CN215272701U - Wearable device for medication compliance monitoring - Google Patents

Abstract

A wearable device to be worn on a user's wrist, the wearable device comprising: the camera module includes a main body, a first belt, a second belt, and a camera module. The body has an interior space surrounded by at least a top side, a bottom side, a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side; the first side and the second side face each other, and the third side and the fourth side face each other; wherein the body has a length defined by a first side and a second side, and a width defined by a third side and a fourth side; a first strap having a first end coupled to the first side of the body and a second end including a first connection; a second strap having a third end coupled to the second side of the body and a second connection for interacting with the first connection of the first strap, wherein the second strap is shorter in length than the first strap; the camera module is arranged on the first belt.

Description

Wearable device for medication compliance monitoring

Cross Reference to Related Applications

This application claims the priority and benefit of korean patent application No.10-2020-0103633, filed on 19/8/2020, korean patent application No.10-2020-0146394, filed on 4/11/2020, and korean patent application No.10-2021-0039621, filed on 26/3/2021, the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference in their entireties.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a medication compliance monitoring system and a device using the same, and more particularly, to a system for confirming whether a user performs medication compliance or whether the user uses a device related to medication compliance.

Background

Medical care based on medical and medical science has been receiving attention from the past, and with the development of medical technology in recent years, the life expectancy of people is continuously prolonged, and the interest of people in medical care is further enhanced. Such medical care should be performed by the user himself at regular intervals in daily life, such as taking prescription drugs in daily life, injecting drugs into the body of the user at regular intervals, or measuring health indexes using medical equipment.

In order to improve the above-mentioned effect of medical care, it is necessary to guide the user to conduct medical care-related actions or impose enforcement. For this reason, a monitoring system is required to detect actions of a user related to medical care in daily life and determine whether medical care is sufficiently performed.

Meanwhile, in the past, when monitoring the behavior of a user related to healthcare, the behavior of the user, such as the behavior of driving a monitoring device before medication compliance or the behavior of recording his or her own behavior, was required. Therefore, when the user forgets his or her own behavior, there is a problem in that information on healthcare is not collected.

Therefore, in consideration of user's convenience and accuracy of medical care, it is necessary to develop a system for automatically monitoring medical care-related activities in daily life without requiring user's activities.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at providing a monitoring system, this monitoring system automatic monitoring user is in daily life with the relevant action of medical care.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a monitoring system that detects a user's actions when the user performs medication compliance, captures images or videos related to the user's medication compliance, analyzes the captured images or captured videos, and determines whether the user has performed medication compliance.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a wearable device that can be worn on at least a portion of a user's body and that captures an image relating to the user's medication compliance when a signal is received that image capture begins.

The present invention is also directed to a wearable device suitably designed to have a field of view that may include objects of interest, such as the palm, mouth, or medicine, when the user wears the wearable device during administration of the medicine.

The object to be solved by the present invention is not limited to the above object, and other objects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the present specification and the accompanying drawings.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, the medical care of automatic monitoring user intervenes with the minimizing user to can improve user's convenience.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, by providing a wearable device that is worn on a user's body and captures an image related to the user's drug compliance, the user's healthcare can be easily monitored in daily life, so that the usability of the wearable device can be increased.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, by providing a wireless communication device that detects a user's actions to generate a signal for capturing an image related to the user's medication compliance, the user's medication compliance may be monitored more accurately and periodically.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-described effects, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the present specification and the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings, in which:

fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating a medication compliance monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating an object and a wireless communication device attached to the object according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a structure of a wireless communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration and structure of a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating a field of view of a camera module according to a slope of the camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. While the invention is amenable to various modifications and alternative forms, specifics thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in detail herein.

In the drawings, the thickness of layers or regions are exaggerated for clarity of description. Further, when an element or layer is referred to as being "disposed on" another element or another layer, this includes the case where the element or layer is directly formed on the other element or another layer, and the case where the other element or another layer is further interposed between the element or layer and the other element. Like reference numerals refer primarily to like elements throughout the specification. Further, elements having the same function within the scope of the same concept shown in the drawings of each embodiment will be described using the same reference numerals, and redundant description thereof will be omitted.

