METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING STATES

• US 20170251986A1
• Filed: 04/27/2017
• Published: 09/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: YAMAJI, Takayuki
• Granted Patent: US 10,201,316 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1116 Determining posture transitions
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4806 Sleep evaluation A61B5/4821 takes precedence; devices for inducing sleep A61M21/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4812 Detecting sleep stages or cycles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4815 Sleep quality
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/744 Displaying an avatar, e.g. an animated cartoon character
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs

Abstract

A disclosed state display method includes: obtaining measurement results of vital activities of a subject; and displaying temporal transition of states of the subject by a one-dimensional heat map based on the measurement results. And the displaying includes:

first displaying, in association with a first period in which the measurement results represent a sleep state, a first color that represents a depth of sleep by shading and has a first hue corresponding to the sleep state; and second displaying, in association with a second period in which the measurement results represent a non-sleep state, a second color that represents an intensity of an activity by the shading and has a second hue corresponding to the non-sleep state.

Claims

1. A state display method, comprising:

obtaining, by using a computer, measurement results of vital activities of a subject; and

displaying, by using the computer, temporal transition of states of the subject by a one-dimensional heat map based on the measurement results, and

wherein the displaying comprises;

first displaying, in association with a first period in which the measurement results represent a sleep state, a first color that represents a depth of sleep by shading and has a first hue corresponding to the sleep state; and

second displaying, in association with a second period in which the measurement results represent a non-sleep state, a second color that represents an intensity of an activity by the shading and has a second hue corresponding to the non-sleep state.

2. The state display method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the displaying further comprises third displaying, at a corresponding position, identification information for a time of at least one of moonrise, moonset, sunrise and sunset in a period displayed in the one-dimensional heat map.

3. The state display method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the displaying further comprises fourth displaying identification information for an age of a moon in a period displayed in the one-dimensional heat map.

4. The state displaymethod as forth in claim 1, wherein the displaying further comprises fifth displaying change of outdoor temperature or indoor temperature around the subject in a period displayed in the one-dimensional heat map in a form in which a direction of an axis is different from a direction of a time axis in the one-dimensional heat map.

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

obtaining measurement results of vital activities of a subject; and

displaying temporal transition of states of the subject by a one-dimensional heat map based on the measurement results, and

wherein the displaying comprises;

first displaying, in association with a first period in which the measurement results represent a sleep state, a first color that represents a depth of sleep by shading and has a first hue corresponding to the sleep state; and

second displaying, in association with a second period in which the measurement results represent a non-sleep state, a second color that represents an intensity of an activity by the shading and has a second hue corresponding to the non-sleep state.

6. A state display apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

obtain measurement results of vital activities of a subject; and

display temporal transition of states of the subject by a one-dimensional heatmap basedon the measurement results, and

wherein the displaying comprises;

first rendering, in association with a first period in which the measurement results represent a sleep state, a first color that represents a depth of sleep by shading and has a first hue corresponding to the sleep state; and

second rendering, in association with a second period in which the measurement results represent a non-sleep state, a second color that represents an intensity of an activity by the shading and has a second hue corresponding to the non-sleep state.