IP Library Granted Patent US 12688933
Granted Patent B2
US 12688933 · App. 17/281,341 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Living body information acquisition system, health management server, and system

Inventors: Prakash Sreedhar Murthy (Tokyo, JP); Kazuo Okemoto (Tokyo, JP); Akira Imai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: ATONARP INC.
G16H40/67G01N21/65G01N33/493G01N33/94G06K7/1417
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12688933
App. No.
17/281,341
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A health management system includes a plurality of living body information acquisition systems and a health management server. Each living body information acquisition system includes a data acquisition module that acquires body monitoring data including information on urine components contained in a urine sample collected from urine excreted into a toilet bowl; and a toilet bowl identification module configured so that a user terminal acquires toilet bowl identification information for identifying a toilet bowl in use by the user in a contactless manner. Each living body information acquisition system outputs individual health monitoring information including the body monitoring data associated with user identification information that identifies the user when using the toilet bowl by way of the toilet bowl identification information in units of urination.

Claims (14)

1 . A living body information acquisition system comprising: a first identification supplier configured to supply toilet bowl identification information that identifies a toilet bowl, which is used publicly by unspecified users, in use by a user to a terminal of the user in a contactless manner; a detector configured for detecting urination by the unspecified users a urine tester including the detector and configured to automatically acquire body monitoring data including information on urine components contained in urine samples collected continuously or intermittently from at least part of urine excreted into a toilet bowl when the detector detects a urination of the unspecified users; wherein the urine tester includes a module that irradiates a detecting section with laser energy to acquire Raman spectra to acquire information on the urine components contained in the urine samples; a health management server that is configured to analyze the body monitoring data; an interface module that receives the body monitoring data from the data acquisition module and automatically transfers the body monitoring data with the toilet bowl identification information when the toilet bowl is used by the unspecified users to the health management server; and the health management server includes a database that accumulates the body monitoring data, with the respective toilet bowl identification information, received from the interface module and converts the body monitoring data to health monitoring information; wherein the health management server is further configured to automatically output the health monitoring information of the user to the terminal of the user, by way of the toilet bowl identification information sent from the terminal of the user.

2 . The living body information acquisition system according to claim 1 , wherein the first identification supplier includes a two-dimensional code.

3 . The living body information acquisition system according to claim 1 , further comprising an identification module configured to acquire body identification information associated with user identification information that identifies the user when using the toilet bowl.

4 . The living body information acquisition system according to claim 3 , wherein the identification module includes a module configured to acquire the body identification information by image processing.

5 . The living body information acquisition system according to The living body information acquisition system according to claim 1 , wherein the urine tester includes: a sampling module configured to continuously or intermittently collect at least part of excreted urine and discharge the urine through a translucent detecting section; and an analysis module configured to irradiate the detecting section with light to acquire information on the urine components contained in the urine samples.

6 . The living body information acquisition system according to claim 1 , wherein the urine tester includes a module configured to output the body monitoring data including progress information in which information on the urine components is associated with passage of measurement time.

7 . The living body information acquisition system according to claim 1 , wherein the urine tester includes a module configured to output the body monitoring data including progress information in which information on the urine components is associated with passage of time of urination volume.

8 . The living body information acquisition system according to claim 3 , wherein the interface module is configured to provide the body monitoring data associated with user identification information in urination units via a network to the health management server.

9 . The living body information acquisition system according to claim 8 , further comprising a display that outputs information from the health management server.

10 . A method of supporting health of individuals via information acquisition systems corresponding to toilet bowls respectively, wherein the toilet bowls are used publicly by unspecified users, and each of the information acquisition systems corresponding to each of the toilet bowls includes a data acquisition module configured to automatically detect urine components contained in urine samples collected continuously or intermittently from at least part of urine excreted into a corresponding toilet bowl; a first identification supplier configured so that a terminal of the user acquires toilet bowl identification information that identifies the corresponding toilet bowl in use by the user, in a contactless manner; and an output module, and the method comprises: detecting urination by the unspecified users; using the data acquisition module to irradiate the urine samples with lasers to acquire Raman spectra, the data acquisition module acquiring body monitoring data including information on the urine components automatically when urination is detected by the unspecified users; identifying the user when using the corresponding toilet bowl by way of the toilet bowl identification information obtained from the terminal of the user before, after, or in parallel with acquisition of the body monitoring data with the toilet bowl identification information; and the output module automatically outputting personal health monitoring information including the body monitoring data to the terminal of the user by way of the toilet bowl identification information sent from the terminal of the user.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , further comprising a health management server configured to convert the body monitoring data associated with the user identification information to health monitoring information relating to a health status of the user and providing the health monitoring information via a network to a display of a body information acquisition system corresponding to a toilet bowl in use by the identified user or to a terminal of the identified user.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising a system that acquires information on a body interior supplying monitoring data on the body interior, which includes information on blood components of the user, via a network to the health management server.

13 . A living body information acquisition system comprising: a first identification supplier configured to supply toilet bowl identification information that identifies a toilet bowl, which is used publicly by unspecified users, in use by a user to a terminal of the user in a contactless manner; a detector configured for detecting urination by the unspecified users; a data acquisition module including the detector and configured to automatically acquire body monitoring data including information on urine components contained in urine samples collected continuously or intermittently from at least part of urine excreted into a toilet bowl when urination by the unspecified users is detected by the detector; wherein the data acquisition module includes an analysis module configured to irradiate a detecting section to acquire information on the urine components contained in the urine samples, and the analysis module includes a module configured to irradiate the urine samples with lasers to acquire Raman spectra; and an interface module configured to receive the body monitoring data from the data acquisition module and to automatically transfer the body monitoring data with the toilet bowl identification information when the toilet bowl is used by the unspecified users to a health management server via a network; wherein the health management server is further configured to automatically output the health monitoring information of the user to the terminal of the user, by way of the toilet bowl identification information sent from the terminal of the user.

14 . The living body information acquisition system according to claim 13 , further comprising the health management server, wherein the health management server is configured to analyze the body monitoring data.