JP2000339371A - Nursing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nursing system capable of reducing a welfare cost without damaging the nursing quality for elderly persons. SOLUTION: This nursing system consists of a health state information detection instrument 37 obtained by providing an instrument main body part consisting of a health state information detecting part detecting health state information and a transmitting part transmitting the health state information with a wrist band, a computer part 15 which is provided in a watthour meter 13, temporarily stores the health state information transmitted from the instrument 37 and is also used for the automatic meter reading of the watthour meter, and an analyzing device 11A which is installed in a nursing center 11, receives the health state information temporarily stored in the recording part of the part 15 and analyzes the health state. The instrument 13 is provided with a transmitter-receiver 14 which transmits the health state information from the part 15 through a telephone exchange network.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a nursing care system capable of efficiently managing the health condition of elderly people at a nursing care center and reducing the cost of nursing care.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the advent of an aging society in the near future, various proposals for nursing care for the elderly are being made by the public and private sectors in order to enhance the nursing care system for the elderly. For example,
Home delivery service, maintenance of municipal health center as a measure for the elderly who are always lying on the floor in a sick state such as aging, treatment for the elderly with dementia, maintenance of care facilities, private care centers such as bell centers Has been installed.

[0003]

By the way, in the elderly care system, it is desired to enhance the private care center. However, if a private contract is made with the private care center, telephone calls are made. Equipment and terminal equipment must be installed, which increases the initial cost, and despite the cost, it is not possible to enhance the care of the elderly. The more you try,
Welfare costs are incurred, and it is urgently necessary to reduce these welfare costs.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a nursing care system capable of reducing the welfare cost without impairing the quality of nursing care for the elderly. .

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a nursing care system, wherein an arm band is provided on an instrument main body comprising a health condition information detecting section for detecting health condition information and a transmitting section for transmitting health condition information. A health condition information detection instrument,
A computer unit provided in the watt hour meter for temporarily storing health state information transmitted from the health state information detection meter and used for automatic meter reading of the watt hour meter, and the computer unit provided in the care center and Analysis means for receiving the health condition information temporarily stored in the wristwatch and analyzing the health condition, and the watt-hour meter is provided with a transmission / reception device for transmitting the health condition information from the computer unit through a telephone exchange network. It is characterized by having been done.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the nursing care system according to the first aspect, the health condition information transmitted from the health condition information detecting instrument is received in a room of a building where the watt hour meter is provided, and A transmitter / receiver for transmitting to the computer unit is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the health condition information detecting instrument periodically transmits the health condition information to the computer unit, and the computer unit periodically transmits the health condition information to the computer unit. The transmitted health status information is stored in the storage unit, and when the storage number of the health status information exceeds a predetermined value, the health status information stored in the storage unit is transmitted to the care center, The update is performed by clearing the health condition information stored in the storage unit.

According to the first to third aspects of the present invention, a care system for the elderly can be constructed by using a computer for automatic meter reading of the electric energy provided in the electric energy meter in the future. In addition, costs associated with nursing care can be reduced.

[0009] Further, the health condition of the elderly can be grasped at the care center without the caregiver visiting the home of the elderly.

[0010] Furthermore, since the health condition information is temporarily stored in the computer unit and the health condition information is transmitted to the care center in a lump, the communication cost can be reduced as compared with the regular communication. In addition to this, the function of the automatic meter reading function that the computer section originally plays is hardly hindered.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the nursing care system according to the first or third aspect, the management device is a personal computer, and an agent program for acquiring health condition information is transmitted from the personal computer to the transmission / reception device. The agent program acquires the health condition information stored in the computer unit and clears the health condition information stored in the storage unit.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the communication cost can be reduced, which is effective for avoiding line congestion for a large number of people. In addition, it is possible to frequently acquire the health condition information of a person who needs special care in a time zone other than the regular time zone.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the health condition information detector detects at least one or more of blood pressure information, pulse information, arm swing information, and step information. It is characterized by.

According to the nursing care system of the fifth aspect,
By transmitting the blood pressure information to the nursing center, the elderly can be used as daily or monthly management information on whether they have a high or low blood pressure, and by transmitting the pulse information to the nursing center, This information can be used for daily and monthly management information on whether the elderly person is in a poor or arrhythmic state, and by transmitting arm swing information and step count information to a nursing center, Can be used as daily activity information of a person.

