State information acquisition system, state information acquisition apparatus, attachable terminal apparatus, and state information acquisition method
First Claim
1. A state information acquisition system comprising:
- a terminal which has physiological state detecting means of detecting the physiological state of a person or animal, posture/action detecting means of detecting the posture and/or action state of said person or animal, and detection signal transmitting means of transmitting detection signals based on the detection of (1) said physiological state and (2) said posture and/or action state, and is attachable to said person or animal; and
signal receiving and processing means which receives and processes a signal transmitted from said terminal and is located in a predetermined region; and
thereby obtaining state information indicating the state of said person or animal on the basis of said detection signal.
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Abstract
A state information acquisition system has
a terminal which has physiological state detecting means of detecting the physiological state of a person or animal, posture/action detecting means of detecting the posture and/or action state of the person or animal, and detection signal transmitting means of transmitting detection signals based on the detection of (1) the physiological state and (2) the posture and/or action state, and is attachable to the person or animal; and
signal receiving and processing means which receives and processes a signal transmitted from the terminal and is located in a predetermined region; and
thereby obtaining state information indicating the state of the person or animal on the basis of the detection signal.
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1. A state information acquisition system comprising:
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a terminal which has physiological state detecting means of detecting the physiological state of a person or animal, posture/action detecting means of detecting the posture and/or action state of said person or animal, and detection signal transmitting means of transmitting detection signals based on the detection of (1) said physiological state and (2) said posture and/or action state, and is attachable to said person or animal; and
signal receiving and processing means which receives and processes a signal transmitted from said terminal and is located in a predetermined region; and
thereby obtaining state information indicating the state of said person or animal on the basis of said detection signal. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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2. A state information acquisition method comprising the steps of:
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detecting the physiological state of a person or animal;
detecting the posture and/or action state of said person or animal;
transmitting detection signals based on the detection of (1) said physiological state and (2) said posture and/or action state;
receiving and processing said transmitted signal; and
obtaining state information indicating the state of said person or animal on the basis of said detection signal. - View Dependent Claims (69)
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8. A state information acquisition apparatus comprising signal receiving and processing means which receives and processes a detection signal of the physiological state of a person or animal and a detection signal of the posture and/or action state of a person or animal and is located in a predetermined region, wherein
(1) the output from said signal receiving and processing means contains state information which is based on said detection signal and indicates the state of said person or animal, or (2) said processed signal is output for the preparation of state information.
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9. A state information acquisition method comprising the step of receiving and processing a detection signal of the physiological state of a person or animal and a detection signal of the posture and/or action state of a person or animal wherein
(1) said processed signal contains state information which is based on said detection signal and indicates the state of said person or animal, or (2) said processed signal is output for the preparation of state information.
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10. An attachable terminal apparatus comprising detection signal transmitting means of obtaining and transmitting detection signals based on the detection of (1) the physiological state of a person or animal and (2) the posture and/or action state of said person or animal, wherein
said detection signal transmitting means is attachable to said person or animal.
- 11. A state information acquisition method comprising the step of obtaining and transmitting, in the state of being attached to a person or animal, detection signals based on the detection of (1) the physiological state of said person or animal and (2) the posture and/or action state of said person or animal.
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12. A state information acquisition system comprising:
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a terminal which has physiological state detecting means of detecting the physiological state of a person or animal and detection signal transmitting means of transmitting a detection signal based on said detection, and is attachable to said person or animal;
receiving means which receives a signal transmitted from said terminal and is located in a predetermined region; and
signal processing and outputting means of processing said received signal and then outputting the result; and
thereby obtaining state information indicating the state of said person or animal on the basis of said detection signal.
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13. A state information acquisition method comprising the steps of:
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detecting, in the state of being attached to a person or animal, the physiological state of said person or animal and thereby transmitting a detection signal based on said detection;
receiving said transmitted signal;
processing said received signal and then outputting the result; and
obtaining state information indicating the state of said person or animal on the basis of said detection signal.
