Age assessment apparatus and age assessment method

• US 20050106550A1
• Filed: 11/04/2004
• Published: 05/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Feel Fine Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Feel Fine Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Kondou, Takashi, Terabe, Masahiro, Tanahashi, Norie, Hayashi, Junichi, Tanimoto, Hiroshi
• Application Number:
  US10/980,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20050106550A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/362
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders

Abstract

An age assessment apparatus capable of assessing a substantial age of an examinee from various active degrees is provided. The age assessment apparatus scores detailed test items Z1jk with respect to kinesthetic activity of an examinee in accordance with kinesthetic performance scoring criteria and calculates kinesthetic age difference value Δy1j which expresses a degree of age divergence from an actual age, scores detailed test items Z2jk with respect to mental activity in accordance with mental state scoring criteria and calculates mental age difference value Δy2j, scores detailed test items Z3jk with respect to physical activity in accordance with physical information scoring criteria and calculates physical age difference value Δy3j, then calculates a substantial age FF of the examinee by subtracting a sum obtained by multiplying each of the age difference values and each of weight coefficients pi which constitute an eigenvector which is a solution of an eigenvalue problem in analytic hierarchy process together from the actual age “a” of the examinee.

Claims

1. An age assessment apparatus that assesses a substantial age of an examinee based upon biological information of the examinee, comprising:

a first calculator for scoring a plurality of kinesthetic performance information of the examinee in accordance with predetermined kinesthetic performance scoring criteria and calculating a kinesthetic age difference value which expresses a degree of age divergence from an actual age of the examinee with respect to kinesthetic activity which expresses an active degree of a kinesthetic performance of the examinee;

a second calculator for scoring a plurality of mental state information of the examinee in accordance with predetermined mental state scoring criteria and calculating a mental age difference value which expresses a degree of age divergence from an actual age of the examinee with respect to mental activity which expresses an active degree of a mental state of the examinee;

a third calculator for scoring a plurality of physical information of the examinee in accordance with predetermined physical information scoring criteria and calculating a physical age difference value which expresses a degree of age divergence from an actual age of the examinee with respect to physical activity which expresses an active degree of a body of the examinee; and

an age calculator for calculating a substantial age of the examinee, in which the kinesthetic activity, the mental activity and the physical activity are integrated, based upon an actual age of the examinee and each of the age difference values calculated by the first to third calculators.

2. An age assessment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the kinesthetic performance scoring criteria, the mental state scoring criteria and the physical information scoring criteria is criteria classified by a male and a female, and an age or an age group.

3. An age assessment apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the kinesthetic performance scoring criteria, the mental state scoring criteria and the physical information scoring criteria are scoring criteria corresponding to a distribution scope of statistical distribution of a large number of examinees.

4. An age assessment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the age calculator adds/subtracts a sum obtained by multiplying each of the age difference values calculated by the first to third calculators and each of weight coefficients corresponding to the each of the age difference values together to/from the actual age of the examinee to calculate the substantial age of the examinee.

5. An age assessment apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the weight coefficients constitute an eigenvector which is a solution of an eigenvalue problem including a pair comparison matrix obtained by analytic hierarchy process.

6. An age assessment apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a sum of the each of the weight coefficients is 1.

7. An age assessment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first to third calculators score the plurality of kinesthetic performance information in accordance with the kinesthetic performance scoring criteria, the plurality of mental state information in accordance with the mental state scoring criteria, and the plurality of physical information in accordance with the physical information scoring criteria by points, respectively, then, convert the scored points to the age difference values which express the degrees of the age divergence from the actual ages of the examinee with respect to the plurality of kinesthetic performance information, the plurality of mental state information and the plurality of physical information respectively, and calculate sums obtained by multiplying each of the age difference values and each of weight coefficients which correspond to the each of the age difference values and which are solutions of eigenvalue problems including pair comparison matrixes obtained by analytic hierarchy process together as the kinesthetic age difference value, the mental age difference value and the physical age difference value, respectively.

8. An age assessment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the physical information includes at least three pieces of information among information as to blood, information as to body composition including obesity index, information as to bone density, information as to vascular sclerosis and information as to equilibrium function of the examinee.

