JP7317171B2 - Program, information processing device and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a program, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method for evaluating an intraoral maintenance state.

Conventionally, a technique for evaluating the state of tooth brushing is known (see Patent Document 1, for example).

International publication WO2021/107009

To maintain the condition of teeth and periodontal tissues, not only toothbrushing but also cleaning with dental floss or interdental brushes, and cleaning with dentifrice or mouthwash are effective. In the prior art, since the state of toothbrushing detected using a sensor is evaluated, there was a problem that it was not possible to evaluate whether or not oral care other than toothbrushing was being performed appropriately.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a program, an information processing device, and information capable of evaluating whether or not oral care, including oral care other than toothbrushing, is being performed appropriately. It is to provide a processing method.

The program of the present invention comprises a computer, an input reception unit that receives input from a user as to whether or not two or more of a plurality of items corresponding to tooth brushing, interproximal cleaning, or oral cleaning are performed; By referring to the storage unit that stores the evaluation content in association with whether or not the item is implemented, the evaluation result is determined based on the evaluation content corresponding to the implementation or non-implementation of the two or more items received by the input reception unit It functions as an evaluation unit and an output unit that outputs the evaluation result.

The storage unit stores evaluation content in association with each of the combinations of whether or not the two or more items have been implemented, and the evaluation unit stores the combination of whether or not the two or more items have been implemented which are received by the input receiving unit. The evaluation result may be determined based on the evaluation content corresponding to the .

The storage unit stores the evaluation contents in association with a plurality of time periods in one day, and the evaluation unit stores the evaluation contents corresponding to the time period to which the user's input of whether or not the evaluation is received belongs. The evaluation result may be determined based on the evaluation content.

The evaluation unit may determine a comprehensive evaluation result for a day to which the plurality of time periods belong, based on the plurality of evaluation results corresponding to the plurality of time periods.

The storage unit stores the evaluation content in association with a first time period before the meal just before bedtime and a second time period after the meal just before bedtime, and the evaluation unit stores the evaluation content in the first time period. When the presence or absence of implementation of the two or more items is the same between the time period and the second time period, the evaluation result corresponding to the first time period is compared with the evaluation result corresponding to the second time period. The overall evaluation result may be determined by assigning a greater weight than .

The input reception unit further receives input of meal information indicating that a meal has been eaten, and the evaluation unit determines that the date and time measured by the computer at the time the input reception unit accepts the input of the meal information is dinner. may be determined as the second time period after the time when the input of the meal information is received, if the time period belongs to the predetermined time period associated with the .

The input reception unit further receives an input of meal information indicating that a meal has been taken, and the evaluation unit receives the date and time when the input reception unit accepted the input of the meal information, and the input reception unit receives the two or more The evaluation result may be determined based on the relationship with the date and time when the input of whether or not to implement the item (1) is received.

The input reception unit may further receive an input of toothbrushing time, and the evaluation unit may determine the evaluation result based on the toothbrushing time input received by the input reception unit.

The input reception unit further receives input of toothbrushing start information indicating that toothbrushing has started and toothbrushing end information indicating that toothbrushing has ended, and the evaluation unit receives input of the toothbrushing start information and the toothbrushing end information. The evaluation result may be determined based on the tooth brushing time specified based on the date and time kept by the computer at the time of reception.

The input receiving unit may receive from the user an input as to whether or not at least one of using dental floss and using an interdental brush is performed as the item corresponding to the interdental cleaning.

The input reception unit receives input from the user as to whether or not a dentifrice is used, and the evaluation unit receives the evaluation content corresponding to whether or not the two or more items are performed when the dentifrice is used. The evaluation result may be determined by adding a predetermined value to the value indicated by .

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an input reception unit that receives an input from a user as to whether or not two or more items among a plurality of items corresponding to tooth brushing, interdental cleaning, or oral cleaning are performed; An evaluation that determines an evaluation result based on the evaluation content corresponding to whether or not the two or more items are implemented, received by the input receiving unit, by referring to a storage unit that stores the evaluation content in association with whether or not the item is implemented. and an output unit for outputting the evaluation result.

The information processing method of the present invention includes a step of accepting an input from a user as to whether or not two or more items out of a plurality of items corresponding to toothbrushing, interproximal cleaning, or oral cavity cleaning are performed by a computer; determining an evaluation result based on the received evaluation content corresponding to whether or not the two or more items are implemented by referring to a storage unit that stores the evaluation content in association with whether or not the two or more items are implemented; and outputting the evaluation result.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it is effective in being able to evaluate whether oral care including oral care other than toothpaste is performed appropriately.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows the structure of the oral-care support system of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of an oral care support terminal. It is an example of a user interface that receives input from a user. It is an example of information input to the oral care support terminal as information on the implementation status of oral care. It is a data table in which whether or not oral care items are implemented and evaluation contents are associated. It is an example of the user interface displayed on the oral care support terminal when the user registers the implementation status of oral care. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a management terminal; FIG. It is a table which shows a user's daily living activity and the input to an oral-care support terminal. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation sequence of the oral care support terminal; It is an example of a user interface for transmitting the inspection result which the user performed to the outside.

