JP2013162917A - Emergency notification system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable emergency notification by detecting a vibration of a person sleeping on a bed and analyzing the state change of action.SOLUTION: An emergency notification system includes: an air mattress for transmitting an action of a person sleeping on a bed with the use of an air vibration; an emergency control part for detecting a vibration of the air mattress and analyzing the state change of action of the person sleeping on the bed; an output part for outputting analysis results analyzed by the emergency control part; and a terminal part for receiving output signals of the output part and performing emergency notification.

Description

  The present invention relates to an emergency notification system capable of making a call notification by detecting the vibration of a person sleeping in a bed.

  A button-type nurse call system for an inpatient to call a nurse using a call button in a medical facility such as a hospital is widely known as a well-known technique. There is also known a sleep analysis device that detects biological information of a person sleeping on a mat using an air mat and a pressure sensor and analyzes a sleep state from the biological information (for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-26302

  With this button-type nurse call system, it is necessary to have a call button at hand in order to call a nurse, but it moves to a place that is out of reach or difficult to reach while sleeping. It may not be able to achieve its purpose when actually used.

  In the sleep analyzer of Patent Document 1, the air in the air mat vibrates due to the movement of a person sleeping on the mat, and the vibration is received by the pressure sensor. The received vibration is separated into a heartbeat signal, a respiration signal, and a body motion signal by the biological signal separation unit, and the separated signal is sent to the sleep state determination unit, and the sleep state, for example, in the REM sleep period or in the non-REM sleep period It is to determine whether there is.

  However, if you are bedridden and unconscious, it is enough to determine the sleeping state, but if you are bedridden and conscious, you can make a decision other than sleeping, for example, call a living person. In addition, there is a difficulty in that it is not possible to determine information on a sudden change in physical condition.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to detect the vibration of a person sleeping on a bed and analyze the change in the state of operation to enable emergency notification.

  In order to achieve the above object, the emergency notification system according to claim 1 is an air mat that conveys the motion of a person sleeping on a bed by vibration of the air, and a person who is sleeping on the bed by detecting the vibration of the air mat. An emergency control unit that analyzes a change in the state of the operation, an output unit that outputs an analysis result analyzed by the emergency control unit, and a terminal unit that receives the output signal of the output unit and notifies the emergency It is what.

  The emergency notification system according to claim 2 is the emergency notification system according to claim 1, wherein the emergency control unit detects vibration of the air mat with a pressure sensor, and detects the detected vibration with a heartbeat filter, a respiratory filter, a body Each of the motion filters is decomposed into a heartbeat waveform, a respiratory waveform, and a body motion waveform, and the motion analysis unit analyzes and outputs the motion state change of the person sleeping in the bed from these waveforms It is.

  Further, the emergency notification system according to claim 3 is the emergency notification system according to claim 1, wherein the output unit transmits the analysis result analyzed by the emergency control unit to a terminal unit installed in the same house by a radio signal. The terminal unit receives the output signal of the output unit and performs emergency notification with a light or sound signal or one of the signals.

  The emergency notification system according to claim 4 is the emergency notification system according to claim 1, wherein the output unit transmits the analysis result analyzed by the emergency control unit to the data center via the Internet, and the data center is registered. The terminal unit receives the output signal of the output unit by mail via the Internet from the data center, and issues emergency notification.

  According to the present invention, the air mat that transmits the motion of the person sleeping on the bed by vibration of the air and the emergency control unit that detects the vibration of the air mat and analyzes the state change of the motion of the person sleeping on the bed And an output unit that outputs an analysis result analyzed by the emergency control unit and a terminal unit that receives the output signal of the output unit and notifies the emergency, so that emergency notification can be performed even when the user is lying on the bed.

  Further, according to the present invention, the vibration of the air mat is detected by the pressure sensor, and the detected vibration is decomposed into the heartbeat waveform, the respiratory waveform, and the body motion waveform by the heartbeat filter, the respiratory filter, and the body motion filter, Since the motion analysis unit analyzes and outputs the change in the motion state of the person sleeping on the bed from the waveform, emergency notification can be performed simply by hitting the mat. Further, emergency notification can be made even if the mat is not beaten, if the algae is scratched on the mat, or if there is no movement on the mat.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, the output unit transmits the analysis result analyzed by the emergency control unit to a terminal unit installed in the same house with a radio signal, or to the terminal unit of the mail address registered via the Internet. Since it can be transmitted, it is possible to know the change in the operation state even in the room or on the go.

