Technical Field 5
[0001]
The present disclosure relates to a health support apparatus, a health support method, and a program.
Background Art 10
[0002]
There is known a health management system which based on a captured face image and health sickness information which is a physician's diagnostic result, displays a predicated face image of augmented reality 15 corresponding to the health sickness information.
Citation List
Patent Literature
[0003] 20
Patent Literature 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2018-42812
Summary of Invention
Technical Problem 25
[0004] 2
In the current aging society, it is believed important for people to perform health management for themselves. However, an information terminal apparatus described in Patent Literature 1 reflects states of a disease and the like based on a physician's diagnostic 5 result to a face image, which is considered less likely to result in a change in mindset for a user to proactively try to perform health management.
[0005]
The present disclosure therefore has an object to 10 provide a health support apparatus, a health support method, and a program that can prompt a user to change his/her mindset about performing health management. The present disclosure also has an object to provide a health support apparatus, a health support method, and a program 15 that enable a specific health guidance to be performed more effectively. The present disclosure further has an object to provide a health support apparatus, a health support method, and program that can be used for treatment of a patient having contracted a metabolic 20 syndrome or the like.
Solution to Problem
[0006]
A health support apparatus according to an aspect of 25 the present disclosure includes an acquisition unit that acquires first data about a target user which is data 3
about health and does not change or changes by less than a predetermined amount in a predetermined period and second data about the target user which is data about health and changes by more than or equal to the predetermined amount in the predetermined period, a 5 determination unit that determines a future state parameter of the target user based on the first data and the second data, a generation unit that generates an image showing a future state of an appearance or an image showing a future state of an organ of the target user 10 using the future state parameter of the target user determined in the determination unit, and an output unit that outputs the image generated in the generation unit.
[0007]
A health support apparatus according to another 15 aspect of the present disclosure includes an acquisition unit that acquires first data about a target user which is data about health and does not change or changes by less than a predetermined amount in a predetermined period and second data about the target user which is 20 data about health and changes by more than or equal to the predetermined amount in the predetermined period, a determination unit that determines a disease prediction score based on the first data, and determines a current state parameter based on the second data, a generation 25 unit that generates an advice about health of the target user based on a correlation between the disease
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prediction score and the second data or the current state parameter, and an output unit that outputs the advice generated in the generation unit.
Advantageous Effects of Invention 5
[0008]
According to the present disclosure, a health support apparatus, a health support method, and a program that can prompt a user to change his/her mindset about performing health management can be provided. In 10 addition, according to the present disclosure, a specific health guidance can be performed more effectively. Further, according to the present disclosure, treatment of a patient having contracted a metabolic syndrome or the like can be performed more efficiently and 15 effectively.
Brief Description of Drawings
[0009]
[Figure 1] Figure 1 is a diagram showing a hardware 20 configuration example of a health support apparatus.
[Figure 2] Figure 2 is a diagram showing a functional block configuration example of the health support apparatus.
[Figure 3] Figure 3 is a flowchart showing an 25 example of (first) processing steps to be performed when 5
the health support apparatus displays a future image of a user and the like.
[Figure 4] Figure 4 is a diagram showing an example of future state parameters.
[Figure 5] Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example 5 of future information (long-term factors).
[Figure 6] Figure 6 is a diagram showing an example of future information (long-term factors).
[Figure 7] Figure 7 is a diagram showing an example of future information (short-term factors). 10
[Figure 8] Figure 8 is a diagram showing an example of future information (short-term factors).
[Figure 9] Figure 9 is a diagram showing an example of definition information to be utilized for determining a future state parameter. 15
[Figure 10] Figure 10 is a diagram showing a display example of appearance future images.
[Figure 11] Figure 11 is a diagram showing a display example of organ future images.
[Figure 12] Figure 12 is a flowchart showing an 20 example of (second) processing steps to be performed when the health support apparatus displays a future image of a user and the like.
[Figure 13] Figure 13 is a diagram showing an example of current state parameters. 25 6
[Figure 14] Figure 14 is a diagram showing an example of a screen that displays advices based on current state parameters.
[Figure 15] Figure 15 is a diagram showing another functional block configuration example of the health 5 support apparatus.
