Life behavior display device

Abstract

A life behavior display device is configured to set, as a start point, a meal start time, a time of returning home from going out, a bathing start time, or a toilet use start time that is an occurrence time of a specific behavior event that has occurred in each of multiple days among behavior events included in life behavior records of the multiple days, and display a list of the life behavior records of the multiple days arranged in time series for each day from each specific behavior event.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present description discloses a life behavior display device.Background Art

[0002] In the related art, there is known a device that displays life behavior (life data) of a user for multiple days. For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a device that displays a horizontal axis as a time axis and life data of respective days vertically arranged in which the life data is displayed such that a wake-up time of each day is at a left end of the time axis.Citation ListPatent Literature

[0003] Patent Literature 1: WO 2012 / 008264Summary of the InventionTechnical Problem

[0004] In order to accurately understand the life behavior of the user from the life data of multiple days, it is important to easily compare the life data of the multiple days, and there is still room for improvement in this regard.

[0005] An object of the present disclosure is to provide a life behavior display device that displays life behavior records of multiple days and can easily compare behavior events that have occurred on each day.Solution to Problem

[0006] The present disclosure adopts the following means to achieve the above object.

[0007] A first life behavior display device of the present disclosure is for displaying a life behavior record of a user, in which the life behavior display device is configured to set, as a start point, a meal start time, a time of returning home from going out, a bathing start time, or a toilet use start time that is an occurrence time of a specific behavior event that has occurred in each of multiple days among behavior events included in the life behavior records of the multiple days, and display a list of the life behavior records of the multiple days arranged in time series for each day from each specific behavior event.

[0008] In the first life behavior display device of the present disclosure, the list of the life behavior records of the multiple days is displayed in time series from the specific behavior event with, as the start point, the meal start time, the time of returning home from going out, the bathing start time, or the toilet use start time that is the occurrence time of the specific behavior event of each day. As a result, the user can easily compare the elapsed time from the occurrence of each behavior event starting from the specific behavior event of each day (taking a meal, returning home from going out, bathing, toilet use) among multiple days, and can use the elapsed time to understand the life behavior.

[0009] A second life behavior display device of the present disclosure is for displaying a life behavior record of a user, in which the life behavior display device is configured to set, as a start point, an occurrence time of a specific behavior event that has occurred on any of multiple days among behavior events included in the life behavior records of the multiple days, and display a list of the life behavior records of the multiple days arranged in time series for each day with times on a time axis aligned.

[0010] In the second life behavior display device of the present disclosure, the list of the life behavior records of the multiple days is displayed arranged in time series from the occurrence time of the specific behavior event that has occurred on any day, with the times on the time axis aligned. As a result, the user can easily compare the occurrence time of each behavior event starting from the specific behavior event of any day among multiple days, and can use the occurrence time to understand the life behavior.Brief Description of Drawings

[0011] Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a behavior monitoring system. Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sensor installed in each room of a residence. Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of data measurement processing. Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of measurement data registration processing. Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of behavior record display processing. Fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display setting screen. Fig. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the display setting screen. Fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display example starting from a wake-up time of life behavior records for several days. Fig. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display example starting from a time of returning home from going out in life behavior records for several days. Fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating behavior record display processing according to another embodiment. Fig. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display setting screen. Fig. 12 is a diagram illustrating a display example of life behavior records for several days according to another embodiment. Description of Embodiments

[0012] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0013] Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of behavior monitoring system 10. As illustrated in Fig. 1, behavior monitoring system 10 includes management server 20 that manages an entire system, and monitoring device 30 that is installed in each of residences A to C in which a monitoring target lives and that monitors the monitoring target. Residences A to C are residences in which, for example, an elderly person or a person requiring care lives alone, and include, for example, a living room (L), a dining room (D), a kitchen (K), a bedroom, a washroom, a bathroom, a lavatory, and an entrance as illustrated in Fig. 2. Behavior monitoring system 10 can be used, for example, to monitor a behavior of an elderly person or a person requiring care as the monitoring target in place of a caregiver and to find an abnormality in the behavior at an early stage.