When it is determined that detailed description of known functions or configurations related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the numbers (e.g., first and second) used in the description of the specification are only used to distinguish one element from another.

Further, for convenience of description, suffixes "module", "unit" or "part" of elements used in the following embodiments are assigned or combined and the suffix itself does not have a distinctive meaning or function.

In the following embodiments, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

In the following embodiments, it will be further understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," as used herein, specify the presence of stated features or elements, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features or elements.

The size of elements in the drawings may be exaggerated for convenience of description. In other words, the size and thickness of the elements in the drawings are arbitrarily illustrated for convenience of description, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

While certain embodiments may be practiced in different ways, the particular order of processing may be performed out of the order described. For example, two processes described in succession may be executed substantially concurrently or in the reverse order to that described.

In the following embodiments, when a film, region or element is referred to as being "connected to" another film, region or element, the film, region or element may be directly connected to the other film, region or element, or the film, region or element may be indirectly connected to the other film, region or element with the other film, region or element interposed therebetween.

For example, in the present specification, when a film, region or element is referred to as being "electrically connected to" another film, region or element, the film, region or element may be directly electrically connected to the other film, region or element, or the film, region or element may be indirectly electrically connected to the other film, region or element with the other film, region or element interposed therebetween.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a wearable device worn on a user's wrist, the wearable device comprising: a main body, a first belt, a second belt, and a camera module; the body having an interior space surrounded by at least a top side, a bottom side, a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the first side and the second side facing each other, the third side and the fourth side facing each other; wherein the body has a length defined by a first side and a second side, and a width defined by a third side and a fourth side; the first strap has a first end coupled to the first side of the body and a second end including a first connection; a second strap having a third end coupled to the second side of the body and a second connection for interacting with the first connection of the first strap, wherein the second strap has a length that is shorter than the length of the first strap; the camera module is disposed on the first belt. Wherein the second belt further comprises: a fixing part to which at least a portion of the second connecting part may be attached such that the second strap does not cover the camera module; wherein a field of view of the camera module is oriented in a direction along a width of the body; and wherein a length between the camera module and the first end is longer than a length between the camera module and the first connection such that the field of view includes at least a portion of the palm of the user.

In some embodiments, the wearable device further comprises a display unit, a controller, and electrical connection lines; the display unit is exposed through the top side, the controller is disposed in the internal space and configured to control the display unit to output information, and the electrical connection line electrically connects the controller and the camera module.

In some embodiments, electrical connection lines are arranged between the camera module and the first end of the first strap, the electrical connection lines being disposed within the first strap such that the electrical connection lines are hidden by the first strap.

In some embodiments, the wearable device further comprises a battery and a power cord; the battery is disposed under the display unit, and the power line electrically connects the camera module and the battery.

In some embodiments, the belt is comprised of a top surface and a bottom surface, and the camera module is mounted inside the belt with the lens of the camera module located between the top surface and the bottom surface.

In some embodiments, the camera module further comprises a lens, wherein an optical axis of the lens is at an acute angle with respect to a surface of the first belt on which the camera module is disposed.

In some embodiments, the angle between the optical axis and the surface of the first band is between 15 degrees and 75 degrees.

In some embodiments, the angle between the optical axis and the surface of the first band is between 30 and 60 degrees.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a wearable device worn on a user's wrist, the wearable device comprising: a main body, a first belt, a second belt, and a camera module; the body having an interior space surrounded by at least a top side, a bottom side, a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the first side and the second side facing each other, the third side and the fourth side facing each other; the first strap has a first end coupled to the first side of the body and a second end including a first connection; the second strap has a third end coupled to the second side of the body and a second connection for coupling to the first connection of the first strap; the camera module is disposed on a top surface of the first belt, the first belt having a length longer than a length of the second belt. Wherein the first strap further comprises: and a fixing part to which at least a portion of the second connection part is coupled, wherein the fixing part is disposed on a bottom surface of the first tape such that the second tape does not cover the camera module. Wherein when the main body has a length defined by the first and second sides and a width defined by the third and fourth sides, a field of view of the camera module is directed toward the width direction of the main body. And wherein a length between the camera module and the first end is longer than a length between the camera module and the first connection such that the field of view includes at least a portion of the palm of the user.

