JP2002288346A - Terminal device for supporting visiting nursing care service - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information system for visiting nursing care service capable of providing a care giver with information about visiting nursing care service. SOLUTION: A portable telephone 1 always transmits an ID value and operation contents through a communicating part 14. These ID value and operation contents are received by PHS base stations 4A and 4B in charge of communication areas 5A and 5B covering the location of the care giver, and transmitted to a server 2 through a public line 3 each time the ID value and the operation contents are received. The server 2 processes the received data, accesses a database 6 if necessary and updates various pieces of information stored in the database 6. About data that have to transmit information to the portable terminal 1, which PHS base station 4A or 4B the portable terminal 1 is communicable with is retrieved on the basis of the location information of the care giver, etc., existing in the database 6, and the information is transmitted to the PHS base station 4A or 4B through the public line 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a terminal device for assisting a visiting care service, and more particularly, to a computer system of a management center from a terminal device carried by a caregiver to notify the computer system of a management center of the terminal device, thereby improving efficiency. The present invention relates to a terminal device for visiting care service support that enables provision of a good care service.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a visiting care service support system, for example, a system as disclosed in JP-A-8-329153 has been proposed. However, in the case of the system disclosed in this publication, the visiting nursing station, which is the management center, cannot grasp the exact position of the caregiver, so that there is a disadvantage that efficient instructions and communication cannot be performed from the visiting nursing station.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and in particular, to inform a computer system of a management center of the position information of a terminal device from a terminal device carried by a caregiver. Accordingly, a terminal device for supporting a new home-visit nursing care service that enables efficient provision of a nursing care service is provided.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention basically employs the following technical configuration to achieve the above object.

That is, a first aspect of the terminal device for visiting care service support according to the present invention is a terminal device for visiting care service support for communicating with a server for a care service support system, The apparatus is characterized in that the apparatus communicates with the server via a PHS telephone system so as to always notify the position information of the terminal apparatus to the server.
A terminal device for visiting care service support for communicating with a server for a care service support system, wherein the terminal device detects the position of the terminal device using a GPS system, and detects the detected position information. The server is configured to be notified.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An ID value of a terminal device 1 and operation contents of the terminal device 1 are constantly transmitted from a terminal device 1 for supporting a visiting care service according to the present invention via a communication unit 14. These ID values and operation contents are received by the PHS base stations 4A and 4B that cover the communication areas 5A and 5B covering the positions of the caregivers, and are transmitted to the server 2 via the public line 3 each time they are received. The data received by the server 2
It is processed, and if necessary, accesses the database 6 and updates various information stored in the database 6. As for those which need to deliver information to the mobile terminal 1, the PHS base station 4A, which searches the PHS base station 4A, 4B via the public line 3.

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a terminal device for supporting home-visit care services according to the present invention. (First Specific Example) FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of a first specific example of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a portable terminal 1 is a portable information terminal of the present invention. The server 2 is a device that manages and controls the visiting care service support system of the present invention. PHS
The base station 4A sets the communication area 5A as a communication effective range, and when the mobile terminal 1 enters this area, the mobile terminal 1
It becomes possible to access the server 2 via the S base station 4A and the public line 3. Similarly, when the mobile terminal 1 enters the area 5B which is the communication effective range of the PHS base station 4B, the mobile terminal 1 can access the server 2 via the PHS base station 4B and the public line 3. In this way, the mobile terminal 1 is connected to the PHS base stations 4 installed in various places.
It becomes possible to access the server 2 via A, 4B and the public line 3.

[0009] The server 2 is also connected to a database 6 storing various information data.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the portable terminal 1 of the present invention. It comprises a central processing unit (CPU) 11, a storage unit (memory) 12, a function expansion unit 13, a communication unit 14, an input unit 15, and an output unit 16. Each component is connected to the central processing unit 11 by a bus.

The function expansion unit 13 is a device for connecting to another peripheral device. Hard disk drive and CD-
It is intended to be connected to a storage device such as a ROM drive, an image input procedure such as a digital camera and a scanner.