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16. A personal characteristics information acquisition system comprising:
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radio wave transmitting means which is located at least at one position in a room and transmits a radio wave of specific frequency;
radio wave receiving means of receiving when the distance from said radio wave transmitting means is a predetermined value or less;
posture/action detecting means of detecting the posture, position, action, and motion state of a human body;
physiological state detecting means of detecting the physiological state such as pulse and heartbeat of said human body;
sensor signal transmitting means of transmitting a sensor signal obtained from said physiological state detecting means;
sensor signal receiving means of receiving a sensor signal obtained from said sensor signal transmitting means;
a wearable personal information terminal having said radio wave receiving means, said posture/action detecting means, said sensor signal receiving means, and sensor signal processing means of obtaining the personal characteristics information of said human body;
a master apparatus for successively transmitting and receiving the sensor signals from a plurality of said wearable personal information terminals by wireless; and
signal processing means of integrally processing, by means of a network, the signals obtained from said sensor signals from said master apparatus and thereby obtaining the personal characteristics information of said human body.
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18. A state information acquisition system comprising:
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position detecting means of detecting the position of a person or animal and thereby transmitting a position detection signal;
a terminal which has posture/action detecting means of detecting the posture and/or action state of said person or animal and detection signal transmitting means of transmitting a state detection signal based on the detection of said posture and/or action state, and is attachable to said person or animal; and
signal receiving and processing means which receives and processes said position detection signal and said state detection signal, and is located in a predetermined region; and
thereby obtaining state information indicating the state of said person or animal on the basis of the result of said processing.
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19. A state information acquisition method comprising the steps of:
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detecting the position of a person or animal and thereby transmitting a position detection signal;
detecting the posture and/or action state of said person or animal and thereby transmitting a state detection signal;
receiving and processing said position detection signal and said state detection signal; and
obtaining state information indicating the state of said person or animal on the basis of the result of said processing.
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25. A state information acquisition apparatus comprising signal receiving and processing means which receives and processes a position detection signal based on the detection of the position of a person or animal and a state detection signal based on the detection of the posture and/or action state of said person or animal and is located in a predetermined region, wherein
(1) the output from said signal receiving and processing means contains state information which is based on the result of said processing and indicates the state of said person or animal, or (2) said processed signal is output for the preparation of state information.
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26. A state information acquisition method comprising the step of receiving and processing a position detection signal based on the detection of the position of a person or animal and a state detection signal based on the detection of the posture and/or action state of said person or animal, wherein
(1) said processed signal contains state information which is based on the result of said processing and indicates the state of said person or animal, or (2) said processed signal is output for the preparation of state information.
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27. A state information acquisition system comprising:
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identifying means of identifying a person or animal;
position detecting means of detecting the position of said person or animal and thereby transmitting a position detection signal; and
signal processing and outputting means of receiving and processing said position detection signal with considering the result of said identification, and then outputting the result; and
thereby obtaining state signal indicating the state of said person or animal on the basis of the result of said processing.
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28. A state information acquisition method comprising the steps of:
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identifying a person or animal;
detecting the position of said person or animal and thereby transmitting a position detection signal;
receiving and processing said position detection signal with considering the result of said identification, and then outputting the result; and
obtaining state signal indicating the state of said person or animal on the basis of the result of said processing.
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29. A state information acquisition system comprising:
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identifying means of identifying a person or animal;
a terminal which has posture/action detecting means of detecting the posture and/or action state of saidperson or animal and detection signal transmitting means of transmitting a state detection signal based on the detection of said posture and/or action state, and is attachable to said person or animal; and
signal processing and outputting means of receiving and processing said state detection signal with considering the result of said identification, and then outputting the result; and
thereby obtaining state information indicating the state of said person or animal on the basis of the result of said processing.
