WO2023112226A1 - 動物患者用遠隔診察システム - Google Patents

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WO2023112226A1
WO2023112226A1 PCT/JP2021/046361 JP2021046361W WO2023112226A1 WO 2023112226 A1 WO2023112226 A1 WO 2023112226A1 JP 2021046361 W JP2021046361 W JP 2021046361W WO 2023112226 A1 WO2023112226 A1 WO 2023112226A1
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  • the present disclosure relates to a remote medical examination system for animal patients.
  • Patent Document 1 discloses a mechanism for supporting remote diagnosis.
  • one object of the present disclosure is to provide a remote diagnosis system for animal patients that can support accurate remote diagnosis without degrading the quality of both images and sounds, particularly for diagnosis of animal patients. do.
  • a user terminal having a camera unit and an animal hospital terminal communicably connected to the user terminal via a network are included, and the user terminal receives acquired information acquired by the camera unit.
  • the information is transmitted to the veterinary hospital terminal, and the veterinary hospital terminal displays the received acquired information on a display unit, wherein the A telemedicine system for animal patients can be obtained in which the amount of obtained information displayed on the display section of the terminal for animal hospital can be switched between a first data amount and a second data amount.
  • a remote diagnosis terminal for animal patients communicably connected to a user terminal equipped with a camera unit via a network, means for receiving acquired information acquired by the camera unit of the user terminal; means for displaying the received acquired information on an information display unit; means for switching the amount of acquired information displayed on the information display unit between a first data amount and a second data amount at least according to an operation of the animal patient remote diagnosis terminal or the user terminal;
  • An animal patient telemedicine terminal is provided.
  • the obtained information is configured to be switched to a plurality of information amounts according to the priority during medical examination, accurate remote medical examination by selecting the quality according to the needs of both images and voices. can support
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an animal patient remote diagnosis system 1 according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 2 is a functional block configuration diagram of the user terminal 10 of FIG. 1
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a service management table 1001 stored in a recording unit 130
  • FIG. 2 is a functional block configuration diagram showing an animal hospital terminal 20 of FIG. 1
  • FIG. 4 is an example of a flowchart relating to a remote diagnosis method according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure; It is a figure which shows the example of a screen structure displayed on the user terminal 10 in the information processing of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen structure displayed on the user terminal 10 in the information processing of this embodiment. 4 is a diagram showing an example screen configuration displayed on the animal hospital terminal 20 in information processing according to the present embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an animal patient remote diagnosis system 1 according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 2 is a
  • the present disclosure has the following configurations.
  • [Item 1] including a user terminal equipped with a camera unit, and a veterinary hospital terminal communicably connected to the user terminal via a network, The user terminal transmits acquired information acquired by the camera unit to the veterinary hospital terminal, In a remote medical examination system for animal patients, wherein the animal hospital terminal displays the received acquired information on an information display unit, At least according to the operation of the user terminal or the veterinary hospital terminal, the amount of acquired information displayed on the information display unit of the veterinary hospital terminal is switched between a first data amount and a second data amount; Telemedicine system for animal patients.
  • the animal patient remote diagnosis system according to item 1, the camera unit can be switched between a first acquisition mode for acquiring the acquisition information with the first data amount and a second acquisition mode for acquiring the acquisition information with the second data amount; the switching operation is performed at least in accordance with an operation of the user terminal or the veterinary hospital terminal; Telemedicine system for animal patients.
  • the animal patient remote diagnosis system according to item 1 or item 2, The communication between the user terminal and the hospital terminal includes a first communication method in which the communication amount per unit time is the first data amount, and a second communication method in which the communication amount per unit time is the second data amount.
  • the animal patient remote diagnosis system according to item 1, a video call sequence unit that uses the camera unit to communicate with the first data amount and initiates a video call sequence with the animal hospital terminal;
  • a remote medical examination system for animal patients further comprising a reception unit capable of accepting an operation for switching from the first data amount to the second data amount while the video call sequence is being performed.
  • the animal patient telemedicine system according to item 4, At least either the user terminal or the hospital terminal further comprises an object display unit for displaying information acquired by the camera unit and a UI object for performing the switching, The reception unit receives a selection operation on the displayed UI object; Telemedicine system for animal patients.
  • the animal patient remote diagnosis system according to any one of items 1 to 3, At least either the user terminal or the hospital terminal further comprises a recording unit for recording at least either a still image or a moving image when switching to the second data amount, Telemedicine system for animal patients.
  • the animal patient remote diagnosis system according to any one of items 1 to 4, The amount of data communicated is greater in the second amount of data than in the first amount of data, Telemedicine system for animal patients.
