JP4624822B2 - Nurse call system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a nurse call system, and more particularly to a nurse call system capable of grasping an open / close state of an automatic door provided in the nurse call system or a locked / unlocked state of an electric lock door.

  Conventionally, a nurse call device that manages the presence of an outpatient who enters a hospital ward or a patient away from a hospital bed and enables safety management when the door is opened and closed is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).

  This nurse call device consists of a nurse call cordless device installed in each bed in the ward of the ward, a corridor lamp installed in each room to inform the nurse of a call from the nurse call cordless handset, and a nurse call cordless device. The nurse call master unit for the nurse to answer the call from the nurse, the nurse call control unit that controls the hallway light and the nurse call master unit, and the vicinity of the entrance / exit of the ward connected to the nurse call control unit A surveillance camera for monitoring a person in the hospital and a door such as an automatic door or an electric lock door which is connected to the nurse call controller and is installed near the entrance of the ward.

  In the nurse call device configured as described above, when the nurse call master unit calls the nurse call master unit, the call information is transmitted to the nurse call control unit via the corridor lamp, and the nurse call control unit transmits the call information. Since it is sent to the machine, it can be confirmed that the nurse call master unit has called the nurse call slave unit. In addition, when the surveillance camera captures a person near the entrance to the ward, the video information is sent to the nurse call master via the nurse call controller. Before unlocking the locked electric lock attached to the ward, the person in the vicinity of the entrance to the ward can be easily confirmed.

JP 2004-344538 A

  However, in the nurse call device shown in the background art, the open / close door state and the unlocked state of doors such as an automatic door and an electric lock door cannot be confirmed by the nurse call master unit. Moreover, the door such as an automatic door or an electric lock door could not be controlled by the nurse call master unit.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional difficulty, and an automatic door and an electric lock door are interlocked with the nurse call system, and the open / close door state and the unlocked / unlocked state of the nurse call base unit are set in the nurse call base unit. An object is to provide a nurse call system capable of improving the security function by displaying.

  The nurse call system of the present invention includes a nurse call slave for a patient to call a nurse, a corridor lamp for notifying the nurse of a call from the nurse call slave, and a nurse to call from the nurse call slave. Is provided with a nurse call master unit for responding, a corridor lamp, and a controller for controlling the nurse call master unit.

The control device of the nurse call system according to the first aspect includes a nurse call child device for a patient to call a nurse, a corridor lamp for informing the nurse of a call from the nurse call child device, and a nurse call child. Nurse call master unit for nurses to respond to calls from the machine, a corridor lamp, a controller that controls the nurse call master unit, and multiple doors that are closed by operating with the nurse call master unit via the controller The nurse call master unit is used by the nurse to check whether the automatic door is open or the electric lock door is unlocked. In addition, when the confirmation operation is performed with the nurse call master unit, the door opening signal including the automatic door ID information transmitted when the automatic door is opened or the electric lock ID information transmitted when the electric lock door is unlocked. Based on the unlocking signal, the display that displays the opening / closing information of each automatic door or the list information that is the unlocking / unlocking information of each door with electric lock, and the alarm when receiving the opening signal or unlocking signal for more than a certain time And an alarm unit for performing

According to such a nurse call system, if the automatic door is open or the door with electric lock is unlocked for a certain period of time, the nurse call master will give an alarm, so the nurse in the nurse sitation In addition, the open / close state of multiple automatic doors connected to the controller and the unlocked / unlocked state of multiple electric lock doors can be visually confirmed on the display of the nurse call master unit, improving the security function of the system To do.

  In the nurse call system according to the first aspect of the second aspect, the nurse call master unit sequentially updates the door opening signal or the unlocking signal transmitted via the controller for each automatic door or electric lock door. It has a storage part which memorizes things. As a result, only the latest information on the opening of the automatic door and the unlocking of the door with the electric lock is stored in the storage unit, so that the memory capacity of the storage unit of the nurse call parent device can be reduced.