The communication unit 14 is a device for connecting to the PHS telephone 14A and transmitting / receiving information to / from the server 2 using the public line 3 such as a PHS line or a portable telephone line.

The input unit 15 is an input device for operating the portable information terminal, and includes a keyboard 151, a touch panel 152, a pointing device 153, and a voice input device 154 for inputting voice.

The liquid crystal display device 1 for displaying received information data as text or images as the output unit 16
61, and an audio output device 162 that converts received data into audio and outputs it via earphones or speakers.

The storage unit (memory) 12 includes a RAM and a ROM.
It is composed of The RAM temporarily stores data received from the public line 3 via the communication unit 14,
Used as a work area of the central processing unit 11. On the other hand, the ROM stores an execution program and the like necessary for the central processing unit 11 to perform individual processes.

The central processing unit 11 displays data received from the public line 3 via the communication unit 14 on the output unit 16 in a format that can be understood by the user, and stores the data in the storage unit 12 in order to save the data. It is a device that controls the mobile terminal 1 such as transferring it.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server 2 of the present invention. Central processing unit (CPU) 21, storage unit (memory) 22, communication unit 23, input unit 24, output unit 2
5. Each component is connected to the central processing unit 21 via a bus.

The communication unit 23 is a device for connecting to the public line 3 via a LAN or a modem.

The input unit 24 is an input device for operating the server 2, and is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, or a pointing device.

The output section 25 includes a display device for displaying the received information data as text or images, and a sound output device for converting the received data into sound and outputting it through a speaker.

The storage unit (memory) 22 includes a RAM and a ROM.
It is composed of The RAM is used to temporarily store data to be transmitted and received to and from the public line 3 and is used as a work area of the central processing unit 21. On the other hand, the ROM stores an execution program and the like necessary for the central processing unit 21 to perform each processing.

The central processing unit 21 causes the output unit 25 to display data to be transmitted / received to / from the public line 3 in a format that can be understood by the user, or transfers the data to the storage unit 22 to save the data. This is an apparatus for controlling the server 2.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the system of the present invention. From the portable terminal 1, the communication unit 14, PH at a certain time interval has the ID value of each terminal device 1 set by the ID setting unit.
The call is always transmitted via the S telephone 14A. In the first specific example, the ID value corresponds to a PHS telephone number. When the user performs some input operation using the input unit 15 and the input analysis unit determines that communication is required, the communication unit 14 transmits the content of the operation. The PHS base stations 4A, 4A, 4A, 4B, which cover the communication areas 5A, 5B covering the positions of the care workers,
B is received and transmitted to the server 2 via the public line 3 each time it is received.

Information transmitted from the PHS base stations 4A and 4B to the server 2 via the public line 3 is processed by a program stored in the storage unit 22 in the server 4.

First, information transmitted from the PHS base stations 4A and 4B via the public line 3 is classified and analyzed by the ID / operation content analysis means of the server 2. The result is
It is sent to the accumulated information updating means. The database 6 is accessed based on the result output by the ID / operation content analysis means of the server 2 and various information stored in the database 6 is updated.

The database 6 stores various kinds of information necessary for the visiting care service, such as electronic map information, visiting care schedules and care histories of care recipients, forward circuits of caregivers, business manuals, and the like. Also stored is the current position information of the caregiver held by the mobile terminal 1 determined based on which PHS base station 4A, 4B has received the ID value transmitted from the mobile terminal 1.

That is, by recording the instantaneous current position information of each caregiver, the care history and the contents of the work can be roughly grasped, and the visit care schedule and the visit care circuit can be dynamically generated and corrected. Will be possible.

Among the results of the ID / operation content analysis means, those for which information needs to be delivered to the portable terminal 1 are as follows:
The processing shifts to the portable terminal position search means. Here, the mobile terminal 1 searches for the PHS base stations 4A and 4B with which the mobile terminal 1 can communicate based on the caregiver's position information in the database 6.

