JP7321615B1 - Veterinary Medical Support System, Veterinary Medical Support Program, Veterinary Medical Support Method - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to improve the health of an animal whose health is being managed by a user.
A recommended intervention information storage unit for storing an intervention method designated by a veterinarian to maintain or improve the health condition of an animal; a notification unit for notifying a user of the intervention method; an individual health condition acquisition unit that confirms whether or not the intervention method has been executed and presents it to the veterinarian.
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Description

The present disclosure relates to a veterinary medical support system, a veterinary medical support program, and a veterinary medical support method.

Techniques for proposing recommended information regarding the health of pets to pet owners have been disclosed.

JP 2020-5557 A

The above-described technology makes recommendations that lead to health improvement based on information objectively obtained from pets, particularly information on excretion that is easy to detect. It is possible to make recommendations for health conditions that can be predicted from the excretion situation, but it is not possible to make effective recommendations for health conditions that cannot be predicted from the excretion situation.

Therefore, the present disclosure has been made in view of the above problems, and the purpose thereof is to realize effective intervention for improving the health of animals under health management by users (owners, breeders, etc.). That is.

According to the present disclosure, a recommended intervention information storage unit that stores an intervention method that leads to maintenance or improvement of the animal's health condition specified by a veterinarian, a notification unit that notifies the user of the intervention method, and the animal and an individual health condition acquiring unit that confirms whether or not the intervention method has been executed by the veterinarian and presents it to the veterinarian.

Advantageous Effects of Invention According to the present disclosure, it is possible to improve the health of an animal whose health is being managed by a user.

It is a figure showing the whole example of composition of the notice support system concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of the computer which implement|achieves the server apparatus 1 which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows the software structural example of the server apparatus 1 which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize|stored in the user information storage part 131 which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize|stored in the individual health condition information storage part 132 which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize|stored in the veterinarian-related person information storage part 133 which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize|stored in the recommended intervention information storage part 134 which concerns on the same embodiment. 4 is a flowchart of a series of controls in the server device 1 according to the same embodiment; FIG.

The contents of the embodiments of the present invention are listed and explained. One embodiment of the present invention has the following configuration.
[Item 1]
A recommended intervention information storage unit that stores an intervention method designated by a veterinarian that leads to maintenance or improvement of the animal's health condition;
a notification unit that notifies the user of the intervention method;
an individual health condition acquisition unit that confirms whether or not the intervention method has been executed for the animal and presents it to the veterinarian;
A veterinary medical support system comprising:
[Item 2]
further comprising a reception unit that receives input from the veterinarian as to why the intervention method directed to the animal is necessary;
The recommended intervention information storage unit further stores the reason in association with the animal and the intervention method,
The notification unit notifies the animal of both the intervention method and the reason corresponding to the animal;
The veterinary medical support system according to item 1, characterized by:
[Item 3]
The recommended intervention information storage unit further stores the timing at which the intervention method should be implemented in association with the intervention method,
The notification unit notifies the intervention method at the timing or a predetermined time before the timing;
The veterinary medical support system according to item 1 or 2, characterized by:
[Item 4]
a step of storing an intervention method designated by a veterinarian that leads to maintenance and improvement of the animal's health condition and a presentation condition for presenting the intervention method;
Reminding a user of the method of intervention;
confirming whether the intervention method has been performed on the animal and presenting it to the veterinarian;
A veterinary medical support program for executing on a computer.
[Item 5]
a step of storing an intervention method designated by a veterinarian that leads to maintenance and improvement of the animal's health condition and a presentation condition for presenting the intervention method;
Reminding a user of the method of intervention;
confirming whether the intervention method has been performed on the animal and presenting it to the veterinarian;
A veterinary medical support method, comprising:

Preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present specification and drawings, constituent elements having substantially the same functional configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, thereby omitting redundant description.

The server device 1 of the present embodiment presents a recommended intervention method to the user according to the type of animal and the health condition of the breed. In addition, when information about the health condition of the animal is newly acquired from the user, the intervention for the animal to be presented to the user is selected based on the information.

