JP2013210799A - Life situation notification system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notify a high-accuracy life situation while suppressing the introduction of a novel device as further as possible and collecting life sound information corresponding to life sounds generated by a protected person.SOLUTION: A life situation notification system comprises a sound collecting device 11, an information processing device 12 and a terminal device 13. The sound collecting device 11 collects life sound information of a protected person and transmits the life sound information. The information processing device 12 receives the life sound information transmitted from the sound collecting device 11, analyzes the life sound information and transmits the analyzed information to a protector. The terminal device 13 is installed at a side of the protector and exchanges information with the information processing device. The life situation notification system is characterized in that the sound collecting device is integrally mounted to a generation source (8, 10) of the life sounds.

Description

  The present invention relates to a living situation notification system, and more particularly to a living situation notification system for notifying a guardian such as a relative of a living situation of a protected person such as an elderly person.

  For example, relatives who live away from the elderly care about the sudden change in their living conditions even when the elderly can live an independent life.

  In order to eliminate such anxiety, the living conditions of elderly people are grasped by using human assistance such as caregivers.

  However, the above-described means has a problem that the grasp of the living situation is fragmented.

  As a means to solve such problems, sensors are installed on household appliances used by the elderly and other protected persons, and the operation of the household appliances is detected. It has been proposed to collect a living sound of a protected person by installing a sound device so as to grasp a living situation of a protected person such as an elderly person and notify the result to the guardian (Patent Document 1). .

JP 2005-196812 A

  By the way, in the conventional technology described above, there is a problem that it is necessary to prepare a specific home appliance in order to grasp the behavior of the person to be protected.

  Further, in the method of collecting the living sound of the guardian by the sound collecting device, the sound other than the living sound generated by the guardian himself / herself in the sound collector, for example, the living sound generated by an external person Sounds generated by natural phenomena such as wind and rain are also collected.

  Therefore, there is a possibility that the life sound of the person to be protected to be collected is erased by these unnecessary sounds or that it becomes difficult to discriminate.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems remaining in the prior art, and suppresses the introduction of new equipment using equipment that constitutes the protected facility of the protected person. It is an object to collect and provide highly accurate living sound information at a low cost by eliminating the influence of sounds other than the generated living sounds as much as possible.

  In order to achieve the above-described problem, the living situation notification system according to claim 1 of the present invention collects the living sound of the facility where the protected person lives, and based on the collected living sound information, the protected person Is a living information notification system for notifying a guardian of the behavior of the person, collecting the living sound information and transmitting the living sound information, and the living sound transmitted from the sound collecting device An information processing device that receives information and analyzes the living sound information and transmits the analysis information to the guardian, and a terminal that is installed on the guardian side and exchanges information with the information processing device And the sound collecting device is integrally attached to the living sound source.

With such a configuration, it is possible to directly collect the sound from the source of the living sound by bringing the sound collecting device into contact with the source of the living sound.
As a result, it is possible to eliminate as much as possible the influence of sound generated from sources other than the source of the living sound, and to obtain information close to the real life behavior of the protected person.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the sound collection device according to the first aspect is attached to a water pipe of the facility, and the running sound of the water pipe is collected as life sound information. It is characterized by being made to do.

By adopting such a configuration, the water pipe is an indispensable facility for ordinary living facilities, and it is possible to collect life sounds without preparing new equipment.
Moreover, since water supply is indispensable for daily life, such as eating and drinking and excretion, it is most suitable for grasping the behavioral status of the guardian.

  Further, the same effect can be obtained by attaching the sound collecting device to the door of the facility and collecting the opening / closing sound of the door as living sound information.

  A life situation notification system according to claim 4 of the present invention is a database in which the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 records life sound information generated in the normal life of the protected person as reference information; It is characterized by comprising a living situation determining means for comparing the reference information recorded in the database with the collected living sound information to determine whether the emergency is normal or emergency.