<First embodiment>
(Overview of Oral Care Support System S100)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an oral care support system S100 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The oral care support system S<b>100 includes an oral care support terminal 1 and a management terminal 2 . For example, the user records daily oral care implementation status in the oral care support terminal 1 between visits to a medical institution in charge of dental treatment.

In the following, as oral care, the user brushes teeth, cleans between teeth using dental floss (hereinafter also referred to as flossing), cleans between teeth using an interdental brush (hereinafter also referred to as performing interdental brushing), and An example of performing one or more of oral cleaning with a mouthwash will be described. In this specification, flossing and interdental brushing are also collectively referred to as "interdental cleaning practices."

The oral care support terminal 1 is a terminal used by a user, and is an information processing device such as a smart phone or a tablet terminal in which oral care support application software is installed, for example. The management terminal 2 is an information processing device connected to the oral care support terminal 1 via a network 10 such as the Internet.

The user operates the oral care support terminal 1 to input the status of tooth brushing, interproximal cleaning, and oral cleaning, and the oral care support terminal 1 receives the input from the user. The oral care support terminal 1 evaluates the implementation status of the user's oral care based on the information input by the user. In particular, when the oral care support terminal 1 of the present embodiment receives an input as to whether or not to perform two or more items out of tooth brushing, interdental cleaning, and oral cleaning, the two or more items that have been input Determine the corresponding evaluation results.

For example, when the oral care support terminal 1 receives an input from the user to perform “brushing” and “flossing”, the oral care support terminal 1 refers to the storage unit that stores the evaluation content in association with a combination of a plurality of items, and the input two Based on the evaluation content corresponding to the combination of the above items, an evaluation result of "3 points" is determined as an example. The evaluation content is, for example, an evaluation value, but the evaluation content may be text such as "good", "average", and "improvement required" instead of numerical values. The oral care support terminal 1 causes the display unit 14 to display the determined evaluation result. Also, the oral care support terminal 1 transmits the evaluation result to the management terminal 2 .

According to such a configuration, the oral care support terminal 1 performs evaluation based on the implementation status of oral care input by the user, so compared to a configuration in which evaluation is performed based only on the detection results of the sensor It is possible to more appropriately evaluate whether oral care is being performed. In particular, even when two or more items out of tooth brushing, interdental cleaning, and oral cleaning are input, the oral care support terminal 1 appropriately outputs evaluation results corresponding to the two or more items. can decide.

(Specific configuration of oral care support terminal 1)
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the oral care support terminal 1. As shown in FIG. The oral care support terminal 1 has a communication section 11, an input section 12, an imaging section 13, a display section 14, a control section 15, and a storage section 16, as shown in FIG.

The communication unit 11 is a communication interface for communicably connecting the oral care support terminal 1 and the management terminal 2 via a network 10 such as the Internet. The input unit 12 is a device for receiving various inputs from the user, such as a touch panel. The input unit 12 may be a device having a voice input function for receiving the user's voice. The imaging unit 13 is an imaging device that photographs an object and generates captured image data. The display unit 14 is a display on which various information is displayed.

The control unit 15 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 15 functions as an input reception unit 151 , an evaluation unit 152 and an output unit 153 by executing programs of oral care support application software stored in the storage unit 16 .

(Regarding the input reception unit 151)
The input reception unit 151 receives input from the user input via the input unit 12 . The input accepting unit 151 accepts an input from the user as to whether or not two or more items out of a plurality of items corresponding to tooth brushing, interproximal cleaning, or oral cleaning are performed as the oral care implementation status of the user. The input receiving unit 151 receives an input from the user as to whether or not at least one of the use of floss and the use of an interdental brush is performed as an item corresponding to interdental cleaning. The input reception unit 151 further receives an input of tooth brushing time from the user.

FIG. 3 is an example of a user interface 5A that receives input from a user. The oral care support terminal 1 receives, for example, the implementation status of tooth brushing, interproximal cleaning, and oral cleaning from the user via the user interface 5A. The user interface 5</b>A includes an implementation status input icon 51 , a registration icon 52 and a time display section 53 .

The implementation status input icon 51 is an icon for receiving an input as to whether or not tooth brushing, interdental cleaning, or oral cleaning is implemented. It includes a mouthwash icon 51d. The user selects one or more of these icons 51a-51d. The registration icon 52 is an icon for registering the content of the implementation status input icon 51 selected by the user in the oral care support terminal 1 . The time display portion 53 is a portion where information on the current date and time is displayed. The time display unit 53 displays, for example, information about the date and time kept by the oral care support terminal 1, which is a computer.

FIG. 4 is an example of information input to the oral care support terminal 1 as information on the implementation status of oral care. As shown in FIG. 4 , the input reception unit 151 receives information on “tooth brushing”, information on “time to brush teeth”, and information on “whether or not toothpaste is used”. The information of "Implementation of toothbrushing" is information indicating that the toothbrushing was done. The information of "time to brush teeth" is information indicating the length of time for brushing teeth, for example, "2 minutes 30 seconds" or "3 minutes 00 seconds". The information of "whether or not toothpaste is used" is information indicating whether or not toothpaste was used to brush teeth.

