JP2015111450A - Portable terminal, health management system, and health management method using portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable terminal, a health management system, and a health management method using a portable terminal which highly reliably determines whether a user is in a state of emergency, and automatically originates an emergency call when the user is in the state of emergency.SOLUTION: A terminal device comprises: a storage unit which stores management conditions; a first sensor which outputs first data; and a control unit which can determine the first data by using the stored management conditions. When the first data is out of a threshold included in the management conditions, the control unit reports that effect, and also when it is possible to determine whether a user is in a predetermined state by using second data acquired by a second sensor and a new management condition is received in response to the report, updates the stored management conditions with the new management condition.

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, a health management system, and a health management method using the mobile terminal that automatically make an emergency call in the event of an emergency.

  Nowadays, regional ties are sparse. For this reason, personal life management is in a critical situation, such as the lonely death of the elderly. On the other hand, the ownership rate of mobile phones is about to become one by one. Furthermore, the functions installed in mobile phones have become abundant and have become established in society as tools for transmitting various information at high speed. Therefore, various techniques for coordinating with regions using mobile phones have been proposed.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, when a user's human body information is acquired using a mobile phone, if the acquired human body information is abnormal, it is determined whether further urgency is required, and when it is determined that there is urgency Mobile phones that automatically make emergency calls to a management station have been proposed. Similar techniques are disclosed in Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3 as well.

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  However, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 determines the urgency by comparing the human body information used when determining normality or abnormality with another threshold value, and the credibility is low.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is highly reliable to determine whether or not an emergency has occurred, and in the case of an emergency, a mobile terminal, a health management system, and An object is to provide a health management method using a portable terminal.

  In order to achieve the above object, a terminal device according to the present invention includes a storage unit storing management conditions, a first sensor that outputs first data, and the first management unit using the stored management conditions. A control unit capable of determining the data of the first control unit, the control unit notifying that the first data is outside a threshold range included in the management condition, and secondly It is possible to determine whether or not it is in a predetermined state using the second data acquired from the sensor, and when a new management condition is received in response to the notification, the stored management condition is It is made to update to management conditions.

  In order to achieve the above object, a management method according to the present invention stores management conditions, outputs first data to a first sensor, and uses the stored management conditions under the control of a control unit. When the first data is determined and it is determined that the first data is outside the threshold range included in the management condition, the second data acquired from the second sensor is notified to that effect. It is determined whether or not a predetermined state is used, and when a new management condition is received in response to the notification, the stored management condition is updated to the new management condition.

  In order to achieve the above object, a management system according to the present invention can determine a storage unit in which management conditions are stored, and first data acquired from a first sensor using the stored management conditions. When the first data is outside the threshold range included in the management condition, the management terminal is notified of the fact, and the second data acquired from the second sensor A terminal device comprising: a control unit that can determine whether or not a state is present and, when a new management condition is received in response to the notification, updates the stored management condition to the new management condition; An operation unit that receives the new management condition, and a management terminal that includes a control unit that returns the received management condition to the terminal device when the management unit receives the notification.

  In the mobile terminal, the health management system, and the health management method using the mobile terminal according to the present invention, when the first measurement value is abnormal, the mobile terminal further includes a second measurement different from the first measurement value. The value is used to determine whether there is an emergency situation. Therefore, it can be judged with high reliability whether it is an emergency.

(A) an example of a system configuration diagram of the health management system 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, (b) an example of a block configuration diagram of the mobile terminal 20, (c) an example of a block configuration diagram of the management terminal 30 is there. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the operation | movement flow of the health management system 10 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the system block diagram of the health management system 100 which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the operation | movement flow of the health management system 100 which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

(First embodiment)
A first embodiment will be described. An example of a system configuration diagram of a health management system according to the present embodiment is shown in FIG. 1A, an example of a block configuration diagram of a mobile terminal is shown in FIG. 1B, and an example of a block configuration diagram of a management terminal is shown in FIG. c).

  In FIG. 1A, the health management system 10 includes a mobile terminal 20 and a management terminal 30. When the first measurement value is abnormal, the mobile terminal 20 transmits the first measurement value to the management terminal 30. Then, when receiving a new management condition from the management terminal 30, the mobile terminal 20 updates the management condition stored in the storage unit to the received management condition.

  The mobile terminal 20 is a terminal such as a mobile phone possessed by the user, and as shown in FIG. 1B, a storage unit 21, a first measurement unit 22, a second measurement unit 23, and a control unit. 24.