When the search is completed, the processing is shifted to the distribution information creating means, and based on the search result of the portable terminal position searching means and various information stored in the database 6, the result of the ID / operation content analyzing means is obtained. Information that matches is generated. The generated distribution information is transmitted via the public line 3 to the PHS base stations 4A and 4B searched by the portable terminal position search means.

The P that has received the information to be delivered to the portable terminal 1
The HS base stations 4A and 4B check whether communication with the portable terminal 1 is possible, and if it is possible, transmit the distribution information created by the server 2 to the portable terminal 1.

The portable terminal 1 receives the distribution information from the server 2 via the communication unit 14 shown in FIG.
Notify the caregiver through.

The following advantages can be obtained by introducing the above system.

First, the communication means can be secured by utilizing the PHS infrastructure, and at the same time, the position information of the caregiver can be dynamically grasped.

Second, by converting the contents of the operation of the caregiver into an electronic form and a database, it is possible to create information considered necessary for the caregiver, for example, a visiting care schedule and a caregiver circuit. Becomes easier.

Third, it is possible to obtain all necessary information from the server 2 via the public line 3 without putting all necessary information in the portable terminal 1. Thus, the mobile terminal 1 does not need to hold a large amount of the storage unit 12.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a portable information terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention. A keyboard 151 and a touch panel 152 are provided as the input unit 15 of the mobile terminal 1.
Touch panel 152 is operated with pen 155. Output unit 1
As No. 6, a liquid crystal display device 152 is provided on the front surface of the main body, and a communication unit 14, a voice input device 154, and a voice output device 162 are built therein.

How to use the portable information terminal and the visiting care service support system of the present invention shown in FIG. 5 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 6 shows a change in the screen displayed when referring to the schedule of the caregiver using the portable terminal 1. The program used by the care worker in the home-visit care service is stored in the storage unit 12 of the mobile terminal 1. The screen g10 is a screen that is first activated when the above-described program is used. The main menu such as "Schedule", "Manual", "Question" and "Daily report" is displayed in the center of the screen. Tap "Next Menu" displayed at the bottom center of the screen with the pen to display the screen g
A menu different from the ten main menus is displayed.

When the care worker wants to refer to the schedule, he or she taps "schedule" in the main menu on the screen g10 with a pen. When tapped, a screen g11 is displayed. Here, a menu for selecting one of the schedule for the current day, the schedule for the current week, and the schedule for the current month is displayed. Also, screen g1
When "Return" displayed in 2 is tapped with a pen, a screen g10 serving as a main menu is displayed.

When the screen g11 is displayed, tapping "for today" with a pen causes the screen g12 to be displayed.
If the date and time when the care worker operates the mobile terminal 1 is February 3, the action schedule for that day is displayed as a list. “Return” displayed on the screen g12
When the screen is tapped with a pen, the screen g11 becomes the previous screen.
Is displayed.

When the screen g12 is displayed, if the item "11:00 G's house" where the cursor is placed is tapped with a pen, a screen g13 is displayed. When the care worker views this screen g13, it is possible to grasp the contents of the visiting care service provided to Mr. G.
In addition, when "map" is tapped with a pen as shown on the screen g13, it is possible to request the server 2 to display a map using the information system of FIG. Further, when "Return" displayed on the screen is tapped with a pen, the previous screen g12 is displayed.

FIG. 7 shows a change in the screen displayed when using the portable terminal 1 to browse the manual of the home-visit care service, ask a question arising from the work to the home-visit support center, and create a daily report. Things.

When the care worker wants to refer to the manual,
Tap "Manual" on the main menu of the screen g00 with a pen. When the tap is performed, a screen g20 is displayed, and it becomes possible to select a category of a manual to be viewed. Further, when “return” displayed on the screen g20 is tapped with a pen, the immediately preceding screen g00 is displayed.
Is displayed.

At this time, when browsing the manual on meal care for the care-requiring person, tapping on "meal" on the screen g20 with a pen displays the manual contents on meal care as shown on a screen g21. Also,
When "Return" displayed on the screen g21 is tapped with a pen, the previous screen g20 is displayed.