The input receiving unit 151 also receives information indicating "flossing", information indicating "interdental brushing", and information indicating "intraoral cleaning using a mouthwash". The input reception unit 151 may receive, for example, the user's “meal information” in addition to the above information. Details of meal information will be described in the second embodiment.

(Regarding the evaluation unit 152)
Based on the information received by the oral care support terminal 1, the evaluation unit 152 determines the evaluation result of the oral care implementation status of the user. Specifically, the evaluation unit 152 refers to the storage unit 16 that stores the evaluation content in association with whether or not two or more items related to oral care of the user are performed, so that the input reception unit 151 receives 2 The evaluation result is determined based on the evaluation contents corresponding to the implementation or non-implementation of one or more items.

FIG. 5 is a data table 20 in which whether or not oral care items are implemented is associated with evaluation content. The data table 20 includes “floss,” “toothpaste,” “interdental brush,” and “mouthwash” as oral care items. The data table 20 also includes "brushing time" and "use of toothpaste" as score addition items.

“Brushing time” and “Use of toothpaste” are score addition items associated with “Brushing teeth”. As an example, when "toothbrushing" is performed and the "brushing time" is longer than a predetermined time (for example, 3 minutes), 1 point is added to the evaluation value corresponding to the oral care item. Also, when a toothpaste is used when brushing teeth, one point is added to the evaluation value corresponding to the oral care item.

The evaluation unit 152 may determine the evaluation result based on the evaluation content corresponding to the time period to which the user's input of whether or not the implementation is received belongs. Therefore, the data table 20 shows, as a plurality of time slots in one day, the evaluation contents corresponding to the first time slot "a time slot other than before bedtime" and the second time slot "time before bedtime". It contains the evaluation contents corresponding to the "band". The “time period before bedtime” refers to the time period from the end of the last meal (including snacks) taken by the user in one day to the time of going to bed. However, in the first embodiment, for the convenience of explanation, a predetermined time period in a day is defined as "time period before going to bed", and the rest of the time period is defined as "time period other than before going to bed". . An example in which the "time period before bedtime" is dynamically determined according to the time at which the user takes a meal will be described in a second embodiment.

In the data table 20, one item among oral care items and a combination of a plurality of items are associated with a plurality of evaluation contents (e.g., evaluation values). In addition, the score addition item and the evaluation content to be added (e.g., evaluation value) are associated with each other. For example, when only "brushing teeth" is performed in a time period other than before going to bed, the evaluation value is "1 point". If "brushing" and "flossing" were performed during a period other than before going to bed, the evaluation value was "3 points". If "brushing", "flossing", and "interdental brushing" were performed at a time other than before going to bed, the evaluation value was "4 points".

In this way, since the data table 20 stores the evaluation contents in association with each combination of whether or not the oral care items are performed, the evaluation score when two or more items are performed does not necessarily correspond to each individual unit. It is not a simple addition (total value) of the evaluation points when only the items are implemented. Since the evaluation value is determined according to the combination of whether or not the oral care items are performed, the user can more accurately evaluate the oral care.

In the data table 20, regarding a combination of two or more oral care items, the evaluation of the time period before going to bed is set with more weight than the time period other than before going to bed. For example, when "brushing teeth" and "flossing" are performed before going to bed, the evaluation value is "6 points". If "brushing," "flossing," and "interdental brushing" are performed before going to bed, the evaluation value is "10 points."

In the data table 20, in this way, whether or not the user's oral care items are performed is the same between the first time period "time period other than before bed" and the second time period "before bedtime". , the evaluation result corresponding to the second time period is weighted more heavily than the evaluation result corresponding to the first time period. The evaluation unit 152 evaluates the user's oral care implementation status with reference to such a weighted data table 20, so that a higher evaluation is given to the oral care implementation in the time period before going to bed. be done.

In this way, the evaluation unit 152 determines that, for example, the time at which the user's input regarding whether or not the implementation is performed belongs to the preset "time zone other than before bedtime" or the "time zone before bedtime". Even if the input contents of whether or not implementation is the same, different evaluation results will be given based on whether or not it is implemented. When the time at which the user's input on whether or not to implement the exercise is received belongs to the "time period other than before bedtime", the evaluation unit 152 determines the evaluation result based on the evaluation content associated with the "time period other than before bedtime". . When the time at which the user's input on whether or not to implement the exercise is received belongs to the "before-sleep time period", the evaluation unit 152 determines the evaluation result based on the evaluation content associated with the "before-sleep time period".