  In the nurse call system according to the first aspect, the nurse call master unit sequentially stores an opening signal or an unlocking signal transmitted via the controller for each automatic door or door with an electric lock. It has a storage part. As a result, the storage unit sequentially stores information on the opening of the automatic door and the unlocking of the door with the electric lock, so that the state of the automatic door and the door with the electric lock can be confirmed by the nurse call master unit at a later date. it can.

The fourth mode is the nurse call system according to any one of the first mode to the third mode, wherein the alarm unit of the nurse call parent unit sets a warning time zone for each automatic door or door with an electric lock. When an opening signal or an unlocking signal is received for a certain time or more in a time zone, an alarm is given. As a result, the alarm can be performed only in the time zone such as at night, so that the alarm can be set not to be performed in the daytime zone when the patient goes in and out frequently.

In the nurse call system according to any one of the second to fifth aspects, the fifth aspect is that the ID information of the camera that captures the image in the hospital is the automatic door ID information of the automatic door or the electric lock. When the nurse call master unit receives the door opening signal or the unlocking signal for a certain period of time or longer, the nurse call master unit can store the automatic door or the unlocking signal based on the ID information included in the door opening signal or the unlocking signal. The door with the electric lock is specified, the associated camera is controlled, and the video from the camera is displayed on the display. Thus, at the same time as the alarm, a camera that captures the corresponding part is activated, and an image captured by the camera can be visually confirmed on the display of the nurse call master unit.

A sixth mode is a nurse call system according to the fifth mode, in which the nurse call parent has a recording unit for recording video from the camera. Thereby, the nurse can confirm the video imaged by the camera when he was absent in front of the nurse call parent machine.

  According to the nurse call system of the present invention, the open / close state of the automatic door connected to the controller and the unlocked / unlocked state of the door with the electric lock can be visually confirmed on the display of the nurse call master unit, thereby improving the security function of the system. Therefore, it becomes possible to construct a system with high crime prevention.

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

  As shown in FIG. 1, a nurse call system which is a preferred embodiment of the present invention is installed near a patient's bed in a hospital room or the like, and a nurse call handset 1 for a patient to call a nurse and each patient room or the like. A hallway lamp 2 for notifying nurses of calls from the nurse call cordless handset 1 installed near the entrance and hallway, and a nurse call parent for answering calls from the nurse call cordless handset 1 installed in the nurse station. A machine 3, a corridor lamp 2, and a controller 4 that controls the nurse call parent machine 3 are provided. The nurse referred to here includes doctors. In addition, the number of nurse call slave units 1, corridor lamps 2 and nurse call master units 3 is determined based on the system configuration of the hospital.

  A plurality of nurse call cordless handsets 1 are connected to a corridor lamp 2, and each corridor lamp 2 to which the nurse call cordless handset 1 is connected is bus-connected to a corridor lamp connecting main line L1, which is a communication cable. The trunk line L1 is connected to the controller 4. In FIG. 1, there are two slave unit transmission systems in which each corridor lamp 2 is bus-connected to the corridor lamp connection main line L1, but the number of transmission systems is not limited to this. Determined based on number. Each of the plurality of nurse call master units 3 is connected to the controller 4 by a communication cable L2. Such a nurse call cordless handset 1, corridor lamp 2, controller 4, corridor lamp connecting main line L1 connecting nurse call master unit 3, and communication cable L2 include CPEV (city-to-polyethylene insulated vinyl sheath cable). The communication cable is used. Hereinafter, the communication cable refers to a communication cable such as CPEV.

  The nurse call base unit 3 is connected to the HUB 5 by a LAN cable L3, and each HUB 5 to which the nurse call base unit 3 is connected is connected in series to a HUB connection trunk line L4 that is a LAN cable. A management personal computer 6 that manages each nurse call master device 3 is connected to one of the plurality of HUBs 5 via a LAN cable L3.

  Next, details of each device will be described.