[0014] Monitoring device 30 includes control section 31, communication section 32, operation display section 33 (life behavior display device), a speaker (not illustrated), and sensors 40. Control section 31 is configured as a microprocessor including CPU as a main component, and includes ROM, RAM, and the like in addition to CPU. Operation display section 33 and the speaker output various information from management server 20 through display or audio. Operation display section 33 is configured as a touch panel display on which an operator can perform an operation input.

[0015] Sensors 40 are sensors for detecting where and what the monitoring target living in the residence is doing, and, as illustrated in Fig. 2, include motion sensors 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46 installed in each room, sleep sensor 47 provided in the bedroom, toilet flush valve sensor 48 provided in the lavatory, and door sensor 49 provided in an entrance door.

[0016] Motion sensors 41 to 46 are sensors that detect a person in a detection area in a non-contact manner, and are configured as, for example, infrared sensors that sense an infrared ray and convert the infrared ray into an electric signal. Motion sensors 41, 42, and 43 are provided in the living room, dining room, and kitchen of the LDK rooms, respectively. Motion sensor 44 is provided in the bedroom, and motion sensor 45 is provided in the bathroom. Further, motion sensor 46 is provided in the lavatory.

[0017] Sleep sensor 47 is, for example, a sheet-type biometric sensor provided under a bed mattress in the bedroom, and acquires biometric information such as a pulse and respiration of a person lying on the bed. Toilet flush valve sensor 48 detects an operation of a flush lever or a flush switch for giving an instruction of flushing of a toilet bowl, and in the present embodiment, toilet flush valve sensor 48 detects a full flush operation and a partial flush operation in an identifiable manner. Door sensor 49 detects opening and closing of the entrance door and is configured as, for example, a magnet-type opening / closing sensor including a permanent magnet fixed to a door side and a magnetic sensor fixed to a frame side.

[0018] Management server 20 includes processing section 21, communication section 22, and storage section 23. Processing section 21 is configured as a microprocessor including CPU as a main component, and includes ROM, RAM, and the like in addition to CPU. Communication section 22 of management server 20 is connected to communication section 32 of each monitoring device 30 and communication section 52 of mobile terminal 50 via network 11, and exchanges data and signals with each other. Storage section 23 includes a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), or the like, receives data measured by each monitoring device 30, and stores the data for a certain period.

[0019] Hereinafter, an operation of behavior monitoring system 10 configured as described above will be described. That is, an operation of monitoring device 30 and an operation of management server 20 will be described.

[0020] The data measurement processing is processing of measuring (collecting) a location of the monitoring target from the sensor provided in each room of the residence. Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the data measurement processing executed by control section 31 of each monitoring device 30. This processing is repeatedly executed at a predetermined time interval.

[0021] When the data measurement processing is executed, control section 31 of monitoring device 30 first determines whether motion sensor 41 for the living room provided in the living room reacts (step S100). When it is determined that motion sensor 41 for the living room reacts, control section 31 determines that the monitoring target is present in the living room (step S102), transmits the determination result as the measurement data to management server 20 (step S136), and ends the data measurement processing.

[0022] When it is determined in step S100 that motion sensor 41 for the living room does not react, control section 31 subsequently determines whether motion sensor 42 for the dining room provided in the dining room reacts (step S104). When it is determined that motion sensor 41 for the dining room reacts, control section 31 determines that the monitoring target is present in the dining room (step S106), transmits the determination result as the measurement data to management server 20 (step S136), and ends the data measurement processing.

[0023] When it is determined in step S104 that motion sensor 42 for the dining room does not react, control section 31 subsequently determines whether motion sensor 43 for the kitchen provided in the kitchen reacts (step S108). When it is determined that motion sensor 43 for the kitchen reacts, control section 31 determines that the monitoring target is present in the kitchen (step S110), transmits the determination result as the measurement data to management server 20 (step S136), and ends the data measurement processing.

