JP2009216445A - Emergency navigation terminal and emergency care navigation system using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly convenient emergency navigation terminal capable of conveying a patient to a hospital in a shorter time and of being utilized even when a disease is not advanced to the extent that an ambulance should be called. <P>SOLUTION: The emergency navigation terminal incldues a position detection part 11, a memory device 13, an emergency button 14 for starting contact with a hospital, an operating machine 12, a displaying apparatus 17, and a controller 16 which reads from the memory device map data and hospital data of the circumference of a current position detected in the position detecting part in response to a depression of emergency button, displays and overlaying in the map indicated in the read map data a hospital having the diagnosis and treatment department designated by an operation on the operating machine in the hospital indicated in the read hospital data, and performs route navigation by retrieving a route to the hospital chosen from the current position and displaying it on the displaying apparatus when one of the hospitals displayed in the displaying apparatus is chosen with an operation of the operating machine. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an emergency navigation terminal for a user to make an emergency report and an emergency medical navigation system using the emergency navigation terminal.

  In recent years, there has been a shortage of medical workers, which has become a social problem. In particular, the problems related to emergency patient acceptance in emergency hospitals are serious, and it takes a great deal of time to find a hospital. In order to solve such a problem, Patent Document 1 discloses that an emergency vehicle can efficiently and quickly arrive at the address area of the emergency reporter, and reliably and quickly transport the patient from the emergency reporter to the patient transport destination. Disclosed are an emergency vehicle allocation method, a call center, an emergency notification terminal, and a vehicle allocation management system for realizing emergency vehicle allocation management.

  In the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, the emergency report terminal that transmits the emergency report source detailed information together with the emergency report via the Internet, and the emergency report transmitted by the emergency report terminal are accepted, and the emergency report source receives the emergency report terminal. A call center system having notification source position determination means, dispatch ambulance position determination means, traffic jam information acquisition means, display control means, ambulance standby status output means, etc. It has a fire department to receive, an ambulance that carries emergency cases, and a hospital that receives emergency cases.

  Patent Document 2 discloses an emergency navigation device that promptly guides a sick person who needs emergency processing to an appropriate hospital. This emergency navigation device receives and displays the GPS unit that determines the current position by a GPS (Global Positioning System) signal and the reception system information (clinical subjects, operation reception system status, hospitalization status, etc.) of the local hospital and displays them. A display processing unit and a road information display processing unit for receiving and displaying road information (such as traffic jam information) are provided.

JP 2001-325689 A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-065290

  In the technologies disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 described above, there is a problem that it takes time to transport an emergency patient in an area far from the fire station where an ambulance is waiting. Moreover, since these techniques cannot be applied to pedestrians or general vehicles, the techniques disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 cannot be used unless they are severe enough to call an ambulance.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and the problem is that it is possible to transport an emergency patient to a hospital that can accept an emergency case in a short time and is not severe enough to call an ambulance. Even so, it is to provide an emergency navigation terminal that can be used with high convenience and an emergency medical navigation system using the emergency navigation terminal.

  In order to solve the above problems, an emergency navigation terminal according to the present invention includes a position detection unit that detects a current position, a storage device that stores map data and hospital data, and an emergency button for starting contact with a hospital. And an operation device for inputting instructions by operation, a display device for displaying information, and reading out map data and hospital data around the current position detected by the position detection unit in response to pressing of the emergency button from the storage device The hospital having the department designated by the operation of the operating device in the hospital indicated by the read hospital data is superimposed on the map indicated by the read map data and displayed on the display. When one of the hospitals displayed on is selected by operating the controller, the process from the current position detected by the position detection unit to the selected hospital is performed. And a controller for performing route guidance by displaying the the search to the display based on the map data read from the storage device.

  According to the emergency navigation terminal of the present invention, a plurality of hospitals having designated departments are displayed on a map around the current position in response to pressing of the emergency button, and one of the displayed hospitals is displayed. If one is selected, route search and route guidance from the current position to the selected hospital will be performed, so even in areas far from the fire station where ambulances are waiting, emergency vehicles can be transported with ordinary vehicles . As a result, it can be transported to a hospital that can accept emergency cases in a short time. Even if the ambulance is not severe enough to call an ambulance, this ambulatory navigation terminal can be used, which is highly convenient.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
Embodiment 1 FIG.
The emergency navigation terminal according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is realized on a mobile phone (hereinafter referred to as a “mobile phone-type emergency navigation terminal”). FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile phone type emergency navigation terminal according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The emergency navigation terminal includes a GPS receiver 11, an operating device 12, a storage device 13, an emergency button 14, a telephone function unit 15, a controller 16, and a display 17.