In particular, when the blood pressure information and the pulse information are transmitted, by knowing the decrease in the blood pressure and the decrease in the pulse, the weakness of the heart can be determined with time, and the elderly can be taken care of before the matter. It is desirable to be able to head, and it is desirable to be able to know the activity status of the elderly by transmitting either the step count information or the arm swing count information as activity information.

[0016] Furthermore, when any one of the activity information, the blood pressure information and the pulse information is combined and grasped at the nursing care center, the blood pressure of a person who has a low blood pressure is abnormally high even though he is not very active. In this case, when it can be determined that some kind of psychological abnormality has occurred and the number of steps and the number of swings of the arm are cumulatively increased and it is considered that the person is considerably active, the blood pressure is higher than the normal blood pressure. When the pulse rate is decreasing when the heart rate is decreasing, it can be determined that the heart is weakening, and the daily health condition of the elderly can be managed.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the nursing care system according to the first aspect, the health condition information is step count information, and the computer section calculates an average step count of the elderly at night; When the difference between the number of steps transmitted to the computer unit and the average number of steps exceeds a predetermined value,
Determining means for determining that the elderly person has gone outside; the computer unit transmits the step count information to a care center.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the nursing care system according to the third aspect, the health condition information is step count information, and the computer unit receives the health condition information from the health condition information detector during a night time zone. The computer has a determining means for determining that the elderly person has gone out of the house when the time has elapsed for a predetermined time or more, and the computer transmits emergency information to the care center.

According to the nursing care system according to the sixth and seventh aspects, the present invention is effective for nursing care of an elderly person who goes out at night and walks alone. By knowing the stride length in advance, it is possible to know how many meters the elderly person is at a radius from the building, which is effective for emergency care.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the nursing care system according to the first aspect, the computer unit calculates an average value of health condition information, and a health condition transmitted from the health condition information detector to the computer unit. Calculating means for calculating the difference between the numerical value of the condition information and the average value of the health condition information, and determining means for determining whether or not the difference is greater than or equal to a predetermined value; An nursing care system characterized by judging an emergency when the value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and automatically communicating the emergency to the care center.

According to the nursing care system of the eighth aspect,
Respond quickly to emergencies.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the nursing care system according to the first aspect, the health condition information detector has an emergency button and a determination means for determining whether or not the emergency button has been pressed for a predetermined time. The determining means transmits an emergency signal to the computer when the emergency button is pressed for a predetermined time, and the computer transmits emergency information to the care center based on the emergency signal. It is characterized by.

According to the care system of the ninth aspect,
This is convenient because the elderly can report an emergency, and if the emergency button is not pressed for a certain period of time, emergency information is not transmitted to the nursing care center, thereby preventing malfunction.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the nursing care system according to the ninth aspect, the analysis device transmits response information responding to emergency information to the computer unit, and the health condition information detector includes the response information. , A microphone for voice communication, and digitizing means for digitizing the voice, so that communication with the care center can be performed via the microphone.

According to the nursing care system according to the tenth aspect, it is possible to talk to the nursing care center in the event of an emergency, so that it is possible to give a sense of security to the elderly.

[0026]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system for nursing the elderly according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an elderly care system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a PHS radio telephone for a radio communication line, 2 is a repeater installed on a telephone pole 3, 5 is a building, 6 is a telephone exchange, 7 is a provider, 8 is a gateway company, 9 is an internet network, 10 is a provider, and 11 is a nursing care center. Electric power is supplied to the building 5 via a service line 12, and the electric power is distributed to each room via a wattmeter 13 and a distribution box (not shown).

The care center 11 is provided with a personal computer 11A as an analyzing device for analyzing health condition information of the elderly. The care center 11 makes a contract with the provider and already has a personal computer 11
It is assumed that the user has the IP address of

The watt hour meter 13 is provided with a PHS radio telephone 14. 14A is the antenna. The watt hour meter 13 has a built-in computer unit 15.
In the distribution box, a no-fuse breaker (NFB) and a distributor (branch NFB) are housed, and the indoor wiring 13A is drawn out from each distributor (branch NFB) toward each room R1, R2,. .

