HEALTH MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM
First Claim
1. A system for supporting health management comprising:
- a storing unit operable to store a measurement value of predetermined biometric information in association with the measurement date thereof; and
a symbol assignment unit operable to calculate the change tendencies of the measurement values of the biometric information stored in said storing unit over a plurality of periods each of which consists of previous days including a predetermined measurement day as the last day of the each period, and assign one symbol of a plurality of types of symbols, which are prepared in advance, to each of the plurality of periods in accordance with the change tendency as calculated;
a display unit operable to display the symbols assigned to the plurality of periods by said symbol assignment unit respectively in the same display screen.
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Abstract
A health management support system capable of showing the change in biometric information in a form which can be easily understood is provided. The health management support system includes: a storage unit for storing a measurement value of biometric information such as a body weight in association with the measurement date; a symbol assignment processing unit for calculating a change tendency of measurement values of the biometric information stored over a plurality of periods each of which consists of previous days including a predetermined measurement day as the last day of the each period and assigning one of arrow symbols 360, 362, 364 and 366, which are prepared in advance, to the plurality of periods in accordance with the change tendency as calculated; and a display processing unit for displaying the symbols 360, 362, 364 and 366 assigned to the plurality of periods by the symbol assignment unit on the same display screen 340.
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47 Claims
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1. A system for supporting health management comprising:
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a storing unit operable to store a measurement value of predetermined biometric information in association with the measurement date thereof; and a symbol assignment unit operable to calculate the change tendencies of the measurement values of the biometric information stored in said storing unit over a plurality of periods each of which consists of previous days including a predetermined measurement day as the last day of the each period, and assign one symbol of a plurality of types of symbols, which are prepared in advance, to each of the plurality of periods in accordance with the change tendency as calculated; a display unit operable to display the symbols assigned to the plurality of periods by said symbol assignment unit respectively in the same display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for supporting health management comprising:
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a storing unit operable to daily store a measurement value of predetermined biometric information in a first time slot and a measurement value of the predetermined biometric information in a second time slot different from the first time slot respectively in association with the measurement date thereof; a first graph displaying unit operable to display a graph in a first graph form showing the change in the measurement value in the first time slot stored in said storage unit for a predetermined period; and a second graph displaying unit operable to graph the difference between the measurement value of the predetermined biometric information in the first time slot and the measurement value of the predetermined biometric information in the second time slot stored in said storage unit in the each measurement date within the predetermined period in a second graph form, and display the graph of the difference to be superimposed over the graph displayed by said first graph displaying unit, wherein said second graph displaying unit displays a graph, using the position of the measurement value in the first time slot for each measurement date as a base point, to show the difference between the measured value in the second time slot and the measured value in the first time slot in the each measurement date. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A recording medium storing a computer program for causing, when executed by a computer connected to a display device, the computer to function as a system for supporting health management, said system comprising:
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a storing unit operable to store measurement values of predetermined biometric information measured at predetermined intervals in association with the measurement date thereof; a symbol assignment unit operable to calculate the change tendencies of the measurement values of the biometric information stored in said storing unit over a plurality of periods each of which consists of previous days including a predetermined measurement day as the last day of the each period, and assign one symbol of a plurality of types of symbols, which are prepared in advance, to each of the plurality of periods in accordance with the change tendency as calculated; and a display signal generation unit operable to generate a signal for displaying the symbols assigned to the plurality of periods by said symbol assignment unit respectively in the same display screen of the display device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A recording medium storing a computer program for causing, when executed by a computer connectable to a display device, the computer to function as a system for supporting health management, said system comprising:
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a storing unit operable to daily store a measurement value of predetermined biometric information in a first time slot a measurement value of the predetermined biometric information in a second time slot different from the first time slot respectively in association with the measurement dates thereof; a first graph displaying unit operable to display a graph in a first graph form showing the change in the measurement value in the first time slot stored in said storage unit for a predetermined period; and a second graph displaying unit operable to graph the difference between the measurement value of the predetermined biometric information in the first time slot and the measurement value of the predetermined biometric information in the second time slot stored in said storage unit in the each measurement date within the predetermined period in a second graph form, and display the graph of the difference to be superimposed over the graph displayed by said first graph displaying unit, wherein said second graph displaying unit displays a graph, using the position of the measurement value in the first time slot for each measurement date as a base point, to show the difference between the measured value in the second time slot and the measured value in the first time slot in the each measurement date. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for supporting health management comprising:
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a measuring unit operable to measure predetermined biometric information; a storing unit operable to store a measurement value of the predetermined biometric information in association with the measurement date thereof; a determining unit operable to determine whether or not there is an enquiry from an external information processing unit; and a transmitting unit operable to transmit the measurement value, which is stored in the storing unit and associated with the measurement date, to the external information processing unit when an enquiry is received from the external information processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system for supporting health management comprising:
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a transmitting unit operable to transmit an enquiry to a biometric information measuring unit which is externally located and serves to measure predetermined biometric information; a receiving unit operable to receive a measurement value of the predetermined biometric information which is associated with the measurement date thereof and transmitted from the biometric information measuring unit in response to the enquiry; and a storing unit operable to store the measurement value as received in association with the measurement date thereof. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A system for supporting health management comprising:
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a biometric information measuring unit operable to measure predetermined biometric information; and an information processing unit which is provided external to the biometric information measuring unit and operable to receive the predetermined biometric information from the biometric information measuring unit and perform processes in accordance with a computer program, the biometric information measuring unit comprising; a measuring unit operable to measure the predetermined biometric information; a first storing unit operable to store a measurement value of the predetermined biometric information in association with the measurement date thereof; a determining unit operable to determine whether or not there is an enquiry from the external biometric information measuring unit; and a first transmitting unit operable to transmit the measurement value, which is stored in the first storing unit and associated with the measurement date, to the information processing unit when the enquiry is received from the information processing unit which is externally provided, the information processing unit comprising; a second transmitting unit operable to transmit the enquiry to the biometric information measuring unit; a receiving unit operable to receive the measurement value which is associated with the measurement date thereof and transmitted from the biometric information measuring unit in response to the enquiry; and a second storing unit operable to store the measurement value in association with the measurement date thereof which is received.
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46. A recording medium storing a computer program for causing, when executed by a computer connected to a display device, the computer to function as a system for supporting health management, the system comprising:
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a measuring unit operable to measure predetermined biometric information; a storing unit operable to store a measurement value of the predetermined biometric information in association with the measurement date thereof; a determining unit operable to determine whether or not there is an enquiry from an external information processing unit; and a transmitting unit operable to transmit the measurement value, which is stored in the storing unit and associated with the measurement date, to the external information processing unit when the enquiry is received from the external information processing unit.
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47. A recording medium storing a computer program for causing, when executed by a computer connected to a display device, the computer to function as a system for supporting health management, the system comprising:
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a transmitting unit operable to transmit an enquiry to a biometric information measuring unit which is externally located and serves to measure predetermined biometric information; a receiving unit operable to receive a measurement value of the predetermined biometric information which is associated with the measurement date thereof and transmitted from the biometric information measuring unit in response to the enquiry; and a storing unit operable to store the measurement value in association with the measurement date thereof which is received.
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