As a specific example, for example, the “time zone other than before bedtime” is set to a time zone of “5:00” to “19:00”, and the user brushes teeth and brushes interdentally at “17:00”. Suppose you enter In this case, the evaluation unit 152 determines the evaluation reference time, which is the time at which the action for which the evaluation result is to be determined, is performed as the “time period other than before going to bed”, and sets the evaluation result to “3 points”. . On the other hand, suppose that the user inputs that he brushed his teeth and brushed his teeth at "20:00". In this case, the evaluation unit 152 determines the evaluation reference time to be the “time period before going to bed” and the evaluation result to be “6 points”. By configuring the evaluation unit 152 in this way, the evaluation result is output in consideration of the difference in the effect due to the difference in the time period in which oral care is performed. be motivated to implement

Note that the evaluation values shown in FIG. 5 are only examples, and the present invention is not limited to these specific numerical values, and the specific evaluation values in the data table 20 can be arbitrarily set. be. Also, for example, an operator using the management terminal 2 may be able to change the evaluation contents such as the evaluation values in the data table 20 of FIG. Specifically, the control unit 25 of the management terminal 2 may create new data for the data table 20 based on the input from the operator, and transmit the data to the oral care support terminal 1 . The control unit 15 of the oral care support terminal 1 may store the data received from the data table 20 in the storage unit 16 as new data of the data table 20 .

(Regarding the output unit 153)
The output unit 153 outputs the evaluation result determined by the evaluation unit 152 . The output unit 153 causes the display unit 14 to display the evaluation result, for example. The output unit 153 may also transmit the evaluation result to the external management terminal 2 or other equipment (not shown).

FIG. 6 is an example of a user interface 5B displayed on the oral care support terminal 1 when the user inputs the implementation status of oral care. The user interface 5B, in this example, includes a message display portion 55, a "tooth brushing record" icon 56a, a "meal record" icon 56b, and a "health record" icon 56c.

The message display portion 55 displays a message 55a from the oral care support terminal 1 to the user and a message 55b indicating the content registered by the user. The message 55a is a message indicating that the information input by the user has been recorded. The message 55b is a message visually indicating the content of the oral care implementation status input by the user. Specifically, the icons selected by the user (for example, the "toothpaste" and "floss" icons) are displayed in the message 55b in a visually comprehensible manner. By displaying such a message 55b, the user can confirm the items entered by the user.

The “toothbrushing record” icon 56a is an icon for displaying the user's past oral care implementation status and evaluation results on the display unit 14 . In the first embodiment, the description of recording the user's meal information and health information is omitted, but the "meal record" icon 56b is an icon for displaying the user's past meal record on the display unit 14. The “health record” icon 56 c is an icon for displaying the user's past health record on the display unit 14 .

The storage unit 16 is a storage medium that stores various data, and includes a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk, and the like. The storage unit 16 stores a computer program of oral care support application software executed by the control unit 15 . The storage unit 16 stores the data table 20 of FIG. Specifically, the storage unit 16 stores the evaluation contents corresponding to the user's oral care implementation items in association with a plurality of time zones in one day. The storage unit 16 stores evaluation contents in association with whether or not two or more items related to oral care are performed. The storage unit 16 also stores the evaluation contents in association with a first time slot before the meal just before bedtime and a second time slot after the meal just before bedtime. The storage unit 16 stores the evaluation result determined by the evaluation unit 152 in association with the identification information of the user.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the management terminal 2. As shown in FIG. The management terminal 2 has an input section 21 , a communication section 22 , a display section 23 , a storage section 24 and a control section 25 . The management terminal 2 is installed, for example, in a dental clinic where the user visits, and is operated by a dentist. The number of management terminals 2 is not limited to one, and a plurality of terminals may be arranged. The management terminal 2 may be located in another medical institution that provides dental care.

The input unit 21 is a device for receiving various inputs from the operator of the management terminal. The communication unit 22 is a communication interface for communicating with the oral care support terminal 1 via the network 10 such as the Internet. The display unit 23 is a display for displaying various information. The storage unit 24 is a storage medium that stores various data, and includes a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk, and the like.

The control unit 25 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 25 receives, for example, at least one of the information on the implementation status of the user's oral care from the oral care support terminal 1 and the information on the evaluation result determined by the oral care support terminal 1 . For example, the control unit 25 stores the received information in the storage unit 24 in association with the identification information of the user. The control unit 25 also causes the display unit 23 to display the information about the user stored in the storage unit 24 . A dentist who is an operator can use the management terminal 2 to check the user's oral care implementation status and evaluation results.

The oral care support system S100 of the present embodiment may have multiple oral care support terminals 1 connected to the management terminal 2 . Also, a plurality of management terminals 2 may be provided.

(operation sequence)
The operation sequence of the oral care support terminal 1 of this embodiment will be described below. FIG. 8 is a table showing a user's daily activities and inputs to oral care support terminal 1 . FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation sequence of the oral care support terminal 1. As shown in FIG.

In the following, the user takes breakfast, lunch, and dinner at predetermined times shown in FIG. I will explain about it. In the data table of FIG. 5, as an example, the "time zone other than before bedtime" is set to "5:00" to "19:00", and the "time zone before bedtime" is set to "19:00" to " 5:00". It is assumed that the threshold value of "tooth brushing time" to which points are added is set to "3 minutes 00 seconds".

First, in step S1, after having breakfast and performing oral care, the user operates the oral care support terminal 1 at time "8:00" to input information on the implementation status of oral care. Specifically, the user inputs information on the implementation status of oral care, information on brushing time, and information on use of dentifrice to the oral care support terminal 1 .

