JP2002049980A - Behavior monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To grasp the behavior, etc., of an old-age person living alone, etc., in the residence of an monitoring object person by simple constitution. SOLUTION: An operating state inputting device 11 having a key board control substrate 17 is connected to the keyboard connection terminal 10 of an information terminal 1 arranged in the residence of the monitoring object person. In this device 11, external connection jacks J1 to J5 are connected to the key switch input terminal of the substrate 17, and a photoelectric sensor 21, a door opening/closing sensor 22, a photoelectric sensor 23, a pressure sensitive sensor 24 and a photoelectric sensor 25 are connected to these connection jacks to input the on/off state of the respective sensors to the terminal 1 as the character information of a key board and these state changes are stored in a history information storage area as behavior history information. By remote-accessing the behavior history information stored in this history information storage area from outside to obtain and analyze it, the behavior of the monitoring objective person is grasped.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a behavior monitoring system capable of confirming the safety of an elderly person living alone in an elderly society.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional behavior monitoring system, for example, a system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-239991 is known.

[0003] In this conventional example, a life switch means arranged at an appropriate place in a house, a switch detection means for detecting on / off switching of the life switch means, and the switch detection means detect on / off switching of the life switch means. A response device for aged care comprising update means for initializing a timer memory when the timer memory is initialized and alarm means for outputting a warning signal to an external management device when the timer memory is not initialized at a predetermined timing is described. .

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional behavior monitoring system, the timer memory is initialized when the on / off switching of the life switch is detected by the switching detecting means, and the timer memory is initialized at a predetermined timing. When the system is not turned on, it is judged as abnormal and a warning signal is output to the external management device by the alarm means. This requires a dedicated system, and the overall configuration is complicated, increasing the number of life switches. There is an unsolved problem that it is necessary to change the configurations of the switching detection means and the timer memory when performing this.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned unsolved problems of the prior art, and is intended to simplify the entire configuration and to change the configuration even when the number of detected operating states is increased. An object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive and economical behavior monitoring system that can be easily performed without any problem.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an action monitoring system according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises an action detection means provided on an action route of a person to be monitored, and an operation state of the action detection means. Operation information input means for inputting the information terminal by converting it into a keyboard input signal, operation history storage means for storing the operation state input by the operation state input means as an operation history, and externally accessing the information terminal. Operation history acquisition means for acquiring the operation history stored in the operation history storage means.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the action of the monitored person is detected by the action detection means, and the operation state of the action detection means is converted into a keyboard input signal by the operation state input means and transmitted to the information terminal. By inputting, the operation state monitoring data can be easily input to the information terminal. The operation history of the monitored person is stored in the operation history storage means of the information terminal, and the operation history storage means is stored in the operation history storage means. By acquiring the operation history obtained by the external operation history acquisition means, an external monitoring center or a remote family can accurately grasp the operation of the monitored person.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the behavior monitoring system according to the first aspect, the operation information input means operates the keyboard control board for controlling key input of the keyboard in place of each key switch signal. It is characterized in that it is configured to supply a switch signal of the detection means.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the operation information input means uses the keyboard control board and supplies the switch signal of the operation detection means instead of the key switch signal. By monitoring the corresponding input, it is possible to easily monitor the operation state at low cost without using a special input / output interface or the like, and it is possible to sufficiently cope with an increase in the operation detection means.

Further, in the behavior monitoring system according to claim 3, in the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the operation history storage means includes a keyboard input signal input by the operation information input means and an arrangement position of the operation detection means. And storing the operation state of the operation detecting means as an operation history with reference to the storage table based on a keyboard input signal.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the operation history storage means has a storage table indicating a keyboard input signal and an arrangement relation of the operation detection means, when the number of the operation detection means is increased, the storage table is changed. By simply doing so, it is possible to cope with it, and it is possible to easily increase the number of operation detecting means at low cost.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a behavior monitoring system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing one embodiment of a behavior monitoring system according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an information terminal disposed at an elderly person's house living alone, for example, as a behavior monitoring person;
The information terminal 1 is configured to be remotely accessible via a public telephone network 2 from a monitoring server 3 provided at a monitoring center serving as a monitoring source and an information terminal 4 of a family member of a monitoring target person at a remote place. .

