CN101390135B - Personal warning apparatus - Google Patents

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CN101390135B
CN101390135B CN2006800534229A CN200680053422A CN101390135B CN 101390135 B CN101390135 B CN 101390135B CN 2006800534229 A CN2006800534229 A CN 2006800534229A CN 200680053422 A CN200680053422 A CN 200680053422A CN 101390135 B CN101390135 B CN 101390135B
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The invention discloses a personal warning apparatus and a method for use in particular with infants susceptible to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, has a relative motion detector to be positioned on orabout an individual, and a communication means operatively connected thereto optionally via an evaluation module, the apparatus featuring a predetermined activation threshold to mitigate false alarms.

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Personal warning apparatus
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of personal warning apparatus, especially, the present invention relates to a kind of be used for detecting and preventing SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, SIDS) Fa Zuo apparatus and method.The present invention also relates to a kind of apparatus and method that are used to detect the local environmental conditions relevant with SIDS with prevention.
Background technology
Usually, SIDS (SIDS or cot death) influences 3 to 9 months big babies.The sudden infant death syndrome outbreak is always unexpected, and very fast, generally shows effect during sleeping.Also there are some arguements for the pathogenic factor of sudden infant death syndrome, though determined to guarantee that baby's breathing is smooth and easy will help to reduce risk.In addition, there is proposal to think and prevents baby Tai Re, and guarantee infant sleeps on its back, can prevent sudden infant death syndrome.
Nowadays, existing dissimilar apparatus and method are used for detecting sudden infant death syndrome.However, conventional device and method still have some defectives, these drawbacks limit the validity and the simplification of its use.For example, a lot of existing sids detection system adopt detecting device, this detecting device induction baby's motion.Yet a lot of this detection systems are by slight action triggers, and perhaps when the baby needed only a bit of time stop motion, system will trigger, and this has produced a lot of false alarms.In addition, some this motion detector comprise a simple unit, and this unit is attached on one's body the baby.These motion detector do not have fixing reference point, therefore are easy to generate false alarm.
Other existing apparatus that are used to detect sudden infant death syndrome detect baby's breathing, temperature, heartbeat or other vital signs (some this devices are called as the apnea warning horn).However, because baby's heartbeat and breathing are usually irregular, this device also can produce rub-out signal.
As seen, existing sids detection system can produce false alarm, and does not prevent the initial outbreak of sudden infant death syndrome.Develop a kind of sids detection system that does not produce false alarm, particularly important, because false alarm makes baby's the people that looks after produce pressure and spended time.In addition, various false alarms have reduced looking after people's impact, and the people is easier to ignore real alarm thereby look after.In addition, various existing systems, for example the apnea warning horn detects sudden infant death syndrome, rather than the factor of its generation.Therefore, these alarms do not provide early warning or prevention sudden infant death syndrome.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to overcome at least one defective of the prior art.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of apparatus and method that detect the sudden infant death syndrome outbreak.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of apparatus and method of preventing the sudden infant death syndrome outbreak.
Further purpose of the present invention will be more clear in the following description.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of personal warning apparatus, this personal warning apparatus comprises: at least one relative motion detecting device, this detecting device be arranged on individual health on or on every side; Evaluation module; At least one communicator; Described at least one relative motion detecting device is connected with described evaluation module, described evaluation module is connected with described at least one communicator, wherein, corresponding described evaluation module is made in assessment can be to described at least one communicator signal that gives the alarm, and described evaluation module has the predetermined threshold values that activates.
Described predetermined activation threshold values can be associated with at least one relative motion detecting device, also can be associated with temperature sensor, and the selection of described predetermined activation threshold values makes the generation of false alarm reduce.
Preferably, described evaluation module can be responded to the outbreak sign action of sudden infant death syndrome.
Described evaluation module can activate described at least one communicator sensing under the correlated condition that shows effect with sudden infant death syndrome.
Described evaluation module can be programmed processor.Described programmed processor is assessed detected action.
