JP2008060823A - Nurse call system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To correctly know a called position of a nurse call slave unit even if a receivable range of a call signal by a radio communication unit overlaps a receivable range of the call signal by the other radio communication unit. <P>SOLUTION: An audio output unit 5 which outputs a unique audio signal in calling-out is provided in the nurse call slave unit 1, and besides, an audio input unit 7 which inputs an audio signal outputted in the vicinity of the radio communication unit 6 located at a given position. A nurse call master unit 10 makes the unique audio signal and the nurse call slave unit 1 transmitting the unique audio signal associated with each other, and compares the audio signal inputted and that stored. As a result, an existing position of the nurse call slave unit 1 related to the corresponding audio signal is determined as a position where the radio communication unit 6 and/or the audio input unit 7 are located. Accordingly, even if the receivable range of the radio communication unit 6 overlaps the other, the called position of the nurse call slave unit 1 can be correctly known. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a nurse call system for calling a nurse or a caregiver in response to a request from a patient or a care recipient in a hospital or a care facility.

  Conventionally, a nurse call system has a nurse call cordless handset installed near a patient or a care recipient (hereinafter simply referred to as a patient) (for example, a bed), a nurse or a caregiver (hereinafter simply referred to as medical care). A nurse call master unit installed in a room (such as a nurse center) where the worker is located) is connected by wire or wireless. Then, when the patient operates the nurse call slave unit, the nurse call master unit outputs a ringing tone or a melody tone. The medical staff listens to the ringing tone and melody sound emitted by the nurse call parent device, and talks with the patient using the handset provided in the nurse call parent device.

By the way, when the nurse call cordless handset is wirelessly connected to the nurse call system, there is a problem that it is difficult to know where the patient carrying the nurse call cordless handset is. In order to solve this problem, in a nurse call system in which nurse call slave units are connected wirelessly, a patient is located near a corridor lamp (containing a wireless communication unit) that receives a call signal from the nurse call slave unit. A technique for determining that it exists is known (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2006-33163 A

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, when the range in which the corridor lamp can receive the calling signal overlaps with other corridor lamps (for example, corridor lamps existing on the upper and lower floors), the call of the nurse call slave unit is called. There was a problem that the position could not be accurately grasped.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and even if the range in which the radio communication unit can receive a call signal overlaps with the range in which another radio communication unit can receive a call signal, the nurse It is an object to make it possible to accurately grasp the calling position of a call slave unit.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the present invention, a wireless nurse call slave unit is provided with a voice output unit that outputs a voice of a unique pattern at the time of calling, and a wireless communication unit arranged at a predetermined location in the facility. A voice input unit for inputting voice output from the wireless nurse call slave is provided in the vicinity. The nurse call master unit includes a storage unit that stores a voice of a specific pattern in association with a nurse call slave unit that issues the voice, and a voice pattern input to the voice input unit and a voice pattern stored in the storage unit To identify a nurse call cordless handset associated with the matching voice pattern, identify a nurse call cordless handset that has made a call according to the call signal received by the wireless communication unit, and identify the common nurse call identified. The location of the slave unit is determined as the installation location of the wireless communication unit and / or the voice input unit.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, even if the range in which the radio communication unit can receive the call signal overlaps with the range in which another radio communication unit can receive the call signal, it is output for each nurse call slave. The presence position of the nurse call slave unit is specified by discriminating the unique voice, so that the call position of the nurse call slave unit can be accurately grasped.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a nurse call system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the nurse call system according to the present embodiment includes a nurse call slave device 1, a wireless communication unit 6, a voice input unit 7, and a nurse call parent device 10. The nurse call handset 1 includes a handset control section 2, a call operation section 3, a call signal transmission section 4, and a voice output section 5. The nurse call parent device 10 includes a parent device control unit (corresponding to a determination unit in claims) 11, an interface unit 12, a parent device speaker 13, a display unit 14, and a storage unit 15. ing.

  In FIG. 1, a nurse call slave unit 1 is carried by a patient and is connected to a nurse call master unit 10 installed in a nurse center or the like by radio.

  The handset controller 2 controls each component of the nurse call handset 1. The call operation unit 3 outputs a call signal when operated by a patient. Here, the call operation unit 3 includes a button (not shown) operated by the patient and a call signal generation unit (not shown) that generates a call signal by operating the button. The patient presses a button on the call operation unit 3 when he / she wants to call a medical worker.

  The call signal transmission unit 4 transmits the call signal output from the call operation unit 3 to the outside as a radio signal. Here, the call signal includes identification information for identifying the nurse call slave unit 1. The voice output unit 5 outputs a voice having a pattern unique to the nurse call slave unit 1 and includes a speaker or the like. Here, when receiving the call signal from the call operation unit 3, the slave unit control unit 2 controls the voice output unit 5 to cause the nurse call slave unit 1 to emit a sound having a unique pattern.

  The wireless communication unit 6 receives the call signal transmitted from the nurse call slave device 1 and outputs the call signal to the nurse call parent device 10. Here, a plurality of wireless communication units 6 are installed at predetermined locations in the facility. In addition, the wireless communication units 6 are installed at predetermined intervals based on the reception range of the wireless communication unit 6 so that the call signals can be received at all locations in the facility. The wireless communication unit 6 is connected to the nurse call parent device 10 by wire. The radio communication unit 6 outputs radio communication unit identification information for identifying the radio communication unit 6 to the nurse call base unit 10 when the call signal is output to the nurse call base unit 10.

