Information Processing System for Elderly Decline Suppression

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies fail to effectively suppress long-term decline in physical and intellectual capacity among elderly individuals, particularly those living alone, due to aging or disease, which can lead to accidents and health risks.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that acquires user-related information, learns the normal state of the user, and provides tasks to mitigate detected abnormal states, such as declining physical fitness or memory loss, through a virtual pet interface or dedicated device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If virtual pet technologies are used to improve user engagement, then short-term activity increases, but long-term decline suppression is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser engagementVSAvoidlong-term decline suppression
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors user behavior patterns and compares them against learned normal states to detect abnormalities. When decline is detected, the system provides targeted tasks and adjustments, creating a closed-loop feedback mechanism that adapts to individual user needs and maintains long-term engagement effectiveness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary learning of user normal states during baseline periods before decline occurs. By establishing these baseline patterns in advance, the system can early detect deviations indicating decline and intervene proactively, preventing further deterioration rather than merely responding to symptoms

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If the system continuously monitors user states to detect abnormalities, then detection accuracy improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveabnormal state detection accuracyVSAvoidmonitoring system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and focuses monitoring on specific behavior patterns and parameters most indicative of decline, rather than continuously analyzing all possible user activities. By identifying and concentrating on key indicators such as interaction frequency, task completion rates, and behavioral patterns, the system achieves high detection accuracy with reduced computational and system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS20230190137A1Information processing system, recording medium, and information processing method
Publication Date: 2023.06.22 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

To provide a mechanism capable of suppressing long-term progress of a decline.An information processing system including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire user-related information concerning a user; a learning unit configured to learn a normal state of the user on the basis of the user-related information; and an output control unit configured to, when an abnormal state of the user is detected by referring the acquired user-related information to the learned normal state, exert control so as to provide a task for suppressing the detected abnormal state.