Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, and Information Processing Program

Abstract

To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program capable of appropriately confirming a user's health condition.SOLUTION: In an information processing system 1 in which an information processing device 10 is connected to external devices, such as a smart phone 7 owned by another person, an infected person contact notification server 8, and a disaster prevention information notification server 9, via a wired or wireless network 5 in a communicable state, the information processing device 10 includes at least one processor. The processor receives information transmitted and addressed to a user, and when the received information includes risk information related to the user's surroundings, which is information affecting the user's health or safety, gives a command regarding measurement of biological information to a measuring device that measures the user's biological information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, a technique for monitoring biological information according to a user's health condition has been known. For example, Patent Document 1 describes determining the measurement time and interval of a biological information measuring device based on information on the user's health level classified by a doctor's diagnosis result, blood pressure measurement result, and the user's self-report.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] In recent years, techniques that contribute to the early detection of diseases by monitoring biological information such as body temperature and heart rate have been desired. In particular, among infected persons with various infectious diseases such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there are those who have no symptoms, and in order to prevent the spread of infection, it is considered that monitoring biological information is highly effective in early detecting infection.

[0005] On the other hand, continuously measuring biological information when there is no event that affects the user's health may be undesirable for the user because it may be troublesome or increase the power consumption of the biological information measuring device. Therefore, a technique that enables appropriate measurement of biological information when necessary is desired.

[0006] The present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program that can appropriately confirm the user's health condition.

Means for Solving the Problem

[0007] A first aspect of the present disclosure is an information processing apparatus including at least one processor. The processor receives information sent to the user, and when the received information includes risk information regarding the situation around the user, which is information that can affect the user's health or safety, Based on at least one of the type and content of risk information, a measuring device that measures the user's biological information determine the measurement conditions of biological information by [device], and according to the determined measurement conditions, the measuring device is given an instruction regarding the measurement.

[0009] In the first aspect, the risk information may include information indicating the possibility of the user being infected with an infectious disease.

[0010] In the first aspect, the risk information may include information indicating the health status of other people around the user.

[0011] In the first aspect, the risk information may include information indicating the state of suffering from an infectious disease of other people around the user.

[0012] In the first aspect, the risk information may include information regarding disasters or public nuisances around the user.

[0013] In the first aspect, the risk information further includes a proposal regarding the measurement, and the processor may give an instruction regarding the measurement to the measuring device according to the proposal included in the risk information.

[0014] In the first aspect, the instruction may be an instruction to start the measurement.

[0015] In the first aspect, the instruction may be an instruction to cause the measurement result to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus.

[0016] In the first aspect, the instruction may be an instruction to change the measurement conditions in the measurement.

[0017] In the first aspect described above, the processor may receive risk information via at least one of email and SNS (Social Networking Service).

[0018] A second aspect of the present disclosure is an information processing method, which receives information sent to a user, and when the received information includes risk information regarding the user's surroundings that may affect the user's health or safety, Based on at least one of the type and content of risk information, a measuring device that measures the user's biometric information determine the measurement conditions of biological information by [device], and according to the determined measurement conditions, the measuring device the computer executes a process of issuing an instruction regarding measurement.

[0019] A third aspect of the present disclosure is an information processing program, which receives information sent to a user, and when the received information includes risk information regarding the user's surroundings that may affect the user's health or safety, Based on at least one of the type and content of risk information, a measuring device that measures the user's biometric information determine the measurement conditions of biological information by [device], and according to the determined measurement conditions, the measuring device is for causing a computer to execute a process of issuing an instruction regarding measurement.

Advantages of the Invention

[0020] According to the above aspect, the information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program of the present disclosure can appropriately confirm the user's health condition.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0022] Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, an example of a mode for carrying out the technology of the present disclosure will be described in detail.

[0023] [First Embodiment] First, with reference to FIG. 1, an example of the configuration of the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system 1 includes an information processing apparatus 10 and a measuring apparatus 4. In FIG. 1, a smartphone is illustrated as an example of the information processing apparatus 10. The information processing apparatus 10 and the measuring apparatus 4 are capable of communicating with each other by wired or wireless communication. Further, the information processing apparatus 10 is connected in a communicable state to external devices such as a smartphone 7, an infected person contact notification server 8, and a disaster prevention information notification server 9 owned by others via a wired or wireless network 5.

