion can be recorded, thereby realizing the self-evaluation of the food intake.

According to the present invention, by communicating with the local sensor node using the local communication means, it is possible to receive the healthcare service more conveniently at the remote place. To do this, it is possible to measure the weight of the food placed on the healthcare mat and transmit it to the smartphone in real time. For example, a healthcare mat may measure the change in weight of food in 1-second increments and send the measured cumulative data once every 5 seconds on a smartphone. The data accumulated in the smartphone can be monitored at the remote site after the information is uploaded to the healthcare server after the meal.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a target value by calculating a metabolic rate and an intake calorie based on the user's own biometric data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, a user collects his or her biometric data and records the biometric data on a smart phone, and provides a calorie map when various foods are consumed based on the collected biometric data. In other words, based on the user's biometric data, the daily intake of food is measured to calculate the basic metabolic rate and the average calorie intake (calorie) to show the target value of the calorie intake for a healthy diet. If you select the type of food you are going to ingest, you can retrieve calorie data per gram (grams) of the food through the database and provide a calorie map of a specific user in real time. The user can set the calorie target and allow the user to be given an alarm to adjust the intake before reaching the calorie recommended target. The amount of food is measured by the amount of weight of the food as it is consumed, and the rate of intake is indicated. It also measures the activity of the user through a gyro sensor, pedometer, vibration sensor, or a combination of these, and guides the calories consumed by the user through work or exercise.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for real-time self-quantification of food intake according to an embodiment of the present invention. We will perform real-time self-quantification of food consumption through internet devices. The self-quantification function of the conventional fitness band product is a function of self-quantifying information on the consumption of food, which is required to input information by hand. Thus, in the fitness and healthcare sectors, carbohydrate intake management is very important but not self-assessed.

In the present invention, real-time self-quantification is performed using a healthcare mat. First, the user sets a diet through the healthcare app of the smartphone (S110). Next, the meal amount of the user is measured through the diet mat (S120). It is possible to measure calories in real time for various foods on the plate of a healthcare mat. If the measured food amount is greater than the set value, an alarm is sent to the user (S130). In addition, it is possible to measure the accurate data through the weight correction function. For this purpose, it is possible to use an algorithm for correcting the variation of the weight depending on the eating method or the environment. That is, the algorithm refers to calculating the calories by performing matching between food and calorie each time considering a meal speed, a type of food, and a case where new food is added during a meal. In addition, the healthcare mat is configured as a foldable type, which makes it easy to carry and ensure mobility so that it can be used anytime and anywhere. In addition, remote monitoring allows me to check the amount of food I eat, so it can be effectively used for dietary control programs. Therefore, it is necessary to check the calories of the foods consumed in real time and to consume the calories consumed according to the consumed amount of exercise (S140). The calorie information calculated or collected is stored in the database and collected by the healthcare server and provided to the healthcare manager (S150). The data can be shared through the SNS server using the social function (S160).

According to the procedure that has been performed so far, the information collected through the healthcare mat can be stored in the database through the healthcare app of the smartphone or directly through the healthcare server. This process can be used to quantify calorie information in real time using food internet technology, and self-quantified information can be used for personal healthcare, diet, or fitness.

As described above, the object-based healthcare system according to the present invention comprises a healthcare mat 100, a healthcare application 200, and a healthcare server 300, and even if only a healthcare mat is provided, , But the more health care apps and healthcare servers are provided, the more sophisticated and sophisticated health care functions can be provided.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a healthcare mat, a healthcare application, and a healthcare server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the healthcare mat may include a sensor module, a communication interface, a weight change measuring unit, a PHR interface, or a combination thereof as described above, and may further incorporate firmware for performing control over the control modules. Firmware is a kind of control function, and the entire hardware of the healthcare mat is programmed to work in combination with the software, so the user can update the firmware of each healthcare mat. The sensor module may further include a meter for measuring a blood pressure, a blood glucose level, a body weight, a pulse and the like in addition to an electronic balance for collecting dietary intake information including weight information of a meal amount.