  • a remote diagnosis terminal for animal patients communicably connected to a user terminal equipped with a camera unit via a network, means for receiving acquired information acquired by the camera unit of the user terminal; means for displaying the received acquired information on an information display unit; means for switching the amount of acquired information displayed on the information display unit between a first data amount and a second data amount at least according to an operation of the animal patient remote diagnosis terminal or the user terminal; A remote examination terminal for animal patients.
  • the animal patient remote diagnosis system 1 of this embodiment is intended to support smooth remote diagnosis without impairing the quality of both images and sounds.
  • the data amount of the image information displayed on the display unit of the veterinary hospital terminal can be flexibly switched between the first data amount and the second data amount.
  • two types of switching operations, the first data amount and the second data amount, will be described, but switching to a plurality of types of data amounts may be performed.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an animal patient remote diagnosis system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the animal patient remote diagnosis system 1 includes a user terminal 10 and an animal hospital terminal 20 .
  • the user terminal 10 and the animal hospital terminal 20 are communicably connected via a network NW.
  • this configuration is an example, and a configuration may have other configurations or may include other configurations.
  • the network NW is assumed to be the Internet.
  • the network NW is constructed by, for example, a public telephone line network, a mobile phone line network, a wireless communication network, Ethernet (registered trademark), or the like.
  • the user terminal 10 is, for example, a terminal operated by the owner R1 of the animal patient. Such a terminal can be operated by owner R1.
  • the user terminal 10 may be a mobile phone, smart phone, tablet computer, personal computer, or the like.
  • the animal hospital terminal 20 is, for example, a terminal owned or lent by a veterinarian R2 who works at an animal hospital. Such a terminal may be operated by veterinarian R2.
  • the animal hospital terminal 20 can be a mobile phone, smart phone, tablet computer, personal computer, or the like.
  • FIG. Although only one user terminal 10 and one veterinary hospital terminal 20 are shown in FIG. may be connected.
  • FIG. 2 is a functional block configuration diagram of the user terminal 10 of FIG.
  • the user terminal 10 includes a camera section 110 , a communication section 120 , a recording section 130 and a control section 140 .
  • the camera unit 110 has a function of electronic photography using an imaging device such as CMOS or CCD.
  • the camera unit 110 converts the image data acquired by imaging into compressed digital data such as JPEG, and records the data in the recording unit 130, or transmits the data to the veterinary hospital terminal 20 through the communication unit 120. can be output.
  • the captured image may be a still image or a moving image. In the case of a moving image, a part of the moving image is cut out under the control of the control unit 140 and saved as a still image in the recording unit 130. is also possible.
  • the image obtained by imaging is assumed to be a precise image having an amount of information necessary for examination at the animal hospital terminal 20, and the number of pixels or image quality can be specified.
  • the camera unit 110 has a function of changing the number of pixels of the image sensor used for imaging, and at least according to the operation of the user terminal 10 or the veterinary hospital terminal 20, for example, 800 ⁇ 600 (480,000 pixels).
  • Mode 640 ⁇ 480 (300,000 pixels) standard mode, 1600 ⁇ 1200 (1,920,000 pixels) high definition mode.
  • the standard mode is an example of the first acquisition mode described in the claims.
  • the high definition mode is an example of the second acquisition mode.
  • the communication unit 120 is a communication interface for communicating with the animal hospital terminal 20 via the network NW, and communication is performed according to a communication protocol such as TCP/IP.
  • the recording unit 130 stores programs, input data, and the like for executing various control processes or functions in the control unit 140, and is composed of RAM, ROM, and the like.
  • the recording unit 130 is an example of a recording unit described in claims.
  • the recording unit 130 also has a function of recording at least either a still image or a moving image when switching from the first data amount to the second data amount. Details of the first data amount and the second data amount will be described later.
  • the recording unit 130 can also temporarily store data communicated with the animal hospital terminal 20 .
  • a database (not shown) storing various data may be constructed outside the recording unit 130 or the user terminal 10 .
  • the control unit 140 controls the overall operation of the user terminal 10 by executing programs stored in the recording unit 130, and is composed of a CPU, GPU, or the like.
  • the control unit 140 has a quality changer 141 and a video call sequencer 142 .
  • the quality changer 141 and the video call sequencer 142 are activated by a program stored in the recording unit 130 and executed by the user terminal 10, which is a computer (electronic calculator).
  • the quality changing unit 141 refers to the service management table 1001 stored in the recording unit 130 to set or change the quality of image data or sound data applied to communication between the user terminal 10 and the veterinary hospital terminal 20 .