  With such a configuration, for example, the reference information is set to the normal size of the living sound information as described in claim 5 and a predetermined width is set for the reference, and the measured living sound is measured. An emergency can be determined when the information is out of the range.

Here, the size of the living sound tends to be patterned to some extent from the lifestyle of the person to be protected.
For example, the volume when using tap water varies depending on the opening degree of the faucet, the speed of the opening and closing operation, etc., and the operation of these faucets reflects the habit of the user, so the characteristics of the running water sound are affected. Can be associated with parents.

Such association is the same for the sound generated when the door is opened and closed.
Accordingly, the identification accuracy of the living sound information of the protected person is improved.

  Furthermore, in the living situation notification system according to claim 6, when the living situation determination unit according to claim 4 has a generation interval of the collected living sound information within a set range with respect to the reference information It is characterized in that it is determined to be always, and when it is outside the set range, it is determined to be emergency.

  By adopting such a configuration, it is assumed that the life pattern has changed when the interval between the collected life sounds becomes longer or shorter than usual.

  In addition, when no life sound information is collected, an emergency situation is assumed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to suppress the introduction of new equipment as much as possible and collect life sound information in accordance with the life sound generated by the person to be protected to notify the living situation with high accuracy.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows one structural example of a house. It is a system configuration figure showing one embodiment of the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a sound collecting device is installed in a water pipe, showing an embodiment of the present invention. The other embodiment of this invention is shown and it is a perspective view which shows the state in which the sound collector was installed in the door. It is a flowchart for demonstrating one Embodiment of this invention.

First, an outline of a residential facility to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIG.
In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a house. The house 1 is provided with a kitchen 2, a living room 3, a bedroom 4, and a toilet 5, and a system kitchen 6 is installed in the kitchen 2. The toilet bowl 7 is installed.

  In addition, a door 8 is provided in each room, and a water pipe 10 for supplying water to the system kitchen 6 and the toilet bowl 7 is disposed under the floor 9.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The living situation notifying system shown in the present embodiment is a living information notifying system that collects the living sound of the house 1 and notifies the guardian of the behavior of the person to be protected based on the collected living sound information. The sound collecting device 11 that collects the living sound information and transmits the living sound information, receives the living sound information transmitted from the sound collecting device 11, and analyzes the living sound information to analyze the sound information. Is transmitted to a guardian, and a terminal device 13 installed on the guardian's side for exchanging information with the information processing apparatus 12, wherein the sound collecting device 11 It is integrally attached to a sound source (described later).

  As the generation source of the living sound, the door 8 and the water pipe 10 are selected, and the sound collecting device 11 constitutes a part of the water pipe 10 as shown in FIG. A plurality of water pipes 10 are integrally attached to a header 14 to which a plurality of water pipes 10 are connected. Further, as shown in FIG.

  The information processing device 12 includes a database 15 in which life sound information generated in the normal life of the protected person is recorded as reference information, the reference information recorded in the database 15 and the collected life sound information. And a living situation judging means 16 for judging whether the situation is normal or emergency.

  As the terminal device 13, for example, a personal computer, a facsimile, a printer, or a portable terminal is used.

  The sound collecting device 11 and the information processing device 12, and the information processing device 12 and the terminal device 13 are connected by wire or wirelessly such as 3G or WIFI.

Next, the operation of the living situation notification system in this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
FIG. 5 shows the door 8 as an example of a living sound generation source, but the same processing is also performed in parallel on the water pipe 10.

  When the living situation notification system is activated, information from the sound collection device 11 is constantly sent to the information processing device 12.

  Based on the information from the sound collecting device 11, the presence / absence of an opening / closing sound of the door 8 is determined (step S1).

  If it is determined in step S1 that there is an opening / closing sound of the door 8, the process proceeds to the next step S2, and in this step S2, it is determined whether or not the magnitude of the opening / closing sound is within a set range. If it is within the range, the process proceeds to the next step S3. If it is out of the set range, it is determined that the guardian is performing an action that is not a normal action, and the process proceeds to step S8 to warn. A signal is transmitted and notified to the guardian.