==Overview==
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of the server device 1. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the health support system includes a server device 1, a user terminal 3, a sensor device 4, and a veterinarian terminal 5. FIG. The server device 1 is connected to user terminals 3 , sensor devices 4 , and veterinary staff terminals 5 via a network 2 . Although only one user terminal 3, sensor device 4, and veterinary personnel terminal 5 are shown, it goes without saying that there may be more. In addition, the specific devices of the user terminal 3, the sensor device 4, and the veterinary staff terminal 5 are not limited to mobile terminals and personal computers, and may be, for example, smartphones, tablet computers, wearable terminals, and other electronic devices. good.

== User Terminal 3 ==
The user terminal 3 is a computer operated by a person (user) who raises an animal whose health is to be managed by the server device 1 . The user terminal 3 is, for example, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, or the like. A user can access the server device 1 using an application or a web browser executed on the user terminal 3, for example.

==Sensor Device 4==
The sensor device 4 is a computer having a sensor that acquires animal vital data. A wide variety of sensors are acceptable for the system of the present disclosure, but may include both sensors that are in continuity with and attached to the animal's body and sensors that are remote from the animal's body. Possible sensors include accelerometers, RFID sensing, resistive, capacitive, inductive and magnetic sensors, reflective sensors, infrared sensors, video monitoring, pressure and stress sensors, transcutaneous oxygen pressure sensors, transcutaneous CO2 sensors, hydration sensors. , pH sensors, ultrasonic sensors, remote optical spectroscopy and laser Doppler flow sensors, GPS, cameras, and the like. Note that the user terminal 3 equipped with the sensor described above may also serve as the sensor device 4 .

==Veterinary Staff Terminal 5==
The veterinary staff terminal 5 is a computer operated by veterinary staff such as veterinarians, animal nurses, trimmers, trainers, and veterinary hospital staff who consult on the health of the animals. The veterinary staff terminal 5 is, for example, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, or the like. A veterinarian can access the server device 1 using, for example, an application executed on the veterinarian terminal 5 or a web browser.
The configuration of the server device 1 will be described below.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration example of the server device 1 of this embodiment. The server device 1 includes a CPU 101 , a memory 102 , a storage device 103 , a communication interface 104 , an input device 105 and an output device 106 . The CPU 101 is an arithmetic unit that controls the overall operation of the server device 1, controls transmission and reception of data between elements, executes applications, performs information processing necessary for authentication processing, and the like. For example, the CPU 101 is a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and executes a program or the like stored in the storage device 103 and developed in the memory 102 to carry out each information process. The memory 102 includes a main memory composed of a volatile memory device such as a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), and an auxiliary memory composed of a non-volatile memory device such as a flash memory or a HDD (Hard Disc Drive). . The memory 102 is used as a work area for the CPU 101, and stores a BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) executed when the server device 1 is started, various setting information, and the like. The storage device 103 is, for example, a hard disk drive, solid state drive, flash memory, etc., which stores various data and programs. The communication interface 104 is an interface for connecting to the network 2. For example, an adapter for connecting to Ethernet (registered trademark), a modem for connecting to a public telephone network, a wireless communication device for wireless communication, Examples include a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector and an RS232C connector for serial communication. The input device 105 is a device that accepts data input through a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, button, microphone, or the like, for example. The output device 106 includes, for example, a display, printer, speaker, etc. for outputting data.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the server device 1. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the server device 1 includes a user information acquisition unit 111, an individual health condition information acquisition unit 112, a veterinary staff information acquisition unit 113, an intervention information presentation unit 114, and each processing unit. It includes a user information storage unit 131 , an individual health condition information storage unit 132 , a veterinary staff information storage unit 133 , a recommended intervention information storage unit 134 , and an advice information storage unit 135 .

Note that each of the functional units described above is implemented by the CPU 101 provided in the server device 1 reading a program stored in the storage device 103 into the memory 102 and executing it. and part of the storage area provided by the storage device 103 .

Here, in the present embodiment, data configurations of the user information storage unit 131, the individual health condition information storage unit 132, the veterinary staff information storage unit 133, and the recommended intervention information storage unit 134 are described. show.

