Method and apparatus for displaying states

• US 10,325,387 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2017
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yamaji, Takayuki, Kawano, Kiyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phong X
• Application Number:
  US15/499,183
• Publication Number:
  US 20170228901A1
• Time in Patent Office: 782 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0252 using ambient temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4809 Sleep detection, i.e. determining whether a subject is asleep or not
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/17 Counting, e.g. counting periodical movements, revolutions or cycles, or including further data processing to determine distances or speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/75 calorie expenditure
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0619 Displays, user interfaces and indicating devices, specially adapted for sport equipment, e.g. display mounted on treadmills
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/60 for the operation of medical equipment or devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

A disclosed state display method includes: determining which of a first period and a second period is dominant in a designated period based on chronological measurement results of vital activities of a subject in the designated period, the first period being a period that has been determined that the subject is in a sleep state, the second period being a period that has been determined that the subject is in a non-sleep state; and changing configuration of a display screen that displays information related to states of the subject in the designated period according to a result of the determining.

Claims

1. A state display method, comprising:

determining, by using a computer, which of a first period and a second period is longer in a designated period designated by a user based on chronological measurement results of vital activities of a subject in the designated period, the first period being a period that has been determined that the subject is in a sleep state, the second period being a period that has been determined that the subject is in a non-sleep state, the designated period being equal to or less than 24 hours;

changing, by using the computer and according to a result of the determining, configuration of a display screen that displays information related to states of the subject in the designated period, the configuration including a plurality of kinds of state items; and

displaying, by using the computer, the display screen with the changed configuration.

2. The state display method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the configuration includes configuration for a color tone.

3. The state display method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the non-sleep state is a state that is determined not to be the sleep state or a state that is determined to be an awake state.

4. The state display method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, by using the computer, the first period and the second period separately and chronologically in a first screen area set in a display screen; and

displaying, by using the computer, the changed configuration in a second screen area set in the display screen.

5. The state display method as set forth in claim 4, further comprising:

accepting, by using the computer and in the first screen area, an instruction to change the designated period.

6. The state display method as set forth in claim 4, wherein an area in which the first period is displayed is colored with a first color which has a first hue corresponding to the sleep state and represents a depth of sleep by shading, and an area in which the second period is displayed is colored with a second color which has a second hue corresponding to the non-sleep state and represents an intensity of an activity by shading.

7. The state display method as set forth in claim 4, further comprising:

displaying, by using the computer, a transition of time in the designated period; and

displaying, by using the computer, identification information for at least one of moonrise, moonset, sunrise and sunset at a corresponding position.

8. The state display method as set forth in claim 4, further comprising:

displaying, by using the computer, identification information for an age of a moon in the designated period.

9. The state display method as set forth in claim 4, further comprising:

displaying, by using the computer, change of outdoor temperature in the designated period or indoor temperature around the subject in the designated period in a form in which a direction of an axis is different from a direction of a time axis.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

determining which of a first period and a second period is longer in a designated period designated by a user based on chronological measurement results of vital activities of a subject in the designated period, the first period being a period that has been determined that the subject is in a sleep state, the second period being a period that has been determined that the subject is in a non-sleep state, the designated period being equal to or less than 24 hours;

changing, according to a result of the determining, configuration of a display screen that displays information related to states of the subject in the designated period, the configuration including a plurality of kinds of state items; and

displaying the display screen with the changed configuration.

11. A state display apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

determine which of a first period and a second period is longer in a designated period designated by a user based on chronological measurement results of vital activities of a subject in the designated period, the first period being a period that has been determined that the subject is in a sleep state, the second period being a period that has been determined that the subject is in a non-sleep state, the designated period being equal to or less than 24 hours;

change, according to a result of the determining, configuration of a display screen that displays information related to states of the subject in the designated period, the configuration including a plurality of kinds of state items; and

display the display screen with the changed configuration.