  The GPS receiver 11 corresponds to the position detection unit of the present invention. The GPS receiver 11 receives radio waves transmitted from GPS satellites and sends them to the controller 16 as GPS data. The GPS data includes data indicating its current position, data indicating the date and the current time. The position detection unit of the present invention is not limited to the GPS receiver 11, and when the emergency navigation terminal is configured by a PHS (Personal Handyphone System) terminal, a function of acquiring the current position from the telephone network is used. You can also.

  The operating device 12 includes a push button switch or a dial provided on the mobile phone, and is used by the user to give various instructions to the mobile phone. Operation data generated by operating the controller 12 is sent to the controller 16.

  The storage device 13 is composed of, for example, a semiconductor memory and stores map data M and hospital data H. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the structure of the hospital data H stored in the storage device 13. Hospital data H includes data for multiple hospitals. The data for each hospital includes the hospital name, hospital location information, type of department, closed days, opening hours, admission availability, telephone number, hospital emergency website It consists of an address (URL) and identification information as to whether or not it is an emergency hospital. The map data M and hospital data H stored in the storage device 13 are read by the controller 16.

  The emergency button 14 is composed of, for example, a push button switch, and is used to start contact with a hospital when an emergency occurs. When the emergency button 14 is pressed, an emergency call signal indicating that fact is sent to the controller 16.

  The telephone function unit 15 manages the telephone function of the mobile phone. The telephone function unit 15 has an automatic dialing function for automatically connecting to a telephone number sent from the controller 16. In addition, when the connection is disconnected, the telephone function unit 15 sends a signal indicating that to the controller 16.

  The controller 16 is composed of, for example, a microcomputer and performs processing for realizing a function as a mobile phone. In addition, the controller 16 displays a medical department on the display 17 according to an emergency call signal sent from the emergency button 14. A process for displaying, a process for causing the telephone function unit 15 to start automatic dialing, a route search process for searching for a route from the current position to the hospital, and a route guidance process for displaying the searched route on a map for guidance And so on. Details of processing executed by the controller 16 will be described later.

  The display unit 17 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display device, and displays various types of information in accordance with display data sent from the controller 16. For example, according to the display data sent from the controller 16, a map including a list of medical departments or routes is displayed.

  Next, the operation of the emergency navigation terminal according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  When the user carrying the emergency navigation terminal or a nearby person becomes a patient requiring treatment, the user or the nearby person presses the emergency button 14 of the emergency navigation terminal (step ST11). As a result, an emergency call signal is generated in the emergency button 14 and sent to the controller 16.

  Next, a list of medical departments is displayed on the display 17 (step ST12). That is, when receiving an emergency call signal from the emergency button 14, the controller 16 acquires data representing a medical department stored in its own internal memory (not shown) and sends it to the display 17. As a result, a list of medical departments such as internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, and orthopedics as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display 17.

  Next, a department is selected (step ST13). That is, the user operates the operation device 12 to select one of the medical departments displayed on the display unit 17, for example, the obstetrics according to the patient's medical condition. Operation data representing the medical department selected by the operation of the controller 12 is sent to the controller 16.

  Next, a plurality of optimal hospitals are selected (step ST14). That is, the controller 16 refers to the hospital data H stored in the storage device 13 and selects a plurality of optimal hospitals. Specifically, the controller 16 acquires a date from GPS data sent from the GPS receiver 11, calculates the day of the week of the acquired date from a calendar (not shown), and calculates the calculated day of the week in the hospital. Along with the “absence day” in the data H, the current time is acquired from the GPS data, the acquired current time is compared with the “opening time” in the hospital data H, and a plurality of available at that time Select a hospital. Then, a plurality of hospitals having “clinical departments” indicated by the operation data sent from the controller 12 are selected from the selected hospitals by collating with “clinical departments” in the hospital data H. To do. The distance from the current position to the hospital from the “position information” in the hospital data H corresponding to the selected hospitals and the data indicating the current position included in the GPS data obtained from the GPS receiver 11 And a plurality of hospitals are selected in order of increasing distance.

  Next, a map and a plurality of hospitals are displayed (step ST15). That is, the controller 16 displays the current position symbol generated based on the data indicating the current position included in the GPS data obtained from the GPS receiver 11 and the map centered on the current position read from the storage device 13. The map data M is sent to the display unit 17 and the hospital names of a plurality of hospitals selected in step ST14 are sent to the display unit 17. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 5, a map on which the symbol of the current position, the symbol of the hospital, and the hospital name are superimposed is displayed on the display unit 17.

  In this state, the user operates the operating device 12 to select an optimal hospital from a plurality of hospitals displayed on the display device 17 (step ST16). Operation data representing the hospital selected in step ST16 is sent to the controller 16.

  Next, the location information and telephone number of the hospital are acquired (step ST17). That is, the controller 16 reads out the hospital data H corresponding to the hospital indicated by the operation data sent from the controller 13 from the storage device 13, and obtains “location information” and “phone number” from the read hospital data H. get.

