JP2020141202A - Vital signs reaction type remote controller and vital signs reaction type operation system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a vital signs reaction type remote controller that can maintain the motivation of a user to wear a vital sensor, and an operation system using the remote controller.SOLUTION: In a vital signs reaction type operation system 300, a vital signs reaction type remote controller 100 is a remote controller capable of operating home appliances depending on whether a vital sensor 200 is attached includes receiving means 101, mounting determination means 102, and operation control means 103. The mounting determination means 102 is means for determining whether the state is the mounting state or the non-mounting state on the basis of a vital signs measurement value. The operation control means 103 controls a home appliance to be operable when the mounting determination means 102 determines that the home appliance is in the mounted state, and controls the home appliance to be inoperable when the mounting determination means 102 determines that the home appliance is in the non-mounted state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a technique for operating a household electric device (hereinafter, referred to as "home electric appliance"), and more specifically, the operation of the home electric appliance is performed only when the user wears the vital sign measuring device. It relates to a vital sign reaction type remote controller that is controlled so as to be possible, and a vital sign reaction type operation system that uses the remote controller.

In recent years, "things" that were not previously connected to the Internet have been connected to the Internet and their information has come to be utilized. The so-called "Internet of Things", IoT (Internet of Things). For example, by connecting home appliances such as TVs and air conditioners to the Internet, it is possible to collect information that has not been used in the past (user's lifestyle, etc.), and as a result, more diverse and advanced analysis can be performed. That is to say.

Behind the rapid popularity of IoT is the sophistication and price reduction of sensing devices such as smartphones, communication infrastructure, and cloud services. As a result, it has come to be used in various fields such as logistics, agriculture, and medical care. Of these, in the medical field, efforts are being made to record the health status of users using wearable devices and share that information with doctors. In addition, IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) specialized in medical treatment has been advocated, and it is expected that information on all medical devices will be collected as big data and new treatment methods and medical knowledge will be acquired in the future.

As mentioned above, IoT is being actively utilized in the medical field as well, and various technologies related to IoT have been proposed so far. For example, Patent Document 1 proposes a technique for automatically notifying a medical institution or an emergency institution when a user wearing a wearable device for measuring vital signs falls into a state where he / she cannot request help.

JP-A-2002-269662

As proposed in Patent Document 1, sharing of vital signs of users is extremely useful in IoT in the medical field. Here, the vital sign is numerical information (including time change) of pulse (or heart rate) and respiration, blood pressure, and body temperature, and this vital sign is usually acquired by a wearable vital sensor. That is, in order to collect vital signs, the user needs to wear the vital sensor, and moreover, it is necessary to wear it for a relatively long time in order to grasp the state of the user. However, wearing a vital sensor may be inconvenient for the user, and in some cases, the elderly user may feel physically burdened. Such inconveniences caused by wearing vital sensors tend to exceed the original purpose of maintaining one's own health, that is, it generally tends to be difficult for the user to maintain the motivation to wear vital sensors.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, that is, to provide a vital sign reaction type remote controller capable of maintaining the motivation of the user to wear a vital sensor, and an operation system using the same. It is to be.

The present invention focuses on home appliances, which are particularly important devices for the user's life, and focuses on the fact that the home appliances can be operated only when the user wears a vital sensor. It is an invention made based on an idea that did not exist.

The vital sign reaction type remote controller of the present invention is a remote controller capable of operating a home electric appliance depending on whether or not a vital sensor is attached, and includes a receiving means, a mounting determination means, and an operation control means. Of these, the receiving means is a means for receiving the vital sign measurement value acquired by the vital sensor, and the wearing determination means is a mounted state (a state in which the user wears the vital sensor) or not mounted based on the vital sign measured value. It is a means for determining one of the states (the state in which the user is not wearing the vital sensor). Further, the operation control means controls the home electric appliance to be in an operable state when the attachment determination means determines that it is in the attached state, and controls the home appliance to be in an inoperable state when it is determined that the home appliance is not attached. It is a means.

The vital sign reaction type remote controller of the present invention may be further provided with a device selection means. This device selection means is a means for selecting a home appliance to be operated from a plurality of types of home appliances based on the vital sign measurement value. In this case, the operation control means operates the home electric appliance selected by the device selection means.

The vital sign reaction type operation system of the present invention is an operation system capable of operating a home appliance depending on whether or not a vital sensor is attached, and includes a vital sensor and a vital sign reaction type remote controller of the present invention. This vital sensor is a sensor that measures a user's vital sign measurement value in a worn state, and has a transmission means for transmitting the measured vital sign measurement value.

The vital sign reaction type remote controller and the vital sign reaction type operation system of the present invention have the following effects.
(1) In order to use home appliances that are important for the user's life, the user will inevitably wear a vital sensor. As a result, vital signs are more likely to be collected than before.
(2) As a result of collecting vital signs, it is possible to maintain the health of the user, and in the event of an abnormality, prompt and appropriate treatment can be promoted.

