KR101051339B1 - Remote sleep management service system based on unconstrained biometrics measurement technology - Google Patents

Abstract

In order to provide information for maintaining / promoting a comfortable sleep by measuring and analyzing biometric information of service subjects (inpatients, elderly people, elderly people living alone, and elderly people with chronic disabilities, such as elderly people living alone). Disclosed is a remote sleep management service system based on biometric information measurement technology.

The disclosed system includes: biometric information measuring means for measuring heart rate and respiration of a subject to be measured during sleep, measuring body weight of the subject to generate sleep biometric information, and transmitting the measured sleep biometric information to a remotely located sleep management server; By having a sleep management server analyzing sleep biometric information to determine a sleep state, it is possible to measure the bio information of a service subject in an unconstrained state, thereby reducing the inconvenience of constraining the subject's body when using various measurement equipment. It can solve the problem, analyze the measured bio-information, provide information to maintain / promote comfortable sleep, and can promptly take emergency measures through prompt notification service in case of emergency during sleep. In addition, there is an advantage that it is possible to conveniently check the status of elderly people, inpatients, elderly people living alone, etc.

Restraint, biometrics, heart rate, breathing, activity

Description

Remote service system of sleeping management based on measuring techniques of biometric information

The present invention relates to a remote sleep management service based on unconstrained bioinformation measurement technology, and more particularly, to a service subject (inpatients, elderly people, elderly living alone, and elderly people who are uncomfortable, such as inpatients). The present invention relates to a remote sleep management service system based on non-restrictive biometric information measuring technology for measuring biometric information and analyzing the measured biometric information to provide information for maintaining / promoting comfortable sleep.

Life's happiness is so important to a person's life that it is no exaggeration to say that it starts with sleep. Sleep gives a person the most basic time of rest. It is also through sleep that energy is supplied to accumulate stamina. Sleep is the time to replenish the energy a person uses during the day. Sleeping is also the time when the growth hormone is the most secreted growth of children. In our body, the brain is the place that oversees all biological functions for life support. The brain needs rest to balance proper activity. Most of these breaks occur during sleep.

As such, the importance of sleep is insignificant, but most modern people are not getting enough sleep due to excessive work or study. What is important to sleep is the quality of sleep rather than the amount of sleep. In particular, how deep sleep is very important, modern people are often unable to get a good night's sleep due to stress.

In order to get a good night's sleep, you need to first judge your sleep quality and find ways to cope with it. If you're not feeling good after having slept for a long time, you're really tired of feeling good, or if you think you're sleeping but you're not really having trouble sleeping. In many cases, you do not know. It is a problem that can only be revealed when your sleep status is quantified using objective measuring equipment. Even if this is not the case, the optimal sleep time can be derived by quantifying the quality of sleep. It is necessary to develop simple equipment for determining the quality of sleep, but until now, polysomnography (PSG), which is performed in the sleep examination room of a hospital, is the only objective test.

The sleep stages classified based on the sleep polymorphism test consist of 1, 2, 3, 4 stages and RAM sleep stages. During normal sleep, the average person repeats the sleep stages in the order of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st stage, and RAM sleep every 90 minutes.

The sleep state determination is read by a specialist by combining various measurement signals obtained from the sleep polysomnogram when the patient sleeps at night in the hospital. Various types of signals are combined to determine sleep status, sleep apnea, arrhythmia, and rapid eye movement. Sleep quality is judged by how often you wake up during sleep or how many levels 3 and 4 you are in deep sleep.

Signals measured during sleep polymorphism include electroencephalogram (EEG), safety (EOG, Electrooculaogram), electrocardiogram (EMG, Electromyogram), electrocardiogram (ECG, Electrocardiogram), arterial oxygen saturation, respiratory movements in the abdomen and chest, respiratory flow , Snoring, body temperature, body posture, and video recording to determine body torsion.

However, such a conventional sleep test method has a problem of having to sleep in a sleep test room of a hospital because of the use of various specialized devices, and a problem of rising costs.

In addition, since the environment is changed to a laboratory that is not a place to sleep normally, it may show different sleep state characteristics than usual, and thus, there is a disadvantage that accurate sleep state measurement is difficult.

In addition, the measurement device is attached to the head, eyeball, chin, chest, abdomen, etc. of the sleeping person to measure various signals, which causes discomfort and discomfort to the sleeping person, which also shows a different sleeping state than usual. There are also disadvantages that can make diagnosis difficult as a sleep state.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve various problems occurring in the sleep state inspection method of the body attachment sensor method as described above,

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to measure the biometric information of the service subjects (inpatients, seniors, elderly people living alone, chronically ill, disabled people, such as elderly people living in unrestrained state), and analyzes the measured biometric information The present invention provides a remote sleep management service system based on unbound biometric information measurement technology to provide information for maintaining / promoting comfortable sleep.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to measure the bio-signal of the service subject in the unrestrained state, and remotely based on the non-binding biometric information measurement technology to quickly perform emergency measures through a notification service when an emergency situation occurs during sleep To provide a sleep management service system.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to obtain environmental information of a sleeping room through an environmental sensor, and analyze the obtained environmental information and sleep information to provide the user with environmental information for optimal sleep. It is to provide a remote sleep management service system based on biometric information measurement technology.

