JP2008152449A - Hospital navigation system - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile body such as a patient who is guided in a hospital can obtain guidance information from a navigation terminal without performing a particularly positive action such as operation of the apparatus, and can also provide guidance information for each mobile body and the hospital at that time. To provide a hospital navigation system that enables guidance corresponding to the circumstances in the hospital.
A mobile terminal that is carried by a mobile body that moves within a hospital and that stores personal identification information about the mobile body that is carried inside, and an individual that collects and manages information about the mobile body that carries the mobile terminal. The personal information management device 3 is connected to the personal information management device 3 via the network 5, acquires personal information about the mobile body from the personal information management device 3 based on the personal identification information stored in the portable terminal 2, and moves A navigation terminal 4 indicating a next destination to which the moving body should move in the hospital.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an in-hospital navigation system that guides a person who moves in a hospital to a destination in the hospital.

  As a navigation system used to move without hesitation in a place having a larger site area than conventional ones, for example, inventions disclosed in the following Patent Documents 1 and 2 are known.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, it is assumed that the navigation system is used in a theme park or a tour facility, but other uses in a hospital are also mentioned. That is, a portable terminal in which personal identification information is recorded, an input device installed in a hospital center, a plurality of input devices respectively installed in a treatment place such as a treatment room or examination room, and a server (personal information management device) ), A medical treatment place guidance device, a plurality of guidance display devices each positioned at a branch point of a passage in a hospital, and a portable terminal recognition device provided in each of the guidance display devices, for example, These are connected to each other via a LAN. By using such a navigation system to guide a patient who has a portable terminal in which personal identification information is recorded, to a medical place prestored in a server through a guidance display device, the building is large and several tens of floors It is said that the target location can be reached without hesitation when moving in the hospital facility across the two.

Further, in Patent Document 2, in order to access information stored in an information system in a hospital, a multifunction terminal device for a hospital in which patient identifier information is registered is lent to a patient, and various kinds of information are given to the patient. An invention of providing a service is disclosed. In this invention, for example, with the hospital multifunction terminal device, the information of each booth in the hospital (each department, examination room, emergency exit, etc.) is displayed in an illustration, or the current position of the patient is recognized, By showing the route to the destination, the patient is less confused when using the hospital.
JP 2003-132174 A JP 2003-108659 A

  However, in Patent Document 1, for example, a patient who has a portable terminal stands in front of the guidance display device in a state where the outpatient is very crowded and there are a plurality of examinees around the guidance display device. No means for detecting this is described. Therefore, it is a problem from the viewpoint of personal information protection that the personal information of a patient is automatically displayed without knowing which patient is around the guidance display device.

  According to the invention disclosed in Patent Document 2, the patient can receive various services by lending the hospital multifunction terminal device to the patient and operating the device. However, for guidance using devices that are generally unfamiliar, it is easier to ask hospital staff etc., and the motivation to use the devices actively does not work. Conversely, it can be a burden for older people and patients with physical disabilities. In particular, the services provided here are uniform to some extent, and cannot respond flexibly to the patient's individual condition or the situation of the hospital day.

  The invention disclosed in Patent Document 1 is not configured to lend a device such as a hospital multifunction terminal device in Patent Document 2 to the user, but the user stands in front of the guidance display device. Since there is no guidance unless there is a positive action from the person, the motivation to use the device so positively does not work for the user.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a navigation terminal even when a moving body such as a patient who is guided in a hospital does not perform a particularly positive action such as operation of the device. It is possible to provide an in-hospital navigation system that can obtain guidance information from a mobile station and enables guidance corresponding to individual circumstances depending on individual mobile objects and the circumstances of the hospital.

  A feature according to the embodiment of the present invention is that, in the in-hospital navigation system, the mobile body that is moved in the hospital has a mobile terminal in which personal identification information about the mobile body is stored, and the mobile that has the mobile terminal. A personal information management device that collects and manages information related to the body, and a personal information management device that is connected to the personal information management device via a network, and acquires personal information about the mobile body from the personal information management device based on the personal identification information stored in the mobile terminal. And a navigation terminal indicating the next destination to which the moving body should move in the hospital.