The information terminal 1 provided at the monitored person's house
As shown in FIG. 2, the main power switch MS is turned on when the main power switch MS is turned on, and an operation state input device 11 as operation information input means instead of a keyboard is connected to the keyboard connection terminal 10. It is connected via a keyboard connection cord 12 and a connector 13. This operation state input device 11
A keyboard control board 17 provided in the keyboard is provided. External connection jacks J1 to J5 are connected to key switch connection terminals C1 and C2 corresponding to various keys of the keyboard control board 17, and the power is turned off. A switch SW is provided.

Here, the key switch connection terminal C1 is No. 1
No. 8 to No. 8 are formed, and the key switch connection terminal C2
Are formed with No. 1 to No. 20 terminal parts, among which "A", "S", "D", "F", "J"
And the connection corresponding to "L", that is, the No. 6 terminal portion of the key switch connection terminal C1 and the No. 1 of the key switch connection terminal C2,
External connection jacks J1, J2, J3, J4, J5 and a power-off switch SW are connected between the terminals No2, No3, No4, No5, and No6, respectively.

The external connection jack J1 is connected to a connection plug P1 to which a photoelectric sensor 21 disposed at the entrance of the kitchen in the house is connected.
2 is connected to a connection plug P2 to which a hand-washing door opening / closing sensor 22 is connected, and an external connection jack J3 is connected to a connection plug P3 to which a photoelectric sensor 23 disposed at an entrance of a living room is connected. The connection jack J4 is connected to a connection plug P4 to which a pressure-sensitive sensor 24 provided on a bedroom bed is connected, and the external connection jack J5 is connected to a photoelectric sensor 25 provided at an entrance of the entrance. Plug P5 is connected. Here, the photoelectric sensor 2
1. Door opening / closing sensor 22, photoelectric sensor 23, pressure-sensitive sensor 2
4 and the photoelectric sensor 25 correspond to the operation state detecting means.

On the other hand, a home behavior monitoring application program is installed in the information terminal 1, and when the main power switch MS of the information terminal 1 is turned on, the home behavior monitoring application program is activated and an external The remote access from the server 3 disposed at the monitoring center and the information terminal 4 composed of a personal computer of a family member in a remote place becomes possible, and the on / off state of the various sensors 21 to 25 is set to “A”.
By detecting whether or not “S”, “D”, “F”, and “J” have been input, the input character is detected when there is a state change from the on state to the off state or vice versa. With reference to the storage table showing the relationship between the input characters and the sensor arrangement positions based on the original, the sensor arrangement position is obtained, and the state change is stored in a history storage area formed on, for example, a hard disk corresponding to the obtained sensor arrangement position, As action history information indicating the occurrence time, the information is stored separately for each sensor.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. In the information terminal 1 composed of a personal computer disposed in the monitored person's home, the home power monitoring application program is started by turning on the main power switch MS, and the home behavior monitoring process shown in FIG. Execute

In the at-home behavior monitoring process, first, in step S1, it is determined whether or not there has been a request for transmission of the behavior history information stored in the hard disk from the server 3 of the monitoring center. S2
Then, the process proceeds to step S3 after transmitting the action history information stored in the history storage area, and to step S3 when there is no transmission request.

In this step S3, it is determined whether or not there has been a request for transmission of action information history information from the information terminal 4 disposed at a remote family home or the like. After transmitting the action history information stored in the history storage area, the process proceeds to step S5,
If there is no transmission request, the process directly proceeds to step S5.

In step S5, the sensors 21 to 25
Then, it is determined whether or not there is an input from the power-off switch SW. This determination is based on “A”, “S”, “D”,
The determination is made by determining whether "F", "J", and "L" have been input. If these have not been input, the process returns to step S1, and if any of the characters has been input, step S6 To determine whether or not the power-off switch SW has been turned off, based on whether or not the character "L" has been input. If the power-off switch SW has been turned off, the process proceeds to step S7, and the input character " A ",
The sensor arrangement position is obtained by referring to the storage table according to any of "S", "D", "F", and "J", and the state change and the occurrence time are stored in the history storage area of the corresponding sensor arrangement position. After storing the action history information consisting of
Return to 1.

