JP6647583B1 - Information processing apparatus, program and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

An information processing apparatus and the like capable of providing appropriate advice for biometric data of a user without increasing the burden on the user. An information processing apparatus acquires a user's biometric data from, for example, a user terminal. The information processing apparatus uses a learning model learned based on biometric data of a plurality of persons and teacher data including information on a medical institution suitable for each of the biometric data. The information is specified, and advice information including information on the specified medical institution is output. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

  The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, a program, and an information processing method.

  With the spread of the Internet, various types of information are provided via the Internet. Patent Literature 1 discloses a health management server that generates and provides a menu suitable for a health management target based on information on the health management target. In the health management server disclosed in Patent Literature 1, for example, an appropriate exercise menu is generated in consideration of the activity status of the health management target person, and is provided to the health management target person.

JP 2018-41207 A

  When receiving various kinds of information via the Internet, it is necessary to access a server that provides desired information, and to find an appropriate server. Therefore, there is a need for a system that provides information suitable for a user without increasing the burden on the user.

  The present disclosure has been made in view of such circumstances, and a purpose thereof is to provide an information processing apparatus or the like that can provide appropriate advice for biometric data of a user.

An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a data acquisition unit that acquires biometric data of a user, an information acquisition unit that acquires medical cost information regarding medical cost desired by a user , biometric data of a plurality of people , and Using a learning model learned based on teacher data including medical institution information suitable for the biometric data, medical treatment suitable for the biometric data acquired by the data acquisition unit and medical cost information acquired by the information acquisition unit The information processing apparatus includes a specifying unit that specifies information on the institution, and an output unit that outputs advice information including information on the medical institution specified by the specifying unit.

  According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide appropriate advice on the biometric data of the user without increasing the burden on the user.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a structure of an information provision system. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a server device and a user terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structural example of an advice discriminator. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a structure of an advice DB. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating functions realized by a control unit of the server device. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of an input screen. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of an advice screen. It is a block diagram showing an example of composition of a learning device. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating functions realized by a control unit of the learning device. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the learning process by a learning apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the advice provision process in an information provision system. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a structure of a user information DB. It is a flowchart which shows a part of procedure of the advice provision process in an information provision system. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of an evaluation screen. FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating functions realized by a control unit of a server device according to a fourth embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a structure of the information provision system of Embodiment 5. FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a server device according to a fifth embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a structure of a medical institution DB and a treatment DB. FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating functions realized by a control unit of a server device according to a fifth embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows a screen example. It is a block diagram showing the example of composition of a medical institution server. It is a block diagram showing the function realized by the control part of a medical institution server. It is a schematic diagram which shows a screen example. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the advice provision process by a server apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the advice provision process by a medical institution server. It is a block diagram showing an example of composition of a judging device. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an advice providing process in the information providing system according to the sixth embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an information processing apparatus, a program, and an information processing method according to the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings illustrating the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of an information providing system. In the present embodiment, a system that specifies and provides appropriate advice to a user based on data related to the physical condition of the user will be described. The information providing system of the present embodiment includes a server device 10 and a plurality of user terminals 20, and the server device 10 and each user terminal 20 can be connected to a network N such as the Internet. The user terminal 20 accepts input of various data related to the physical condition of the user according to an operation by the user, and transmits the obtained data to the server device 10. The server device 10 uses a learned classifier (learning model) to determine (specify) an advice to be provided for data related to the physical condition of the user. A plurality of server devices 10 may be provided, may be realized by a plurality of virtual machines provided in one device, or may be realized using a cloud server. The learning process of the discriminator may be performed by the server device 10 or may be performed by another learning device.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the server device 10 and the user terminal 20. The user terminal 20 is, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, or the like. The user terminal 20 includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, a communication unit 23, a display unit 24, an input unit 25, and the like, and these units are mutually connected via a bus. The control unit 21 includes one or a plurality of processors such as a central processing unit (CPU), a micro-processing unit (MPU), or a graphics processing unit (GPU). The control unit 21 performs various information processing and control processing to be performed by the user terminal 20 by appropriately executing a control program stored in the storage unit 22.

  The storage unit 22 includes a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, a hard disk, a solid state drive (SSD), and the like. The storage unit 22 stores in advance a control program executed by the control unit 21 and various data necessary for executing the control program. Further, the storage unit 22 temporarily stores data and the like generated when the control unit 21 executes the control program. The control program stored in the storage unit 22 includes an advice request application program (hereinafter, referred to as an advice request application) 22a. The advice request application 22a is acquired from an external device via the communication unit 23 and stored in the storage unit 22, for example. When the user terminal 20 includes a reading unit that reads information stored in the portable storage medium, the advice request application 22a may be read from the portable storage medium and stored in the storage unit 22.

  The communication unit 23 is an interface for connecting to the network N by wireless communication, for example, and transmits and receives information to and from an external device via the network N. Note that the communication unit 23 may be configured to connect to the network N by wired communication. The display unit 24 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, or the like, and displays various types of information according to an instruction from the control unit 21. The input unit 25 is a touch sensor or a push-type button arranged on the display surface of the display unit 24, receives an operation input by the user, and sends a control signal corresponding to the operation content to the control unit 21. The input unit 25 serving as a touch sensor constitutes a touch panel integrally with the display unit 24. The user terminal 20 may be any device as long as it is an information device having a communication unit 23, a display unit 24, and an input unit 25.

  The server device 10 is an information processing device such as a personal computer and a server computer. The server device 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a communication unit 13, and the like, and these units are interconnected via a bus. The control unit 11 includes one or more processors such as a CPU, an MPU, and a GPU. The control unit 11 causes the server device 10 to perform various types of information processing and control processing to be performed by the information processing device of the present disclosure by appropriately executing the control program stored in the storage unit 12.

  The storage unit 12 includes a RAM, a flash memory, a hard disk, an SSD, and the like. The storage unit 12 stores in advance a control program to be executed by the control unit 11 and various data necessary for executing the control program. The storage unit 12 temporarily stores data and the like generated when the control unit 11 executes the control program. The control program stored in the storage unit 12 includes an advice providing program 12a which is a program of the present disclosure. The storage unit 12 stores an advice discriminator (learning model) 12b, which is a neural network constructed by, for example, a machine learning process. The advice discriminator 12b is a discriminator that specifies (determines) which of the plurality of pieces of advice information learned in advance the advice to be provided to the user is based on data relating to the physical condition of the user. Further, the data stored in the storage unit 12 includes an advice database (hereinafter, referred to as an advice DB) 12c.

  The control program and data stored in the storage unit 12 are acquired from an external device via the network N via the communication unit 13 and stored in the storage unit 12, for example. When the server device 10 includes a reading unit or the like that reads information stored in a portable storage medium, the control program and data stored in the storage unit 12 are read from the portable storage medium and stored in the storage unit 12. It may be stored. The advice DB 12c may be stored in an external storage device connected to the server device 10, or may be stored in a storage device that can communicate with the server device 10 via the network N.

  The communication unit 13 is an interface for connecting to the network N by, for example, wired communication, and transmits and receives information to and from an external device via the network N. The communication unit 13 may be configured to connect to the network N by wireless communication. The server device 10 may include, in addition to the components described above, a display unit that displays various information, an input unit that receives an operation input by a user, and the like.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of the advice discriminator 12b. The advice discriminator 12b is a learning model that learns, when data related to the physical condition of the user is input, to specify an advice suitable for the user based on the input data. As shown in FIG. 3, the advice discriminator 12b includes an input layer, a middle layer, and an output layer. The input layer has m (m ≧ 2) input nodes, and data relating to the state of the user's body acquired from the user terminal 20 is input to each of the input nodes. The data related to the user's physical condition include, for example, attributes including the age and gender of the user, measurement data such as height, weight, abdominal circumference, blood pressure, heart rate, pulse, body temperature, intake calories, sleep time, and exercise time. Information about lifestyle such as type and time can be used. In addition, the type and amount of medicine being taken, the frequency and amount of smoking or drinking, the results of blood tests and urinalysis performed at medical institutions, radiographs (X-rays), echo tests (ultrasound tests), Image data, treatment contents, and operation contents taken by imaging devices such as CT (Computed Tomography), MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), PET (Positron Emission Tomography), etc. , Medical examination data relating to rehabilitation contents, various examination data obtained by a medical examination or a medical checkup, and information (genetic information) of the past history (medical history) of the user and his / her family can be used.

  Corresponding data is input to each input node of the input layer, and each data input to the input node is input to the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer has a plurality of (three in FIG. 3) fully connected layers, and the node of each layer calculates an output value based on input data using a weighting coefficient or function between the layers, and calculates the calculated output value. Enter the value into a later layer node. The intermediate layer finally supplies each output value to each output node of the output layer by sequentially inputting the output value of the node of each layer to the node of the subsequent layer. The number of intermediate layers is not limited to the example shown in FIG. The output layer has n (n ≧ 2) output nodes, and each output node outputs a determination probability (probability for each piece of advice information) for each of the n types of advice. For example, the output node 1 outputs the determination probability for the advice information with the advice ID of 01 stored in the advice DB 12c, and the output node 2 outputs the determination probability for the advice information with the advice ID of 02. The determination probability output from each output node indicates that the advice information associated with each output node is likely to be appropriate as advice for data input to the input layer. The output value of each output node of the output layer is, for example, a value of 0 to 1.0, and the total of the determination probabilities output from the n output nodes is 1.0.

  The advice discriminator 12b is not limited to a neural network (deep learning) in which an intermediate layer is configured as a multilayer as shown in FIG. 3, but can use a learning model constructed by various machine learning algorithms. When the time series data obtained by collecting the data as described above in a time series is input to the advice discriminator 12b, the advice discriminator 12b may be constructed by, for example, a recurrent neural network. In this case, for example, an advice discriminator 12b that can discriminate appropriate advice information based on time-series data of various test results obtained at a medical institution or at a medical examination can be used.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of the advice DB 12c. In the advice DB 12c, for example, n pieces of advice information and an advice ID, which is identification information assigned to each piece of advice information, are registered in association with each other. The advice information is an advice message provided by the server device 10 to the user, and is a specific target advice specified (determined) by the advice determiner 12b based on the input data. The advice information includes, for example, advice on lifestyle such as diet, exercise, sleep, etc., advice on the use of supplements, over-the-counter medicines, over-the-counter medicines, advice on possible diagnostic contents and consultation with medical institutions, health examinations, second opinion. , And advice on medical institution applications. Note that the advice information is not limited to the example illustrated in FIG. 4, and various advices including symptoms of the user's body and details of treatment to be performed can be used.

  Next, a function realized by the control unit 11 executing the advice providing program 12a in the server device 10 will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating functions realized by the control unit 11 of the server device 10. When executing the advice providing program 12a stored in the storage unit 12, the control unit 11 of the server device 10 executes the functions of the biometric data acquiring unit 101, the advice specifying unit 102, the provided information generating unit 103, and the output unit 104. Realize. In the present embodiment, each of these functions is realized by the control unit 11 executing the advice providing program 12a, but a part of them may be realized by a dedicated hardware circuit.