  According to the present invention, a mobile body such as a patient receiving guidance in a hospital can obtain guidance information from a navigation terminal without performing a particularly positive action such as operation of the apparatus, It is possible to provide an in-hospital navigation system that enables guidance corresponding to occasional circumstances in the hospital.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an overall configuration of a hospital navigation system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The in-hospital navigation system 1 includes a portable terminal 2 possessed by a moving body moving within the hospital, a personal information management device 3 that collects and manages personal information of the moving body, and portable terminals provided at a plurality of locations in the hospital. 2 and a navigation terminal 4 that guides (navigates) a moving body that possesses the portable terminal 2. The personal information management device 3 and the navigation terminal 4 are connected to a network 5 such as a LAN (Local Area Network), which extends around the hospital.

  The mobile terminal 2 is carried by a mobile body such as a patient who moves within the hospital. For example, a non-contact type IC card can be used as the portable terminal 2. In this mobile terminal 2, personal identification information of a mobile object that possesses the mobile terminal 2 is stored. For example, personal identification information is exchanged with a portable terminal recognition device to be described later by an electromagnetic induction method or a radio wave method. For information exchange between the mobile terminal 2 and the mobile terminal recognition device, for example, a wireless LAN communication standard such as IEEE802.11a, a wireless transmission method such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), or IrDA (InfraRed) Any transmission system such as an infrared transmission system such as Date Association may be used.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the personal information management device 3. The personal information management device 3 receives a response in response to an inquiry from a receiving means 31 for receiving various patient information, an in-hospital information storage means 32 for storing the received personal information, and a determining means for a guiding means to be described later. Information generating means 33 for generating the information and transmission means 34.

  In-hospital information storage means 32 stores, for example, information as shown in FIG. The table shown in FIG. 3 is roughly divided into “information category” and “type of information”. The “information category” includes basic information about the patient, medical examination information, medical information, information indicating the degree of congestion in the laboratory, and the like. Is provided. In addition, as “type of information”, for example, in the case of “patient basic information”, items such as “name”, “age”, “sex”, “address”, and “contact” are stored. In the case of “laboratory congestion information”, “waiting time for each laboratory”. In the embodiment of the present invention, four categories and information types are listed. However, these items are merely examples, and can be arbitrarily selected and set.

  The personal information management device 3 is connected to a hospital personal computer, modality, and the like, and is used to input all information related to the patient, information on the reservation status of the laboratory, and the degree of complexity. In particular, the congestion information of the examination room is updated as needed, and the personal information management device 3 always stores the latest information. The personal information management device 3 is described here by taking a single server connected to the network 5, but for example, a management that constitutes various management systems such as a hospital information management system (HIS). It is also possible to use a device.

  Since the navigation terminal 4 is a terminal for guiding (navigating) a moving body moving in the hospital to the destination, it is assumed that a plurality of navigation terminals 4 are installed in the hospital. The in-hospital navigation system 1 shown in FIG. 1 shows a state in which three navigation terminals 4A to 4C are connected to the network 5, but the number connected is arbitrary. Hereinafter, the navigation terminals 4A to 4C are appropriately referred to as the navigation terminal 4.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the navigation terminal 4. The navigation terminal 4 captures the movement of the mobile terminal 2 possessed by the mobile body, and receives the personal identification information from the mobile terminal 2 and moves based on the information from the mobile terminal recognition apparatus 41. And a facility guidance device 42 for calculating the direction of the destination of the body.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the mobile terminal recognition device 41 includes a receiving means 41 a that receives personal identification information transmitted from the mobile terminal 2, a position of the mobile terminal recognition device 41 that has received the personal identification information, and its personal identification. Position / time information storage means 41b for storing information representing the time at which information is received, transmission preparation means 41c for preparing information to be transmitted to the facility guidance apparatus 42, and transmission means for transmitting information to the facility guidance apparatus 42 41d.

  A plurality of portable terminal recognition devices 41 are installed in the vicinity where the navigation terminal 4 is installed. Each mobile terminal recognition device 41 is set with a non-interference distance that must be at least separated in order to prevent interference when installed close to each other. Therefore, for example, the navigation terminal 4 is installed on a wall, a floor, or a ceiling in a lattice shape or on a straight line so as to have a non-interference distance and an effective range in which signals can be exchanged with the mobile terminal 2. . This installation form can be freely determined by the expected detection accuracy of the signal from the mobile terminal 2, the size of the place where the navigation terminal 4 is installed, and the like.

