Lifestyle Improvement Support System and Lifestyle Improvement Support Method

• US 20080065413A1
• Filed: 03/14/2006
• Published: 03/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kawamura, Tatsurou, Noguchi, Eiji, Taniike, Yuko, Kenjou, Noriko
• Application Number:
  US11/596,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20080065413A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a lifestyle improvement support system that can impart incentive information, such as points, with accuracy.

A lifestyle improvement support system according to the present invention includes: a measurement unit (12) which measures first biological information, which is biological information of a patient and which is reported by the patient; an information input unit (41) which inputs second biological information, which is biological information of the patient and is reported by a third-party institution, and which has a correlation with the first biological information; an incentive information creation unit which creates incentive information, which is information for increasing the incentive for the patient to improve his/her lifestyle, based on the first biological information and the second biological information; and a display unit which displays the incentive information.

Claims

1. A lifestyle improvement support system which supports improvements in lifestyle, said system comprising:

a first biological information acquisition unit operable to acquire first biological information, which is biological information of a patient and which is reported by the patient;

a second biological information acquisition unit operable to acquire second biological information, which is biological information of the patient and is reported by a third-party institution, and which has a correlation with the first biological information;

an incentive information creation unit operable to create incentive information, which is information for increasing the incentive for the patient to improve his/her lifestyle, based on the first biological information and the second biological information; and

an output unit operable to output the incentive information.

2. The lifestyle improvement support system according to claim 1,

wherein said incentive information creation unit is operable to create tentative incentive information, which is the incentive information that has not yet been finalized, based on the first biological information, and after that, create finalized incentive information, which is the incentive information that has been finalized, based on the tentative incentive information and the second biological information.

3. The lifestyle improvement support system according to claim 2, further comprising

a correlative relationship storage unit operable to store a correlative relationship between the first biological information and the second biological information,

wherein said incentive information creation unit is operable to find an estimated value of the second biological information based on the correlative relationship and the first biological information, and create the finalized incentive information so that the incentive for the patient to improve his/her lifestyle increases the lower the degree of divergence between the second biological information and the estimated value of the second biological information.

4. The lifestyle improvement support system according to claim 3, further comprising

a target value storage unit operable to store a target value of the second biological information,

wherein said incentive information creation unit is operable to create the finalized incentive information so that the incentive for the patient to improve his/her lifestyle increases the higher the degree of achievement between the second biological information and the target value of the second biological information.

5. The lifestyle improvement support system according to claim 3, further comprising

a biological information storage unit operable to store the second biological information,

wherein said incentive information creation unit is operable to create the finalized incentive information so that the incentive for the patient to improve his/her lifestyle increases the higher the degree of improvement between the present second biological information and the previous second biological information.

6. The lifestyle improvement support system according to claim 1, further comprising

an advice information creation unit operable to create advice information, which is information indicating advice for the patient regarding improvement in his/her lifestyle, based on the first biological information,

wherein said output unit is operable to output the advice information.

7. The lifestyle improvement support system according to claim 1,

wherein said incentive information creation unit is operable to generate third-party institution incentive information, which is information for increasing the incentive for efforts on the part of the third-party institution, based on the incentive information, and

said output unit is operable to output the third-party institution incentive information.

8. The lifestyle improvement support system according to claim 1, further comprising

a client terminal which belongs to the patient;

and

a third-party institution terminal which belongs to the third-party institution,

wherein said client terminal includes;

a first biological information acceptance unit operable to accept input of the first biological information; and

a first biological information sending unit operable to send the first biological information accepted by said first biological information acceptance unit to said first biological information acquisition unit via a network, and

said third-party terminal includes;

a second biological information acceptance unit operable to accept input of the second biological information; and

a second biological information sending unit operable to send the second biological information accepted by said second biological information acceptance unit to said second biological information acquisition unit via a network.

9. The lifestyle improvement support system according to claim 1, further comprising

a client terminal which belongs to the patient;

and

a third-party institution terminal which belongs to the third-party institution,

wherein said client terminal includes;

a first biological information acceptance unit operable to accept input of the first biological information; and

a first biological information sending unit operable to send the first biological information accepted by said first biological information acceptance unit to said first biological information acquisition unit via a storage medium, and

said third-party terminal includes;

a second biological information acceptance unit operable to accept input of the second biological information; and

a second biological information sending unit operable to send the second biological information accepted by said second biological information acceptance unit to said second biological information acquisition unit via a network.

10. The lifestyle improvement support system according to claim 1,

wherein the first biological information is information that indicates results of the patient'"'"'s lifestyle improvement.

11. A lifestyle improvement support method for supporting improvements in lifestyle, said method comprising:

a first biological information acquisition step of acquiring first biological information, which is biological information of a patient and which is reported by the patient;

a second biological information acquisition step of acquiring second biological information, which is biological information of the patient and is reported by a third-party institution, and which has a correlation with the first biological information;

an incentive information creation step of creating incentive information, which is information for increasing the incentive for the patient to improve his/her lifestyle, based on the first biological information and the second biological information; and

an output step of outputting the incentive information.

12. The lifestyle improvement support method according to claim 11,

wherein said incentive information creation step includes creating tentative incentive information, which is the incentive information that has not yet been finalized, based on the first biological information, and after that, creating finalized incentive information, which is the incentive information that has been finalized, based on the tentative incentive information and the second biological information.

13. The lifestyle improvement support method according to claim 12,

wherein said incentive information creation step includes:

finding an estimated value of the second biological information, based on a correlative relationship between the first biological information and the second biological information, and the first biological information; and

creating the finalized incentive information so that the incentive for the patient to improve his/her lifestyle increases the lower the degree of divergence between the second biological information and the estimated value of the second biological information.

14. The lifestyle improvement support method according to claim 11, further comprising

an advice information creation step of creating advice information, which is information indicating advice for the patient regarding improvement in his/her lifestyle, based on the first biological information,

wherein said output step includes outputting the advice information.

15. The lifestyle improvement support method according to claim 11,

wherein said incentive information creation step includes generating third-party institution incentive information, which is information for increasing the incentive for efforts on the part of the third-party institution, based on the incentive information for increasing the incentive for the patient to improve his/her lifestyle, and

said output step includes outputting the third-party institution incentive information.

16. A program for supporting improvements in lifestyle, said program causing a computer to execute:

a first biological information acquisition step of acquiring first biological information, which is biological information of a patient and which is reported by the patient;

a second biological information acquisition step of acquiring second biological information, which is biological information of the patient and is reported by a third-party institution, and which has a correlation with the first biological information;

an incentive information creation step of creating incentive information, which is information for increasing the incentive for the patient to improve his/her lifestyle, based on the first biological information and the second biological information; and

an output step of outputting the incentive information.