The present specification relates to a medication compliance monitoring system, and more particularly, to a system and method in which whether a user has performed medication compliance is monitored when the user performs medication compliance for the purpose of diagnosis, treatment, or disease prevention or health promotion, and a device used in the system and method.

In the present specification, the term "drug" may refer to a substance used for diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, effect or prevention of a disease or health promotion. The term "drug" may refer to the chemical component itself corresponding to a particular disease, or may refer to a substance obtained by processing such a chemical component. For example, the drug may be present in various dosage forms, such as tablet form, capsule form, syrup form, or suitable form.

The medicament may be stored in a medicament container. For example, the medication container may include a medicine box, a medicine bottle, a blister pack, a dropper, a portable medicine box, a medicine chest, a medicine bag, a medication calendar, a dispenser, and the like. At the same time, the drug may be stored in the drug delivery device according to its use. For example, the drug delivery device may comprise an inhaler, nebulizer, syringe, patch, or the like. As mentioned above, a medicament container may refer not only to an object having a predetermined volume for containing a medicament, but also to an object comprising at least a portion capable of containing a medicament.

In this specification, the term "compliance" may refer to the process of introducing a drug into a user's body. Drug compliance may be performed by various delivery systems, such as oral delivery systems, transdermal delivery systems, injection delivery systems, occlusive delivery systems, mucosal delivery type delivery systems, and the like.

In this specification, the term "medication compliance" may refer to an action performed by or on a user who is intended to be monitored using a medication compliance monitoring system.

For example, the medication compliance may include a behavior of taking a medicine using a hand of the user, a behavior of inhaling a medicine through a device such as an inhaler, a behavior of injecting a medicine into a body through a device such as an injector, a behavior of applying a medicine onto a part of a body, a behavior of administering a medicine to a user, a behavior of inhaling a medicine by a user using an inhaler or the like, a behavior of injecting a medicine into a part of a body of a user using a device such as an injector, a behavior of applying a medicine (e.g., an ointment, a patch, or a cream, etc.) onto a part of a body of a user, and the like. Medication compliance may be performed by the user as a subject or may be performed on the user by another person as a subject.

Hereinafter, the medication compliance is mainly described as being performed by the user, but the technical idea of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the medication compliance may also be performed by medical staff, guardians, or managers to the user.

In this specification, the term "monitoring" may refer to a process of detecting a behavior related to medication compliance of a user and confirming whether the user has performed the medication compliance. For example, monitoring may include a process of collecting information about the user's medication compliance and determining whether the user actually performed medication compliance or whether the user performed medication compliance based on usage. Further, the monitoring may include a process of managing or assisting the medication compliance of the user, such as a process of guiding the medication compliance of the user according to whether the user performed the data of medication compliance, or a process of providing the medication compliance data of the user to a manager managing the condition of the user. The monitoring herein includes not only monitoring for a single user but also monitoring for a plurality of users.

Hereinafter, a medication compliance monitoring system and its components will be described with reference to fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating a medication compliance monitoring system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, a medication adherence monitoring system 100 may comprise a wireless communication device 1000, a wearable device 2000, a server 3000 and a terminal device 4000.

The wireless communication device 1000 may be used to trigger image capture of the wearable device 2000 in the medication compliance monitoring system 100. For example, the wireless communication device 1000 may provide specific data to the wearable device 2000, and the wearable device 2000 may obtain image data related to the medication adherence of the user based on the specific data received from the wireless communication device 1000. The triggering of the wireless communication device 1000 will be described in detail below.

The wireless communication device 1000 may obtain information about the drug container or the drug delivery device. For example, the wireless communication device 1000 may be attached to a drug container or drug delivery device and may use embedded sensors therein to obtain sensed values reflecting movement of the drug container or drug delivery device or to obtain sensed values reflecting ambient light or illumination. Here, the wireless communication device 1000 may determine whether the user starts medication compliance from the sensing value obtained using the sensor.

The wireless communication device 1000 may transmit signals or data to the wearable device 2000 or receive signals or data from the wearable device 2000 through wireless communication. For example, the wearable device 2000 may receive data from the wireless communication device 1000 indicating the start of image capture.