  Further, when the navigation terminal 4 is activated, radio waves are transmitted from each portable terminal recognition device 41 (see ST1 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6). The mobile terminal recognition device 41 continues to transmit radio waves as long as the power of the navigation terminal 4 is not turned off regardless of whether radio waves are received from the mobile terminal 2 (ST2).

  When the mobile terminal recognition device 41 receives a radio wave from the mobile terminal 2 (ST3), the personal identification information of the mobile body that possesses the mobile terminal 2 transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 is received via the receiving means 41a. The information is input to the information storage unit 41b and the transmission preparation unit 41c. The position / time information storage means 41b stores information indicating the position where the portable terminal recognition device 41 is installed in advance. The transmission preparation means 41c obtains the position information from the position / time information storage means 41b and the time information indicating the time when the personal identification information was received from the portable terminal 2, and combines the personal identification information received by the transmission preparation means 41c. The three pieces of information are collectively transmitted from the transmission unit 41d to the facility guidance apparatus 42 (ST4).

  Each mobile terminal recognition device 41 receives the personal identification information from the mobile terminal 2 possessed by the mobile body in the area where it can be received by itself and transmits it to the facility guidance device 42. Therefore, each mobile terminal recognition device 41 uses the personal identification information together with the personal identification information by moving the mobile body carrying the mobile terminal 2 in the area where the plurality of mobile terminal recognition devices 41 are installed. The received time, that is, the time when the mobile terminal is recognized is grasped with a time difference.

  The facility guidance device 42 is a so-called computer. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, a central processing unit (CPU) 42a, a read only memory (ROM) 42b, a random access memory (RAM) 42c, and an input / output interface 42d. Are connected via a bus 42e. An input unit 42f, a display unit 42g, a communication control unit 42h, a storage unit 42i, and a removable disk 42j are connected to the input / output interface 42d.

  The CPU 42a reads out and executes a boot program for starting the facility guidance apparatus 42 from the ROM 42b based on an input signal from the input unit 42f, and reads out various operating systems stored in the storage unit 42i. Further, the CPU 42a controls various devices based on input signals from an external device not shown in FIG. 7 via the input means 42f and the input / output interface 42d, or is stored in the RAM 42c, the storage means 42i, and the like. This is a processing device that reads a program and data, loads the program and data into the RAM 42c, and realizes a series of processes such as data calculation or processing based on a program command read from the RAM 42c.

  The input unit 42f is configured by an input device such as a touch panel and a keyboard through which an operator of the facility guidance apparatus 42 inputs various operations. The input unit 42f creates an input signal based on the operation of the operator and sends the CPU 42a via the bus 42e. Sent to. The display unit 42g is, for example, a liquid crystal display, and is a unit that receives an output signal from the CPU 42a via the bus 42e, for example, and displays a processing result of the CPU 42a, for example, a direction in which the moving body should travel.

  The communication control unit 42h is a unit such as a LAN card or a modem, and is a unit that enables the facility guidance apparatus 42 to be connected to a communication network such as the Internet or a LAN. In particular, for example, it is connected to various management systems built in a medical institution such as the hospital information management system (HIS) described above. In the embodiment of the present invention, the personal information management device 3 is connected. Data transmitted / received to / from the network 5 via the communication control unit 42h is transmitted / received to / from the CPU 42a via the input / output interface 42d and the bus 42e as an input signal or an output signal.

  The storage means 42i is composed of a semiconductor or a magnetic disk, and stores programs and data executed by the CPU 42a. The removable disk 42j is an optical disk or a flexible disk, and signals read / written by the disk drive are transmitted / received to / from the CPU 42a via the input / output interface 42d and the bus 42e.

  In the storage means 42 i of the facility guidance device 42 according to the embodiment of the present invention, for example, in which direction the mobile body that holds the mobile terminal 2 moves based on the information transmitted from each mobile terminal recognition device 41. A program for calculating whether or not it has been displayed and displaying it on the display means 42g is stored. Then, the navigation program or the like is read and executed by the CPU 42a of the facility guidance device 42, whereby the guidance means 50 is mounted on the facility guidance device 42.