As selection, described programmed processor can be microprocessor.
As selection, described programmed processor is special IC (application specific integratedcircuit).
Preferably, described device also comprises detector cell, and this detector cell can be arranged on the person or on every side.
As selection, described device also comprises alarm unit, and this alarm unit is away from described detector cell, and this detector cell is connected with described alarm unit.
Preferably, described device also comprises relay unit, and this relay unit is away from described alarm unit and described detector cell, and described detector cell is connected with described relay unit, and described relay unit is connected with described alarm unit.
As selection, described detector cell comprises: at least one relative motion detecting device, described evaluation module and at least one communicator.
As selection, described detector cell comprises at least one relative motion detecting device and at least one communicator, and described alarm unit comprises at least one communicator, described evaluation module and warning horn, and described evaluation module is connected with described warning horn.
Preferably, described detector cell comprises at least one relative motion detecting device and at least one communicator, described relay unit comprises at least one communicator and described evaluation module, described alarm unit comprises at least one communicator and warning horn, and described at least one communicator in the described alarm unit is connected with described warning horn.
According to a second aspect of the invention, a kind of personal warning apparatus is provided, this personal warning apparatus comprises: will be set on the human body or device on every side, this device comprises at least one the relative motion detecting device that is connected with at least one communicator, wherein, can be to the described relative motion detecting device that detects relative motion to described at least one communicator signal that gives the alarm, wherein, described at least one relative motion detecting device has the predetermined threshold values that activates.
As selection, described predetermined activation threshold values is adjustable.
Described relative motion detecting device can detect and rotatablely move.The described major axis of human body relatively that rotatablely moves.That is to say, relatively the height of human body.Therefore, whether this can be used to monitor the baby and lean to one side.
Described relative motion detecting device can the detection of vertical motion.When human body was lain down, described vertical movement was the minor axis with respect to human body.Therefore, the breathing that this can monitoring human.
Described relative motion detecting device can detect transverse movement.Described transverse movement is the described long axis direction of human body.This is the height with respect to human body.Therefore, whether this can be used to monitor the baby and slide into below blanket or the bed clothes.
Described device can also comprise at least one alarm generator, and this alarm generator is a warning horn.
Described communicator and described alarm generator can be same device, and this device can be audio frequency and/or visual alarm device.Described alarm generator can be away from described relative motion detecting device.For example, warning horn can be placed on the baby and look after the people place at chummery not.
Preferably, at least one communicator is the wireless device that sends and receives information.
Preferably, the described wireless device that sends and receives information is the wireless radiofrequency transceiver.
Preferably, described at least one relative motion detecting device comprises accelerometer.
Described accelerometer can be triaxial accelerometer.
Described accelerometer can comprise first dual axis accelerometer.As selection, described accelerometer comprises first dual axis accelerometer and second dual axis accelerometer, and described first dual axis accelerometer and described second dual axis accelerometer can detect three-dimensional motion.
As selection, described accelerometer can comprise first single axis accelerometer and second single axis accelerometer, and described first single axis accelerometer and second single axis accelerometer can detect two dimensional motion.As selection, described accelerometer can comprise first single axis accelerometer, second single axis accelerometer and the 3rd single axis accelerometer, and can detect three-dimensional motion.
Preferably, described acceleration count the micromechanics accelerometer (micro-machined accelerometer, MMA).
As selection, described at least one relative motion detecting device comprises magnetic switch and respective magnets.
Described device also comprises a motion restriction means that can limit physical activity.
Described motion restriction means can be sleeping bag.
As selection, on described sleeping bag, depended on magnetic switch, and corresponding magnet can be arranged on the human body or, vice versa on every side.
Described sleeping bag can be admitted removable conduit.
Preferably, described device also comprises temperature sensor, and this temperature sensor is positioned on the human body or on every side.