According to the present invention for achieving the above technical problem, the "remote sleep management service system based on unbound biometric information measurement technology",

Biometric information measuring means for measuring heart rate and respiration of the measurement target during sleep of the measurement target, measuring weight of the measurement target to generate sleep biometric information, and transmitting it to a remotely located sleep management server;

And a sleep management server analyzing sleep biometric information transmitted from the biometric information measuring unit to determine a sleep state.

The biometric information measuring means,

A biometric information measuring mat configured to generate biometric information by measuring heart rate and respiratory volume of the subject under unrestrained condition;

A weight sensor for measuring weight of the subject to generate weight information; And

And a communication module for collecting the biometric information and the weight information acquired by the biometric information measuring mat and the weight sensor into sleep biometric information, and converting the collected sleep biometric information into a data format suitable for communication and transmitting the data to a remote format.

The biometric information sensor is characterized in that the high-sensitivity nano pressure sensor for measuring the pressure state converted by the user's breath during sleep.

The biometric information measuring means,

The environmental sensor may further include an environmental sensor that acquires environmental information of a sleeping room where the measurement subject sleeps and delivers the environmental information to the biometric information measuring means.

The sleep management server,

And a function of generating sleep environment information for maintaining optimal sleep based on the environment information acquired by the environment sensor and the sleep biometric information.

In addition, the sleep management server,

If the result of the analysis of the sleep biometric information is an emergency, it characterized in that it comprises a function to generate emergency information to notify the associated processing organization.

In addition, the sleep management server,

Correct the error of the received sleep biometric information, extract heart rate, respiration and activity data from the corrected sleep biometric information, correct the error of the extracted heart rate, respiration and activity data, and then correct the error corrected heart rate and breath And determining sleep state through heart rate analysis, respiratory rate analysis, and activity analysis based on activity data.

According to the present invention, it is possible to measure the biological information of the service subjects (patients, elderly people, elderly people who are inconvenient to move, such as elderly people living alone, chronically ill, ordinary people, etc.) in the unrestrained state, the subject's body when using a variety of existing measurement equipment There is an advantage that can solve the inconvenience caused by restraint.

In addition, there is an advantage that can provide information for maintaining / promoting a comfortable sleep by analyzing the measured biometric information.

In addition, the emergency service can be taken through the alert service when the emergency occurs during sleep, there is an advantage that can easily check the status of the elderly, inpatients, elderly living alone, etc. who are inconvenient to require constant monitoring.

In addition, there is an advantage that can provide the user with environmental information for optimal sleep based on the environmental sensor.

Hereinafter, described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

1 is a configuration diagram of a "remote sleep management service system based on unbound biometric information measurement technology" according to the present invention, the biometric information measuring means 100, the gateway 300 and the sleep management server 200, information receiving system It consists of 400.

Here, the biological information measuring means 10 measures the heart rate and the breath of the measurement target during sleep of the measurement target, generates the sleep biometric information by measuring the weight of the measurement target, and measures the sleep management server 200 located remotely. It serves to transmit.

The biometric information measuring means 100 is placed on a bed or a general floor of a bedroom where a measurement subject (user) sleeps for the purpose of practical use of a living close medical device, and does not directly connect measurement equipment to the measurement subject. In this way, the heart rate, respiration, and activity of the subject can be conveniently measured in a non-contact manner.

The biometric information measuring means 100 includes a biometric information measuring mat 110 that generates biometric information by measuring the heart rate and the respiratory volume of the subject in a restrained state when the subject is lying and sleeping. The biological information measuring mat 110 is provided with a high sensitivity nano pressure sensor for measuring the pressure state converted by the user's breathing during sleep.

That is, a high-sensitivity nano-pressure sensor is made like a mat and placed on the bed or on the floor where the user lies down for sleep, and when the user lies down on the biometric measuring mat 110, the heart rate and breathing, and the amount of activity (the amount the user moves while sleeping) ) Will be detected.

In addition, the weight sensor 120 is coupled to the biological information measuring mat 110 to measure the weight of the user to generate weight information.

In addition, the present invention additionally, the biometric information measuring means 100, the environmental sensor 130 to obtain the environmental information of the sleeping room that the measurement subject sleeps and delivers it to the biometric information measuring means 100. It may include.