  In the following, a case where a navigation program or the like is stored in the storage means 42i will be described as an example, but the navigation program or the like may be stored in a removable disk 42j. Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, description will be given by taking as an example that navigation for a moving body is performed by executing a navigation program. May be provided.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the guiding means 50 includes a receiving means 51 that receives information transmitted from the mobile terminal recognition device 41, a state determining means 52, an information storage means 53 that stores the received information, and a mobile object. A calculation means 54 for calculating the movement of the vehicle, a determination means 55 for inferring the destination of the mobile body from the calculation result of the calculation means 54 and information on the mobile body obtained from the personal information management device 3, The display screen storage unit 56 stores a screen to be displayed on the unit 42g, and the transmission unit 57 transmits the determination result and the display screen to the display unit 42g.

  The state determination unit 52 determines the state of the mobile object carrying the same mobile terminal 2 from the information received according to the state transition diagram of the guide unit 50 shown in FIG. In FIG. 9, the moving object is displayed as “passerby”.

  When the navigation terminal 4 has just started, it is in the center “initial state”, but when the movement of the mobile object holding the mobile terminal 2 is captured by the mobile terminal recognition device 41, how the mobile object is affected by the movement. It is determined whether it is in the correct state. For example, if a plurality of portable terminal recognition devices 41 grasp the same mobile object with a time difference, it can be determined that it is in the “passer movement state”. Further, when only one mobile terminal recognition device 41 has received personal identification information from a mobile object, it can be determined that the vehicle is in a “passer stop state”. On the other hand, when none of the mobile terminal recognition devices 41 receives a signal from the mobile terminal 2, the mobile object is not in the vicinity of the mobile terminal recognition device 41 (navigation terminal 4) or is running at high speed. It can be determined that the vehicle is moving and the movement cannot be captured ("passer absence state").

  The information storage means 53 stores personal identification information, position information, and time information from the mobile body transmitted from each mobile terminal recognition device 41. The calculating means 54 calculates how the moving body has moved based on information from each portable terminal recognition device 41.

  Based on the calculation result derived by the calculation means 54, the determination means 55 considers the personal information of the corresponding mobile object obtained from the personal information management device 3, and determines the direction of the destination to which the mobile object will go next. To do. At the same time, a screen to be displayed is selected from the display screen storage means 56 that stores the screen displayed on the display means 42g, and predetermined information is displayed on the display means 42g via the transmission means 57.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow from when the guidance unit 50 receives information from the portable terminal recognition device 41 until the guidance unit 50 displays guidance guidance for the moving body.

  First, it is determined whether or not the state determination means 52 has received various information such as personal identification information from the portable terminal recognition device 41 (ST21). If it is determined by the state determination means 52 that no information has been received (N in ST21), it can be determined that the “passer is absent (high-speed movement state)” (ST22), and therefore the display means 42g is navigated to. It is not necessary to display the information. Therefore, for example, for an unspecified number of moving bodies passing in front of the navigation terminal 4 from the display screen storage means 56, a screen for displaying the entire guidance in the hospital is selected and sent to the transmission means 57, and the display means Instruct to display at 42g (ST23).

  On the other hand, when information is received by the state determination means 52 (Y of ST21), the state determination means 52 next determines whether or not the information indicates a stopped state (ST24). This is because, for example, when the personal identification information from the portable terminal 2 is transmitted from only one of the portable terminal recognition devices 41 close to the facility guide device 42, the mobile body passes in front of the facility guide device 42. It can be judged that it has stopped before that. Further, for example, even when the time information when the personal identification information of the mobile object is received is the same among the plurality of mobile terminal recognition devices 41 and there is no time difference, the mobile object also stops in front of the facility guide device 42. Can be determined.

  When the determination by the state determination means 52 is that the moving body is not in the stopped state (N in ST24), the moving body can determine that the front of the facility guidance apparatus 42 is in the moving state ( ST25). Therefore, in that case, the calculation means 54 moves from the time information related to the same personal identification information transmitted from a plurality of (previous) portable terminal recognition devices 41 stored in the information storage means 53. The moving speed and moving distance of the body are calculated (ST26). In addition, since the movement of the personal identification information received from the position information of the mobile terminal recognition device 41 can be captured, the calculation means 54 calculates in which direction the mobile body is moving.

  The calculation of the speed, distance, and direction of the moving body by the calculating means 54 can be performed even when a plurality of moving bodies are moving in front of the facility guide device 42. In this case, each piece of position information and the like is distributed and stored in the information storage means 53 using the personal identification information, and the movement of each moving body is captured based on the personal identification information.