  Next, automatic dial transmission is performed to the hospital (step ST18). That is, the controller 16 sends a call instruction to the telephone function unit 15. Thereby, the telephone function part 15 carries out automatic dial transmission to the telephone number of the hospital acquired by step ST17. When connected to the hospital by this automatic dialing, the user confirms acceptance of the patient at the hospital (step ST19). Thereafter, the user disconnects the line and ends the communication.

  Next, a route search from the current position to the hospital is performed (step ST20). That is, when the controller 16 receives a signal indicating that the connection has been disconnected from the telephone function unit 15, the controller 16 stores in the storage device 13 from the hospital position information acquired in step ST <b> 17 and the data indicating the current position acquired from GPS data. The route search from the current position to the hospital is executed using the stored map data M.

  When this route search is completed, route guidance to the hospital is then performed (step ST21). That is, the controller 16 performs route guidance by displaying a map including the route to the hospital on the display unit 17. Thereby, even if an urgent illness occurs in an area far from the fire station where the ambulance is waiting, the patient can be promptly transported to the hospital on foot or by a general vehicle (not an ambulance vehicle).

As described above, according to the emergency navigation terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of hospitals having the departments designated on the map around the current position in response to pressing of the emergency button 14 are provided. When one of the displayed hospitals is selected, route search and route guidance from the current location to the selected hospital is performed, so in areas far from the fire station where the ambulance is waiting Even in such a case, emergency vehicles can be transported by ordinary vehicles. As a result, it can be transported to a hospital that can accept emergency cases in a short time. Even if the ambulance is not severe enough to call an ambulance, this ambulatory navigation terminal can be used, which is highly convenient.
In the current emergency medical system, the hospital accepts an emergency patient at the medical center requested by the patient or a nearby person, but the hospital itself has the same functions as the medical center. The emergency navigation terminal according to Embodiment 1 is very effective.

  Further, according to the emergency navigation terminal according to the first embodiment, when one of the hospitals displayed on the display unit 17 is selected by the operation of the operating device 12, the telephone function unit 15 selects the selected hospital. Since the automatic dialing is performed to the telephone number included in the hospital data, a complicated dial operation is not required, and it is possible to easily confirm acceptance of the patient at the hospital.

  The emergency navigation terminal according to the first embodiment described above can be modified as follows. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an emergency navigation terminal according to a modification of the first embodiment. This emergency navigation terminal is configured by removing the telephone function unit 15 from the emergency navigation terminal according to the first embodiment.

  In the operation of this emergency navigation terminal, in the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, a step of automatically dialing to the hospital using the telephone function unit 15 (step ST18) and a step of the user confirming acceptance of the patient to the hospital (step) ST19) is omitted. In this case, in step ST <b> 17, the controller 16 sends the acquired hospital location information and telephone number to the display unit 17 for display. The user looks at the telephone number displayed on the display 17 and calls the hospital with the mobile phone to confirm whether the patient can be accepted. If it can be confirmed that it is acceptable, in step ST20, the mobile phone is manually started to search for a route.

  Similarly to the emergency navigation terminal according to the first embodiment described above, the emergency navigation terminal according to the modified example of the first embodiment configured as described above also promptly transports the patient to the hospital on foot or by a general vehicle. be able to.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of an emergency medical navigation system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. This emergency medical navigation system includes an emergency navigation terminal 2, a medical center terminal 3, and a hospital terminal 4 connected to the Internet 1. The Internet 1 corresponds to the communication network of the present invention. Note that the communication network of the present invention is not limited to the Internet 1, and other networks can be used.

  The emergency navigation terminal 2 is a terminal owned by the user, and transmits an emergency report to the medical center terminal 3 via the Internet 1. In addition, since communication between the emergency navigation terminal 2, the medical center terminal 3, and the hospital terminal 4 is all performed via the Internet 1, the following description indicates that the communication is performed via the Internet 1 unless otherwise required. Description is omitted. The emergency navigation terminal 2 receives the location information of the patient receiving hospital returned from the medical center terminal 3 in response to the transmitted emergency report, and provides route guidance to the hospital. Details of the emergency navigation terminal 2 will be described later.

  The medical center terminal 3 is an Internet server installed in the medical center and accepts an emergency report transmitted from the emergency navigation terminal 2. In addition, the medical center terminal 3 inquires of the hospital terminal 4 whether or not the accepted emergency report can be accepted, and the position information of the patient receiving destination hospital transmitted from the hospital terminal 4 in response to this inquiry is used as the emergency navigation terminal 2. Reply to Details of the medical center terminal 3 will be described later.

  The hospital terminal 4 is an Internet server installed in the hospital, and accepts an inquiry about acceptability of a patient transmitted from the medical center terminal 3. Further, the hospital terminal transmits an answer to this inquiry (patient acceptance / non-acceptance) to the medical center terminal 3. Details of the hospital terminal 4 will be described later.