[Figure 16] Figure 16 is a flowchart showing an example of (third) processing steps to be performed when the health support apparatus displays a future image of a user and the like. 10
[Figure 17] Figure 17 is a diagram showing an example of a method of utilizing the health support apparatus.
Description of Embodiment 15
[0010]
An embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the appended drawings. Note that components with the same reference character in the respective drawings have the same or similar 20 configuration.
[0011]

A health support apparatus 10 is an apparatus that based on data about health such as biological information 25 and lifestyle habit information on a target user (hereinafter referred to as a "user"), determines a 7
future change in appearance of the user, the likelihood of future occurrence of an abnormality in a body organ, and the like for presentation to the user.
[0012]
The present embodiment defines data about health 5 such as biological information and lifestyle habit information, which affects a change in appearance of the user and a future presence/absence of an abnormality in a body organ, in a manner divided into long-term factors and short-term factors. A long-term factor is unchanging 10 data, or data that changes but changes by a small amount. In other words, the long-term factor can be defined as "unchanging data or data that changes by less than a predetermined amount in a predetermined period". The predetermined period is, for example, a month or the like, 15 but is not limited to this. The predetermined amount may be a change in a predetermined period within 20% or the like, for example, but is not limited to this.
[0013]
A short-term factor is data that changes by an 20 amount larger than the amount of change in a long-term factor in a predetermined period. In other words, the short-term factor can be defined as "data that changes by more than or equal to a predetermined amount in a predetermined period ". 25
[0014] 8
Specific examples of the long-term factor include blood collection information, genome information, protein information, medical history, gender, age, BMI, family medical history, and the like. These long-term factors may be classified in more detail. For example, the blood 5 collection information may be classified further into blood glucose level, total cholesterol, and the like. The long-term factor may also include items such as total income, job position, and work information, which are not biological information but may indirectly affect the 10 health of the user.

I/We Claim:
[Claim 1]
A health support apparatus comprising:
an acquisition unit that acquires first data about a 5 target user which is data about health and does not change or changes by less than a predetermined amount in a predetermined period and second data about the target user which is data about health and changes by more than or equal to the predetermined amount in the predetermined 10 period;
a determination unit that determines a future state parameter of the target user based on the first data and the second data;
a generation unit that generates an image showing a 15 future state of an appearance or an image showing a future state of an organ of the target user using the future state parameter of the target user determined in the determination unit; and
an output unit that outputs the image generated in 20 the generation unit.
[Claim 2]
The health support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a storage unit that stores first future information 25 indicating a correspondence relationship between the first data and a degree of change in the future state 57
parameter for generating the image showing the future state of the appearance or the image showing the future state of the organ, and second future information indicating a correspondence relationship between the second data and the degree of change in the future state 5 parameter;
a first determination unit that determines the degree of change in the future state parameter in accordance with the first data about the target user with reference to the first future information; 10
a second determination unit that determines the degree of change in the future state parameter in accordance with the second data about the target user with reference to the second future information; and
a third determination unit that determines the 15 future state parameter of the target user based on the degree of change in the future state parameter determined in the first determination unit and the degree of change in the future state parameter determined in the second determination unit, wherein 20
the generation unit generates the image showing the future state of the appearance or the image showing the future state of the organ of the target user using the future state parameter of the target user generated in the third determination unit. 25
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The health support apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
the first future information indicates a correspondence relationship between each of a plurality of types of the first data and a degree of change in each 5 of a plurality of types of the future state parameters,
the second future information indicates a correspondence relationship between each of a plurality of types of the second data and the degree of change in each of the plurality of types of the future state 10 parameters,
the first determination unit determines the degree of change in each type of the future state parameters in accordance with the plurality of types of the first data about the target user with reference to the first future 15 information,
the second determination unit determines the degree of change in each type of the future state parameters in accordance with the plurality of types of the second data about the target user with reference to the second future 20 information,
the third determination unit determines each type of the future state parameters of the target user based on the degree of change in each type of the future state parameters determined in the first determination unit and 25 the degree of change in each type of the future state 59
[Claim 3]
parameters determined in the second determination unit, and
the generation unit generates the image showing the future state of the appearance or the image showing the future state of the organ of the target user using each 5 type of the future state parameters of the target user determined in the third determination unit.