When the care worker wants to ask the care support center a question that has arisen during the work, he or she taps "Question" on the main menu of the screen g00 with a pen. When the tap is performed, a screen g31 is displayed, and it becomes possible to enter a question using a keyboard according to the displayed format. In addition, a digital camera is used to photograph the care recipient, and the function expansion unit 1
Alternatively, the image may be transferred to the mobile terminal 1 via the mobile terminal 3 and attached as shown in a screen g31. When the question items are completed and “send” on the screen g31 is tapped with a pen, the message is sent to the server 2 via the communication unit 14. Further, when "Return" displayed on the screen g31 is tapped with a pen, the immediately previous screen g00 is displayed.

When the care worker wants to make a business report, he or she taps "business report" on the main menu on the screen g00 with a pen. When tapped, a screen g41 is displayed, and a business report can be entered using the keyboard according to the displayed format. In addition, an image captured by a digital camera may be transferred to the mobile terminal 1 via the function expansion unit 13 and attached to a business report. After completing the work report and tapping “Send” on the screen g41 with a pen, the work report is sent to the server 2 via the communication unit 14. Server 2
Access the database 6 and store the business report in the database 6. In addition, when "Return" displayed on the screen g41 is tapped with a pen, the immediately previous screen g00 is displayed.

The information created by the delivery information creating means of the server 2 is displayed so as to interrupt the screen currently being displayed, as shown in FIG. For example, as in a screen g50, the fact that the information from the visiting care support center has been received is displayed to the care worker. At that time, the audio output device 162
A sound may be output to notify the reception.

When "See" on the screen g50 is tapped with a pen, the title of the received information is displayed in a list form in a list form as in the screen g51. Further, when the user taps “Return” displayed on the screen g51 with a pen, the immediately preceding screen g50 is displayed.
Is displayed.

At this time, when browsing the contents of "About Mr. G of 2/3", "2/3 of screen g51" is displayed.
"About Mr. G" with a pen, screen g52
The message about visit to Mr. G of 2/3 is displayed. Further, when "Return" displayed on the screen g52 is tapped with a pen, the previous screen g51 is displayed. (Second Specific Example) FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the second specific example of the present invention. In the second specific example,
From the first specific example, the PHS base stations 4A and 4B are replaced with mobile phone base stations, and a GPS is added thereto.

In FIG. 10, a portable terminal 1 is a portable information terminal of the present invention. When the mobile terminal 1 comes within the area of the mobile phone base station, the mobile terminal 1 can access the server 2 via the mobile phone base station 7 and the public line 3.

In the first specific example, the position of the caregiver can be dynamically determined based on which PHS base station 4A, 4B the communication area 5A, 5B of the mobile terminal 1 is. Communication areas are PHS base stations 4A, 4A
Since the communication area of B is wider than the communication areas 5A and 5B, obtaining the position of the care worker involves a large error. Therefore, in order to eliminate this error, a GPS (Global Position) is used.
ing System).

The GPS is a system that receives signals from a plurality of artificial satellites 8 and calculates the current position from the signals. Therefore, the mobile terminal 1 receives the signal from the artificial satellite 8 and calculates the current position.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the portable terminal 1 of the second specific example. In addition to the block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile terminal 1 of the first specific example shown in FIG. 2, a current position information detecting unit 17 is built in and connected to the central processing unit 11 by a bus like other components. .

The current position detector 17 is a device that calculates the current position of the portable terminal 1 based on a signal sent from a GPS satellite.

FIG. 11 is a view for explaining the information system of the second specific example. Each of the ID values set by the ID setting unit is constantly transmitted from the mobile terminal 1 via the communication unit 14 from the mobile terminal 1 via the communication unit 14. In the second specific example, the ID value corresponds to a mobile phone number. When the user performs some input operation using the input unit 15 and the input analysis unit determines that communication is required, the operation content is transmitted from the mobile phone 14B via the communication unit 14.