It is a system configuration figure showing an example of an emergency information system of the present invention. It is a system block diagram which shows the other Example of the emergency alerting | reporting system of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of an emergency control part. It is explanatory drawing of the example which analyzes the operation | movement which is hitting a mat | matte with the amplitude histogram of the output result of a heartbeat filter. It is explanatory drawing of the example which analyzes the operation | movement which is hitting a mat | matte in the frequency band of a heart rate filter. It is explanatory drawing of the example which analyzes the operation | movement which is hitting a mat by a high frequency vibration. It is explanatory drawing of the example which analyzes the operation | movement which is scratching algae on a mat | matte. It is explanatory drawing of the example which analyzes the operation | movement which does not move on a mat | matte.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an emergency notification system according to the present invention, where A1 is an air mat that conveys the motion of a person sleeping on a bed by air vibration, and B1 is a vibration of the air mat A1. An emergency control unit that detects a change in the state of movement of a person sleeping on the bed, C1 is an output unit that outputs the state change analyzed by the emergency control unit B1, and S1 receives an output signal of the output unit C1 It is installed in the same house. The emergency control unit B1 detects the vibration on the air mat A1 and analyzes the state change. When the state change occurs, the analysis result is output to the output unit C1, and the output unit C1 is analyzed by the emergency control unit B1. The analysis result is transmitted as a wireless signal to the terminal unit S1 in the same house, and the terminal unit S1 receives the output signal of the output unit C1 and notifies it with a light and / or sound signal.

  FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the emergency notification system of the present invention. A2 is an air mat that conveys the motion of a person sleeping on the bed by vibration of air, and B2 is an air mat A2. An emergency control unit that detects vibration and detects a change in the state of movement of a person sleeping on the bed, C2 is an output unit that outputs the state change analyzed by the emergency control unit B2, and S2 receives an output signal from the output unit C2 It is a terminal part to do. The emergency control unit B2 detects the vibration on the air mat A2 and analyzes the state change. When the state change occurs, the analysis result is output to the output unit C2. The output unit C2 is the emergency control unit B2. The analyzed analysis result is transmitted to the data center D2 via the Internet, the data center D2 transmits to the terminal unit S2 of the registered mail address, and the terminal unit S2 outputs the output unit C2 by mail from the data center D2 via the Internet. The output signal is received.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the emergency control unit. The operation of the person Hu sleeping on the bed is transmitted to the air mat A by vibration of the air, and the emergency control unit B is connected via the air tube G. Detect with pressure sensor E. The detected vibration detected by the pressure sensor E is decomposed into a heartbeat waveform Lk, a respiratory waveform Mk, and a body motion waveform Nk through the sensor interface F and the heartbeat filter Lf, the respiratory filter Mf, and the body motion filter Nf, respectively. Is converted to a form that can be controlled by software via the A / D conversion circuits Lv, Mv, and Nv, the motion analysis of the state change of the person Hu sleeping in the bed is analyzed by the motion analysis unit P, and the analysis result is output Output to C.

  As an example of motion analysis, each case of analyzing a motion of hitting a mat, a motion of scratching algae on the mat, and a motion of no movement on the mat will be described.

  In the analysis of the motion of hitting the mat, it is determined whether or not the mat is hit based on the heartbeat waveform Lk output from the heartbeat filter Lf and the body motion waveform Nk output from the body motion filter Nf. If there is a presence of high-frequency vibration in the hit frequency, and if the hit frequency and the high-frequency vibration are combined, the mat is hit. Judgment is made to improve accuracy.

  Details of each will be described. When the output result of the heartbeat filter is displayed as an amplitude histogram, since the human heartbeat is about 1 Hz, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), the amplitude near the frequency of 1 Hz increases, and the mat is periodically moved for 1 second. When it is hit twice, the amplitude near the frequency of 2 Hz increases as shown in FIG.