[0024] The measuring apparatus 4 has a function of measuring at least one type of biometric information of the user. Biometric information is information indicating at least one of, for example, body temperature, heart rate, electrocardiogram, electromyogram, blood pressure, arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2), blood glucose level, and lipid level. In these cases, as the measuring apparatus 4, for example, a thermometer, a heart rate monitor, a blood glucose self-measuring device, and a wearable terminal such as a smartwatch equipped with a sensor for measuring biometric information such as heart rate and arterial oxygen saturation can be applied. Further, the measuring apparatus 4 may measure the biometric information only once when there is an instruction to measure the biometric information, or may measure the biometric information over time. "Measuring over time" means continuously measuring the biometric information at a predetermined time interval.

[0025] In addition, the measuring device 4 may have a function of transmitting the measured biological information to the information processing device 10 by wired or wireless communication. As the wireless communication standard in this case, for example, Wi-Fi (registered trademark) and Bluetooth (registered trademark) can be appropriately applied. Although one measuring device 4 is illustrated in FIG. 1, the number of measuring devices 4 included in the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment is not particularly limited. For example, when the information processing system 1 includes a plurality of measuring devices 4, it is sufficient that each of the plurality of measuring devices 4 can communicate with each other by wired or wireless communication with the information processing device 10. Further, each of the plurality of measuring devices 4 may measure different types of biological information.

[0026] The infected person contact notification server 8 has a function of notifying the information processing device 10 to that effect when there is a possibility that the user who is the owner of the information processing device 10 has come into contact with an infected person with coronavirus disease using a known coronavirus contact confirmation application. The disaster prevention information notification server 9 has a function of notifying the information processing device 10 to that effect when a disaster or public nuisance such as a fire and gas leakage occurs in the area where the user who is the owner of the information processing device 10 stays. The infected person contact notification server 8 and the disaster prevention information notification server 9 are, for example, those in which a software program that provides server functions is installed in a general-purpose computer.

[0027] The information processing device 10 according to the present embodiment issues an instruction regarding the measurement of the user's biological information to the measuring device 4 according to various information transmitted from external devices such as the smartphone 7 owned by others, the infected person contact notification server 8, and the disaster prevention information notification server 9. Hereinafter, the detailed configuration of the information processing device 10 will be described.

[0028] First, with reference to FIG. 2, an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the information processing apparatus 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21, a nonvolatile storage unit 22, and a memory 23 as a temporary storage area. Further, the information processing apparatus 10 includes a display 24 such as a liquid crystal display, an input unit 25 such as a touch panel and buttons, and a network I / F (Interface) 26. The network I / F 26 performs wired or wireless communication with the measurement apparatus 4 and the network 5. The CPU 21, the storage unit 22, the memory 23, the display 24, the input unit 25, and the network I / F 26 are connected to each other via a bus 28 such as a system bus and a control bus so as to be able to exchange various information.

[0029] The storage unit 22 is realized by a storage medium such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), and a flash memory, for example. In the storage unit 22, an information processing program 27 in the information processing apparatus 10 is stored. The CPU 21 reads the information processing program 27 from the storage unit 22 and then expands it in the memory 23, and executes the expanded information processing program 27. The CPU 21 is an example of the processor of the present disclosure. As the information processing apparatus 10, for example, in addition to the smartphone illustrated in FIG. 1, a personal computer, a tablet terminal, a wearable terminal, and the like can be appropriately applied.

[0030] Next, with reference to FIG. 3, an example of the functional configuration of the information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the information processing apparatus 10 includes a reception unit 30, a determination unit 32, and a control unit 34. By executing the information processing program 27, the CPU 21 functions as the reception unit 30, the determination unit 32, and the control unit 34.

[0031] The receiving unit 30 receives, via the network I / F 26, information transmitted to the user via the network 5 from external devices such as the smartphone 7 owned by others, the infection contact notification server 8, and the disaster prevention information notification server 9. The "information transmitted to the user" may be, for example, a text message transmitted from the smartphone 7 owned by others to the information processing device 10. In this case, the receiving unit 30 may receive the information transmitted to the user via at least one of e-mail and SNS (Social Networking Service). The e-mail is not limited to e-mail using a protocol such as SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), and includes various services having a function of transmitting and receiving messages such as webmail and SMS (Short Message Service). The SNS includes various services having a function of transmitting and receiving messages such as Twitter (registered trademark), Facebook (registered trademark), and LINE (registered trademark).