  In the information providing system according to the present embodiment, a user transmits data relating to his / her body condition to the server device 10 using the user terminal 20. When the user wants to receive advice from the server device 10, the user instructs the activation of the advice request application 22 a via the input unit 25 of the user terminal 20. When receiving the instruction to start the advice request application 22a, the control unit 21 of the user terminal 20 starts the advice request application 22a stored in the storage unit 22. When the advice request application 22a is activated, the control unit 21 displays an input screen for inputting data on the user's body condition on the display unit 24. The control unit 21 receives an input of data relating to the physical condition of the user via the input screen.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the input screen. The input screen shown in FIG. 6 has input fields for inputting the user's age, gender, height, and weight. In the age entry field, a pull-down menu is provided which allows selection of age groups such as teens, twenties, and thirties. The age input field may be configured to be input by the user via the input unit 25. Radio buttons are provided in the gender input field so that a male or female can be selected. Arbitrary numerical values can be input via the input unit 25 in the height and weight input fields. The input screen shown in FIG. 6 has input fields for the type (name) and amount of the medicine being taken. The input fields for the name and amount of the drug may be configured to be input by the user via the input unit 25, or may be configured to be input by a pull-down menu having a plurality of options.

  The input screen shown in FIG. 6 is configured to allow input of test results of a blood test and a urine test. The input screen shown in FIG. 6 is provided with an “input button” for inputting blood test and urine test results, and when the “input button” is operated, general information on the selected test is displayed. An input screen having an input field for an inspection result of the inspection item to be performed is displayed. When the test result of each test is input through such an input screen, the display returns to the input screen shown in FIG. 6, and in the input screen shown in FIG. May be additionally displayed. Further, the input screen shown in FIG. 6 is configured so that an image captured by an imaging device such as an X-ray, an echo examination, a CT, an MRI, and a PET can be attached. The input screen shown in FIG. 6 is provided with an input field provided with a pull-down menu having a plurality of options for the type of the captured image and the imaging site, and an “attach button” for attaching the captured image. When the “button to attach” is operated, for example, an input screen for designating an arbitrary image stored in the storage unit 22 of the user terminal 20 is displayed, and an image to be attached via the displayed input screen is displayed. Is specified. The attached image may be an image stored in an external device with which the user terminal 20 can communicate via the network N, in addition to the image stored in the storage unit 22 of the user terminal 20. When an image stored in the external device is specified, the user terminal 20 may acquire the specified image from the external device and store it in the storage unit 22. When an image stored in an external device managed by a medical institution or the like is used, the image may be directly transmitted and received between the external device and the server device 10. The user inputs data that can be input into the respective input fields while scrolling down, for example, on the input screen shown in FIG. The input screen shown in FIG. 6 displays a “transmission button” for transmitting the input data to the server device 10 and a “cancel button” for canceling the transmission, and the “transmission button” is operated. In this case, the control unit 21 of the user terminal 20 transmits each data input via the input screen to the server device 10.

  The input screen may have an input column for measurement data such as blood pressure, heart rate, pulse, and body temperature in addition to the configuration shown in FIG. Such measurement data may be configured to be input by the user via the input unit 25, and is configured to be obtained from the measurement device when the user terminal 20 can connect to or communicate with the measurement device. May be done. As the measuring device, for example, a sphygmomanometer or a thermometer configured as a wearable device can be used. Further, the input screen may have an input field for information on lifestyle such as calorie intake, sleep time, type and amount of exercise, frequency and amount of smoking or drinking in one day, and the like. Such information may be configured to be input by the user via the input unit 25, or may be configured to be input by a pull-down menu having a plurality of options. It should be noted that the content of the meal may be input instead of the calorie intake. In addition, the input screen includes data on the contents of the treatment currently being treated, the contents of the treated treatment, the contents of the treated surgery, the contents of the rehabilitation during the treatment, various examination data obtained by a physical examination or a medical checkup, the self and family members. May be configured to be able to input past medical history (medical history) information (genetic information).

  The input screen for inputting data relating to the physical condition of the user is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. When the user terminal 20 has a camera and an OCR (Optical Character Recognition), for example, at the time of medical examination, various types of data (user's biometric data) from a sheet on which test results of tests performed at a health checkup, a medical checkup, etc. are described. May be obtained. In this case, the user terminal 20 reads the inspection result by photographing the paper on which the inspection result is described with a camera and generating text data by OCR from the obtained captured image. The user terminal 20 can acquire the biometric data of the user by reading the test result described on the sheet by using the camera and the OCR and extracting various data from the read test result. The user terminal 20 can display the data thus obtained in a corresponding input field of the input screen shown in FIG.

  The control unit 11 of the server device 10 acquires, from the user terminal 20 via the communication unit 13, data related to the state of the user's body input via the input screen as described above in the user terminal 20. Note that the data input via the input screen as described above is hereinafter collectively referred to as biometric data. In the server device 10, a biometric data acquisition unit (data acquisition unit) 101 acquires biometric data transmitted from the user terminal 20. Note that the biometric data acquisition unit 101 also functions as an attribute acquisition unit that acquires attributes including the age and gender of the user.

  The advice identifying unit (identifying unit) 102 uses the advice discriminator 12b to provide, based on the biometric data acquired by the biometric data acquiring unit 101, advice information appropriate for the state of the user's body indicated by the biometric data. Specify (determine). Specifically, the advice specifying unit 102 inputs each of the biometric data acquired by the biometric data acquiring unit 101 to each input node of the input layer of the advice discriminator 12b, and outputs each of the outputs of the output layer of the advice discriminator 12b. Get output value from node. In the input layer of the advice discriminator 12b, an input node to which each of the biometric data is to be input is determined in advance. The output value from each output node of the advice discriminator 12b is a discrimination probability for each piece of advice information registered in the advice DB 12c. The advice specifying unit (selection unit) 102 specifies (selects) advice information to be provided to the user based on the determination result (determination probability) by the advice determiner 12b. The advice specifying unit 102 specifies, for example, a predetermined number (for example, three, five, or the like) of pieces of advice information in the descending order of the determination probability output by the advice determiner 12b as the output target advice to be provided. Note that the advice specifying unit 102 acquires an advice ID corresponding to a predetermined number of output nodes having a large determination probability (output value).

  The provided information generation unit 103 generates provided information for providing the user with the advice specified by the advice specifying unit 102 using the user terminal 20. For example, the provided information generation unit 103 generates display information for displaying the specified advice. Specifically, the provided information generation unit 103 reads the advice information corresponding to the advice ID specified by the advice specifying unit 102 from the advice DB 12c. Then, the provided information generating unit 103 generates display information for displaying an advice screen that displays the read advice information in descending order of the determination probability. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the advice screen. The advice screen shown in FIG. 7 displays the three advices specified by the advice specifying unit 102. The advice information displayed on the advice screen may be a simple advice message, or may include a link to a predetermined server as indicated by reference numeral 10a in FIG. In addition, as shown by reference numeral 10b in FIG. 7, an introduction, advertisement, or advertisement of a product, a medicine, a medical institution, a doctor, or the like included in the advice information may be included. As described above, information including information on a medical institution related to the advice information specified by the advice specifying unit 102 and information on a company or a company such as a product or a drug may be displayed.

  The advice discriminator 12b may be configured to discriminate a medical institution and / or a doctor to be consulted based on the input biometric data. In this case, the advice specifying unit 102 specifies the recommended medical institution and / or doctor using the advice discriminator 12b, and the provided information generating unit 103 provides the advice information for introducing the specified medical institution and / or doctor. (Provided information) may be generated. The advice determiner 12b may be configured to determine a medical institution and / or a doctor to be consulted as a second opinion based on the input biometric data. In this case, the advice specifying unit 102 specifies the medical institution and / or doctor recommended as the second opinion using the advice discriminator 12b, and the provided information generating unit 103 introduces the specified medical institution and / or doctor. May be generated. Further, the advice determiner 12b may be configured to determine a recommended medicine or supplement based on the input biometric data. In this case, the advice specifying unit 102 specifies the recommended medicine or supplement using the advice discriminator 12b, and the provided information generating unit 103 provides the advice information for introducing the specified medicine or supplement, or the specified medicine. Alternatively, advice information (provided information) including information on a company that manufactures or sells a supplement may be generated.

  Furthermore, the advice specifying unit 102 or the provided information generating unit 103 specifies a medical institution and / or a physician in consideration of a user address or the like when specifying or generating advice information for introducing a medical institution and / or a doctor. Is also good. The server device 10 acquires the address or residence of the user by acquiring from the user terminal 20 position information acquired by, for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) provided in the user terminal 20. In addition, the user inputs location information such as the address or residence of the user or an area where the user can visit the hospital via the input unit 25 of the user terminal 20, and the server device 10 transmits such location information to the user terminal 20. 20. The advice discriminator 12b is configured so that not only the biometric data but also the local information is input, and the medical institution and / or doctor to be consulted are determined based on the input biometric data and the local information. Is also good. This makes it possible to specify advice information that introduces a medical institution and / or a physician in consideration of the user's address and the like, so that a medical institution to which the user can easily go to hospital can be introduced.

  In addition, for example, the advice specifying unit 102 specifies the advice information that introduces a medical institution and / or a doctor in the descending order of the discrimination probability output by the advice discriminator 12b, and, based on the specified advice information, is closest to the address or the like of the user. Advice information that introduces a medical institution and / or a doctor may be specified as advice to be provided. Further, the advice specifying unit 102 may rearrange the specified pieces of advice information in order of proximity to the user's address and the like. Note that, instead of the advice specifying unit 102, the provided information generating unit 103 specifies, from the advice information specified by the advice specifying unit 102, advice information that introduces a medical institution and / or a doctor closest to the user's address or the like, Alternatively, a process of rearranging the pieces of advice information specified by the advice specifying unit 102 in the order of proximity to the address or the like of the user may be performed.

  Further, the server device 10 may include an advice discriminator 12b for each region. In this case, the advice specifying unit 102 specifies the advice discriminator 12b corresponding to the user's area based on the position information such as the user's address acquired from the user terminal 20. Then, by inputting the user's biometric data to the specified advice discriminator 12b, the advice specifying unit 102 can specify advice information for introducing a medical institution and / or a doctor according to the user's area. In this manner, by specifying or generating the advice information that introduces a medical institution and / or a doctor near the user's address or the like, it is possible to introduce a medical institution to which the user is likely to go to hospital, so that more effective advice can be provided. Whether to receive the advice in consideration of the user's area or to receive the advice without considering the user's area can be changed by setting by the user through the input unit 25 of the user terminal 20. .

  The advertisement information for displaying the advertisement 10b in the advice screen as shown in FIG. 7 may be included in the advice information stored in the advice DB 12c, or may be stored in another DB in association with the advice information. It may be. When the information is stored in another DB, for example, the advice specifying unit 102 specifies the advice information based on the biometric data of the user, and the provided information generating unit 103 outputs the advertisement information corresponding to the specified advice information to the advertisement. The information is read from the DB in which the information is stored. Then, the provided information generating unit 103 generates provided information for providing the advice information specified by the advice specifying unit 102 and the advertisement information corresponding to the advice information. For example, when the advice information on the exercise is specified, the provided information generation unit 103 reads the advertisement information of the training gym or the sports club from the DB in which the advertisement information is stored. In this case, provided information including advice on exercise and advertisement information of a training gym or a sports club is generated. In addition, when the advice information regarding the medicine or the supplement is specified, the provided information generation unit 103 transmits the advertisement information of the medicine or the supplement, or the advertisement information of the pharmaceutical company or the supplement maker that manufactures or sells the medicine or the supplement, and outputs the advertisement information. Is read from the stored DB. In this case, provision information including advice on a medicine or a supplement and advertisement information on a medicine or a supplement or advertisement information on a pharmaceutical company or a supplement maker is generated. The advertisement information may be stored in another DB in association with the advice information and the attribute of the user. In this case, an advertisement that considers not only the advice information based on the biometric data but also the attributes of the user can be provided.