  Based on the calculated speed, distance and direction of the moving body, the judging means 55 judges the direction of the destination to which the moving body will go next, selects an appropriate display screen from the display screen storage means 56, and sends it from the sending means 57. The image information is sent to the display means 42g and displayed (ST27).

  On the other hand, when the state determination means 52 determines that the moving body is stopped (Y in ST24), the determination means 55 confirms the personal identification information transmitted from the portable terminal 2 possessed by the moving body. In this case, since the moving body stops in front of the navigation terminal 4, the speed, distance, and direction of the moving body are not calculated by the calculating means 54, and the personal identification information, position information, and time information are not stored in the information storage means 53. And input to the determination means 55 as it is.

  Based on the personal identification information, the judging means 55 inquires the personal information management device 3 about personal information relating to the mobile body (ST29). The personal information management device 3 stores, as described above, personal information related to the mobile body that made the inquiry, as well as congestion information of the laboratory, etc. For example, the mobile body is identified from the personal identification information of the mobile body on the day. Such information is obtained (ST30).

  Here, the information from the portable terminal recognition device 41 is confirmed again (ST31). It is determined whether the moving body has just stopped in front of the navigation terminal 4 or whether it is close to the navigation terminal 4 and a position where various information can be extracted using the input means 42f, for example, a touch panel, is determined. Because. Based on the distance between the moving body and the navigation terminal 4, the determining means 55 determines whether or not to display a more detailed display based on the personal information of the moving body on the display means 42g.

  If the determination unit 55 determines that the navigation terminal 4 is closer than before the acquisition of personal information related to the moving object (Y in ST32), a more detailed display based on the personal information of the moving object is displayed. 42g is displayed (ST33). On the other hand, if the determination means 55 does not determine that the moving body is approaching the navigation terminal 4, a display screen that stops only displaying the route to the destination to which the moving body moves is selected and displayed. (ST34).

  In this way, the information from the personal information management device 3 is obtained, and the judging means 55 estimates the destination to which the mobile body will go next, selects an appropriate display screen from the display screen storage means 56, and sends from the sending means 57. The image information is sent to the display means 42g and displayed.

  FIGS. 11 to 14 are schematic views showing an example of a screen stored in the display screen storage unit 56 and displayed on the display unit 42g. The display layout and the like of these screens are only an example, and the layout and display contents can be arbitrarily set. In addition, the design of icons indicating menu buttons and the like is merely an example.

  In this hospital, a square outpatient, treatment room, examination room, elevator, etc. are gathered in the center of the building, and a corridor is arranged so as to surround it, and an outpatient, treatment room, etc. are further arranged outside the corridor. .

  FIG. 11 is an example of a screen that displays the entire guidance in the hospital for an unspecified number of moving objects passing in front of the navigation terminal 4. This screen example is a guide map overlooking the two floors, “1st floor (1F)” and “1st floor (B1F)”. On the right side of the screen example, “general reception”, “internal medicine” through “cardiology internal medicine” as the consultation department, and “general X-ray” through “PET-CT” as the examination room are displayed with icons from the top. In FIG. 11, for example, “surgery” is selected, the place of surgery outpatient is shown in the guide map on the first floor, “surgery” in the list of departments is displayed large, and a screen is displayed. The doctor in charge of the day is also displayed.

  Further, the current position of the moving body is displayed at the corner of the left corridor on the first floor, the moving body is displayed as a triangle, and the navigation terminal 4 is displayed as a rectangle. When the moving body is in this position, the surgical outpatient is on the left side when walking along the corridor extending to the right side as viewed from the moving body facing the navigation terminal 4 and turning right at the end.

  As described above, when determining means 55 determines that the moving body has stopped by a signal from portable terminal recognition device 41 (ST24 in FIG. 10), it relates to the moving body with personal information management device 3. The personal information is confirmed (ST28 to ST30). Then, an appropriate display screen is selected from the display screen storage means 56, and the personal information of the moving object is added to the screen and displayed on the display means 42g. FIG. 12 shows an example of a screen displayed in accordance with a moving body that has stopped in front of the navigation terminal 4.