As shown in an enlarged manner in FIG. 2, the computer unit 15 includes a CPU 16 and a built-in memory 1 as storage means.
7, input / output interfaces 18 and 19 are provided.
The PHS radio telephone 14 and the CPU 16 are the modem device 2
0, signals are exchanged via the input / output interface 18. It is assumed that the IP address of the computer unit 15 is determined by, for example, a contract between a power company and a provider.

Here, it is assumed that the computer unit 15 is used not only for the nursing care system for the elderly, but also for management control of indoor equipment and automatic meter reading of the watt-hour meter.

The built-in memory 17 stores an operating system, a communication program, and an analysis program. The analysis program analyzes communication data from the PHS wireless telephone 1 and analyzes a control code (control content) of a control target specified by specific code data (ID code data) for specifying a control target. The built-in memory 17 holds a state storage address for storing the state of the power supply adapter (see FIGS. 3 and 4) as a control object that exhibits at least two states of “ON” and “OFF”. Usually, there are a plurality of power supply adapters, and a detailed configuration thereof will be described later.

The computer unit 15 is used not only for automatic meter reading of the electric energy as described above, but also for management and control of indoor equipment. Here, the indoor equipment refers to general household electrical appliances such as a refrigerator, an electric kotatsu, a fluorescent lamp, a television, a video tape recorder, an air conditioner (cooler), a fan, and a personal computer. With today's software technology, it is easy for a person skilled in the art to create a program for automatically examining the electric energy, and the present invention provides a computer unit 15 incorporated in the electric energy meter 13. Since it is meaningful to use this for a nursing care system, and the automatic meter reading itself is not an object of the invention, the details of the automatic meter reading will be omitted.

The communication data includes, for example, ID code data "ID **" for specifying an indoor equipment power supply adapter to be controlled, and control code data for instructing control contents. "**" means "01" to "9"
Numerals up to 9 "mean the number of the power supply adapter to be controlled. The control code data starts with, for example, “#” at the beginning.

The control code includes, for example, a setting code “#%” for setting the power supply adapter to be controlled in the internal memory 17, and the status data of the power supply adapter to be controlled from the state storage address of the internal memory 17. And a status confirmation code “#!” For transmitting this status data to the caller, and “#!” For controlling the status of the power supply adapter.
S ". In the state storage address of the internal memory 17, ON or OFF state data is stored.

When the user operates the push button of the PHS radio telephone 1 to call the PHS radio telephone 14 at home,
The PHS wireless telephone 1 and the PHS wireless telephone 14 enter a two-way communication state. The computer unit 15 accepts the call and enters a state of waiting for communication data input. When the PHS wireless telephone 1 transmits, for example, communication data of “ID01 #%”, the computer unit 15 sets a state storage address in the built-in memory 17. Further, the status data (contents) of the status storage address is set to, for example, “OFF”. After the setting process, the computer unit 15 transmits the completion of the state storage address setting to the PHS wireless telephone 14, and the completion of the state storage address setting is transmitted to the PHS wireless telephone 1. Thereafter, the computer section 15 is in a state of waiting for the next communication data input.

When the user operates the push button of the PHS wireless telephone 1 to make a call to the PHS wireless telephone 14 at home and transmits, for example, communication data of “ID01 #!”, The computer section 15 sends the state storage address “ ×
Call status data “ON” or “OFF” from “×”,
This state data is transmitted to the PHS
Send to S wireless telephone 1. “Off” or “On” is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel of the PHS wireless telephone 1. Thus, the caller can confirm the state of the indoor device power supply adapter (here, the number 1 (indicated by the symbol R11)) to be controlled.

When the user operates the push button of the PHS wireless telephone 1 to make a call to the PHS wireless telephone 14 at home and transmits, for example, communication data of "ID01 # S", the computer unit 15 is ready to communicate with the power supply adapter. Becomes Thereafter, the computer unit 15 is in a state of waiting for the input of the state change code “off” or “on”. When receiving a state change code, for example, “OFF” as a control code following the communication data “ID01 # S”, the computer unit 15 receives the ID code “ID *” for identifying itself.
* "And the status change code" OFF ", and the input / output interface 1
9, the modem 21 and the coupling capacitor 22a transmit the signal to the indoor wiring 13A. This communication data is transmitted to the power supply adapters R11 and R12 installed in the room via the indoor wiring 13B, the indoor wiring 13C,.

