Management system for skin condition measurement analysis information and management method for skin condition measurement analysis information

• US 10,216,697 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2017
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Maxell Holdings, Ltd.
• Inventors: Kusumoto, Fumie, Yoshimura, Masashi, Sakata, Eiji, Nagano, Hironobu, Matsuoka, Kenji, Miura, Kengo
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Chirag R
• Application Number:
  US15/597,578
• Publication Number:
  US 20170245939A1
• Time in Patent Office: 650 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0036 including treatment, e.g., using an implantable medical device, ablating, ventilating
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/441 Skin evaluation, e.g. for skin disorder diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/442 Evaluating skin mechanical properties, e.g. elasticity, hardness, texture, wrinkle assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2021/1765 Method using an image detector and processing of image signal
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/17 Systems in which incident light is modified in accordance with the properties of the material investigated where the material investigated is optically excited causing a change in wavelength of the incident light G01N21/63
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/25 Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Service can be offered free of charge and the cost of a skin condition measuring device can be reduced by effectively using data on the occasion of obtaining an analysis result by transmitting measurement data by the skin condition measuring device to a server of a company providing a service of analyzing the measurement data. When a request is made from a contractor client to acquire data registered in a measurement data database, authentication is executed based on a contractor ID input from the contractor client. Additionally, when the measurement data database is searched from a contractor database based on the contractor ID, a search level and an access level are obtained. The contractor client is permitted to search the measurement data database within a range of the search level and the access level.

Claims

1. A management system for managing skin condition measurement analysis information, comprising:

a user client used by a user of a skin condition measuring device, connected to the skin condition measuring device so as to be able to transmit data to and receive data from the skin condition measuring device, and also connected to a network to transmit and receive data;

a data management server configured to transmit data to and receive data from the user client via the network, to store information related to the user, and to provide information to the user as a primary user of the information and a secondary user of the information who is different from the primary user;

an analysis result outputting unit configured to receive analysis result data of a skin condition obtained by analyzing measurement data measured by the skin measuring device, and to output the analysis result data to be displayable on the user client; and

a secondary user client used by the secondary user, configured to transmit data to and receive data from the data measurement server, and to be provided with information related to the user,

wherein the user client includes;

a user data transmitting unit configured to transmit user data to the data management server for each user in correlation to a unique and non-duplicative client ID, the user data being input by the user and including personal information leading to specification of individual of the user and accompanying information excluding the personal information of the user;

a measurement data transmitting unit configured to transmit the input measurement data correlated to the client ID to the data measurement server when the measurement data of the user measured by the skin condition measuring device is received from the skin condition measuring device; and

a display unit configured to display the analysis result data when the analysis result data with respect to the measurement data is received from the analysis result outputting unit,

wherein the data management server includes;

(a) a database in which;

i) the personal information received from each of a plurality of user clients is registered, correlated to the client ID;

ii) the accompanying information received from each of a plurality of user clients is registered in correlation to the client ID, and acquisition time of the accompanying information is also registered; and

iii) the measurement data received from each of a plurality of user clients is registered in correlation to the client ID, and acquisition time of the measurement data is also registered,

(b) a data providing unit which, when acquisition of the data registered in the database is requested by the secondary user client, can extract a group of data consisting of the measurement data and the acquisition time of the measurement data, and/or a group of data consisting of the accompanying information and the acquisition time of the accompanying information, all designated by the secondary user client from the database, and transmit the extracted data to the secondary user client, and

wherein the secondary user client includes;

a data requesting unit configured to transmit the secondary user ID set for each secondary user, and to request data registered in the database from the data management server;

a receiving/storing unit configured to receive and store a group of data consisting of the accompanying information and the acquisition time of the accompanying information, and/or a group of data consisting of measurement data and the acquisition time of the measurement data, all in accordance with the request of data requesting unit.