[0024] When it is determined in step S108 that motion sensor 43 for the kitchen does not react, control section 31 subsequently determines whether motion sensor 44 for the bedroom provided in the bedroom reacts (step S112). When it is determined that motion sensor 44 for the bedroom reacts, control section 31 determines that the monitoring target is present in the bedroom (step S114). Then, control section 31 acquires the detection signal of sleep sensor 47 (step S116), transmits the determination result and the detection signal of sleep sensor 47 to management server 20 as the measurement data (step S136), and ends the data measurement processing.

[0025] When it is determined in step S112 that motion sensor 44 for the bedroom does not react, control section 31 subsequently determines whether motion sensor 45 for the bathroom provided in the bathroom reacts (step S118). When it is determined that motion sensor 45 for the bathroom reacts, control section 31 determines that the monitoring target is present in the bathroom (step S120), transmits the determination result as the measurement data to management server 20 (step S136), and ends the data measurement processing.

[0026] When it is determined in step S118 that motion sensor 45 for the bathroom does not react, control section 31 subsequently determines whether motion sensor 46 for the lavatory provided in the lavatory reacts (step S122). When it is determined that motion sensor 46 for the lavatory reacts, control section 31 determines that the monitoring target is present in the lavatory (step S124). Then, control section 31 acquires the detection signal of toilet flush valve sensor 48 (step S126), transmits the determination result and the detection signal of toilet flush valve sensor 48 to management server 20 as the measurement data (step S136), and ends the data measurement processing.

[0027] When it is determined in step S122 that motion sensor 46 for the lavatory does not react, control section 31 subsequently determines whether door sensor 49 for the entrance provided in the entrance door reacts (step S128). When it is determined that door sensor 49 for the entrance reacts, control section 31 determines whether it has been determined in step S134 described later that the monitoring target has been present at home (step S130). When it is determined that it has been determined that the monitoring target has been present at home, control section 31 determines that the monitoring target has gone out (step S132), transmits the determination result as the measurement data to management server 20 (step S136), and ends the data measurement processing. On the other hand, when it is determined that it has not been determined that the monitoring target has been present at home (it has been determined that the monitoring target has gone out), control section 31 determines that the monitoring target has returned, that is, is present at home (step S134), transmits the determination result as the measurement data to management server 20 (step S136), and ends the data measurement processing.

[0028] Hereinafter, the operation of management server 20 will be described. Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of measurement data reception processing executed by processing section 21 of management server 20. This processing is repeatedly executed at a predetermined time interval.

[0029] When the measurement data reception processing is executed, processing section 21 of management server 20 first determines whether measurement data is received from monitoring device 30 (step S200). When it is determined in step S200 that the measurement data is not received, processing section 21 proceeds to step S206. On the other hand, when it is determined that measurement data is received, processing section 21 accesses a time server via the Internet to acquire the current year, month, day, time (hour / minute / second), and day of the week as time information (step S202), stores the acquired time information in storage section 23 in association with the measurement data (step S204), and proceeds to step S206. The time information may be acquired by reading a current time from a real-time clock (RTC).