  The voice input unit 7 inputs the voice emitted from the nurse call slave unit 1 and outputs it to the nurse call parent unit 10. Here, the voice input unit 7 is installed in the vicinity of the wireless communication unit 6. The voice input unit 7 is connected to the nurse call parent device 10 by wire. The voice input unit 7 outputs voice input unit identification information for identifying the voice input unit 7 to the nurse call base unit 10 when the voice is output to the nurse call base unit 10.

  The base unit controller 11 controls each component of the nurse call base unit 10. The interface unit 12 inputs the call signal received by the wireless communication unit 6 and the voice input by the voice input unit 7. When the nurse call parent device 10 inputs a call signal, the parent device speaker 13 sounds an alarm for notifying the occurrence of a call in the nurse center. Here, when a call is made between the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 10, the parent speaker 13 is a voice uttered by the patient input via the nurse call slave unit 1. Is output.

  When the nurse call parent device 10 inputs a call signal or voice, the display unit 14 displays the name of the patient who has called by the nurse call child device 1. Here, the name of the patient is specified by the identification information included in the calling signal.

  The storage unit 15 stores the wireless communication unit identification information of each wireless communication unit 6 and the position information where each wireless communication unit 6 is installed in association with each other. In addition, the storage unit 16 associates the voice input unit identification information of each voice input unit 7 with the position information where each voice input unit 7 is installed (or the position information where each corresponding wireless communication unit 6 is installed). I remember it. Moreover, the memory | storage part 15 memorize | stores the audio | voice of a peculiar pattern, and the nurse call subunit | mobile_unit 1 which emits it in correlation.

  Here, the base unit control unit 11 compares the voice pattern input to the interface unit 12 with the voice pattern stored in the storage unit 15. Then, it is determined that the voice similar to the stored voice pattern by a predetermined ratio or more matches the stored voice, and the nurse call handset 1 that has output the voice is specified. Further, the base unit control unit 11 identifies the nurse call slave unit 1 based on the calling signal input from the nurse call slave unit 1. Further, the base unit control unit 11 determines whether or not the voice input unit 7 that has input the above-described voice and the wireless communication unit 6 that has received the call signal are common, The base unit control unit 11 determines that the nurse call handset 1 exists in the vicinity of the place. In other words, the base unit control unit 11 receives the call signal of the nurse call slave unit 1 having the radio communication unit 6, and the voice input unit 7 installed in the vicinity of the radio communication unit 6 has the same nurse call slave unit. When the voice of 1 is input, it is determined that the nurse call handset 1 exists in the vicinity of the place where the wireless communication unit 6 and / or the voice input unit 7 is installed.

  As described in detail above, according to the present embodiment, the nurse call handset 1 is provided with the voice output unit 5 that outputs a voice of a unique pattern at the time of calling, and wireless communication is arranged at a predetermined place in the facility In the vicinity of the unit 6, a voice input unit 7 for inputting the voice output from the nurse call slave unit 1 is provided. The nurse call parent device 10 includes a storage unit 15 that stores a voice of a unique pattern in association with the nurse call child device 1 that emits the unique pattern, and is stored in the storage unit 15 with the voice pattern input to the voice input unit 7. The nurse call handset 1 associated with the matching voice pattern is identified by comparing with the voice pattern, and the nurse call handset 1 that has called by the call signal received by the wireless communication unit 6 is identified. The specified location of the common nurse call slave unit 1 is determined as the installation position of the wireless communication unit 6 and / or the voice input unit 7. Thereby, even when the range in which the radio communication unit 6 can receive the calling signal overlaps with the reception range of the other radio communication unit 6, the nurse call is determined by discriminating the unique voice output for each nurse call slave unit 1. Since the location of the handset 1 is specified, the calling position of the nurse call handset 1 can be accurately grasped.

  In the above-described embodiment, it is determined whether or not the voice input unit 7 that has input the voice in the nurse call parent device 10 and the wireless communication unit 6 that has received the call signal are common, but this is not limitative. Not. For example, such a function may be provided in a unit in which the wireless communication unit 6 and the voice input unit 7 are integrated.

  In addition, the said embodiment is only what showed the example in implementation in implementing this invention, and, as a result, the technical scope of this invention should not be interpreted limitedly. In other words, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the spirit or main features thereof.

  The present invention is useful for a nurse call system that calls a medical worker in response to a request from a patient in a hospital or a nursing facility.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the nurse call system by this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Nurse call cordless handset 2 Child machine control part 3 Call operation part 4 Call signal transmission part 5 Voice output part 6 Wireless communication part 7 Voice input part 10 Nurse call parent | base station 11 Parent | base station control part 12 Interface part 13 For parent machine Speaker 14 Display unit 15 Storage unit

Claims (1)

A nurse call cordless handset comprising: a call signal transmission unit that transmits a call signal by wireless communication by a call operation by a patient; and a voice output unit that outputs a sound of a unique pattern by the call operation;
A wireless communication unit that receives a call signal transmitted from the nurse call slave unit;
A voice input unit that is installed in the vicinity of the wireless communication unit and that inputs the voice output from the voice output unit;
A storage unit that associates and stores the voice of the unique pattern and the nurse call slave that issues the unique pattern, and compares the voice pattern input to the voice input unit with the voice pattern stored in the storage unit The nurse call slave unit associated with the matching voice pattern is identified, the nurse call slave unit that has called by the call signal received by the wireless communication unit is identified, and the identified common nurse call slave unit A nurse call parent device including a determination unit that sets an existing position of the wireless communication unit and / or the voice input unit;
Having a nurse call system.

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