Next, the healthcare application 200 can receive the data from the application program (app) using the information transmitted and received through the communication function, and perform the desired calorie management and the health care function. Here, the communication means such as WiFi (Wi-Fi) or 4G selects the most efficient data transmission / reception condition according to the network connection condition of the smart phone as the terminal, connects to the healthcare mat through Bluetooth, 4G. ≪ / RTI > The healthcare app running on the smartphone matches the change in the weight of the food measured in the healthcare mat with the calorie information according to the food extracted from the healthcare server to convert the amount of food consumed by the user into calories, And generates an alarm in comparison with the set value for the set calorie.

The healthcare server 300 stores and stores user data including the weight and the calorie information of the consumed food for each user based on the food intake information of each user collected through the healthcare application or the datar mat, Management.

Each user has unique identification information, and even in the case of a healthcare mat, has unique identification information. Also, the healthcare server may share the information held by the healthcare server with another SNS server through a social service, but collects food information from the external SNS server. The collected information is stored in a database and becomes raw data used as big data, and it is processed to provide desired information to a user.

5 to 7 are flowcharts illustrating a process flow of a healthcare mat, a healthcare application, and a healthcare server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the healthcare mat can set necessary information such as a communication connection or a position for measuring or measuring the weight of food (S210). Next, the initial weight is measured first according to the set value (S220). This way, the initial weight is measured and this is the reference value setting data. Next, the weight is continuously measured, and through this, the target value is examined whether or not the target value has been reached, and the data is also calculated for the meal rate from this (S230). In this way, the data to be transmitted through the local communication means is finally derived through the weight change of the food and the speed of the change of the food, and the data is transmitted to the smart app or the smart server.

In the smart app, first, the user activates the app and selects a menu that the user wants or recommends from the system (S310). The amount of food is measured according to the selected diet (S320). Next, the target calorie set and the calories consumed are checked in real time, and the food intake rate is calculated and displayed on the screen (S330). In addition, the terminal displays final results and related data through a smart app (S340).

In the case of the healthcare server 300, the user first accesses the healthcare application or the healthcare mat (S410). After the connection, the information that the healthcare mat or healthcare app has started to access logs in the log. That is, login information is recorded. In addition, information indicating that the meal has started is recorded (S420). Next, the data of the meal process is collected and recorded at the end of the meal (S430). In other words, collect and record all information about how quickly the weight of a food decreases in the course of a meal. Next, the healthcare server provides management information on the healthcare or healthcare, and also shares the information through the SNS (S440).

In the present invention, it is possible to configure a shape of a bowl support that can specify the weight in relation to the healthcare mat. In addition, the bowl rest capable of measuring the weight includes various communication modules including a weight sensor and a low-power Bluetooth module capable of transmitting data obtained from the weight sensor. In addition, it is preferable that the healthcare mat is made of an x-shaped folding type of a case made of a silicone material to improve portability.

In addition, the healthcare mat according to the present invention is connected to the Bluetooth through an application program interface (API) so as to be compatible with other health measurement devices. For example, a healthcare mat according to the present invention can be used in a company's app through cooperation with a conventional health-related device company (e.g., Fitbit).

Also, there are various possibilities such as pressing a bowl, lifting and dropping a bowl for calibration of weight data, or adding new food to a bowl, so that a regular pattern for this is extracted and the recognition of the action is performed. That is, if the place where the bowl is placed on the healthcare mat is too heavy to recognize as the weight of the food, or if it is proved that the food does not decrease but rather grows, , The weight information previously detected is restored and treated as unreliable information from the next time, so that calorie counting is not performed. In other words, if the weight is heavier than the initial weight, the weight data should be downwardly curved. If the weight is higher than the previous weight, the weight becomes zero, or in special cases such as buffet or sushi, The weight data can be continuously measured through selection.

Although the power consumption can be reduced by using low-power Bluetooth (BLE, Bluetooth 4.0) in short-range communication, since the communication method is newly improved, the healthcare mat proposed in the present invention is not limited to a specific short- It is desirable to be designed so as to be able to accommodate an efficient communication method of the type.

The power source required for the healthcare mat according to the present invention may be a 3V lithium battery (coin type), and the exchange signal for the battery may be transmitted through a display. For example, BLE and MCU can be driven at 3V, but it is also possible to design and use a new power supply for the weight sensor. The weight sensing method can be applied to load cell, capacitor, FSR and other pressure sensor efficiently.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating exemplary functions of a healthcare application according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

First, the healthcare app provides an interface to set basic information and goals for the user. That is, the program intensity for the diet can be designated. For example, when the weight is to be reduced from 94 kg to 74 kg, a program for the program is set. Next, the data received from the healthcare mat, which is a weight measuring device, is acquired, and the calorie information is converted and displayed on the smartphone.