According to a third aspect of the invention we, provide a kind of personal warning's of generation method, this method may further comprise the steps: utilize at least one relative motion detecting device, human body is with respect to the motion at least one plane of human body; Excite communicator based on detected relative motion; Wherein, when described relative motion exceeds predeterminedly when activating threshold values, described communicator is activated.
Described predetermined activation threshold values can reduce the generation of false alarm.
Described method can also may further comprise the steps: utilize evaluation module to assess detected relative motion.
Described method can also may further comprise the steps: partly limit physical activity.
As selection, described method can may further comprise the steps: the monitoring human temperature.
Preferably, when human body temperature departed from predetermined temperature range, described communicator was activated.
As selection, described communicator is an alarm signal generator.
Described alarm is sent in the place away from human body.
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Fig. 1 is the alarm device synoptic diagram according to the sudden infant death syndrome of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the alarm device synoptic diagram of sudden infant death syndrome according to another embodiment of the present invention, and wherein this alarm device comprises sleeping bag.
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Referring to Fig. 1, sudden infant death syndrome prevention and pick-up unit 101 comprise detector cell 112, signal repeater or relay unit 113 and alarm unit 103.Described detector cell 112 comprises wireless radiofrequency transmitting chip (not expressing among the figure), and utilizes radiofrequency signal to communicate by letter with described relay unit 113.Described detector cell 112 comprises triaxial accelerometer (not expressing among the figure), and this triaxial accelerometer is measured rotation, vertical and transverse movement.Described detector cell 112 is placed in the anti-fluid bag (not expressing among the figure).Described anti-fluid bag is fixed on the chest of the baby on the lectulum.Described detector cell 12 also comprises a temperature sensor (not expressing among the figure), is used for monitoring baby's temperature.Described relay unit 113 contains wireless radiofrequency transceiver (not expressing among the figure), and communicates by letter with alarm unit 103 by radiofrequency signal, and this alarm unit 103 contains radio frequency receiver (not expressing among the figure).Described relay unit also comprises microprocessor, and this microprocessor is as evaluation module.The data that described microprocessor assessment accelerometer reads, and determine whether to produce alarm.If the accelerometer reading of data is assessed as high risk, described microprocessor is to the rf chip signal that gives the alarm, and this rf chip is communicated by letter with alarm unit 103, thereby alarm unit 103 produces alarms.
Described evaluation module can be programmed processor, microprocessor or special IC, to assess detected action and/or temperature.
Described evaluation module responds to testing result.If it is relevant with risk that evaluation module is determined one or one group of signal, mode that will be by electric signal is to the radio-frequency (RF) transceiver signal that gives the alarm.Described radio-frequency (RF) transceiver sends signal to alarm unit, thereby produces alarm.Because evaluation module is able to programme and adjustable, can be arranged on to have and be scheduled to move and/or the temperature threshold values, this threshold values reduces the generation of rub-out signal.These threshold values are for triggering threshold values, if surpass this threshold values, evaluation module will think that the baby is dangerous.Especially, described evaluation module can be programmed, thereby according to relevant motion and/or the temperature conditions of sensing of sudden infant death syndrome outbreak, activates described radio-frequency (RF) transceiver, and produce alarm.
In the above-described embodiments, each element of described detecting unit connects by circuit board, and described detector cell provides power supply by battery.Each element of described relay unit also connects by circuit board, and described relay unit is by network supply.Similarly, each element of described alarm unit connects by circuit board, and described alarm unit is by network supply.Described detector cell, relay unit, alarm unit connect by radiofrequency launcher/receiver or transceiver.
Described evaluation module can be responded to the sign action of sudden infant death syndrome outbreak.This can be the action of baby's high-risk tendency, or breathless relevant action.
Described detecting unit can take out in sack, thereby this sack can clean.Described anti-fluent material prevents that liquid from entering sack, thus protection detecting device and emitter.In this embodiment, contain the described bag attachment of described detector cell at baby's chest.As selection, can in sack, lay temperature sensor.
