CONDITION IMPROVEMENT ADVISOR

• US 20080114218A1
• Filed: 11/08/2007
• Published: 05/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai RIKA Denki Seisakusho
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai RIKA Denki Seisakusho
• Inventors: Mizutani, Toshinobu, Suyama, Mari, Nishikawa, Masato
• Application Number:
  US11/936,985
• Publication Number:
  US 20080114218A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4261 Evaluating exocrine secretion production A61B3/101 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6824 Arm or wrist
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/066 actuating a signalling device B60K28/063 takes precedence

Abstract

A condition improvement advisor for monitoring a condition related to the user and improving the monitored condition. The condition improvement advisor includes a sensor unit for detecting the monitored condition and outputting data representing the user'"'"'s present state when carried by the user. A present state determination circuit determines from the data representing the user'"'"'s present state whether or not the user'"'"'s present state should be improved. When determining that the user'"'"'s present state should be improved, the present state determination circuit generates advice indicating an item that would improve the present state. An output device outputs the advice generated by the present state determination circuit in a form understandable to a human.

Claims

1. A condition improvement advisor for monitoring a condition related to a user carrying the condition improvement advisor and improving the monitored condition, the condition improvement advisor comprising:

a sensor unit for detecting the monitored condition and outputting data representing the user'"'"'s present state when carried by the user;

a present state determination circuit for determining from the data representing the user'"'"'s present state whether or not the user'"'"'s present state should be improved, wherein when determining that the user'"'"'s present state should be improved, the present state determination circuit generates advice indicating an item that would improve the present state; and

an output device for outputting the advice generated by the present state determination circuit in a form understandable to a human.

2. The condition improvement advisor according to claim 1, wherein the advice includes a message indicating a specific action that should be taken by a person provided with the advice to improve the user'"'"'s present state.

3. The condition improvement advisor according to claim 1, wherein the present state determination circuit generates a message indicating a condition that needs improvement as determined by the present state determination circuit and a specific action that should be taken by a person provided with the advice to improve the user'"'"'s present state.

4. The condition improvement advisor according to claim 1, wherein after generation of the advice, when determining with the data representing the user'"'"'s present state from the sensor unit that the user'"'"'s present state no longer needs to be improved, the present state determination circuit stops generating the advice.

5. The condition improvement advisor according to claim 4, wherein after generation of the advice, when determining with the data representing the user'"'"'s present state from the sensor unit that the user'"'"'s present state no longer needs to be improved, the present state determination circuit generates a message updating the user'"'"'s present state and stops generating the advice.

6. The condition improvement advisor according to claim 5, wherein the present state determination circuit generates a message indicating a new action that should be taken by a person provided with the message corresponding to the user'"'"'s updated present state and output the message indicating the new action through the output device.

7. The condition improvement advisor according to claim 1, wherein:

the advice includes a visual message and an audible message; and

the output device includes a display for showing the visual message and a speaker for issuing the audible message.