  Next, details of the emergency navigation terminal 2 will be described. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the emergency navigation terminal 2. This emergency navigation terminal 2 has substantially the same function as the mobile phone type emergency navigation terminal according to the first embodiment, and includes a GPS receiver 11, an operating device 12, a storage device 13a, an emergency button 14, and a telephone function unit 15a. , A controller 16a, a display 17 and a body measuring device 18. The body measuring device 18 is an option, and details will be described later. In the following, the same or corresponding components as those of the emergency navigation terminal according to the first embodiment will be denoted by the same reference numerals as those used in the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted. To do.

  The storage device 13a corresponds to the storage device or the first storage device of the present invention, and is composed of, for example, a semiconductor memory and stores the map data M. This storage device 13a differs from the storage device 13 of the emergency navigation terminal according to Embodiment 1 in that it does not store the hospital data H. The map data M stored in the storage device 13a is read by the controller 16a.

  The emergency button 14 is the same as that of the emergency navigation terminal according to Embodiment 1 except that the purpose of use is different. That is, in the emergency navigation terminal according to the first embodiment, the emergency button 14 is used to start contact with the hospital when an emergency illness occurs, whereas the emergency navigation terminal 2 according to the second embodiment. Then, it is used to transmit an emergency report to the medical center terminal 3.

  The telephone function unit 15a has a function of connecting to the Internet 1 in addition to controlling the telephone function. The telephone function unit 15a transmits an emergency report to the medical center terminal 3 according to the emergency report data sent from the controller 16a. The telephone function unit 15a receives the position information of the patient receiving hospital transmitted from the medical center terminal 3 and sends it to the controller 16a.

  The controller 16a is composed of, for example, a microcomputer, and corresponds to the controller or the first controller of the present invention. The controller 16a performs processing for realizing a function as a mobile phone, generates processing for displaying a medical department on the display 17, and generates emergency report data according to an emergency transmission signal sent from the emergency button 14. Then, the map data M around the position indicated by the process to be sent to the telephone function unit 15 and the position information of the patient receiving hospital sent from the telephone function unit 15 is read from the storage device 13a, and the read map data M Accordingly, a process for searching for a route from the current position indicated by the GPS data to the hospital indicated by the position information, a route guidance process for displaying a map including the searched route, and guiding the route are executed. Details of processing executed by the controller 16 will be described later.

  The display device 17 displays various information according to the display data sent from the controller 16a. For example, a map including a route is displayed according to display data sent from the controller 16a.

  Next, details of the medical center terminal 3 will be described. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the medical center terminal 3. The medical center terminal 3 includes an operating device 21, a storage device 22, a controller 23, and a display 24.

  The operating device 21 is composed of an operation console, for example, and is used by an operator to give various instructions to the medical center terminal 3. Operation data generated by operating the controller 21 is sent to the controller 23.

  The storage device 22 corresponds to the second storage device of the present invention, and is composed of an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), for example, and stores map data M and hospital data H. The map data M and the hospital data H are the same as the map data M and the hospital data H stored in the storage device 13 of the emergency navigation terminal according to the first embodiment. The map data M and hospital data H stored in the storage device 22 are read by the controller 23.

  The controller 23 is composed of a microcomputer, for example, and corresponds to the second controller of the present invention. The controller 23 receives an emergency report transmitted from the emergency navigation terminal 2 and inquires of the hospital terminal 4 whether or not the patient indicated by the emergency report is acceptable. Further, in response to this inquiry about acceptability, the controller 23 generates information indicating acceptability sent from the hospital terminal 4 and transmits it to the emergency navigation terminal 2. Furthermore, the controller 23 sends the map data M and the hospital data H read from the storage device 22 to the display 24, and displays the map and information about the hospital.

  The display 24 is composed of a liquid crystal display device, for example, and displays various kinds of information according to various display data sent from the controller 23. For example, according to the map data M and the hospital data H sent from the controller 23, the map and information about the hospital are respectively displayed.

  Next, details of the hospital terminal 4 will be described. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the hospital terminal 4. The hospital terminal 4 includes an operating device 31, a storage device 32, a controller 33, and a display 34.

  The operating device 31 is composed of an operation console, for example, and is used by an operator to give various instructions to the hospital terminal 4. Operation data generated by operating this operating device 31 is sent to the controller 33.

  The storage device 32 corresponds to the third storage device of the present invention, and is composed of, for example, an HDD and stores hospital data H ′. The hospital data H 'is composed of data for one hospital among the data for a plurality of hospitals shown in FIG. The hospital data H ′ stored in the storage device 32 is read by the controller 33.