[Claim 4]
The health support apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein 10
the acquisition unit acquires the second data about the target user having been updated,
the second determination unit determines an updated degree of change in the future state parameter in accordance with the second data about the target user 15 having been updated with reference to the second future information,
the third determination unit determines the future state parameter of the target user having been updated based on the degree of change in the future state 20 parameter determined in the first determination unit and an updated degree of change in the future state parameter determined in the second determination unit, and
the generation unit generates the image showing the future state of the appearance or the future state of the 25 organ of the target user using the future state parameter 60
of the target user having been updated and determined in the third determination unit.
[Claim 5]
The health support apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein 5
the storage unit stores disease prediction information for determining a disease prediction score indicating a likelihood of future occurrence of a disease from the first data, the health support apparatus further comprising 10
a fourth determination unit that determines a disease prediction score of the target user in accordance with the first data about the target user using the disease prediction information, wherein
the output unit outputs the disease prediction score 15 of the target user determined in the fourth determination unit.
[Claim 6]
The health support apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein 20
the storage unit stores template information for generating an advice about health,
the generation unit generates the advice about health of the target user by embedding in the template information a value included in the first data about the 25 target user, a value included in the second data about the target user, or a value calculated based on the first 61
data about the target user or the second data about the target user, and
the output unit outputs an advice about health to be presented to the user generated in the generation unit.
[Claim 7] 5
A health support method to be executed by a health support apparatus, comprising:
an acquisition step of acquiring first data about a target user which is data about health and does not change or changes by less than a predetermined amount in 10 a predetermined period and second data about the target user which is data about health and changes by more than or equal to the predetermined amount in the predetermined period;
a determination step of determining a future state 15 parameter of the target user based on the first data and the second data;
a generation step of generating an image showing a future state of an appearance or an image showing a future state of an organ of the target user using the 20 future state parameter of the target user determined in the determination step; and
an output step of outputting the image generated in the generation step.
[Claim 8] 25
A program for causing a computer to execute: 62
an acquisition step of acquiring first data about a target user which is data about health and does not change or changes by less than a predetermined amount in a predetermined period and second data about the target user which is data about health and changes by more than 5 or equal to the predetermined amount in the predetermined period;
a determination step of determining a future state parameter of the target user based on the first data and the second data; 10
a generation step of generating an image showing a future state of an appearance or an image showing a future state of an organ of the target user using the future state parameter of the target user determined in the determination step; and 15
an output step of outputting the image generated in the generation step.
[Claim 9]
A health support apparatus comprising:
an acquisition unit that acquires first data about a 20 target user which is data about health and does not change or changes by less than a predetermined amount in a predetermined period and second data about the target user which is data about health and changes by more than or equal to the predetermined amount in the predetermined 25 period; 63
a determination unit that determines a disease prediction score based on the first data, and determines a current state parameter based on the second data;
a generation unit that generates an advice about health of the target user based on a correlation between 5 the disease prediction score and the second data or the current state parameter; and
an output unit that outputs the advice generated in the generation unit.
[Claim 10] 10
The health support apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the generation unit generates the advice further using information about whether or not the target user has contracted a specific or a target disease.
[Claim 11] 15
A health support method to be executed by a health support apparatus, comprising:
an acquisition step of acquiring first data about a target user which is data about health and does not change or changes by less than a predetermined amount in 20 a predetermined period and second data about the target user which is data about health and changes by more than or equal to the predetermined amount in the predetermined period;
a determination step of determining a disease 25 prediction score based on the first data and determining a current state parameter based on the second data; 64
a generation step of generating an advice about health of the target user based on a correlation between the disease prediction score and the second data or the current state parameter; and
an output step of outputting the advice generated in 5 the generation step.
[Claim 12]
A program for causing a computer to execute:
an acquisition step of acquiring first data about a target user which is data about health and does not 10 change or changes by less than a predetermined amount in a predetermined period and second data about the target user which is data about health and changes by more than or equal to the predetermined amount in the predetermined period; 15
a determination step of determining a disease prediction score based on the first data and determining a current state parameter based on the second data;
a generation step of generating an advice about health of the target user based on a correlation between 20 the disease prediction score and the second data or the current state parameter; and
an output step of outputting the advice generated in the generation step.
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