Next, the communication module 140 converts the biometric information and the weight information acquired from the sensor and the weight sensor 120 and / or the environmental sensor 130 provided in the biometric information measurement mat 110 into sleep biometric information. It collects and combines the collected sleep biometric information with environmental information, converts it into a data format suitable for communication, and transmits the data remotely. In this case, it is preferable to record ID information in an area in which data informing the information of the sleep biometric information and the environmental information is recorded, so that when the remote server checks the information, it is known that the sensor collects the information. The communication module may be implemented as a wired communication or a wireless communication module.

Information acquired during sleep of the user (sleep biometric information and environmental information) transmitted from the communication module 140 is transmitted to the sleep management server 200 through the gateway 300, in which the gateway 30 is simply a plurality of It can be recognized as a data interface device that connects data between sensor and server.

The sleep management server 200 receiving the sleep biometric information and the environment information separately registers the received information in an internal database for each user, and determines the sleep state of the corresponding user through a precise analysis.

In order to determine the sleep state, as shown in FIG. 2, the error of the received sleep biometric information is corrected, and heart rate, respiration, and activity data are extracted from the corrected sleep biometric information through a filtering technique.

Next, after correcting the error of the extracted heart rate, respiration and activity data, the sleep state is determined through heart rate analysis, respiration rate analysis and activity analysis based on the error-corrected heart rate, respiration and activity data. In addition, statistics of sleep time, deep sleep, and section information are possible.

The sleep state determination result information thus determined, that is, sleep quality information is registered in an internal database and provided to the associated information receiving system 400 as necessary. In this case, the information receiving system 400 refers to an information terminal provided by a health consultant who manages the user's health, a medical institution equipped with a doctor / nurse, a fire department, a police station, a family, and the like and receiving information.

In addition, the sleep management server 200 generates sleep environment information for maintaining optimal sleep based on the environment information obtained by the environment sensor 130 and the sleep biometric information, and the information receiving system ( 400).

Such information may be provided by a health consultant or medical staff and provided to the user to help the user get a more comfortable and comfortable sleep. In particular, the provision of sleep environment information may play an important role for the user to obtain optimal sleep.

On the other hand, the sleep management server 200 analyzes the sleep biometric information as a result of the emergency, generates emergency information and linked to the associated information receiving system 400, for example, fire station or police station, hospital to notify it, from the emergency Ensure follow-up is quick.

This is the case of patients with disabilities, elderly people, senior citizens living alone, etc. requires constant probation. In this case, the use of a separate protection personnel is a waste of manpower and economic waste. However, when applying the unrestricted remote sleep management system such as the present invention, no manpower for monitoring and probation is required, and the emergency situation can be recognized through the analysis of sleep information automatically, so that follow-up actions can be promptly taken. Will be.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described specific preferred embodiments, and various modifications can be made by any person having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Of course, such changes will fall within the scope of the claims.

1 is a block diagram of a remote sleep management service system based on unbound biometric information measurement technology according to the present invention.

2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a specific function of the sleep management server of FIG.

Claims (7)

delete delete delete Biometric information measuring means for measuring the heart rate and respiration of the measurement target during sleep of the measurement target, measuring the weight of the measurement target to generate sleep biometric information, and transmitting it to a remotely located sleep management server; And And a sleep management server analyzing sleep biometric information transmitted from the bio information measuring means to determine a sleep state. The biometric information measuring means, A biological information measurement mat mounted on a mat on which the measurement subject is lying, and measuring the heart rate and the respiratory volume of the measurement subject in an unrestrained state to generate biometric information; A weight sensor for measuring weight of the subject to generate weight information; And A communication module for collecting the biometric information and the weight information acquired by the biometric information measuring mat and the weight sensor into sleep biometric information, and converting the collected sleep biometric information into a data format suitable for communication and transmitting the remote information; Remote sleep management service system based on the unbound biometric information measuring technology, characterized in that it comprises an environmental sensor for obtaining the environmental information of the sleeping room that the measurement subject sleeps and delivers it to the biometric information measuring means. The method of claim 4, wherein the sleep management server, Remote sleep management service based on the unbounded biometric information measuring technology, characterized in that it comprises a function of generating sleep environment information for maintaining optimal sleep based on the environmental information obtained by the environmental sensor and the sleep biometric information. system. According to claim 5, The sleep management server, The sleep management service system based on the unrestricted biometric information measuring technology, comprising: a function of generating emergency situation information and informing the associated processing institution if the emergency situation is analyzed. According to claim 6, The sleep management server, Correct the error of the received sleep biometric information, extract heart rate, respiration and activity data from the corrected sleep biometric information, correct the error of the extracted heart rate, respiration and activity data, and then correct the error corrected heart rate and breath And sleep monitoring based on activity data, and determining sleep state by analyzing heart rate, respiratory rate analysis, and activity analysis.

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