  • the quality changer 141 is an example of the receiver described in the claims.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the service management table 1001 stored in the recording unit 130. As shown in FIG.
  • the recording unit 130 in FIG. 2 stores a service management table 1001.
  • the service management table 1001 stores service IDs, various operation parameters corresponding to service plans, and the IP addresses of the requesting user terminal 10 and the destination animal hospital terminal 20 in association with each other. Examples of various operating parameters include image frame rate (fps:frames per second), image resolution, image (or sound) bit rate (kbps:kilobit per second), and data transmission coding scheme. Operating parameters include parameters that can affect the quality of image data or sound data received by user terminal 10 or veterinary clinic terminal 20 . In addition, the contents corresponding to the service plan are not limited to this, and the transmission delay time (ms) of image data or sound data, execution speed (kbps), delay fluctuation (ms), error rate (%), etc. Parameters related to transmission quality may be managed.
  • the contents of the service management table 1001 are operation parameters set in advance by the owner R1 of the animal patient or the veterinarian R2.
  • the quality changing unit 141 Based on the service management table 1001, the quality changing unit 141 identifies the service ID of the service plan provided to the user terminal 10 as "s103".
  • the quality changing unit 141 can extract a service plan with higher quality than "s103" based on the service management table 1001 at least according to the operation of the user terminal 10 or the animal hospital terminal 20.
  • the operating parameters of "s103" are "10 fps” for frame rate, "SD (Standard Definition)" for resolution, "64 kbps" for bit rate, and “MPEG-2” for encoding method. Therefore, a service plan is extracted in which these operating parameters can be settings suitable for providing a higher quality service. For example, “s101", “s102", “s201", “s201”, etc. are extracted candidates.
  • the encoding scheme “MPEG-2” of "s103” is an example of the first communication scheme described in the scope of claims.
  • the encoding scheme “H.264/SC” of "s102” is an example
  • the video call sequence unit 142 has a function of starting a video call sequence with the animal hospital terminal 20 by using the camera unit 110 to communicate with the first data amount.
  • video data is shared between user terminal 10 and veterinary hospital terminal 20 .
  • FIG. 4 is a functional block configuration diagram showing the animal hospital terminal 20 of FIG.
  • the animal hospital terminal 20 includes a camera section 210 , a communication section 220 , a recording section 230 and a control section 240 .
  • the camera unit 210 has a function of electronic photography using an imaging device such as CMOS or CCD.
  • the camera unit 210 converts image data acquired by imaging into compressed digital data such as JPEG, records the data in the recording unit 230, and outputs the data to the user terminal 10 through the communication unit 220.
  • the captured image may be a still image or a moving image. In the case of a moving image, a part of the moving image is cut out under the control of the control unit 240 and saved as a still image in the recording unit 230. is also possible. It is also assumed that the number of pixels or the image quality of an image obtained by imaging can be specified.
  • the communication unit 220 is a communication interface for communicating with the user terminal 10 via the network NW, and communication is performed according to a communication protocol such as TCP/IP.
  • the recording unit 230 stores programs, input data, and the like for executing various control processes or functions in the control unit 240, and is composed of RAM, ROM, and the like. Also, the recording unit 230 temporarily stores the content of communication with the user terminal 10 .
  • the recording unit 230 like the recording unit 130 of the user terminal 10, can be an example of the recording unit described in the claims.
  • the control unit 240 controls the overall operation of the animal hospital terminal 20 by executing programs stored in the recording unit 230, and is composed of a CPU, GPU, or the like.
  • FIG. 5 is an example of a flowchart relating to the remote diagnosis method according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. It is assumed that the user terminal 10 and the animal hospital terminal 20 have logged in to the animal patient remote diagnosis system 1 before starting this flow chart.
  • the animal hospital terminal 20 receives animal patient information about animal patients via the communication unit 220 (step S101).
  • Animal patient information herein may include, for example, account information such as name, nickname, animal patient ID, and authentication information such as passwords or passphrases, IC cards or smart cards, fingerprints or iris.
  • account information such as name, nickname, animal patient ID
  • authentication information such as passwords or passphrases, IC cards or smart cards, fingerprints or iris.
  • the animal hospital terminal 20 receives the animal patient information and also obtains from the user terminal 10 information necessary for confirming connection with the user terminal 10 in subsequent processing.
  • the animal patient data here includes, for example, the name, age, sex, desired clinical department, type of medical examination, the veterinarian in charge when the remote medical examination system 1 for animal patients was previously used, and the date and time required for medical treatment. may contain information; Further, the type of examination here may include, for example, revisit, first visit, appointment diagnosis, and the like. If necessary, the animal patient data may include a description of symptoms and the like.