  The output unit 104 transmits the display information generated by the provided information generation unit 103 from the communication unit 13 to the user terminal 20. The control unit 21 of the user terminal 20 receives display information from the server device 10 via the communication unit 23, and displays an advice screen as shown in FIG. 7 based on the received display information. Thereby, advice can be provided to the user. The advice screen provided to the user terminal 20 is not limited to the example shown in FIG. In addition, the provided information generation unit 103 may generate display information for displaying the advice specified by the advice specification unit 102, or may generate audio information for outputting the specified advice as audio. In this case, the audio information generated by the provided information generation unit 103 is transmitted to the user terminal 20 by the output unit 104, and is output as audio by the user terminal 20. In this case, advice can be provided by voice.

  Hereinafter, a device that performs the learning process of the advice discriminator 12b used when the server device 10 specifies the advice to be provided to the user as described above will be described. The device that performs the learning process of the advice discriminator 12b may be the server device 10, but is hereinafter referred to as a learning device. The learning device is a device for learning an advice discriminator using teacher data as described later, and the server device 10 acquires an advice discriminator that has been learned by the learning device from the learning device. The server device 10 acquires the learned advice discriminator from the learning device via, for example, the network N or using a portable storage medium such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory or a CD-R (compact disc recordable). .

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the learning device 30. The learning device 30 is an information processing device such as a personal computer or a server computer, and has the same configuration as the server device 10 and the user terminal 20. Therefore, a detailed description of the same configuration will be omitted. The learning device 30 includes a control unit 31, a storage unit 32, a display unit 33, an input unit 34, a communication unit 35, and the like, and these units are mutually connected via a bus. The storage unit 32 of the learning device 30 stores a learning program 32a for executing the learning process of the advice discriminator 32b, the advice discriminator 32b before learning or before re-learning, and teacher data for learning the advice discriminator 32b. The stored teacher data DB 32c and the like are stored. Note that the teacher data DB 32c may be stored in an external storage device connected to the learning device 30, or may be stored in a storage device that can communicate with the learning device 30 via the network N.

  The teacher data DB 32c stores advice information that has obtained an effect on each of the biometric data in association with the biometric data related to the physical state of a plurality of persons. A set of one (for one person) biometric data and advice information associated with the biometric data is referred to as teacher data. Note that one piece of biometric data includes a plurality of pieces of information on the state of one person's body. For example, biological data includes attributes including age and gender, measurement data such as height and blood pressure, information on lifestyle such as calorie intake and sleep time, types and amounts of medicines being taken, various test results, and imaging devices. The information includes data on images taken by the user, treatment contents, operation contents, rehabilitation contents, etc., and information on the history of the patient and his / her family. The learning device 30 makes the advice discriminator 32b learn based on such teacher data.

  Next, a function realized by the control unit 31 of the learning device 30 executing the learning program 32a will be described. FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating functions realized by the control unit 31 of the learning device 30. When executing the learning program 32a stored in the storage unit 32, the control unit 31 of the learning device 30 implements the functions of the teacher data acquisition unit 301 and the learning unit 302. Some of these functions may be realized by a dedicated hardware circuit.

  The teacher data acquisition unit 301 sequentially acquires the teacher data stored in the teacher data DB 32c. The teacher data includes biometric data and advice information. The learning unit 302 causes the advice discriminator 32b to learn based on the biometric data and the advice information acquired by the teacher data acquisition unit 301 from the teacher data DB 32c. Specifically, the learning unit 302 inputs the biometric data of the teacher data to each input node of the input layer of the advice discriminator 32b, and outputs the output value of the output node corresponding to the advice information of the teacher data in the output layer. The advice discriminator 32b is made to learn such that the output values of the other output nodes approach 1.0 while the output values of the other output nodes approach 0. The learning unit 302 optimizes, for example, a weighting coefficient and a function connecting the nodes of each layer of the intermediate layer by a learning algorithm, and makes the advice discriminator 32b learn. The learning section 302 learns the advice discriminator 32b using all the teacher data stored in the teacher data DB 32c, thereby generating a learned or re-learned advice discriminator 32b.

  Next, a learning process performed by the learning device 30 in the information providing system will be described with reference to a flowchart. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a learning process performed by the learning device 30. The following processing is executed by the control unit 31 according to a control program including a learning program 32a stored in the storage unit 32 of the learning device 30.

  The control unit 31 of the learning device 30 acquires one teacher data from the teacher data DB 32c (S11). The teacher data includes biometric data and advice information. The control unit 31 causes the advice discriminator 32b to learn using the biometric data and the advice information included in the teacher data (S12). Here, the control unit 31 inputs each data included in the biometric data to each of the input nodes in the input layer of the advice discriminator 32b, and outputs, in the output layer, the output value of the output node corresponding to the advice information of the teacher data. Approaches 1.0 and the output values of the other output nodes approach 0.

  The control unit 31 determines whether or not the processing based on all the teacher data stored in the teacher data DB 32c has been completed (S13). If it is determined that the processing based on all the teacher data has not been completed (S13: NO), the control unit 31 returns to the processing of step S11 and acquires one unprocessed teacher data from the teacher data DB 32c (S11). ). The control unit 31 repeats the learning of the advice discriminator 32b based on the sequentially acquired teacher data (S12). When it is determined that the processing based on all the teacher data has been completed (S13: YES), the control unit 31 ends the learning processing of the advice discriminator 32b. Thereby, the advice discriminator 32b can be learned, and the learned advice discriminator 32b is obtained. Note that the already-learned advice discriminator 32b can be re-learned by the above-described processing, and the advice discriminator 32b with higher discrimination accuracy can be obtained.

  In the present embodiment, the advice discriminator 12b receives the regional information in addition to the biometric data, and, based on the input biometric data and the local information, advises a medical institution and / or a doctor to be consulted. Is configured to discriminate the information, the advice discriminator 12b is learned using teacher data including biometric data, regional information (position information), and advice information. Specifically, each data and position information included in the biometric data are input to each of the input nodes in the input layer of the advice discriminator 32b, and the output value of the output node corresponding to the advice information of the teacher data is output in the output layer. Approaches 1.0 and the output values of the other output nodes approach 0. Thus, the advice discriminator 12b that can specify the advice information in consideration of not only the biometric data but also the regional information is obtained.

  Next, an advice providing process by the server device 10 in the information providing system will be described with reference to a flowchart. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure of the advice providing process in the information providing system. 11, the process performed by the control unit 21 of the user terminal 20 is shown on the left side, and the process performed by the control unit 11 of the server device 10 is shown on the right side. The advice discriminator 12b, which has been learned by the learning device 30, is stored in the storage unit 12 of the server device 10.

  In the information providing system, when the user wants to receive the advice provided by the server device 10, the user instructs the user terminal 20 to start the advice request application 22a. The control unit 21 of the user terminal 20 activates the advice request application 22a stored in the storage unit 22, and displays an input screen as shown in FIG. 6 on the display unit 24 (S21). The input screen is a screen for accepting input of various data relating to the physical condition of the user, and the control unit 21 accepts biometric data including various data via the input screen (S22). The control unit 21 transmits the received biometric data to the server device 10 via the input screen (S23). The destination information of the server device 10 is incorporated in, for example, the advice requesting application 22a. When transmitting the acquired biometric data to the server device 10, the control unit 21 of the user terminal 20 temporarily displays the obtained biometric data on the display unit 24 and transmits the acquired biometric data to the server device 10 after receiving a transmission instruction from a user who has confirmed the biometric data. May be.

  The control unit 11 of the server device 10 acquires the biometric data transmitted by the user terminal 20 via the communication unit 13 (S24). The control unit 11 specifies, using the advice discriminator 12b, an advice suitable for the user's body condition indicated by the biometric data, based on the obtained biometric data (S25). Note that the advice determiner 12b outputs a determination probability for each of the n pieces of advice information. The control unit 11 generates provision information for providing the user with the advice based on the identification result (determination result) by the advice discriminator 12b (S26). For example, the control unit 11 specifies a predetermined number of pieces of advice information in descending order of the probability of discrimination based on the discrimination probabilities corresponding to the pieces of advice information output by the advice discriminator 12b, and reads out the specified advice information from the advice DB 12c. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 11 generates display information for displaying the read advice information in the descending order of the determination probability. Note that the control unit 11 may generate display information for displaying only the advice information having the maximum determination probability output by the advice determiner 12b. Further, the control unit 11 reads out the advertisement information stored in the DB corresponding to the specified advice information (advice ID), and generates display information including the read advertisement information and the specified advice information. Good.

  The control unit 11 transmits the generated provision information to the user terminal 20 (S27). The control unit 21 of the user terminal 20 receives the provided information transmitted by the server device 10 via the communication unit 23 (S28), and outputs the received provided information (S29). When the provided information is display information for displaying the advice information, the control unit 21 displays a screen based on the provided information on the display unit 24. Thereby, for example, an advice screen as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 24, and the advice specified by the server device 10 is notified to the user. When the provided information is voice information for outputting the advice information by voice, the control unit 21 outputs a voice based on the provided information from a voice output unit (not shown).

  In the present embodiment, advice suitable for a user's biometric data can be provided using AI (Artificial Intelligence). Specifically, the server device 10 can specify the optimal advice that is determined by the advice discriminator 12b based on a plurality of pieces of biometric data input by the user. The user can obtain advice suitable for his / her physical condition, manage his / her health with reference to the provided advice, and try to improve lifestyle such as diet and exercise. it can. In addition, if advice is provided to recommend a medical institution or health checkup, the user can consider consulting a medical institution or health checkup, and early consultation increases the possibility of finding a disease or injury early. . For example, a user who is not thinking of consulting a medical institution or a user who feels troublesome to consult a medical institution can determine whether a medical institution is required to be consulted based on the advice provided from the server device 10. . In addition, a user who does not know the medical institution or department to be consulted receives medical institution or department in accordance with the advice provided from the server device 10 so that the medical institution or medical department can be moved between medical institutions or receive medical care. Institutions can be prevented from circling between medical departments. As described above, a user who needs consultation at a medical institution is advised to recommend consultation at a medical institution, and a user who does not need to consult at a medical institution is advised other than consultation at a medical institution. Accordingly, the burden on the user who visits the medical institution can be reduced, and unnecessary medical institution visits are suppressed, so that medical costs for medical institution visits can be reduced. As described above, the biometric data of each user can be centrally managed by utilizing the AI, and a service that provides more optimal and comprehensive medical care and health management by providing advice based on the biometric data of each user. Can be realized.

  By including, in the advice information registered in the advice DB 12c, advice information on diet by a dietitian or a dietitian, advice information on exercise by a sports trainer, advice information on diagnosis of a disease or injury by a doctor, and the like, It is possible to provide more effective advice. Since the server device 10 specifies the advice to be provided by using a large number of biometric data in one user, the server device 10 can effectively use the large number of biometric data, and can make a comprehensive judgment based on the large number of biometric data. Become. In the present embodiment, the biometric data includes attributes such as the age and gender of the user, but only information other than the attributes may be used for the biometric data. That is, the server device 10 may be configured to specify and provide the advice information for the biometric data based on the biometric data of the user that does not include the attribute.

