JP2010207537A - Informing system for living support - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an informing system for living support for informing that a dweller forgets activities by an informing method in accordance with a level of the importance when the dweller forgets living activities performed on a daily basis. <P>SOLUTION: A CPU 7 of a control device 1 detects the living activities of the dweller from input data of a current sensor 8 for detecting a consumption current of a television set 100, an electric power measuring device 2 for detecting a consumption current of electric cooking appliances 101, a sensor terminal 3 equipped with a human sensor 34, an illuminance sensor 35, an opening/closing sensor 36, and a wireless device 4 for transmitting the amount of supplied hot water of a gas hot water heater 102 in a wireless manner. Standard time zones in which the activities are performed and levels of importance for plural kinds of the living activities are registered in a storage part 25 in advance. The CPU 7 detects the living activity which is not performed in a prescribed time zone out of the living activities registered in the storage part 25 from time information detected by a timer 7a and a detected result of the living activities and informs the dweller by using the television set 100 or a care assistant by an e-mail in accordance with the level of the importance. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a life support notification system.

  In recent years, with the increase in the elderly population, the number of elderly living alone has been increasing. When elderly people live alone, so-called dementia tends to progress, and forgetfulness may increase as an initial symptom of dementia. If you forget things, you will forget even the basic daily activities that are indispensable for living, such as forgetting to eat, excretion, and shutting down, or bathing even if you have stored hot water in the bathtub. For example, you may forget to sleep, fall asleep while watching TV in the living room without going to the bedroom, or sleep time may be shortened due to a shift in the sense of time and bedtime. If such a situation is left unattended, forgetfulness becomes worse and dementia may progress. If there is a living person, the living behavior that the elderly have forgotten can be easily executed by the voice of the living person, or forgetting to do the living behavior itself may decrease. There is a problem that there is no cohabiting person who sees the person's daily life, so there is a problem that elderly people cannot notice that they have forgotten their living behavior. There was a request to prevent.

  By the way, as a system for supporting the lives of residents, for example, a support system as disclosed in Patent Document 1 has been proposed. This support system collects the operation status of various types of living equipment that can be operated remotely, extracts a series of operation patterns along the time series from the collected data, and the extracted operation patterns are registered in advance. It is a system that predicts the next movement and proposes the operation of living equipment or substitutes for it.

JP 2008-40726 A

  The above-mentioned life support system predicts the next operation based on an operation pattern in which the resident operates the living equipment, suggests the operation of the living equipment, or substitutes the living equipment by the resident. Although it supports the operation of the device, it does not have a function to detect that a resident has forgotten to perform a daily living behavior and to forget the behavior. There has been a demand for a system for reporting forgetting. Compared to the case where you have forgotten to take a bathing or other living behavior, because if you forget to eat, excrete, sleep, etc., among the daily living activities that residents do, it may lead to deterioration of their physical condition. There has been a desire to change the notification method, such as increasing the number of notifications or notifying a care helper.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the purpose of the present invention is to notify a forgotten behavior by a notification method according to its importance when a resident forgets a daily behavior that is routinely performed. It is to provide a life support notification system.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 associates a sensing means for detecting an event caused by a living behavior of a resident in a residence, an event detected by the sensing means and a living behavior. Behavior information storage means in which behavior information is registered in advance, behavior detection means for detecting a living behavior of a resident by referring to the behavior information stored in the behavior information storage means based on the detection result of the sensing means, Time information acquisition means for acquiring the time information, and for a plurality of types of life actions performed by the resident, a predetermined time zone in which each life action is performed, and a reference action storage means in which importance of each life action is registered in advance Based on the time information acquired by the time information acquisition means and the detection result of the action detection means, among the living actions registered in the reference action storage means, the living actions that were not performed in a predetermined time zone A behavior forgetting detection means to be issued, and a notification means for notifying behavior forgetting by a notification method according to the importance of the life behavior when the behavior forgetting detection means detects a living behavior that has not been performed in a predetermined time zone. It is characterized by that. Here, the notification method according to the importance means that notification is performed by changing any of the number of notifications, the timing of notification, and the notification destination according to the importance.

  The invention of claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 1, the notification means increases the number of notifications for notifying behavior forgoing as the importance of the living behavior detected by the behavior forgetting detection means is higher.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, when the behavior detecting means detects that the behavioral behavior is performed after the forgetting behavior is reported, the notification means responds to the behavior forgetting the behavior. The notification is stopped.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to third aspects, when the importance of the living behavior detected by the forgetful behavior detection means is lower than a predetermined threshold, the notification means has an importance equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold. Compared with the case of the above, it is characterized in that the time from detection of forgetting behavior to notification is lengthened.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the fourth aspect, when the importance of the living behavior detected by the behavior forgetting detection means is lower than a predetermined threshold, the notification means forgets the behavior the day after the day when the behavior is forgotten. When the importance of the living behavior detected by the behavior forgetting detection means is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, forgetting the behavior is detected when the behavior forgetting is detected.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the notifying means notifies the behavior forgotten on the day after the day when the behavior is forgotten, the behavior is forgotten at a predetermined time period in which the daily behavior to be notified is performed. It is characterized by notifying.

  The invention of claim 7 is characterized in that in the invention of any one of claims 1 to 6, the notification means is provided with a pause function for temporarily stopping the notification operation to the resident by the notification means.

  The invention of claim 8 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 7, the temporary stop function of the notification means temporarily stops the notification operation for the living behavior in which the behavior forgetting detection means has not detected the behavior forgetting for a predetermined period. .

  The invention of claim 9 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the reference behavior storage means associates with a predetermined time zone in which the living behavior is performed, and the behavior in which the living behavior is performed in the time zone. If the number of times is registered in advance, and the behavior detecting means cannot detect the behavior of life whose behavior count is registered in the reference behavior storage means more than the number of times of behavior in the predetermined time zone when the behavior of living is performed, the behavior forgetting detection The means is characterized in that it is determined that the person has forgotten the living behavior.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, the behavior forgetting detecting means detects the living behavior registered in the reference behavior storing means by the behavior detecting means a plurality of times in a predetermined time zone. And the resident forgets to perform the living behavior and determines that the forgetting behavior that repeats the same living behavior has occurred.

  According to the invention of claim 1, the behavior detecting means detects the living behavior performed by the resident based on the detection result of the sensing means and the behavior information registered in advance, and the living behavior itself performed by the resident Even if it is not possible to directly detect, it is possible to estimate that the living behavior corresponding to the detected event has been performed by the sensing means detecting the event that occurs by performing the living behavior. Then, the forgetting behavior detecting means detects the living behavior that the behavior detecting means could not detect in the predetermined time period among the living behaviors registered in the reference behavior storing means as the living behavior that the resident has forgotten. However, since the notification means is informing by the notification method according to the importance of the living behavior, the resident can be informed that the living behavior has been forgotten, and the living behavior to be notified to the resident It can also be urged.

  According to the invention of claim 2, by increasing the number of notifications as the degree of importance increases, it is possible to inform the resident more reliably of the notification contents, and to promote the living behavior of the notification target to the resident Can be increased.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the notification is stopped when the behavior to be notified is detected after the notification of forgetting behavior, the notification of forgetting behavior is repeated and the resident feels annoyed. Can be prevented.

  According to the invention of claim 4, in the case of a living behavior that does not cause much trouble even if the resident has forgotten, if the importance is set lower than the predetermined threshold, the importance is higher than the predetermined threshold Compared to daily activities, it can extend the time from when a behavior is forgotten to notification until the resident has forgotten. Can be prevented from feeling uncomfortable.

  According to the invention of claim 5, in the case of a living activity whose importance is lower than a predetermined threshold, the notifying means is informing the next day, so that the resident is not forgotten but is postponed Regardless, it is possible to prevent the user from feeling uncomfortable by receiving notification from the notification means. On the other hand, in the case of a living action having a degree of importance higher than a predetermined threshold value, notification is performed when forgetting an action is detected, so that it is possible to notify a resident of forgetting to do the living action at an earlier timing.

  According to the invention of claim 6, since the notification by the notification means is performed during the time period in which the daily behavior of the notification target is performed, the resident who has received the notification immediately notices the lifestyle behavior that they forgot to do There is an advantage that it is easy to do.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, by temporarily stopping the behavior forgetting action notification by the notifying means, the resident can execute it without performing the support operation for detecting and notifying the behavior forgotten about the behavior for living. It can be confirmed whether it became.