[0030] Next, processing section 21 determines whether the measurement data for a certain period (for example, for one day) has been accumulated in storage section 23 (step S206). When it is determined that the measurement data for a certain period is not accumulated, processing section 21 proceeds to step S212. On the other hand, when it is determined that the measurement data for a certain period is accumulated, processing section 21 extracts a predetermined behavior event from the measurement data for a certain period (step S208), and registers the extracted behavior event in storage section 23 together with the occurrence time thereof (step S210). Here, in the present embodiment, the behavior event includes wake-up, sleeping, taking a meal, excretion (urination), excretion (defecation), bathing, and the like. For example, the wake-up can be determined based on the fact that a change from a sleep state to an awake state is detected by sleep sensor 47 when the monitoring target is present in the bedroom. The sleeping can be determined based on the fact that the change from the awake state to the sleeping state is detected by sleep sensor 47 when the monitoring target is present in the bedroom. Taking a meal can be determined based on the determination of the stay in the dining room for a certain time or longer after the determination of the movement from the kitchen to the dining room. The bathing can be determined based on the determination that the user stays in the bathroom for a certain time or longer. The excretion (urination) can be determined based on the detection of the partial flush operation by toilet flush valve sensor 48 when the monitoring target is present in the lavatory. The excretion (defecation) can be determined based on the detection of the full flush operation by toilet flush valve sensor 48 when the monitoring target is present in the lavatory. The excretion (urination) may be determined based on the determination that the monitoring target stays in the lavatory for a time shorter than a certain time, and the excretion (defecation) may be determined based on the determination that the monitoring target stays in the lavatory for a certain time or longer. In this case, flush valve sensor 48 can be omitted.

[0031] Next, processing section 21 determines whether there is a behavior record transmission request from monitoring device 30 (operation display section 33) (step S212). When it is determined that there is no behavior record transmission request, processing section 21 ends the measurement data registration processing as it is. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is the behavior record transmission request, processing section 21 transmits the behavior event stored in storage section 23 and the occurrence time of each behavior event as the life behavior record to monitoring device 30 that has made the transmission request (step S214), and ends the measurement data registration processing.

[0032] Hereinafter, the operation of monitoring device 30 that has received the behavior event will be described. Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of behavior record display processing executed by control section 31 of monitoring device 30. This processing is executed when the instruction to display the life behavior of the monitoring target is given by the operation of operation display section 33 by the user.

[0033] When the behavior record display processing is executed, control section 31 displays a display setting screen on operation display section 33 (step S300). Subsequently, control section 31 receives selection of the specific behavior event on the display setting screen (step S302), and receives setting of the display period and the display time range (step S304). Here, the specific behavior event is a behavior event serving as a starting point of display in a case where the behavior events generated for each day are arranged and displayed in time series. Figs. 6 and 7 are diagrams illustrating examples of the display setting screen. In the present embodiment, as illustrated in Fig. 6, the specific behavior event includes wake-up, toilet use, taking a meal, returning home from going out, and bathing. The specific behavior event is selected when the user selects one of the multiple behavior events and presses a "next" button. In the present embodiment, the meal is classified into breakfast (for example, 7:00 to 10:00), lunch (for example, 11:00 to 14:00), and dinner (for example, 17:00 to 20:00) depending on the occurrence time zone. The meal is selected when the user selects one of breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The display period and the display time range are set by inputting numerical values of the start date and the end date of the display period, inputting numerical values of the display time range from 1 to 24, and pressing an "OK" button.

[0034] Next, control section 31 acquires, from management server 20, behavior events within the display time range with, as the start point, the occurrence time of the specific behavior event for each day in the life behavior record within the display period (step S306). For example, when the wake-up is selected as the specific behavior event, May 5 to May 8 are set as the display period, and 15 hours are set as the display time range, control section 31 sets the wake-up time of each of May 5 to May 8 as the start point, sets the time after 15 hours from the wake-up time as the end point, and acquires the behavior event that has occurred from the start point to the end point. Then, control section 31 displays a list of the acquired behavior events on operation display section 33 in accordance with the elapsed time from each specific behavior event on each day in time series for each day (step S308).