[0032] Also, the "information transmitted to the user" may be, for example, a notification from the infection contact notification server 8 that the user may have come into contact with an infected person with coronavirus disease. Also, the "information transmitted to the user" may be, for example, a notification from the disaster prevention information notification server 9 that a disaster or pollution such as a fire and a gas leak has occurred in the area where the user is staying.

[0033] Note that the "information transmitted to the user" is not limited to information transmitted to the individual user, and may be information transmitted to the group to which the user belongs. For example, it may be information transmitted using group talk and mailing lists known in various services having a function of transmitting and receiving messages. Also, for example, information transmitted by a service that uses the location information of the terminal device (including the information processing device 10) to provide various information regarding disasters, pollution, or the prevalence of infectious diseases to a plurality of terminal devices existing in the corresponding area may be used.

[0034] The determination unit 32 determines whether the information received by the reception unit 30 includes risk information that may affect the user's health or safety. Specifically, "risk information" is at least one of information that may affect the user's health or safety and information related to the user's surrounding situation and information related to the user's health status.

[0035] For example, "risk information" may be information indicating the possibility of the user being infected with an infectious disease. An example of such information is a notice sent from the infected person contact notification server 8 indicating that the user may have come into contact with a person infected with the novel coronavirus disease. Also, keywords indicating the possibility of the user being infected with an infectious disease, such as "influenza", "COVID-19", "food poisoning", "infection", "transmitted", and "contact", included in the message received by the reception unit 30 can be mentioned.

[0036] Also, for example, "risk information" may be information indicating the health status of other people around the user. Among them, "risk information" may be information indicating the disease state of other people around the user with respect to infectious diseases. An example of such information is keywords indicating the health status of other people around the user, such as "had a fever", "went to the hospital", and "contracted influenza", included in the message received by the reception unit 30.

[0037] Also, for example, "risk information" may be information related to disasters or public nuisances around the user. An example of such information is a notice sent from the disaster prevention information notification server 9 indicating that disasters or public nuisances such as fires and gas leaks have occurred in the area where the user is staying.

[0038] Also, for example, "risk information" may be information indicating the health status of the user. An example of such information is the diagnosis result by a doctor and the result of a health check, etc. These information may be sent, for example, from a server computer (not shown) that manages electronic medical records.

[0039] When the determination unit 32 determines that the received information received by the reception unit 30 includes risk information, the control unit 34 issues an instruction regarding the measurement of the user's biological information to the measuring device 4. When receiving risk information as described above, since the user's health condition may change, it is preferable to monitor the biological information by the measuring device 4 to confirm the user's health condition.

[0040] Here, for example, the "instruction" may be an instruction to start measuring the biological information by the measuring device 4. Specifically, it may be an instruction to measure the biological information once by the measuring device 4, or an instruction to start measuring the biological information over time by the measuring device 4.

[0041] Also, for example, the "instruction" may be an instruction to cause the measuring device 4 to transmit the measurement result of the biological information measured by the measuring device 4 to the information processing device 10. In this case, the control unit 34 may perform control to display the measurement result of the biological information received from the measuring device 4 on the display 24.

[0042] Also, for example, the "instruction" may be an instruction to change the measurement conditions in the measurement of the biological information by the measuring device 4. The "measurement conditions" may be, for example, the type of biological information to be measured, and the period and measurement frequency for continuing the measurement when the measuring device 4 measures the biological information over time. Specifically, for example, it may be an instruction to change the setting of the measurement frequency so that the measuring device 4, which is set to measure body temperature once a day, measures body temperature three times a day.

[0043] Further, the determination unit 32 may determine the measurement conditions of the biological information by the measuring device 4 based on the risk information. In this case, the control unit 34 issues an instruction regarding the measurement of the biological information to the measuring device 4 according to the measurement conditions determined by the determination unit 32. That is, the information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment may change the content of the instruction to the measuring device 4 according to the risk information. According to such a configuration, appropriate biological information can be measured according to the risk information, so that the health state of the user can be confirmed more appropriately.

[0044] FIG. 4 shows an example of a table in which the measurement conditions of biological information are predetermined for each type of risk information. For example, the determination unit 32 may estimate the type of risk information according to the keyword used for the determination of the risk information, and determine the measurement conditions of the biological information by collating the estimated type of risk information with the table shown in FIG. 4. The estimation of the type of risk information may be performed, for example, by the determination unit 32 referring to a table (not shown) in which keywords and types of risk information are associated in advance. The table in which the type of risk information and the measurement conditions are associated in advance (see FIG. 4), and the table in which keywords and types of risk information are associated in advance (not shown) are stored in the storage unit 22 in advance, for example.