  • control unit 140 of the user terminal 10 transmits a screen sharing request to the animal hospital terminal 20 via the communication unit 120 (step S103).
  • control unit 240 of the animal hospital terminal 20 receives the screen sharing request from the animal hospital terminal 20 and starts screen sharing (step S104).
  • screen sharing is also started on the user terminal 10 side by the control unit 140 (step S105). It is assumed that during execution of subsequent screen sharing, the image captured by the camera unit 110 is output together with the sound, or the image alone is output from the user terminal 10 and the animal hospital terminal 20 .
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen configuration example displayed on the user terminal 10 in the information processing of this embodiment.
  • a display D10 of the user terminal 10 includes areas A10 and A11, and a button B10.
  • the display D10 is an example of the display section described in the claims.
  • the area A10 displays the upper body of the veterinarian R2.
  • An animal patient and its owner R1 are displayed in the area A11.
  • the button B10 is an object for accepting an instruction to request the start of a video call sequence (hereinafter referred to as a "video call request").
  • the control unit 140 of the user terminal 10 detects the operation, and the control unit 140 sends a video call request via the communication unit 120. is transmitted to the animal hospital terminal 20 (step S106).
  • the video call sequence unit 142 of the user terminal 10 Upon acceptance of the video call request on the animal hospital terminal 20 side, the video call sequence unit 142 of the user terminal 10 starts the video call sequence (step S107). In the video call sequence, video data is transmitted and received between the user terminal 10 and the animal hospital terminal 20. FIG.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a screen configuration example displayed on the user terminal 10 in the information processing of this embodiment.
  • a display D10 of the user terminal 10 includes areas A10 and A11, and a button B11. Since the areas A10 and A11 are the same as the areas shown in FIG. 6, detailed description thereof will be omitted.
  • the button B11 is an object for accepting a switching operation to a service plan higher than the service plan currently applied to the communication between the user terminal 10 and the animal hospital terminal 20.
  • FIG. Button B11 is an example of a UI object described in the claims.
  • a UI object is an image object, such as an icon, button, switch, slide bar, menu item, etc., for inputting to the application program on the screen of the application program running on the user terminal 10. For example, the information to be displayed or the contents of the display control can be specified by the selection operation of the owner R1 of the animal patient.
  • the quality changing unit 141 of the user terminal 10 detects the operation, and the quality changing unit 141 selects a service plan higher than the currently applied service plan from the service management table 1001. Start searching for the service ID. Specifically, the quality changing unit 141 extracts from the service management table 1001 that the service ID of the service plan currently in use is "s103". Next, the quality changer 141 extracts the service ID of the upper service plan from the service management table 1001 . In this case, for example, "s201" is extracted as a service ID suitable for providing a higher quality service than "s103".
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen configuration example displayed on the animal hospital terminal 20 in the information processing of this embodiment.
  • a display D20 of the animal hospital terminal 20 includes an area A20 and an area A21.
  • the display D20 is an example of the display section described in the claims.
  • An animal patient and its owner R1 are displayed in the area A20.
  • the area A21 displays the upper body of the veterinarian R2.
  • the veterinarian R2 can view an affected area such as a wound of an animal patient (hereinafter simply referred to as a "wound") through the display D20 (FIG. 7) of the animal hospital terminal 20. ) is confirmed, the animal patient is diagnosed, and the result is communicated to the owner R1 via the user terminal 10 (step S108).
  • the display D20 is an example of the information display section described in the claims.
  • Acquisition of still images and acquisition of moving images may be associated as UI functions corresponding to the button B11 described above.
  • the button B11 may be displayed on the animal hospital terminal 20. FIG. In this case, it is possible to acquire an image or the like at a timing desired by the veterinarian R2, thereby improving operability and accuracy.
  • the resolution has been changed from "SD" to "8K".
  • the owner R1 is asked by the veterinarian R2 to show the wound, for example, while the owner R1 and the veterinarian R2 are having a face-to-face conversation in the video call sequence,
  • the owner R1 can display the wound site image of the wound site on the display D20 of the animal hospital terminal 20 with high image quality via the user terminal 10 .
  • the wound opening image can be recorded in the recording unit 230 of the animal hospital terminal 20.
  • the recording unit 230 is an example of a recording unit described in claims.
  • the camera unit 101 set to the high-definition mode takes an image of the wound to acquire the photograph.
  • the owner R1 can transmit the captured still image to the animal hospital terminal 20 via the user terminal 10 .