The wearable device 2000 may collect data related to the medication adherence of the user. For example, the wearable device 2000 may capture an image using an embedded camera therein. Here, the wearable device 2000 may capture an image in response to a signal received from the wireless communication device 1000. In this case, when the wireless communication device 1000 detects the user's medication compliance process and transmits a signal to the wearable device 2000, the wearable device 2000 may photograph the user's medication compliance process, so that image data related to the user's medication compliance may be obtained.

The wearable device 2000 may be worn on at least a portion of the user's body. For example, the wearable device 2000 may include a wrist band, a watch, a smart watch, or smart glasses. As another example, the wearable device 2000 may be implemented in the form of accessories such as glasses, rings, necklaces, and the like.

The wearable device 2000 may communicate with the wireless communication device 1000, the server 3000, or the terminal device 4000 to transmit signals or data to or receive signals or data from the wireless communication device 1000, the server 3000, or the terminal device 4000. For example, the wearable device 2000 may transmit image data obtained by capturing an image to the server 3000 or the terminal device 4000.

The server 3000 may determine whether the user has performed medication compliance. For example, the server 3000 may use image data related to the medication adherence of the user to determine whether the user has performed the medication adherence or may determine whether the user has performed the medication adherence in an appropriate manner.

The server 3000 may be composed of a plurality of servers classified according to their functions.

By way of example, server 3000 may include an analytics server for data analysis. As described above, the analysis server may analyze data obtained from the wireless communication device 1000 or the wearable device 2000 to determine whether the user has performed medication adherence. The analysis server may provide the wireless communication device 1000 or the wearable device 2000 with the results of determining whether the user has performed medication compliance.

As another example, the server 3000 may include a management server for data management. The management server may provide a guardian, medical personnel, and/or administrator with a platform for collecting and collating data relating to the medication adherence of the user to manage the medication adherence of the user. Specifically, the management server may provide basic information, medical information, medication compliance information, etc. of the user, and medical staff, managers, or guardians using the management server may provide information or give instructions to the user according to the information.

The server 3000 may communicate with the wearable device 2000 or the terminal device 4000 to transmit data to or receive data from the wearable device 2000 or the terminal device 4000. The wearable device 2000 may receive data from the server 3000 regarding whether the user performed medication adherence.

The terminal device 4000 may provide information related to medication compliance to the user or may guide the user's medication compliance. For example, the terminal device 4000 may collect data on whether the user has performed medication compliance to provide the data to the user, or provide a notification to guide the user's medication compliance.

The terminal device 4000 may be an electronic device that provides information related to medication compliance to a user, a guardian, a manager, or medical staff (hereinafter, referred to as "user"). For example, the terminal device 4000 may include a mobile computing device, such as a cell phone and smart phone, a portable computer, a desktop computer, a tablet Personal Computer (PC), a notebook computer, a smart watch, or a wearable computer, such as a headset computer, and the like.

The terminal device 4000 may communicate with the wearable device 2000 or the server 3000 to transmit signals or data to or receive signals or data from the wearable device 2000 or the server 3000.

Meanwhile, in the medication compliance monitoring system 100, any one of the wireless communication device 1000, the wearable device 2000, the server 3000, and the terminal device 4000 may be omitted. For example, in the medication compliance monitoring system 100, the terminal device 4000 may be omitted.

The components of the medication compliance monitoring system 100 may operate as follows.

For example, the wireless communication device 1000 may provide data for image capture start to the wearable device 2000, the wearable device 2000 may provide image data to the server 3000, and the server 3000 may provide image analysis data or to-be-monitored result data to the wearable device 2000 or the terminal device 4000.

As another example, the wireless communication device 1000 may provide data for image capture start to the wearable device 2000, the wearable device 2000 may provide image data to the terminal device 4000, the terminal device 4000 may provide image data obtained from the wearable device 2000 to the server 3000, and the server 3000 may provide image analysis data or monitoring result data to the wearable device 2000 or the terminal device 4000.

Meanwhile, the server 3000 may receive data for image capture start from the wireless communication device 1000 or data on whether an image is captured from the wearable device 2000 before acquiring image data from the wearable device 2000. The server 3000 may receive data for the start of image capturing or data on whether an image is captured or not, and determine repeat medication or non-medication in real time, which will be described below.