More specifically, the user selects the "toothpaste" icon 51a and the "floss" icon 51b on the user interface 5A shown in FIG. 3, presses the registration icon 52, and inputs information on the implementation status of oral care. . The user also inputs toothbrushing time information and dentifrice use information on a user interface (not shown). The tooth brushing time is "2 minutes and 30 seconds", and the use of toothpaste is "yes". The input reception unit 151 receives the above information input by the user.

Next, in step S2, the evaluation unit 152 determines whether or not the time at which the input reception unit 151 received the information is in the “time period before going to bed”. Specifically, the evaluation unit 152 obtains the information "8:00", which is the time when the information was received, and the information on the time period other than before going to bed set between "5:00" and "19:00". Based on this, the reference time for evaluation is determined to be "a time period other than before going to bed."

Next, in step S3-1, the evaluation unit 152 determines the evaluation result of the user's oral care implementation status. The evaluation unit 152 refers to the data table of FIG. 5, and determines that the "three points" associated with "brushing teeth" and "flossing" and the "use of toothpaste" in the "time period other than before bedtime" Add "1 point" and determine the evaluation result as "4 points". The toothbrushing time is 2 minutes and 30 seconds, which is less than the threshold value of 3 minutes and 00 seconds, so the evaluation unit 152 does not add points related to the toothbrushing time. The evaluation unit 152 stores the determined evaluation result in the storage unit 16 in association with the identification information of the user.

Next, in step S<b>4 , the output unit 153 causes the display unit 14 to display the evaluation result determined by the evaluation unit 152 . By looking at the display unit 14 of the oral care support terminal 1, the user can confirm the evaluation result of his/her own oral care. The output unit 153 also transmits the evaluation result to the management terminal 2 . The dentist at the dental clinic can check the user's evaluation result on the management terminal 2 .

The oral care support terminal 1 repeats steps S1 to S4 every time the user inputs information on the implementation status of oral care. Next, the operation sequence of the oral care support terminal 1 during the time period after dinner will be described. After eating dinner and performing oral care, the user operates the oral care support terminal 1 at time "22:00" to input information on the implementation status of oral care. In step S1, the user inputs information on the implementation status of oral care after dinner, information on brushing time, and information on use of dentifrice. The tooth brushing time is "3 minutes 00 seconds", and the use of toothpaste is "yes". The input reception unit 151 receives the above information input by the user.

In step S2, the evaluation unit 152 determines whether or not the time at which the input reception unit 151 received the information is in the “time period before going to bed”. Specifically, the evaluation unit 152 receives the information "22:00" which is the time when the information was received, and the information of the "time zone before going to bed" set to "19:00" to "5:00". Based on the above, the reference time for evaluation is determined to be the “time period before going to bed”.

Next, in step S3-2, the evaluation unit 152 determines the evaluation result of the user's oral care implementation status. The evaluation unit 152 refers to the data table shown in FIG. 5, and adds the "10 points" associated with "toothpaste", "floss" and "interdental brush" in the "time period before going to bed" to "toothpaste "1 point" associated with "use" and "1 point" associated with "brushing time" are added to determine the evaluation result as "12 points".

In this way, when dentifrice is used, the evaluation unit 152 adds a predetermined value associated with “use of dentifrice” to the value indicated by the evaluation content corresponding to whether or not two or more items are performed. Determine the evaluation result by adding In addition, the evaluation unit 152 determines the evaluation result by adding a predetermined value associated with the “brushing time” to the value indicated by the evaluation contents corresponding to whether or not the two or more items are performed.

Note that the evaluation unit 152 may determine the evaluation result based on the tooth brushing time for which the input reception unit 151 has received the input. The evaluation unit 152 determines the evaluation result such that, for example, the longer the tooth brushing time is, the higher the score is.

The evaluation unit 152 adds the current evaluation result of “12 points” to the previous user evaluation result of “4 points” stored in the storage unit 16, determines the total evaluation result of the day as “16 points”, and identifies the user. The storage unit 16 stores the current evaluation result and the overall evaluation result in association with the information. In this way, the evaluation unit 152 determines the comprehensive evaluation result of the day to which the multiple time slots belong, based on the multiple evaluation contents corresponding to the multiple time slots. In addition, when the presence or absence of implementation of two or more items is the same in the first time slot and the second time slot, the evaluation unit 152 evaluates the evaluation result corresponding to the second time slot in the first time slot. A larger weight is assigned to the corresponding evaluation result to determine the overall evaluation result.

Next, in step S<b>4 , the output unit 153 causes the display unit 14 to display at least one of the evaluation result determined by the evaluation unit 152 and the overall evaluation result. Also, the output unit 153 transmits at least one of the evaluation result and the overall evaluation result to the management terminal 2 .

Through the series of steps described above, the oral care support terminal 1 evaluates and stores the daily oral care implementation status of the user shown in FIG. etc. can be displayed.