  The controller 33 is constituted by a microcomputer, for example, and corresponds to the third controller of the present invention. In response to the inquiry about acceptability of a patient transmitted from the medical center terminal 3, the controller 33 transmits information indicating acceptability to the medical center terminal 3. Further, the controller 33 sends the hospital data H ′ read from the storage device 32 to the display device 34 and causes the display device 17 to display information about the hospital.

  The display 34 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display device, and displays various types of information according to various display data sent from the controller 33. For example, information related to the hospital is displayed according to the hospital data H ′ sent from the controller 33.

  Next, the operation of the emergency medical navigation system configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the user carrying the emergency navigation terminal 2 or a nearby person becomes a patient requiring treatment, the emergency navigation terminal 2 performs an emergency notification process for the medical center terminal 3 (step ST31).

  Details of the emergency notification process performed in step ST31 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When a patient requiring treatment occurs, the user carrying the emergency navigation terminal 2 or a nearby person presses the emergency button 14 (step ST61). As a result, an emergency call signal is generated by the emergency button 14 and sent to the controller 16a.

  Next, a list of medical departments is displayed on the display 17 (step ST62). That is, when receiving an emergency call signal from the emergency button 14, the controller 16 a acquires data representing a medical department stored in its own internal memory (not shown) and sends it to the display 17. As a result, a list of medical departments such as internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, and orthopedics as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display 17.

  Next, a department is selected (step ST63). That is, the user operates the operating device 12 to select one of the medical departments displayed on the display unit 17, for example, the obstetrics, according to the patient's medical condition. Operation data representing the department selected by the operation of the operating device 12 is sent to the controller 16a.

  Next, position information is acquired (step ST64). That is, the controller 16a acquires GPS data from the GPS receiver 11, and acquires data indicating its current position from the GPS data. Next, connection to the Internet is made (step ST65). The controller 16a instructs the telephone function unit 15a to connect to the Internet 1. Thereby, the emergency navigation terminal 2 and the medical center terminal 3 are connected.

  Next, an emergency report is made (step ST66). That is, the controller 16a sends the data indicating the current position of the emergency navigation terminal 2 acquired in step ST64 and the data indicating the medical department selected in step ST63 to the telephone function unit 15a. The telephone function unit 15 a sends an emergency report by transmitting these data to the medical center terminal 3. The emergency report process is thus completed.

  When the emergency notification process in the emergency navigation terminal 2 is completed, as shown in FIG. 11, the medical center terminal 3 accepts the emergency report transmitted from the emergency navigation terminal 2 (step ST41). That is, the controller 23 receives data indicating the current position and data indicating the medical department transmitted from the emergency navigation terminal 2.

  Next, a plurality of optimal hospitals are selected (step ST42). That is, the controller 23 refers to the hospital data H read from the storage device 22 and selects a plurality of optimal hospitals. Specifically, the controller 23 obtains the date from a clock (not shown), calculates the day of the week from the calendar (not shown), and calculates the day of the week in the hospital data H as the “patient day”. The current time is acquired from the clock, and the acquired current time is compared with the “opening time” in the hospital data H, and a plurality of hospitals available at that time are selected. Then, a plurality of hospitals having “clinical departments” indicated by the data representing the medical departments received in step ST41 are selected from the selected hospitals by collating with “clinical departments” in the hospital data H. To do. Then, the distance from the current position to the hospital is calculated from the “position information” in the hospital data H corresponding to the plurality of selected hospitals and the data indicating the current position received in step ST41, and the distance is short. Select multiple hospitals in order.

  Next, a patient acceptance consultation is performed (step ST43). That is, the controller 23 acquires the URLs of the plurality of hospitals selected in step ST42 from the hospital data H read from the storage device 22, and determines whether or not the patient with the clinical department can accept the URLs acquired. Send data for consultation.

  When the hospital terminal 4 receives data from the medical center terminal 3 asking whether to accept a patient, the hospital terminal 4 determines whether to accept the patient (step ST51). In other words, the controller 33 collates the clinical department included in the data received from the medical center terminal 3 as to whether or not it is acceptable and the clinical department of the hospital data H ′ stored in the storage device 32 so that they match. Make sure. Then, the controller 33 displays the collated clinical department on the display 34 and sounds an alarm from a speaker (not shown). The operator of the hospital terminal 4 determines whether or not the patient can be accepted from the situation of the doctor in charge of the medical department and the situation of the hospital room.

  If it is determined in step ST51 that the patient can be accepted, then confirmation of patient acceptance is performed (step ST52). That is, the operator operates the operating device 31 and inputs data indicating whether or not a patient can be accepted. Data representing whether or not the patient can be accepted, which is generated by operating the controller 31, is sent to the controller 33 as operation data. Based on the operation data sent from the controller 31, the controller 33 transmits data representing whether or not the patient can be accepted to the medical center terminal 3.