Hereinafter, the image data obtained by the wearable device 2000 is described as being transmitted to the server 3000, but the technical idea of the present invention is not limited thereto.

Further, the functions of any one component of the medication compliance monitoring system 100 may be performed by the functions of another component. For example, the wearable device 2000 may analyze the image data to determine whether the user has performed medication compliance. In this case, the server 3000 may be omitted.

Hereinafter, structures and design methods of the wireless communication device 1000 and the wearable device 2000 constituting the medication compliance monitoring system 100 will be described with reference to fig. 2 to 5.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an object and a wireless communication device 1000 attached to the object according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 2, the wireless communication device 1000 may be attached to or detached from an object for containing medicine. For example, at least a portion of the wireless communication device 1000 may include an attachment region, and the wireless communication device 1000 may be attached to an object through the attachment region or may be separated from the object due to an external force. As another example, the wireless communication device 1000 may be attached to or detached from an object by a separate attachment member.

The wireless communication device 1000 may be implemented in various shapes. For example, the wireless communication device 1000 may be implemented to have a shape such as a hemisphere, a cylinder, a polygonal cylinder, a truncated cone, a truncated polygonal pyramid, and the like.

Meanwhile, the wireless communication device 1000 may be implemented as a part of an object. For example, referring again to fig. 2, the wireless communication device 1000 can be implemented as an opening (e.g., a lid or cover portion) of an object.

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a structure of a wireless communication apparatus 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 3, the wireless communication device 1000 may be implemented as a body shape having a top including a sensing region and a bottom including an attachment region.

Top may refer to a surface that is not attached to an object. For example, since an attachment area is not formed on the top of the wireless communication device 1000, the wireless communication device 1000 may not be attached to an object through the top.

Bottom may refer to a surface attached to an object. For example, since the attachment area is formed at the bottom of the wireless communication device 1000, the wireless communication device 1000 may be attached to an object through the bottom.

The sensing region may be understood as a region where at least some sensors of the sensor unit 1100 of the wireless communication device 1000 detect the environment surrounding the wireless communication device 1000. For example, the ambient light sensor 1120 may detect the brightness around the wireless communication device 1000 through the sensing region.

As described above, in the wireless communication device 1000, the sensing area and the attachment area are formed on different surfaces so that the sensing area and the attachment area do not overlap. Therefore, even when the wireless communication device 1000 is attached to an object, the wireless communication device 1000 does not interfere with the sensor unit 1100 detecting the environment around the wireless communication device 1000.

Meanwhile, the sensing region is not necessarily formed on the top of the wireless communication device 1000, but may be formed on another surface (e.g., a side surface or a bottom) of the wireless communication device 1000. However, the sensing area may be formed on a different surface than the attachment area, or may be formed so as not to overlap the attachment area, since collecting ambient light around the wireless communication device by the sensing area will not be disturbed by the attachment area.

The wireless communication device 1000 may include a housing defining an interior space, and the components of the wireless communication device 1000 may be disposed in the interior space of the housing. For example, in the inner space of the housing, a board for supporting the sensor unit 1100, the first memory 1200, the first communication unit 1300, and the first control unit 1400 (hereinafter, referred to as "sensor unit" or the like) and a battery for supplying power may be provided.

Here, a battery, a board, a sensor unit, etc. may be sequentially disposed in the inner space of the case. For example, referring to fig. 3, a battery may be disposed on the bottom including the attachment region, a board may be disposed on the battery, a sensor unit or the like may be disposed on the board, and the top including the sensing region may be located above the sensor unit or the like. In this case, the sensor unit and the like may be disposed at different positions on the board, and the sensor unit 1100 and the sensing region may be located at positions corresponding to each other. Specifically, the action sensor 1110 and the ambient light sensor 1120 may be disposed on the board at a preset distance from each other, and the ambient light sensor 1120 may be disposed in an area on the board at a preset distance from a central axis of the sensing area of the top.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration and structure of a wearable device 2000 of an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating a field of view FoV of a camera module 2100 according to a slope of the camera module 2100, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 4, the wearable device 2000 may be implemented in a form of being worn on a user's wrist. For example, the wearable device 2000 may be implemented in the form of a ring worn on the wrist or a watch. Hereinafter, the wearable device 2000 is mainly described as being worn on the wrist of the user, but the technical idea of the present invention is not limited thereto. The configuration and structure of the wearable device 2000 may be similarly applied even when the wearable device 2000 is worn on at least a portion of the user's body, rather than the wrist.