  In this screen, the moving body is at the same position as in FIG. The navigation terminal 4 determines from the personal information of the mobile body that the mobile body is the next MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) examination room provided on the first basement floor, and performs navigation. On the right side of the screen, “Please come to the radiology department” and “Next inspection is MRI” are displayed to indicate the destination and precautions for MRI inspection. In addition, a route from the current position to the MRI examination room is displayed as a dotted line on the guide map. According to this display, walk from the current position (facing the navigation terminal 4) to the right when viewed from the moving body, turn right at the end, walk a little, and then use the elevator on the right to go down to the first basement floor . When you get to the first basement level, exit the elevator hall, turn left, turn left at the end, go through the corridor, and turn left again at the end, there is a radiology department on the right.

  The route displayed on the navigation terminal 4 is selected based on the personal information of the mobile object. For example, when the mobile object uses a wheelchair, the route using the elevator is displayed as described above. If the person is a healthy person, for example, a route with the shortest travel distance is displayed. In addition, for the elderly, for example, a display such as increasing the size of display characters on the screen is performed.

  When the moving object further approaches the position where the input unit 42f can be operated on the navigation terminal 4, a screen as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed on the display unit 42g. For example, in this screen example, a “human figure mark” is displayed in the center area, and there are seven menus around it, for example, “medical doctor profile” at the top of the center, and “store location”, “ “Vending machine location”, “ATM location”, “Nurse call”, “Hospital topic”, and “Public phone location” are displayed as icons in a circle. In the embodiment of the present invention, since the input means 42f is constituted by a touch panel, the contents are displayed by touching these menu buttons. FIG. 13 shows the case where the menu button of the store is pressed, the description of the store and the business hours are displayed, the position of the store is displayed in the guide map, and the route from the current position is displayed. .

  In addition, if you press the menu button for the "in-charge doctor profile", the profile of the in-charge doctor in the laboratory you are going to be displayed is displayed, and if you press the menu button for "nurse call", the "call nurse" ”Button is displayed, and when this button is pressed, the nurse rushes to the corresponding navigation terminal 4.

  When the “human figure mark” provided in the center area of the menu button is pressed, the schedule of the moving body in front of the navigation terminal 4 can be displayed as shown in FIG. The schedule is indicated by displaying items that the mobile body needs to perform on the day in the hospital in a clockwise direction according to the schedule. In addition, the finished item is displayed in an inactive state. For example, according to today's schedule of the moving object shown in FIG. 14, first, the patient goes to the general reception and receives a medical examination from the doctor in charge at the corresponding outpatient department. Then, to go to the radiology department for examinations, receive MRI examinations, see the doctor in charge again, and complete the accounting, the entire schedule for the moving body for that day will be completed.

  It is also possible to edit this schedule. For example, in the case of going to an ATM before accounting, the moving body first touches the “ATM location” menu button. Then, dragging while touching the menu button (ATM icon), the ATM icon is dropped in front of the accounting icon displayed in the schedule displayed in a circle. By performing such an operation, the examination after the examination is completed, and it is possible to edit the schedule to stop at the ATM before accounting. The navigation terminal 4 performs navigation with respect to the moving body according to the updated schedule.

  Thus, by calculating the moving speed, distance, and direction of a moving body such as a patient who receives guidance in a hospital, and displaying an appropriate screen from the distance between the moving body and the navigation terminal, the moving body Guidance information can be obtained from the navigation terminal without any particularly aggressive actions such as device operation, and guidance that corresponds to the circumstances of individual mobile units and occasional hospitals is now possible. An in-hospital navigation system can be provided.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the second embodiment, the same components as those described in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description of the same components is omitted because it is duplicated.

  In the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 15, the identification information conversion device 71 is incorporated in the in-hospital navigation system 1 described in the first embodiment.

  The mobile terminal 2 possessed by the mobile body in the first embodiment is premised on, for example, an examination ticket issued by each medical institution. Even now, for example, in order to manage a patient (mobile body) using various management systems such as a hospital information management system (HIS), a patient ID is given to each patient, or various examination tickets are used. You are entering the correct information. On the other hand, not only in medical institutions but also in society in general, for example, the citizens have some number that can uniquely identify individuals in a wide area issued by public institutions or third-party institutions, such as individual numbers in the Basic Resident Register. Have. Examples of this include “Suica (registered trademark)” issued by East Japan Railway Company and “Edy” (registered trademark) issued by Sony Finance International. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the personal ID representing the already operated individual is used as the personal identification information, and navigation is similarly performed in the hospital.