[0045] With reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, a specific example of the processing of the reception unit 30, the determination unit 32, and the control unit 34 will be described. FIG. 5 is an example of a screen D1 displayed on the display 24 of the information processing apparatus 10. On the screen D1, messages M1 to M4 addressed to the user received by the reception unit 30 from smartphones 7 owned by others (“Friend A” and “Friend B”) are shown. Messages M1 and M2 are messages received from “Friend A”, and messages M3 and M4 are messages received from “Friend B”. Message M5 is a message sent by the user himself / herself to “Friend A” and “Friend B”. Also, “June 2, 2021” in FIG. 5 means that messages M1 to M5 were exchanged on that date, and the transmission times of the respective messages are described at the lower right of messages M1 to M5.

[0046] The determination unit 32 analyzes the messages M1 to M4 (see FIG. 5) received by the reception unit 30 and determines whether risk information is included. As shown in messages M1 and M2 in FIG. 5, when keywords that can affect the user's health, such as "went to the hospital", "influenza", and "infected", are included, the determination unit 32 determines that the messages M1 and M2 include risk information.

[0047] In addition, based on the keyword "influenza" included in message M1 in FIG. 5, the determination unit 32 estimates that risk information regarding the influenza virus is included. Thereafter, the determination unit 32 refers to the table in FIG. 4 and determines that the types of biological information are "body temperature" and "heart rate", and the measurement period of the biological information is "4 days" as the measurement conditions corresponding to the risk information regarding the "influenza virus".

[0048] The control unit 34 issues an instruction to start measuring biological information to the measuring device 4 so that the measuring device 4 measures biological information according to the measurement conditions determined by the determination unit 32. That is, an instruction is issued to the measuring device 4 to measure "body temperature" and "heart rate" respectively for "4 days".

[0049] If only messages that do not include keywords that can affect the user's health or safety, as shown in messages M3 and M4 in FIG. 5, are received, the determination unit 32 determines that the information received by the reception unit 30 does not include risk information. In this case, the control unit 34 does not issue an instruction regarding the measurement of biological information to the measuring device 4.

[0050] Next, referring to FIG. 6, the operation of the information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described. In the information processing apparatus 10, when the CPU 21 executes the information processing program 27, the first information processing shown in FIG. 6 is executed. The first information processing is executed, for example, when an execution start instruction is given by the user via the input unit 25.

[0051] In step S10, the receiving unit 30 receives various types of information transmitted to the user from external devices such as the smartphone 7 owned by others, the infected person contact notification server 8, and the disaster prevention information notification server 9. Here, the various types of information received by the receiving unit 30 in step S10 may include risk information that can affect the health or safety of the user. In step S12, the determination unit 32 determines whether the various types of information received by the receiving unit 30 in step S10 include risk information.

[0052] If the various types of information received by the receiving unit 30 in step S10 include risk information (that is, if step S12 is a positive determination), the process proceeds to step S14, and the determination unit 32 determines the measurement conditions of the biological information by the measuring device 4 based on the risk information. In step S16, the control unit 34 issues an instruction regarding the measurement of biological information to the measuring device 4 according to the measurement conditions determined by the determination unit 32 in step S14. When step S16 is completed, the CPU 21 ends this first information process.

[0053] On the other hand, if the various types of information received by the receiving unit 30 in step S10 do not include risk information (that is, if step S12 is a negative determination), the processes of step S14 and step S16 are not performed, and the CPU 21 ends this first information process.

[0054] As described above, the information processing apparatus 10 according to a preferred aspect of the present disclosure includes at least one processor. The processor receives information transmitted to the user, and if the received information includes information that can affect the health or safety of the user and includes risk information regarding the situation around the user, an instruction regarding measurement is issued to the measuring device that measures the biological information of the user. That is, according to the information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, when risk information that can affect the health or safety of the user is received, the biological information of the user can be measured, so that the health status of the user can be appropriately confirmed.

[0055] Also, as described above, the risk information that triggers the measurement of the user's biological information in this embodiment may be information regarding the situation around the user. Therefore, since the measurement of biological information can be started from a timing when there is no diagnosis by a doctor, subjective symptoms, or change in biological information, and the user's own health condition has not yet been affected, it can contribute to the early detection of changes in the health condition.