Meanwhile, in the wearable device 2000, when considering the operation of the medication compliance monitoring system 100, the set position of the camera module 2100 should be mainly determined. For example, when the wearable device 2000 is worn on the user's wrist, the wearable device 2000 needs to capture an image of the user's palm. However, depending on the arrangement position of the camera module 2100 on the wearable device 2000, the back or side of the user's hand may be photographed, and thus it may be difficult to obtain image data required for analysis.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the wearable device 2000 and the arrangement position of the camera module 2100 will be described, and further, a mechanical design method of the wearable device 2000 in consideration of the arrangement of the camera module 2100 will be described.

The wearable device 2000 may include components whose size or length may be adjusted by a user. For example, the wearable device 2000 may include a first band ST1 and a second band ST2, the first band ST1 including a first end coupled to the first side of the body 2200 and a second end including a first connection portion, the second band ST2 including a third end coupled to the second side of the body 2200 and a second connection portion. Here, the first connection portion and the second connection portion are connected to each other to allow adjustment of the size thereof. Specifically, the wearable device 2000 may include a first strap ST1 having a hook, a buckle, and/or a loop, and a second strap ST2 whose length may be adjusted by passing through the buckle of the first strap ST1 or by being hooked by the hook when passing through the buckle. The second strap ST2 may further include a fixing portion to which at least a portion of the second connecting portion of the first connecting portion passing through the first strap ST1 is attachable. As another example, the wearable device 2000 may include a hook and a size adjustable band ST. The first belt ST1 and the second belt ST2 are configured to have the above-described correlation such that the second belt ST2 does not cover the camera modules provided on the first belt ST2 described below. Hereinafter, the wearable device 2000 is mainly described as including the first band ST1 and the second band ST2, but the technical concept of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The main body 2200 may have an inner space surrounded by at least a top side, a bottom side, a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side. The first and second sides face each other and the third and fourth sides face each other. Further, the body may have a length defined by the first and second sides and a width defined by the third and fourth sides.

The wearable device 2000 further includes a display unit exposed through the top side, a controller disposed in the internal space and configured to control the display unit to output information, and an electrical connection line electrically connecting the controller and the camera module.

The camera module 2100 may be provided on the wearable device 2000 to be spaced apart from the body 2200 by a preset distance. For example, when the wearable device 2000 is worn on the wrist of the user, the camera module 2100 may be disposed to be spaced apart from the body 2200 by a preset distance to face the body 2200. Here, the preset distance may be determined in consideration of the average wrist circumference of people.

The first and second bands ST1 and ST2 may be designed in consideration of the camera module 2100. For example, when the camera module 2100 is disposed on the first tape ST1, the first tape ST1 may include hooks, and the second tape ST2 may be designed to be adjustable in length by passing through the hooks of the first tape ST 1. In other words, the first strap ST1 provided with the camera module 2100 includes a buckle, and the second strap ST2 not provided with the camera module 2100 may pass through the buckle of the first strap ST1, so that the size of the wearable device 2000 may be adjusted.

In this case, the length of the first belt ST1 may be greater than the length of the second belt ST 2. For example, in the wearable device 2000, in order to space the camera module 2100 from the main body 2200 by a preset distance, the first strap ST1 may have a length corresponding to the preset distance and the second strap ST2 may have a length relatively smaller than the first strap ST 1.

Further, when the wearable device 2000 is worn on the user's wrist, the first strap ST1 is disposed further outward with respect to the user's wrist than the second strap ST2, and thus the camera module 2100 can be prevented from being pressed or covered by the second strap ST 2.

Incidentally, in the camera module, the camera module may be installed inside the belt ST with a lens of the camera module between the top and bottom surfaces of the belt ST.