  When the user terminal 20 of the present embodiment is displaying an advice screen as shown in FIG. 7 based on the display information acquired from the server device 10, the user terminal 20 receives a selection for the link 10 a or the advertisement 10 b in the advice screen. It is configured. When the control unit 21 of the user terminal 20 receives the selection of the link 10a or the advertisement 10b in the advice screen via the input unit 25, the control unit 21 notifies the server device 10 of the selected link 10a or the advertisement 10b. The control unit (accepting unit) 11 of the server device 10 accepts a selection for the link 10a or the advertisement 10b included in the provided information (advice screen) transmitted to the user terminal 20. When accepting the selection for the link 10a or the advertisement 10b, the control unit 11 further transmits information corresponding to the selected link 10a or the advertisement 10b and related information related to the link 10a or the advertisement 10b to the user terminal 20. For example, when the link 10a in the advice screen is selected, the server device 10 transmits a website corresponding to the selected link 10a to the user terminal 20. When the link 10a is a link to an external server different from the server device 10, the user terminal 20 may directly access the external server based on the link 10a and acquire a website corresponding to the link 10a. Further, when the advertisement 10 b in the advice screen is selected, the server device 10 transmits information related to the selected advertisement 10 b to the user terminal 20. The information related to the advertisement 10b includes, for example, a website that describes in detail the products and the like promoted by the advertisement 10b, a purchase site for the products and the like promoted by the advertisement 10b, and the like. In the case of such a configuration, the user terminal 20 can not only receive the provision of the advice from the server device 10 but also perform an action according to the provided advice. For example, a product recommended by the advice can be purchased.

(Embodiment 2)
An information providing system used by a user who has registered in advance will be described. Each device of the information providing system according to the present embodiment has the same configuration as each device according to the first embodiment, and a detailed description of the same configuration will be omitted. The server device 10 of the present embodiment stores a user information database (hereinafter, referred to as a user information DB) in which user information of a user who has registered as a user to use the information providing system is stored in the storage unit 12. .

  FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of the user information DB. In the user information DB, the user ID of the registered user, a password for user authentication, personal information such as the user's name, address, telephone number, and mail address, biometric data on the user's physical condition, The advice history provided by the server device 10 is stored in association with the advice history. The user ID is identification information assigned to each user in advance, and the password and personal information are information specified by the user at the time of user registration. The biometric data is biometric data acquired from the user terminal 20 by the server device 10 after the user registration. The biometric data stored in the user information DB is the latest data, and the server device 10 updates the biometric data stored in the user information DB to the received biometric data each time the biometric data is received from the user terminal 20. I do. The advice history includes, for the advice information provided by the server device 10 to the user terminal 20, the provided date and time and the advice ID. Instead of storing the history of the provided advice information, only the date and time and the advice ID of the most recently provided advice information may be stored. The user information DB may be stored in an external storage device or the like connected to the server device 10, or may be stored in another storage device connected to the server device 10 via the network N.

  Next, an advice providing process in the information providing system of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a part of the procedure of the advice providing process in the information providing system. The processing illustrated in FIG. 13 is obtained by adding the processing of steps S41 to S52 to the processing of the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11 before the processing of step S21. 13, illustration of steps S23 to S29 in FIG. 11 is omitted.

  In the information providing system of the present embodiment, when the advice request application 22a stored in the storage unit 22 is activated, the control unit 21 of the user terminal 20 displays a login screen for using the information providing system by the server device 10. It is displayed on the display unit 24 (S41). The login screen has input fields for a user ID and a password, and the user inputs the user ID and the password to the login screen via the input unit 25. The control unit 21 receives the user ID and the password via the input unit 25, and transmits the received user ID and password to the server device 10 (S42). As a result, the user terminal 20 requests permission to use the information providing system by the server device 10.

  The control unit 11 of the server device 10 receives the user ID and the password transmitted by the user terminal 20, and performs authentication based on the received user ID and password (S43). Here, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the received user ID and password are stored in the user information DB. If the user ID and the password are stored, the control unit 11 determines that the user ID and the password have been authenticated and permits the use of the information providing system. If not, the user is not authenticated and the use of the information providing system is not permitted. The control unit 11 determines whether or not the authentication has been successful (S44), and if it is determined that the authentication is not possible (S44: NO), transmits error information indicating that the information providing system cannot be used to the user terminal 20 (S45). ). The control unit 21 of the user terminal 20 receives the error information transmitted by the server device 10, and displays the received error information on the display unit 24 (S46). As a result, use by a user who is not permitted to use the information providing system can be avoided.

  When it is determined that the authentication has been successful (S44: YES), the control unit 11 generates an evaluation screen for accepting the evaluation of the advice information provided to the user terminal 20 (user) last time and transmits the evaluation screen to the user terminal 20 (S47). ). Specifically, the control unit 11 reads out the advice ID corresponding to the latest date and time from the advice history stored in the user information DB in association with the user ID of the authenticated user. Then, the control unit 11 reads the advice information corresponding to the read advice ID from the advice DB 12c, displays the read advice information, and generates an evaluation screen for receiving an evaluation as to whether the displayed advice information is useful information. I do. FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an evaluation screen. The evaluation screen shown in FIG. 14 displays the advice information provided by the server device 10 to the user terminal 20, and is provided with a radio button for selecting one piece of advice information that was helpful from among the displayed advice information.

  The control unit 21 of the user terminal 20 receives the evaluation screen transmitted by the server device 10 and displays an evaluation screen as shown in FIG. 14 on the display unit 24 (S48). The user of the user terminal 20 uses the radio buttons to select, from among the pieces of advice information displayed on the evaluation screen, pieces of advice information that are helpful, useful, and effective. The control unit 21 receives an evaluation of the advice information provided last time via the evaluation screen, and transmits the received evaluation to the server device 10 (S49). Specifically, the control unit 21 receives a selection of advice information considered to be helpful to the user by a radio button provided on the evaluation screen, and performs an evaluation indicating that the selected advice information is valid information. The information is transmitted to the server device 10. Thereby, the advice information that is optimal for the user is selected from the plurality of pieces of advice information provided from the server device 10 last time, and is notified to the server device 10.

  The control unit (evaluation acquisition unit) 11 of the server device 10 acquires the evaluation information transmitted by the user terminal 20, and re-learns the advice discriminator 12b based on the acquired evaluation information (S50). Specifically, the control unit (re-learning unit) 11 reads the biometric data of the user from the user information DB, and indicates that the biometric data is valid information based on the read biometric data and the evaluation information received from the user terminal 20. The advice discriminator 12b is re-learned based on the obtained advice information. The control unit 11 inputs each data included in the read biometric data to each of the input nodes in the input layer of the advice discriminator 12b, and outputs the data corresponding to the advice information determined to be valid in the output layer. The advice discriminator 12b is trained so that the output value of the node approaches 1.0 and the output values of the other output nodes approach 0.

  Thus, the user can evaluate whether the advice information provided to the user terminal 20 by the processing by the advice discriminator 12b is valid. Further, by re-learning the advice discriminator 12b based on the evaluation by the user, the evaluation of the user is reflected, and the advice discriminator 12b capable of more appropriately determining the advice information is obtained. The server device 10 accumulates the evaluation information sequentially transmitted from the plurality of user terminals 20 together with the biometric data, and re-starts the advice discriminator 12b at a predetermined timing based on the accumulated biometric data and the evaluation information. A configuration for performing learning may be used. Alternatively, the stored biometric data and evaluation information may be transmitted to the learning device 30 and the learning device 30 may re-learn the advice discriminator.

  Thereafter, the control unit 11 of the server device 10 reads the biometric data of the user from the user information DB and transmits the biometric data to the user terminal 20 (S51). That is, the biometric data transmitted from the user terminal 20 to the server device 10 in the previous advice providing process is transmitted to the user terminal 20. The control unit 21 of the user terminal 20 receives the previous biometric data transmitted by the server device 10 (S52), and receives input of various data relating to the state of the user's body as in step S21 in FIG. The screen is displayed on the display unit 24 (S21). Here, the control unit 21 displays each information included in the biometric data received from the server device 10 on the display unit 24 in a state where the information is displayed in a corresponding input box on the input screen. And the control part 21 performs the process after step S22 in FIG. Thus, in the second and subsequent processes, the input of the previously input biometric data can be omitted, and the burden of the input operation of the user can be reduced. The input screen is configured so that information that has been input can be updated via the input unit 25, and data that has been changed from the previous time can be changed via the input unit 25. Therefore, in step S22, the control unit 21 receives the biometric data including the newly input data and the updated data via the input screen.

  In the present embodiment, effects similar to those of the first embodiment can be obtained. In the present embodiment, by registering the user, the history of the advice information provided by the server device 10 to the user (the user terminal 20) can be accumulated. Therefore, the server device 10 may specify the advice information to be provided to the user in consideration of not only the biometric data acquired from the user terminal 20 but also the advice information provided in the past. Further, in the present embodiment, when the user terminal 20 requests the server device 10 to provide advice, it is possible to receive the user's evaluation on the advice information provided by the server device 10 last time. Therefore, the advice discriminator 12b can be re-learned based on the evaluation of whether the advice information specified using the advice discriminator 12b is valid. By using such an advice discriminator 12b, more appropriate advice information can be specified.

  In addition, by receiving the user's evaluation of the advice information provided by the server device 10, the evaluation of the biometric data and the advice information can be provided to a medical institution, a pharmaceutical company, a supplement maker, a medical device maker, and the like. For example, when the advice information provided to the user includes information on over-the-counter medicines, the advice information, the biometric data of the user, and the evaluation of the advice information are provided to a pharmaceutical company that manufactures or sells the over-the-counter medicine. (Feedback). In a medical institution, a pharmaceutical company, a supplement maker, a medical device maker, and the like, by obtaining such information, the information can be used to improve treatment contents, medication contents, supplement intake contents, medical devices, and the like.

  In this embodiment, the personal information of the user stored in the user information DB may include, for example, information of a medical institution and / or a doctor. When the specified advice information is, for example, information on consultation of a medical institution, the server device 10 provides the user (the user terminal 20) with the advice information and notifies the user of the medical institution and / or the doctor. The user may be notified that there is a high possibility that a medical institution is required to be consulted. At this time, when permission from the user has been obtained, notification may be made to the medical institution and / or doctor. By notifying the medical institution and / or the doctor in this way, the medical institution and / or the doctor can contact the user, inquire about the state of the user, and recommend the user to consult the medical institution. Therefore, even if the user is reluctant to consult a medical institution, the possibility of consulting a medical institution increases.

  In this embodiment, not only the user who has registered the user but also the user who has not registered the user may be configured to use the information providing system. In this case, the advice information is provided from the server device 10 to the user terminal 20 to the user who has not been registered as a user in the same process as in the first embodiment. Further, advice information to be provided may be different between a user who has registered as a user and a user who has not registered as a user. For example, only one piece of advice information specified by the advice discriminator 12b is provided to a user who is not registered, and a plurality of pieces of advice information specified by the advice discriminator 12b are provided to a user who is registered. May be provided. In addition, the user who has registered as a user may be provided with advertisement information related to the advice information added to the advice information. Furthermore, for example, the exercise-related advice is provided only to the user who has registered the user. It may be different.