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30. A state information acquisition method comprising the steps of:
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identifying a person or animal;
detecting, in the state of being attached to said person or animal, the posture and/or action state of said person or animal and transmitting a state detection signal based on the detection of said posture and/or action state;
receiving and processing said state detection signal with considering the result of said identification, and then outputting the result; and
obtaining state information indicating the state of said person or animal on the basis of the result of said processing. - View Dependent Claims (73)
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31. An abnormal action detection system comprising:
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position detecting means which is located at least at one position in a room and detects the position of a human body by means of image processing;
movement direction detecting means which is located in an entrance of said room and detects the movement direction of said human body;
transmitting means which is located at least at one position in said room and transmits a radio wave of specific frequency;
receiving means of receiving when the distance from said transmitting means is a predetermined value or less;
posture/action detecting means of detecting the posture, action, and motion state of said human body;
a wearable personal information terminal having said receiving means, said posture/action detecting means, and signal processing means of obtaining the action information of said human body;
a master apparatus for successively transmitting and receiving the sensor signals from a plurality of said wearable personal information terminals by wireless;
signal processing means of integrally processing said sensor signals from said master apparatus and the signals obtained from said position detecting means and said movement direction detecting means and thereby obtaining the action information of said human body;
storing means of storing the action information of said human body obtained from said signal processing means, in an integrated form of structured data by means of a network;
action evaluating means of evaluating said action information of said human body obtained from said signal processing means by comparing it with said structured data stored in said storing means connected to said network;
state determining means of determining and predicting an abnormality in the action state of said human body obtained from said action evaluating means; and
notifying means of notifying said determined abnormality in said action state of said human body to said personal information terminal and other terminals connected to said network. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 74)
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34. A state information detection and transmission apparatus comprising:
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physiological information detecting means of detecting the physiological information of a human body;
transmitting means of transmitting said physiological information detected by said physiological information detecting means; and
a wearable personal information terminal having;
receiving means of receiving said physiological information from said transmitting means; and
sending means of sending said physiological information received by said receiving means or physiological information generated by signal processing of said physiological information, to a predetermined base station;
wherein(1) said transmitting means transmits said physiological information detected by said physiological information detecting means to said personal information terminal in every predetermined time interval, or (2) said receiving means receives said physiological information from said transmitting means in every predetermined time interval, or (3) said sending means sends said physiological information to said base station in every predetermined time interval. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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35. A state information detection and transmission method comprising the steps of:
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detecting the physiological information of a human body;
transmitting said detected physiological information; and
in a wearable personal information terminal;
receiving said physiological information; and
sending said received physiological information or physiological information generated by signal processing of said physiological information, to a predetermined base station;
wherein(1) said detected physiological information is transmitted to said personal information terminal in every predetermined time interval, or (2) said physiological information is received in every predetermined time interval, or (3) said physiological information is sent to said base station in every predetermined time interval.
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36. A wearable personal information terminal having:
- receiving means of receiving physiological information from transmitting means of transmitting physiological information detected by physiological information detecting means of detecting the physiological information of a human body; and
sending means of sending said physiological information received by said receiving means or physiological information generated by signal processing of said physiological information, to a predetermined base station;
wherein(1) said receiving means receives said physiological information from said transmitting means in every predetermined time interval, or (2) said sending means sends said physiological information to said base station in every predetermined time interval. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63)
- receiving means of receiving physiological information from transmitting means of transmitting physiological information detected by physiological information detecting means of detecting the physiological information of a human body; and
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37. A personal information processing method comprising the steps of:
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receiving detected and transmitted physiological information of a human body, by a predetermined personal information terminal; and
sending said received physiological information or physiological information generated by signal processing of said physiological information, from said personal information terminal to a predetermined base station;
wherein(1) said physiological information is received in every predetermined time interval, or (2) said physiological information is sent to said base station in every predetermined time interval.
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38. Transmitting means of transmitting physiological information detected by physiological information detecting means of detecting the physiological information of a human body, to a predetermined personal information terminal, wherein
said transmitting means transmits said physiological information detected by said physiological information detecting means to said personal information terminal in every predetermined time interval.