  According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, it is expected that the resident will be able to execute the living behavior for which the forgetting behavior has not been detected for a predetermined period of time. It is possible to confirm whether or not the resident has been able to execute without performing a support operation for detecting and notifying forgetting.

  According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, even in the case of a living action that is performed more than a predetermined number of times in a certain time period, rather than a living action that is performed only once in a fixed time period, the number of times is predetermined. Since it is less than the number of actions, it is possible to detect forgetting actions.

  Further, if the resident's forgetfulness becomes severe, for example, he may forget that he / she has eaten and forget to have done a living activity, such as eating again, but according to the invention of claim 10 If the living behavior registered in the reference behavior storage means is detected by the behavior detecting means a plurality of times in a predetermined time zone, the behavior forgetting detecting means detects that the behavior has been forgotten, so that It is also possible to notify about forgetting behavior that a person forgets and repeats the same living behavior.

1 is a system configuration diagram of Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a flowchart of the whole process same as the above. It is a flowchart of a meal forgetting determination process same as the above. It is a flowchart of a toilet forgetting determination process same as the above. It is a flowchart of the door lock confirmation process same as the above. It is a flowchart of a living sleep determination process same as the above. It is a flowchart of a bathing forgetting determination process same as the above. It is a flowchart of a sleep time abnormality determination process same as the above. (A) is an illuminance sensor output in the living room, (b) is an illuminance sensor output in the bedroom, and (c) is a time chart of an open / close sensor output in the bedroom. It is a block diagram of the control apparatus of Embodiment 2. It is a flowchart of the whole process same as the above. It is a flowchart of a meal forgetting determination process same as the above. It is a flowchart of a toilet forgetting determination process same as the above. It is a flowchart of a living sleep determination process same as the above. 10 is a flowchart of a bathing forgetting determination process according to the third embodiment. It is a block diagram of the control apparatus of Embodiment 4. It is a flowchart of a bathing forgetting determination process same as the above. It is a block diagram of the control apparatus of Embodiment 5. It is a flowchart of a meal forgetting determination process same as the above.

  The life support notification system according to the present invention detects a living behavior that a resident regularly performs in the residence, and detects that the resident has forgotten to perform a living behavior that is indispensable for living. Or it is a system which alert | reports forgetting to do a living action with respect to the care helper who performs a visiting care of a resident, Embodiment of a life assistance alerting | reporting system is described based on drawing below.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a schematic system configuration diagram according to the first embodiment. A control device 1 installed in a room where a resident spends a lot of time, for example, a living room where a television 100 is placed, and electric cooking placed in a kitchen. One or more power measuring devices 2 that measure the power consumption of the appliance 101, a plurality of sensor terminals 3 installed at various locations in the house, and a wireless that transmits the operating state of the gas water heater 102 to the control device 1 The apparatus 4 is provided as a main configuration.

  The power measuring device 2 includes a power plug 2a connected to a power outlet (not shown) and an outlet port 26. When the power plug 2a is connected to the power outlet, an operating power is supplied to the internal circuit, When the power plug 101 a of the electric cooking utensil 101 is connected to the outlet port 26, AC power is supplied to the electric cooking utensil 101 via the power measuring device 2.

  In addition, the power measuring device 2 includes a CPU 27 that performs overall control, a current sensor 28 that detects a current flowing in an electric circuit that connects the power plug 2 a and the outlet 26, and an analog of the current sensor 28. An A / D conversion unit 29 that converts the output into a digital signal and outputs the digital signal to the CPU 27, a current value storage unit 30 that stores the input current of the electric cooking appliance 101 measured by the current sensor 28, and wirelessly via the antenna 31a. A control device that includes a wireless communication unit 31 that transmits and receives signals (radio wave signals) and a transmission data storage unit 32 that stores transmission data transmitted by the wireless communication unit 31, and obtains power consumption from an input current of the electric cooking appliance 101. 1 is periodically wirelessly transmitted.

  In addition, when there are a plurality of electric cooking utensils 101 in the residence, the electric power measuring device 2 may be provided in each of the electric cooking utensils 101, and the power consumption of each electric cooking utensil 101 may be individually measured. One power measurement device 2 may be provided for a plurality of electric cooking utensils 101 and the power consumption of the plurality of power measurement devices 2 may be measured collectively.

  The sensor terminal 3 is installed in each part of the house, for example, the living room, kitchen, bedroom, entrance, toilet, bathroom, etc., detects an event that occurs due to the living behavior of the resident, and outputs the detection result to the control device 1 To do. The sensor terminal 3 includes a CPU 33 that performs overall control and a pyroelectric infrared detection element that detects, for example, a heat ray emitted from a human body, and detects the presence or absence of a person in a detection area near the installation location. Sensor 34, illuminance sensor 35 for detecting the brightness in the vicinity of the installation location, and opening and closing of the door for entering and exiting the installation location when the installation location of the sensor terminal 3 is a living room, bedroom, entrance, toilet, bathroom, etc. An open / close sensor 36 to detect, a wireless communication unit 37 that transmits and receives a wireless signal (radio wave signal) via an antenna 37a, and a transmission data storage unit 38 that stores transmission data transmitted by the wireless communication unit 37 are provided. The detection signals of the sensor 34, the illuminance sensor 35, and the open / close sensor 36 are periodically transmitted to the control device 1 wirelessly.

  The wireless device 4 includes a CPU 39 that performs overall control, a wireless communication unit 40 that transmits and receives wireless signals (radio wave signals) via the antenna 40a, and a transmission data storage unit that stores transmission data transmitted by the wireless communication unit 40. 41. In the wireless device 4, when operation information (for example, the amount of hot water supply) is input from the gas water heater 102 via a signal line, the operation information is wirelessly transmitted from the wireless communication unit 40 to the control device 1.

  Here, in this system, as a sensing means for detecting an event that occurs due to a living behavior of a resident in the residence, a power measuring device 2 that detects power consumption of the electric cooking appliance 2, a sensor terminal 3, and a gas hot water supply The wireless device 4 for transmitting the hot water supply amount of the device 102 and the current sensor 8 described later for detecting the current consumption of the television 100 are provided. However, the sensing means is not limited to the above-mentioned ones, and is associated with living activities. Any sensor other than those described above may be used as long as it can detect an event that occurs.

  On the other hand, the control device 1 includes a pair of plug blades 5 connected to a power outlet (not shown) for AC 100V and an outlet port 6 to which a power plug 100a of the television 100 is connected. When the power plug 100 a is connected to the outlet 6 when connected to the outlet, the operation power of the control device 1 is obtained from the AC power input via the plug blade 5, and the television 100 is connected via the control device 1. Is supplied with AC power.

The control device 1 also includes a CPU 7 for overall control, a current sensor 8 such as a current transformer for detecting a current flowing in an electric circuit connecting the plug blade 5 and the outlet port 6, and an analog output of the current sensor 8. Is converted into a digital signal and output to the CPU 7, a current value storage unit 10 that stores the input current value of the television 100 converted into a digital signal by the A / D converter 9, and the television 100 From the HDMI communication unit 11 that performs HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) standard communication, the HDMI control data storage unit 12 that stores control data to be output from the HDMI communication unit 11 to the television 100, and the HDMI communication unit 11 An HDMI AV data storage unit 13 for storing video and audio signals (AV data) to be output to the television 100, and the Internet NT. Interface unit (Internet IF unit) 14, a wireless communication unit 15 that transmits and receives a radio signal (radio wave signal) via an antenna 15 a, and a reception data storage unit 16 that stores reception data received by the wireless communication unit 15. A part-by-part state storage unit 17 that stores state data for each part in the dwelling for the previous day and the day, a notification content storage unit 18 for the person that stores notification contents to notify the resident, and the television 100 A TV notification content storage unit 19 for storing notification content to be notified by video and audio using a message, a helper notification content storage unit 20 for storing notification content to be notified to a care helper who performs home-visit care for a resident, An e-mail notification content storage unit 21 that stores the e-mail notification content transmitted to the notification destination, and sensing means (current sensor 8, power measurement device) 2, the sensor terminal 3, the behavior information associating the living activities and events which are detected by from wireless device 4),
In addition, a storage unit (behavior information storage means, reference action storage means) 25 in which a predetermined time zone in which each living action is performed and importance of each living action is registered in advance for a plurality of types of living actions performed by a resident is provided. I have. The CPU 7 also includes a timer (time information acquisition means) 7a that acquires current time information by counting operation clocks. In addition, the time zone determined based on the life pattern of a plurality of people by the manufacturer who provides this system may be registered in the storage unit 25 as the time zone in which each living action is performed, or the resident himself Alternatively, the time zone determined by the resident's family or care helper may be registered in the storage unit 25.