(Embodiment 3)
An information providing system for specifying advice using a different advice discriminator 12b for each user attribute will be described. Each device of the information providing system of the present embodiment has the same configuration as each device of the first embodiment. The server device 10 according to the first and second embodiments specifies the advice information corresponding to the biometric data acquired from the user terminal 20 using one advice discriminator 12b. That is, the server devices 10 of the first and second embodiments input all the biometric data acquired from the user terminal 20 to one advice discriminator 12b, and specify the advice information corresponding to a plurality of pieces of information included in the biometric data. Was. The server device 10 of the present embodiment extracts the attributes (age and gender) of the user from the biometric data acquired from the user terminal 20, and uses the advice discriminator 12b corresponding to the extracted attributes to extract the attributes included in the biometric data. Specify advice information corresponding to information other than. That is, the server device 10 of the present embodiment inputs information other than the attribute to the advice discriminator 12b corresponding to the attribute of the user, and specifies the advice information corresponding to the information other than the attribute. Therefore, the storage unit 12 of the server device 10 of the present embodiment stores a plurality of advice discriminators 12b corresponding to the attributes (age and gender) of the user.

  The advice providing process in the information providing system of the present embodiment is the same as the process shown in FIG. In the information providing system of the present embodiment, in step S25 in FIG. 11, the control unit 11 of the server device 10 extracts a user attribute from the biometric data acquired from the user terminal 20, and corresponds to the extracted attribute. Using the advice discriminator 12b, advice information corresponding to information other than the attributes included in the biometric data is specified. Other processes are the same as the processes described in the first embodiment.

  In this embodiment, the same effects as those of the first and second embodiments can be obtained. Further, in the present embodiment, since a different advice discriminator 12b is used for each attribute of the user, the advice discriminator 12b can be learned for each attribute. Therefore, the advice discriminator 12b corresponding to each attribute can be generated, and the advice discriminator 12b suitable for the attribute can be used.

(Embodiment 4)
An information providing system that specifies advice using a plurality of advice discriminators 12b according to information included in the biometric data of the user or the type of information will be described. Each device of the information providing system according to the present embodiment has the same configuration as each device according to the first embodiment, and a detailed description of the same configuration will be omitted. The server device 10 of the present embodiment specifies the advice information by using a plurality of pieces of advice discriminators 12b corresponding to the information or the type of information included in the biometric data acquired from the user terminal 20. Therefore, the storage unit 12 of the server device 10 of the present embodiment stores a plurality of advice discriminators 12b (in FIG. 15, the first advice discriminator 12ba and the second advice discriminator 12ba in accordance with the type of information included in the biometric data). The advice discriminator 12bb) is stored. Further, the storage unit 12 stores a plurality of advice DBs 12c (first advice DB 12ca and second advice DB 12cb in FIG. 15) in which pieces of advice information that can be determined by the respective advice determiners 12b are registered.

  FIG. 15 is a block diagram illustrating functions realized by the control unit 11 of the server device 10 according to the fourth embodiment. When executing the advice providing program 12 a stored in the storage unit 12, the control unit 11 of the server device 10 of the present embodiment, when executing the biometric data obtaining unit 101, the advice specifying unit 102, the provided information generating unit 103, and the output unit 104 Implement each function. Some of these functions may be realized by a dedicated hardware circuit. The biometric data acquisition unit 101 and the output unit 104 perform the same processing as each function of the first embodiment illustrated in FIG.

  The advice specifying unit 102 according to the present embodiment includes a first advice specifying unit 102a and a second advice specifying unit 102b. The advice specifying unit 102 according to the present embodiment classifies information included in the biometric data acquired by the biometric data acquiring unit 101 into image data (captured image) captured by an imaging device such as an X-ray, and other information. The advice information is identified using a different advice discriminator 12b for each piece of information. For example, the first advice discriminator 12ba is the advice discriminator 12b according to the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3, and the first advice specifying unit 102a is different from the captured image included in the biometric data acquired by the biometric data acquisition unit 101. The advice information corresponding to this information is specified by the first advice discriminator 12ba based on the above information.

  The second advice discriminator 12bb is, for example, a convolutional neural network model (CNN) constructed by a deep learning process. It is determined (determined) which of the pieces of advice information is. Although not shown, the second advice discriminator 12bb includes an input layer, an intermediate layer, and an output layer, and the intermediate layer includes a convolution layer, a pooling layer, and a fully connected layer. When the captured image included in the biometric data is given to the input layer of the learned second advice discriminator 12bb, it is input to the intermediate layer via each input node of the input layer. From the captured image input to the intermediate layer, an image feature amount is extracted by a filtering process or the like in the convolutional layer, a feature map is generated, and the feature map is compressed by the pooling layer to reduce the information amount. The convolutional layer and the pooling layer are repeatedly provided in a plurality of layers, and the feature map generated by the plurality of convolutional layers and the pooling layer is input to the fully connected layer. A plurality of fully connected layers are provided, and based on the input feature map, the output values of the nodes of each layer are calculated using weighting coefficients and functions between the layers, and the calculated output values are sequentially calculated for the subsequent layers. Fill in the node. The fully connected layer finally supplies each output value to each output node of the output layer by sequentially inputting the output value of the node of each layer to the node of the subsequent layer. An output value from each output node of the output layer indicates a determination probability for each of a plurality of types of advice. The second advice specifying unit 102b specifies the advice information corresponding to the captured image by the second advice discriminator 12bb based on the captured image included in the biological data acquired by the biological data acquiring unit 101.

  The advice specifying unit 102 of the present embodiment should provide, for example, the advice information output from the first advice discriminator 12ba with the largest discrimination probability and the advice information output from the second advice discriminator 12bb with the largest discrimination probability. Identify the advice. The provision information generation unit 103 of the present embodiment provides the user with the advice information specified by using the first advice discriminator 12ba and the advice information specified by using the second advice discriminator 12bb. Generate information. For example, the provided information generation unit 103 generates display information for displaying the specified advice information. Note that the provided information generation unit 103 converts the advice information specified by using the first advice discriminator 12ba and the advice information specified by using the second advice discriminator 12bb into the first advice discriminator 12ba and the first advice discriminator 12ba. Provided information that is provided in the descending order of the probability of discrimination output from the two advice discriminator 12bb may be generated.

  The advice providing process in the information providing system of the present embodiment is the same as the process shown in FIG. In the information providing system of the present embodiment, in step S25 in FIG. 11, the control unit 11 of the server device 10 converts the information included in the biometric data acquired from the user terminal 20 into a captured image (image data) Classify into other information. Then, the control unit 11 specifies the advice information corresponding to information other than the captured image using the first advice discriminator 12ba, and specifies the advice information corresponding to the captured image using the second advice discriminator 12bb. Therefore, the control unit 11 specifies the advice information to be provided to the user based on the advice information specified using the first advice discriminator 12ba and the advice information specified using the second advice discriminator 12bb. . Other processes are the same as the processes described in the first embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, the same effects as those of the first to third embodiments can be obtained. In the present embodiment, since different advice discriminators 12ba and 12bb are used according to information included in the biometric data of the user, the advice discriminators 12ba and 12bb can be learned for each type of information. Therefore, it is possible to generate the advice discriminators 12ba and 12bb corresponding to each information, and to use the advice discriminators 12ba and 12bb suitable for each information.

  In the present embodiment, the advice specifying unit 102 is not limited to the configuration in which the advice information is specified using the two advice discriminators 12ba and 12bb, but may be a configuration in which three or more advice discriminators are used. Further, the second advice discriminator 12bb is not limited to the convolutional neural network model, and can use a learning model constructed by another machine learning algorithm. The configuration of this embodiment can be applied to the second and third embodiments, and the same effects can be obtained even when applied to the second and third embodiments.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the teacher data used in the learning process of the advice discriminators 32b and 12b may be teacher data including human biometric data and advice information appropriate for each biometric data. The learning device 30 or the server device 10 stores such teacher data in, for example, a server device (medical institution terminal) managed by a medical institution, a server device managed by a pharmaceutical company or a pharmaceutical manufacturer, a server device managed by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, etc. May be obtained from. Therefore, for example, the control unit 31 of the learning device 30 may acquire teacher data from a server device such as a medical institution and perform the learning process of the advice discriminator 32b based on the acquired teacher data. Further, the control unit 11 of the server device 10 may acquire teacher data from a server device such as a medical institution, and perform learning processing of the advice discriminator 12b based on the acquired teacher data. Further, teacher data can be generated by acquiring various data from a database of academic papers, research papers, and the like.

(Embodiment 5)
An information providing system that uses a medical institution discriminating model that specifies advice on a medical institution based on a user's biometric data and a treatment discriminating model that specifies advice on treatment such as treatment or medication based on a user's biometric data will be described. . FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information providing system according to the fifth embodiment. The information providing system of the present embodiment includes a medical institution server 40 managed by a medical institution, in addition to the server device 10 and the user terminal 20, and the medical institution server 40 can be connected to the network N. Since the server device 10 and the user terminal 20 have the same configuration as each device of the first embodiment, detailed description of the same configuration will be omitted. The medical institution server 40 may be provided for each medical institution, and a plurality of medical institution servers 40 in each medical institution may be provided, or a plurality of virtual machines provided in one device. And may be realized using a cloud server.

  FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the server device 10 according to the fifth embodiment. The storage unit 12 of the server device 10 of the present embodiment stores a medical institution discriminating model 12d, a medical institution DB 12e, a treatment discriminating model 12f, and a treatment DB 12g instead of the advice discriminator 12b and the advice DB 12c. The medical institution discrimination model 12d and the treatment discrimination model 12f have the same configuration as that of the advice discriminator 12b as shown in FIG. is there. The medical institution discriminating model (first learning model) 12d specifies a medical institution to propose a consultation to the user based on the input data when data related to the physical condition of the user is input. This is a learned model that has been learned. Each output node of the medical institution discrimination model 12d outputs the discrimination probability for each medical institution stored in the medical institution DB 12e. Note that the medical institution determined by the medical institution determination model 12d may include a medical helicopter (doctor helicopter).

  The medical institution discrimination model 12d includes, for example, teacher data (first data) in which a set of biometric data related to the state of a human body and information (correct answer label) of a medical institution that is appropriate for each biometric data is set. Learning using teacher data). Note that one piece of biometric data includes various types of information regarding the state of one person's body. When the biometric data included in the teacher data is input, the medical institution determination model 12d approaches the output value from the output node corresponding to the medical institution indicated by the correct answer label included in the teacher data to 1.0, and the other values. Learning is performed so that the output value from the output node approaches 0. The medical institution determination model 12d optimizes, for example, data such as weighting coefficients and functions for connecting nodes of each layer of the intermediate layer by a learning algorithm. As a result, a medical institution discrimination model 12d that has been learned to output information on the medical institution that is optimal for the user based on the user's biometric data is obtained. The learning (re-learning) process of the medical institution determination model 12d may be performed by the server device 10, the learning device 30 described in the first embodiment, or another device.

  The treatment discrimination model (second learning model) 12f learns, when data related to the physical condition of the user is input, based on the input data, to specify a treatment considered necessary for the user. This is a learned model. Each output node of the treatment discrimination model 12f outputs the discrimination probability for each treatment stored in the treatment DB 12g. The treatment determination model 12f is sent to the medical institution server 40 and used in the medical institution as described later. Therefore, the treatment specified by the treatment discrimination model 12f is proposed as a necessary treatment for the user, for example, to the attending physician of the user.