The power supply adapters R11, R12,... Are, as shown in an enlarged manner in FIG. 4, a plug 23 inserted into the indoor outlet 22, and a power outlet 25 into which a plug 24 for supplying power to the indoor equipment is inserted. When,
The power supply line 26 connects the insertion plug 23 and the power supply outlet 25, and a switch 27 is provided in the middle of the power supply line 26 and switches the power supply line 26 on and off.

Inside the power supply adapter 21 for indoor equipment,
A power supply voltage unit 28 for converting an AC voltage to a DC voltage, a backup DC battery 29, and a controller unit 30 are provided. The backup DC battery 29 is a power supply voltage unit 28
And used during a power outage.

The controller unit 30 receives a communication data including at least specific code data for specifying itself as a control target and control code data through the indoor wiring 13A, and transmits the communication data from the transmitter / receiver 31. The switch 27 is controlled to be turned on / off based on the analyzed control code data (state change code data), and communication data is created and transmitted / received based on the state data (on data or off data) as a response result and the specific code data. And a communication control unit 32 for outputting to the unit 31. 33 is a CPU of the communication control unit 32. The transmission / reception unit 31 includes a coupling capacitor 31A on the power supply line 26,
They are connected via a coupling transformer 31B.

The CPU 33 outputs a control signal to the switch 27 via the input / output interface 34 based on the control code data.
The switch 27 is turned off, and when the state change code data is “on”, the switch 27 is turned “on”.

For example, a current transformer (current transformer) is provided on the power supply line 26 as an on / off state detection sensor.
When the switch 27 is turned on and off while the indoor device is operating with the insertion plug 24 inserted into the outlet 25, the current transformer 35 detects the interruption of the current, and outputs this detection signal to the controller unit. 30. Therefore, the response result is input to the controller unit 30.

The controller unit 30 creates communication data based on the status data and the specific code data as a response result, and transmits the communication data to the computer unit 11. The computer unit 15 stores the state data in the built-in memory 14 and stores the state data in the PHS
It is transmitted to the HS wireless telephone 1.

Therefore, the PHS radio telephone 1
When the wireless telephone 14 is called and the communication data including, for example, “ID01 # S ON” is transmitted to the computer unit 15, the computer unit 15 analyzes the contents of the communication data including the specific code data and the control code data,
The computer unit 15 transmits the communication data “ID01 # S ON” including the specific code data and the control code data to the indoor equipment power supply adapter R11 through the indoor wiring 13A.
Send to The communication control unit 32 of the indoor device power supply adapter R11 transmits the received communication data “ID01 # S ON”.
, And confirms that the self is specified by the specific code data “ID01”, and outputs a control signal to the switch 27 by the state change code data “ON”. As a result, the switch 27 is turned on from off.

For example, the current transformer 35 outputs a response result to the controller 30 as state data. When receiving the response result, the controller unit 30 creates communication data based on the specific code data and the status data, and returns the communication data to the computer unit 15 via the indoor wiring 13A.

The computer unit 15 analyzes the communication data to create communication data to be transmitted to the caller,
Output to the PHS wireless telephone 14 as a transmitting / receiving device.
The PHS radio telephone 14 transmits the communication data to the PHS radio telephone 1, whereby the caller can change the state of the power supply adapter R11 from off to on and can know the result.

In this case, the computer unit 15 performs the role of on / off control of the indoor device via the power supply adapter, but the on / off control of the indoor device is not a direct object of the present invention. However, the present invention can be realized even if it does not have an on / off control function of the indoor device.

The power supply adapters R11 and R12 have a transmission / reception sensor 35 and an optical communication module 36. The light receiving sensor 35 and the optical communication module 36 are used for communication control with a health condition information detector described later. The optical communication module 36 has a role of converting an optical signal (infrared signal) into an electric signal.

Here, it is assumed that the transmission / reception sensor 35 transmits / receives infrared rays. This transmission / reception sensor 35 is shown in FIG.
Information is exchanged with the health condition information detector 37 shown in (a) and (b). Here, the health condition information detector 37 can measure the number of steps, measure the pulse rate per minute, and measure the blood pressure at the set time in order to comprehensively determine the health condition. It has become.
However, only pulse rate measurement, only step count measurement, only blood pressure measurement, or a combination of pulse rate measurement and step count measurement, a combination of step rate measurement and blood pressure measurement, A combination of the measurement and the measurement of the number of steps may be used.