  In the control device 1, when the wireless communication unit 15 receives wireless signals transmitted from the power measuring device 2 disposed in the kitchen, the sensor terminal 3 installed in various places in the house, and the wireless device 4, the received data is received. Once stored in the reception data storage unit 16, the CPU 7 stores the data stored in the reception data storage unit 16 for each part in the residence (in this embodiment, living room, kitchen, bedroom, entrance, toilet, bathroom). It is stored in the part-specific state storage unit 17 as sensing information. In addition, the CPU 7 stores the detection information of the current sensor 8 input from the A / D conversion unit 9 in the part-by-part state storage unit 17 as sensing information of a part (for example, a living room) where the television 100 is placed.

  Tables 1 to 6 below show the sensing information of the previous day in the living room, kitchen, bedroom, entrance, toilet, and bathroom, and various sensing information is stored at intervals of 4 minutes. For example, in the living room, as shown in Table 1, the detection information of the human sensor 34, the illuminance sensor 35, and the open / close sensor 36 included in the sensor terminal 3 installed in the living room and the data of the input current value of the television 100 are stored as sensing information. Has been. In the kitchen, as shown in Table 2, the detection information of the human sensor 34 and the illuminance sensor 35 provided in the sensor terminal 3 installed in the kitchen, and the data of the input current value of the electric cooking utensil 101 measured by the power measuring device 2 Is stored as sensing information. In the bedroom, the entrance, and the toilet, as shown in Table 3, Table 4, and Table 5, the human sensor 34, the illuminance sensor 35, and the open / close sensor 36 of the sensor terminal 3 installed in the bedroom, the entrance, and the toilet, respectively. Detection information is stored as sensing information. In the bathroom, as shown in Table 6, the detection information of the human sensor 34, the illuminance sensor 35, and the open / close sensor 36 included in the sensor terminal 3 installed in the bathroom, and the hot water supply of the gas water heater 102 transmitted from the wireless device 4 Quantity data is stored as sensing information. In addition, although Table 1-Table 6 have shown the sensing information for the previous day, the control apparatus 1 has acquired the sensing information one by one, and the sensing information for the current day is also stored for each part in the part state storage unit 17. It is stored at a predetermined time interval (for example, every 4 minutes).

  Then, the CPU 7 as the behavior detecting means also has sensing information (detection information of the current sensor 8 and information input from the power measuring device 2, sensor terminal 3, and wireless device 4) stored in the part-specific state storage unit 17. In addition, the living behavior of the resident is detected with reference to the behavior information registered in the storage unit 25. Further, the CPU 7 serving as the behavior forgetting detection means, at a predetermined time zone, among the daily activities registered in the storage unit 25 based on the time information acquired by the timer 7a and the detection results of the daily activities by the resident. When a living action that has not been performed is detected and a forgetting action is detected, a notification operation is performed to a resident or a care helper.

  In this system, there are two forms of notification: a form in which the television 100 is used to notify the resident by video or voice, and a form in which the care helper has a terminal device such as a mobile phone that is carried by e-mail.

  In the notification using the television 100, the CPU 7 outputs the notification content stored in the TV notification content storage unit 19 from the HDMI communication unit 11 to the television 100, and notifies the television 100 of forgetting to do a living activity with video or audio. I am letting. In general, since it is considered that elderly people watch TV for a long time, this system uses the TV 100 as a notification means. However, in the case of a resident who has a long time to listen to the radio, the radio is notified. It can be used as a means, and in the case of a resident who spends a long time in a specific place in the room, a notification device such as a speaker or a display is installed in the place where the resident is long, and a human sensor detects the location. If it is detected that there is a resident, the notification device may be used to notify the user of forgetting action.

  In the notification by e-mail, the CPU 7 creates an e-mail based on the notification content stored in the e-mail notification content storage unit 21 and transmits it from the Internet IF unit 14, so that the mobile helper possesses the mobile phone. An e-mail is transmitted to a terminal device such as a telephone to notify the user that he / she has forgotten to live. Here, in this embodiment, a notification unit is configured by the CPU 7, the HDMI communication unit 11, the Internet IF unit 14, the television 100, and the like of the control device 1.

  Here, Table 7 shows an example of the notification content stored in the notification content storage unit 18 for the person, and the daily behavior determined to be forgotten by the CPU 7 and the notification content are stored in advance in association with each other. Table 8 shows an example of the notification content stored in the notification content storage unit 20 for helpers. Among the life behaviors determined to be forgotten by the CPU 7, there are life activities and notification contents to be notified to the care helper. It is stored in advance in association with each other. In addition, in this system, the living behavior of the resident is forgetting to eat, excretion, door shutting, bathing, etc., the state of falling asleep in the living room without going to the bedroom (this state is called living sleep), and bedtime is slow. Sleep time abnormalities that cause sleep time to become shorter are detected, and among these detection items, there is no means of locking confirmation for door locks, and there is a possibility of false detection, so notification to care helpers is performed In addition, for living sleep and bathing, there are few adverse effects on health (low importance), so notification to care helpers is not performed. Table 9 shows the internal configuration of the TV notification content storage unit 19, which stores notification content by the television 100 for each living behavior of incomplete meals, toilet interval empty, door lock confirmation, living sleep, incomplete bathing, and abnormal sleep time. A storage area is provided. Table 10 shows the internal configuration of the e-mail notification content storage unit 21, and a storage area for storing e-mail notification content is provided for each living behavior of incomplete meals, empty toilet intervals, and abnormal sleeping hours.

  As described above, the purpose of this system is to detect living behaviors such as meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), excretion, sleep, and bathing as basic living behaviors performed by residents. It is difficult to detect what a resident actually does. Therefore, in the present system, the control device 1 estimates that the living behavior has been performed by detecting an event that occurs when the resident performs the living behavior to be detected. For example, in the case of a meal, if the electric cooking utensil 101 is not used in a time zone where a meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner) is expected, it is determined that the user has forgotten to eat. In the case of excretion, it is determined whether or not the toilet has been used during a time period in which it is expected to wake up. If the toilet usage interval exceeds the specified time, it is determined that excretion has been forgotten. In the case of sleep, it detects a living sleep that falls asleep while spending time in the living room after dinner, and detects a sleep time abnormality that causes the sleep time to be shorter than the standard time. In the time zone, the human sensor 34 of the sensor terminal 3 installed in the living room is in a state in which the movement of the person is not detected. Also, in the case of abnormal sleeping time, the time when the bedroom brightness is darker than the predetermined threshold is accumulated from the time of entering the bedroom to the time of leaving, and if the accumulated time is shorter than the standard sleeping time The sleep time is abnormal. Further, in the case of bathing, when there is a large amount of hot water exceeding a predetermined amount of hot water from the gas water heater 102, when the human sensor 34 of the sensor terminal 3 installed in the bathroom detects a person continuously for a predetermined time or longer, If bathing is not detected by midnight (24:00), it is determined that bathing has been forgotten. In addition, in the case of a door lock, the lock / unlock state can be easily detected in a house with an electric lock, but in a house without an electric lock, the lock / unlock state cannot be detected. When the opening / closing of the door is detected, a notification that prompts confirmation of the door closing is given once a day.

  Below, the operation | movement which detects the forgetting of each living action mentioned above is demonstrated based on the flowchart of FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the entire process performed by the CPU 7 of the control device 1. The CPU 7 repeatedly executes the entire process at regular time intervals (for example, every minute). Forgetting meal determination process (S1), toilet forgetting determination process for determining whether to forget to excrete (S2), doortightness confirmation process for notification of doortightness confirmation (S3), living sleep determination process for detecting living sleep (S4), A bathing forgetting determination process (S5) for detecting forgetting to bathe and a sleeping time abnormality determining process (S6) for detecting a sleeping time abnormality are sequentially executed.