2. The management system for managing skin condition measurement analysis information according to claim 1, wherein

the skin condition measuring device includes a camera and a conversion lens configured to take a close-up photo of skin;

the user client and the camera are contained in a mobile terminal; and

the camera is connected within the mobile terminal so as to transmit data to and receive data from the user client.

3. The management system for managing skin condition measurement analysis information according to claim 1, wherein

the access information showing the range of the measurement data and accompanying information providable to the secondary user are registered in the database, correlated with the secondary user ID;

and

the data providing unit is configured to transmit, a group of data consisting of the accompanying information of the user and acquisition time of the accompanying information, and/or a group of data consisting of the measurement data and the acquisition time of measurement data, to the secondary user client, all within a range indicated by the access information correlated to the secondary user ID input from the secondary user client in the database.

4. The management system for managing skin condition measurement analysis information according to claim 1, wherein

the analysis result data is registered in the database in correlation to the client ID and the acquisition time of the analysis result data is also registered in the database.

5. The management system for managing skin condition measurement analysis information according to claim 4, wherein

the user client comprises:

a self-data browsing requesting unit configured to request the transmitting of a group of data consisting of measurement data and the acquisition time of the measurement data, or a group of data consisting of analysis result data and the acquisition time of the analysis result data, all registered in the database and correlated with the client ID; and

a self-data displaying unit configured to display a group of transmitted data when the group of data requested by the self-data browsing requesting unit is transmitted from the data management server, and

the data management server includes;

a data transmitting unit for self-data browsing, configured to transmit to the user client, a group of data registered in the database and correlated with the client ID corresponding to the user client, all in accordance with a request of the self-data browsing requesting unit.

6. The management system for managing skin condition measurement analysis information according to claim 4, wherein

the data management server, in response to a request from the user client, extracts the past measurement data or the analysis result data stored in the database and transmits the data to the user client;

and

the user client includes a comparison displaying unit configured to comparably display the past measurement data and the measurement data measured by the skin condition measuring device, or comparably display the past analysis result data and the analysis result data input from the analysis result outputting unit.

7. The management system for managing skin condition measurement analysis information according to claim 1, wherein

the user client can be connected to a skin care device capable of transmitting data to and receiving data from the user client;

the data management server includes a skin care device control method determining unit for determining a control method to control the skin care device in accordance with analysis result data of skin condition obtained from the analysis result outputting unit; and

the skin care device is controlled in accordance with a control method determined by the skin care device control method determining unit.

8. A management method for managing skin condition measurement analysis information, the method being carried out in a management system for managing skin condition measurement analysis information,

wherein the management system comprises:

a user client used by a user of a skin condition measuring device, connected to the skin condition measuring device so as to be able to transmit data to and receive data from the skin condition measuring device, and also connected to a network to transmit and receive data;

a data management server configured to transmit data to and receive data from the user client via the network, to store information related to the user, and to provide information to the user as a primary user of the information and a secondary user of the information who is different from the primary user;

an analysis result outputting unit configured to receive analysis result data of a skin condition obtained by analyzing measurement data measured by the skin measuring device, and to output the analysis result data to be displayable on the user client; and

a secondary user client used by the secondary user, configured to transmit data to and receive data from the data measurement server, and to be provided with information related to the user,

wherein the user client carries out;

a user data transmitting step for transmitting user data to the data management server for each user in correlation to a unique and non-duplicative client ID, the user data being input by the user and including personal information leading to specification of individual of the user and accompanying information excluding the personal information of the user;

a measurement data transmitting step for transmitting the input measurement data correlated to the client ID to the data measurement server when the measurement data of the user measured by the skin condition measuring device is received from the skin condition measuring device; and

a displaying step for displaying the analysis result data when the analysis result data with respect to the measurement data is received from the analysis result outputting unit,

wherein the data management server includes a database in which the following information and data are registered;

i) the personal information received from each of a plurality of user clients, correlated to the client ID;

ii) the accompanying information received from each of a plurality of user clients in correlation to the client ID, and acquisition time of the accompanying information; and

