JP2007067598A - Calling/reporting system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a calling/reporting system capable of issuing different alarm signals depending on emergency level, with an effect of preventing wrong calling, by automatically determining emergency level of a person who operates a call button based on the operation duration time of it. <P>SOLUTION: The calling/reporting system includes a call signal generating means that intermittently issues call signal having a specified time width while a non-lock type call button is pressed. A plurality of emergency levels are defined, that is uniquely determined according to generated number of call signals. An alarm signal of different alarm sound and light generated according to emergency level is outputted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a call notification device including a nurse call interphone used in a hospital or a nursing facility, for example, and more specifically, automatically determining the urgency level of a patient who operates a call button or a care recipient, The present invention relates to a call notification device capable of reporting with different alarm signals corresponding to each urgency level.

In Patent Document 1, as an example of a nurse call cordless handset, a patient himself determines the urgency level of a call, selects a call button 30 for a normal call when not emergency, and an emergency call button when an emergency occurs. A nurse call device that can select 31 is described.
.... JP 2000-224321

The nurse call device disclosed in Patent Document 1 requires two types of buttons, a normal call button and an emergency call button, and the patient himself / herself must use the two types of buttons depending on the situation. There was a problem above. There were also many problems of erroneous calls due to operational mistakes and mischief.

The present invention is effective in preventing erroneous calls, and automatically determines the urgency level of a person who operates the call button based on the operation time of the call button, and can issue a different alarm signal for each urgency level. It is an issue to provide.

The physical condition and mental condition of the patient who uses the call notification device and the cared person vary greatly. Some people are just before the operation, others are just after the operation. Or there is a difference between being hospitalized, during long-term treatment, and approaching discharge. Age ranges from children to the elderly.

According to the present invention, the alarm function can be appropriately changed according to the individual situation and necessity of the side that operates the call button and the side that responds to it so that it can be adapted to the diversity of such patients and care recipients. The task is to do.

The call notification device according to the present invention has call signal generation means for intermittently generating a call signal having a certain time width while continuously pressing a non-lock type call button, and corresponds to the number of generated call signals. Thus, it is characterized in that a plurality of levels of urgency levels that are uniquely determined are determined, and alarm signals that generate different warning sounds and light are output corresponding to each urgency level.

The call notification device according to the present invention is characterized in that the urgency level corresponding to the number of call signals and the type of alarm signal corresponding to each urgency level can be arbitrarily set.

According to the present invention, the urgency level of the operator who operated the call button is automatically determined, and a warning signal of a type corresponding to the urgency level is notified, which is convenient for quickly grasping the status of the call operator, Appropriate response and treatment are possible.

Further, since the urgency level and the type of alarm signal can be arbitrarily set, a more appropriate type of alarm signal can be selected according to the operator of the call button and the situation on the side corresponding to the operator.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a call notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is composed of a call notification slave unit 1, a call notification master unit 2, and a call line 3 connecting the two.
The call notification slave unit 1 includes a call signal generation unit 4 that generates an intermittent call signal while a non-lock type call button (not shown) is being pressed, and an intermittent signal output from the call signal generation unit 4. A call signal counting means 5 for counting call signals and an input / output interface 6 for outputting count results are included.

The call report master unit 2 corresponds to the input / output interface 7 connected to the call report slave unit 1, the urgency determination means 8 connected to the input / output interface 7, and the determination output output from the urgency determination means 8. The alarm function setting means 9 that is controlled in this manner and the alarm output means 10 that is driven by the output of the alarm function setting means 9 are configured.

The emergency level determination unit 8 includes a plurality of emergency level determination units, that is, an emergency level 0 determination unit 8a, an emergency level 1 determination unit 8b, an emergency level 2 determination unit 8c, and an emergency level 3 determination unit 8d. Each urgency determination means 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d is connected to a reference means of threshold value 8p, threshold value 8q, threshold value 8r, and threshold value 8s, respectively, and outputs a determination result corresponding to each threshold value.

The alarm function setting means 9 includes sound data 11 and display data 12 inside. The sound data is composed of a plurality of alarm sound data, and includes, for example, melody sound, buzzer sound, and siren sound data. On the other hand, the display data 12 includes various lighting control patterns.

The alarm function setting means 9 has a matrix-like selection circuit with the sound data 11 and the display data 12 as the horizontal axis if the signal according to the emergency level output from the emergency level determination means 8 is the vertical axis. With the function of the selection circuit, sound data and display data corresponding to the determination signal output from the urgent level determination means 8 to the urgent level signal are output. This selection circuit can be set in advance, and can be changed even after it has been set once.

FIG. 2 shows the urgency level determination table of the call notification device according to one embodiment of the present invention. The urgency level is distinguished by the number of call signals.
That is, when the number of calling signals is 1-2, the urgency level is 0 (ignored), when 3-5, the urgency level is 1 (low level), when the number is 6-8, the urgency level is 2 (medium level), A case of 9 or more is distinguished as urgency level 3 (high level).

FIG. 3 is an example of an alarm pattern table used in the selection circuit of the alarm function setting means 9.
It can be seen that when an alarm signal of urgency 0 (ignore) is input, the alarm sound output is silent and a green lighting signal is output as the alarm light.