  Here, the individual determination process will be described in detail. First, the forgetful meal determination process of S1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When starting the meal forgetting determination process, the CPU 7 sequentially determines whether or not the current time acquired by the timer 7a is a meal prompting time (S20, S23, S26). Here, the meal promotion time is set to the time when the meal is expected to be completed, for example, 8 o'clock for breakfast, 13 o'clock for lunch, and 20 o'clock for dinner. . If the current time is not a meal promotion time as a result of the determination in S20, S23, S26, the process proceeds to S30. If the current time is a meal promotion time of breakfast, lunch, or dinner, the region-specific state storage unit 17 Whether or not the electric cooking utensil 101 was used between 2 hours ago and the present time (within the last 2 hours) with reference to the sensing information (Table 2) of the day of the kitchen stored in the table (S21, S24, S27) Is determined (S22, S25, S28). The CPU 7 determines the use / non-use of the electric cooking utensil 101 by comparing the current value detected by the power measuring device 2 with a predetermined reference current value, and the electric cooking utensil 101 is used. If it is, it is determined that the meal has been completed, and the process proceeds to S30. On the other hand, if the electric cooking utensil 101 is not used in the determinations in S22, S25, and S28, the CPU 7 determines that the meal is forgotten, and the meal is not completed from the notification content storage unit 18 for the person (breakfast is not completed, lunch is not completed, dinner is not completed). Is read out and stored in the corresponding storage area of the TV notification content storage unit 19 (S29).

  Next, the CPU 7 sequentially determines whether or not the current time is a meal incomplete time for notifying the care helper that the meal is incomplete (S30, S33, S36). Here, the meal incomplete time is set later than the meal promotion time, for example, 2 hours after the meal promotion time. The breakfast incomplete time is 10:00, the lunch incomplete time is 15:00, and the dinner incomplete time is 22:00. Is set. As a result of the determination in S30, S33, and S36, if the current time is not an incomplete meal time, the forgetful meal determination process is terminated, and if it is an incomplete meal time for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, it is stored in the region-specific state storage unit 17. Referring to the sensing information for the day of the kitchen (S31, S34, S37), it is determined whether or not the cooking utensil has been used between 4 hours ago and the present time (within the latest 4 hours) (S32, S35). , S38). The CPU 7 determines whether the electric cooking utensil 101 is used or not by comparing the current value detected by the power measuring device 2 with a predetermined reference current value, and the cooking utensil must be used. For example, the notification content for the incomplete meal (breakfast incomplete, lunch incomplete, dinner incomplete) is read from the helper notification content storage unit 20 and stored in the corresponding storage area of the email notification content storage unit 21 (S39). If is used, it is determined that the meal has been completed, and the forgetful meal determination process is terminated.

  The toilet forgetting determination process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the CPU 7 starts the toilet forgetting determination process, the CPU 7 determines whether or not the current time acquired by the timer 7a is a time zone in which the resident is expected to wake up, that is, between 10:00 and 24:00 (S41). ). Here, if the current time is between 10 o'clock and 24 o'clock, the CPU 7 refers to the sensing information (Table 5) for the toilet stored in the site-specific state storage unit 17 (S42), and the open / close sensor 36 If the human sensor 34 detects a person after detecting the open state of the door, it is determined that the resident has used the toilet. Then, the CPU 7 determines whether or not the toilet has been used within the last four hours (S43), and if it is determined that the toilet has been used, the storage area (forgetting toilet) in the TV notification content storage unit 19 ( (Toilet incomplete area) is cleared (S44), and the toilet forgetting determination process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in S43 that the toilet has not been used within the last 4 hours, the CPU 7 determines whether or not the toilet has been forgotten on the day (S45). The notification content for forgetting the toilet is read from the notification content storage unit 18 for the person, and stored in the corresponding storage area of the TV notification content storage unit 19 (S46). After reading and storing in the corresponding storage area of the email notification content storage unit 21 (S47), the toilet forgetting determination process is terminated. If it is determined in S41 that the current time is not between 10:00 and 24:00, or if it is determined in S45 that the current day has been notified, the CPU 7 ends the toilet forgetting determination process. In this system, if the use interval of the toilet exceeds 4 hours, it is determined that the toilet is forgotten. However, since the use interval varies among individuals, the use interval may be set as appropriate according to the resident. Also, in this system, if the toilet time interval exceeds the predetermined interval, it is determined that the toilet is forgotten. For example, it is determined that the user has used the toilet more than the predetermined number of times during the time period when the person is expected to get up. If it cannot be detected, it may be determined that the toilet has been forgotten. Also, for living activities other than excretion, in the case of a living action that is performed more than a predetermined number of times in a certain time zone, the predetermined number of actions in that time zone As described above, if the living behavior cannot be detected, it may be determined that the living behavior is forgotten.

  The door lock confirmation process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the CPU 7 starts the process for confirming the closing of the door, the CPU 7 refers to the sensing information (Table 4) on the previous day and the day of the entrance stored in the part-specific state storage unit 17 (S51), and from the previous 30 minutes to the present (most recent) 30 minutes), it is determined whether or not the door opening / closing (that is, switching from the closed state to the open state and then closing again) is detected by the open / close sensor 36 (S52). End the process. On the other hand, as a result of the determination in S52, if the opening / closing of the door has been detected within the last 30 minutes, the CPU 7 determines whether or not the door closing confirmation has already been notified on the day (S53). After reading the notification content for the door lock confirmation from the notification content storage unit 18 for the person and storing it in the corresponding storage area of the TV notification content storage unit 19 (S54), the door lock confirmation process is terminated. Further, when it is determined that the notification has been made as a result of the determination in S53, the CPU 7 ends the door closing confirmation process.

  The living sleep determination process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When starting the living sleep determination process, the CPU 7 determines whether or not the current time acquired by the timer 7a is a target time (for example, from 21:00 to 24:00) for determining the living sleep (S61). If it is not the target time zone, the storage area corresponding to “living sleep” in the TV notification content storage unit 19 is cleared (S66), and the living sleep determination process ends.

  On the other hand, if the current time is the target time for determining living sleep, the CPU 7 refers to the sensing information (Table 1) for the day of the living room stored in the region-specific state storage unit 17 (S62), and the resident Determine if has fallen asleep in the living room. When a resident falls asleep in the living room, there is no movement of the human body, so the human sensor 34 using a pyroelectric element cannot detect the presence of a person, and the lighting fixture remains lit. It is expected that Therefore, the CPU 7 determines whether or not the human sensor 34 of the sensor terminal 3 has detected a person from 30 minutes before to the present (within the latest 30 minutes) based on the sensing information of the day (S63). ), If a person (that is, a person's movement) is detected, it is determined that the resident is waking up, and the process proceeds to S66 described above. On the other hand, if a person has not been detected within the last 30 minutes, the CPU 7 compares the illuminance detected by the illuminance sensor 35 with a predetermined specified value (S64), and the illuminance has exceeded the specified value in the last 30 minutes. If there is a period when it is dark, it is determined that the resident has performed the on / off operation of the lighting apparatus, that is, the resident is waking up, and the process proceeds to S66 described above. And as a result of the determination of S64, when it is determined that the illuminance is always brighter than the specified value within the last 30 minutes, the CPU 7 determines that the resident has fallen asleep with the lighting equipment turned on, It is determined whether or not the living sleep has already been notified (S65). If the notification has not been made, the notification content for the living sleep is read from the notification content storage unit 18 for the person, and the corresponding storage area of the TV notification content storage unit 19 is read. (S67), the living sleep determination process is terminated. Moreover, also when it determines with having been alert | reported as a result of determination of S65, CPU7 complete | finishes the determination process of living sleep. In addition, since a situation where the user sleeps while watching TV in the living room can be considered as the living sleep, in the determination process of the living sleep, the determination that the human sensor 34 is not detected in a predetermined time zone, In addition to the determination that the illuminance in the predetermined time zone is equal to or greater than the specified value, a determination may be made that the television 100 is turned on, but whether the television 100 is turned on when performing the notification operation in the overall flow of FIG. (S9), and forgetting an action when the TV 100 is turned on, the determination of whether or not the TV 100 is turned on is omitted in the living sleep determination process.

