Lifestyle improvement system, portable terminal, and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024290464-A1
Application number	US-202218572609-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 30, 2022
Priority date	Jun 30, 2021
Publication date	Aug 29, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A lifestyle improvement system includes: an obtainer that obtains a first stage of behavior change of a first user who receives support for lifestyle improvement and a second stage of behavior change of a second user who supports the lifestyle improvement of the first user; a comparer that compares the first stage of behavior change and the second stage of behavior change and identifies a difference between the first stage of behavior change and the second stage of behavior change; and a notifier that, when the comparer identifies the difference, notifies a low-evaluated user whose stage of behavior change is evaluated low among the first and second users with first support information that is for raising the stage of behavior change of the low-evaluated user and corresponds to the stage of behavior change of the low-evaluated user and to the difference.

First claim

1 . A lifestyle improvement system comprising:
an obtainer that obtains a first stage of behavior change of a first user who receives support for lifestyle improvement and a second stage of behavior change of a second user who supports the lifestyle improvement of the first user; a comparer that compares the first stage of behavior change and the second stage of behavior change and identifies a difference between the first stage of behavior change and the second stage of behavior change; and a notifier that, when the comparer identifies the difference, notifies a low-evaluated user with first support information, the low-evaluated user being a user whose stage of behavior change is evaluated low among the first user and the second user, the first support information corresponding to the stage of behavior change of the low-evaluated user and to the difference, the first support information being for raising the stage of behavior change of the low-evaluated user.

2 . The lifestyle improvement system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
storage that stores a plurality of instances of the first support information, wherein each instance of the first support information is associated with a plurality of combinations of a plurality of stages of behavior change in which the first user is evaluatable and a plurality of stages of behavior change in which the second user is evaluatable, and the notifier determines, as the first support information to notify the low-evaluated user with, first support information that is associated with a combination of the first stage of behavior change and the second stage of behavior change from among the plurality of instances of the first support information, and notifies the low-evaluated user with the first support information determined.

3 . The lifestyle improvement system according to claim 1 , wherein
when the comparer identifies the difference, the notifier further notifies a high-evaluated user with second support information, the high-evaluated user being a user whose stage of behavior change is evaluated high among the first user and the second user, the second support information corresponding to the stage of behavior change of the high-evaluated user and to the difference, the second support information being for maintaining or raising the stage of behavior change of the high-evaluated user.

4 . The lifestyle improvement system according to claim 3 , further comprising:
storage that stores a plurality of instances of the first support information and a plurality of instances of the second support information, wherein each instance of the first support information is associated with a plurality of combinations of a plurality of stages of behavior change in which the first user is evaluatable and a plurality of stages of behavior change in which the second user is evaluatable, each instance of the second support information is associated with a plurality of combinations of a plurality of stages of behavior change in which the first user is evaluatable and a plurality of stages of behavior change in which the second user is evaluatable, and the notifier (i) determines, as the first support information to notify the low-evaluated user with, first support information that is associated with a combination of the first stage of behavior change and the second stage of behavior change from among the plurality of instances of the first support information, and notifies the low-evaluated user with the first support information determined, and (ii) determines, as the second support information to notify the high-evaluated user with, second support information that is associated with a combination of the first stage of behavior change and the second stage of behavior change from among the plurality of instances of the second support information, and notifies the high-evaluated user with the second support information determined.

5 . The lifestyle improvement system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first stage of behavior change is determined at predetermined intervals according to at least one of: a record of daily activity of the first user; a viewing history on a first terminal possessed by the first user of an app for managing a health condition of the first user; biometric information of the first user; or an amount of exercise by the first user, and the second stage of behavior change is determined at the predetermined intervals according to: a viewing history on a second terminal possessed by the second user of an app for managing the health condition of the first user; and a cooking skill level of the second user.

6 . The lifestyle improvement system according to claim 1 , wherein
the stage of behavior change is an indicator of a degree of willingness to change daily behavior to transition from a first state to a second state improved relative to the first state.

7 . The lifestyle improvement system according to claim 4 , wherein
the first support information includes at least one of advice, encouragement, or behavior information indicating a lifestyle improvement behavior of the high-evaluated user, each of which is for raising the stage of behavior change of the low-evaluated user.

8 . A portable terminal connected to a server over a network,
the server including:
an obtainer that obtains a first stage of behavior change of a first user who receives support for lifestyle improvement and a second stage of behavior change of a second user who supports the lifestyle improvement of the first user;
a comparer that compares the first stage of behavior change and the second stage of behavior change and identifies a difference between the first stage of behavior change and the second stage of behavior change; and
a notifier that, when the comparer identifies the difference, notifies a low-evaluated user with first support information, the low-evaluated user being a user whose stage of behavior change is evaluated low among the first user and the second user, the first support information corresponding to the stage of behavior change of the low-evaluated user and to the difference, the first support information being for raising the stage of behavior change of the low-evaluated user,
the portable terminal comprising:
a receiver that receives the first support information; and
a presenter that presents presentation information based on the first support information received.

9 . A control method of a lifestyle improvement system including one or more processors and a presenter, the control method comprising, executed by the one or more processors:
obtaining a first stage of behavior change of a first user who receives support for lifestyle improvement and a second stage of behavior change of a second user who supports the lifestyle improvement of the first user; and comparing the first stage of behavior change and the second stage of behavior change, and, when there is a difference between the first stage of behavior change and the second stage of behavior change, informing a low-evaluated user with first support information, the low-evaluated user being a user whose stage of behavior change is evaluated low among the first user and the second user, the first support information corresponding to the stage of behavior change of the low-evaluated user and to the difference, the first support information being for raising the stage of behavior change of the low-evaluated user.

10 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute the control method according to claim 9 .

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Omayu Hiroaki
• Ogawa Tomoki
• Nakamura Yuka
• Sato Masafumi
• Yamamoto Kohsuke

Classifications

• A61B5/486

  Biofeedback (using electroencephalography [EEG] A61B5/375) · CPC title

• G16H50/30

  for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment · CPC title

• G16H10/20

  for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires · CPC title

• G16H20/60

  relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets · CPC title

• G16H50/20

  for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems · CPC title