The user information storage unit 131 stores information about users (user information). The user information may include information regarding animals kept by the user. The user information storage unit 131 stores user information, an example of which is shown in FIG. 4, received by the user information acquisition unit 111 . As shown in FIG. 4, the user information includes, for example, a user ID, name, telephone number/email address, address, emergency contact information, information on animals to be raised, family doctor (name, contact information, reservation It includes information such as URLs, online communication tools, etc., and may be associated with veterinary staff information stored in the veterinary staff information storage unit 133).

The individual health condition information storage unit 132 stores information (individual health condition information) on the health condition of the animal. The individual health condition information storage unit 132 stores the individual health condition information whose example is shown in FIG. 5 and received by the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 . As illustrated in FIG. 5, the individual health condition information includes animal information, vital information, and answer information. The animal information includes the animal's name, animal species, age, height, weight, current illnesses/symptoms, family members with similar illnesses/symptoms, allergies, types of allergies, parking and medications. In females, it includes information such as pregnancy/lactation status, etc., and other information (medical record information) such as interview results and diagnostic results included in medical charts describing medical treatment results at veterinary medical institutions. The vital information is the vital information of the animal, and is information that objectively indicates the state of the animal. Examples of the vital information include, but are not limited to, blood pressure, pulse, perspiration, sleep, and amount of activity. The answer information is information of answers to various question items acquired from the user terminal 3 .

The veterinary staff information storage unit 133 stores information about veterinary staff and facilities such as veterinary hospitals, which are received by the veterinary staff information acquisition unit 113, and where animal health consultations are possible. As exemplified in FIG. 6, the veterinary personnel information includes information such as name, affiliated organization, contact information, address, business hours, specialties, available animals, and the like.

The recommended intervention information storage unit 134 stores an action (intervention) recommended for an animal to take and a reason for the recommendation, corresponding to the health condition of the animal. The veterinarian staff terminal 5 receives an input of this reason from the veterinarian and transmits it to the server device 1, and the server device 1 can be provided with a reason reception unit that receives this reason. The reason receiving unit can also register recommended interventions and reasons in the recommended intervention information storage unit 134 in association with animals. The health condition includes the answer information, the vital information, and the animal information. As shown in the example in FIG. 7, the recommended intervention information includes recommended interventions and reasons corresponding to the contents of the disease condition and test results in the animal information, and recommended interventions and reasons corresponding to the contents of the answers to each item in the answers. , Vital information includes numerical values such as blood sugar level, recommended interventions corresponding to the contents of determination of which category such numerical values fall into, such as generally high, normal, and low, and the reasons. Note that the recommended intervention method and reason may be stored in association with the answer information, the vital information, and the animal information for each animal species. Furthermore, the timing at which the recommended intervention method should be implemented and the presentation conditions for presenting the intervention method may be stored together. Note that the recommended intervention information may be stored for each individual animal, and in this case, the server device 1 may receive a change in the recommended intervention method from the veterinary staff terminal 5 . In addition, the server device 1, based on information such as recommended intervention methods, prohibited items, precautions, etc. set for the individual by the veterinary staff from the medical chart information contained in the individual health condition information storage unit 132, Information in the recommended intervention information storage unit 134 may be changed.

In addition, intervention refers to the presence or absence of factors that affect various health-related events (including actions that lead to the maintenance and promotion of health, and medications, tests, etc. for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of injuries and illnesses in medical care), or Defined as a degree-controlling action (a medical action that goes beyond routine practice, including that performed for research purposes). The present disclosure includes, but is not limited to, diet, exercise, sleep, medication, assistance, and the like. Also, in the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, the term intervention also includes the above-described actions on animals.

The above is the description of the data configuration of the server device 1 .

Here, functions of the user information acquisition unit 111, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112, the veterinary staff information acquisition unit 113, and the intervention information presentation unit 114 in this embodiment will be described.

The user information acquisition unit 111 acquires the user information from the user terminal 3 via the network 2 and stores it in the user information storage unit 131 . Communication in the transmission and reception may be wired or wireless, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed. The user information may be input from the veterinary staff terminal 5 via the network 2 by the veterinary staff who collects information through interviews, questionnaires, or the like with respect to the user. Further, the user information may be directly input to the server device 1 by a business operator who conducts business using the server device 1, and may be collected through interviews, questionnaires, etc. with respect to the user. You may enter from the terminal of the business operator.