[0056] Note that in the above first embodiment, the risk information may further include a proposal regarding the measurement of biological information by the measuring device 4. In this case, the processor may issue an instruction regarding the measurement of biological information to the measuring device 4 according to the proposal included in the risk information. Specifically, the determination unit 32 may determine the measurement conditions of biological information by the measuring device 4 in consideration of proposals received from external devices such as the smartphone 7 owned by others, the infection contact notification server 8, and the disaster prevention information notification server 9. For example, assume that the infection contact notification server 8 transmits information to the information processing device 10 that proposes to measure the SpO2 as the user's biological information for 21 days along with a notification that the user may have come into contact with an infected person with the new coronavirus. In this case, the determination unit 32 may determine the measurement conditions based on the table shown in FIG. 4 such that "body temperature" and "heart rate" are each measured for 14 days, and "SpO2" is measured for 21 days based on the proposal from the infection contact notification server 8.

[0057] [Second Embodiment] In the above first embodiment, the form in which the processor issues an instruction regarding the measurement of biological information to the measuring device 4 when receiving the risk information has been described. In the second embodiment, the form in which the processor receives the information sent to the user, and when the received information includes the risk information, acquires the biological information of the user previously measured by the measuring device 4 according to the risk information will be described. Hereinafter, an example of the functional configuration of the information processing device 10 according to this embodiment will be described, but the description of the functions and configurations similar to those in the above first embodiment will be partially omitted.

[0058] The receiving unit 30 receives, via the network 5, information sent to the user from external devices such as the smartphone 7 owned by others, the infection contact notification server 8, and the disaster prevention information notification server 9, etc., by means of the network I / F 26. Since the "information sent to the user" is the same as that in the first embodiment described above, the description thereof is omitted.

[0059] The determination unit 32 determines whether or not the information received by the receiving unit 30 includes risk information that may affect the health or safety of the user. The "risk information" in this embodiment is the same information as that in the first embodiment described above, but may further include date and time information indicating the date and time when a situation that may affect the health or safety of the user occurred. For example, the infection contact notification server 8 may send, to the information processing device 10, a notification to the effect that the user may have come into contact with an infected person with the novel coronavirus, together with date and time information indicating the date and time when the user may have come into contact with the infected person. Also, for example, the message M2 in FIG. 5 includes a keyword "Yesterday at lunch... transmitted". In this case, the determination unit 32 may generate date and time information indicating "12:00 on June 1, 2021 (Yesterday at lunch)" as the date and time when a situation that may affect the health of the user occurred, based on the message M2.

[0060] When the determination unit 32 determines that the information received by the receiving unit 30 includes risk information, the control unit 34 acquires the biometric information of the user measured in advance by the measuring device 4. Note that the source of the biometric information is not particularly limited. For example, the control unit 34 may acquire biometric information from the measuring device 4. Also, for example, when the biometric information measured by the measuring device 4 is sequentially transmitted to the information processing device 10 and stored in the storage unit 22 of the information processing device 10, the control unit 34 may perform control to acquire the biometric information from the storage unit 22. Also, for example, when the biometric information measured by the measuring device 4 is transmitted to an external data management server (not shown), the control unit 34 may perform control to acquire the biometric information from the data management server.

[0061] Further, the determination unit 32 may determine the acquisition conditions of the biological information based on the risk information. The "acquisition conditions" may be, for example, the type of biological information to be acquired, the designation of the date and time and / or period when the biological information is measured, and the number of data of the biological information to be acquired. In this case, the control unit 34 acquires the biological information according to the acquisition conditions determined by the determination unit 32.

[0062] Specifically, as an example of the acquisition conditions, the determination unit 32 may determine a period including at least the timing according to the risk information as the designation of the date and time and / or period when the biological information is measured. In this case, the control unit 34 acquires the biological information measured in advance during the period including at least the timing determined by the determination unit 32 as the acquisition conditions. Here, for example, the "timing" may be the date and time when the receiving unit 30 acquires various information including the risk information. In the example of FIG. 5, the date and time when the message M1 is received (13:00 on June 2, 2021) corresponds to this. Also, for example, the "timing" may be the date and time indicated by the above-mentioned date and time information. In the example of FIG. 5, the date and time (12:00 on June 1, 2021) generated by the determination unit 32 based on the message M2 corresponds to this.

