JP2013092923A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (11)

A tumble detector that detects a fall of the user,
An altitude change information generation unit that generates altitude change information that represents the amount of altitude change of the user, using detection data of an atmospheric pressure sensor ;
By utilizing the detection data of the acceleration sensor, and impact information generation unit for generating impact information indicating the magnitude of the impact applied to the user,
A fall detection device including a fall determination unit that determines whether or not the user has fallen using the altitude change information and the impact information. In claim 1,
The fall determination unit
A fall detection device that determines that the user has fallen when the amount of change in altitude of the user per predetermined time exceeds a predetermined threshold and the magnitude of an impact applied to the user exceeds a predetermined threshold . In claim 1 or 2,
The altitude change information generation unit
A fall detection device that generates information on the amount of change in atmospheric pressure detected by the atmospheric pressure sensor as the altitude change information. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3,
The impact information generation unit
A fall detection device that generates information on the magnitude of acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor as the impact information. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4 ,
A fall detection device including a storage unit that stores detection data of the atmospheric pressure sensor and detection data of the acceleration sensor . In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 5 ,
A microphone,
A sound pressure information generation unit that extracts at least one of the user's voice band signal and the user's falling sound band signal from the microphone detection signal, and generates sound pressure information of the extracted signal; ,
The fall determination unit
A fall detection device that determines whether or not the user has fallen using the altitude change information, the impact information, and the sound pressure information. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 6 ,
If the fall determination unit determines that the user has fallen, the fall determination unit further includes a fall information generation unit that generates fall information including that the user has fallen,
A fall detection device that transmits the generated fall information to an external device. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 7 ,
The fall detection device further includes a time measurement unit that measures an elapsed time after the fall determination unit determines that the user has fallen. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 8 ,
A fall detection device further comprising a biological information detection unit that detects biological information of the user. A fall monitoring system that monitors whether or not a user has fallen,
The fall detection device according to any one of claims 1 to 9 ,
A control device,
The fall detection device includes:
If the fall determination unit determines that the user has fallen, the fall information indicating that the user has fallen is sent to the control device,
The control device is a fall monitoring system that receives the fall information. A fall monitoring system that monitors whether or not a user has fallen,
An information terminal carried by the user;
A control device,
The information terminal
An atmospheric pressure sensor and an acceleration sensor, and transmit the detection data of the atmospheric pressure sensor and the detection data of the acceleration sensor to the control device;
The controller is
Using the detection data of the barometric sensor, an altitude change information generating unit that generates altitude change information representing an altitude change amount of the user;
By utilizing the detection data of the acceleration sensor, and impact information generation unit for generating impact information indicating the magnitude of the impact applied to the user,
A fall monitoring system comprising: a fall judging unit that judges whether or not the user has fallen using the altitude change information and the impact information.