[0035] Fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display example starting from the wake-up time of the life behavior records for several days. As illustrated, the life behavior records displayed on operation display section 33 include a presence-at-home situation, taking a meal, toilet use, bathing, sleep, and a sleep state (for example, a sleep depth level in non-REM sleep, or REM sleep). When the wake-up time is selected as the specific behavior event, the life behavior records are displayed in a list by arranging the life behavior records in time series for each day based on the elapsed time from the start point with the wake-up time of each day as the start point. Fig. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display example starting from the time of returning home from going out in the life behavior records for several days. When the returning home from going out is selected as the specific behavior event, the life behavior records are displayed in a list by arranging the life behavior records in time series for each day based on the elapsed time from the start point with the time of returning home from going out of each day as the start point. As described above, since the life behavior records for several days are displayed as the elapsed time from the specific behavior event, the life behavior pattern can be easily understood by the user from the records for several days.

[0036] After displaying the list, control section 31 determines whether an end operation is performed (step S310). When it is determined that the end operation is not performed, control section 31 determines whether a return operation is performed (step S312). Control section 31 returns to step S310 when it is determined that the return operation is not performed, and returns to step S300 when it is determined that the return operation is performed. When it is determined in step S310 that the end operation is performed, control section 31 ends the behavior record display processing.

[0037] Here, a correspondence relationship between main elements of the embodiment and main elements of the present disclosure described in the Claims will be described. That is, operation display section 33 of the present embodiment is an example of a behavior record display device of the present disclosure.

[0038] It goes without saying that the present disclosure is not limited in any way to the above embodiment, and the present disclosure can be embodied in various aspects as long as the aspects fall within the technical scope of the present disclosure.

[0039] For example, in the above embodiment, control section 31 displays a list of behavior events that have occurred within the display time range in time series for each day with the occurrence time of each specific behavior event on each day in the designated display period as the start point, based on the elapsed time from each specific behavior event on each day. However, control section 31 may display a list of behavior events that have occurred within the display time range in time series for each day with the occurrence time of the specific behavior event that has occurred on any day among the days in the designated display period as the start point, with the times on the time axis aligned. In this case, control section 31 needs only to execute the behavior record display processing illustrated in Fig. 10. The behavior record display processing illustrated in Fig. 10 will be described below. The same step numbers as in Fig. 5 denote the same processing in the behavior record display processing in Fig. 10, and a repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

[0040] In the behavior record display processing of Fig. 10, control section 31 receives the selection of the specific behavior event (step S302), and receives the setting of the display period and the display time range (step S304), and receives the selection of the time to be set as the display start point among the occurrence times of the specific behavior event that has occurred on each day of the display period (step S400). Fig. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the display setting screen. As illustrated, the time as the display start point includes the earliest time, the latest time, the average time, the median time, and the time of the specified specific day within the display period. The time is selected when the user selects one of the multiple times and presses the "OK" button. The specific day is selected by inputting a numerical value of a date designated within the display period.

[0041] Next, control section 31 acquires the behavior event of the display time range from management server 20 with the selected time as the start point (step S402). Then, control section 31 displays, on operation display section 33, a list of the acquired behavior events arranged in time series for each day with the times on the time axis aligned for each day (step S404), and proceeds to step S310.

[0042] Fig. 12 is a diagram illustrating a display example of life behavior records for several days according to another embodiment. In a case where the wake-up is selected as the specific behavior event and the time of the specific day (May 8) is selected as the time to be the display start point, a list of the life behavior records is displayed in which the times of the time axis are aligned on each day with the occurrence time of the specific behavior event that has occurred on the specific day as the starting point. Therefore, a remaining time of the specific behavior event is displayed for the day on which the specific behavior event has occurred at a time later than the occurrence time of the specific behavior event on the specific day, and the specific behavior event is not displayed for the day on which the specific behavior event has occurred at a time earlier than the occurrence time of the specific behavior event on the specific day. Since a list of the life behavior records for several days is displayed with the times on the time axis aligned, it is possible to easily understand the temporal variation of the behavior events for each day. In addition, since the occurrence time of the specific behavior event is used as the start point, it is possible to use the start point to understand the behavior pattern from the specific behavior event.