[0063] The "period including at least the timing" means a period predetermined based on the above-mentioned timing (for example, 12 hours before the above-mentioned timing and from the above-mentioned timing to the present, etc.). According to such a configuration, even if the biological information is not exactly measured at the timing determined by the determination unit 32, the biological information measured at a nearby timing can be acquired, so that the health status of the user can be appropriately confirmed. Also, when a plurality of biological information measured during the period including the above-mentioned timing can be acquired, the temporal change of the biological information can be confirmed, so that the health status of the user can be more appropriately confirmed.

[0064] Further, the control unit 34 may perform control to cause the display 24 to display at least one of the acquired biological information, an index related to the biological information, and a comparison result between the biological information and the index. The "index related to the biological information" is, for example, a threshold value diagnosed as abnormal for various biological information, an average value or a median value in a group with the same age, gender, etc. as the user, and an average value or a median value derived from the user's biological information in normal times, etc.

[0065] FIG. 7 shows an example of a screen D2 displayed on the display 24 by the control unit 34. On the screen D2 of FIG. 7, the body temperature and the heart rate, which are examples of the biological information acquired by the control unit 34, are shown as a graph. In this way, by displaying the biological information measured in advance in a period including at least the timing according to the risk information, the user's health condition can be appropriately confirmed.

[0066] Also, on the screen D2 of FIG. 7, in the column of "estimated infection time", the body temperature and the heart rate at the date and time indicated by the date and time information generated by the determination unit 32 based on the message M2 of FIG. 5 are shown. In the "recent" column, the recently measured body temperature and heart rate are shown. In the "average" column, the average values of the body temperature and the heart rate derived from the user's biological information in normal times are shown. Further, on the screen D2 of FIG. 7, comments regarding the comparison result with the average are illustrated. In this way, by displaying the acquired biological information, an index related to the biological information, and the comparison result between the biological information and the index, the user's health condition can be confirmed more clearly.

[0067] Next, with reference to FIG. 8, the operation of the information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described. In the information processing apparatus 10, when the CPU 21 executes the information processing program 27, the second information processing shown in FIG. 8 is executed. The second information processing is executed, for example, when an execution start instruction is given by the user via the input unit 25.

[0068] In step S20, the receiving unit 30 receives various types of information sent to the user from external devices such as a smartphone 7 owned by another person, an infected person contact notification server 8, and a disaster prevention information notification server 9. Here, the various types of information received by the receiving unit 30 in step S20 may include risk information that can affect the health or safety of the user. In step S22, the determination unit 32 determines whether the various types of information received by the receiving unit 30 in step S20 include risk information.

[0069] If the various types of information received by the receiving unit 30 in step S20 include risk information (that is, if step S22 results in an affirmative determination), the process proceeds to step S24, and the determination unit 32 determines the acquisition conditions for the biological information based on the risk information. In step S26, the control unit 34 acquires biological information according to the acquisition conditions determined by the determination unit 32 in step S24. In step S28, the control unit 34 controls the display 24 to display at least one of the biological information acquired in step S26, the index related to the biological information, and the comparison result between the biological information and the index. When step S28 is completed, the CPU 21 ends this second information process.

[0070] On the other hand, if the various types of information received by the receiving unit 30 in step S20 do not include risk information (that is, if step S22 results in a negative determination), the processes of steps S24 to S28 are not performed, and the CPU 21 ends this second information process.

[0071] As described above, the information processing apparatus 10 according to a preferred aspect of the present disclosure includes at least one processor. The processor receives information sent to the user, and when the received information includes risk information, which is information that can affect the health or safety of the user, the processor acquires the pre-measured biological information of the user according to the risk information. That is, according to the information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, when receiving risk information that can affect the health or safety of the user, the pre-measured biological information of the user can be acquired, so that the health status of the user can be appropriately confirmed.

[0072] In each of the above embodiments, for example, as the hardware structure of a processing unit that executes various processes such as the receiving unit 30, the determining unit 32, and the control unit 34, the following various processors can be used. As described above, among the above various processors, in addition to the CPU, which is a general-purpose processor that executes software (program) and functions as various processing units, there are a programmable logic device (PLD) such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), which is a processor whose circuit configuration can be changed after manufacturing, and a dedicated electric circuit, which is a processor having a circuit configuration specifically designed to execute specific processes such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit).

[0073] One processing unit may be composed of one of these various processors, or may be composed of a combination of two or more processors of the same type or different types (for example, a combination of multiple FPGAs, or a combination of a CPU and an FPGA). Also, a plurality of processing units may be composed of one processor.

