Health monitoring system, health monitoring method, and health monitoring program

A health monitoring method for analyzing urination of a user using a toilet, the health monitoring method comprising:

• a storage step of storing a film producing a color reaction for a composition to be detected in a storage unit;
• a transfer step of causing a transfer unit to immerse the film taken out of the storage unit in reserved water of the toilet into which the urination has flown using a transfer unit;
• an imaging step of generating imaging information by imaging the film after being immersed in the reserved water;
• an analysis step of analyzing urine compositions of the urination on the basis of the imaging information;
• and
• a prediction step of predicting a likelihood of having a disease on the basis of a result of the analysis in the analysis step,
• wherein the transfer unit includes:
• a clamping unit that clamps the film in an opening/closing part of an upper clamping member and a lower clamping member of which one ends are connected through a connection shaft;
• an upper drive unit that drives an upper rod to which the upper clamping member is connected in a longitudinal direction of the upper rod;
• a lower drive unit that drives a lower rod to which the lower clamping member is connected in a longitudinal direction of the lower rod;
• a moving drive unit that drives a first moving rod connected to the upper clamping member through the connection shaft and a second moving rod connected to the lower clamping member through the connection shaft in longitudinal directions of the first moving rod and the second moving rod;
• and
• a housing unit that houses the moving drive unit, the upper drive unit, and the lower drive unit,
• wherein the upper rod, the lower rod, the first moving rod, and the second moving rod are positioned approximately in parallel with each other in a longitudinal direction, and
• wherein, in the transfer step, the opening/closing part of the clamping unit is opened or closed by changing a relative position of at least one of the upper rod and the lower rod in the longitudinal direction with respect to the first moving rod and the second moving rod, and a position of the clamping unit is changed by moving the first moving rod, the second moving rod, the upper rod, and the lower rod in the longitudinal direction without changing relative positions of the upper rod and the lower rod with respect to the first moving rod and the second moving rod.

A program controlling a health monitoring system analyzing urination of a user using a toilet, the program causing a computer to realize:

• a transfer function of causing a transfer unit to take a film out of a storage unit storing films producing a color reaction for a composition to be detected and to immerse the film into reserved water of the toilet into which the urination has flown;
• an imaging function of generating imaging information by imaging the film after being immersed in the reserved water;
• an analysis function of analyzing urine compositions of the urination on the basis of the imaging information;
• and
• a prediction function of predicting a likelihood of having a disease on the basis of a result of the analysis using the analysis function,
• wherein the transfer unit includes:
• a clamping unit that clamps the film in an opening/closing part of an upper clamping member and a lower clamping member of which one ends are connected through a connection shaft;
• an upper drive unit that drives an upper rod to which an upper clamping member is connected in a longitudinal direction of the upper rod;
• a lower drive unit that drives a lower rod to which a lower clamping member is connected in a longitudinal direction of the lower rod;
• a moving drive unit that drives a first moving rod connected to the upper clamping member through a connection shaft and a second moving rod connected to the lower clamping member through the connection shaft in longitudinal directions of the first moving rod and the second moving rod;
• and
• a housing unit that houses the moving drive unit, the upper drive unit, and the lower drive unit,
• wherein the upper rod, the lower rod, the first moving rod, and the second moving rod are positioned approximately in parallel with each other in a longitudinal direction, and
• wherein the computer causes the transfer unit to:
• open or close the opening/closing part of a clamping unit by changing a relative position of at least one of the upper rod and the lower rod in the longitudinal direction with respect to the first moving rod and the second moving rod;
• and
• change a position of the clamping unit by moving the first moving rod, the second moving rod, the upper rod, and the lower rod in the longitudinal direction without changing relative positions of the upper rod and the lower rod with respect to the first moving rod and the second moving rod.