Described device can contain one or more temperature sensors, measures baby temperature and/or environment temperature.
Described detecting device can be fixed on baby's chest by suitable mode, for example by rope or hook and ring fastener.In one embodiment, described detector cell is arranged in the sack of gertrude, and this gertrude comprises fabric, pad regio pectoris and hook and ring fastener.Described detector cell can take out from baby's clothes, is convenient to clean.
As selection, described detector cell and baby clothes can be integrated.
In use, described detector cell is by lower powered decimal fractions wireless transceiver, sends baby's motion to described relay unit.This technology equally also is used for the communication between described relay unit and the described alarm unit.
In another optional embodiment, described detector cell is directly communicated by letter with alarm unit, does not have relay unit.In this optional embodiment, described detector cell also comprises evaluation module, and this evaluation module is worked in due form, and is having under the situation of assert high-risk to described alarm unit transmission alarm signal.As selection, described evaluation module is arranged in the alarm unit, rather than in the detector cell.Described detector cell is communicated by letter with alarm unit always.If described evaluation module detects high risk condition, will produce alarm.
In another embodiment, described detector cell also comprises evaluation module and warning horn, and this is as communicator.In this embodiment, described detector cell need not contain the wireless radiofrequency transceiver, though also can include the wireless radiofrequency transceiver.Described detector cell detects separately, assessment high risk condition, and the alarm that produces audio frequency and/or video.
Accelerometer means is measured the acceleration and the motion of one or more directions.In this embodiment, adopt a triaxial accelerometer, this triaxial accelerometer is along x, y and z three-axis measurement.Equally, also can be with two dual axis accelerometer, both all measure two axles, also can adopt three single axis accelerometer.Move along a shaft monitoring, confirm infant breathes.By another axle, the motion that the monitoring baby leans to one side.Along remaining axle, monitor baby's on lectulum, (may be covered with blanket) up or down obvious motion.
In the above-described embodiments, accelerometer is as the relative motion detecting device, and the described wireless radiofrequency emitting/receiving that described detector cell is interior, described relay unit is interior and described alarm unit is interior is as communicator.
When described accelerometer detected the condition relevant with sudden infant death syndrome, it sent electric signal to microprocessor, and this microprocessor is as evaluation module.If evaluation module judges that the baby is dangerous, give radiofrequency launcher just send electric signal so, this radiofrequency launcher sends radiofrequency signal again to relay unit, and this relay unit is as the intermediary transceiver unit.Described relay unit sends radiofrequency signal to described alarm unit, and this alarm unit is as alarm generating device at a distance, and described alarm unit produce audio frequency and/visual alarm of living, the indication baby is in the high-risk state.
Described accelerometer can detect and rotatablely move.This rotatablely moves is major axis with respect to baby's health.That is to say, with respect to baby's height.Therefore, this can be used to detect the baby and whether has moved to its side.In use, the threshold values that rotatablely moves can be arranged between 30 ° to 45 °.
A kind of mode of carrying out this measurement is to measure acceleration on dividing other three, to determine its orientation.Because accelerometer can be measured gravitational effects effectively, the axle consistent with ground will be read as g.45 ° the same axis of tilting will be read as 0.5g.Therefore, can detect baby's orientation.
Described accelerometer also can the detection of vertical motion.When baby's recumbency, described vertical movement is the minor axis with respect to its health.This can be used to monitor baby's breathing, for example by average a plurality of acceleration readings (by baby's chest exercise, promptly breathing), and determines whether these readings change with specific threshold amount.If these readings do not change with this threshold amount, this device then detects the baby and ceases breathing.
In addition, accelerometer can detect transverse movement.Described transverse movement is the long axis direction along baby's health, promptly along baby's short transverse.This detection needs high precision, sampling, and low noise rapidly.Described accelerometer is measured acceleration constantly at a specific assignment sampling, thereby can measure the displacement on certain orientation indirectly.Therefore, whether this can be used to monitor the baby and closely slide into below blanket or the bed clothes.