  The medical center terminal 3 refers to the data indicating whether or not the patient can be accepted sent from the hospital terminal 4, determines the patient receiving hospital, and sends a reply to the emergency report to the emergency navigation terminal 2. It performs (step ST44). That is, the controller 23 extracts a hospital indicating that the patient can be accepted from the data indicating whether or not the patient can be accepted sent from the plurality of hospital terminals 4, and emergency navigation is performed from the extracted hospitals. The hospital closest to the location of terminal 2 is determined. Then, the determined position information of the hospital is acquired from the hospital data H stored in the storage device 22 and transmitted to the emergency navigation terminal 2 together with the hospital name. At the same time, the controller 23 contacts the determined hospital to prepare for acceptance.

  The emergency navigation terminal 2 receives hospital position information (step ST32). That is, the telephone function unit 15a receives the hospital name and its position information from the medical center terminal 3 and sends them to the controller 16a.

  Next, a route search to the hospital is performed (step ST33). That is, when the controller 16a receives the hospital name and its position information from the telephone function unit 15a, the controller 16a acquires GPS data from the GPS receiver 11, and acquires data indicating its current position from the GPS data. Then, the route search from the current position to the hospital is executed using the map data M stored in the storage device 13 from the position information of the hospital and the data representing the current position.

  Next, route guidance to the hospital is performed (step ST34). That is, the controller 16a reads the mark indicating the current position indicated by the data indicating the current position acquired in step ST33 and the route from the current position to the hospital calculated in step ST33 from the storage device 13a. Display data superimposed on the map created based on the data is generated and sent to the display 17. As a result, a mark indicating the current position of the user and a guide map in which the route from the current position to the hospital is superimposed on the map are displayed on the display device 17 and the route guidance is performed. Thus, the operation of the emergency medical navigation system is completed.

  As described above, according to the emergency medical navigation system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, even in an area far from the fire station where the ambulance is on standby, it is possible to carry the emergency case with a general vehicle. As a result, it can be transported to a hospital that can accept emergency cases in a short time. Even if the ambulance is not severe enough to call an ambulance, the emergency medical navigation system can be used, which is highly convenient.

  In the emergency medical navigation system according to the second embodiment described above, the emergency navigation terminal 2 is configured by a mobile phone type emergency navigation terminal having a GPS function and provided with an emergency button 14. It can also be comprised from the vehicle-mounted navigation system and mobile phone which are installed and perform the same operation | movement as the emergency medical navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 2 mentioned above.

  In the emergency medical navigation system according to the second embodiment described above, a route search from the position of the emergency navigation terminal 2 to the position of the hospital is performed in the emergency navigation terminal 2, but this route search is performed in the medical center terminal. It is also possible to configure so that the route searched for is returned to the emergency navigation terminal 2 in step 3.

  In the emergency medical navigation system according to the second embodiment described above, when the distance from the position of the emergency navigation terminal 2 to the position of the hospital is short, as a route search from the position of the emergency navigation terminal 2 to the position of the hospital, It can also be configured to perform a route search for walking.

  In the emergency medical navigation system according to the second embodiment described above, the emergency navigation terminal 2 is configured to transmit the data indicating the current position and the data indicating the medical department to the medical center terminal 3 as an emergency report. By storing the hospital data H in addition to the map data M in the storage device 13a and referring to the hospital data H stored in the storage device 13a in the same manner as the emergency navigation terminal according to the first embodiment. A plurality of optimal hospitals can be selected, and the hospital data of the selected hospital can be transmitted in addition to the data indicating the current position and the data indicating the department. According to this configuration, the load on the medical center can be reduced.

  Furthermore, the emergency navigation terminal 2 includes a body measuring device 18 such as a blood pressure monitor, a pulse meter, or a thermometer. When the emergency navigation terminal 2 is connected to the medical center terminal 3, the emergency navigation terminal 2 is a body measuring device. The obtained measurement data is transmitted, and the medical center terminal 3 can be configured to transfer the measurement data to the hospital that accepts the patient. According to this configuration, quicker emergency medical care can be expected.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
The emergency medical navigation system according to the second embodiment described above is applied to pedestrians and general vehicles, and is assumed to be used by general civilians. It is necessary to prevent proper access. In other words, since the medical center can usually be accessed freely via the Internet, the confusion that a malicious person inquires about the acceptance of an emergency hospital by naming an emergency patient and making the emergency hospital prepare an acceptance system. There is a possibility of bringing it in, so it is necessary to prevent this. The emergency medical navigation system according to Embodiment 3 is configured to prevent such a situation from occurring.

  In this emergency medical navigation system, the user of the emergency navigation terminal 2 reports in advance a name, address, and health insurance card or a certificate certifying the name and address to a specific institution, for example, a fire department, and issues a password. get. The user who has been given a password registers in advance the name, address and password given by a specific organization in the emergency navigation terminal 2.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a configuration of the emergency navigation terminal 2 applied to the emergency medical navigation system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. This emergency navigation terminal 2 is configured by adding a storage unit 19 to the emergency navigation terminal of the emergency medical navigation system according to the second embodiment. The registration of the name, address, and password is performed by storing the name, address, and password in the storage unit 19.