  The nurse call handset 1 includes a plate handset 11 that is fixed to any one of a wall surface of a room such as a hospital room or a hospital room console (medical console) provided on the wall surface and the like and has an individual handset number, and a plate handset 11 A hand button 12 that is detachably connected to a patient in a hospital room or the like, and a child hand that is detachably connected to the plate slave unit 11, and the patient performs a predetermined call operation on the nurse and the nurse. And a handset 13 having a call function for making a call between each other.

  The corridor lamp 2 has an individual corridor lamp number, and detects a call from a patient for each hospital bed such as a hospital room or an emergency call from a nurse who is nursing / in charge of a patient for each patient bed such as a hospital room Thus, a call path established between the calling patient or nurse and the called nurse is formed. The corridor lamp 2 has a function of notifying a nurse in the vicinity of the entrance / exit of a hospital room or a corridor by sound or visual display that a call has been received from a patient or a nurse.

  The nurse call parent device 3 includes a PC (personal computer) nurse call 31 having a display 31 a and a nurse call call unit 32. The nurse call communication unit 32 is connected to the nurse call master unit 3 and the controller 4 by a communication cable L5.

  The controller 4 is installed as a repeater and controls each connected device (signal processing, communication path selection, etc.).

  Further, the management personal computer 6 has a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and collates with user information for specifying an operable nurse operator registered in advance in each of the plurality of nurse call master units 3. Thus, only authorized operators can perform management operations.

  In such a nurse call system, a private branch exchange 8 (hereinafter referred to as “PBX8”) is further connected to the controller 4 via a communication cable L6 for connecting the exchange. The PBX 8 is connected to the Handinance base station 9 via a communication cable L7 for connecting the base station. The hand-in-hand base station 9 can wirelessly exchange information with hand-in-hands 20 as a portable terminal carried by a nurse or the like.

  The nurse call system controller 4 has an automatic door 40 for sending an opening signal S1 including automatic door ID information when the door is opened, and an electric lock for sending an unlocking signal S2 including electric lock ID information when unlocked. The door 60 is connected so that each signal S1, S2 can be received. Specifically, the automatic door 40 is connected to the control adapter 70 via the communication cable L10, and the control adapter 70 is connected to the controller 4 via the communication cable L11. The electric lock door 60 is connected to the electric lock controller 80 via the communication cable L12, and the electric lock controller 80 is connected to the control adapter 70 via the communication cable L13. Since the control adapter 70 can amplify the signal, the automatic door 40 and the electric lock door 60 can be installed without worrying about the track length.

  An internet camera 90 is provided for capturing images in the hospital such as the state of the automatic door 40 and the door 60 with the electric lock. The internet camera 90 is connected to the HUB 5 via a LAN cable L8.

  The nurse call master unit 3 has a function of controlling the automatic door 40 and the door 60 with the electric lock.

  This nurse call master 3 receives a door opening signal S1 or an unlocking signal S2 transmitted via the controller 4, and stores the latest one in sequence for each automatic door 40 or door 60 with an electric lock. 31b. As a result, only the latest information about the opening of the automatic door 40 and the unlocking of the door 60 with the electric lock is stored in the storage unit 31b, so that the memory capacity of the storage unit 31b of the nurse call parent device 3 can be reduced. .

  In addition, the nurse call master unit 3 uses the display 31a of the PC nurse call 31 and the speaker 32a of the nurse call call unit 32 as an alarm unit that issues an alarm when the door opening signal S1 or the unlocking signal S2 is received for a predetermined time or more. use. The CPU 31c of the PC nurse call 31 has this alarm function. As a result, if the automatic door 40 is in the open state and the door 60 with the electric lock is in the unlocked state for a certain period of time, the nurse call master unit 3 issues an alarm, so the nurse in the nurse station can confirm that. , Improve security function.