The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 acquires information on the health condition from the user terminal 3 via the network 2 and stores the information in the individual health condition information storage unit 132 . Communication in the transmission and reception may be wired or wireless, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed.

The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 presents, to the user terminal 3, question items for determining the health condition (hereinafter referred to as items), an answer form for inputting answers to each item, and the like. The item is a yes or no answer such as "Have you eaten rice?" Including, but not limited to, type of questions that select from presented options such as type, and types of questions such as "What did you eat?" In addition, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may present a check box for answering the item, a frame for accepting text input, etc. together with the item (hereinafter referred to as a survey).

In addition, the items presented by the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may be prepared for each animal species. and the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may refer to the animal information and select items to be presented to the user terminal 3 . Further, the item may be associated with an additional item to be presented to the user terminal according to the item and the answer. For example, when the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 acquires a response of “Yes” from the user terminal 3 to the item “Did you take a walk?” , the user terminal 3 may be presented with an item "How much did you do?" In addition, a time slot presented to the user terminal 3 by the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may be set for each item.

In addition, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 transmits items prepared in association with medical conditions, symptoms, medication history, test results, or a combination thereof based on the medical record information among the animal information to the user terminal 3. You can present it.

In addition, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may present to the user terminal 3 items specified by a veterinarian, such as a veterinarian who has examined the animal or browsed the individual health condition information, as a survey. In this case, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may present the individual health condition information to the veterinary personnel terminal 5, or the items may be input or presented as candidates from the veterinary personnel terminal 5. A selection may be accepted from among the items. In addition, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 presents the items to be presented to the user terminal 3 as candidates to the veterinary staff terminal 5 as described above, and surveys the items selected by the veterinary staff to the user terminal. may be presented as

Further, after the intervention information presenting unit 114, which will be described later, presents the intervention information to the user, the individual health condition information acquiring unit 112 presents to the user terminal 3 an execution confirmation survey for confirming whether or not the intervention method has been executed. may The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may present the execution confirmation survey to the user terminal 3 at a predetermined time, or may wait a predetermined time from the time at which the intervention should be performed, which is stored in association with the intervention information. After the time has elapsed, the execution confirmation survey may be presented to the user terminal 3 . Further, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may receive a designation from the user or a veterinarian regarding the timing of presenting the execution confirmation survey to the user terminal 3 . The server device 1 may also include an intervention state storage unit that stores the confirmation result (whether or not the intervention method was performed on the animal). The intervention state storage unit can manage whether or not the intervention method has been executed for each animal. The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 can register the confirmed results in the intervention condition storage unit. In addition, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 can transmit to the veterinary staff terminal 5 whether or not the intervention method has been performed on the animal, and present the confirmation result to the veterinarian.

The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may present the previous survey to the user terminal 3 periodically (for example, at a specified time every day). For example, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 specifies the time for presenting the survey in accordance with the ecology of the animal. For example, if the animal is nocturnal, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 determines the time zone (nighttime, for example, 19:00 to 23:00) and the time to go to bed (early morning, for example, 5:00 to 8:00). Also, if the animal is diurnal, the time zone for starting activity (early morning, for example, 5:00 to 8:00), noon (for example, 12:00 to 14:00), and the time for going to bed (nighttime, for example, 19:00) to 23:00), the survey is presented to the user terminal 3. In this case, the time slot for presenting the survey may be determined for each animal or for each ecology of the animal. As an example, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may present the survey to the user terminal 3 at a time set by the user or veterinarian.

The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may change the items included in the survey depending on the time at which the survey is presented to the user terminal 3 . For example, in the case of diurnal animals, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 conducts a survey such as “Did you have breakfast?” in the morning and “Did you have dinner at night?” can be presented.

The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may change the time for presenting the survey to the user terminal 3 based on the information of the responses to the survey. For example, when the individual health condition information acquiring unit 112 acquires a “Yes” response to the item “Did you sleep?” When the answer is obtained from the user terminal 3, the user terminal 3 may be presented with a survey such as "Did you sleep?"