When an emergency 1 (low level) alarm signal is input, the alarm sound output is a melody sound and a green flashing signal is output as the alarm light.
When an emergency 2 (medium level) alarm signal is input, the alarm sound output is a buzzer sound and a red lighting signal is output as the alarm light.
When an emergency 3 (high level) alarm signal is input, the alarm sound output is a siren sound and a red flashing signal is output as the alarm light.

FIG. 4 is a call sequence diagram of the call notification device according to one embodiment of the present invention, and the operation of the call notification device will be described with reference to this sequence diagram and the above-described FIGS.

In FIG. 1, when a call button (not shown) in the call signal generating means 4 is pressed, the call button signal is turned on in proportion to the time of pressing, as shown in FIG.
The call signal generating means 5 has an oscillation circuit (not shown) such as a multivibrator circuit, and intermittently generates a call signal having a predetermined time width while the call button is ON as shown in FIG. To do. In the illustrated example, each square wave is configured as a ringing signal, but may be a sine wave intermittent wave.
The call signal counting means 5 counts the call signals generated as described above. The step-like figure shown as the number of call signals in FIG. 4 schematically shows the state of counting. .

For example, when the number of call signals is “1” or “2”, the threshold value 8p of the urgency level 0 determination means 8a is within the specified value “C = 1-2”, and the emergency level 0 determination means 8a It is output to the alarm function setting means 9 as a degree 0 signal.

As can be seen from FIG. 4, the urgency level 0 is defined as an ignoring level and is distinguished from the standby state. In the present embodiment, the urgency level 0 (ignored) is set as a false alarm classification, as shown in FIG. 3, the alarm sound is silent, and the alarm light is set in a green lighting alarm pattern.
Most of the call operations with a short operation time that occur due to an erroneous touch of the call button or the like are processed in this false alarm classification.

Furthermore, when the number of call signals increases, the emergency level determination means 8 outputs a signal of emergency level 1, emergency level 2, or emergency level 3 corresponding to the number of call signals.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, when the number of calling signals is 3 to 5, the emergency level is 1, the emergency level is 2 when the number is 6 to 8, and the emergency level is 3 when the number is 9 or more. It is output to the setting means 9.
As a result, the alarm sound and the alarm light shown in the alarm pattern table of FIG. 3 are selectively output corresponding to the signal according to the degree of urgency input to the function setting means 9 of FIG.

Next, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 13 denotes a holding means for holding an alarm signal. By providing such a holding means, when an alarm signal having a higher urgency level is input, the alarm input disappears. The alarm signal can be continued afterwards. In this case, for example, a process such as providing a forced recovery button on the master unit or providing a recovery button on the site and operating the recovery button to stop alarm output is required.

Then, depending on the level of urgency, in the case of low level, the alarm output is turned on and off in conjunction with the turning on / off of the alarm signal, and in the case of high level, the alarm output is output even after the alarm input disappears. Two kinds of alarm modes of continuously turning on can be selectively switched.

In the above embodiment, the call notification device dedicated to calling for one line has been described. However, the present invention can be easily applied to a call notification device of a multi-line specification composed of a plurality of call notification slave units and a call notification master unit. Can be applied to.

In the above embodiment, the call notification slave unit is provided with the call signal counting means, but the call notification slave unit sends a pulse signal pulse train proportional to the operation time of the call button, and the call notification master unit The number of signals may be counted.

The present invention can also be easily applied to a call notification device having a call function such as a nurse call intercom.

The present invention can also be easily applied to a wireless call notification device that uses a portable wireless call button as a call notification slave.

1 is a block diagram of a call notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The emergency determination table in one Example of this invention. The alarm pattern table in one Example of this invention. The call alerting | reporting sequence in one Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Call notification cordless handset 2 Call notification main | base station 3 Call line 4 Call signal generation means 5 Call signal counting means 6 Input / output interface 7 Input / output interface 8 Urgency level determination means 8a Urgency level 0 determination means 8a Urgency level 1 determination means 8a Urgent Degree 2 determination means 8a Urgency 3 determination means 8p Threshold 8q Threshold 8r Threshold 8s Threshold 9 Alarm function setting means 10 Alarm output means 11 Sound data 12 Display data 13 Holding means

Claims (4)

In a call reporting device having a call reporting master and a call reporting slave, a non-locking call button for calling the call reporting master and a constant time interval while pressing this call button, Call signal generating means for intermittently generating call signals, call signal counting means for counting generated call signals, and uniquely determined in accordance with the number of call signals counted by the call signal counting means and in a plurality of stages Urgency determination means for outputting a determination result corresponding to the classified emergency level, alarm function setting means controlled by output from the emergency level determination means, alarm sound and alarm light output from the alarm function setting means And a warning output means for outputting a warning signal in accordance with the output pattern. 2. The call notification device according to claim 1, wherein an alarm sound can be set to silence at a low level of emergency among the levels of emergency classified into a plurality of stages. In a high level of urgency among multiple levels of urgency, the call state is maintained even after the call button has been operated, and the alarm signal is continued unless manual recovery is performed by the master unit. 2. The call notification device according to claim 1, wherein the call state is automatically returned in synchronization with the end of the operation of the call button at a low level of urgency. The call notification device according to claim 1, wherein the urgency determination means can change a setting value of the urgency corresponding to the number of call signals.