  In addition, the nurse call master unit 3 sets a warning time zone for each of the automatic doors 40 or the doors with electric locks 60, and when receiving the door opening signal S1 or the unlocking signal S2 for a predetermined time or more in this warning time zone, An alarm can be issued by using the display 31a of the nurse call 31 and the speaker 32a of the nurse call call unit 32 as an alarm unit. The CPU 31c of the PC nurse call 31 has this alarm function. As a result, the alarm can be given only during the time zone such as the night when visitors are prohibited, so that the alarm can be prevented from being given during the daytime when there are many patients coming and going.

  Further, when the CPU 31c of the PC nurse call 31 receives the opening signal S1 or the unlocking signal S2 for a predetermined time or more, the CPU 31c transmits the opening signal S1 or the unlocking signal S2 for a predetermined time or more. The electric lock door 60 has a function of performing control to transmit a closing signal S3 including automatic door ID information or a locking signal S4 including electric lock ID information. As a result, if the automatic door 40 is open or the electric lock door 60 is unlocked for a certain period of time, the CPU 31c of the PC nurse call 31 forcibly closes the automatic door 40 or locks the electric lock door 60. Security function is improved. Such control can also be performed by the controller 4.

  In addition, in the storage unit 31b of the PC nurse call 31, the camera ID information of the internet camera 90 that monitors the state of the automatic door 40 and the door 60 with the electric lock is the automatic door ID information of the automatic door 40 or the electric lock of the electric lock door 60. It is stored in association with the ID information. The nurse call parent device 3 has a function of using the automatic door ID information and the electric lock ID information. This function is possessed by the CPU 31c of the PC nurse call 31, and when the door opening signal S1 or the unlocking signal S2 is received for a predetermined time or longer, the automatic door 40 or the electric door 40 is operated according to the ID information included in the door opening signal S1 or the unlocking signal S2. This is a function for specifying the lock door 60, controlling the associated internet camera 90, and displaying the video from the internet camera 90 on the display 31a of the PC nurse call 31. Thereby, simultaneously with the alarm, the Internet camera 90 that captures the corresponding part is activated, and the video captured by the Internet camera 90 can be visually confirmed on the display 31a of the PC nurse call 31, so the security function is improved. To do. The PC nurse call 31 may be provided with a recording unit 31d for recording video from the internet camera 90. Thereby, the nurse can confirm the visitor who visited in absence.

  The operation of the nurse call system configured as described above will be described below.

  When a patient in any hospital room calls using the hand button 12 or the hand slave 13 of the nurse call cordless handset 1, the call signal is sent from the plate cordless handset 11 to the corridor lamp connecting trunk L1 via the corridor lamp 2. It is transmitted and received by the controller 4. The call signal received by the controller 4 is received by the nurse call call unit 32 of the nurse call parent device 3 called via the communication cable L5, and the nurse call call unit 32 notifies that the call has been made. When the nurse who has confirmed the notification on the display 31a of the PC nurse call 31 responds at the nurse call communication unit 32 that has been notified, the nurse call communication unit 32 of the nurse call master unit 3 and the nurse call slave unit that has called 1 is established, and a call between the nurse in the nurse station and the patient in the hospital room is established. Further, when the nurse who has confirmed the call from the patient at the Handinance 20 answers the call at the Handinance 20, a call path is formed between the Handinance 20 and the nurse call handset 1 that has called the call. A call is established between the nurse and the patient in the hospital room.

  On the other hand, in order for a nurse in a nurse station or a visiting nurse to call a specific patient in a hospital room, a touch panel (not shown) of the display 31a of the PC nurse call 31 of the nurse call master unit 3 in the nurse station or Call at the nurse call communication unit 32 or call at the Handinance 20. When a call is made from the touch panel (not shown) of the display 31a of the PC nurse call 31 or the nurse call call unit 32 or the hand dinance 20, the call signal is received by the controller 4 and transmitted to the communication cable L1. The corridor lamp 2 to which the called nurse call handset 1 for the patient is connected receives the call signal and transmits it to the nurse call handset 1. The nurse call handset 1 informs that there has been a call from the plate handset 11 or the hand handset 13, and a call path is formed with the nurse call base unit 3 or the hand dinance 20 that has made the call. A call between a nurse in the station or on a patrol with a patient in a hospital room is established.