(Effect)
As described above, according to the oral care support terminal 1 of the present embodiment, the user inputs the implementation status of oral care to the oral care support terminal 1, and the oral care support terminal 1 receives information on oral care other than toothbrushing. Determine the evaluation results based on multiple items, including Therefore, it is possible to appropriately evaluate whether oral care other than tooth brushing is being performed appropriately. In particular, the oral care support terminal 1 refers to the data table in FIG. The evaluation result corresponding to the item can be appropriately determined.

In the present embodiment, the storage unit 16 also stores the evaluation contents of the oral care items in association with a plurality of time periods in a day, as shown in FIG. Then, the evaluation unit 152 determines the time period to which the user's input on whether oral care is to be performed belongs (for example, if the input time is "8:00", "time period other than before bedtime"). Then, the evaluation result is determined based on the evaluation contents corresponding to the time slot. According to such a configuration, it is possible to appropriately evaluate the implementation status of the user's oral care for each of a plurality of time zones in one day.

In the present embodiment, when there are multiple inputs from the user in one day, the evaluation unit 152 outputs the A total evaluation result for the day (eg, “16 points”) is determined based on the corresponding multiple evaluation results. According to such a configuration, it is possible to comprehensively evaluate the implementation status of the user's daily oral care. The oral care support terminal 1 may reset the comprehensive evaluation result when the date is changed, and determine the comprehensive evaluation result for each day. Alternatively, the oral care support terminal 1 may accumulate comprehensive evaluation results over a period of several days or several weeks or longer.

In the present embodiment, further, as shown in FIG. 5, when the presence or absence of implementation of two or more items is the same between the time period other than before bedtime and the time period before bedtime (for example, in any time period When “flossing” and “brushing teeth” are also performed), the evaluation results corresponding to the time period before going to bed are weighted more heavily than the evaluation results for the time periods other than before going to bed. For example, ``flossing'' and ``brushing'' before going to bed scored ``3'', while the practice of ``flossing'' and ``brushing'' before going to bed scored ``6''. be. With such weighting, the evaluation unit 152 can appropriately evaluate the user's performance of oral care in the time period before going to bed when oral care is more effective.

<Second embodiment>
Although specific examples of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings, the present invention may be configured as follows. Although the oral care support terminal 1 of the first embodiment does not accept input of meal information indicating that the user has eaten, the oral care support terminal 1 may additionally accept input of meal information.

In the oral care support terminal 1 of the present embodiment, the input reception unit 151 (see FIG. 2) further receives input of meal information from the user. The input accepting unit 151 may accept meal information via any user interface displayed on the display unit 14 .

Specifically, the input receiving unit 151 receives information on whether the user has "had breakfast", "had lunch", and "has dinner". The input reception unit 151 may also receive information on what kind of meals the user has taken. The input receiving unit 151 may further determine the content of the meal by analyzing captured image data generated by capturing the meal by the imaging unit 13 of the oral care support terminal 1 .

The meal information received by the input receiving unit 151 can be used in various ways. For example, when the input reception unit 151 receives input of meal information, the evaluation unit 152 determines that the date and time measured by the oral care support terminal 1 belongs to a predetermined time period associated with dinner. may be determined as the second time zone after the time when the input of is received. Specific examples are shown below.

Assume that the user inputs meal information at time "20:00", for example, and the input reception unit 151 receives it. Also, it is assumed that the storage unit 16 stores “16:00” to “23:00” as an example of the predetermined time period associated with dinner. In this case, the evaluation unit 152 accepts the input because the time “20:00” at which the input from the user is received belongs to the predetermined time period “16:00” to “display unit 23:00” associated with dinner. The time after "20:00", which is the time of reception, is determined as the "time before bedtime", which is the second time period. According to such a configuration, the "time period before going to bed" is dynamically determined according to the behavior of the user, and it becomes possible to determine an appropriate evaluation corresponding to the behavior of the user.

As another process, the evaluation unit 152 determines the relationship between the date and time when the input reception unit 151 receives input of meal information and the date and time when the input reception unit receives input as to whether or not the two or more items are implemented. You may determine an evaluation result based on. In oral care, the effect of oral care is generally different between when oral care is performed within an appropriate time after eating and when oral care is performed after that time has elapsed. Therefore, the evaluation unit 152 determines the time difference (for example, "20:00") at which the meal information is received and the date at which the oral care implementation status is received (for example, "23:30"). "3 hours and 30 minutes") gives a relatively low evaluation result if it is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (e.g., "3 hours"), and gives a relatively high evaluation result if it is less than a predetermined threshold may be given.

<Third Embodiment>
In the above embodiment, the user himself/herself inputs the information of "brushing time" in FIG. 5 as an example. However, the oral care support terminal 1 may determine the toothbrushing time based on the toothbrushing start information indicating that toothbrushing has been started and the toothbrushing end information indicating that toothbrushing has ended, which are input by the user. Specifically, the input receiving unit 151 receives toothbrushing start information indicating that toothbrushing has started and toothbrushing end information indicating that toothbrushing has ended from the user, and the evaluation unit 152 determines the toothbrushing time based on the information. .

For example, while the user is brushing his/her teeth, the input reception unit 151 receives the start of tooth brushing input by the user by tapping a predetermined icon of the user interface displayed on the display unit 14 of the oral care support terminal 1. Information and brushing end information may be received.