An advantage of the present invention is that employed evaluation module is adjusted to each predetermined threshold values that activates, and promptly changes sensitivity.These threshold values can preestablish in the process of making according to average in the baby sleep process and safety movement.As selection, what these threshold values can be by the baby looks after the people according to individual sleep habit adjustment.For example, utilize appropriate software and active computer, adjust threshold values, thus the monitoring baby.Same software also can be used to show baby's temperature, and produces alarm.
As selection, the threshold values of described evaluation module can be adjusted by index dial on monitor unit, relay unit and/or the alarm unit or analog.These adjustment can manual adjustment, and need not PC.
This is particularly useful, for example can avoid the false alarm when infant enters deep sleep.When sleeping soundly, baby's breathing will be irregular or faint probably, and therefore, adjusting the assessment sensitivity that detects the accelerometer of breathing will be of great use.
In use, accelerometer detects motion at least one plane of baby, and survey measurements is sent to suitable programming microprocessor, and this microprocessor is assessed reading.If microprocessor is thought reading corresponding to high-risk or breath stopped, it triggers alarm so.This alarm can trigger by radio-frequency (RF) transceiver, or directly triggers by microprocessor.Described microprocessor can preset the programmable thresholds with the accelerometer motion association.The selection of these threshold values has reduced the generation of rub-out signal.
Equally, in use, baby's motion can be limited by sleeping bag.In addition, baby's temperature and/or environment temperature can be by temperature sensor monitors, and can be assessed by microprocessor.When scope that temperature departure can receive, perhaps when detecting high-risk position or breath stopped, trigger alarm or alarm signal.This alarm signal can be away from monitoring baby's device.
Fig. 2 is another embodiment according to sids alarms serve of the present invention.
Referring to Fig. 2, sudden infant death syndrome prevention and pick-up unit 201 comprise sleeping bag 202 and warning horn 203.Described sleeping bag 202 is connected by electric wire 204 with described warning horn 203.Other electric wires (not expressing among the figure) are packed in the removable conduit 205, and this conduit 205 is put into the passage 206 of described sleeping bag 202.Described sleeping bag 202 comprises the magnetic switch 207 related with magnet 208, and described magnet 208 is attached on the baby 209 on the lectulum 210.Described sleeping bag 202 also comprises the temperature sensor 211 that is used to monitor baby temperature.This temperature sensor 211 and described magnetic switch 207 are connected to the electric wire (not expressing among the figure) in the removable conduit 205.
Described removable conduit 205 provides institute's live wire of warning horn 203, and magnetic switch 207 and temperature sensor 211 are isolated with baby 209.This has guaranteed baby 209 safety, and makes baby 209 more comfortable in sleeping bag 202.Therefore, reduced uneasiness in baby's 209 sleep processes.Described removable conduit 205 is made by liquid proof material, to avoid the intrusion of liquid.Described removable conduit 205 can separate with sleeping bag 202, and this helps the cleaning of Convenient sleeping bag 202.In this embodiment, described removable conduit 205 is contained in the passage 206 of sleeping bag 205 by hook and ring fixed system.
In the embodiment shown in Figure 2, described magnetic switch and associated magnet are as the relative motion detecting device, and this detecting device has can predefined activation threshold values.This predefined activation threshold values can be set to and can adjust, thereby the user can be provided with threshold values as required.
In an optional embodiment, described electric wire and described sleeping bag are integrated, do not put into removable passage.In this optional embodiment, described electric wire still can shift out from sleeping bag, cleans or other purposes with convenient.Described sleeping bag itself has certain waterproof ability.
In the embodiment shown in Figure 2, described warning horn 203 is connected to sleeping bag 202 by electric wire 204, and sleeping bag 202 also comprises the electric wire (not expressing among the figure) and the magnetic switch 207 of temperature sensor 211.Described magnetic switch 207 is fixed on the appropriate location, and sews up the internal layer of described sleeping bag 202.