The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may change the contents of the survey in the user terminal 3 based on the information of the responses to the survey. For example, if the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 acquires a response of “Yes” to the item “Did you take a walk?” If the user terminal 3 obtains a "No" response to the survey "Did you take a nap?" You may present the user terminal 3 with a survey such as "Are you spending your time actively?"

The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may change the time for presenting the survey to the user terminal 3 and the contents included in the survey based on the information of the responses to the survey. For example, when the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 acquires a response of “No” to the item “Did you have breakfast?” A survey such as "Did you eat anything?"

The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may acquire the vital information in the user information from the sensor device 4 via the network 2 and store it in the individual health condition information storage unit 132 . Communication in the transmission and reception may be wired or wireless, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed.

The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may always acquire the animal's vital information, or may acquire it at a specified time. For example, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 specifies the time for acquiring the vital information in accordance with the ecology of the animal. For example, if the animal is nocturnal, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 determines the time zone (nighttime, for example, 19:00 to 23:00) and the time to go to bed (early morning, for example, 5:00 to 8:00). Also, if the animal is diurnal, the time zone for starting activity (early morning, for example, 5:00 to 8:00), noon (for example, 12:00 to 14:00), and the time for going to bed (nighttime, for example, 19:00) The vital information is obtained from the sensor device 4 at an arbitrary time such as 11:00 to 23:00. In this case, it is sufficient that the time zone for acquiring vital information is determined for each animal or each ecology of the animal. In addition, as an example, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may acquire vital information at a time set by a user or a veterinarian.

The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may change the time to acquire the vital information from the sensor device 4 based on the acquired vital information, or may change the vital information to be acquired.

The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may present a survey to the user terminal 3 at an initially unscheduled time based on the acquired vital information. For example, when the pulse is included in the range defined as abnormal for the animal, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 presents a survey such as "Are there any abnormalities?" to the user terminal 3. You may

The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may acquire the animal information from the user terminal 3 or the veterinary staff terminal 5 via the network 2 and store it in the individual health condition information storage unit 132 . Communication in the transmission and reception may be wired or wireless, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed.

The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 obtains medical record information (interview results, diagnosis results, and other health conditions of the animal) from the veterinary staff terminal 5 when the animal receives a medical examination by a veterinarian or when an examination is performed. (included in the animal information in the individual health condition information storage unit 132) may be acquired. In addition, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 cooperates with a system that stores information representing health conditions such as medical records, interview results, diagnosis results, etc., and acquires such information as the animal information. good. Note that the medical record information is not limited to medical records, and may simply be information such as interview results and diagnosis results by a veterinarian.

The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may extract text information representing the health condition from the medical record information and store the text information in the individual health condition information storage unit 132 . The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 acquires, for example, items stored in the recommended intervention information storage unit 134 (for example, items commonly used to represent health conditions such as disease conditions, symptoms, severity of symptoms, test results, etc.). ), corresponding contents (for example, the name of a disease, details of symptoms, words expressing degrees such as severity or mildness, test results) may be selected and stored in the individual health condition information storage unit 132 . At this time, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may make selections using matching with a database storing these terms, general language processing techniques, learning models, and the like.

Further, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may predict the health condition from the medical record information, generate text information representing the health condition, and store the text information in the individual health condition information storage unit 132 . The individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 uses an algorithm such as determining that a specific keyword is included in a medical record or the like as a disease name or symptom A, or a prediction learned by adding a disease name or symptom to the medical record information as a teacher label. A model or the like can be used to predict the disease name, symptoms, and the like from the medical record information.

The veterinary staff information acquisition unit 113 acquires the veterinary staff information from the veterinary staff terminal 5 via the network 2 and stores it in the veterinary staff information storage unit 133 . Communication in the transmission and reception may be wired or wireless, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed. The veterinary personnel information may be obtained by directly inputting information collected through interviews, questionnaires, etc., to the veterinary personnel by a business operator using the server device 1, or by inputting the information to the server device 1 via the network 2. may be entered from the operator's terminal via

The intervention information presenting unit 114 presents intervention information for maintaining or improving the health condition of the animal to the user based on one or more of the answer information, the animal information, and the vital information. .