Referring again to fig. 4, the wearable device 2000 may include a body 2200, and a first strap ST1 and a second strap ST2 connected to both ends of the body 2200, and when the camera module 2100 is disposed on the first strap ST1, the camera module 2100 may be disposed on a portion of the first strap ST1 away from the body 2200. For example, when the first tape ST1 includes the second portion P2 adjacent to the body 2200 and the first portion P1 spaced apart from the body 2200 based on the center of the body 2200, the camera module 2100 may be located on the first portion P1. With this arrangement of the camera module 2100, the palm of the user's hand can enter the field of view of the camera module 2100 as much as possible when the wearable device 2000 is worn on the user's wrist. In other words, the field of view of the camera module may be oriented in a direction along the width of the body.

Meanwhile, when the wearable device 2000 includes one band ST, the band ST may include an adhesive portion for size adjustment. For example, the wearable device 2000 may include a body 2200, a connection member formed at one end of the body 2200, and an adjustment member formed at the other end of the body 2200. In this case, one end of the band ST may be fixed on the connection member, and the other end of the band ST is folded and adhered on the adhesive portion of the band ST after passing through the adjustment member, wherein the adjustment member may be attachable or detachable, so that the size of the wearable device 2000 may be adjusted. In this case, the camera module 2100 may be disposed on a portion of the tape ST that is not an adhesive portion. Further, the camera module 2100 may be disposed closer to the middle of one end and the other end of the belt ST than the one end of the belt ST.

The camera module 2100 may be disposed on one surface of the belt ST. For example, when the wearable device 2000 is worn on the user's wrist, the camera module 2100 may be disposed on a surface of the band ST opposite to the surface surrounding the user's wrist. As another example, the camera module 2100 may be disposed on a side surface of the belt ST.

The camera module 2100 may be disposed to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the belt ST. For example, referring to fig. 5, the central axis ca of the camera module 2100 may have an angle in the range of 0 ° to 180 ° with respect to the band ST.

Here, the field of view FoV of the camera module 2100 may be set according to the inclination of the camera module 2100. For example, when the angle between the central axis ca of the camera module 2100 and the belt ST changes from 180 ° to 0 °, the palm of the user occupies a large portion of the field of view FoV, and thus it may be impossible to photograph an object other than the palm. In contrast, when the angle between the central axis ca of the camera module 2100 and the belt ST is changed from 0 ° to 180 °, an object other than the palm may enter the field of view FoV. In other words, as the angle between the central axis ca and the band ST increases, the camera module 2100 has a relatively wide field of view FoV, but objects (e.g., others) unrelated to medication compliance may enter the field of view FoV, which may cause problems such as privacy violation. As the angle between the central axis ca and the band ST decreases, the camera module 2100 has a relatively narrow field of view FoV, but objects unrelated to medication compliance may not enter the field of view FoV. Accordingly, the tilt of the camera module 2100 may be selected within an appropriate range so that objects unrelated to medication compliance do not enter the field of view FoV while ensuring a sufficient field of view FoV. For example, the angle between the central axis ca of the camera module 2100 and the belt ST may be set in the range of 60 ° to 150 °. More preferably, an angle between the central axis ca of the camera module 2100 and the band ST may be set in a range of 90 ° to 120 °.

In other words, the field of view FoV of the camera module 2100 may be set according to the optical axis of the lens of the camera module 2100. For example, the field of view FoV may be expanded around the optical axis and the palm may enter the field of view FoV as the angle between the optical axis and the band ST increases. The angle between the optical axis and the band ST may be acute. For example, the angle between the optical axis and the band ST may be between 15 ° and 75 °, preferably between 30 ° and 60 °. Here, the angle may be determined as an angle between the optical axis and the surface of the belt ST on which the camera module 2100 is disposed.

The camera module 2100 may be electrically connected to the second control unit 2500 of the wearable device 2000. For example, referring again to fig. 4, the second control unit 2500 and the camera module 2100 may be electrically connected to each other through an electrical connection member EM embedded in the band ST in which the camera module 2100 is disposed. Specifically, when the wearable device 2000 includes the first and second bands ST1 and ST2 and the camera module 2100 is disposed on the first band ST1, a portion of the first band ST1 between the second control unit 2500 and the camera module 2100 may have a flexible electrical connection member EM embedded therein. Here, the electrical connection member EM may include a power line for supplying power to the camera module 2100, a data line for receiving image data from the camera module 2100, and a control line for controlling the camera module 2100.