  On the other hand, when the opening / closing sound of the door 8 is not measured in step S1, the process proceeds to step S7, and it is determined whether or not this non-measurable time is within the set time.

  If it is determined in step S7 that the time is within the set time, the process returns to step S1, and this process is repeated until the set time elapses or the opening / closing sound of the door 8 is measured.

  In step S3, after measuring the elapsed time from the time when the opening / closing sound of the door 8 was detected last time, the process proceeds to step S4. In step S4, it is determined whether or not the elapsed time is within the set range. Judgment is made.

  When it is determined in step S4 that it is within the set range, the process proceeds to step S5 and is based on information of another sound collector 11 (in this embodiment, the sound collector 11 installed in the water pipe 10). In the processing, it is determined whether or not a warning signal is sent. If a warning signal is sent, the processing is terminated with priority given to the signal, and a standby state is entered.

  If it is determined in step S5 that a warning signal has not been sent in the process based on the information of the other sound collecting device 11, the process proceeds to step S6 and safety information is sent to the terminal device 13 for protection. The person is notified.

  If it is determined in step S4 that it is not within the set range, it is determined that the person to be protected is performing an action different from the normal action, and the process proceeds to step S8 where a warning signal is transmitted and notified to the guardian. The

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7 that the set time has elapsed, it is determined that there is no movement of the person to be protected for a predetermined time, the process proceeds to step S8, and a warning signal is sent to the terminal device 13 to the guardian. Informed.

  Thus, the living sound generated by the actions of the guardian is monitored, and the living situation of the guardian is grasped according to the occurrence situation and notified to the guardian.

  Further, since the living sound is collected directly from the source of the living sound, noise is less likely to enter and high-precision detection is possible.

  In addition, since the living sound is collected from the equipment that is generally provided in the facility such as the house 1 or the like, it is not necessary to newly provide a system component, and the cost of the system can be extremely low.

The above embodiment is merely an example, and various modifications can be made based on design requirements and the like.
For example, the information processing device 12 and the terminal device 13 can be connected by bidirectional communication, and information can be provided based on a request from the guardian.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 House 2 Kitchen 3 Living 4 Bedroom 5 Toilet 6 System kitchen 7 Toilet 8 Door 9 Under floor 10 Water pipe 11 Sound collecting device 12 Information processing device 13 Terminal device 14 Header 15 Database 16 Living condition judgment means

Claims (6)

  A living information notification system for collecting living sounds of a facility in which a protected person lives and notifying a guardian of the actions of the protected person based on the collected living sound information, wherein the living sound information is The sound collecting device that collects and transmits the living sound information and the information that receives the living sound information transmitted from the sound collecting device, analyzes the living sound information, and transmits the analysis information to the guardian A processing device and a terminal device that is installed on the guardian's side and exchanges information with the information processing device, and the sound collecting device is integrally attached to the source of the living sound A living situation notification system characterized by this.   2. The living situation notification system according to claim 1, wherein the sound collecting device is attached to a water pipe of the facility and collects a running sound of the water pipe as living sound information. .   2. The living situation notification system according to claim 1, wherein the sound collecting device is attached to a door of the facility and collects opening / closing sounds of the door as living sound information.   A database in which the information processing apparatus records life sound information generated in the normal life of the protected person as reference information, and the reference information recorded in the database is compared with the collected life sound information The living condition notifying system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a living condition determining means for determining whether normal or emergency.   The living situation determining means determines that the collected life sound information is always set when the magnitude of the collected living sound information is within a setting range with respect to the reference information, and determines that it is an emergency when it is outside the setting range. The living situation notification system according to claim 4, wherein the living situation notification system is provided. The living situation determining means determines that the collected life sound information generation interval is always within a set range with respect to the reference information, and determines that it is an emergency when it is outside the set range. The living situation notification system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the living situation notification system is provided.

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