KR20170121611A - Elderly people living alone monitoring system - Google Patents

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KR20170121611A
KR20170121611A KR1020160050324A KR20160050324A KR20170121611A KR 20170121611 A KR20170121611 A KR 20170121611A KR 1020160050324 A KR1020160050324 A KR 1020160050324A KR 20160050324 A KR20160050324 A KR 20160050324A KR 20170121611 A KR20170121611 A KR 20170121611A
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Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a living alone elderly care management system using a wearable device capable of managing an elderly living alone by measuring and transmitting a living body signal of a wearer using a wearable device.
The management system for the elderly living alone using the wearable device according to the present invention comprises a wearable device including a living body signal sensor which can be worn on the body by the elderly living alone and can detect a living body signal, And a management server connected to the administrator terminal through a wired or wireless connection to receive and store information acquired by the administrator terminal.

Description

{Elderly people living alone monitoring system}

The present invention relates to a living alone management system for a single living person, and more particularly, to a living alone living alone management system using a wearable device capable of managing a living alone person by measuring and transmitting a living body signal of a wearer using a wearable device.

The society of advanced countries as well as Korea is becoming increasingly aged. In particular, modern elderly people are at risk of adult diseases due to changes in their dietary habits. If they do not respond quickly in case of emergency, they may be exposed to great risk of death have. However, modern society is changing from a large family to a nuclear family, so that the number of elderly people living alone is increasing, and there is a problem that the elderly should solve the emergency situation themselves when an elderly person is in an emergency.

In the case of the elderly living alone, it is difficult to request the rescue in an emergency situation because of living alone, despite the high risk of emergency emergence from time to time. In recent years, .

In recent years, social workers have been visiting individual elderly households individually to check their health status individually. However, it is difficult to systematically manage social workers because of their lack of workforce. When a social worker visits, If you do not meet, you can go back to work.

Therefore, many researches and developments are being carried out to remotely manage biometrics of elderly living alone. Up to now, related research and development has been conducted mainly by checking the biometrics information of a user remotely from a central control center or the like to transmit an emergency vehicle in case of an emergency or installing a emergency button in the home of a living elderly person, And emergency vehicles are dispatched by pressing the emergency button.

Also, in the system in which the user himself presses the emergency button, the user has to go to the place of the emergency button even in the emergency situation and the inefficiency of the user management due to the malfunction of the emergency button of the user should be prevented.

In particular, in the case of the elderly living alone, it is often difficult to use the electronic device. Therefore, when the use of the terminal for transmitting the bio-signal remotely is difficult, the use of the terminal may be feared and difficult. A remote bio-signal transmission terminal having a more convenient and convenient usage method should be provided.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2011-0053815: Wrist-type terminal for managing the elderly living alone and method thereof Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2016-0010788: Remote Smart Monitoring System and Method for the Disabled, Disabled and Alone Alone Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2014-0136721: Single Elderly Management System

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for measuring a living body signal of a living elderly person through a wearable device, transmit measured information to an intermediate terminal, The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a living alone elderly management system using a wearable device that enables efficient management of living alone elderly people by transmitting information to a management server or wirelessly transmitting the information to an administrator terminal.

The management system for the elderly living alone using the wearable device according to the present invention includes a wearable device including a living body signal sensor that can be worn by the elderly living alone and can detect a living body signal, And a management server connected to the administrator terminal by a wired or wireless connection to receive and store information acquired by the administrator terminal.

The wearable device includes a device main body adapted to be worn by the elderly living alone, a living body signal sensor provided on one side of the device main body, and a first wireless communication unit for wirelessly transmitting the measurement information of the living body signal sensor And the manager terminal includes a second wireless communication unit for communicating with the first wireless communication unit, and a storage unit for storing the received biometric signal information according to the management object.

The administrator terminal may further include a display for displaying the received bio-signal information and information on the aged elderly to be managed.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an embodiment of a living alone elderly care management system using a wearable device according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a single elderly care management system using a wearable device of the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation process of the wearable device of FIG. 1,
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation process of the administrator terminal of FIG. 1;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a living alone elderly care management system using a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention is capable of various modifications and various forms, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the text. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing. In the accompanying drawings, the dimensions of the structures are enlarged to illustrate the present invention in order to clarify the present invention.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprises", "having", and the like are used to specify that a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a part or a combination thereof is described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the living-alone elderly management system 10 using the wearable device of the present invention includes a wearable device 100 worn by the elderly living alone to be managed, And a management server 400 for storing and processing the bio-signal information collected by the administrator terminal 200. [

The wearable device 100 can be worn on the body by the elderly living alone, and is formed in the form of a band to be worn on the wrist in the present embodiment.

The wearable apparatus 100 includes a body 110 in the form of a band and a first wireless communication unit 120, a living body signal sensor 130, a first control unit 140, a battery 150 .

As described above, the device body 110 is formed in the form of a band to be worn on the wrist in the present embodiment, but the device body 110 may be formed into a necklace shape or a miniature ring shape.

The bio-signal sensor 130 is mounted on the main body 110 and measures the bio-signal of the wearer.

The bio-signal measured by the bio-signal sensor 130 may be variously applied to a pulse or a coral saturation. In this embodiment, the pulse is measured and the measured information is transmitted to the administrator terminal 200 through the first wireless communication unit 120, Lt; / RTI >

The first wireless communication unit 120 is for transmitting a wireless signal to the administrator terminal 200 described later. The first wireless communication unit 120 and the second wireless communication unit 210 of the manager terminal 200 described later transmit data through various wireless communication methods such as Bluetooth, beacon and ZigBee.