  Moreover, the determination process of forgetting to take a bath is demonstrated with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the CPU 7 starts the determination process of forgetting to take a bath, it refers to the sensing information (Table 6) on the day of the bathroom stored in the state-specific state storage unit 17 (S71), and the gas water heater 102 at least one hour before the current time. It is determined whether or not the amount of hot water supplied exceeds a specified value (for example, 250 liters) (S72). If the amount of hot water does not exceed the specified value, the determination process for forgetting to take a bath is terminated. If it is determined in S72 that the hot water supply amount has exceeded the specified value one hour or more before the current time, that is, a large amount of hot water has been used to store hot water in the bathtub, the CPU 7 It is determined whether there is a period in which the human sensor 34 has detected a person continuously for 10 minutes or more until the present time (within the latest one hour) (S73). Then, it is determined that the resident has taken a bath, the storage area corresponding to forgetting to take a bath (the incomplete bathing area) in the TV notification content storage unit 19 is cleared (S74), and the forgetting to take bath determination process is terminated. If it is determined in S73 that there is no continuous detection for 10 minutes or more, the CPU 7 determines that the resident has forgotten to take a bath even though he has stored hot water in the bathtub. (S75) If it has been notified, the determination process of forgetting to bathe is terminated. On the other hand, if not notified, the CPU 7 reads the notification content for forgetting to bathe from the notification content storage unit 18 for the person and stores it in the corresponding storage area of the TV notification content storage unit 19 (S76). It is determined whether or not it is 24 o'clock (S77). If it is not 24 o'clock, the forgetting bathing determination process is terminated as it is, and if it is 24 o'clock, the storage area corresponding to forgetting to bathe in the TV notification content storage unit 19 ( (Bath incomplete area) is cleared (S78), and the determination process of forgetting to bathe is terminated.

  Next, the sleep time abnormality determination process will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the sleep time abnormality determination process, FIG. 9A is an illuminance sensor output of the sensor terminal 3 installed in the living room, and FIGS. 8B and 8C are installed in the bedroom. These are the illuminance sensor output and the open / close sensor output of the sensor terminal 3. When the CPU 7 starts the sleep time abnormality determination process, the CPU 7 first determines whether or not the current time acquired by the timer 7a is 10:00 am (S81). If so, the processing after S82 is executed. That is, the CPU 7 is configured to perform a sleep time abnormality determination process every day at 10 am when the resident is expected to wake up reliably. If the current time is 10:00 am, the CPU 7 refers to the sensing information on the previous day and the current day of the living room stored in the part-specific state storage unit 17 (S82), and starts from 22:00 the previous day (10:00 pm) on the current day. Until 8 o'clock (8 am), the start time and end time of the longest time zone in the time zone in which the illuminance detected by the illuminance sensor 35 is continuously 50 lux or less are extracted. FIG. 9 (a) shows the result of comparing the brightness and darkness of the detected illuminance of the illuminance sensor 35 installed in the living room with a predetermined reference illuminance (50 lux), and the longest time zone within 50 lux or less. Since the starting time and the ending time are t1 and t2, respectively, the CPU 7 leaves the starting time t1 from the living room (hereinafter referred to as the living leaving time) and the end time t2 enters the living room (hereinafter referred to as the living room). It is temporarily stored as “entry time” (S83).

  Next, the CPU 7 refers to the sensing information of the previous day and that day of the bedroom stored in the state storage unit 17 (S84), and the open / close sensor 36 opens the bedroom door within 1 hour after the living room leaving time t1. Among the times t3 and t4 at which the image is detected, the oldest time t3 is temporarily stored as the time of entering the bedroom (hereinafter referred to as the bedroom entry time) (S85), and within one hour retroactively from the living room entry time t2. Of the times t5 and t6 when the open / close sensor 36 detects the open state of the bedroom door, the latest time t6 is temporarily stored as the time when the user leaves the bedroom (hereinafter referred to as the bedroom leaving time) (S86). Thereafter, the CPU 7 integrates the times T1 and T2 during which the illuminance detected by the illuminance sensor 35 falls below a predetermined threshold value (for example, 50 lux) between the bedroom entry time t3 and the bedroom exit time t6. Time (T1 + T2) is obtained as sleep time (S87), and it is determined whether or not the accumulated time is shorter than the standard sleep time (for example, 5 hours) (S88). At this time, if the integration time is 5 hours or more, the CPU 7 ends the sleep time abnormality determination process, and if the integration time is less than 5 hours, the CPU 7 detects the sleep time abnormality from the notification content storage unit 18 for the person. After the notification content is read and stored in the corresponding storage area of the TV notification content storage unit 19 (S89), the notification content for the sleep time abnormality is read from the helper notification content storage unit 20, and the email notification content storage unit 21 is read out. Is stored in the corresponding storage area (S90), and the sleep time abnormality determination process is terminated.

  When the above-described determination process (S1 to S6) for each living action is completed, the CPU 7 refers to the TV notification content storage unit 19 (S7) and determines whether the notification content is stored in the TV notification content storage unit 19 or not. Judgment is made (S8). As a result of the determination in S8, if forgetting action is detected in any of the determination processes and the notification content is stored in the TV notification content storage unit 19, the CPU 7 detects the current input from the A / D conversion unit 9. From the result, it is determined whether the power of the television 100 is on or off (S9). If the power of the television 100 is on, the notification content stored in the TV notification content storage unit 19 is output from the HDMI communication unit 11 to the television 100. Then, after letting the television 100 perform a notification operation for the resident, the stored data in the TV notification content storage unit 19 is cleared (S11), and the process proceeds to S12. On the other hand, if the notification content is not stored in the TV notification content storage unit 19 in the determination of S8, that is, if no forgetting action is detected in any determination processing, the CPU 7 proceeds to the processing of S12 and performs the notification operation. If the target living behavior is detected after the notification, the notification can be stopped, and the notification is performed even after the resident who has received the notification performs the target living behavior. I do not feel it. Even when the power of the television 100 is turned off in the determination of S9, the CPU 7 proceeds to the process of S12 and does not perform the notification operation.

  In the process of S12, the CPU 7 refers to the email notification content storage unit 21 and determines whether the notification content is stored in the email notification content storage unit 21 (S13). If the notification content is stored in the TV notification content storage unit 19 as a result of the determination in S13, the CPU 7 creates an email for notifying the notification content stored in the email notification content storage unit 21, and creates an Internet IF The notification content stored in the email notification content storage unit 21 is transmitted from the unit 14 to the email address of a terminal device such as a mobile phone held by, for example, a care helper who performs home visit care for the resident (S14). It is cleared (S15) and the whole process is terminated. If the notification content is not stored in the TV notification content storage unit 19 as a result of the determination in S13, the CPU 7 ends the entire process.

  As described above, according to the present system, the CPU 7 as the action detecting unit detects the detection results of the power measuring device 2, the sensor terminal 3, the wireless device 4, and the A / D conversion unit 9 as the sensing unit, and the storage unit 25. Sensing means for detecting events that occur due to living behavior even if the living behavior performed by the resident is detected based on behavior information registered in By detecting, it can be estimated that the living behavior corresponding to the detected event was performed. And CPU7 which is a behavior forget detection means detects the life behavior which was not detected in the corresponding time zone among the life behavior registered in the memory | storage part 25 as a life behavior which a resident has forgotten, and the said life A notification method according to the importance of the action (for example, by outputting video or sound from the TV 100 in the living room) and performing a notification operation to inform the resident that he / she has forgotten to perform a predetermined living action. It is possible to inform the resident of the living behavior to be notified. Depending on the importance of living behavior, the CPU 7 also informs the nursing helper that he / she has forgotten to perform important living behavior by sending a notification content to the mobile phone owned by the resident nursing helper by e-mail. It can be tightened.

  In general, elderly people have a long TV viewing time, so in this embodiment, the TV 100 is used as a notification means for notifying residents of forgetting to act, but for residents who have a long time to listen to the radio, Alternatively, a radio may be used as the notification means, and a notification message for forgetting an action may be output from the radio. In addition, for residents who spend a long time in the living room, a separate notification device that notifies the user with text, audio, video, etc. is installed in the living room, and this notification device is used to notify the user of forgetting behavior. Good.