The toothbrushing start information and toothbrushing end information received by the input receiving unit 151 can be used in various ways. For example, the evaluation unit 152 determines the evaluation result for the toothbrushing based on the toothbrushing time specified based on the date and time clocked by the oral care support terminal 1 at the time when the input of the toothbrushing start information and the toothbrushing end information is received. You may As a specific example, the evaluation unit 152 compares the toothbrushing time determined by the input receiving unit 151 (eg, “2 minutes and 30 seconds”) with a predetermined threshold for the toothbrushing time (eg, “3 minutes and 00 seconds”). may determine an evaluation result for the toothbrushing performed by the user.

<Modification 1>
In the embodiment described above, it has been explained that the user's smartphone or the like functions as the oral care support terminal 1 . However, some or all of the functional units corresponding to the input reception unit 151 , the evaluation unit 152 and the output unit 153 of the oral care support terminal 1 may be configured in the management terminal 2 .

<Modification 2>
The oral care support terminal 1 determines whether or not a predetermined action is being performed based on the information on the implementation status of oral care input by the user, and if the predetermined action is not being performed, notifies the user to that effect. Or you may show it to a dentist. For example, the evaluation unit 152 determines that a warning to the user is necessary when the user has not performed predetermined oral care for a certain period of time or longer. As a specific example, the evaluation unit 152 may determine that a warning to the user is necessary when the user does not perform either “interdental brushing” or “flossing” for three consecutive days or more. The output unit 153 may cause the display unit 14 to display that the user does not use the “interdental brush” or the “floss” for three consecutive days or more. 2 can be sent.

<Modification 3>
The input reception unit 151 may receive input of health-related information from the user. The "health-related information" may be at least one of information on the user's blood pressure, information on the user's weight, information on the user's body fat percentage, and information on the user's exercise performance status. The output unit 153 may combine two or more of the above information received by the input receiving unit 151 and present the information to the user as information related to the user's health for a certain day or a predetermined period. Specifically, as one function of the oral care support application software, the output unit 153 may present the above information when, for example, the “health record” icon 56c in FIG. 6 is pressed.

FIG. 10 is an example of a user interface 5C for transmitting the results of inspections performed by the user to the outside. For example, the user performs a saliva test for periodontal disease at home, photographs the test paper T with the oral care support terminal 1, and transmits the captured image 57 from the oral care support terminal 1 to the management terminal 2 via the user interface 5C. . The user interface 5C displayed by the oral care support terminal 1 includes an icon 58a indicating "positive", an icon 58b indicating "negative", and an icon 58c indicating "unknown".

The user compares the reaction result of the test paper T with the judgment sample, selects one of the icons 58a to 58c, and presses the "send" icon 58d. As a result, the output unit 153 of the oral care support terminal 1 transmits the captured image 57 and the information of the icons 58a to 58c selected by the user to the management terminal 2. FIG. In this way, the oral care support terminal 1 may transmit to the outside the result image of an examination performed by the user, for example, using an examination kit at home. The management terminal 2 receives the information transmitted from the oral care support terminal 1 and causes the display unit 23 to display the information. The dentist can operate the management terminal 2 to check the captured image 57 transmitted from the oral care support terminal 1 .

<Modification 4>
In the above embodiment, the evaluation unit 152 does not determine the evaluation result in consideration of the user's oral care skills. Oral care skills may also be considered to determine the evaluation results. Since the evaluation unit 152 performs such operations, the storage unit 16 may store, for example, index data relating to the oral care skill of the user. As the "indicator related to oral care skills", for example, if the user is good at oral care, a relatively high evaluation value is set, and if the user is not very good, a relatively low evaluation value is set. There may be.

The input reception unit 151 of the oral care support terminal 1 may acquire such evaluation value data by receiving input from the user, or may receive data input by the dentist via the management terminal 2. may be obtained by

In addition to the parameters described in the above embodiment, the evaluation unit 152 also refers to an index related to oral care skills stored in the storage unit 16 as one of the parameters to determine the evaluation result. Specifically, when the target user has a high evaluation value for an index related to oral care skills, the evaluation unit 152 evaluates the toothbrushing time shorter than the default threshold value (for example, 3 minutes) (for example, 2 minutes and 30 seconds), "1 point" may be added as shown in FIG. With such a configuration, the oral care support terminal 1 can more appropriately determine the evaluation result according to the user's level.

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the gist thereof. be. For example, all or part of the device can be functionally or physically distributed and integrated in arbitrary units. In addition, new embodiments resulting from arbitrary combinations of multiple embodiments are also included in the embodiments of the present invention. The effect of the new embodiment caused by the combination has the effect of the original embodiment.