  The treatment discrimination model 12f includes, for example, teacher data (second teacher data) in which a set of biometric data related to the state of the human body and information (correct label) of treatment appropriate for each biometric data is set. ) To learn. Note that one piece of biometric data includes various types of information regarding the state of one person's body. When the biometric data included in the teacher data is input, the treatment discrimination model 12f approaches the output value from the output node corresponding to the treatment indicated by the correct answer label included in the teacher data to 1.0, and the other output nodes Is learned so that the output value from becomes closer to 0. The treatment discrimination model 12f optimizes, for example, data such as weighting coefficients and functions for connecting nodes of each layer of the intermediate layer by a learning algorithm. As a result, a treatment discrimination model 12f that is learned to output information on a treatment optimal for the user based on the user's biological data is obtained. The learning (re-learning) process of the treatment determination model 12f may be performed by the server device 10, may be performed by the learning device 30 described in the first embodiment, or may be performed by another device.

  FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of the medical institution DB 12e and the treatment DB 12g. In the medical institution DB 12e, information on the same number of medical institutions as the number of output nodes of the medical institution identification model 12d is registered in association with the medical institution ID, which is identification information assigned to the information on each medical institution. . The information on the medical institution is information on the medical institution specified by the medical institution discrimination model 12d based on the input data, and includes a medical institution name, a medical department name, a doctor name, and the like. In the treatment DB 12g, information on the same number of treatments as the number of output nodes of the treatment discrimination model 12f is registered in association with a treatment ID which is identification information assigned to each treatment information. The treatment information is treatment information specified by the treatment discrimination model 12f based on the input data, and includes a diagnosis result based on the biological data, examination contents to be performed, medication contents, operation contents, and examination contents to be performed at another medical institution. And information on various treatments such as the contents of surgery to be performed in another medical institution, the contents of genome analysis, and the contents of treatment using iPS cells.

  Next, a function realized by the control unit 11 in the server device 10 of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 19 is a block diagram illustrating functions realized by the control unit 11 of the server device 10 according to the fifth embodiment. When executing the advice providing program 12a, the control unit 11 of the server device 10 of the present embodiment realizes the functions of the biometric data acquisition unit 101, the medical institution identification unit 105, the provided information generation unit 103, and the output unit 104. That is, the server device 10 of the present embodiment realizes the function of the medical institution specifying unit 105 instead of the advice specifying unit 102 in each function realized by the server device 10 of the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. Note that the biometric data acquisition unit 101 and the output unit 104 perform the same processing as in the first embodiment.

  Based on the biometric data acquired by the biometric data acquisition unit 101, the medical institution identification unit (first identification unit) 105 identifies a medical institution appropriate for the state of the user's body indicated by the biometric data. It is specified (determined) using 12d. Specifically, the medical institution identification unit 105 inputs each of the biometric data acquired by the biometric data acquisition unit 101 to each input node of the input layer of the medical institution identification model 12d, and outputs the input layer of the medical institution identification model 12d. Get the output value from each output node. The output value from each output node of the medical institution determination model 12d is the determination probability for each of the medical institution information registered in the medical institution DB 12e. The medical institution identifying unit 105 identifies information on the medical institution to be provided to the user based on the determination result (determination probability) by the medical institution identification model 12d. The medical institution specifying unit 105 specifies, for example, the medical institution having the highest determination probability output from the medical institution determination model 12d as the output target medical institution to be provided. The medical institution identification unit 105 acquires the medical institution ID corresponding to the output node having the highest determination probability (output value).

  The provision information generation unit 103 generates provision information for providing the user with the information on the medical institution identified by the medical institution identification unit 105 using the user terminal 20. Specifically, the provided information generation unit 103 reads information of the medical institution corresponding to the medical institution ID specified by the medical institution identification unit 105 from the medical institution DB 12e, and display information for displaying the read information of the medical institution. Generate FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a screen. The advice screen shown in FIG. 20 displays information on the medical institution specified by the medical institution specifying unit 105. Note that the advice screen displays the name of a recommended medical institution, the name of a medical department, the name of a doctor in charge, and the like, and may provide, for example, a link to the displayed homepage of the medical institution. The advice screen may display a map of the area around the recommended medical institution, an outpatient medical table of the doctor in charge, or the like.

  Note that the medical institution identification unit 105 may acquire medical institution IDs corresponding to a plurality of output nodes in descending order of the output value from the medical institution identification model 12d. In this case, the provided information generation unit 103 Display information for displaying information of a medical institution may be generated. The output unit 104 transmits the display information generated by the provided information generation unit 103 from the communication unit 13 to the user terminal 20, and the user terminal 20 displays a screen as shown in FIG. 20 based on the received display information. Thereby, the medical institution to be consulted can be proposed to the user according to the physical condition of the user.

  In the present embodiment, not only the user's biometric data but also the user's address or area information (location information) such as a place where he or she can visit a hospital can be input to the medical institution determination model 12d. Based on this, the medical institution to be provided to the user may be determined. Specifically, the medical institution discrimination model 12d is configured such that not only the biometric data but also the regional information is input, and based on the input biometric data and the regional information, information indicating the medical institution to be examined is output. You may. In this case, it is possible to specify a medical institution in consideration of not only the symptoms based on the user's biometric data but also the address of the user and the like, so that a medical institution to which the user can easily go to hospital can be introduced. Further, a medical institution identification model 12d may be provided for each region or region. In this case, the medical institution identifying unit 105 identifies the medical institution identification model 12d corresponding to the user's regional information acquired from the user terminal 20, for example, and inputs the user's biometric data to the identified medical institution identification model 12d. Thereby, the medical institution corresponding to the user's area can be specified. When the medical institution identified by the medical institution identification model 12d is configured to include a medical helicopter, the medical helicopter is provided as a medical institution to be provided to the user according to the user's symptoms and the area where the user lives. It can be specified and provided to the user. This makes it possible to propose a medical examination by a medical helicopter even when the user's symptoms require urgency or when there is no medical institution near the user. The server device 10 may be configured to make a request to dispatch a medical helicopter according to a request from a user.

  In the information providing system according to the present embodiment, the server device 10 provides the treatment discrimination model 12f and the treatment DB 12g to the medical institution server 40 as needed. The providing method may be, for example, via the network N, or a method using a portable storage medium such as a USB memory or a CD-R. The server device 10 may provide the treatment discrimination model 12f and the treatment DB 12g to the medical institution server 40 of the medical institution (first medical institution) that has proposed the consultation to the user by specifying the medical institution specifying unit 105, for example. Further, when the user receives the first medical institution and obtains a letter of introduction from a doctor at the first medical institution to a medical institution (second medical institution) near the user's home, for example, which is easy to go to the hospital, a treatment determination model 12f and the treatment DB 12g may be provided to the medical institution server 40 of the second medical institution. At this time, the treatment determination model 12f and the treatment DB 12g may be provided from the server device 10 to the medical institution server 40 of the second medical institution, or may be provided from the medical institution server 40 of the first medical institution to the medical institution of the second medical institution. It may be provided to the server 40. When the server device 10 provides the treatment determination model 12f and the treatment DB 12g, the control unit 11 of the server device 10 functions as a model output unit that outputs the treatment determination model 12f to the medical institution server 40 of the second medical institution. . For example, when the treatment determination model 12f is provided for a fee, the period during which the medical institution server 40 can use the treatment determination model 42b may be limited, and after the use period has elapsed, the treatment determination model 42b is stored in the storage unit 42. 42b and the treatment DB 42c may be automatically deleted. Further, the number of times the medical institution server 40 of the second medical institution can use the treatment determination model 42b may be limited.

  FIG. 21 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the medical institution server 40. The medical institution server 40 has the same configuration as the server device 10, and further includes a display unit 44 and an input unit 45. The detailed description of the same configuration is omitted. The storage unit 42 of the medical institution server 40 stores an advice providing program 42a, a treatment determination model 42b, and a treatment DB 42c. The advice providing program 42a, the treatment determining model 42b, and the treatment DB 42c are the same as the advice providing program 12a, the treatment determining model 12f, and the treatment DB 12g stored in the storage unit 12 of the server device 10. Note that the advice providing program 42a stored in the medical institution server 40 may be a program for executing a process of providing a treatment specified using the treatment determination model 42b.

  The display unit 44 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, or the like, and displays various types of information according to an instruction from the control unit 41. The input unit 45 receives an operation input by the user and sends a control signal corresponding to the operation content to the control unit 41. The display unit 44 and the input unit 45 may be an integrated touch panel.

  FIG. 22 is a block diagram illustrating functions realized by the control unit 41 of the medical institution server 40. When executing the advice providing program 42a, the control unit 41 of the medical institution server 40 realizes the functions of the biometric data acquiring unit 401, the treatment specifying unit 402, the provided information generating unit 403, and the output unit 404. The biometric data acquisition unit 401 displays an input screen for inputting biometric data relating to the state of the body of the user (patient) on the display unit 44 as shown in FIG. To acquire the biometric data of the user input. Note that the biometric data acquisition unit 401 may acquire various types of biometric data from an electronic medical record used in a medical institution.

  Based on the biometric data acquired by the biometric data acquisition unit 401, the treatment identification unit (second identification unit) 402 performs an appropriate treatment for the physical condition of the user (patient) indicated by the biometric data, It is specified (determined) by using 42b. Specifically, the treatment specifying unit 402 inputs each of the biometric data acquired by the biometric data acquiring unit 401 to each of the input nodes of the input layer of the treatment discriminating model 42b, and outputs the data from each of the output nodes of the treatment discriminating model 42b. Get output value. The output value from each output node of the treatment discrimination model 42b is a discrimination probability for each of the treatment information registered in the treatment DB 42c. The treatment specifying unit 402 specifies information of a treatment to be provided to a user (here, a doctor or the like) based on a determination result (discrimination probability) by the treatment determination model 42b. The treatment specifying unit 402 specifies, for example, the treatment with the largest discrimination probability output by the treatment discrimination model 42b as the treatment to be provided as the output target. Note that the treatment specifying unit 402 acquires the treatment ID corresponding to the output node having the largest determination probability (output value).

  The provided information generating unit 403 generates provided information for displaying and providing information on the treatment specified by the treatment specifying unit 402 on the display unit 44. Specifically, the provided information generation unit 403 reads out the information of the treatment corresponding to the treatment ID specified by the treatment specifying unit 402 from the treatment DB 42c, and generates display information for displaying the read information of the treatment. The output unit 404 displays a screen as shown in FIG. 23 on the display unit 44 based on the display information generated by the provided information generation unit 403. FIG. 23 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a screen. The advice screen shown in FIG. 23 displays information of the treatment specified by the treatment specifying unit 402, and a “valid” button for evaluating whether the proposed treatment (advice) is valid (suitable) and Has an "invalid" button. Further, the advice screen has an input field for inputting a treatment content that is considered appropriate when a doctor or the like judges that it is not appropriate, and a transmission button for transmitting the input information to, for example, the server device 10. . With such a screen, a treatment to be performed according to the physical condition of the user (patient) can be proposed to a doctor or the like using the medical institution server 40.

  Note that the treatment identification unit 402 may acquire treatment IDs corresponding to a plurality of output nodes in descending order of the output value from the treatment discrimination model 42b. In this case, the provided information generation unit 403 May be generated. In this case, the advice screen based on the display information may have a selection button for selecting an optimal treatment from the displayed treatments. In the advice screen illustrated in FIG. 23, when the “valid” button is operated and the send button is operated, the medical institution server 40 determines the biometric data of the patient acquired by the biometric data acquisition unit 401 and the treatment identification unit 402 Collectively transmits the information of the specified treatment and the information indicating that this treatment is appropriate to the server device 10. Thereby, the server device 10 converts the biometric data of the patient, the information of the treatment specified by the medical institution server 40 using the treatment discrimination model 42b based on the biometric data, and the evaluation information indicating whether or not the treatment is appropriate. It functions as a teacher data acquisition unit that acquires teacher data including the teacher data.