(Embodiment 2)
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Since the system configuration other than the control device 1 is the same as that of the first embodiment, common components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 10 is a schematic block diagram of the control device 1, and the control device 1 includes a repeated notification interval storage unit 22 that stores a notification interval in the case of repeatedly informing about a living behavior in which a behavior forgetting is detected, For daily activities with relatively high importance, a notification operation is repeatedly performed a plurality of times at a notification interval set in the repeated notification interval storage unit 22. Here, an explanation will be given by taking as an example a case in which the importance is set to be relatively higher than the other living behaviors for three of the living behaviors that are detection targets for forgetting behaviors, such as eating, excretion, and living sleep. . In the repeated notification interval storage unit 22, it is assumed that 30 minutes is set as the repeated notification interval when the notification is made for the person, and 1 hour is set as the repeated notification interval when the notification is made for the care helper. Since the configuration of the control device 1 other than the repeated notification interval storage unit 22 is the same as that of the control device 1 described in the first embodiment, common constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. To do.

  Next, the detection operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 11 is a flowchart of the overall process, FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the forgetting meal determination process, FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the toilet forgetting determination process, and FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the living sleep determination process, which is the flowchart described in the first embodiment. Common processes are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  First, the entire process will be described with reference to FIG. The CPU 7 repeatedly executes the entire process at regular intervals (for example, every minute). When the entire process is started, the forgetful meal determination process (S1) for determining whether or not to forget to eat, whether forgetting excretion before going to bed Toilet forget determination process (S2), door tightness confirmation process (S3) for notification of door tightness confirmation, living sleep determination process for detecting living sleep (S4), bath forgetting determination process for detecting forgetting to bathe (S5) ), Sleep time abnormality determination processing (S6) for detecting sleep time abnormality is executed in order. Here, since the door closing confirmation process, the forgetting bathing determination process, and the sleep time abnormality determination process are the same as the processing contents described in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted, and the forgetting meal determination process, the toilet forgetting determination process, and the living sleep are omitted. The determination process will be described below.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the forgetting meal determination process. In this embodiment, the time for notifying the resident or the care helper (meal prompting time, unfinished meal time) is given a range. That is, when comparing the current time with the meal prompting time in S20, S23, and S26, the CPU 7 sets the meal prompting time from 7 o'clock to 9 o'clock for breakfast, and from 12 o'clock to 14 o'clock for lunch. In the case of supper and dinner, the time period is set from 19:00 to 21:00, and if it can be detected that the electric cooker 101 has been used within the last two hours in each time period (S22, S25, S28) ) Judge that the meal is complete. On the other hand, if it is not detected that the electric cooking utensil 101 has been used within the last two hours in each time zone, the CPU 7 determines that the meal is incomplete, and the incomplete meal (breakfast incomplete, The notification content for “unfinished lunch, incomplete dinner” is read and stored in the corresponding storage area of the TV notification content storage unit 19 (S29).

  Next, the CPU 7 compares the current time with the incomplete meal time (S30, S33, S36). In this system, when the incomplete meal time is breakfast, it is a time zone from 9:00 to 11:00, and in the case of lunch, it is 14 hours. The time zone is set from 12:00 to 16:00, and in the case of dinner, the time zone is set from 21:00 to 23:00, and the CPU 7 confirms that the electric cooker 101 has been used within the last 4 hours in each time zone. If it can be detected (S32, S35, S38), it is determined that the meal has been completed. On the other hand, if it is not detected that the electric cooking utensil 101 has been used within the last 4 hours in each time zone, the CPU 7 determines that the meal is incomplete, and the incomplete meal (breakfast incomplete, The notification content for “lunch incomplete, dinner incomplete” is read out and stored in the corresponding storage area of the email notification content storage unit 21 (S39).

  As described above, in this embodiment, the meal prompting time and the incomplete meal time are provided with different widths, and the TV notification content storage unit is used until the use of the electric cooking utensil 101 that can be regarded as having been completed in each time zone. 19 and the e-mail notification content storage unit 21 continue to store the notification content.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the toilet forgetting determination process. In the toilet forgetting determination process described in the first embodiment, it is determined whether or not the day has been notified in the process of S45. If the notification has already been made on the day, the notification to the TV notification content storage unit 19 and the email notification content storage unit 21 is notified. Since the process of storing the contents is not performed, the notification is not performed again. On the other hand, in this embodiment, if it is determined in S43 that the toilet has not been used in the last four hours, the CPU 7 stores the notification content in the TV notification content storage unit 19 and the email notification content storage unit 21. Therefore, even if the notification has already been made on the day, if the interval between the toilets is 4 hours or longer, the forgetfulness of the toilet can be repeatedly notified.

  FIG. 14 shows a flowchart of the living sleep determination process. In the living sleep determination process described in the first embodiment, it is determined whether or not the day notification has been made in the process of S65, and if the day notification has been made, the process of storing the notification content in the TV notification content storage unit 19 is not performed. Therefore, the notification is not performed again. On the other hand, in this embodiment, if it is determined in S63 and S64 that no human movement can be detected in the last 30 minutes and the lighting continues to be lit during that time, the CPU 7 stores the TV notification content storage unit 19. Since the process of storing the notification content is performed (S67), even if the notification has already been made on the day, the living sleep can be repeatedly notified if the living sleep can be detected.

  When the determination process for individual living activities (S1 to S6 in FIG. 11) is completed, the CPU 7 refers to the TV notification content storage unit 19 (S7), and the notification content is stored in the TV notification content storage unit 19. It is determined whether or not there is (S8). If the notification content is stored in the TV notification content storage unit 19 as a result of the determination in S8, the CPU 7 determines whether the power of the television 100 is on or off from the detection result of the current input from the A / D conversion unit 9. If it is determined (S9) and the power of the television 100 is turned on, it is determined whether or not a notification interval (for example, 30 minutes) for the person has passed since the previous notification (S16), and for the person since the previous notification. If the notification interval has elapsed, the notification content stored in the TV notification content storage unit 19 is output from the HDMI communication unit 11 to the television 100 to cause the television 100 to perform a notification operation for the resident, and then the TV notification is performed. The data stored in the content storage unit 19 is cleared (S11), and the process proceeds to S12. Note that if there is no notification content in the determination of S8, if the power of the television 100 is off in the determination of S9, or if the notification interval for the person has not elapsed since the previous notification in the determination of S16, the CPU 7 The process proceeds to S12.

  In the process of S12, the CPU 7 refers to the email notification content storage unit 21 and determines whether the notification content is stored in the email notification content storage unit 21 (S13). If the notification content is stored in the TV notification content storage unit 19 as a result of the determination in S13, it is determined whether or not a helper notification interval (for example, 1 hour) has elapsed since the previous notification (S17). If the notification interval for the helper has elapsed since the previous notification, the CPU 7 creates an e-mail for notifying the notification content stored in the e-mail notification content storage unit 21, and for example, a care helper is sent from the Internet IF unit 14. After being transmitted to the e-mail address of the mobile phone possessed (S14), the notification content stored in the e-mail notification content storage unit 21 is cleared (S15), and the entire process is terminated. Further, when the notification content is not stored in the TV notification content storage unit 19 in the determination of S13, or when the notification interval for the helper has not elapsed since the previous notification in the determination of S17, the CPU 7 ends the entire process. To do.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, among the living behaviors to be detected, the living behaviors having relatively high importance (three forgotten meals, forgotten toilets and living sleep) are forgotten by the resident. In this case, since the CPU 7 repeatedly performs the notification operation for the resident or the care helper until the resident notices that the resident has forgotten and executes the living behavior, the notification destination such as the resident or the care helper Therefore, it is possible to make the notification content more reliable, and to enhance the effect of prompting the resident to carry out the living behavior to be notified. In the present embodiment, the notification operation is performed at a predetermined notification interval until the resident performs the living behavior to be notified. However, in the case of a lifestyle activity with a high importance level, compared with a lifestyle behavior with a low importance level. Thus, it is only necessary to increase the number of notifications, and it is possible to inform the resident more reliably of the notification content, and it is possible to enhance the effect of prompting the resident to perform the living behavior to be notified. In addition, when the CPU 7 detects forgetting behavior of a relatively high level of importance, the CPU 7 performs the notification operation a plurality of times by repeating the notification operation at a predetermined notification interval, but the target living behavior is detected after the notification. Then, since the notification is stopped, the notification is performed even after the resident who has received the notification performs the living behavior, and the resident does not feel troublesome.