iii) the measurement data received from each of a plurality of user clients in correlation to the client ID, and acquisition time of the measurement data,

wherein the data management server carries out;

a data providing step which, when acquisition of the data registered in the database is requested by the secondary user client, can extract a group of data consisting of the measurement data and the acquisition time of the measurement data, and/or a group of data consisting of the accompanying information and the acquisition time of the accompanying information, all designated by the secondary user client from the database, and transmit the extracted data to the secondary user client, and

wherein the secondary user client carries out;

a data requesting step for transmitting the secondary user ID set for each secondary user, and for requesting data registered in the database from the data management server; and

a receiving/storing step for receiving and storing a group of data consisting of the accompanying information and the acquisition time of the accompanying information, and/or a group of data consisting of measurement data and the acquisition time of the measurement data, all in accordance with a request at the data requesting step.

9. The management method for managing skin condition measurement analysis information according to claim 8, wherein

the skin condition measuring device includes a camera and a conversion lens configured to take a close-up photo of skin;

the user client and the camera are contained in a mobile terminal; and

the camera is connected within the mobile terminal so as to transmit data to and receive data from the user client.

10. The management method for managing skin condition measurement analysis information according to claim 9, wherein

the access information showing the range of the measurement data and accompanying information providable to the secondary user are registered in the database, correlated with the secondary user ID;

and

the data providing step transmits, a group of data consisting of the accompanying information of the user and acquisition time of the accompanying information, and/or a group of data consisting of the measurement data and the acquisition time of the measurement data, to the secondary user client, all within a range indicated by the access information correlated to the secondary user ID input from the secondary user client in the database.

11. The management method for managing skin condition measurement analysis information according to claim 8, wherein

the analysis result data is registered in the database in correlation to the client ID and the acquisition time of the analysis result data is also registered in the database.

12. The management method for managing skin condition measurement analysis information according to claim 11, wherein

the user client carries out:

a self-data browsing requesting step for requesting the transmitting of a group of data consisting of measurement data and the acquisition time of the measurement data, or a group of data consisting of analysis result data and the acquisition time of the analysis result data, all registered in the database and correlated with the client ID; and

a self-data displaying step for displaying a group of transmitted data when the group of data requested in the self-data browsing requesting step is transmitted from the data management server, and

the data management server carries out;

a data transmitting step for self-data browsing, to transmit to the user client, a group of data registered in the database and correlated with the client ID corresponding to the user client, all in accordance with a request at the self-data browsing requesting step.

13. The management method for managing skin condition measurement analysis information according to claim 11, wherein

the data management server, in response to a request from the user client, extracts the past measurement data or the analysis result data stored in the database and transmits the data to the user client;

and

the user client carries out a comparison displaying step to comparably display the past measurement data and the measurement data measured by the skin condition measuring device, or comparably display the past analysis result data and the analysis result data input from the analysis result outputting unit.

14. The management method for managing skin condition measurement analysis information according to claim 8, wherein

the user client can be connected to a skin care device capable of transmitting data to and receiving data from the user client;

the data management server carries out a skin care device control method determining step for determining a control method to control the skin care device in accordance with analysis result data of skin condition obtained from the analysis result outputting unit; and

the skin care device is controlled in accordance with a control method determined at the skin care device control method determining step.

15. A data management server which is provided in a management system for skin condition measurement analysis information, wherein the management system comprises:

a user client used by a user of a skin condition measuring device, connected to the skin condition measuring device so as to be able to transmit data to and receive data from the skin condition measuring device, and also connected to a network to transmit and receive data;

an analysis result outputting unit configured to receive analysis result data of a skin condition obtained by analyzing measurement data measured by the skin measuring device, and to output the analysis result data to be displayable on the user client; and

a secondary user client to be used by a secondary user of information who is different from a user as a primary user of the information correlated to the user,

wherein the data management server is configured to transmit data to and receive data from the user client via the network, and to transmit data to and receive data from the secondary user client, and includes a database storing information correlated to the user and provides information correlated to the user to the secondary user,