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39. A transmitting method comprising the step of transmitting detected physiological information of a human body to a predetermined personal information terminal, wherein
said detected physiological information is transmitted to said personal information terminal in every predetermined time interval.
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40. A state information detection and transmission apparatus comprising:
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physiological information detecting means of detecting the physiological information of a human body;
transmitting means of transmitting said physiological information detected by said physiological information detecting means; and
a wearable personal information terminal having;
receiving means of receiving said physiological information from said transmitting means; and
sending means of sending said physiological information received by said receiving means or physiological information generated by signal processing of said physiological information, to a predetermined base station;
wherein(1) said transmitting means transmits said physiological information to said personal information terminal only when a substantial change occurs in the signal detected by said physiological information detecting means, or (2) said sending means sends said physiological information to said base station only when a substantial change occurs in said physiological information received by said receiving means.
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41. A state information detection and transmission method comprising the steps of:
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detecting the physiological information of a human body;
transmitting said detected physiological information; and
in a wearable personal information terminal;
receiving said physiological information; and
sending said received physiological information or physiological information generated by signal processing of said physiological information, to a predetermined base station;
wherein(1) said physiological information is transmitted to said personal information terminal only when a substantial change occurs in said physiological information, or (2) said physiological information is sent to said base station only when a substantial change occurs in said received physiological information. - View Dependent Claims (75)
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42. A wearable personal information terminal having:
- receiving means of receiving physiological information from transmitting means of transmitting physiological information detected by physiological information detecting means of detecting the physiological information of a human body; and
sending means of sending said physiological information received by said receiving means or physiological information generated by signal processing of said physiological information, to a predetermined base station;
wherein said sending means sends said physiological information to said base station only when a substantial change occurs in said physiological information received by said receiving means.
- receiving means of receiving physiological information from transmitting means of transmitting physiological information detected by physiological information detecting means of detecting the physiological information of a human body; and
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43. A personal information processing method comprising the steps of:
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receiving detected and transmitted physiological information of a human body, by a predetermined personal information terminal; and
sending said received physiological information or physiological information generated by signal processing of said physiological information, from said personal information terminal to a predetermined base station;
wherein said physiological information is sent to said base station only when a substantial change occurs in said received physiological information.
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44. Transmitting means of transmitting physiological information detected by physiological information detecting means of detecting the physiological information of a human body, to a predetermined personal information terminal, wherein
said transmitting means transmits said physiological information to said personal information terminal only when a substantial change occurs in the signal detected by said physiological information detecting means.
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45. A transmitting method comprising the step of transmitting detected physiological information of a human body to a predetermined personal information terminal, wherein
said physiological information is transmitted to said personal information terminal only when a substantial change occurs in said physiological information.
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48. A wearable personal information terminal having:
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state detecting means of detecting all or part of the posture, action, and motion state of a human body; and
sending means of sending state information detected by said state detecting means or state information generated by signal processing of said state information, to a predetermined base station;
whereinsaid sending means sends said state information to said base station in every predetermined time interval.
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49. A personal information processing method comprising the steps of:
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detecting, as state information, all or part of the posture, action, and motion state of a human body; and
sending said detected state information or state information generated by signal processing of said state information, from a predetermined personal information terminal to a predetermined base station;
whereinsaid state information is sent to said base station in every predetermined time interval.
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50. A wearable personal information terminal having:
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state detecting means of detecting all or part of the posture, action, and motion state of a human body; and
sending means of sending state information detected by said state detecting means or state information generated by signal processing of said state information, to a predetermined base station;
whereinsaid sending means sends said state information to said base station only when a substantial change occurs in the signal detected by said state information detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (52)
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51. A personal information processing method comprising the steps of:
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detecting, as state information, all or part of the posture, action, and motion state of a human body; and
sending said detected state information or state information generated by signal processing of said state information, from a predetermined personal information terminal to a predetermined base station;
whereinsaid state information is sent to said base station only when a substantial change occurs in said detected signal.
