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  Biological information utilization system, biological information utilization method, program and recording mediumRelated Patent Categories: Error Detection/correction And Fault Detection/recovery, Data Processing System Error Or Fault Handling, Reliability And Availability, Fault Locating (i.e., Diagnosis Or Testing)The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060288253. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a vital data utilization system for processing subjects' vital data collected via a communication network and providing value-added information and a vital data utilization method in the vital data utilization system, and also relates to a program for causing a computer to execute main processing in the vital data utilization system according to the vital data utilization method of the present invention and a recording medium in which the program is recorded. BACKGROUND ART [0002] Health care supporting systems and services where (i) an individual obtains individual vital data at home in order to utilize them for individual health care and sends the obtained data to a medical facility and the like, and (ii) the medical facility and the like processes and describes the information so that the individual and/or the client can understand the data and sends them to the individual and/or the client. [0003] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the information flow in a conventional health care supporting system. In the conventional health care supporting system like this, as shown in FIG. 1, value-added information made of only one subject's vital data is provided to a subject, or a contractor who is a directly interested party of the subject, for example, his/her guardian, employer or the like. In other words, in the conventional health care supporting system, the focus is placed on that, as soon as abnormality is detected in individual vital data, the abnormality is immediately notified to the subject and/or the contractor. [0004] The above-mentioned things are described in the Japanese Laid-Open application No. 2001-137199 publication. [0005] However, if not only an individual utilizes his/her vital data for health care but also information indicating health condition of the whole society that is made based on subjects' vital data including other people can be utilized, health care supporting systems and services can become socially more useful. For example, the epidemic of an infection such as an influenza or food poisoning can be anticipated by judging from the increase in the rate of subjects with a fever. In the case where a countermeasure for it is taken early, more effective health care can be realized. If a public institution or the like takes this countermeasure, it is effective for preventing the epidemic from becoming wide spread. [0006] An object of the present invention is, taking into consideration a new need like mentioned above, to provide a vital data utilization system, method, program and recording medium that socially contribute more. DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION [0007] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the vital data utilization system, of the present invention, includes: a server; a receiving apparatus; and measurement instruments, in the system, the server, the receiving apparatus and the measurement instruments are connected to each other via a communication network, each of the measurement instruments has: a vital data measurement unit for measuring vital data of a subject; a clock unit for detecting measurement time at which the vital data is measured; and a sending unit for sending, to the server, a set of information including the measured vital data and the measurement time, the server has: a receiving unit for receiving, from the measurement instruments, sets of information, one of which being the set of information; a storage unit for holding the sets of information; a database making unit for storing the received sets of information into the storage unit and for making a database; a value-added information making unit for computing the vital data of subjects stored in the database and the respective measurement time in an associated manner and for making value-added information indicating changes over time of the vital data of subjects; and a value-added information providing unit for providing the receiving apparatus with the made value-added information, and the receiving apparatus has: an output unit for receiving the value-added information provided by the value-added information providing unit, for outputting, by presenting, the value-added information. [0008] Therefore, with the present invention, the server apparatus can make the value-added information that indicates changes over time of vital data based on sets of vital data that have already been measured in measurements instruments and the respectively corresponding measurement time and provide the value-added information that is made based on the sets of vital data of subjects to the receiving apparatus. [0009] Also, in a first aspect of the present invention, in the vital data utilization system, the sending unit further adds, to respective sets of information, identification information for identifying a corresponding measurement instrument or subject and sends the respective sets of information including the identification information to the server, the database making unit makes individual databases where the sets of information for respective measurement instruments or subjects are stored based on the identification information, and the value-added information making unit calculates differential values between the vital data included in the sets of information that are stored in the individual databases and previously-set standard values of the vital data, averages the calculated differential values concerning the subjects who satisfy a predetermined condition in a predetermined time segment, and makes value-added information indicating changes over time of average values of the differential values concerning the subjects. [0010] Here, in the case of making a setting by which vital data are sent to the server apparatus within a fraction of a second from the time the respective vital data are measured, the time when the server received vital data may be regarded as the corresponding measurement time. In this case, the information on the time is stored in the server apparatus. [0011] As described up to this point, with the present invention, the server apparatus placed at the service provider collects vital data of subjects in real time and makes value-added information showing the change in the health status of the whole subjects. Therefore, an individual, a medical institute, a public institute, a company and the like that are the service destination of value-added information can grasp the occurrence and status of, for example, an infection (such as an influenza and food poisoning) by microbes including a virus substantially in real time by referring to this value-added information. This produces an effect that an individual, a medical institute, a public institute, a company and the like become possible to take countermeasures that are more effective and timely for the interest of health care of individuals or the whole society. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS [0012] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing information flow in a conventional health care supporting system. [0013] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the structure of the vital data utilization system of a first embodiment in the present invention. [0014] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the appearance of a toilet apparatus that is an example of the measurement system shown in FIG. 2. [0015] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the setting example where the measurement instrument body is set on a bed. [0016] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of vital data database made by a database making unit. [0017] FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the operation in the value-added information making processing by each server shown in FIG. 2. [0018] FIG. 7 is a graph showing an example of the value-added information A made by the value-added information making unit shown in FIG. 2. [0019] FIG. 8 is an example of value-added information B made by the value-added information making unit shown in FIG. 2. [0020] FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of individual vital data database made by the database making unit in a second embodiment. Continue reading... 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