  On the advice screen, when the “invalid” button is operated and an input is made in the input field and the send button is operated, the medical institution server 40 transmits the patient's biometric data acquired by the biometric data acquisition unit 401. Then, the information of the treatment identified by the treatment identifying unit 402, the information indicating that the treatment is not appropriate, and the information of the treatment input in the input box are transmitted to the server device 10 together. As a result, the control unit (information acquisition unit) 11 of the server device 10 provides information on the treatment performed at the medical institution (first medical institution) that has identified the user and proposed consultation using, for example, the medical institution discrimination model 12d. Can be obtained together with the patient's biological data. Note that the medical institution server 40 may transmit various information to the server device 10 only when an “inappropriate” button is operated. In addition, the evaluation of the advice (treatment) suggested by the advice screen may be performed after the patient has been followed up for a predetermined period.

  When the server device 10 acquires the above-described teacher data and information on the treatment performed at the first medical institution from the medical institution server 40, the server device 10 re-learns the treatment discrimination model 12f based on the acquired information. be able to. When acquiring the above-described teacher data, the control unit 11 of the server device 10 may include, when the evaluation information included in the teacher data is information indicating that the treatment is appropriate, the biometric data of the patient and the biometric data Based on the information on the treatment specified by the medical institution server 40, the treatment discrimination model 12f is re-learned. Note that the control unit 11 inputs each data included in the biological data to the input node of the treatment determination model 12f, and the output value of the output node corresponding to the treatment specified by the medical institution server 40 is output in the output layer. The treatment discriminating model 12f is trained such that the output values of the other output nodes approach 1.0 and the output values of the other output nodes approach 0. Further, when the information regarding the treatment performed at the first medical institution is acquired from the medical institution server 40, the control unit 11 of the server device 10 is configured based on the acquired information regarding the treatment and the biological data of the patient at this time. The treatment determination model 12f is re-learned. Here, the control unit 11 inputs each data included in the biometric data to the input node of the treatment discrimination model 12f, and in the output layer, outputs the output value of the output node corresponding to the treatment performed at the first medical institution. The treatment discriminating model 12f is trained such that the output values of the other output nodes approach 1.0 and the output values of the other output nodes approach 0.

  Thereby, the user at the medical institution such as a doctor can evaluate whether the advice information on the treatment provided by the processing by the treatment discriminating model 42b in the medical institution server 40 is valid. Further, by re-learning the treatment discrimination model 12f based on the evaluation of the advice information, the evaluation of the doctor or the like is reflected, and the treatment discrimination model 12f capable of more appropriately discriminating the advice information is obtained. The server device 10 accumulates evaluation information sequentially transmitted from the plurality of medical institution servers 40 together with the biometric data, and at a predetermined timing, based on the accumulated biometric data and the evaluation information, stores the evaluation information of the treatment discrimination model 12f. Re-learning may be used. Re-learning of the treatment determination model 12f may be performed by the server device 10, may be performed by the learning device 30 described in the first embodiment, or may be performed by another learning device.

  Next, a process of providing advice regarding a medical institution by the server device 10 in the information providing system of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of the advice providing process performed by the server device 10. The processing shown in FIG. 24 is obtained by adding step S61 instead of step S25 to the processing shown in FIG. Therefore, the description of the same steps as those in FIG. 11 will be omitted. When acquiring the biometric data from the user terminal 20 (S24), the control unit 11 of the server device 10 according to the present embodiment, based on the acquired biometric data, determines a medical institution suitable for the physical condition of the user indicated by the biometric data. , Using the medical institution identification model 12d (S61). And the control part 11 produces | generates the provision information for providing the user with the advice which proposes consultation of a medical institution based on the specific result (determination result) by the medical institution determination model 12d (S26).

  Through the above-described processing, the server device 10 of the present embodiment can provide the user terminal 20 with an advice screen as shown in FIG. be able to. Therefore, the user can receive an appropriate medical institution at an early stage, can detect a disease or an injury at an early stage, and can be moved between medical institutions or between medical departments at the medical institution where the medical examination has been performed. Can be suppressed.

  Next, the advice providing process regarding the treatment by the medical institution server 40 in the information providing system of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 25 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of the advice providing process by the medical institution server 40. 25, processing performed by the control unit 41 of the medical institution server 40 is shown on the left side, and processing performed by the control unit 11 of the server device 10 is shown on the right side.

  In the information providing system according to the present embodiment, when the medical institution server 40 wants to provide advice on treatment content, a user in a medical institution such as a doctor instructs the medical institution server 40 to start the advice providing program 42a. . The control unit 41 of the medical institution server 40 activates the advice providing program 42a stored in the storage unit 42, and displays, for example, an input screen as shown in FIG. 6 on the display unit 44 (S71). The input screen is a screen for accepting input of various data relating to the state of the user's body, and the control unit 41 accepts biological data including various data via the input screen (S72). The control unit 41 specifies a treatment suitable for the state of the user's body indicated by the biometric data using the treatment discrimination model 42b based on the biometric data received via the input screen (S73). The control unit 41 generates provision information for providing advice on the treatment to the user of the medical institution based on the specified result (determination result) by the treatment determination model 42b (S74). The control unit 41 displays an advice screen as shown in FIG. 23 on the display unit 44 based on the generated provision information (S75). As a result, advice on the treatment specified based on the patient's biological data is notified to the doctor or the like.

  In the medical institution server 40 of the present embodiment, the control unit 41 receives an evaluation for the advice content (treatment content) on the displayed advice screen, and inputs evaluation information indicating whether the advice content is appropriate. It is received via the unit 45 (S76). The control unit 41 transmits the received evaluation information to the server device 10 via the network N together with the biological data received in step S72 and the information on the treatment specified in step S73 (S77). Note that, when receiving an evaluation that the advice content is not appropriate, the control unit 41 also transmits to the server device 10 the content of the treatment input in the input field of the advice screen.

  The control unit 11 of the server device 10 receives the evaluation information transmitted from the medical institution server 40 (S78). The control unit 11 receives the patient's biological data and information on the treatment specified based on the biological data, together with the evaluation information. Then, the control unit 11 re-learns the treatment determination model 12f using the received information (S79). For example, the control unit 11 includes a teacher including biometric data of the patient, information on the treatment specified by the medical institution server 40 using the treatment discrimination model 42b based on the biometric data, and evaluation information indicating whether or not the treatment is appropriate. Re-learning of the treatment determination model 12f can be performed based on the data. In addition, the control unit 11 performs a treatment based on the information on the treatment performed at the medical institution (first medical institution) that has specified the consultation to the user by using the medical institution discrimination model 12d and the biological data of the patient. Re-learning of the discrimination model 12f can also be performed.

  In the present embodiment, an optimal medical institution can be proposed by comprehensively judging the user's biological data, and an optimal treatment content can be proposed. Therefore, a medical institution to be consulted can be proposed to the user of the user terminal 20, and specific treatment contents can be proposed to a user such as a doctor of the medical institution. Thereby, the user of the user terminal 20 can receive an appropriate medical institution, can reduce the burden on the user, and can suppress unnecessary medical institution consultation, so that a reduction in medical expenses can be expected. In addition, a doctor at a medical institution can consider the proposed treatment content when diagnosing the patient's symptoms, can assist the doctor to make a diagnosis, can expect to suppress diagnosis errors, and can provide unnecessary treatment. Can be suppressed. Although it is difficult for the doctor to confirm all the biometric data of the patient, the treatment is identified using all the biometric data of the patient in the treatment discrimination model 12f. Specific results are obtained.

  In the present embodiment, when the server device 10 specifies a medical institution to be provided to the user using the medical institution discrimination model 12d, it is determined whether the treatment desired by the user is a treatment within the scope of the health insurance. You may comprise so that it may specify considering medical treatment. For example, the medical institution discrimination model 12d is requested not only for the user's biometric data but also for information indicating whether the user desires treatment within the scope of the health insurance or including self-paid medical treatment, and also includes self-funded medical treatment. Amount information including the upper limit amount and the budget amount of medical expenses in the case is input, and information indicating a medical institution to be provided to the user is output based on the input biometric data and the amount information. Good. In this case, a medical institution that takes into account not only the symptoms based on the user's biometric data but also the range of treatment (budget of medical expenses) desired by the user can be specified and introduced to the user. Further, a medical institution identification model 12d may be provided for each treatment within the scope of the health insurance, treatment including self-paid medical treatment, and amount information (charge rank) such as the upper limit of medical expenses and the budget amount. In this case, the medical institution identifying unit 105 identifies the medical institution identification model 12d corresponding to the user's amount information (budget desired by the user) acquired from the user terminal 20, for example, and adds the user to the identified medical institution identification model 12d. By inputting the biological data, medical institutions within the treatment range (within the budget) desired by the user can be specified and introduced to the user.

  In the present embodiment, for example, when the user of the user terminal 20 receives a medical examination at the first medical institution advised by the server device 10, a letter of introduction from a doctor at the first medical institution to another second medical institution is provided. When acquired, the treatment discrimination model 42b and the treatment DB 42c are provided to the medical institution server 40 of the second medical institution. Thus, the treatment discrimination model 42b can be used in the second medical institution, so that a doctor at the second medical institution can propose an optimal treatment for the patient's biometric data, and can assist the doctor in making a diagnosis. Thus, a difference in medical level between medical institutions can be suppressed. In the medical institution server 40 of the medical institution using the treatment discriminating model 42b, it is evaluated whether or not the specified result (specified treatment) by the treatment discriminating model 42b is appropriate and fed back to the server device 10. You. Therefore, the treatment discrimination models 12f and 42b can reflect the latest examination method, diagnosis method, treatment method, medication method, and the like based on the judgment of the on-site doctor. By providing such a latest treatment discrimination model 42b to the medical institution server 40 of the second medical institution, it is possible to select the same treatment in the second medical institution as in the first medical institution, and to perform treatment between medical institutes. Level bias can be suppressed.

  In the present embodiment, the treatment discriminating model 42b and the treatment DB 42c are not provided to the medical institution server 40 of the second medical institution so that a doctor or the like of the second medical institution can use the treatment discriminating model 42b. For example, a doctor at the second medical institution can use the treatment determination model 12f of the server device 10 via the network N using the medical institution server 40 of the second medical institution or its own user terminal (not shown). You may comprise. That is, the doctor at the second medical institution can transmit the patient's biometric data to the server device 10 via the network N, and can obtain optimal treatment advice from the server device 10 for the patient's biometric data. In such a configuration, the server device 10 may be configured by a cloud server. Further, in such a configuration, the period or the number of times that the doctor or the like of the second medical institution can use the treatment determination model 12f of the server device 10 may be limited. For example, the server device 10 may be configured to prohibit the use of the treatment determination model 12f by a doctor or the like of the second medical institution when the use period has elapsed or when the number of use times has been reached. The configuration of this embodiment can be applied to the second to fourth embodiments, and the same effects can be obtained even when applied to the second to fourth embodiments.