The health condition information detector 37 is roughly composed of an instrument body 38 and a flexible band 39. The instrument main body 38 has a time display section 40 and a transmission / reception sensor 4.
1, various setting buttons 42 to 44, a reset button 45, an emergency button 46, a battery not shown, and the like.

The band portion 37 is used as a blood pressure measurement cuff, and is provided with an air chamber 47 as shown in FIG. An electromagnetic magnet 4 is provided on both sides of the band portion 37.
8, 49 are provided. The band section 37 is provided with a pulse sensor 50 and a blood pressure sensor 51, and the instrument body 3
8, a step number sensor 52 is provided. Here, the health condition information detector 37 has a processing circuit 53, a clock circuit 54, a memory 55, a microphone 56, and a function of controlling energization of the electromagnetic magnets 48 and 49, as shown in a block diagram in FIG. Have.

If the health condition information detector 37 is provided at the pulse of the arm, the pulse rate and the blood pressure are measured. On the other hand, instead of the number of steps, the swing number of the arm is measured. , Pulse rate and blood pressure are measured and the number of steps is measured.

The health condition information detector 37 is provided from the care center 11 when contracted with the care center 11. As shown in FIG. 7, the health condition information detector 37 is reset by operating a reset button 45, and various initial settings are performed by operating various setting buttons 42 to 44 (S.1). . This initial setting is performed on the care center 11 side. This initial setting also includes an ID for identifying an elderly person.

As a result, the health condition information detector 37 enters a measurable state, and first determines whether or not it is time t1 (S.2). This time t1 is set for performing blood pressure measurement periodically, and when the time t1 is reached, the processing circuit 5
3 executes blood pressure measurement (S.4). That is, the processing circuit 53 energizes the electromagnetic magnets 48 and 49 to increase the attraction force of the magnets and pressurize the air chamber 47 to acquire the blood pressure information of the blood pressure sensor 51. When the blood pressure information is obtained from the blood pressure sensor 51, the processing circuit 53 processes the blood pressure information and transmits the blood pressure information from the transmission sensor 41A to, for example, the power supply adapter R12 (S.5).

S. In No. 2, when S. 3 and at time t. 2 is determined, and at time t. 2
If yes at S. 4 to execute blood pressure measurement and transmit blood pressure information (S.5). That is, the processing circuit 53 executes the blood pressure measurement twice a day.
When the elderly person is outdoors or when the health condition information detector 37 is removed from the arm, the blood pressure information may not be received in some cases, but these may be handled as missing data.

Next, the processing circuit 53 clears the pulse rate (S.6), determines whether or not the number of steps has been counted.
8) If no, it is determined whether or not the pulse rate has been counted (S.9). If yes, pulse rate cumulative counting processing is executed (S.10). If no, whether 1 minute has elapsed. Is determined (S.11). If No in S.11, S.S. 7-S. 11 is executed, and S.11 is executed. In step 11, if one minute has elapsed, it is determined whether the emergency button 46 has been pressed. S. In the case of NO in step S12, the processing circuit 53 transmits the step count information and the pulse rate information per minute (S.13). Return to S.2 again. 2
The following processing is executed, whereby step count information and pulse rate information are transmitted to the power supply adapter R11 every minute.

The processing circuit 53 has a If it is determined to be YES in S. 14 to determine whether a predetermined time has elapsed. In the case of No at 14,
When it is determined that the emergency button 46 has been pressed due to some mistake, S.P. 2 and S.I. If it is determined that the predetermined time has elapsed, an emergency signal is transmitted (S.1).
5). Return to 2. The processing for the emergency signal will be described together with the operation of the computer unit 15.

When the power supply adapters R11, R12,... Receive the pulse rate information, the step count information, and the blood pressure information,
Together with these, ID code data "ID
.. "Are transmitted to the computer unit 15 via the indoor wiring 13A.