  Next, an operation for displaying the open / close door state of the automatic door 40, which is a feature of the present invention, on the nurse call parent device 3 will be described.

  For example, when the automatic door 40 is opened, an opening signal (for example, a make signal) including automatic door ID information for specifying the automatic door 40 is sent to the control adapter 70, and the control adapter 70 transmits the opening signal to the controller. 4 to send. The controller 4 transmits this door opening signal to the nurse call master unit 3.

  The PC nurse call 31 of the nurse call parent device 3 accumulates the received door opening signal as accumulation information in the storage unit 31b. Accumulation of information always overwrites and saves the latest information. In the information to be stored, the time and the like are stored together with the opening signal including the automatic door ID information. In order to confirm the open state of the automatic door 40 in the nurse call parent device 3 in which such information is stored in the storage unit 31b, when the confirmation operation is performed on the operation unit of the PC nurse call 31 of the nurse call parent device 3, Since the information is displayed on the display 31a, it can be visually confirmed. If a plurality of automatic doors 40 are connected to the controller 4, their list information is displayed. In this list information, the current opening / closing information of each automatic door 40 is displayed, and when the desired automatic door information is selected, more detailed information can be confirmed. The operation method for confirming the automatic door information with the nurse call parent device 3 is not limited to the operation method as described above, and any operation method known so far can be adopted.

  If the automatic door 40 remains open even after a certain period of time has passed since the nurse call master 3 receives the door opening signal S1, the display 31a of the PC nurse call 31 in the nurse call master 1 or the nurse An alarm is output from the speaker 32a of the call communication unit 32. If a warning time zone is set in the nurse call parent device 3, the display of the PC nurse call 31 in the nurse call parent device 1 after the automatic door 40 is opened during the warning time zone and a predetermined time has elapsed. An alarm can also be output from the speaker 31a of 31a or the nurse call communication unit 32. Further, the warning time zone may be a nurse's quasi-night shift or night shift, and in this case, it can be set not to perform alarm output during day shift. At this time, in the case of night shift, if the alarm setting time of the nurse call parent device 3 is set to zero, for example, the display 31a of the PC nurse call 31 in the nurse call parent device 1 immediately after the automatic door 40 opens during the warning time zone. In addition, an alarm can be output from the speaker 32a of the nurse call communication unit 32.

  When the nurse who has confirmed such an alarm performs an operation of closing the automatic door 40 with the operation unit of the PC nurse call 31 of the nurse call parent device 3, the CPU 31c of the PC nurse call 31 in the nurse call parent device 1 closes the door signal S3. Is transmitted to the controller 4. Since the controller 4 transmits the closing signal S3 to the automatic door 40 via the control adapter 70, the automatic door 40 can be forcibly closed.

  In addition, when the nurse call parent device 3 receives the opening signal S1 for a predetermined time or longer, the nurse call master device 3 transmits the closing signal S3 including the ID information to the automatic door 40 that transmits the opening signal S1 for the predetermined time or longer. If the automatic door 40 remains open for a certain period of time or more, the CPU 31c of the PC nurse call 31 in the nurse call parent device 1 transmits a door closing signal S3 to the controller 4. Since the controller 4 transmits the closing signal S3 to the automatic door 40 via the control adapter 70, the automatic door 40 can be forcibly closed.

  Furthermore, when the nurse call master device 3 receives the door opening signal S1 for a predetermined time or more, the automatic door 40 is identified from the automatic door ID information included in the door opening signal S1, and the associated internet camera 90 is controlled. If the video from the internet camera 90 is set to be displayed on the display 31a of the PC nurse call 31, if the automatic door 40 remains open for a certain period of time, the PC nurse call in the nurse call master unit 1 The alarm 31 is output from the display 31a of the 31 or the speaker 32a of the nurse call communication unit 32, and the video of the automatic door 40 corresponding to the display 31a of the PC nurse call 31 can be displayed. In addition, when the video from the Internet camera 90 is recorded in the recording unit 31d of the PC nurse call 31, the nurse can check the visitor who has visited when he / she is absent.