Key features of smartphone apps include receiving measured data and providing analysis, recording, and notification services. It also includes an SNS feature that you can share with friends on your phone number stored on your smartphone or with friends on your social network. The calorie database also provides calorie information related to food and performs healthcare based on basic information and information collected through the healthcare mat. That is, based on the input measurement data, the user checks the meal speed, measures the calorie consumption of the user through interlocking with other applications such as gyro, pedometer, etc., and performs the health care in a comprehensive manner by reflecting the calorie consumption.

Therefore, the present invention provides a healthcare mat, a healthcare app, and a healthcare server so as to manage the calorie by measuring the weight of the user's food in real time, The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing an efficient diet through a dietary-controlled big data system associated with SNS so that a database for nutrition information and calorie information is constructed and collected and healthcare is performed using the collected information.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, I will understand the point. Accordingly, the technical scope of the present invention should be defined by the following claims.

100: Health care mat 110: Weight sensor
120: MCU 130: BLE communication
140: Display 150: PHR interface
200: Health care app (user terminal) 400: SNS server
300: Healthcare server

Claims (9)

A health care mat for measuring dietary intake information including a weight of a meal amount, transmitting the measured information to the Internet through a local communication means, receiving information transmitted from the Internet, and setting measurement conditions;
A user terminal having a healthcare app that transmits and receives information to and from the healthcare mat to set a diet, generates an alarm according to a meal amount, and confirms calories; And
And a healthcare server that collects dietary data of each user through the healthcare mat, the healthcare application, or a combination thereof, and also provides calorie information for each of the diets to the user,
Wherein the measured dietary intake information is self-quantified, and the nutrition information and the calorie information of the food are stored in a database so that the health care can be performed at any time in real time. The method according to claim 1,
The function of the healthcare mat may include,
Or may be set through an externally driven healthcare application, or a combination thereof,
The communication means of the healthcare mat includes:
And a communication means including Bluetooth, RFID, ZigBee, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or a combination thereof, and transmits and receives beacon signals through the communication means to transmit and receive mutual information. Healthcare system. The method according to claim 1,
The healthcare app,
Installed directly on a healthcare mat,
And is installed and used in a wired / wireless terminal including a smart phone, a notebook PC, a tablet PC, a general purpose PC, or a notepad. The method according to claim 1,
The healthcare app,
Collecting information on food intake from the healthcare mat,
Collecting calorie information about foods from the healthcare server,
Wherein the weight of the user's food intake is calculated based on the user's food intake rate and the calorie of the food consumed by the user. The method according to claim 1,
The healthcare server includes:
The information collected through the healthcare mat or the healthcare application is stored in a database, the calorie information about the food is collected from the outside and stored in the database,
Wherein the calorie information of the food is extracted from a database and provided when requested by the healthcare mat or the healthcare app. Setting a diet through a healthcare mat or a healthcare app;
Measuring dietary intake information including the weight of the food ingested through the healthcare mat;
Sending an alarm through the healthcare app if the measured information is greater than a set value; And
Checking the calories according to the information in real time and checking calorie consumption according to the consumed amount of exercise,
Wherein the measured dietary intake information is self-quantified, and nutrition information and calorie information of the food are stored in a database so that healthcare can be performed at any time in real time. The method of claim 6,
The health care mat
Establishing food intake goals and establishing communication links;
Setting a reference value (initial value) by measuring food weight;
Measuring food intake through measurement of changes in food weight;
Checking whether the food intake has reached the target value and extracting the meal rate; And
And measuring a final food weight to derive a final food intake amount, wherein the measurement of the food intake amount is performed. The method of claim 6,
The healthcare app,
Activating a healthcare app and selecting a meal;
Measuring a food intake;
Calculating a target calorie intake and a food intake rate of the food intake; And
And displaying information associated with calories associated with the ingestion of the final food on a display user terminal. The method of claim 6,
Storing information on the consumed food in a database through a healthcare server; And
And sharing the information through the SNS server. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 19 >

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