When the computer section 15 receives the signal from the power supply adapter as shown in FIG. 8, it determines whether or not the signal is an emergency signal (S.20). It outputs a command to connect the care center 11 to the telephone line. Thereby, the telephone line between the PHS wireless telephone 14 and the care center 11 is connected. Then, the emergency information is transmitted to the personal computer 11A via the PHS wireless communication device 14, the repeater 2, the telephone exchange 6, the provider 7, the gateway company 8, the Internet 9, and the provider 10.

At the care center 11, when emergency information is received, the PHS wireless communication device (not shown) is used to
When a call is made to the HS wireless communication device 14 and the line is connected, an inquiry is made to the elderly who issued the emergency information. The computer unit 15 analyzes the contents of the call and transmits the call information to the power supply adapter through the indoor wiring 13A. The power supply adapter transmits the call information by the transmission / reception sensor 35.

When an emergency signal is issued, the health condition information detector 37 enters a call mode, receives the call information, and
This is converted into sound by the microphone 56. This allows
Have a conversation.

Here, the health condition information detector 37
Has a microphone function, but the response information indicating that an emergency signal has been received is transmitted from the care center 11 to the wireless communication device 1.
4 and the health condition information detector 37 may be provided with a green lamp or the like, which means response information, to make it blink, or when an emergency signal is received, a normal wired telephone is used. Alternatively, a call may be made to the elderly person's home.

Next, the computer section 15 executes S.S. Then, it is determined whether or not to perform automatic meter reading, and when an automatic meter reading command is issued, automatic meter reading of the electric energy is executed (S.2).
3) If there is no automatic meter reading command, the internal memory 1
7, accumulated step number information, pulse rate per minute, and blood pressure information are stored (S.24 to S.26).

Next, the computer section 15 determines whether or not it is in the night time zone (for example, from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am) (S.27).
It is determined whether the difference between the cumulative number of steps and the average value exceeds a predetermined value (S.28).

The calculation of the average value of the accumulated number of steps in the night time zone is as follows:
For example, the processing may be performed by the computer unit 15 or the processing circuit 53. When the difference between the accumulated number of steps and the average value exceeds a predetermined value during the night time zone, the computer unit 15 transmits an emergency command signal to the care center 11 (S.29). This allows
Helps prevent elderly people with dementia from walking alone at night.

Next, the computer section 15 determines whether or not 30 minutes have elapsed (S.30). 20
And the same processing is executed. If the result is YES, the health condition information stored in the internal memory 17 is stored in the care center 1.
1 (S.31), and after clearing the health condition information stored in the internal memory 17 (S.32),
S. Returning to step 20, the same processing is performed.

Thus, the health condition information of the elderly is 30
It is sent to the nursing care center on a regular basis every minute to help manage the daily health of the elderly.

In the embodiment of the present invention, it has been described that the health condition information detector 37 has all functions of blood pressure measurement, pulse rate measurement, and step count measurement. May be provided separately.

For example, the pedometer 56 is composed of a processing circuit 57, a step sensor 58, various setting buttons 59, a display unit 60, and a transmission unit 6.
1 and the receiving unit 62 in the health condition information detector 37.
May be provided and transmitted to the receiving unit 62 every time the step count information is counted from the transmitting unit 61. With this configuration, when the health condition information detector 37 is attached to the arm and the pedometer 56 is attached to the waist, the number of steps, the number of swings of the arm, the pulse, and the blood pressure can be measured.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the health condition information is periodically transmitted from the computer unit 15 to the personal computer 11A of the care center 11; Sends an agent program for acquiring health condition information from the computer unit 15 to the computer unit 15.
May be configured to acquire the health condition information stored in the built-in memory 37. In this way, the health condition information can be obtained irregularly.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the computer section 35 transmits the health condition information to the nursing center every 30 minutes. When the number exceeds a predetermined number, the health condition information stored in the built-in memory 17 is transmitted to the care center 11, and the health condition information stored in the built-in memory 17 is cleared and updated. good.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the difference between the cumulative number of steps and the average value exceeds a predetermined value in the night time zone, the computer unit 15 issues an emergency command signal. When the transmission of the health condition information is interrupted for a predetermined time or more in the night time zone, it may be determined that the elderly person has gone outdoors and an emergency signal may be transmitted to the care center.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, information communication is performed by infrared wireless communication between the health condition information detector 37 and the power supply adapter. 14 may be configured to communicate.