The intervention information presentation unit 114 reads the recommended intervention method stored in the recommended intervention information storage unit 134 based on one or more of the animal information, the animal information, and the vital information, and presents it to the user terminal 3 . do. At this time, the intervention information presentation unit 114 may also present to the user terminal 3 the reason why the intervention method is necessary, which is stored in the recommended intervention information storage unit 134 . In addition, the intervention information presentation unit 114 may present the timing at which the intervention method should be implemented, which is stored in the recommended intervention information storage unit 134, to the user terminal 3 together with the recommended intervention method. In addition, the intervention information presentation unit 114 presents to the user terminal 3 the reason why the intervention method is necessary and the timing at which the intervention method should be implemented, which are stored in the recommended intervention information storage unit 134, together with the recommended intervention method. You may

Based on one or more of the answer information, the animal information, and the vital information, the intervention information presentation unit 114 instructs the user to maintain the health condition of the animal, Intervention information for improvement may be presented.

The presentation condition is a condition for presenting the intervention information, and may be an academic and general term, or may be set for each individual animal. Such academic and general information is information that indicates conditions such as conditions that require attention to health conditions or conditions that require medical examination. The presentation condition is set such that the information indicates deterioration of the health condition. For example, when a specific item such as "No" is selected for an item such as "Have you taken a walk?" A case in which the item is selected more than a predetermined number of times during the period may also be set as a presentation condition.

Further, the presentation condition is when some of the answer information, the animal information, and the vital information satisfy the conditions, or when the conditions are satisfied in a predetermined order, or when the conditions are repeatedly satisfied a predetermined number of times. , and so on. For example, when the animal information is "diabetes" and the vital information satisfies both "when the blood sugar level exceeds 100", the presentation condition may be set.

The presentation conditions may be stored in the recommended intervention information storage unit 134, or may be updated by the server device 1 acquiring input from the veterinary staff terminal 5. FIG. In addition, the presentation condition may be set for each individual animal. In this case, the server device 1 accepts the presentation condition linked to the animal ID from the user terminal 3, the veterinary staff terminal 5, or the like. , may be stored in the recommended intervention information storage unit 134 .

The intervention information presenting unit 114 provides the animal with a stimulus that induces behavior for maintaining or improving the health condition of the animal, based on one or more of the answer information, the animal information, and the vital information. may be presented. The stimulus may be a stimulus that stimulates any of the five senses, such as the movement, vibration, sound, light, smell, or taste of something such as a cat teaser (single stimulus or a combination of multiple stimuli). If it is In addition, the device that presents the stimulus to the animal may be a wearable device that the animal wears, a device that moves objects by mechanical control, a device that has a speaker, a light, etc. , an instruction from the intervention information presentation unit 114 is received, and a stimulus is presented to the animal. For example, when an animal requiring moderate exercise detects that the amount of exercise is insufficient from the answer information or the vital information, the intervention information presenting unit 114 causes the device installed in the room where the animal is present to Give instructions to them and move toys that animals like, such as cat toys. In another example, when the intervention information presentation unit 114 detects from the vital information that a diurnal animal that should be kept at rest is actively moving around, the intervention information presentation unit 114 By turning off the lights and giving instructions to lower the temperature of the air conditioner, you can create an environment that makes it easier to rest.

The intervention information presenting unit 114 may present the intervention information specified by the veterinarian to the user terminal 3 . The intervention information presentation unit 114 may present a form for inputting or selecting an intervention method to the veterinary staff terminal 5, and may receive a designation of intervention from the veterinary staff.

The intervention information presentation unit 114 may present a reminder to the user terminal 3 at the timing when the presented intervention should be performed. The timing may be the timing specified by the veterinarian, or the timing stored in the recommended intervention information storage unit 134 in association with the intervention, and corresponds to the intervention presented to the user by the intervention information presentation unit 114. It can be timing. Further, the timing at which the intervention information presenting unit 114 reminds may be corrected by the server device 1 from the user. The reminder may also include a survey of completion of execution.

