Lifestyle improvement system, portable terminal, and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024290465-A1
Application number	US-202218572639-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 plurality of first stages of behavior change by evaluating a stage of behavior change of each of a plurality of first users; a classifier that classifies the plurality of first users into a plurality of groups according to the plurality of first stages of behavior change, grouping users evaluated to be in similar stages of behavior change together; an extractor that obtains one or more first behaviors of each of one or more second users belonging to a first group among the plurality of groups, and extracts, from among the one or more first behaviors obtained, a second behavior that affects transition to a higher stage of behavior change; and a notifier that notifies one or more third users currently belonging to the first group among the one or more second users with behavior information indicating the second behavior.

First claim

1 . A lifestyle improvement system comprising:
an obtainer that obtains a plurality of first stages of behavior change by evaluating a stage of behavior change of each of a plurality of first users; a classifier that classifies the plurality of first users into a plurality of groups according to the plurality of first stages of behavior change, grouping users evaluated to be in similar stages of behavior change together; an extractor that obtains one or more first behaviors of each of one or more second users belonging to a first group among the plurality of groups, and extracts, from among the one or more first behaviors obtained, a second behavior that affects transition to a higher stage of behavior change; and a notifier that notifies one or more third users currently belonging to the first group among the one or more second users with behavior information indicating the second behavior.

2 . The lifestyle improvement system according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more first behaviors are behaviors of the one or more third users.

3 . The lifestyle improvement system according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more first behaviors are behaviors that influenced one or more fourth users currently belonging to a second group evaluated at a higher stage of behavior change relative to the first group to transition from the first group to the second group.

4 . The lifestyle improvement system according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of first users include a plurality of supported users who receive support for lifestyle improvement and a plurality of supporting users who support the lifestyle improvement of the plurality of supported users.

5 . The lifestyle improvement system according to claim 4 , wherein
the first stage of behavior change of each of the plurality of supported users is determined at predetermined intervals according to at least one of: a record of daily activity of the supported user; a viewing history on a first terminal possessed by the supported user of an app for managing a health condition of the supported user; biometric information of the supported user; or an amount of exercise by the supported user, and the first stage of behavior change of each of the plurality of supporting users is determined at predetermined intervals according to a viewing history on a second terminal possessed by the supporting user of an app for managing a health condition of the supporting user, and a supporting skill of the supporting 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 . A portable terminal connected to a server over a network, the server including:
an obtainer that obtains a plurality of first stages of behavior change by evaluating a stage of behavior change of each of a plurality of first users; a classifier that classifies the plurality of first users into a plurality of groups according to the plurality of first stages of behavior change, grouping users evaluated to be in similar stages of behavior change together; an extractor that obtains one or more first behaviors of each of one or more second users belonging to a first group among the plurality of groups, and extracts, from among the one or more first behaviors obtained, a second behavior that affects transition to a higher stage of behavior change; and a notifier that notifies one or more third users currently belonging to the first group among the one or more second users with behavior information indicating the second behavior, the portable terminal comprising:
a receiver that receives the behavior information; and
a presenter that presents the second behavior based on the behavior information received.

8 . 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 plurality of first stages of behavior change by evaluating a stage of behavior change of each of a plurality of first users; obtaining one or more first behaviors of each of one or more second users belonging to a first group among a plurality of groups into which the plurality of first users have been classified, the plurality of first users being classified according to the plurality of first stages of behavior change, grouping users evaluated to be in similar stages of behavior change together; and notifying one or more third users currently belonging to the first group among the one or more second users with behavior information indicating a second behavior that affects transition to a higher stage of behavior change from among the one or more first behaviors obtained.

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute the control method according to claim 8 .

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