  • the resolution at the time of imaging is important, the resolution at the time of communication does not matter as long as the wound site image reaches the veterinary hospital terminal 20 side.
  • the veterinary hospital terminal 20 can manage the still images received from the user terminal 10 in a database or the like for managing medical record information of animal patients.
  • control unit 140 of the user terminal 10 terminates screen sharing in response to input from the owner R1 and notifies the animal hospital terminal 20 (step S109).
  • screen sharing is also terminated on the animal hospital terminal 20 side due to the notification of termination of screen sharing from the user terminal 10 (step S110).
  • step S110 the order of steps S108 and S109 may be reversed, and the animal hospital terminal 20 may notify the user terminal 10 of the end of screen sharing.
  • both the user terminal 10 and the veterinary hospital terminal 20 log out from the animal patient remote diagnosis system 1, and the processing executed by the animal patient remote diagnosis system 1 of this embodiment is completed.
  • the amount of information displayed on the display D20 of the veterinary hospital terminal 20 is the first data.
  • the amount is switched between the amount and the second amount of data. Therefore, it is possible to support smooth remote diagnosis without impairing the quality of both images and voices.
  • communication between the user terminal 10 and the animal hospital terminal 20 can be switched between a first communication mode and a second communication mode.
  • first communication mode an encoding method and encoding processing parameters are set such that the information amount of video data is set as the first data amount and the information amount of audio data is set as the second data amount.
  • the code is such that the information amount of the video data is set to a third data amount larger than the first data amount, and the information amount of the audio data is set to a fourth data amount smaller than the second data amount.
  • An encoding method and encoding processing parameters are set.
  • the quality changing unit 141 can perform switching processing between the first and second communication modes.
  • the quality changer 141 can switch the communication mode in response to receiving an instruction from the animal hospital terminal 20, for example.
  • the communication quality of video data related to the second communication mode is higher than the communication quality of video data related to the first communication mode. That is, the amount of video data related to the second communication mode is larger than the amount of video data related to the first communication mode.
  • the second communication mode can be set to have a higher frame rate than the first communication mode.
  • the resolution of the video data can be set higher in the second communication mode than in the first communication mode.
  • the communication quality of voice data related to the second communication mode is lower than the communication quality of voice data related to the first communication mode. That is, the data amount of voice data related to the second communication mode is smaller than the data amount of voice data related to the first communication mode.
  • the second communication mode can be set to have a lower sampling rate, fewer channels, and/or fewer quantization bits than the first communication mode.
  • the above communication quality setting can be performed, for example, by selecting an encoding method and setting parameters to be given to the encoding process by the encoding method.
  • settings for video data are registered.
  • the encoding method and parameters given to the encoding process are also stored in the service management table 1001. be able to.
  • the audio data encoding method corresponding to the first communication mode is waveform encoding (PCM, ADPCM, etc.), and the audio data encoding method corresponding to the second communication mode is , by hybrid coding (such as CELP) or by analysis-synthesis coding (such as LPC).
  • the coding of the voice data corresponding to the first communication mode can be by hybrid coding
  • the coding method corresponding to the second communication mode can be by analysis voice coding.
  • the service management table 1001 may store the communication quality of video data and/or audio data in association with animal species and first and second communication modes. For example, video data resolutions corresponding to animal species and first and second communication modes may be set.
  • the quality changing unit 141 can read the resolution corresponding to the animal species of the animal patient and the current communication mode from the service management table 1001 and set the resolution in the encoding process.
  • the encoding method of the video data and/or the audio data may be stored in association with the animal species and the first and second communication modes.
  • the quality changing unit 141 can read the encoding method corresponding to the animal species of the animal patient and the current communication mode from the service management table 1001 and perform the encoding process using the read encoding method.
  • the service management table 1001 may store the communication quality of video data and/or voice data in association with medical care content, animal species, and first and second communication modes.
  • the content of medical care for example, the clinical department, the examination items, the examination site, or the name of the disease that the veterinarian is concerned about can be displayed at the animal hospital terminal 20).
  • the user terminal 10 and the veterinary hospital terminal 20 read out the communication quality corresponding to the input medical treatment content, the animal species of the animal patient, and the current communication mode from the service management table 1001. Communication quality can be set.
  • a series of processes by the device described in this specification may be implemented using software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware. It is possible to prepare a computer program for realizing each function of the user terminal 10 according to the present embodiment and to implement it in a PC or the like.
  • a computer-readable recording medium storing such a computer program can also be provided.
  • the recording medium is, for example, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a flash memory, or the like.
  • the above computer program may be distributed, for example, via a network without using a recording medium.

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