(Embodiment 6)
In the information providing system according to the fifth embodiment, an information providing system including a determination device that determines whether the evaluation information from the medical institution server 40 is appropriate will be described. The information providing system of the present embodiment includes a determination device in addition to the server device 10, the user terminal 20, and the medical institution server 40, and the determination device can be connected to the network N. The server device 10, the user terminal 20, and the medical institution server 40 are the same as the respective devices of the fifth embodiment, and thus description thereof will be omitted. FIG. 26 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a determination device. The determination device 50 is managed by a third-party verification team or a third-party verification organization that verifies the suitability of the evaluation information fed back from the medical institution server 40 to the server device 10. The determination device 50 is a personal computer, a server computer, or the like, and includes a control unit 51, a storage unit 52, a communication unit 53, a display unit 54, and an input unit 55. Note that the control unit 51, the storage unit 52, the communication unit 53, the display unit 54, and the input unit 55 perform the same processing as each unit of the medical institution server 40, and thus the details are omitted.

  FIG. 27 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an advice providing process in the information providing system according to the sixth embodiment. The processing illustrated in FIG. 27 is obtained by adding steps S81 to S83 between steps S77 and S78 in the processing illustrated in FIG. Therefore, description of the same steps as those in FIG. 25 will be omitted. In FIG. 27, steps S71 to S76 in FIG. 25 are omitted. In the information providing system according to the present embodiment, the medical institution server 40 transmits evaluation information for the advice content (treatment content) received via the advice screen to the determination device 50 via the network N together with the biological data and the treatment information. It is transmitted (S77). If the medical institution server 40 receives the evaluation information indicating that the advice content is not appropriate, the medical institution server 40 also transmits the treatment content input to the input field of the advice screen to the determination device 50. It is assumed that the destination information of the determination device 50 is stored in the storage unit 42 in advance.

  The control unit 51 of the determination device 50 receives the evaluation information transmitted from the medical institution server 40 together with the biological data and the information on the treatment and the treatment content input in the input field of the advice screen in the medical institution server 40 (S81). ). The control unit 51 determines whether the received evaluation information is appropriate (S82). Here, when receiving the evaluation information that the advice content is not appropriate, the control unit 51 inputs the evaluation information based on the biometric data and the treatment content input in the input field of the advice screen in the medical institution server 40. It is determined whether or not the treatment content is appropriate. The determination as to whether or not the treatment content input in the medical institution server 40 is appropriate is performed by, for example, a third-party verification team or a member of a third-party verification institution, and the control unit 51 determines via the input unit 55 Get the result. Further, the control unit 51 obtains, for example, the treatment discrimination model 12f from the server device 10, specifies a plurality of treatment candidates corresponding to the biological data using the treatment discrimination model 12f, and assigns the plurality of specified candidates to the medical institution server. When the treatment content input at 40 is included, the input treatment content may be determined to be appropriate. When receiving the evaluation information indicating that the content of the advice is appropriate, the control unit 51 may determine that the received evaluation information is appropriate.

  When the control unit 51 determines that the evaluation information received from the medical institution server 40 is not appropriate (S82: NO), the process ends without performing any operation. When the control unit 51 determines that the received evaluation information is appropriate (S82: YES), the control unit 51 inputs the received evaluation information to the input field of the advice screen in the medical institution server 40 with the information on the biological data and the treatment. The contents are transmitted to the server device 10 via the network N together with the details of the treatment (S83). The control unit (verification result acquisition unit) 11 of the server device 10 receives the evaluation information transmitted from the determination device 50 (S78). The control unit 11 receives, along with the evaluation information, the patient's biometric data, information on the treatment specified based on the biometric data, and the treatment content input in the input field of the advice screen in the medical institution server 40. . Then, the control unit 11 re-learns the treatment determination model 12f using the received information (S79).

  In the present embodiment, when the medical institution server 40 feeds back evaluation information indicating whether or not the specified result (specified treatment) by the treatment determination model 42b is appropriate to the treatment determination model 12f of the server device 10, It is verified whether this evaluation information is appropriate. Then, when it is determined that the evaluation information is appropriate, the evaluation information obtained by the medical institution server 40 is fed back to the treatment determination model 12f of the server device 10. Therefore, it is possible to verify whether or not the judgment of the doctor at the medical institution is appropriate. If the judgment is not appropriate, the accuracy of the treatment judgment model 12f can be prevented from lowering by not feeding it back to the treatment judgment model 12f.

  In the present embodiment, the determination device 50 transmits the received evaluation information to the server device 10 only when it is determined that the evaluation information received from the medical institution server 40 is appropriate. The result information indicating the result of verifying whether or not the evaluation information received from the medical institution is appropriate may be transmitted to the server device 10 together with the evaluation information received from the medical institution server 40. In this case, when the result information received from the determination device 50 together with the evaluation information is information indicating that the evaluation information is appropriate, the server device 10 receives the result information from the medical institution server 40 via the determination device 50. It is possible to adopt a configuration in which re-learning of the treatment determination model 12f is performed using information.

  In the present embodiment, when the user is referred to the second medical institution by the doctor of the first medical institution, the treatment discrimination model 42b and the treatment DB 42c are provided to the medical institution server 40 of the second medical institution. Alternatively, the configuration may be such that a doctor or the like of the second medical institution can use the treatment determination model 12f of the server device 10 via the network N. Even in such a configuration, the doctor at the second medical institution can receive advice on optimal treatment for the patient's biometric data by the treatment discrimination model 12f, and can support medical treatment by the doctor. Further, the period or the number of times that the doctor of the second medical institution can use the treatment determination model 12f of the server device 10 may be limited. For example, the server device 10 may be configured to prohibit the use of the treatment determination model 12f by the doctor of the second medical institution when the use period has elapsed or when the number of usable times has been reached.

  In each of the embodiments described above, the server device 10 performs a comprehensive diagnosis based on various test results performed in a medical institution or the like using the advice discriminators 12b, 12ba, 12bb or the treatment discrimination model 12f, and performs the diagnosis. It may be configured to output the result. For example, a configuration may be adopted in which a diagnosis result by the server device 10 is output and displayed on a terminal used by a doctor of a medical institution, and the doctor can confirm the diagnosis result on a display screen. Further, the display screen may be configured so that a doctor or the like can add a comment to the diagnosis result, or may be configured to be able to attach an examination history at a hospital visit, a medical checkup, or the like. With such a configuration, it is possible to centrally manage the biometric data and test results of each user. Such data can be printed out as necessary, for example, by being sent from a doctor's terminal to a printer.

  The embodiment disclosed this time is an example in all respects, and should be considered as not restrictive. The scope of the present disclosure is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

Reference Signs List 10 server device 11 control unit 12 storage unit 20 user terminal 30 learning device 101 biometric data acquisition unit 102 advice specification unit 104 output unit 301 teacher data acquisition unit 302 learning unit 12b, 32b advice discriminator 32c teacher data DB

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A data acquisition unit for acquiring biometric data of the user,
An information acquisition unit for acquiring medical cost information on medical costs desired by the user,
Using a learning model learned based on biometric data of a plurality of persons and teacher data including information on a medical institution suitable for each biometric data, the biometric data obtained by the data obtaining unit and the biometric data obtained by the information obtaining unit A specifying unit for specifying information on medical institutions suitable for the medical cost information obtained ,
An output unit configured to output advice information including information on the medical institution specified by the specifying unit. The learning model is configured such that the biometric data and medical cost information are input based on teacher data including biometric data and medical cost information of a plurality of persons, and information on a medical institution suitable for each of the biometric data and medical cost information. Learning to output information of medical institutions suitable for the biometric data and medical cost information if
The identification unit inputs the biometric data acquired by the data acquisition unit and medical cost information acquired by the information acquisition unit to the learning model, and based on output information from the learning model, the biometric data and the The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein information on a medical institution suitable for the medical expense information is specified. The learning model includes a plurality of learning models learned to output information of a medical institution suitable for the biometric data when the biometric data is input, according to medical cost information,
The identification unit, the learning model corresponding to the medical cost information acquired by the information acquisition unit, input the biometric data acquired by the data acquisition unit, based on the output information from the learning model, based on the biometric data The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein information of a medical institution suitable for the medical cost information is specified. A data acquisition unit for acquiring biometric data of the user,
Using a learning model learned based on biometric data for a plurality of persons and teacher data including medical institution information suitable for each biometric data, information on medical institution suitable for the biometric data acquired by the data acquisition unit A specifying unit for specifying
An output unit that outputs advice information including information on the medical institution identified by the identification unit ,
The terminal of the second medical institution, which has been referred from the first medical institution identified by the identification unit, based on the biometric data of a plurality of persons and teacher data including information on a treatment suitable for each of the biometric data, An information processing apparatus comprising: a model output unit that outputs a treatment learning model that has been learned to output information on a treatment suitable for the biological data when the biological data is input . The apparatus further includes a teacher data obtaining unit that obtains, from a terminal of the second medical institution, information regarding the treatment identified using the treatment learning model, information indicating whether or not the treatment is appropriate, and teacher data including the biometric data. ,
The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the treatment learning model is re-learned based on the acquired teacher data. A verification result acquisition unit that acquires result information indicating a result of a third-party verification organization verifying whether the information indicating the suitability included in the teacher data acquired by the teacher data acquisition unit is appropriate,
The information processing device according to claim 5 , wherein when the acquired result information is information indicating that the information indicating the suitability is appropriate, the process learning model is re-learned based on the acquired teacher data. The identification unit, based on teacher data including the biometric data of a plurality of people and the content of advice obtained for each biometric data, when the biometric data is input, the effect on the biometric data The advice content for the biometric data acquired by the data acquisition unit is specified by using a learning model for advice discrimination learned so as to output the advice content obtained by the method according to any one of claims 1 to 6. Information processing device. The information processing device according to claim 7 , wherein the specifying unit specifies an advice content including information on a medicine or a supplement that has obtained an effect on the biological data acquired by the data acquiring unit. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , wherein the data acquisition unit acquires the biological data based on the test result read from a sheet on which a test result of the user's health diagnosis is described. . The identification unit, based on teacher data including biometric data of a plurality of persons and information on a procedure suitable for each of the biometric data, information on a procedure suitable for the biometric data when the biometric data is input. Using a treatment learning model that has been learned to output a, specifying information on a treatment suitable for the biological data acquired by the data acquisition unit,
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9 , wherein the output unit outputs advice information including information on the treatment specified by the specifying unit. A storage unit that stores the user's biometric data and the advice information output by the output unit in association with the biometric data,
An evaluation acquisition unit that acquires evaluation information indicating an evaluation for the advice information output by the output unit,
Said biometric data and advice information has been stored in the storage unit, and any one of claims 1 to 10 and a re-learning unit for re-learning the learning model using the evaluation information in which the evaluation acquisition unit acquires An information processing apparatus according to one of the above. Get the user's biometric data,
Obtain medical cost information on medical costs desired by the user,
Using a learning model learned based on biometric data for a plurality of persons and teacher data including medical institution information suitable for each of the biometric data, a medical institution suitable for the obtained biometric data and the acquired medical cost information . Identify information,
A program that causes a computer to execute processing to output advice information including information on a specified medical institution. Computer
Get the user's biometric data,
Obtain medical cost information on medical costs desired by the user,
Using a learning model learned based on biometric data for a plurality of persons and teacher data including medical institution information suitable for each of the biometric data, a medical institution suitable for the obtained biometric data and the acquired medical cost information . Identify information,
An information processing method for executing a process of outputting advice information including information on a specified medical institution.

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