  If the speed of hitting the mat is n times per second and the detection range of the frequency of hitting the mat is defined as m, it is determined that the mat is hit when an amplitude peak appears in the range of n ± m. (FIG. 4C). However, if the air mat is moved, vibrations of a wide range of frequencies will be generated. Therefore, when detecting the operation of hitting the mat, it is determined that the mat is not hit if there are two or three amplitude peaks. (FIG. 4D).

  Next, a control method for analyzing the operation of hitting the mat will be described based on the basic concept described above. First, as shown in FIG. 5A, the frequency band is divided into three ranges α, β, and γ. Here, α is a heart rate frequency band, β is the highest frequency band in a frequency range other than α, and γ is a frequency band other than α and β. The highest value is obtained for each of β and γ, and these values are β ′ and γ ′, and when β′−γ ′ is large (FIG. 5B), it is determined that the strike is made at the frequency n. When β′−γ ′ is small (FIG. 5C), it is determined that the mat is not hit.

  The operation of hitting the mat is accompanied by high-frequency vibrations, and a wide range of high-frequency vibrations occurs as shown in FIG. The sum of the amplitudes of the high-frequency vibrations during a certain period of time is obtained, and when the integral value exceeds the defined vibration threshold W, it is treated as a state in which there is high-frequency vibrations (FIG. 6B).

  Next, a control method for analyzing the movement of algae on the mat will be described. When the algae is scratched on the mat, the vibration of the high frequency is much larger than that shown in FIG. Therefore, a body movement threshold value Wi when the algae is scratched is provided and treated as a state where the algae is scratched when the integrated value of the amplitude exceeds the body movement threshold and the elapsed time t1 has passed (FIG. 7).

  Furthermore, a control method for analyzing the motion without movement on the mat will be described. When there is no movement on the mat, the high frequency vibration generated in FIG. 6A hardly occurs. Therefore, a body movement threshold value Wj when there is no movement is provided, and it is treated as a state where there is no movement when the elapsed time t2 has passed with the integral value of the amplitude below the body movement threshold value (FIG. 8).

  In the above explanation, the vibration of a person sleeping on the bed was detected and the movement of hitting the mat, the action of scratching the algae on the mat, and the movement of no movement on the mat were analyzed. It is also possible to provide emergency notification when a predetermined change in the state of a sleeping person occurs, for example, when a specified heart rate value is exceeded or when a specified respiratory rate is exceeded.

A, A1, A2 Air mat B, B1, B2 Emergency control unit C, C1, C2 Output unit D2 Data center E Pressure sensor F Sensor interface G Air tube P Motion analysis unit Hu People S1, S2 Terminal unit Lf Heart rate filter Mf Breathing Filter Nf Body motion filter Lk Heartbeat waveform Mk Respiration waveform Nk Body motion waveform

Claims (4)

  An air mat that conveys the motion of a person sleeping on a bed by vibration of air, an emergency control unit that detects vibration of the air mat and analyzes a change in the state of movement of a person sleeping on the bed, and the emergency An emergency notification system comprising: an output unit that outputs an analysis result analyzed by a control unit; and a terminal unit that receives an output signal of the output unit and notifies an emergency.   The emergency control unit detects the vibration of the air mat with a pressure sensor, decomposes the detected vibration into a heartbeat waveform, a respiratory waveform, and a body motion waveform by each of a heartbeat filter, a respiratory filter, and a body motion filter. The emergency notification system according to claim 1, wherein a change in motion state of a person sleeping on a bed is analyzed by a motion analysis unit and output from the waveform.   The output unit transmits an analysis result analyzed by the emergency control unit to a terminal unit installed in the same house as a wireless signal, and the terminal unit receives an output signal of the output unit and receives a signal of light and sound. 2. The emergency notification system according to claim 1, wherein emergency notification is performed using one of the signals.   The output unit transmits an analysis result analyzed by the emergency control unit to a data center via the Internet, the data center transmits to a terminal unit of a registered mail address, and the terminal unit receives from the data center. The emergency notification system according to claim 1, wherein an emergency notification is received by receiving an output signal of the output unit by mail via the Internet.

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