  Management conditions are stored in the storage unit 21. The first measurement unit 22 measures the first measurement value and outputs it to the control unit 24. For example, the first measurement unit 22 measures, as a first measurement value, data related to the health of the user of the mobile terminal 20 such as blood pressure and pulse rate at predetermined time intervals and outputs the data to the control unit 24.

  The second measurement unit 23 measures and outputs the second measurement value. For example, the second measurement unit 23 measures data related to the surrounding environment of the user of the mobile terminal 20 such as vibration data and volume data as the second measurement value. Note that the second measurement value is not limited to data related to the surrounding environment, and data relating to user health different from the first measurement value such as body temperature, data received from another device, and the like can also be applied.

  The control unit 24 determines whether the first measurement value is normal or abnormal using the management condition stored in the storage unit 21. If the first measurement value is abnormal, the control unit 24 determines the first measurement value. It transmits to the management terminal 30, and it determines whether it is an emergency situation using a 2nd measured value. And when it is an emergency, it makes an emergency call. When the management condition is returned from the management terminal 30, the control unit 24 updates the management condition stored in the storage unit 21 to the returned management condition.

  On the other hand, the management terminal 30 is a terminal used by an administrator who manages the health of the user of the mobile terminal 20, and includes an operation unit 31 and a control unit 32, as shown in FIG. The operation unit 31 receives an input of new management conditions from an administrator or the like. When the control unit 32 receives the first measurement value from the mobile terminal 20, the control unit 32 returns the management condition received by the operation unit 31 to the mobile terminal 20.

  The procedure for making an emergency call using the health management system 10 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, the first measurement unit 22 of the mobile terminal 20 measures the first measurement value and outputs it to the control unit 24 (S1). In this embodiment, the 1st measurement part 22 measures the pulse rate of the user of the portable terminal 20 as a 1st measured value for every hour, and outputs it to the control part 24. FIG.

  When receiving the first measurement value from the first measurement unit 22, the control unit 24 determines whether the received first measurement value is normal or abnormal using the management condition stored in the storage unit 21. (S2). If it is normal (YES in S2), it waits until the next first measurement value is received. On the other hand, in the case of abnormality (NO in S2), the received first measurement value is transmitted to the management terminal 30 (S3), and the second measurement value is received from the second measurement unit 23, and the second measurement value is received. It is determined whether or not there is an emergency situation using the value (S4). If it is an emergency (YES in S4), an emergency call is made (S5).

  In the present embodiment, the second measurement unit 23 measures vibration data as the second measurement value. And when the control part 24 detects that the user fell down by analyzing the received vibration data, it judges that it is an emergency and makes an emergency call.

  On the other hand, when the management terminal 30 receives the first measurement value from the mobile terminal 20 in S4 (S6), the operation unit 31 receives an input of management conditions from an administrator or the like who manages the health of the user of the mobile terminal 20. (S7). Then, the control unit 32 of the management terminal 30 returns a new management condition input by the administrator or the like to the mobile terminal 20 (S8).

  When receiving the management condition from the management terminal 30 (S9), the portable terminal 20 updates the management condition stored in the storage unit 21 to the management condition received from the management terminal 30 (S10).

  As described above, when the first measurement value is abnormal, the mobile terminal 20 according to the present embodiment is an emergency using the second measurement value that is different from the first measurement value. Determine whether. Therefore, it can be judged with high reliability whether it is an emergency.

  Further, in the health management system 10 according to the present embodiment, when the first measurement value is abnormal, the mobile terminal 20 transmits the first measurement value to the management terminal 30 and receives a new management condition. In this case, the management condition stored in the storage unit 21 is updated to the received management condition. When the first measurement value is abnormal, the management condition is updated to the optimum condition, so that the user's health condition can be more appropriately managed.

(Second Embodiment)
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described. An example of a system configuration diagram of the regional emergency system according to the present embodiment is shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the health management system 100 includes a mobile terminal 200 and a management terminal 300.

  In FIG. 3, the portable terminal 200 according to the present embodiment includes a health data measurement unit 210, a vibration detection unit 220, a sound collection unit 230, a photographing unit 240, a notification unit 250, a GPS function unit 260, a communication unit 270, a memory 280, and A control unit 290 is provided.

  The health data measurement unit 210 measures the health data of the user of the mobile terminal 200 based on the management conditions stored in the memory 280, and outputs the measured health data to the control unit 290. In the present embodiment, the health data measurement unit 210 takes in a current value measured by a sensor (not shown) brought into contact with the user, calculates health data from the measured current value, and outputs the health data to the control unit 290.