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53. A state information detection and transmission apparatus comprising:
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physiological information detecting means of detecting the physiological information of a human body;
transmitting means of transmitting said physiological information detected by said physiological information detecting means; and
a wearable personal information terminal having;
receiving means of receiving said physiological information from said transmitting means;
state detecting means of detecting all or part of the posture, action, and motion state of said human body; and
sending means of sending all orpart of state information composed of said physiological information received by said receiving means and the information detected by said state detecting means, or alternatively all or part of state information generated by signal processing of said state information, to a predetermined base station;
whereinsaid sending means sends said state information to said base station only when a substantial change occurs in at least a part of said physiological information received by said receiving means and said information detected by said state detecting means.
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54. A state information detection and transmission method comprising the steps of:
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detecting the physiological information of a human body;
transmitting said detected physiological information; and
in a wearable personal information terminal;
receiving said physiological information;
detecting all or part of the posture, action, and motion state of said human body; and
sending all or part of state information composed of said received physiological information and said detected information, or alternatively all or part of state information generated by signal processing of said state information, to a predetermined base station;
whereinsaid state information is sent to said base station only when a substantial change occurs in at least a part of said received physiological information and said detected information. - View Dependent Claims (76)
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55. A state information detection and transmission apparatus comprising:
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physiological information detecting means of detecting the physiological information of a human body;
transmitting means of transmitting said physiological information detected by said physiological information detecting means; and
a wearable personal information terminal having;
receiving means of receiving said physiological information from said transmitting means;
state detecting means of detecting all or part of the posture, action, and motion state of said human body; and
sending means of sending all or part of state information composed of said physiological information received by said receiving means and the information detected by said state detecting means, or alternatively all or part of state information generated by signal processing of said state information, to a predetermined base station;
whereinsaid receiving means receives said physiological information from said transmitting means only when a substantial change occurs in the signal detected by said state detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (57, 77, 80)
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56. A state information detection and transmission method comprising the steps of:
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detecting the physiological information of a human body;
transmitting said detected physiological information; and
in a wearable personal information terminal;
receiving said physiological information;
detecting all or part of the posture, action, and motion state of said human body; and
sending all or part of state information composed of said received physiological information and said detected information, or alternatively all or part of state information generated by signal processing of said state information, to a predetermined base station;
whereinsaid physiological information is received only when a substantial change occurs in said detected signal.
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58. A wearable personal information terminal having:
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receiving means of receiving physiological information from transmitting means of transmitting physiological information detected by physiological information detecting means of detecting the physiological information of ahuman body;
state detecting means of detecting all or part of the posture, action, and motion state of said human body; and
sending means of sending all or part of state information composed of said physiological information received by said receiving means and the information detected by said state detecting means, or alternatively all or part of state information generated by signal processing of said state information, to a predetermined base station;
whereinsaid receiving means receives said physiological information from said transmitting means only when a substantial change occurs in the information detected by said state detecting means.
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59. A personal information processing method comprising the steps of:
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receiving detected and transmitted physiological information of a human body, by a predetermined personal information terminal;
detecting all or part of the posture, action, and motion state of said human body; and
sending all or part of state information composed of said received physiological information and said detected information, or alternatively all or part of state information generated by signal processing of said state information, from said personal information terminal to a predetermined base station;
whereinsaid physiological information is received only when a substantial change occurs in said detected information.
