JPH105181A - Health management support device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a health management support device used in a toilet or a bathroom, and to support a user's voluntary health management through checking of excrement. SOLUTION: In a toilet, information such as a physiological state of an individual user, a history of excretion, and a property of a stool is registered using an input means 2. The storage means 3 stores the registered information,
The registered user or another user is notified by the display means 4 as necessary. The determining means determines the user's health condition from the input stool property information. The registration information is also used by the control means 40 to select a cleaning pattern for the warm water cleaning toilet seat 42, so that cleaning according to the characteristics of the stool can be performed by a common operation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a health management support apparatus for voluntarily managing the health of a user particularly in relation to excretion scenes in toilets and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The modern medical system, which mainly focuses on treatment in hospitals, is required to undergo major changes in response to the growing population of the generation called the adult disease reserve army and the acceleration of an aging society. In other words, they are shifting the center of gravity from symptomatic medicine to preventive medicine. Rather than getting sick after getting sick, getting rid of it first is a pressing issue in maintaining a healthcare system. To achieve this, voluntary health care at home is important. Especially for adult diseases, it is even more important since proper health care can prevent a considerable part of the disease on a daily basis.

[0003] As a method of supporting health care at home,
Several techniques have been proposed so far. The toilet space, which can collect samples with a large amount of information when viewing human health such as urine and stool, is a central place for home medical care. In order to realize this, information processing technology is essential.

[0004] Techniques for performing health management using information processing means in a toilet space include JP-A-1-5312 and JP-A-5-228116. These automatically detect the user's biological information to determine their health status, record the results on a recording medium and manage them, and share data with the outside world via a local area network. It is. There are many attempts to fully or semi-automatically manage health by making full use of information processing technology.

[0005]

The purpose of home medical care is to reduce the incidence of various diseases through active and voluntary health care of citizens based on preventive medicine. An automated home healthcare system would be an effective means to achieve this goal in the short term. However, the fact that a user can perform a health check without being aware of anything implies that the user's voluntary health management is hindered in a sense. For example, if you learn the habit of checking your stool cycle, stool color, shape, etc. yourself, it will lead to effective health care by itself. Conversely, if all such procedures were automated, the ratio would be a black box of even your own excrement,
You may lose your attitude to review your lifestyle and maintain your health. It should be possible to use information processing technology not only for automation but also as a means for encouraging user's independent involvement. In the related art, there is no fulcrum for supporting such a user to independently participate in health management. Items that can be specifically checked include excretion history and stool properties.

[0006] On the other hand, however, a device that supports such voluntary health care must not be inferior in operability to a conventional fully automatic health care device. If the number of button operations increases in order to perform self-management, it means that the user has only added the device. This does not allow the user to continue voluntary health care. Therefore, in order to maintain the operability, a function of a user interface is required so that the voluntary management action is directly linked to the operation of the device.

The first object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and the first object is to voluntarily register information on a user's excretion behavior, physiological state, or excrement state in a toilet by the user himself / herself. The goal is to support health management.

A second object is to support voluntary health management related to the digestive system, particularly by registering the history of defecation and information on stool.

A third object is to operate the warm water flush toilet seat in a series of voluntary health care operations by integrating the control means for the warm water flush toilet seat so that the registration act also serves as a selection of a flush method. By making it possible to improve the usability of the user.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides, as a first solution, at least one of information on the excretion of a user, a physiological condition, or the color and properties of excrement in a toilet. And input means for inputting the information, recording means for recording information input by the input means, and display means for displaying a history of information recorded by the recording means.

As a second solving means, a stool information input means for inputting the color or property of the excrement, a recording means for recording the input information by the stool information input means, and a user registered by the stool information input means From the information on the stool properties
A determination unit configured to determine a health condition of the user.

As a third solving means, a local washing means having a plurality of washing modes and a selecting means for selecting a method of washing the warm water washing toilet seat according to the properties of the excrement stored in the storage means. There is a configuration provided.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention has the following effects by the above configuration.

[0014] In the first solution, the user inputs his / her excretion history, that is, the excretion history such as the presence or absence of defecation, the physiological state of the body, and the state of excrement using the input means. The recorded information is recorded in the recording means as history information. The recorded information is notified to the registered user or other users via notification means as needed by the user, to support the user to independently manage their health Can be.

[0015] In the second solution, the user registers the color, shape, hardness, etc. of the stool via the input means, thereby acquiring a healthy habit of checking his / her stool. By the judging means, the health condition can be grasped from the repetition rhythm of the stool and loose stool.

In the third solving means, the selecting means selects a washing mode corresponding to the property of the stool input by the user, so that the user can perform the washing operation more appropriately by the local washing means without performing the operation of designating the washing mode. The local part can be cleaned in a simple cleaning mode, and the usability for the user can be improved.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In FIG. 1, an input unit 2, a storage unit 3, and a display unit 4 are configured in a housing 1. The input means 2 has a cross button 5 and a confirmation button 6. The storage means 3 is configured to be detachable from the housing 1. The display means 4 displays virtual buttons 8 and 9 and a cursor 10 in addition to the selection screen 7 serving as personal identification means.

In the above configuration, the user first operates the cross button 5 to move the cursor 11 on the number indicating the user on the selection screen 7. Cursor 11 to desired number
Is moved, and the confirmation button 6 is pressed, the back color of the corresponding number is inverted. In this embodiment, the user number is 3
This shows a case where the number is selected. Hereinafter, this personal identification procedure is useful in order to clarify who the family member is when inputting information such as defecation. Of course, personal identification may be automatically performed using fingerprints or other information unique to individuals.

