TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a technique for information processing service. The present invention also relates to a technique for realizing training to maintain or improve a cognitive function and an exercise function of a human.

BACKGROUND ART

A system configured to simply evaluate a cognitive function and an exercise function of a human by means of measurement and analysis of an exercise of a finger of the human has been developed. For example, a test subject is caused to carry out a task of an exercise for finger tapping (hereinafter, referred to also as “finger tap” or the like) in a state where the test subject wears a sensor on his or her finger. The finger tapping is an exercise in which a state that two fingers are in contact with each other and a state that the two fingers are separated from each other are repeated by opening and closing the two fingers, for example. A measuring apparatus measures the exercise through the sensor. An analysis evaluating apparatus analyzes a property and a characteristic of the exercise on the basis of measured data, evaluates a cognitive function and an exercise function of the human, and outputs a result to a screen. As the property and the characteristic of the exercise, for example, the number of times of finger taps, an opening/closing distance, speed and the like are cited. For example, in a case where the number of times of finger taps by the test subject is smaller than an average value of the number of times of finger taps by healthy persons, an evaluation value of an index item such as an amount of an exercise of the test subject becomes smaller.

Moreover, an evaluation result by the system mentioned above can be used for estimate of possibility of disease of the test subject, evaluation of seriousness of the disease, and the like. The disease contains motor impairment. The motor impairment may include dementia, brain dysfunction such as Parkinson's disease, and the like.

As examples of a conventional technique regarding measurement of a finger exercise, analysis evaluation, estimate of disease and the like as described above, there are Japanese Patent No. 5,330,933B (Patent Document 1) and Non-Patent Document 1. Patent Document 1 describes that a feature amount of finger tapping by a test subject is compared with a feature amount of a healthy person and a value indicating a degree of motor impairment of the test subject is generated as an exercise function evaluating system.

Non-Patent Document 1 describes that a finger tapping exercise is quantified by using a magnetic sensor to evaluate an exercise function and

a training support system capable of measuring and evaluating a finger tapping exercise is proposed.

RELATED ART DOCUMENTS

Patent Documents

Patent document 1: Japanese Patent No. 5,330,933B

Non-Patent Documents

Non-Patent document 1: “A Training Support System for Finger Tapping Movements Using Magnetic Sensor”, Jonghin Park, et al., collection of papers for lectures in the fortieth Chugoku and Shikoku Branch meeting, pp. 62-63, 2007

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

It is thought that there is applicability of measurement of a finger exercise and analysis and evaluation thereof in a conventional system other than the estimate of disease based on evaluation of a cognitive function and/or an exercise function. For example, a finger tapping exercise can be utilized as rehabilitation and training for maintaining or improving the exercise function of people including not only patients but also healthy persons. It is thought that this is useful.

The conventional system does not consider that training of a user is supported by generating and presenting a suitable training menu for a finger exercise of the user, and a concrete training menu generating method and the like are not studied or examined. The conventional system does not also consider that a training menu suitable for each individual user is to be generated and continuous training for the user is to be supported.

Neither Patent Document 1 nor Non-Patent Document 1 describes generation, presentation and the like of a concrete training menu regarding the finger tapping exercise.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique capable of supporting training of a human by generating and presenting a suitable training menu for finger exercise to maintain or improve a cognitive function and an exercise function of the human with respect to information processing service.

Means for Solving the Problem

A representative embodiment of the present invention is a finger exercise training menu generating system configured to execute information processing to generate a training menu for a finger exercise of a human, which includes a configuration indicated below.

A finger exercise training menu generating system according to one embodiment is a finger exercise training menu generating system configured to execute information processing to generate a training menu for finger exercise including finger tapping, the finger exercise training menu generating system including: a training menu processor configured to: obtain analysis evaluating data based on measurement of the finger exercise, the analysis evaluating data containing an evaluation value of an index item related to an exercise function of a user; generate a training menu on a basis of the analysis evaluating data, the training menu containing training of a training item for the finger exercise; store training menu data; and present the training menu to the user, wherein the index item includes at least one of an amount of exercise, endurance, rhythmicity, cooperativeness of both sides, or marker trackability, and wherein the training item includes an exercise to carry out the finger tapping in accordance with teaching information, stimulation, or marker.

Effects of the Invention

According to a representative embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to support training of a human by generating and presenting a suitable training menu for finger exercise to maintain or improve a cognitive function and an exercise function of the human.