  The vibration detection unit 220 is a general vibration sensor, measures the acceleration applied to the mobile terminal 200, and temporarily stores it in the memory 280 as vibration data. The sound collection unit 230 measures ambient sound data of the mobile terminal 200 and temporarily stores the measured ambient sound data in the memory 280. The imaging unit 240 images the surrounding environment of the mobile terminal 200 and temporarily stores the captured image data in the memory 280. Note that the shooting data stored in the memory 280 may be either a moving image or a still image, but in the case of a still image, still images of several shots within a short time are stored.

  The alerting | reporting part 250 alert | reports an emergency situation to the user of the portable terminal 200 and the person who is near the portable terminal 200. FIG. In the present embodiment, when an emergency occurs, the notification unit 250 outputs a siren sound from a speaker (not shown) of the mobile terminal 200, blinks the LED, and further vibrates the mobile terminal 200. The GPS function unit 260 calculates the position information of the mobile terminal 200 from the data acquired from the GPS satellite, and outputs the calculated position information to the control unit 290.

  The communication unit 270 transmits and receives various types of information by performing short-range wireless communication using infrared rays, magnetic lines of force, and the like and wireless communication via a mobile phone network. In the present embodiment, the communication unit 270 takes the current value measured by the sensor brought into contact with the user into the health data measurement unit 210 using the magnetic lines of force. The communication unit 270 transmits and receives health data, management conditions, and the like via the mobile phone network.

  In the memory 280, vibration data measured by the vibration detection unit 220, ambient sound data measured by the sound collection unit 230, and imaging data photographed by the photographing unit 240 are temporarily stored. In addition, the health data measured by the health data measuring unit 210 and various threshold values are stored.

  The control unit 290 determines whether the health data acquired from the health data measurement unit 210 is normal or abnormal. If the health data is abnormal, it is determined whether or not the situation is an emergency using various data measured by the vibration detection unit 220, the sound collection unit 230, and the imaging unit 240. If it is an emergency, the state of the notification unit 250 is further monitored to investigate whether or not the emergency is continuing. If the emergency is continuing, an emergency call is made.

  On the other hand, the management terminal 300 is a terminal used by an administrator or the like who manages the health status of the user of the mobile terminal 200, and is disposed, for example, in a local care facility or a hospital. When the management terminal 300 receives the health data from the mobile terminal 200, the management terminal 300 prompts the administrator to input management conditions, and returns the new management conditions input by the administrator to the mobile terminal 200.

  Next, the operation flow of the health management system 100 will be described with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, the vibration detection unit 220 of the mobile terminal 200 always measures the acceleration applied to the mobile terminal 200 and calculates vibration data. The calculated vibration data is temporarily stored by overwriting old vibration data stored in the memory 280. In addition, the sound collection unit 230 always measures ambient sound data of the mobile terminal 200, and the measured ambient sound data is overwritten and saved in the memory 280. Furthermore, the imaging unit 240 images the surrounding environment of the mobile terminal 200 in a short cycle, and the captured image data is overwritten and saved in the memory 280.

  On the other hand, the health data measurement unit 210 of the mobile terminal 200 measures user health data based on the management conditions stored in the storage unit 280. In the present embodiment, the health data measurement unit 210 takes in a current value measured by a sensor (not shown) brought into contact with the user every hour using magnetic field lines, and calculates a blood pressure value (health data) from the measured current value. To the control unit 290 (S101).

  The control unit 290 stores the health data received from the health data measurement unit 210 in the memory 280 (S102), and further determines whether the received health data is normal or not using the management conditions stored in the memory 280. (S103). If the received health data is normal (YES in S103), the process waits until the next health data is received.

  On the other hand, when the received health data is abnormal (NO in S103), the control unit 290 transmits the health data to the management terminal 300 via the mobile phone network (S104), and is stored in the memory 280. By analyzing the vibration data, the ambient sound data, and the imaging data, it is determined whether or not there is an emergency (S105). In the present embodiment, the control unit 290 determines that an emergency has occurred when it is determined that the user has fallen from the analysis result of vibration data and ambient sound data, or when the user is determined not to move from the analysis result of imaging data. It is judged that.