The bio-signal sensor 130 measures a bio-signal according to a measurement signal of the first controller 140. The first controller 140 measures a bio-signal at a predetermined time interval, .

The first control unit 140 sends a measurement signal to measure a bio-signal at a predetermined time interval or a predetermined time as described above, and stores the measured measurement information. And transmits the stored bio-signal information to the administrator terminal 200 through the first communication unit.

Since the manager terminal 200 does not receive a signal in real time, the first controller 140 includes a memory function to store the biometric signal information for a predetermined time. When receiving information from the manager terminal 200, And transmits the stored measurement information.

The battery 150 supplies power for driving the first control unit 140, the first wireless communication unit 120 and the bio-sensor 130. After the wearable device 100 is worn, It is preferable to use the battery 150 that is capable of driving the wearable device 100 for a certain period of time without being connected to an external power source.

The manager terminal 200 is a device that is managed by a manager who manages a living alone aged person, that is, a social worker or a person performing a management service. The manager terminal 200 includes a second wireless communication unit 210, a second control unit 220, A battery 230, a battery 240, and a display.

The administrator carries the administrator terminal 200 and visits the home of the person to be managed or passes the neighborhood and the manager terminal 200 transmits the bio-signal information from the first wireless communication unit 120 through the second wireless communication unit 210 And stores it in the storage unit 230.

The second control unit 220 allows the bio-signal information stored in the storage unit 230 to be individually classified and stored according to the measured aged alone aged person, and the sorted bio-signal information is stored in the storage unit 230. [

The second controller 220 can output the transmitted bio-signal information through the display. If the transmission of the bio-signal information is omitted or the transmitted bio-signal information exceeds the reference value, the second controller 220 displays the information and the administrator recognizes the information. For example, if the pulse rate exceeds the reference value in the measurement biometric information of the elderly person to be administered and displays too much time or too late, the information is displayed on the display so that the manager can closely observe the elderly person living alone or consult a physician .

Since the administrator terminal 200 must be portable with the administrator, it is preferable that the administrator terminal 200 can be driven without supplying external power for a predetermined time including the battery 240.

The administrator terminal 200 may be manufactured as a dedicated terminal or may use a tablet PC through an application.

The management server 400 collects and processes the bio-signal information of the aged elderly persons managed by the manager terminal 200.

The manager transmits the collected information by wireless or wired connection of the administrator terminal 200 to the management server 400. [

The management server 400 categorizes and stores the collected information by date, categorized by the person to be managed, analyzes the stored data, and classifies and notifies the management subject who needs special management.

The operation of the wearable device 100 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The wearable device 100 measures a bio-signal through a bio-signal sensor 130 at a time corresponding to a transmission period because the bio-signal is measured at regular intervals.

The wearable device 100 searches whether the communication with the second wireless communication unit 210 of the manager terminal 200 is currently possible and stores measurement information in the internal memory when the second wireless communication unit 210 is not searched.

On the contrary, when the manager moves around the house of the elderly person living alone with the manager terminal 200, the second wireless communication unit 210 is searched. In this case, the first wireless communication unit 120 and the second wireless communication unit 210 mutually communicate Lt; / RTI >

The operation of the administrator terminal 200 will be described with reference to FIG.

The manager carries the manager terminal 200 and moves along the residence area of the living alone old persons to be managed.

The manager terminal 200 searches for a radio signal transmitted from the wearable device 100 and confirms the management number of the wearable device 100 when the radio signal is searched.

The manager terminal 200 receives the bio-signal measurement information transmitted from the wearable device 100 and stores the bio-signal measurement information in the storage unit 230. The second controller 220 of the manager terminal 200 extracts the bio- It is first judged whether or not the situation is recognized.

If the measured data is good, it indicates only whether or not the signal storage has been completed without separate indication. However, if it is judged that there is abnormality in the health of the elderly person to be managed by the measurement data, an alarm signal is transmitted. The alarm signal may be displayed through a display of the administrator terminal 200 or a warning sound through a separate speaker.

In this case, the manager visits the elderly person's home and directly interviews the elderly living alone to determine whether additional management is necessary and take follow-up measures.

The transmitted data is stored in the storage unit 230 and uploaded to the management server 400.

The above-described living-alone elderly management system 10 using the wearable device of the present invention can avoid the long-term body abandonment due to the health care and solitude of the elderly living alone and can efficiently manage the elderly living alone with a small number of persons .

The description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features presented herein.

10: Single Elderly Management System Using Wearable Device
100: Wearable device 110:
120: first wireless communication unit 130: biometric signal sensor
140: first control unit 150: battery
200: administrator terminal 210: second wireless communication section
220: second control unit 230:
240: Battery
400: management server

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A wearable device including a living body signal sensor which can be worn on the body by the elderly living alone and can detect a living body signal;
A manager terminal for receiving bio-signal information measured by the wearable device;
And a management server connected to the administrator terminal through a wired or wireless connection to receive and store information acquired by the administrator terminal
An Elderly Managed System for Living Alone Using Wearable Equipment.
The method according to claim 1,
The wearable device includes a device main body adapted to be worn by the elderly living alone, a living body signal sensor provided on one side of the device main body, and a first wireless communication unit for wirelessly transmitting the measurement information of the living body signal sensor and,
Wherein the manager terminal comprises a second wireless communication unit for communicating with the first wireless communication unit and a storage unit for storing the received biometric signal information according to the management object
An Elderly Managed System for Living Alone Using Wearable Equipment.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the manager terminal further comprises a display for displaying the received bio-signal information and the information on the aged aged person to be managed
An Elderly Managed System for Living Alone Using Wearable Equipment.
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