  However, since these numbers are different from so-called patient IDs used when hospitals manage patients, personal identification information (hereinafter referred to as “personal IDs” given by third parties, etc. already owned by mobile bodies). ") And personal identification information (hereinafter referred to as" patient ID "as appropriate) given at each medical institution. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the identification information conversion device 71 is connected to the network 5. The identification information conversion device 71 stores information in which a personal ID and a patient ID are associated in advance.

  As for the flow of navigation, as described above, when the determination unit 55 determines that the target mobile body is stopped in front of the navigation terminal 4 based on the information from the mobile terminal recognition device 41 (FIG. The personal information is confirmed (ST28). The flow of converting personal identification information in a wide area into personal identification information for each medical institution is converted by using the identification information converting device 71 in the step 28 “personal information confirmation”.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 16, in the second embodiment, the personal identification information transmitted from the mobile terminal recognition device 41 is transmitted to the personal information management device 3 and the personal information is inquired. It transmits to the converter 71 (ST41).

  The identification information conversion device 71 stores wide-area personal identification information issued by the third-party organization in advance for each third-party organization (identification information) and associates it with the personal identification information provided by the medical institution. I remember. Therefore, the transmitted wide-area personal identification information issued by the third party is converted into personal identification information provided by the corresponding medical institution (ST42). The converted personal identification information is transmitted to the navigation terminal 4 (ST43), and the determination means 55 makes an inquiry to the personal information management device 3 (ST29).

  In this way, even if the personal identification information received by the mobile terminal recognition device 41 is given from a third party, personal information management is performed based on the personal identification information given by the medical institution Personal identification information can be acquired from the device 3. Therefore, the individual provided by the third party already owned by the mobile body is not the mobile terminal 2 that stores the personal identification information given by the medical institution, in particular, while maintaining the effects of the first embodiment described above. The portable terminal 2 which memorize | stored identification information can be utilized, and the navigation system which can aim at the further improvement of convenience can be provided.

(Third embodiment)
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the third embodiment, the same components as those described in the first and second embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description of the same components is duplicated. Omitted.

  The third embodiment is characterized in that a movement trajectory recording device 81 for storing a trajectory in which a moving body moves in the hospital is incorporated in the in-hospital navigation system 1 described in the first embodiment.

  Each time the mobile body moves in the hospital and passes near the navigation terminal 4, the mobile terminal recognition device 41 captures the movement of the mobile terminal 2, and the calculation means 54 calculates the speed, distance, and direction of the mobile body. ing. Therefore, information related to the trajectory of the moving body transmitted from each mobile terminal recognition device 41 is recorded by the movement trajectory recording device 81, and this information is shared among a plurality of navigation terminals 4 installed in the hospital. Thus, it is possible to infer movements, destinations, and the like of the same moving body in the hospital.

  For example, when the target mobile object is captured in the navigation terminal 4 that is not on the route indicated by the navigation terminal 4, it can be estimated that the mobile object is off the route. In such a case, it is possible to perform navigation to return to the route shown so far, but rather, the mobile object was captured again considering that it was meaningful that the mobile object was off the route. It is more practical to perform navigation from place to destination, and moving objects are less likely to get lost.

  In the third embodiment, since all the movement trajectories of the moving body captured by the plurality of navigation terminals 4 are recorded in the movement trajectory recording device 81, the destination to which the moving body moves can be estimated. it can. Therefore, the determination means 55 makes an inquiry to the personal information management device 3 to confirm the schedule of the moving body, the congestion of the examination room, etc. (ST31 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10), and then accesses the movement track recording device 81 to Shows the destination to which the moving body should move. In addition, when the moving body is moving, for example, when it is close to a toilet, the movement trajectory of the moving body is recorded. Therefore, the route from the toilet location to the destination is set again for navigation. Is possible.

  By performing such navigation, it is possible to perform navigation that respects the intention of the moving object while maintaining the effects of the first embodiment described above, and it is possible to further improve the practicality and convenience. A navigation system that can be provided can be provided.