[0074] As an example of configuring a plurality of processing units with one processor, first, as represented by computers such as clients and servers, there is a form in which one processor is configured by a combination of one or more CPUs and software, and this processor functions as a plurality of processing units. Second, as represented by a system on chip (SoC), etc., there is a form in which a processor that realizes the functions of an entire system including a plurality of processing units with one IC (Integrated Circuit) chip is used. Thus, as a hardware structure, various processing units are configured using one or more of the above various processors.

[0075] Furthermore, as the hardware structure of these various processors, more specifically, circuitry combining circuit elements such as semiconductor elements can be used.

[0076] In addition, in each of the above embodiments, the mode in which the information processing program 27 is pre-stored (installed) in the storage unit 22 has been described, but it is not limited thereto. The information processing program 27 may be provided in a form recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), a DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc Read Only Memory), and a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory. Further, the information processing program 27 may be in a form downloaded from an external device via a network. Furthermore, the technology of the present disclosure extends to a storage medium that non-temporarily stores the information processing program in addition to the information processing program.

[0077] The technology of the present disclosure can also be appropriately combined with the above-described embodiment examples. The description content and the illustrated content shown above are detailed descriptions of the part related to the technology of the present disclosure and are only examples of the technology of the present disclosure. For example, the descriptions regarding the above configuration, function, operation, and effect are descriptions of an example of the configuration, function, operation, and effect of the part related to the technology of the present disclosure. Therefore, it goes without saying that within the scope not departing from the gist of the technology of the present disclosure, unnecessary parts may be deleted, new elements may be added, or replacements may be made to the description content and the illustrated content shown above.

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[0078] 1 Information processing system 4 Measuring device 5 Network 7 Smartphone 8 Infected person contact notification server 9 Disaster prevention information notification server 10 Information processing device 21 CPU 22 Storage unit 23 Memory 24 Display 25 Input section 26 Network I / F 27 Information processing program 28 Bus 30 Receiver 32 Decision-making section 34 Control section Screens D1 and D2

Claims

1. Comprising at least one processor, wherein the processor, receives information sent to the user, and when the received information contains information that may affect the health or safety of the user and includes risk information regarding the situation around the user, determines the measurement conditions of the biological information by a measuring device that measures the biological information of the user based on at least one of the type and content of the risk information, and issues an instruction regarding the measurement to the measuring device according to the determined measurement conditions An information processing apparatus.

2. The risk information includes information indicating the possibility of the user being infected with an infectious disease The information processing apparatus according to Claim 1.

3. The risk information includes information indicating the health status of other persons around the user The information processing apparatus according to Claim 1 or Claim 2.

4. The risk information includes information indicating the state of suffering from an infectious disease of other persons around the user The information processing apparatus according to Claim 3.

5. The risk information includes information regarding disasters or public nuisances around the user The information processing apparatus according to any one of Claims 1 to 4.

6. The risk information further includes a proposal regarding the measurement, wherein the processor, issues an instruction regarding the measurement to the measuring device according to the proposal included in the risk information The information processing apparatus according to any one of Claims 1 to 5.

7. The instruction is an instruction to start the measurement The information processing apparatus according to any one of Claims 1 to 6.

8. The instruction is an instruction to cause the information processing apparatus to receive the result of the measurement The information processing apparatus according to any one of Claims 1 to 7.

9. The instruction is an instruction to change the measurement conditions in the measurement The information processing apparatus according to any one of Claims 1 to 8.

10. The processor, receives the risk information via at least one of an email and an SNS (Social Networking Service) The information processing apparatus according to any one of Claims 1 to 9.

11. Receives information sent to the user, When the received information includes risk information regarding the situation around the user, which is information that may affect the health or safety of the user, based on at least one of the type and content of the risk information, determine the measurement conditions for the biological information by a measuring device that measures the biological information of the user. In accordance with the determined measurement conditions, issue an instruction regarding the measurement to the measuring device. An information processing method in which a computer executes the process.

12. Receive information sent to the user. When the received information includes risk information regarding the situation around the user, which is information that may affect the health or safety of the user, based on at least one of the type and content of the risk information, determine the measurement conditions for the biological information by a measuring device that measures the biological information of the user. In accordance with the determined measurement conditions, issue an instruction regarding the measurement to the measuring device. An information processing program for causing a computer to execute the process.

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