Health Support Method and System Thereof

• US 20080040158A1
• Filed: 03/28/2005
• Published: 02/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sunstar Incorporated (Hosei Gijuku Luxembourg SA)
• Original Assignee: Sunstar Incorporated (Hosei Gijuku Luxembourg SA)
• Inventors: Kubota, Kiichi, Eguchi, Toru
• Granted Patent: US 8,092,383 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not involving significant data processing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

To provide a method for recognizing/analyzing a plurality of data concerning health management of an individual as his/her personal characteristic pattern data while considering the relationship between the data instead of analyzing each of the data separately; a health support method provided by the method; and a system thereof. A support computer stores individual health data acquired in advance in individual data storage means and subjects the individual heath data extracted from the individual data storage means to a multivariate analysis, thereby setting a reference space of the individual, which is stored in reference data storage means. For the individual health data received from the user terminal, a Mahalanobis'"'"' generalized distance is calculated from the reference space of the individual read out from the reference data storage means and the health condition of the individual is judged according to the distance.

Claims

1. A health support method comprising:

a support computer for judging a health condition according to received health data of an individual and supporting a health promotion to the individual; and

a user terminal connected to the support computer via a communication network,

wherein the support computer stores the individual health data acquired in advance in individual data storage means, subjects the individual heath data extracted from the individual data storage means to a multivariate analysis, thereby setting a reference space of the individual, which is stored in reference data storage means, calculates a Mahalanobis'"'"' generalized distance from the reference space of the individual read out from the reference data storage means for the individual health data received from the user terminal, and judges the health condition of the individual according to the distance.

2. The health support method according to claim 1, wherein when the health data includes non-digitized data, the support computer digitizes the data on a prejudged scale.

3. The health support method according to claim 1, wherein the support computer extracts specific health data regarding the received data of the health data stored in the individual data storage means according to the received individual health data, and sets the reference space of the individual for the extracted specific health data using the multivariate analysis.

4. The health support method according to claim 1, wherein the support computer sets a prejudged permission range from the set reference space of the individual, stores the permission range in the reference data storage means, compares the calculated Mahalanobis'"'"' distance with the permission range for the received individual health data, and judges the health condition of the individual according to the comparison.

5. The health support method according to claim 1, wherein a management computer for storing and managing information regarding a commodity or service regarding health is connected to the support computer via a communication network,

wherein the support computer transmits information regarding the judged health condition of the individual to the management computer, and

wherein the management computer specifies information regarding a commodity or service suitable for the condition according to the information regarding the received health condition of the individual.

6. The health support method according to claim 1, wherein the support computer or the management computer transmits the information regarding the health condition judged by the support computer or the information regarding the commodity or service specified by the management computer to the accessed user terminal.

7. The health support method according to claim 6, wherein a card reader for reading information of an integrated recording card storing individual biometrics information and access information to the support computer or the management computer to the user terminal are connected to a scanner for acquiring the individual biometrics information, the user terminal collates the biometrics information inputted from the card reader with the information inputted from the scanner, and accesses the support computer or the management computer according to the access information similarly inputted from the card reader when the biometrics information corresponds to the information inputted from the scanner.

14. The health support method according to claim 2, wherein the support computer extracts specific health data regarding the received data of the health data stored in the individual data storage means according to the received individual health data, and sets the reference space of the individual for the extracted specific health data using the multivariate analysis.

15. The health support method according to claim 2, wherein the support computer sets a prejudged permission range from the set reference space of the individual, stores the permission range in the reference data storage means, compares the calculated Mahalanobis'"'"' distance with the permission range for the received individual health data, and judges the health condition of the individual according to the comparison.

16. The health support method according to claim 2, wherein a management computer for storing and managing information regarding a commodity or service regarding health is connected to the support computer via a communication network,

wherein the support computer transmits information regarding the judged health condition of the individual to the management computer, and

wherein the management computer specifies information regarding a commodity or service suitable for the condition according to the information regarding the received health condition of the individual.

17. The health support method according to claim 2, wherein the support computer or the management computer transmits the information regarding the health condition judged by the support computer or the information regarding the commodity or service specified by the management computer to the accessed user terminal.

8. A health support system comprising:

a support computer for judging a health condition according to received health data of an individual and supporting a health promotion to the individual; and

a user terminal connected to the support computer via a communication network, wherein the support computer includes;

individual data storage means for storing the individual health data acquired in advance;

means for subjecting the individual heath data extracted from the individual data storage means to a multivariate analysis, thereby setting a reference space of the individual;

reference data storage means for storing the set reference space;

means for calculating a Mahalanobis'"'"' generalized distance from the reference space of the individual read out from the reference data storage means for the individual health data received from the user terminal; and

means for judging the health condition of the individual according to the calculated Mahalanobis'"'"' generalized distance.

9. The health support system according to claim 8, wherein an input terminal into which the individual health data is inputted is connected via communication with the user terminal, and the user terminal transmits the health data received from the input terminal to the support computer.

10. The health support system according to claim 8, wherein a management computer connected to the support computer via the communication network is provided, and wherein the management computer comprises information storage means for storing and managing information regarding a commodity or service regarding health, and means for receiving information regarding the health condition of the individual judged by the support computer to specify information regarding the commodity or service suitable for the condition from the information storage means.

11. The health support system according to claim 10, wherein the information regarding the commodity or service stored and managed in the management computer is regarding at least one commodity or service selected from a health-related commodity, an exercise program, a life consultation, and a medical agency and an alternative medical agency.

12. The health support system according to claim 8, wherein a card reader for reading the information of an integrated recording card storing individual biometrics information and access information to the support computer or the management computer to the user terminal are connected to a scanner for acquiring the individual biometrics information, and wherein the user terminal collates the biometrics information inputted from the card reader with the information inputted from the scanner, and accesses the support computer or the management computer according to the access information similarly inputted from the card reader when the biometrics information corresponds to the information inputted from the scanner.

13. The health support system according to claim 8, wherein the health data of the individual are a plurality of data selected from saliva analysis data, blood analysis data, weight data, blood pressure data, body temperature data, data regarding the number of times of eating, quality and quantity, data regarding the number of times and frequency of excretion, data regarding sleep, the number of walk (quantity of motion), and data regarding an oral condition and oral hygiene.

18. The health support system according to claim 9, wherein a management computer connected to the support computer via the communication network is provided, and wherein the management computer comprises information storage means for storing and managing information regarding a commodity or service regarding health, and means for receiving information regarding the health condition of the individual judged by the support computer to specify information regarding the commodity or service suitable for the condition from the information storage means.

19. The health support system according to claim 9, wherein a card reader for reading the information of an integrated recording card storing individual biometrics information and access information to the support computer or the management computer to the user terminal are connected to a scanner for acquiring the individual biometrics information, and wherein the user terminal collates the biometrics information inputted from the card reader with the information inputted from the scanner, and accesses the support computer or the management computer according to the access information similarly inputted from the card reader when the biometrics information corresponds to the information inputted from the scanner.

20. The health support system according to claim 9, wherein the health data of the individual are a plurality of data selected from saliva analysis data, blood analysis data, weight data, blood pressure data, body temperature data, data regarding the number of times of eating, quality and quantity, data regarding the number of times and frequency of excretion, data regarding sleep, the number of walk (quantity of motion), and data regarding an oral condition and oral hygiene.