Biological Data Collation for Automatic Medicine Ingestion Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing health management systems require users to manually send administration records after taking medicine, which can be bothersome and may lead to incorrect reporting, especially when someone else sends records on behalf of the user.
Innovation Solution
A body condition managing device connected to a biological data acquisition unit that collates biological data with predefined patterns to determine if a user has ingested a medicine, outputting information on ingestion status without needing user input, using a collating unit to compare acquired data with patterns representing ingestion and non-ingestion temporal changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the subject manually sends administration records to the server, then the system can store administration records, but the subject finds it bothersome and may send records without actually taking the medicine
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically monitors biological data and determines whether the subject has taken the medicine without requiring manual input from the subject. The subject's own biological data serves as the verification mechanism, eliminating the need for them to manually send administration records.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors biological data and provides feedback by comparing it against expected patterns. When the biological data matches the pattern indicating medicine ingestion, the system automatically updates the administration record, creating a closed-loop verification system.
2Productivity
If someone else such as a pharmacy staff member sends administration records on behalf of the subject, then the records can be sent, but that person needs to take the trouble of asking the subject whether he/she has taken the medicine
Solution Approach 1:
The system eliminates the need for intermediaries to query the subject about medicine ingestion. By automatically monitoring biological data and determining ingestion status, the system makes the subject's own physiological state the source of truth, removing the need for staff to manually verify with the subject.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual verification process (staff asking the subject) is replaced by an automated biological monitoring system. The mechanical interaction between staff and subject is substituted with an electronic monitoring and analysis system that objectively determines ingestion status.
3Ease of operation
If the system automatically determines medicine ingestion through biological data monitoring, then user burden is reduced and record accuracy improves, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a biological data monitoring intermediary that objectively determines medicine ingestion status. This intermediary layer processes the complex task of verification, shielding the user from system complexity while providing accurate, automated determination of ingestion events.
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AI summary
The present invention has an object to manage the manual ingestion (and failure of manual ingestion) of an ingestible object without making the user feel bothered. The present invention includes: a collating unit configured to collate the biological data acquired by a biosensor and the temporal changes of biological data that occur after a medicine is taken and after a medicine is not taken at a medicine-taking timing; and a warning output unit configured to output, on the basis of a result of the collation, information on whether or not a living body has taken the medicine.