On the other hand, if the result of the determination in step S6 is that the power-off switch SW has been turned on, the flow shifts to step S8 to end the at-home behavior monitoring process and return to the predetermined program. Then, the power of the information terminal 1 is turned off and the process is terminated.

On the other hand, the server of the monitoring center executes the monitoring process shown in FIG. 4 at predetermined time intervals. In this monitoring process, first, in step S11, the information terminal 1 of each monitored person's house is remotely accessed to collect the action history information stored in the history storage area, and then the process proceeds to step S12, where the collected information is collected. The action history information is analyzed, and then the process proceeds to step S13, where the analysis result is displayed on the display. If there is an abnormality, "X" is displayed on the analysis result.

Next, the process proceeds to step S14, in which it is determined whether or not a personal information display instruction of the monitored subject having an abnormality has been input. After the information and the emergency contact information are displayed on the screen, the process proceeds to step S16. If there is no personal information display instruction, the process directly proceeds to step S16.

In this step S16, it is determined whether or not an instruction to create a report has been input, and when the instruction to create a report has been input, the process proceeds to step S17, where the action history information of each monitored person is totaled. Thereafter, the printing process is performed, and then the process is terminated. If no report creation instruction is input, the process is terminated.

Further, the information terminal 4 disposed at a remote family home executes the behavior monitoring process shown in FIG. This behavior monitoring process is executed at a predetermined time, for example, in the morning, noon, and evening, and firstly, in step S21, the information terminal 1 of the corresponding monitoring target person's home is remotely accessed.
The action history information stored in the history information storage area is collected, and then the process proceeds to step S22, where the action history information is totaled, and then the process proceeds to step S23, where the totaling result is displayed on the display, and the process is performed. finish.

In the processes of FIGS. 3 to 5, the processes of steps S5 to S7 of FIG. 3 correspond to the operation history storage means, and the processes of steps S1 to S4 and the processes of FIGS. It corresponds to history acquisition means.

Therefore, when the behavior monitor is at home, the main power switch MS of the information terminal 1 is turned on when the behavior monitor is at home, so that the home monitoring process shown in FIG. For example, when getting up from the bed in the morning, the pressure sensor 23 is turned off,
When the input of “F” disappears, it is determined that the user is in the wakeup state, and the wakeup time is stored in the wakeup storage area. Next, when the user moves to the kitchen and passes through the photoelectric sensor 21, the photoelectric sensor 21 is turned on and off in response thereto.
"A" is input, whereby it is confirmed that the user has moved to the kitchen, the passage time is stored in the storage area representing the kitchen,
Thereafter, when moving from the kitchen to the living room, the photoelectric sensors 21 and 23 operate in that order, so that the passage time is stored in the storage region representing the kitchen, and the passage time is stored in the storage region representing the living room. When using, the passing time is stored in the storage area representing the living room, and the use start time is stored in the storage area representing the hand washing by turning on and off the hand-washing door sensor 22,
When the user returns to the living room after the addition, the use end time is stored in the storage area representing the hand-washing, and the passing time is stored in the storage area representing the living room.

Further, when going out of the living room and going out,
The passing time is stored in the storage area representing the living room, the outgoing time is stored in the storage area representing the entrance, and when returning home from home, the returning time is stored in the storage area representing the entrance. When the pressure-sensitive sensor 24 is turned on at the time of entering the bed, “F” is input, and the bedtime is stored in the storage area representing the bed.

As described above, the behavior of the monitored person at home is sequentially recorded in the history information storage area, so that the server 3 of the monitoring center can remotely access the information terminal 1 of the monitored person's home at predetermined time intervals. By accessing, all the history information stored in the history information storage area can be collected, and by analyzing the collected action history information, for example, when the bedtime is too long, the use time of the hand washing is too long In the case, if the kitchen usage time is too long, it is possible to judge that the monitored person is likely to have collapsed, and if the number of times of hand washing and the number of times of use of the bed are large, the physical condition is poor. It can be determined that there is a possibility. Based on the results of this analysis, if it is determined that there is an abnormality, contact the nearby contact and have them monitor the monitored person, or dispatch personnel from the monitoring center to see the monitored person. To confirm the safety.