  In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the operation of displaying the open / close door state of the automatic door 40 on the nurse call master unit 3 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the unlocking / unlocking state of the door 60 with the electric lock is the nurse call. It can also be displayed on the master unit 3 and its operation is the same as in the case of the automatic door 40, and therefore the description thereof is omitted.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the storage unit 31b of the PC nurse call 31 in the nurse call parent device 3 receives the door opening signal S1 or the unlocking signal S2 transmitted through the controller 4, and receives the automatic door. 40 or the door 60 with the electric lock has a function of storing the latest one sequentially, but is not limited thereto, and receives the opening signal S1 or the unlocking signal S2 transmitted through the controller 4. In this case, the automatic door 40 or the door 60 with the electric lock may have a function of storing sequentially. In this case, the storage unit 31b can sequentially store information on opening of the automatic door 40 and unlocking of the electric lock door 60 as log information, so that the state of the automatic door 40 and electric lock door 60 can be changed later. This can be confirmed by the nurse call parent device 3.

  Furthermore, the same effect can be obtained even when only one of the automatic door 40 and the electric lock door 60 is installed, depending on the hospital system configuration.

It is a whole block diagram which shows the example of preferable embodiment in the nurse call system of this invention.

1, 1,..., Nurse call handset 2, 2,... Corridor light 3, 3,..., Nurse call base unit 31 a …… display 31 b …… storage unit 31 c …… CPU
31d …… Recording unit 32a …… Speaker 4 …… Control device 40 …… Auto door 60 …… Electric lock door

Claims (6)

A nurse call cord (1, 1,...) For the patient to call the nurse, and a corridor lamp (2, 2,...) For notifying the nurse of the call from the nurse call cord. A nurse call master unit (3, 3,...) For a nurse to respond to a call from the nurse call slave unit, and a controller (4) for controlling the corridor lamp and the nurse call master unit. And a plurality of automatic doors (40) that are closed by operating with the nurse call master unit via the controller and at least one type of doors that are locked (60) with electric locks ,
When the nurse performs a confirmation operation on the nurse call master unit in order for the nurse to check the open state of the automatic door or the unlocked state of the door with the electric lock, the automatic door is opened. On the basis of the opening signal (S1) including the automatic door ID information sent out at times or the unlocking signal (S2) containing the electric lock ID information sent out when the door with the electric lock is unlocked, A display (31a) on which list information that is unlocking / unlocking information of the door with the electric lock is displayed, and an alarm unit (31a, 32a) that issues an alarm when the door opening signal or the unlocking signal is received for a predetermined time or more. A nurse call system characterized by comprising:   The nurse call master unit has a storage unit (31b) for storing the latest one for each of the automatic doors or the doors with electric locks for the opening signal or the unlocking signal transmitted via the controller. The nurse call system according to claim 1, further comprising:   The nurse call master has a storage unit (31b) that sequentially stores the opening signal or the unlocking signal transmitted via the controller for each of the automatic doors or the doors with electric locks. The nurse call system according to claim 1. When the alarm unit of the nurse call master unit sets a warning time zone for each of the automatic door or the door with the electric lock, and receives the door opening signal or the unlocking signal for a predetermined time or more in the warning time zone. The nurse call system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an alarm is provided. Wherein the storage unit is stored the ID information of the camera (90) for capturing an image is associated with the automatic door ID information or the electric lock ID information of the electric lock with door of the automatic door in a hospital,
When the nurse call master unit receives the door opening signal or the unlocking signal for a predetermined time or more, the nurse call base unit specifies an automatic door or an electric lock door from ID information included in the door opening signal or the unlocking signal, The nurse call system according to any one of claims 2 to 4 , wherein an associated camera is controlled to display an image from the camera on the display. The nurse call system according to claim 5, wherein the nurse call master unit has a recording unit (31d) for recording video from the camera.

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