The timing at which the intervention information presentation unit 114 presents the reminder to the user terminal 3 may be the timing stored in the recommended intervention information storage unit 134, such as for each content of intervention, each animal species, each animal species and intervention, and the like. It is sufficient if the timing is set to Further, the intervention information presentation unit 114 may present the timing stored in the recommended intervention information storage unit 134 as a reminder time candidate to the user or the veterinarian, and may receive a selection from each terminal. Correction of the timing may be received and presented to the user terminal 3 at those timings.

A typical processing flow of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, the user information acquisition unit 111 acquires user information (1001). Next, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 presents the survey to the user terminal 3 and acquires individual health condition information (response information). In addition, the individual health condition information acquisition unit 112 may acquire animal information and vital information (1002). The veterinarian information acquisition unit 113 acquires veterinarian information (1003). The intervention information presentation unit 114 sets intervention information for the user according to presentation conditions based on the individual health condition information (1004).

Although the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, the technical scope of the present disclosure is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that those who have ordinary knowledge in the technical field of the present disclosure can conceive of various modifications or modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. is naturally within the technical scope of the present disclosure.

The devices described herein may be implemented as a single device, or may be implemented by a plurality of devices (eg, cloud servers) partially or wholly connected via a network, or the like. For example, the CPU 101 and storage device 103 of the server device 1 may be implemented by different servers connected to each other via a network.

The sequence of operations performed by the apparatus described herein may be implemented using software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware. It is possible to prepare a computer program for realizing each function of the server device 1 according to the present embodiment and to implement it in a PC or the like. A computer-readable recording medium storing such a computer program can also be provided. The recording medium is, for example, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a flash memory, or the like. Also, the above computer program may be distributed, for example, via a network without using a recording medium.

Also, the processes described with reference to flowcharts in this specification do not necessarily have to be executed in the illustrated order. Some processing steps may be performed in parallel. Also, additional processing steps may be employed, and some processing steps may be omitted.

Also, the effects described herein are merely illustrative or exemplary, and are not limiting. In other words, the technology according to the present disclosure can produce other effects that are obvious to those skilled in the art from the description of this specification in addition to or instead of the above effects.

1 Server Device 2 Network 3 User Terminal 4 Sensor Device 5 Veterinary Personnel Terminal 101 CPU
102 memory 103 storage device 104 communication interface 105 input device 106 output device 111 user information reception unit 112 individual health condition information reception unit 113 veterinary personnel information reception unit 114 intervention information presentation unit 131 user information storage unit 132 individual health condition information storage unit 133 Veterinary personnel information storage unit 134 Recommended intervention information storage unit

Claims (5)

a recommended intervention information storage unit that stores, for each individual animal, an intervention method designated by a veterinarian that leads to the maintenance or improvement of the health condition of the animal and the timing at which the intervention method should be notified ;
a notification unit that notifies the owner of the animal of the intervention method corresponding to the animal at the timing corresponding to the animal ;
an individual health condition acquisition unit that confirms whether or not the intervention method has been executed for the animal and presents it to the veterinarian;
A veterinary medical support system comprising: further comprising a reception unit that receives input from the veterinarian as to why the intervention method directed to the animal is necessary;
The recommended intervention information storage unit further stores the reason in association with the animal and the intervention method,
The notification unit notifies the animal of both the intervention method and the reason corresponding to the animal;
The veterinary medical support system according to claim 1, characterized by: The individual health condition acquiring unit presents the item specified by the veterinarian to the owner at the timing specified by the veterinarian, and executes the intervention method by acquiring an answer to the item from the owner. to check whether
The veterinary medical support system according to claim 1, characterized by: a step of storing, for each individual animal, an intervention method designated by a veterinarian that leads to maintenance and improvement of the health condition of the animal and a timing to notify the intervention method ;
a step of notifying the owner of the animal of the intervention method corresponding to the animal at the timing corresponding to the animal ;
confirming whether the intervention method has been performed on the animal and presenting it to the veterinarian;
A veterinary medical support program for executing on a computer. a step of storing, for each individual animal, an intervention method designated by a veterinarian that leads to maintenance and improvement of the health condition of the animal and a timing to notify the intervention method ;
a step of notifying the owner of the animal of the intervention method corresponding to the animal at the timing corresponding to the animal ;
confirming whether the intervention method has been performed on the animal and presenting it to the veterinarian;
A veterinary medical support method, comprising:

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