(Embodiment 3)
A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, since the system configuration of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first or second embodiment, common components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  In the life support notification system according to the present embodiment, when the importance of the life action detected as forgetting action is lower than the predetermined threshold by the CPU 7 as the action forgetting detection unit, the action is compared with the case where the importance is equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold. The time from forgetting to notification is increased, and in this embodiment, the notification operation is performed on the next day when the forgetting action occurs. Here, a case where forgetting to take a bath is set as an example of a living activity whose importance is lower than a predetermined threshold will be described as an example.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the forgetting bathing determination process. When the CPU 7 starts the determination process for forgetting to bathe, the current time acquired by the timer 7a is estimated to be 10:00 am when the resident is expected to wake up reliably. (S91), if it is not 10:00 am, the determination process is terminated, and if it is 10:00 am, the processes after S92 are executed. That is, the CPU 7 performs a determination process of forgetting to take a bath every day at 10 am.

  If the current time is 10:00 am, the CPU 7 refers to the sensing information of the previous day of the bathroom stored in the part state storage unit 17 (S92), and the hot water supply amount of the gas water heater 102 is a specified value (for example, 250 liters). ) Is exceeded (S93), and if the amount of hot water supply does not exceed the specified value, the determination process of forgetting to bathe is terminated. If it is determined in S93 that the amount of hot water supply exceeds the specified value, that is, it is determined that hot water has been stored in the bathtub, the CPU 7 determines the time when the amount of hot water supply exceeds the specified value (hereinafter referred to as hot water filling time). Is temporarily stored (S94), and it is determined whether or not there is a period in which the human sensor 34 has detected a person continuously for 10 minutes or more from the filling time to 24:00 the previous day (S95). If there is a continuous detection for more than a minute, it is determined that the resident has taken a bath and the determination process for forgetting to take a bath is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in S95 that there is no continuous detection for 10 minutes or more, the CPU 7 determines that the resident has forgotten to take a bath even though he has stored hot water in the bathtub, and the notification content storage unit for the person himself / herself The notification content for forgetting to take a bath is read from 18 and stored in the corresponding storage area of the TV notification content storage unit 19 (S96), and the determination process for forgetting to take a bath is terminated. In addition, Table 11 below shows the notification contents registered in advance in the notification content storage unit 18 for the person, and since it will be notified the next day when bathing is incomplete, the notification content “Did you take a bath yesterday?” Is registered.

  In this system, at 10 am every day, the CPU 7 performs a determination process of forgetting to bathe to determine whether or not forgetting to take a bath the previous day. To be done. In this way, in the case of living activities whose importance is lower than the predetermined threshold, the notification is made the day after forgetting the action, so the resident has not forgotten, so the importance is not high and it is postponed In spite of being present, it is possible to prevent the user from feeling uncomfortable by receiving the notification by the notification means. On the other hand, in the case of a living action whose importance is higher than a predetermined threshold value, the CPU 7 notifies when the forgetting action is detected, and therefore can prompt the resident to execute the living action at an earlier timing.

(Embodiment 4)
A fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Since the system configuration other than the control device 1 is the same as that of the first or second embodiment, common components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  In the life support notification system according to the present embodiment, when the importance of the life action detected as forgetting action is lower than the predetermined threshold by the CPU 7 as the action forgetting detection unit, the action is compared with the case where the importance is equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold. The time from when the forgetting occurs until the notification is performed is lengthened. In the present embodiment, the notification operation is performed on the next day when the forgetting behavior occurs, during a time zone in which the daily activity to be notified is performed as standard. In the present embodiment, a case where forgetting to take a bath is set as an example of a living activity whose importance is lower than a predetermined threshold will be described as an example.

  FIG. 16 is a schematic block diagram of the control device 1. The control device 1 includes a bathing forgetting notification time storage unit 23 for storing a notification time for notifying of forgetting bathing, and forgetting an action whose importance is lower than a predetermined threshold value. As for, the notification operation is performed at the notification time stored in the forget-to-bath notification time storage unit 23 the day after the day when the forgetting action occurred. In addition, since the structure of the control apparatus 1 other than the bathing forgetting notification time storage part 23 is the same as that of the control apparatus 1 demonstrated in Embodiment 2, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to a common component and the description is given. Omitted.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the forgetting to bathe determination process. When the CPU 7 starts the forgetting to bathe determination process, the CPU 7 refers to the sensing information on the day of the bathroom stored in the part-specific state storage unit 17 (S71), 30 minutes before It is determined whether the hot water supply amount of the gas water heater 102 has exceeded a specified value (for example, 250 liters) from the current time to the present time (within the latest 30 minutes) (S72). Here, if the amount of hot water supply exceeds the specified value, the CPU 7 determines that the resident has stored hot water in the bathtub, and takes a time 30 minutes before the current time as a time zone in which bathing is routinely performed. After storing in the forgetting notification time storage unit 23 (S90), the process proceeds to S91. If the hot water supply amount does not exceed the specified value in the determination in S72, the process proceeds to S91 as it is. In the process of S91, the CPU 7 determines whether or not the current time acquired by the timer 7a is the notification time stored in the forgetting bath notification time storage unit 23. If so, the processing after S92 is executed. That is, when the notification time stored in the bathing forgetting notification time storage unit 23 is reached, the CPU 7 performs the forgetting bathing determination process, and the CPU 7 senses the sensing information for the previous day of the bathroom stored in the region-specific state storage unit 17. (S92), it is determined whether or not the hot water supply amount of the gas water heater 102 exceeds a specified value (for example, 250 liters) (S93). If the hot water supply amount does not exceed the specified value, hot water filling is performed. If not, the determination process for forgetting to take a bath is terminated. If it is determined in S93 that the amount of hot water supply exceeds the specified value, that is, it is determined that hot water has been stored in the bathtub, the CPU 7 time when the amount of hot water supply exceeds the specified value (hereinafter referred to as hot water filling time). Is temporarily stored (S94), and it is determined whether or not there is a period in which the human sensor 34 has detected a person continuously for 10 minutes or more from the filling time to 24:00 the previous day (S95). If there is a continuous detection for more than a minute, it is determined that the resident has taken a bath and the determination process for forgetting to take a bath is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in S95 that there is no continuous detection for 10 minutes or more, the CPU 7 determines that the resident has forgotten to bathe even though the hot water is filled, and from the notification content storage unit 18 for the person himself / herself. The notification content for forgetting to take a bath is read out and stored in the corresponding storage area of the TV notification content storage unit 19 (S96), and the determination process for forgetting to take a bath is terminated.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the time when the resident has stored hot water in the bathtub is stored in the forgetting bath notification time storage unit 23 as the time when the resident regularly bathes, and then the forgetting bathing notification time is stored. , It is determined whether or not forgetting to take a bath from the sensing information of the day before the bathroom, and if it is judged that forgetting to take a bath, a notification operation is performed. There is an advantage in that it is easy to perform the living behavior that the resident has forgotten by notifying forgetting the behavior in a time zone that is easy to perform.

(Embodiment 5)
A fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Since the system configuration other than the control device 1 is the same as that of the first to fourth embodiments, common components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  In the life support notification system of the present embodiment, the CPU 7 is provided with a temporary stop function in the CPU 7 for temporarily stopping the behavior forgetting notification operation performed for the resident, and by temporarily stopping the behavior forgetting notification operation, It is possible to confirm whether or not the resident has been able to execute without performing a support operation for detecting and notifying behavioral forgetting about the living behavior to be notified.

  FIG. 18 is a schematic block diagram of the control device 1, and the control device 1 includes a temporary stop service storage unit 24 that stores a daily behavior for temporarily stopping a behavior forgetting notification operation. Table 12 below shows an internal configuration of the temporary stop service storage unit 24, and whether to execute the notification service or stop is set for each living activity to be detected. The setting data in the temporary stop service storage unit 24 can be rewritten by accessing the control device 1 via the Internet from a terminal device of a care helper, for example. If a care helper wants to temporarily stop a behavior forgetting action based on a conversation with a resident or a notification history sent by e-mail, the care helper's mobile terminal can be used via the Internet. Thus, the control device 1 is accessed and the setting data stored in the temporary stop service storage unit 24 of the control device 1 is rewritten. Since the configuration of the control device 1 other than the temporary suspension service storage unit 24 is the same as that of the control device 1 described in the fourth embodiment, common components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. .