  The configuration of the emergency medical navigation system according to the third embodiment is the same as the configuration of the emergency medical navigation system according to the above-described second embodiment, except for some of the processes executed by the emergency navigation terminal 2 and the medical center terminal 3. It is.

  Next, the operation of the emergency medical navigation system according to the third embodiment will be described. Below, only the part which is different from Embodiment 2 is demonstrated.

  In the flowchart shown in FIG. 11, the emergency navigation terminal 2 connected to the medical center terminal 3 reads the user's name, address, and password from the storage unit 19 and sends them to the medical center terminal 3 when making an emergency report ( Step ST31). When the medical center terminal 3 receives an emergency report, the medical center terminal 3 regards the user's name and address received from the emergency navigation terminal 2 as a ciphertext, performs a predetermined calculation, and checks whether the password matches. Here, if it matches the password, the user is authenticated and the acceptance of the emergency report is accepted (step ST41). If the password does not match, the connection with the emergency navigation terminal 2 is immediately disconnected.

  For the encryption used here, for example, a DES (Data Encryption Standard) cipher that is a common key cipher can be used.

  As described above, according to the emergency medical navigation system according to the third embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to prevent a malicious person from taking the emergency case and having the emergency hospital set up an acceptance system and bringing in confusion. it can.

  Note that the function of authenticating a user in the emergency medical navigation system according to Embodiment 3 can also be applied to the emergency navigation terminal according to Embodiment 1 described above. In this case, since unnecessary confusion in the hospital can be prevented, the hospital itself can easily have a function as a medical center.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the emergency navigation terminal which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the hospital data memorize | stored in the memory | storage device which comprises the emergency navigation terminal which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the emergency navigation terminal which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the list of the medical departments displayed on the indicator of the emergency navigation terminal which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the map with which the symbol and hospital name of the hospital displayed on the indicator of the emergency navigation terminal which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention were superimposed. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the emergency navigation terminal which concerns on the modification of Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the emergency medical navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the emergency navigation terminal used with the emergency medical navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the medical center terminal used with the emergency medical navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the hospital terminal used with the emergency medical navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the emergency medical navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the emergency navigation terminal used with the emergency medical navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the emergency navigation terminal used with the emergency medical navigation system which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Internet, 2 Emergency navigation terminal, 3 Medical center terminal, 4 Hospital terminal, 11 GPS receiver, 12, 21 Operation machine, 13 Storage device, 13a Storage device (1st storage device), 14 Emergency button, 15, 15a Telephone Noh part, 16 controller, 16a controller (first controller), 17, 24, 34 display, 18 body measurement device, 19 storage unit, 22 storage device (second storage device), 23 controller (second controller), 32 Storage device (third storage device), 33 controller (third controller), M map data, H, H ′ hospital data.

Claims (8)