In an alternate embodiments, described electric wire can be by remote radio transceiver (for example radiofrequency launcher and radio frequency receiver), thus temperature sensor and magnetic switch can with the warning horn radio communication.
Equally, as shown in Figure 2, described warning horn 203 is the Voice ﹠ Video warning horn, and this warning horn is attached on the lectulum 210.In an optional embodiment, described device utilizes the mode of radio communication to communicate by letter with remote device, thereby triggers remote alarm.
The people that looks after that described remote warning horn can be arranged on from baby nurse baby far away locates.
Referring to Fig. 2, in the use, baby 209 is fixed with magnet 208 at chest, and lies on the back in sleeping bag 202.Sleeping bag 202 is in around the baby 209 safely, thereby slight activity can be comfortable, but prevented bigger activity, for example stands up in sleeping bag 202 or slides.This provides more comfortable and safe sleep environment for baby 209.
Described magnetic switch 207 is adjusted to the predetermined threshold values that activates, thereby if baby 209 moves in normal sleep process, magnet 208 keeps related with magnetic switch 207, and magnetic switch 207 is not triggered.However, if sleeping bag 202 can not retrain baby 209, and allow baby 20g to move to high-risk position (that is, if the baby slides into sleeping bag 202 or stands up to prostrate), the association between magnet 208 and the magnetic switch 207 is with destroyed, thus triggering warning horn 203.In this embodiment, the predetermined threshold values that activates can be adjusted.In an optional embodiment, the predetermined threshold values that activates can not be adjusted.
Referring to Fig. 2, when described magnetic switch 207 and magnet 208 keep predetermined when activating the determined certain distance of threshold values each other, both keep related.That is to say that both can have relative motion to a certain degree, and can not break away from association.As long as magnetic switch 207 is related with magnet 208, described magnetic switch 207 will can not be triggered, thereby can or not be triggered by warning horn 203.This gives the dirigibility to a certain degree of this device, and baby 209 can have safety movement to a certain degree, and does not trigger warning horn 203.Therefore, apparatus of the present invention have prevented the generation of rub-out signal.
Among the aforesaid embodiment, described magnetic switch and magnet is as relative motion sensor, and has motion a little to a certain degree.
Referring to Fig. 2, in use, described temperature sensor 211 is attached on the sleeping bag 202, constantly monitors baby 209 temperature.If the normal tolerance interval of temperature departure, warning horn 203 is triggered.Described warning horn 203 can be set to whether trigger described warning horn 203 according to temperature sensor 211 or magnetic switch 207, sends different alarms.For example, described warning horn 203 can have the audio alert of different tones for temperature sensor 211 and magnetic switch 207.
In another embodiment, described temperature sensor is attached to baby's belly.If the normal temperature range of baby's temperature departure, temperature sensor will trigger warning horn.Described temperature sensor can be arranged on baby or its clothes or on every side.
In another embodiment, described sleeping bag as shown in Figure 2 can be used in the embodiment shown in fig. 1.
An advantage of the present invention is that sleeping bag limits baby's activity, and prevents that the baby is in the orientation of high-risk as preventive safety. Especially, described sleeping bag has limited lifted of baby as prostrate and slide in the sleeping bag. On these positions, the baby can suck the air that oneself is breathed out again, and this is a pathogenic factors of sudden infant death syndrome.
Another advantage of the present invention is, has monitored any motion that enters the high-risk position of baby. Similarly, cease breathing and before sudden infant death syndrome takes place, trigger alarm the baby. In other words, the present invention has detected the environmental condition (by motion and temperature sensor) of the high-risk relevant with the sudden infant death syndrome outbreak, rather than detects sudden infant death syndrome. Therefore, the present invention prevents sudden infant death syndrome, and allows that looking after the people notes the high-risk environment before the baby ceases breathing, and increases the possibility of prevention sudden infant death syndrome.