  In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, an example in which an appropriate screen is appropriately displayed on the display unit 42g is shown as a method for guiding a moving body in a hospital. In addition to visual appeals such as screen display, a notification method appealing to other senses such as voice guidance may be used.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiments. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, you may combine the component covering different embodiment suitably.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the navigation system in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of a personal information management apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the information memorize | stored in the personal information management apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of a navigation terminal. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of a portable terminal recognition apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of information transfer between a portable terminal recognition apparatus and a facility guidance apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of a facility guidance apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a guide means. It is explanatory drawing which shows the transition of the state in a guidance means. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the navigation performed with respect to a moving body. It is the schematic diagram which showed an example of the screen displayed on a display means. It is the schematic diagram which showed an example of the screen displayed on a display means. It is the schematic diagram which showed an example of the screen displayed on a display means. It is the schematic diagram which showed an example of the screen displayed on a display means. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the navigation system in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows a part of flow of the navigation performed with respect to a moving body in 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the navigation system in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Navigation system 2 Portable terminal 3 Personal information management apparatus 4 Navigation terminal 5 Network

Claims (10)

A mobile terminal possessed by a mobile body that moves within the hospital, and in which personal identification information about the mobile body is stored;
A personal information management device that collects and manages information on the mobile object possessing the mobile terminal;
The personal information management device is connected to the personal information management device via a network, acquires personal information related to the mobile body from the personal information management device based on the personal identification information stored in the mobile terminal, and the mobile body A navigation terminal indicating a next destination to which the mobile body should move in a hospital;
An in-hospital navigation system comprising:   The in-hospital navigation system according to claim 1, wherein the portable terminal exchanges personal identification information with the navigation terminal in a non-contact manner.   The personal information management device retrieves information on the mobile body as a target from the in-hospital information storage means in response to an inquiry from the navigation terminal, and in-hospital information storage means for collecting and storing information about the mobile body. The in-hospital navigation system according to claim 1, further comprising information generation means for generating information to be transmitted to the navigation terminal.   The navigation terminal captures the state of the mobile terminal possessed by the mobile body, and guides the mobile body from the state of the mobile terminal captured by the mobile terminal recognition apparatus to the destination. The facility guidance device that calculates necessary information, and a notification device that selects the calculated information and notifies the mobile body of the facility guidance device. Hospital navigation system.   The in-hospital navigation system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a plurality of the navigation terminals are installed in a hospital.   The portable terminal recognition device stores the position information of the portable terminal and the received time information from the personal identification information transmitted from the portable terminal, the personal identification information, the position information, and the time information. The in-hospital navigation system according to claim 4, further comprising: a transmission preparation unit that collectively transmits the information to the facility guidance device.   The in-hospital navigation system according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein a plurality of the mobile terminal recognition devices are installed around the notification device.   The facility guidance device includes a state determination unit that determines a state of the mobile terminal from information transmitted from the mobile terminal recognition device, an information storage unit that stores information transmitted from the mobile terminal recognition device, and the mobile Calculation means for calculating the movement of the mobile terminal based on the information transmitted from the terminal recognition device, and access to the personal information management device from the result of the calculation means to obtain personal information about the mobile object, and the mobile object In contrast, the moving body includes a determination unit that determines a next destination to be moved in the hospital, and a display screen storage unit that stores a screen for displaying guidance information that matches the determination. The in-hospital navigation system according to claim 1. A mobile terminal possessed by a mobile body moving in a hospital, and storing personal identification information about the mobile body possessed therein;
An identification information converter connected to a network and converting the personal information identification information into in-hospital identification information used in a hospital;
A personal information management device that is connected to the network together with the identification information conversion device and collects and manages information on the mobile object that has the mobile terminal;
Based on in-hospital identification information connected to the network and converted by the identification information conversion device, personal information regarding the mobile body is acquired from the personal information management device, and the mobile body is hospitalized with respect to the mobile body A navigation terminal indicating the next destination to move in,
An in-hospital navigation system comprising: A mobile terminal possessed by a mobile body moving in a hospital, and storing personal identification information about the mobile body possessed therein;
A movement trajectory recording device connected to a network and recording the movement of the mobile terminal;
A personal information management device that is connected to the network together with the identification information conversion device and collects and manages information on the mobile object that has the mobile terminal;
Based on the personal identification information stored in the mobile terminal connected to the network, the personal information related to the moving body is acquired from the personal information management device, and the information from the movement track recording device is also taken into account. A navigation terminal indicating a next destination to which the moving body should move in a hospital with respect to the moving body;
An in-hospital navigation system comprising:

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