A position detector for detecting the current position;
A storage device for storing map data and hospital data;
An emergency button to initiate contact with the hospital,
An operating device for inputting instructions by operation;
A display for displaying information;
The map data and hospital data around the current position detected by the position detection unit in response to the pressing of the emergency button are read from the storage device, and the read hospital data on the map indicated by the read map data The hospital having the department designated by the operation of the operation device in the hospital indicated by is displayed on the display in a superimposed manner, and one of the hospitals displayed on the display is operated by the operation device. Route information by searching for a route from the current position detected by the position detection unit to the selected hospital based on the map data read from the storage device and displaying the route on the display. Emergency navigation terminal with controller to perform. It has a telephone function unit that controls communication with the outside.
The controller
The map data and hospital data around the current position detected by the position detection unit in response to pressing of the emergency button are read from the storage device, and are indicated by the read hospital data on the map indicated by the read map data. When a hospital having a medical department designated by operation of an operating device in a hospital is superimposed and displayed on a display, and one of the hospitals displayed on the display is selected by operating the operating device If the telephone function unit is automatically dialed to the telephone number included in the hospital data of the selected hospital by instructing the telephone function unit, the automatic dialing indicates that it is acceptable from the connected hospital. The route guidance is performed by searching for a route from the current position detected by the position detection unit to the selected hospital and displaying the route on the display. Emergency navigation terminal according to claim 1, symptoms. A position detector for detecting the current position;
A storage device for storing map data;
An emergency button to make an emergency call,
An operating device for inputting instructions by operation;
A display for displaying information;
A telephone function unit for controlling communication with the outside;
In response to pressing of the emergency button, an emergency report including the current position detected by the position detection unit and the medical department designated by the operation of the controller is transmitted to the outside by instructing the telephone function unit And acquiring the position information of one hospital transmitted from the outside in response to the transmission of the emergency report, and the route from the current position detected by the position detection unit to the hospital indicated by the acquired position information An emergency navigation terminal comprising: a controller that performs route guidance by searching based on map data read from the storage device and displaying the map on the display. An emergency medical navigation system in which an emergency navigation terminal, a medical center terminal, and a hospital terminal are connected to a communication network,
The emergency navigation terminal
A position detector for detecting the current position;
A first storage device for storing map data;
An emergency button to make an emergency call,
An operating device for inputting instructions by operation;
A display for displaying information;
A telephone function unit for controlling communication with the outside;
The communication network by instructing the telephone function unit to provide an emergency report including a current position detected by the position detection unit in response to pressing of the emergency button and a medical department designated by operation of the controller. To the medical center terminal via the network, and in response to the transmission of the emergency report, acquires the position information of one hospital transmitted from the medical center terminal via the communication network, A first controller that performs route guidance by searching for a route from the detected current position to the hospital indicated by the acquired position information based on the map data read from the first storage device and displaying the route on the display; With
The medical center terminal is
A second storage device storing map data and hospital data;
When an emergency report is received from the emergency navigation terminal via the communication network, map data and hospital data around the current position included in the emergency report are read from the second storage device, and the read map data A hospital that exists on the displayed map and that has a medical department included in the emergency call is selected from the hospitals indicated by the read hospital data, and the communication network receives an inquiry about whether or not the selected acceptance is accepted. Via the communication network by selecting one hospital from among the acceptable hospitals transmitted from the hospital terminal via the communication network in response to the transmission of the inquiry. A second controller for transmitting to the emergency navigation terminal,
The hospital terminal
A third storage device storing hospital data of the hospital;
In response to an inquiry transmitted from the medical center terminal via the communication network, information indicating acceptance based on hospital data read from the third storage device is transmitted to the medical center terminal via the communication network. An emergency medical navigation system comprising a third controller for transmitting. 5. The emergency navigation terminal includes a mobile phone including a position detection unit, a first storage device, an emergency button, an operating device, a display, a telephone function unit, and a first controller. Emergency medical navigation system. An emergency navigation terminal includes an in-vehicle navigation system including a position detection unit, a first storage device, an emergency button, an operating device, a display, and a first controller;
The emergency medical navigation system according to claim 4, further comprising a mobile phone including a telephone function unit connected to the first controller of the in-vehicle navigation system. The emergency navigation terminal
A storage unit is provided for storing the name, address, and password issued by notifying the name and address to a specific institution,
The first controller sends the name, address, and password read from the storage unit in response to the pressing of the emergency button to the medical center terminal via the communication network by instructing the telephone function unit, and the name, address, In response to the transmission of the password and the transmission of the password, information indicating that authentication has been performed from the medical center terminal via the communication network is designated by the current position detected by the position detection unit and the operation of the operating device. An emergency report including a medical department is transmitted to the medical center terminal via the communication network by instructing the telephone function unit, and the communication network is transmitted from the medical center terminal in response to the transmission of the emergency report. The position information of one hospital transmitted via the position is acquired, and the acquired position from the current position detected by the position detection unit It performs route guidance by displaying the route to the hospital indicated by the broadcast in the first on the basis of the map data read from the storage device searched by the display,
The second controller of the medical center terminal
When a name, address, and password are received from the emergency navigation terminal via the communication network, the received name and address are regarded as ciphertext, and after performing a predetermined calculation, it is checked whether the password matches, and the password When the emergency notification is received from the emergency navigation terminal via the communication network, the map data and the hospital data around the current position included in the emergency notification are read from the second storage device and the read A hospital that is present on the map indicated by the map data and that has the department included in the emergency report is selected from the hospitals indicated by the read hospital data, and an inquiry about whether or not the selected acceptance is accepted. Sent to the hospital terminal via the communication network and responded to the inquiry. Then, one hospital is selected from among the acceptable hospitals transmitted from the hospital terminal via the communication network, and is transmitted to the emergency navigation terminal via the communication network. 4. The emergency medical navigation system according to 4. The emergency navigation terminal includes an anthropometric device including a sphygmomanometer, a pulse meter, and a thermometer, and the first controller is designated by the current position detected by the position detection unit in response to pressing of the emergency button and the operation of the operating device. The emergency report including the measurement data obtained by the medical department and the body measuring device is transmitted to the medical center terminal via the communication network by instructing the telephone function unit, and in response to the transmission of the emergency report, The position information of one hospital transmitted from the medical center terminal via the communication network is acquired, and a route from the current position detected by the position detection unit to the hospital indicated by the acquired position information is first. 5. Route guidance is performed by searching based on map data read from a storage device and displaying the map data on a display. The emergency medical navigation system according to claim 7.

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