9. An age assessment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the kinesthetic performance information includes at least three pieces of information among information as to muscular power, information as to muscular endurance strength, information as to instantaneous power, information as to flexibility and information as to quickness of the examinee.

10. An age assessment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mental state information includes at least three pieces of information as to vitality, information as to tranquilizing status, information as to beta-endorphin in blood, information as to adaptability in chaotic analysis and resistance in chaotic analysis of the examinee.

11. An age assessment method for assessing a substantial age of an examinee based upon biological information of the examinee, comprising:

a first calculating step for scoring a plurality of kinesthetic performance information of the examinee in accordance with predetermined kinesthetic performance scoring criteria and calculating a kinesthetic age difference value which expresses a degree of age divergence from an actual age of the examinee with respect to kinesthetic activity which expresses an active degree of a kinesthetic performance of the examinee;

a second calculating step for scoring a plurality of mental state information of the examinee in accordance with predetermined mental state scoring criteria and calculating a mental age difference value which expresses a degree of age divergence from an actual age of the examinee with respect to mental activity which expresses an active degree of a mental state of the examinee;

a third calculating step for scoring a plurality of physical information of the examinee in accordance with predetermined physical information scoring criteria and calculating a physical age difference value which expresses a degree of age divergence from an actual age of the examinee with respect to physical activity which expresses an active degree of a body of the examinee; and

an age calculating step for calculating a substantial age of the examinee, in which the kinesthetic activity, the mental activity and the physical activity are integrated, based upon an actual age of the examinee and each of the age difference values calculated by the first to third calculating steps.

12. An age assessment method according to claim 11, wherein at least one of the kinesthetic performance scoring criteria, the mental state scoring criteria and the physical information scoring criteria is criteria classified by a male and a female, and an age or an age group.

13. An age assessment method according to claim 12, wherein the kinesthetic performance scoring criteria, the mental state scoring criteria and the physical information scoring criteria are scoring criteria corresponding to a distribution scope of statistical distribution of a large number of examinees.

14. An age assessment method according to claim 11, wherein in the age calculating step, a sum obtained by multiplying each of the age difference values calculated by the first to third calculating steps and each of weight coefficients corresponding to the each of the age difference values together is added/subtracted to/from the actual age of the examinee to calculate the substantial age of the examinee.

15. An age assessment method according to claim 14, wherein the weight coefficients constitute an eigenvector which is a solution of an eigenvalue problem including a pair comparison matrix obtained by analytic hierarchy process.

16. An age assessment method according to claim 15, wherein a sum of the each of the weight coefficients is 1.

17. An age assessment method according to claim 11, wherein in the first to third calculating steps, the plurality of kinesthetic performance information are scored in accordance with the kinesthetic performance scoring criteria, the plurality of mental state information in accordance with the mental state scoring criteria, and the plurality of physical information in accordance with the physical information scoring criteria by points, respectively, then, the scored points are converted to the age difference values which express the degrees of the age divergence from the actual ages of the examinee with respect to the plurality of kinesthetic performance information, the plurality of mental state information and the plurality of physical information respectively, and sums obtained by multiplying each of the age difference values and each of weight coefficients which correspond to the each of the age difference values and which are solutions of eigenvalue problems including pair comparison matrixes obtained by analytic hierarchy process together are calculated as the kinesthetic age difference value, the mental age difference value and the physical age difference value, respectively.

18. An age assessment method according to claim 11, wherein the physical information includes at least three pieces of information among information as to blood, information as to body composition including obesity index, information as to bone density, information as to vascular sclerosis and information as to equilibrium function of the examinee.

19. An age assessment method according to claim 11, wherein the kinesthetic performance information includes at least three pieces of information among information as to muscular power, information as to muscular endurance strength, information as to instantaneous power, information as to flexibility and information as to quickness of the examinee.

20. An age assessment method according to claim 11, wherein the mental state information includes at least three pieces of information as to vitality, information as to tranquilizing status, information as to beta-endorphin in blood, information as to adaptability in chaotic analysis and resistance in chaotic analysis of the examinee.