wherein the user client comprises;

a user data transmitting unit configured to transmit user data to the database for each user in correlation to a unique and non-duplicative client ID, the user data being input by the user and including personal information leading to specification of individual of the user and accompanying information excluding the personal information of the user;

a measurement data transmitting unit configured to transmit the input measurement data correlated to the client ID to the database when the measurement data of the user measured by the skin condition measuring device is received from the skin condition measuring device; and

a display unit configured to display the analysis result data when the analysis result data with respect to the measurement data is received from the analysis result outputting unit,

wherein the secondary user client comprises;

a data requesting unit configured to transmit the secondary user ID set for each secondary user, and to request data registered in the database; and

a receiving/storing unit configured to receive and store a group of data consisting of the accompanying information and the acquisition time of the accompanying information, and/or a group of data consisting of measurement data and the acquisition time of the measurement data, all in accordance with a request from the data requesting unit,

wherein in the database, the following information and data are registered;

i) the personal information received from each of a plurality of user clients, correlated to the client ID;

ii) the accompanying information received from each of a plurality of user clients in correlation to the client ID, and acquisition time of the accompanying information; and

iii) the measurement data received from each of a plurality of user clients in correlation to the client ID, and acquisition time of the measurement data, and

wherein the database includes a data providing unit which, when acquisition of the data registered in the database is requested by the secondary user client, can extract a group of data consisting of the measurement data and the acquisition time of the measurement data, and/or a group of data consisting of the accompanying information and the acquisition time of the accompanying information, all designated by the secondary user client from the database, and transmit the extracted data to the secondary user client.

16. The data management server according to claim 15, wherein

the skin condition measuring device includes a camera and a conversion lens configured to take a close-up photo of skin;

the user client and the camera are contained in a mobile terminal; and

the camera is connected within the mobile terminal so as to transmit data to and receive data from the user client.

17. The data management server according to claim 15, wherein

the access information showing the range of the measurement data and accompanying information providable to the secondary user are registered in the database, correlated with the secondary user ID;

and

the data providing unit is configured to transmit, a group of data consisting of the accompanying information of the position time of the accompanying information, and/or a group of data consisting of the measurement data and the acquisition time of the measurement data, to the secondary user client, all within a range indicated by the access information correlated to the secondary user ID input from the secondary user client in the database.

18. The data management server according to claim 15, wherein

the analysis result data is registered in the database in correlation to the client ID and the acquisition time of the analysis result data is also registered in the database.

19. The data management server according to claim 18, wherein

the user client comprises:

a self-data browsing requesting unit configured to request the transmitting of a group of data consisting of measurement data and the acquisition time of the measurement data, or a group of data consisting of analysis result data and the acquisition time of the analysis result data, all registered in the database and correlated with the client ID; and

a self-data displaying unit configured to display a group of transmitted data when the group of data requested by the self-data browsing requesting unit is transmitted from the database, and

the data management server includes;

a data transmitting unit for self-data browsing, configured to transmit to the user client, a group of data registered in the database and correlated with the client ID corresponding to the user client, all in accordance with a request from the self-data browsing requesting unit.

20. The data management server according to claim 18, wherein

the data management server, in response to a request from the user client, extracts the past measurement data or the analysis result data stored in the database and transmits the data to the user client;

and

the user client includes a comparison displaying unit configured to comparably display the past measurement data and the measurement data measured by the skin condition measuring device, or comparably display the past analysis result data and the analysis result data input from the analysis result outputting unit.

21. The data management server according to claim 15, wherein

the user client can be connected to a skin care device capable of transmitting data to and receiving data from the user client;

the data management server includes a skin care device control method determining unit for determining a control method to control the skin care device in accordance with analysis result data of skin condition obtained from the analysis result outputting unit; and

the skin care device is controlled in accordance with a control method determined by the skin care device control method determining unit.