Meanwhile, the camera module 2100 may not be electrically connected with the second control unit 2500 of the wearable device 2000 and may include a separate communication module to perform data communication with the second control unit 2500 of the wearable device 2000 or the server 3000.

The features, structures, and effects described in the above exemplary embodiments are included in at least one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, but are not limited to only one exemplary embodiment. Further, the features, structures, and effects illustrated in each exemplary embodiment may be embodied by being combined with another exemplary embodiment or modified by those skilled in the art. It is to be understood that all combinations and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

While the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the embodiments, these embodiments are merely exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and the present invention is not intended to be limited thereto. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that other forms of modifications and applications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. That is, each component specifically illustrated in the embodiments may be modified and presented. Furthermore, it is to be understood that variations associated with such modifications and applications are within the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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100: medication compliance monitoring system

1000: wireless communication device

2000: wearable device

3000: server

4000: terminal device

Claims (9)

1. A wearable device to be worn on a user's wrist, the wearable device comprising:

a body having an interior space surrounded by at least a top side, a bottom side, a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side; the first side and the second side face each other, and the third side and the fourth side face each other; wherein the body has a length defined by the first and second sides and a width defined by the third and fourth sides;

a first strap having a first end coupled to a first side of the body and a second end including a first connection;

a second strap having a third end coupled to the second side of the body and a second connection for interacting with the first connection of the first strap, wherein the second strap is shorter in length than the first strap;

a camera module disposed on the first belt;

wherein the second strap further comprises a fixing portion to which at least a portion of the second connecting portion is attachable such that the second strap does not cover the camera module,

wherein a field of view of the camera module is oriented in a direction along a width of the body, an

Wherein a length between the camera module and the first end is longer than a length between the camera module and the first connection such that the field of view includes at least a portion of a user's palm.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising: the display device comprises a display unit, a controller and an electric connecting wire; the display unit is exposed through the top side, the controller is disposed in the internal space and configured to control the display unit to output information, and the electrical connection line electrically connects the controller and the camera module.

3. The wearable device of claim 2,

the electrical connection line is arranged between the camera module and a first end of the first strap, the electrical connection line being disposed within the first strap such that the electrical connection line is hidden by the first strap.

4. The wearable device of claim 2, further comprising: the display device comprises a battery and a power line, wherein the battery is arranged below the display unit, and the power line is electrically connected with the camera module and the battery.

5. The wearable device of claim 1,

the belt includes a top surface and a bottom surface, an

The camera module is mounted within the belt with a lens of the camera module positioned between the top surface and the bottom surface.

6. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the camera module further comprises a lens,

wherein an optical axis of the lens is at an acute angle with respect to a surface of the first belt on which the camera module is disposed.

7. The wearable device of claim 6, wherein an angle between the optical axis and a surface of the first band is between 15 degrees and 75 degrees.

8. The wearable device of claim 6, wherein an angle between the optical axis and a surface of the first band is between 30 degrees and 60 degrees.

9. A wearable device to be worn on a user's wrist, the wearable device comprising:

a body having an interior space surrounded by at least a top side, a bottom side, a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side; the first side and the second side face each other, and the third side and the fourth side face each other;

a first strap having a first end coupled to a first side of the body and a second end including a first connection;

a second strap having a third end coupled to the second side of the body and a second connection for coupling to the first connection of the first strap;

a camera module disposed on a top surface of the first strap, a length of the first strap being longer than a length of the second strap;

wherein the first strap further comprises a fixing portion to which at least a portion of the second connection portion is coupled, wherein the fixing portion is disposed on a bottom surface of the first strap such that the second strap does not cover the camera module;

wherein when the body has a length defined by the first side and the second side and a width defined by the third side and the fourth side, a field of view of the camera module is directed toward a width direction of the body, an

Wherein a length between the camera module and the first end is longer than a length between the camera module and the first connection such that the field of view includes at least a portion of a user's palm.

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