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64. An action detection system comprising:
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a wearable personal information terminal for acquiring at least a part of the personal characteristic action information of a human body;
action information acquiring means which is uncarried with said human body and located in a predetermined fixed place, and acquires at least a part of the personal characteristic action information of said human body;
a base station for receiving said personal characteristic action information from said personal information terminal by wireless;
action state calculating means of integrally processing said personal characteristic action information received by said base station and said personal characteristic action information from said action information acquiring means and thereby obtaining the action state of said human body;
state determining means of comparing said action state obtained by said action state calculating means with predetermined reference information and thereby determining and predicting the presence or absence of abnormality in said action state of said human body;
a first Internet terminal for transmitting, via the Internet, the result of determination by said state determining means, or alternatively said result of determination and said action state information obtained by said action state calculating means; and
a second Internet terminal for receiving said result of determination, or alternatively said result of determination and said action state information, from said first Internet terminal via the Internet;
whereinsaid first Internet terminal and said second Internet terminal can perform interactive information communications with each other via the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68)
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65. An action detection method comprising the steps of:
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acquiring, in the state of being carriedwith ahumanbody, at least a part of the personal characteristic action information of said human body;
acquiring, in the state of being uncarried with said human body and located in a predetermined fixed place, at least a part of the personal characteristic action information of said human body;
receiving said personal characteristic action information by wireless;
integrally processing said received personal characteristic action information and said personal characteristic action information and thereby obtaining the action state of said human body;
comparing said obtained action state with predetermined reference information and thereby determining and predicting the presence or absence of abnormality in said action state of said human body;
transmitting the result of said determination, or alternatively said result of determination and said obtained action state information, from a first Internet terminal via the Internet; and
receiving said result of determination, or alternatively said result of determination and said action state information, from said first Internet terminal via the Internet by a second Internet terminal;
whereinsaid first Internet terminal and said second Internet terminal can perform interactive information communications with each other via the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (78)
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79. A personal characteristics information acquisition method comprising the steps of:
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Transmitting, by radio wave transmitting means which is located at least at one position in a room, a radio wave of specific frequency;
Receiving, by radio wave receiving means, when the distance from said radio wave transmitting means is a predetermined value or less;
Detecting, by posture/action detecting means, the posture, position, action, and motion state of a human body;
Detecting, by physiological state detecting means, the physiological state such as pulse and heartbeat of said human body;
Transmitting, by sensor signal transmitting means, a sensor signal obtained from said physiological state detecting means;
Receiving, by sensor signal receiving means, a sensor signal obtained from said sensor signal transmitting means;
Transmitting successively and receiving, by a master apparatus, the sensor signals by wireless from a plurality of wearable personal information terminals having said radio wave receiving means, said posture/action detecting means, said sensor signal receiving means, and sensor signal processing means of obtaining the personal characteristics information of said human body; and
Processing integrally, by signal processing means, the signals obtained from said sensor signals from said master apparatus by means of a network and thereby obtaining the personal characteristics information of said human body.
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81. An abnormal action detection method comprising the steps of:
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Detecting, by position detecting means which is located at least at one position in a room, the position of a human body by means of image processing;
Detecting, by movement direction detecting means which is located in an entrance of said room, the movement direction of said human body;
Transmitting, by transmitting means which is located at least at one position in said room, a radio wave of specific frequency;
Receiving, by receiving means, when the distance from said transmitting means is a predetermined value or less;
Detecting, by posture/action detecting means, the posture, action, and motion state of said human body;
Transmitting successively and receiving, by a master apparatus, the sensor signals by wireless from a plurality of wearable personal information terminals having said receiving means, said posture/action detecting means, and signal processing means of obtaining the action information of said human body;
Processing integrally, by signal processing means, said sensor signals from said master apparatus and the signals obtained from said position detecting means and said movement direction detecting means and thereby obtaining the action information of said human body;
Storing, by storing means, the action information of said human body obtained from said signal processing means, in an integrated form of structured data by means of a network;
Evaluating, by action evaluating means, said action information of said human body obtained from said signal processing means by comparing it with said structured data stored in said storing means connected to said network;
Determining and predicting, by state determining means, an abnormality in the action state of said human body obtained from said action evaluating means; and
Notifying, by notifying means, said determined abnormality in said action state of said human body to said personal information terminal and other terminals connected to said network. - View Dependent Claims (82)
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