  Here, a process for temporarily stopping a behavior forgetting notification operation will be described using a forgetting meal notification operation as an example. FIG. 19 is a flowchart of the forget-meal determination process. When the forget-meal determination process is started, the CPU 7 sequentially determines whether or not the current time acquired by the timer 7a is a meal promotion time (S20, S23, S26). Here, the meal promotion time is set to the time at which the meal is expected to be completed, for example, from 7 am to 9 am for breakfast, and from 12:00 to 14:00 for lunch. If it is a time zone and dinner, it is set to a time zone from 19:00 to 21:00. As a result of the determination in S20, S23, and S26, if the current time is a meal prompting time for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, refer to the sensing information for the day of the kitchen stored in the state storage unit 17 (S21, S24, S27) It is determined whether or not the electric cooking utensil 101 has been used between 2 hours ago and the present time (within the latest 2 hours) (S22, S25, S28). The CPU 7 determines the use / non-use of the electric cooking utensil 101 by comparing the current value detected by the power measuring device 2 with a predetermined reference current value, and the electric cooking utensil 101 is used. If it is, it is determined that the meal has been completed, and the process proceeds to S30. On the other hand, if the electric cooking utensil 101 is not used, the CPU 7 refers to the setting data in the temporary stop service storage unit 24 to determine whether the forgotten meal notification service is paused or not, and forgets the meal notification service. If it is paused, the process proceeds to S30. If the forget-meeting notification service is not paused, the notification content for the incomplete meal (unfinished breakfast, unfinished lunch, unfinished dinner) from the notification content storage unit 18 for the person himself / herself Is stored in the corresponding storage area of the TV notification content storage unit 19 (S29).

  Next, the CPU 7 sequentially determines whether or not the current time is a meal incomplete time for notifying the care helper that the meal is incomplete (S30, S33, S36). Here, the meal incomplete time is set to a time later than the meal promotion time. For breakfast, the time is from 9:00 to 11:00. For lunch, the time is from 14:00 to 16:00. In this case, the time zone is set from 21:00 to 23:00. As a result of the determination in S30, S33, and S36, if the current time is an unfinished meal time for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, refer to the kitchen sensing information stored in the part-specific state storage unit 17 (S31, S34, S37) It is determined whether or not the cooking utensil has been used between 4 hours ago and the present time (within the latest 4 hours) (S32, S35, S38). The CPU 7 determines whether the electric cooking utensil 101 is used or not by comparing the current value detected by the power measuring device 2 with a predetermined reference current value, and the cooking utensil must be used. For example, the notification content for the incomplete meal (breakfast incomplete, lunch incomplete, dinner incomplete) is read from the helper notification content storage unit 20 and stored in the corresponding storage area of the email notification content storage unit 21 (S39). If is used, it is determined that the meal has been completed, and the forgetful meal determination process is terminated.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when the care helper rewrites the setting data stored in the temporary stop service storage unit 24 and rewrites the setting data corresponding to the desired living behavior from “execution” to “stop”, the life Since the action of notifying behavior for behavior is temporarily suspended, it is possible to confirm whether the resident can be executed without performing a support operation for detecting and notifying of behavior forgetting about the behavior to be notified. .

  In this embodiment, the care helper temporarily stops the notification operation for the desired living behavior, but the resident himself or the resident's family may temporarily stop the notification operation for the desired living behavior. The pause function of the CPU 7 as the means may temporarily stop the notification operation for the living behavior in which the forgetting behavior is not detected for a predetermined period (for example, several days) by the CPU 7 as the forgetting behavior detection means. Since it is expected that the living behavior in which the behavior forgetting is not detected for a predetermined period of time will be able to be performed by the resident without forgetting, the pause function of the CPU 7 may pause the notification operation on the target living behavior. Thus, it is possible to confirm whether or not the resident has been able to execute without performing a support operation for detecting and notifying forgetting an action.

  Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the CPU 7 as the behavior forgetting detection means detects the life behavior that has not been performed in a predetermined time period among the life behaviors registered in the storage unit 25 as the behavior forgotten. When the living behavior registered in the storage unit 25 is detected a plurality of times in a predetermined time zone, it is determined that a forgetting behavior that the resident has forgotten to perform the living behavior and repeats the same living behavior has occurred, and The notification operation may be performed using the notification means described in each of the embodiments. For example, if the resident's forgetfulness becomes severe, they may forget their meals after eating and eat again, but each time of breakfast, lunch and dinner If eating behavior is detected multiple times in the belt, it may be detected that forgetting behavior has occurred, and forgetting behavior may be reported using a notification means such as a TV or e-mail. It becomes possible to notify about forgetting to repeat the same daily behavior.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control apparatus 2 Electric power measurement apparatus (sensing means)
3 Sensor terminals (sensing means)
4 Wireless devices (sensing means)
7 CPU (behavior detecting means, forgetting action detecting means, notifying means)
7a Timer (time information acquisition means)
8 Current sensor (sensing means)
14 Internet IF section (notification means)
25 storage unit (behavior information storage means, reference action storage means)
34 Human sensor 35 Illuminance sensor 36 Open / close sensor 100 Television (notification means)
101 Electric cooker 102 Gas water heater

Claims (10)

Sensing means for detecting an event caused by a living behavior of a resident in the residence;
Action information storage means in which action information in which events detected by the sensing means are associated with living actions is registered in advance;
Behavior detecting means for detecting the living behavior of the resident with reference to the behavior information stored in the behavior information storage means based on the detection result of the sensing means;
Time information acquisition means for acquiring current time information;
For a plurality of types of living behavior performed by a resident, a predetermined time zone in which each living behavior is performed, and a reference behavior storage means in which importance of each living behavior is registered in advance
Based on the time information acquired by the time information acquisition means and the detection result of the action detection means, a living action that has not been performed in the predetermined time period is detected among the living actions registered in the reference action storage means. Forgetting action detection means,
A life support comprising a notification means for notifying a behavior forgotten by a notification method according to the importance of the living behavior when the behavior forgetting detection means detects a living behavior that has not been performed in a predetermined time period Notification system.   The life support notification system according to claim 1, wherein the notification means increases the number of notifications for notifying a behavior forgotten as the importance of the life behavior detected by the behavior forgetting detection means increases.   The said notification means stops the notification with respect to forgetting of the action of the said living action, if the said action detection means detects that the living action of the notification object was performed after the notification of forgetting of action. The life support notification system according to any one of the above.   When the importance of the life behavior detected by the behavior forgetting detection means is lower than a predetermined threshold, the notification means detects the forgetting behavior and performs the notification compared to the case where the importance is equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold. The life support notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the period of time is extended.   When the importance of the living behavior detected by the behavior forgetting detection unit is lower than a predetermined threshold, the notification unit notifies the behavior forgetting on the day after the day when the behavior is forgotten, and is detected by the behavior forgetting detection unit. The life support notification system according to claim 4, wherein, when the importance of living behavior is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, forgetting behavior is detected when forgetting behavior is detected.   6. The forgetting action is notified in the predetermined time zone in which the living behavior to be notified is performed when the notifying means notifies the forgetting action on the next day of the forgetting action. Life support notification system.   The life support notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the notification means is provided with a pause function for temporarily stopping a notification operation to a resident by the notification means.   The life support notification system according to claim 7, wherein the pause function of the notification means temporarily stops a notification operation for a living action in which the forgetting action detection means has not detected a forgetting action for a predetermined period.   The reference behavior storage means is registered in advance with the number of behaviors in which the living behavior is performed in the predetermined time zone in association with the predetermined time zone in which the lifestyle behavior is performed. If the behavioral behavior registered in the means is not detected more than the number of behaviors in the predetermined time zone when the behavioral activity is performed, the behavior forgetting detection means determines that the behavioral behavior is forgotten. The life support notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the life support notification system is characterized.   The behavior forget detection means is configured such that when the behavior detection registered in the reference behavior storage means by the behavior detection means is detected a plurality of times during the predetermined time period, the resident forgets that the behavior behavior has been performed. The life support notification system according to claim 1, wherein it is determined that a forgetting action that repeats the same living action has occurred.

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