1 oral care support terminal 2 management terminal 5A user interface 5B user interface 5C user interface 10 network 11 communication unit 12 input unit 13 imaging unit 14 display unit 15 control unit 16 storage unit 20 data table 21 input unit 22 communication unit 23 display unit 24 Storage unit 25 Control unit 51 Implementation status input icon 52 Registration icon 53 Time display unit 55 Message display unit 56a-56c Icon 57 Captured images 58a-58d Icon 151 Input reception unit 152 Evaluation unit 153 Output unit S100 Oral care support system

Claims (12)

the computer,
an input reception unit that receives an input from a user as to whether or not two or more of a plurality of items corresponding to tooth brushing, interproximal cleaning, or oral cleaning are performed;
Evaluation based on the evaluation contents corresponding to the presence/absence of implementation of the two or more items received by the input reception unit by referring to the storage unit that stores the evaluation content in association with the implementation/non-implementation of the two or more items. an evaluation unit that determines a result;
an output unit that outputs the evaluation result;
A program for functioning as
The storage unit stores evaluation content in association with each combination of whether or not the two or more items are implemented,
The evaluation unit determines an evaluation result based on the evaluation content for which an evaluation value corresponding to a combination of whether the two or more items received by the input reception unit is set,
The evaluation value corresponding to the combination of whether or not the two or more items are implemented is set to a value unique to the combination, which is different from the total value obtained by adding the evaluation values of the individual items.
program. The storage unit stores the evaluation content in association with a plurality of time slots in a day,
The evaluation unit determines the evaluation result based on the evaluation content corresponding to the time period to which the user's input regarding whether or not the implementation is received belongs.
A program according to claim 1 . The evaluation unit, based on the plurality of evaluation results corresponding to the plurality of time periods, determines a comprehensive evaluation result for the day to which the plurality of time periods belong.
3. A program according to claim 2 . The storage unit stores the evaluation content in association with a first time period before the meal just before bedtime and a second time period after the meal just before bedtime,
When the presence or absence of implementation of the two or more items is the same in the first time period and the second time period, the evaluation unit performs the evaluation on the evaluation result corresponding to the second time period. Determining the overall evaluation result by assigning a greater weight than the evaluation result corresponding to one time period;
4. A program according to claim 3 . The input reception unit further receives input of meal information indicating that a meal has been taken,
The evaluation unit accepts input of the meal information when the date and time kept by the computer at the time the input reception unit accepts the input of the meal information belongs to a predetermined time period associated with dinner. determining the second time period after the time point of
5. A program according to claim 4 . The input reception unit further receives input of meal information indicating that a meal has been taken,
The evaluation unit obtains the evaluation result based on the relationship between the date and time when the input reception unit receives the input of the meal information and the date and time when the input reception unit receives the input of whether or not the two or more items are implemented. determine the
A program according to any one of claims 1 to 5 . The input reception unit further receives an input of toothbrushing time,
The evaluation unit determines the evaluation result based on the toothbrushing time input received by the input receiving unit.
A program according to any one of claims 1 to 6 . The input reception unit further receives input of toothbrushing start information indicating that toothbrushing has started and toothbrushing end information indicating that toothbrushing has ended,
The evaluation unit determines the evaluation result based on the toothbrushing time specified based on the date and time clocked by the computer at the time when the input of the toothbrushing start information and the toothbrushing end information is received.
A program according to any one of claims 1 to 7 . The input reception unit receives from the user an input as to whether or not at least one of the use of dental floss and the use of an interdental brush is performed as an item corresponding to the interdental cleaning.
A program according to any one of claims 1 to 8 . The input reception unit receives from the user an input as to whether or not a toothpaste is used,
When the dentifrice is used, the evaluation unit determines the evaluation result by adding a predetermined value to the value indicated by the evaluation content corresponding to whether or not the two or more items are performed.
A program according to any one of claims 1 to 9 . an input reception unit that receives an input from a user as to whether or not two or more of a plurality of items corresponding to tooth brushing, interproximal cleaning, or oral cleaning are performed;
Evaluation based on the evaluation contents corresponding to the presence/absence of implementation of the two or more items received by the input reception unit by referring to the storage unit that stores the evaluation content in association with the implementation/non-implementation of the two or more items. an evaluation unit that determines a result;
an output unit that outputs the evaluation result;
An information processing device having
The storage unit stores evaluation content in association with each combination of whether or not the two or more items are implemented,
The evaluation unit determines an evaluation result based on the evaluation content for which an evaluation value corresponding to a combination of whether the two or more items received by the input reception unit is set,
The evaluation value corresponding to the combination of whether or not the two or more items are implemented is set to a value unique to the combination, which is different from the total value obtained by adding the evaluation values of the individual items.
Information processing equipment. the computer runs
a step of receiving an input from the user as to whether or not two or more items among a plurality of items corresponding to tooth brushing, interproximal cleaning, or oral cleaning are performed;
A step of determining an evaluation result based on the received evaluation content corresponding to whether or not the two or more items have been performed, by referring to a storage unit that stores evaluation content in association with whether or not the two or more items have been performed. and,
a step of outputting the evaluation result;
An information processing method comprising
The storage unit stores evaluation content in association with each combination of whether or not the two or more items are implemented,
In the step of determining the evaluation result, the computer receives the input of whether or not the implementation is performed from the user. determine the evaluation result based on
The evaluation value corresponding to the combination of whether or not the two or more items are implemented is set to a value unique to the combination, which is different from the total value obtained by adding the evaluation values of the individual items.
Information processing methods.