[0075]

According to the present invention, a computer for automatic meter reading of electric energy provided in the electric energy meter in the future can be used.
Since a nursing care system for the elderly can be built, the costs associated with nursing care can be reduced, and even if the caregiver does not visit the elderly's home,
The health status of the elderly can be ascertained, and the health status information is temporarily stored in the computer, and the health status information is sent to the nursing care center. It is possible to reduce the cost, and it hardly hinders the role of the automatic meter reading function that the computer part originally plays. Therefore, it is possible to enhance the care of the elderly and reduce the care cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a care system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a computer unit of the watt hour meter shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the power supply adapter shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram showing a detailed configuration of a power supply adapter shown in FIG. 3;

5 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the health condition information detector shown in FIG. 1, wherein (a) is a plan view and (b) is a cross-sectional view.

6 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the health condition information detector shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the health condition information detector shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the computer unit shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing another example of the health condition information detector shown in FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Nursing care center 11A Personal computer (analysis device) 13 Watt hour meter 14 PHS wireless communication device (transmitter / receiver) 15 Computer unit 37 Health condition information detector

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A health condition information detecting instrument having an arm band on an instrument body comprising a health condition information detecting section for detecting health condition information and a transmitting section for transmitting health condition information, and a watt hour meter. A computer unit provided for temporarily storing health condition information transmitted from the health condition information detection instrument and used for automatic meter reading of the watt hour meter,
An analysis device provided in the care center and receiving the health status information temporarily stored in the storage unit of the computer unit and analyzing the health status, wherein the watt-hour meter includes the health status from the computer unit. A nursing care system provided with a transmitting / receiving device for transmitting information through a telephone exchange network. 2. The transmission / reception according to claim 1, wherein the health condition information transmitted from the health condition information detection instrument is received and transmitted to the computer unit in a room of a building provided with the watt-hour meter. Nursing care system with equipment. 3. The health condition information detection instrument according to claim 1, wherein the health condition information detection instrument periodically transmits the health condition information to the computer unit, and the computer unit transmits the periodically transmitted health condition information to the computer unit. When the number of the health condition information stored in the storage unit exceeds a predetermined value, the health condition information stored in the storage unit is transmitted to the care center and the health stored in the storage unit is stored. A nursing care system characterized by updating by clearing state information. 4. The management device according to claim 1, wherein the management device is a personal computer, and an agent program for acquiring health condition information is sent from the personal computer to the transmission / reception device. A nursing care system that acquires stored health condition information and clears health condition information stored in the storage unit. 5. The nursing care system according to claim 1, wherein the health condition information detector detects at least one of blood pressure information, pulse information, arm swing information, and step information. 6. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the health condition information is step count information, the computer section calculates an average number of steps for the elderly at night, and the computer section transmits the average step count to the computer section at night. When the difference between the number of steps that has come and the average number of steps exceeds a predetermined value, the computer unit has a determination unit that determines that the elderly person has gone outdoors, and the computer unit transmits the number of steps information to a care center. Nursing care system characterized by the following. 7. The health information according to claim 3, wherein the health information is step count information, and the computer unit is configured to stop the health status information from the health status information detector during a night time period for a predetermined time or more. A nursing care system comprising: a judging means for judging that an elderly person has gone out of doors, wherein the computer transmits emergency information to a nursing center. 8. The computer according to claim 1, wherein the computer unit calculates an average value of the health condition information, a numerical value of the health condition information transmitted from the health condition information detector to the computer unit, and the health condition. An arithmetic unit for calculating a difference from the average value of the information; and a determining unit for determining whether the difference is equal to or more than a predetermined value. And automatically communicating to the care center that an emergency has occurred. 9. The medical condition information detector according to claim 1, wherein the health condition information detector has an emergency button and a determination unit for determining whether the emergency button has been pressed for a predetermined time. A care system, wherein when pressed for a predetermined time, an emergency signal is transmitted to the computer unit, and the computer unit transmits emergency information to the care center based on the emergency signal. 10. The blinking lamp according to claim 9, wherein the analyzing device transmits response information in response to emergency information to the computer unit, and the health condition information detector blinks in response to the response information. And a microphone for voice communication, and a digitizing means for digitizing voice, and can communicate with the care center via the microphone.