The block diagram which shows the main configuration of the vital sign reaction type remote controller and the vital sign reaction type operation system of this invention. The flow chart which shows the main processing flow of the vital sign reaction type operation system of this invention.

An example of an embodiment of the vital sign reaction type remote controller and the vital sign reaction type operation system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the outline of the present invention will be described. The present invention is a technique that enables the operation of a home electric appliance only when the user wears a vital sensor. More specifically, when the user determines that the vital sensor is attached (hereinafter referred to as "attached state"), the remote controller for the home electric appliance can be operated (hereinafter referred to as "operable state"). When it is controlled and it is determined that the user is not wearing the vital sensor (hereinafter referred to as "non-mounted state"), the remote controller cannot be operated (hereinafter referred to as "inoperable state"). Is. Here, the vital sensor measures a vital sign and is a so-called wearable type sensor worn on a user's wrist or the like. Vital signs are numerical information (including time changes) of pulse (or heart rate), respiration, blood pressure, and body temperature as described above. For convenience, the vital signs measured by the vital sensor are referred to as "vital sign measurement values".

Hereinafter, the invention of the present application will be described in detail. Although the present invention utilizes vital signs, one or two or more selected from pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and body temperature can be used as vital signs. Examples of home appliances to be operated in the present invention include televisions, air conditioners, lighting, refrigerators, communication devices such as fixed telephones, mobile phones, and facsimiles, personal computers, and auto locks.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the vital sign reaction type remote controller 100 and the vital sign reaction type operation system 300 of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the vital sign reaction type operation system 300 of the present invention includes a vital sign reaction type remote controller 100 and a vital sensor 200. The vital sign reaction type remote controller 100 includes a receiving means 101, a mounting determination means 102, and an operation control means 103 in addition to the usual operating means for operating the home electric appliance, and further includes the device selection means 104 and the vital sign storage. It can also be configured to include means 105 and reference value storage means 106.

As the vital sign reaction type remote controller 100, a ready-made (commercially available) remote controller can be used. In this case, processing is performed to add each means (reception means 101 and mounting determination means 102, operation control means 103, device selection means 104, etc.) necessary for the present invention to the ready-made remote controller. Alternatively, a "control device" in which each means required as the present invention is unitized and the control device attached to a ready-made remote controller can be used as the vital sign reaction type remote controller 100.

Further, the vital sign reaction type remote controller 100 can be manufactured as a dedicated one without using a ready-made remote controller. In this case, it is advisable to use a smartphone and further function as a learning remote controller.

In FIG. 1, the vital sign storage means 105 and the reference value storage means 106 are shown to be provided in the vital sign reaction type remote controller 100 (or control device), but the present invention is not limited to this, and the vital sign reaction type remote controller 100 is not limited to this. It can also be provided externally (that is, as a separate body). In this case, the vital sign storage means 105 and the reference value storage means 106 may be built on a database server located on a network (LAN: Local Area Network) or a cloud server for storing via the Internet.

As described above, the vital sensor 200 is of a wearable type, and is worn on the wrist of a user like a wristwatch, for example. The vital sensor 200 may measure any of the vital signs such as pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and body temperature, or may measure two or more of the vital signs. Alternatively, if it is numerical information indicating the state of the user, it may measure something other than pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and body temperature. Further, the vital sensor 200 includes a transmission means for transmitting the acquired vital sign measurement value. The vital sign measurement value transmitted from this transmission means is received by the receiving means 101 of the vital sign reaction type remote controller 100. Short-range wireless communication is used for transmission and reception here, and various conventionally used standards such as infrared communication, WiFi (registered trademark), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) can be used.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a main processing flow of the vital sign reaction type operation system 300 of the present invention. Hereinafter, the main processing flow of the vital sign reaction type operation system 300 will be described with reference to this figure.

If the power of the vital sensor 200 is ON, the vital signs are measured periodically (or continuously), and the measured vital sign measurement values are transmitted (Step 100). Then, the transmitted vital sign measurement value is received by the receiving means 101 of the vital sign reaction type remote controller 100 (Step 200) and stored in the vital sign storage means 105. At this time, the time measured by the vital sensor 200 is also stored (linked) together with the vital sign measurement value.

The wearing determination means 102 periodically (or continuously) reads out the vital sign measurement value stored in the vital sign storage means 105 (Step 300). Further, the mounting determination means 102 determines whether the user is in the wearing state or not in the wearing state based on the read vital sign measurement value (Step 400).

Judgment as to whether the state is attached or not is made by a two-step individual determination. First, in the first stage, a determination is made based on the measurement time of the read vital sign measurement value. Normally, a plurality of vital sign measurement values are stored in the vital sign storage means 105, and if the latest measurement time of the vital sign measurement values is older than the current time, it is reflected that the vital sign measurement value is not currently attached. To do. That is, the fact that the vital sign measurement value is not transmitted for a certain period of time means that the power supply of the vital sensor 200 is turned off for a certain period of time. Whether or not the latest measurement time is older than the current time is determined by comparing the time difference between the latest measurement time and the current time with the threshold value (preset), that is, when the time difference exceeds the threshold value, it is "old". It is good to judge.