In addition, the communication unit 14 transmits the current position of the portable terminal 1 obtained by the current position detection unit 17 at certain time intervals.

The information including the ID value, the operation content, and the current position is received by the portable telephone base station 7 which covers the communication area covering the position of the caregiver. Sent to.

Information transmitted from the mobile phone base station 7 to the server 2 via the public line 3 is stored in the storage unit 2 in the server 4.
2 is processed.

First, the information transmitted from the mobile phone base station 7 is classified and analyzed by the ID / operation content / current position analyzing means. This result is sent to the stored information updating means. The stored information updating means accesses the database 6 based on the result output by the ID / operation content / current position analyzing means, and updates various information stored in the database 6.

If the information needs to be delivered to the portable terminal 1 based on the analysis result of the ID / operation content / current position analyzing means, the processing shifts to the portable terminal position searching means. Here, the mobile terminal 1 is searched for which mobile phone base station 7 it can communicate with, based on the caregiver's position information in the database 6 and the like.

When the search is completed, the processing is shifted to the distribution information creating means, and the ID / operation content / current position analyzing means is determined based on the search result of the portable terminal position searching means and various information stored in the database 6. Is generated so as to match the analysis result of. The generated distribution information is transmitted via the public line 3 to the mobile phone base station 7 searched by the mobile terminal location searching means.

The mobile phone base station 7 that has received the information to be delivered to the mobile terminal 1 checks whether communication with the mobile terminal 1 is possible. Send.

The portable terminal 1 receives the distribution information from the server 2 via the communication unit 14 shown in FIG.
Notify the user through

By introducing the above system, it is possible to realize the operation of the visiting care service of the portable terminal 1 described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8 of the first specific example.

With the information system of the second specific example, the first
In addition to the advantages of the specific example, the use of mobile phone infrastructure and GPS, which are more widespread in many areas than PHS, makes it possible to provide home care services over a wide area.

[0066]

The first effect is that the mobile terminal and the information system of the present invention using a PHS line or a mobile telephone line and GPS can provide a wide range of home care services.

The second effect is that the present position of the caregiver is grasped by the portable terminal and the information system of the present invention using the PHS line or the portable telephone line, and the GPS, and this is used to automatically perform the visiting care schedule and the care circuit. That can be generated.

A third effect is that work reports and the like can be immediately created on site by the portable terminal of the present invention having a keyboard.

The fourth effect is that the portable terminal and the information system of the present invention can dynamically give instructions and communication to caregivers.

[0070]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a first specific example of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a portable information terminal according to a first specific example of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a server according to a first specific example of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of operation of the first specific example of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an external view of a portable information terminal of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a usage example of the portable information terminal of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a usage example of the portable information terminal of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a usage example of the portable information terminal of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a second specific example of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a portable information terminal according to a second specific example of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a flow of the operation of the second specific example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 mobile terminal 11 central processing unit 12 storage unit 13 function expansion unit 14 communication unit 15 input unit 151 keyboard 152 touch panel 153 pointing device 154 voice input device 155 pen 16 output unit 161 liquid crystal display device 162 voice output device 17 current position detection unit 2 server 21 central processing unit 22 storage unit 23 communication unit 24 input unit 25 output unit 3 public line 4A PHS base station A 4B PHS base station B 5A communication area A 5B communication area B 6 database 7 mobile phone base station 8 artificial satellite g10, g00 Main menu screen g11-g13 "Schedule" screen g21-g22 "Manual" screen g31 "Question" screen g41 "Work report" screen g50-g52 "Instruction reception" screen

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A terminal device for visiting care service support for communicating with a server for a care service support system, wherein the terminal device communicates with the server via a PHS telephone system, A terminal device for visiting care service support, wherein the terminal device is always informed of the position information of the terminal device. 2. A terminal device for visiting care service support for communicating with a server for a care service support system, wherein the terminal device detects a position of the terminal device using a GPS system, A terminal device for visiting care service support, wherein the detected position information is configured to be notified to the server.