The sids alarms serve of prior art can only be notified and look after the sudden infant death syndrome that the people has been taken place. Similarly, look after the people and also have no chance to get involved, therefore may not prevent the generation of sudden infant death syndrome. In addition, existing sids alarms serve does not combine the sudden infant death syndrome warning system with the device that prevents the high-risk orientation of baby relevant with sudden infant death syndrome. In addition, existing sids alarms serve tends to produce false alarm, the impact when this has reduced true alarm. Described sudden infant death syndrome also has other to be used, and for example is used for old man, weakling or any other may cease breathing, adopt the people's of high-risk orientation or experience abnormal temperature breathing, motion and/or temperature monitoring.
Measurement device of the present invention the baby with respect to fixing motion of point. For example, accelerometer is with respect to presetting plane survey. As selection, described magnet is attached on the baby, and described magnetic switch is attached to sleeping bag. Because accelerometer and the self character of evaluation module and the characteristic of magnetic switch and magnet interaction, device of the present invention have minimized the possibility that error message produces. That is to say that evaluation module and magnetic switch have the activation threshold values, and can small because of the baby " safety " not move and trigger. However, if the baby moves into " high-risk " position, evaluation module determines to be in the high-risk position from accelerometer readings, and is perhaps related destroyed between magnetic switch and the magnet, triggers so alarm.
Can be in conjunction with any improvement and modification, and in not departing from the scope of the present invention.

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1. personal warning apparatus, it is characterized in that, comprise: will be set on the human body or device on every side, this device comprises at least one the relative motion detecting device that is connected with at least one communicator, wherein, can be to the described relative motion detecting device that detects relative motion to described at least one communicator signal that gives the alarm, wherein, described at least one relative motion detecting device has the predetermined threshold values that activates; Described at least one relative motion detecting device comprises accelerometer.
2. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described predetermined activation threshold values is adjustable.
3. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described relative motion detecting device can detect rotatablely moving with respect to people's long axis of body.
4. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described relative motion detecting device can detect the vertical movement with respect to the minor axis of human body.
5. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: but the transverse movement of the described long axis direction of described relative motion detecting device human body.
6. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described at least one communicator is a warning horn.
7. according to any described device of claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that: described at least one communicator is the wireless device that sends and receives information.
8. device according to claim 7 is characterized in that: the described wireless device that sends and receives information is the wireless radiofrequency transceiver.
9. according to each described device of claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that: triaxial accelerometer is counted in described acceleration.
10. according to each described device of claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that: described accelerometer comprises first dual axis accelerometer.
11. according to each described device of claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that: described accelerometer comprises first dual axis accelerometer and second dual axis accelerometer, described first dual axis accelerometer and described second dual axis accelerometer can detect three-dimensional motion.
12. according to each described device of claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that: described accelerometer comprises first single axis accelerometer and second single axis accelerometer, described first single axis accelerometer and second single axis accelerometer can detect two dimensional motion.
13. according to each described device of claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that: described accelerometer comprises first single axis accelerometer, second single axis accelerometer and the 3rd single axis accelerometer, and can detect three-dimensional motion.
14. according to any described device of claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that: the micromechanics accelerometer is counted in described acceleration.
15. according to any described device of claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that: described at least one relative motion detecting device comprises magnetic switch and the magnet that is associated.
16. according to each described device of claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that: described device also comprises the motion restriction means that limits physical activity.
17. device according to claim 16 is characterized in that: described motion restriction means is a sleeping bag.
18. device according to claim 17 is characterized in that: on described sleeping bag, depended on magnetic switch, and the magnet that is associated is arranged on the human body or, vice versa on every side.
19. device according to claim 17 is characterized in that: the removable conduit of described sleeping bag receivability.
20. according to each described device of claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that: described device also comprises temperature sensor, this temperature sensor is positioned on the human body or on every side.
21. according to each described device of claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that: described relative motion detecting device can the detection of vertical motion.
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