Similarly, the information terminal 4 at the family home located at a remote place of the monitored person remotely accesses the information terminal 1 at the monitored person's house at a designated time, for example, in the morning, afternoon, or at night. Can be collected, and the collected behavior history information is displayed on the display, so that the behavior of the monitored person can be grasped.

When a sensor for detecting an action is added to detect the action range of the monitored person in more detail, the sensor is connected by using a vacant connection terminal of the keyboard control board. In response to this, the relationship between the newly set character and the sensor installation position is registered in the storage table, and furthermore, a storage area corresponding to the history information storage area is added, so that it can be easily performed.

In the above embodiment, the case where a photoelectric sensor, a door opening / closing sensor, and a pressure sensor are provided as the operation detecting means has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. An infrared sensor or video camera may be provided to detect the movement of the monitored person from the video, and any movement detection sensor can be applied. By arranging two sets of sensors such as photoelectric sensors at predetermined intervals along the path, the direction of movement can be detected.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where an elderly person living alone is set as a monitoring target has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be used as a security system for monitoring the intrusion of a thief in an absence house. It can also be used as a nurse call in hospitals.

[0034]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the action of the monitored person is detected by the action detection means, and the operation state of the action detection means is determined by the operation state input means by the keyboard. By converting the signal into an input signal and inputting the information to the information terminal, the operation state monitoring data can be easily input to the information terminal. The operation history of the monitored person is stored in the operation history storage means of the information terminal. Then, by acquiring the operation history stored in the operation history storage unit by the external operation history acquisition unit, an external monitoring center or a remote family can accurately grasp the operation of the monitored person. The effect that can be obtained is obtained.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the operation information input means uses the keyboard control board and supplies the switch signal of the operation detection means instead of the key switch signal. By monitoring the input corresponding to the switch signal, it is possible to easily monitor the operation state at a low cost without using a special input / output interface, etc., and to sufficiently cope with an increase in operation detection means. Is obtained.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the operation history storage means has a storage table indicating the keyboard input signal and the arrangement relation of the operation detection means. The effect can be obtained only by changing the table, and the operation detecting means can be easily increased at low cost.

According to the present invention, even when the number of operation states to be detected is increased by simplifying the entire configuration, the operation can be easily performed without changing the configuration, and the behavior monitoring system is inexpensive and economical. Can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a behavior monitoring system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation input device of the information terminal of the behavior monitoring system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a process executed by the information terminal of the behavior monitored person's house of the behavior monitoring system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of processing executed by a server of a monitoring center of the behavior monitoring system according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of processing executed by an information terminal at a family home in a remote place of the behavior monitoring system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information terminal 2 Public line network 3 Server 4 Information terminal 11 Operation state input device 12 Connection code 13 Connector 17 Keyboard control board 21 Photoelectric sensor 22 Door open / close sensor 23 Photoelectric sensor 24 Pressure sensitive sensor 25 Photoelectric sensor

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An operation detecting means for detecting an action of a person to be monitored, an operation information input means for converting an operation state of the operation detecting means into a keyboard input signal and inputting the information to an information terminal;
An operation history storage unit that stores an operation state input by the operation state input unit as an operation history; and an operation history acquisition unit that accesses the information terminal from outside to acquire an operation history stored in the operation history storage unit. A behavior monitoring system comprising: 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation information input means is configured to supply a switch signal of the operation detection means to the keyboard control board for controlling a key input of the keyboard, instead of the key switch signals. The behavior monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein 3. The operation history storage unit has a storage table indicating a relationship between a keyboard input signal input by an operation information input unit and an arrangement position of an operation detection unit, and the storage based on a keyboard input signal. The behavior monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the behavior monitoring system is configured to store an operation state of the operation detection unit as an operation history with reference to a table.