If it is determined in the first stage that the latest measurement time is not older than the current time, the process proceeds to the next individual determination in the second stage. Here, the read vital sign measurement value is compared with the preset allowable range. This permissible range may be set from the lowest value to the highest value of the vital signs of a general person. If the vital sign measurement value is within this permissible range, it is determined that the vital sign measurement value is indicated by a person (user) and that the vital sensor is normally attached. On the other hand, when the vital sign measurement value is not within this permissible range, it is determined that the power of the vital sensor is ON but not worn by a person (for example, it is placed on a table). The vital sign measurement value to be compared with the permissible range in the individual determination in the second stage may be a one-point value (data) or may be a time change in a predetermined period.

When both the first and second individual determinations are determined to be in the "mounted state" (Yes in Step 400), the operation control means 103 controls the vital sign reaction type remote controller 100 to the "operable state" (Yes). Step501). on the other hand. If it is determined in either the first stage or the second stage individual determination that it is in the "not mounted state" (No of Step 400), the operation control means 103 puts the vital sign reaction type remote controller 100 in the "inoperable state". (Step502), and then read out the vital sign measurement value (Step300).

When the control is performed in the "operable state" (Step 501), the vital sign measurement value is compared with the preset reference range (Step 600). This reference range is set from the lowest to the highest vital signs of a healthy person. If the vital sign measurement value is within this reference range, the person (user) showing the vital sign measurement value can be judged to be normal (health state), and if the vital sign measurement value is not within this allowable range, it can be determined. The person (user) showing the vital sign measurement value can determine that there is a possibility of abnormal physical condition.

As a result of comparing the vital sign measurement value with the reference range, if it is within the reference range (Yes in Step 600), the vital sign measurement value is continuously read out (Step 300). On the other hand, when it is out of the reference range (No of Step 600), the device selection means 104 is a home appliance to be operated according to the type of vital signs (pulse, respiration, blood pressure, body temperature, etc.) outside the reference range. (Hereinafter, referred to as "operation required equipment") is selected. For example, when an abnormality is found in body temperature as a vital sign, an air conditioner or the like is selected as a device requiring operation, and when an abnormality is found in blood pressure as a vital sign, a communication device such as a fixed telephone is selected as a device requiring operation.

When the operation-requiring device is selected by the device selection means 104, the operation control means 103 operates the operation-requiring device (Step 700). For example, in the case where the body temperature is abnormal as described above, the power of the air conditioner is turned on and the heating or cooling operation process is executed according to the body temperature, and in the case where the blood pressure is abnormal, it is fixed. Have them perform the process of contacting related parties (family members, emergency facilities, etc.) by telephone or mobile phone. In this case, the vital sign reaction type remote controller 100 may use a learning remote controller so that various home appliances can be operated.

The vital sign reaction type remote controller and the vital sign reaction type operation system of the present invention shall be particularly effectively used for elderly people living alone, persons requiring long-term care, and persons using hospitals and long-term care facilities. Can be done. Considering that the health of the elderly and those in need of long-term care can be maintained, the invention of the present application can be said to be an invention that can be used industrially and is expected to contribute to society in Japan as the population ages.

100 Vital sign reaction type remote controller 101 Receiving means 102 Mounting judgment means 103 Operation control means 104 Equipment selection means 105 Vital sign storage means 106 Reference value storage means 200 Vital sensor 300 Vital sign reaction type operation system

Claims (3)

It is a remote controller that can operate household electrical appliances depending on whether or not the user wears a vital sensor.
A receiving means for receiving the vital sign measurement value acquired by the vital sensor, and
Based on the vital sign measurement value received by the receiving means, it is determined whether the user is wearing the vital sensor or not wearing the vital sensor. Wearing judgment means and
When the mounting determination means determines that the mounting state is determined, the household electric device is controlled so that it can be operated, and when the mounting determining means determines that the mounting state is not mounted, the household electric device cannot be operated. Operation control means to control to the possible state,
A vital sign responsive remote controller that features. Further equipped with equipment selection means for selecting household electrical appliances to be operated from multiple types of household electrical appliances.
The device selection means selects a household electric device to be operated based on the vital sign measurement value, and selects the household electric device to be operated.
The operation control means operates a household electric appliance selected by the device selection means.
The vital sign reaction type remote controller according to claim 1. It is an operation system that can operate household electric appliances depending on whether or not the user wears a vital sensor.
A vital sensor that measures the vital sign measurement value of the user while it is attached to the user,
The vital sign reaction type remote controller according to claim 1 or 2 is provided.
The vital sensor has a transmitting means for transmitting the measured vital sign measurement value.
A vital sign reaction type operation system characterized by this.

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