Next, a case where the user checks the information on defecation will be described. When the user moves the cursor 11 to the virtual button 8 and presses the confirmation button 6, the display on the display means 4 changes to the content shown in FIG. In FIG.
Reference numeral 20 denotes a bowel movement history table in the form of a calendar. Of course, the bowel movement history table 20 at this time corresponds to the history of the user whose user number is 3, which is the personal identification result. The column 21 corresponding to the date in use is highlighted and is in a registration waiting state. The user presses the confirmation button 6 when there is bowel movement in the toilet. When the confirmation button 6 is pressed, the character indicating the date is changed to bold and the defecation history is registered so that the defecation has occurred in the column 21. This information is also stored in the storage means 3 at the same time. Also, by referring to the storage means 3, the past bowel movement history is also displayed in the bowel movement history table 20. In this embodiment, 1.
This indicates that there was bowel movement on the 3, 4, 6, 9, and 10 days, indicating that the bowel movement was performed twice a day on three days.

If the rhythm is sustained even if the stool is only once every two days, it is not constipation. If there is no defecation for many days, it is obvious that the patient has constipation, but it is difficult for a person who maintains such a periodic defecation rhythm to know whether he or she is constipated. However, the user can know at a glance the degree of constipation by checking the past defecation history. In addition, since the constipation state of the family can be easily grasped, if the family is constipated, it is easy to devise a menu.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user can easily input and manage the history of bowel movements, so that there is an effect that the user can support voluntary health management.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 30 denotes an interactive screen as a flight information input unit. In this embodiment, a case where excrement is stool will be described. The flight information input means 30 includes a window 31 for checking the color of the flight and a scale 32 for designating the properties of the flight. The judging means 33 is configured to be able to refer to the information displayed on the display means 4 and the information recorded in the recording means 3 and to display the judgment result on the window 34 of the display means.

In the above-described configuration, the user operates the cursor 10
To the window 31 to specify the color of the flight. The user may select one of the color candidates sequentially displayed in the window 31 by using the confirmation button 6, or may read out color data from image information of a CCD or the like and automatically display the color name. next,
The user uses the scale 32 to specify the property related to the hardness of the stool. This is a five-step designation method, which is classified as hard, normal, soft, diarrhea, or watery.

Checking the color, shape and hardness of the stool
It is known to be very useful for health care. Estimating the degree of digestion or constipation depending on whether the stool is loose or soft is very routine. Regarding the color, for example, brown stools are healthy, but black stools may be suspected of bleeding due to cancer, etc. .

From the registration result by the flight information input means 30,
The judging means 33 judges the health condition of the user. For example, in the case of loose stools, diarrhea is expected,
At this time, referring to the memory means 2 and confirming how long such a symptom has continued, and if it is long term, for example, it is determined that a warning about chronic illness or advice for improving life is necessary. I do. These databases may be stored in the storage means 3 in advance. Notification result 3
Is communicated to the user via.

The flight information input means 30 may be moved when the confirmation button 7 is pressed while the frame 21 is on the date in FIG. In addition, excretions other than stool such as urine and vaginal discharge, or menstrual bleeding may be registered. When inputting information about menstruation, for example, the menstruation registration button 9 in FIG. 1 is selected.

According to the present embodiment, as in the case of an abnormality, the health condition can be determined from new or past information on the color and properties of the stool, so that there is an effect that daily health management can be performed.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In FIG. 4, a cleaning button 40 is formed on the housing 1. The selection means 41 is recorded as a control code inside the storage means 3 and is provided with a warm water flush toilet seat 42 serving as a local cleaning means from the housing 1 main body.
, A local cleaning control command is transmitted by any of wired, infrared, and RF communication methods.

In the above configuration, when the user presses the washing button 40 after registering that the patient has diarrhea with the stool information input means 30 at the time of defecation, for example, the selecting means 41 sets a washing pattern suitable for anal washing in the case of diarrhea. That is, the cleaning of the second son is selected by a soft water flow including bubbles, and a control signal corresponding thereto is transmitted to the warm water cleaning toilet seat 42. If the stool has normal hardness, the water flow should be slightly increased to wash out the fecal mass attached to the anus.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, in order to reflect the information at the time of registering the properties of the excrement into the washing, the user only needs to perform the common operation of pressing the washing button to obtain an appropriate washing pattern. There is an effect that the cleaning can be performed by using the method.

[0031]

As described above, the defecation apparatus of the present invention has the following effects.

(1) The user can register his or her own information on excretion and excrement in the toilet, thereby supporting voluntary health management.

(2) By registering information relating to the color and properties of the stool, the user can maintain a habit of checking his / her stool, and assist in health management by estimating the health condition from the properties. be able to.

(3) By integrating the control means with the control means for the hot water flush toilet seat and configuring the control means so that the registration operation of the stool properties and the like also serves as the selection of the cleaning method, a series of operations for voluntary health management can be performed. By enabling operation of the warm water flush toilet seat, it is possible to improve the usability of the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display unit according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 input means 3 storage means 4 display means 30 flight information input means 33 determining means 41 selecting means 42 local cleaning means

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on front page (72) Inventor Masaaki Kawaguri 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An input means for inputting at least one of information relating to a user's excretion behavior, a physiological state or a color and a property of an excrement in a toilet; a recording means for recording input information by the input means; A health management support device comprising: a display unit for displaying a history of information recorded by the recording unit. 2. A stool information input means for inputting the color or property of the excrement, a recording means for recording the input information by the stool information input means, and information on the stool property registered by the user by the stool information input means. And a determination means for determining a health condition of the user. 3. A local washing means provided with a plurality of washing modes, and a selecting means for selecting a method of washing the hot water flush toilet seat according to the properties of excrement stored in the storage means. Or the health management support device according to 2.