[0043] Further, in the above embodiment, management server 20 transmits the life behavior record of the monitoring target to monitoring device 30, and monitoring device 30 executes the behavior record display processing based on the received life behavior record of the monitoring target to perform the behavior record display on operation display section 33. However, management server 20 may transmit the life behavior record to a display terminal (for example, a tablet terminal) different from monitoring device 30, and the display terminal may perform the behavior record display by executing the same processing as the behavior record display processing described above based on the received life behavior record.

[0044] In the first behavior record display device of the present disclosure described above, the list of the life behavior records of the multiple days is displayed in time series from the specific behavior event with, as the start point, the meal start time, the time of returning home from going out, the bathing start time, or the toilet use start time that is the occurrence time of the specific behavior event of each day. As a result, the user can easily compare the elapsed time from the occurrence of each behavior event starting from the specific behavior event of each day (taking a meal, returning home from going out, bathing, toilet use) among multiple days, and can use the elapsed time to understand the life behavior.

[0045] In addition, in the second behavior record display device of the present disclosure, the list of the life behavior records of the multiple days is displayed arranged in time series from the occurrence time of the specific behavior event that has occurred on any day, with the times on the time axis aligned. As a result, the user can easily compare the occurrence time of each behavior event starting from the specific behavior event of any day among multiple days, and can use the occurrence time to understand the life behavior.

[0046] The second behavior record display device of the present disclosure may be configured to set, as the start point, an earliest occurrence time among the occurrence times of the specific behavior event that has occurred on each of the multiple days, a latest occurrence time among the occurrence times of the specific behavior event that has occurred on each of the multiple days, an average time or a median time of the occurrence times of the specific behavior event that has occurred on each of the multiple days, or an occurrence time of the specific behavior event that has occurred on a specific day designated by the user. In this way, the user can obtain an opportunity to understand the life behavior pattern from various viewpoints.

[0047] In the second behavior record display device of the present disclosure, the occurrence time of the specific behavior event may be a wake-up time, a meal start time, a time of returning home from going out, a bathing start time, or a toilet use start time. In this way, the user can obtain an opportunity to understand the life behavior pattern from various viewpoints.Industrial Applicability

[0048] The present disclosure is applicable to the manufacturing industry of behavior record display devices.Reference Signs List

[0049] 10: behavior monitoring system, 11: network, 20: management server, 21: processing section, 22: communication section, 23: storage section, 30: monitoring device, 31: control section, 32: communication section, 33: operation display section, 40: sensors, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46: motion sensor, 47: sleep sensor, 48: toilet flush valve sensor, 49: door sensor.

Claims

1. A life behavior display device for displaying a life behavior record of a user, wherein the life behavior display device is configured to set, as a start point, a meal start time, a time of returning home from going out, a bathing start time, or a toilet use start time that is an occurrence time of a specific behavior event that has occurred in each of multiple days among behavior events included in the life behavior records of the multiple days, and display a list of the life behavior records of the multiple days arranged in time series for each day from each specific behavior event.

2. A life behavior display device for displaying a life behavior record of a user, wherein the life behavior display device is configured to set, as a start point, an occurrence time of a specific behavior event that has occurred on any of multiple days among behavior events included in the life behavior records of the multiple days, and display a list of the life behavior records of the multiple days arranged in time series for each day with times on a time axis aligned.

3. The life behavior display device according to Claim 2, wherein the life behavior display device is configured to set, as the start point, an earliest occurrence time among the occurrence times of the specific behavior event that has occurred on each of the multiple days, a latest occurrence time among the occurrence times of the specific behavior event that has occurred on each of the multiple days, an average time or a median time of the occurrence times of the specific behavior event that has occurred on each of the multiple days, or an occurrence time of the specific behavior event that has occurred on a specific day designated by the user.

4. The life behavior display device according to Claim 2 or 3, wherein the occurrence time of the specific behavior event is a wake-up time, a meal start time, a time of returning home from going out, a bathing start time, or a toilet use start time.

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