  In S105, if it is not an emergency (NO in S105), the control unit 290 waits until a new management condition is returned from the management terminal 300. On the other hand, if it is an emergency (YES in S105), the control unit 290 controls the notification unit 250 to notify the surroundings of the emergency (S106). In the present embodiment, the notification unit 250 outputs a siren sound from the speaker, blinks the LED, and vibrates the mobile terminal 200.

  If the notification by the notification unit 250 such as siren sound output, LED blinking, and vibration of the mobile terminal 200 is continued when a predetermined period has elapsed (YES in S107), the user cannot stop these notifications. Furthermore, it is determined that there is no one around. Then, the control unit 290 acquires the position information of the mobile terminal 200 from the GPS function unit 260 and the health data for a predetermined period from the memory 280 (S108), automatically attaches the acquired position information and health data, and automatically An emergency call is made (S109). In other words, an ambulance dispatch request arrangement, an instruction for emergency hospital preparation for hospitalization, etc. are performed.

  On the other hand, in S107, when the notification by the notification unit 250 is stopped before a predetermined period of time has passed (NO in S107), a display indicating an emergency and a transition of health data are displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal 200. (S110) Wait until a new management condition is returned from the management terminal 300. In the present embodiment, the health data displayed on the display unit is transmitted to a predetermined hospital when a surrounding person presses a predetermined button.

  On the other hand, the management terminal 300 that has received the health data determined to be abnormal from the mobile terminal 200 in S104 (S111) notifies the administrator that the health data has been received and prompts the user to input new management conditions ( S112). Then, after receiving an input of new management conditions from the administrator (S113), the management terminal 300 transmits the received management conditions to the mobile terminal 200 (S114). In the present embodiment, the administrator confirms the received health data, and updates the management condition by shortening the measurement interval or tightening the threshold, for example. Here, in the present embodiment, the management terminal 300 transmits the same management condition to the portable terminal 200 as the update management condition even when the management condition is not changed.

  When receiving the management condition from the management terminal 300 (S115), the portable terminal 200 updates the management condition stored in the memory 280 to the received management condition (S116).

  As described above, the health management system 100 according to the present embodiment further investigates whether or not an emergency situation continues when it is determined that the health data is abnormal and the emergency situation is determined. Then, an emergency call is automatically made when the emergency situation continues. Therefore, it is possible to reduce accidental emergency calls.

  In addition, by attaching the location information of the mobile terminal 200 and health data for a predetermined period to the emergency call, a caregiver, an ambulance, etc. can quickly arrive at the site, and at the receiving hospital, etc. in advance The health data can be confirmed and the acceptance system can be established.

  Further, when the health data becomes abnormal, the health management system 100 according to the present embodiment transmits the health data to the management terminal 300 and updates the management conditions. By updating the management condition to the optimum condition when the health data is abnormal, the user's health condition can be managed more appropriately.

  Here, in the present embodiment, the vibration detection unit 220, the sound collection unit 230, and the imaging unit 240 always acquire vibration data, ambient sound data, and imaging data and overwrite-save them in the memory 280, and the control unit 290 is healthy. When the data is abnormal, it is determined whether or not an emergency has occurred using these data stored in the memory 280. However, the present invention is not limited to this. After determining that the health data is abnormal, the control unit 290 controls the vibration detection unit 220, the sound collection unit 230, and the imaging unit 240 to start acquisition of vibration data, ambient sound data, and imaging data. It is also possible to determine whether or not there is an emergency using newly acquired vibration data, ambient sound data, and imaging data.

(Modification of the second embodiment)
The detection of the occurrence of child abuse using the health management system 100 will be described. In the present embodiment, the mobile terminal 200 is formed into a wristband-shaped terminal that is waterproofed and is attached to a child.

  The mobile terminal 200 always measures vibration data, ambient sound data, imaging data, and the like. In addition, the health data measurement unit 210 of the mobile terminal 200 measures the child's pulse rate (health data) based on predetermined management conditions. When the measured pulse rate is larger than a predetermined threshold (when it is abnormal), the pulse rate is transmitted to the management terminal 300 installed in the child guidance center and the vibration data, ambient sound data, and imaging data are analyzed. To do. When it is determined that abuse has occurred from these data (in case of an emergency), the notification unit 250 is activated and acquisition of vibration data, ambient sound data, and imaging data is started.

  When the notification from the notification unit 250 is not continued for a certain period of time, the control unit 290 analyzes the vibration data, the ambient sound data, and the imaging data that have started acquisition, and determines that the abuse continues ( If the emergency situation continues), the location information and analysis results will be attached and an emergency call will be made automatically to the police station.

  When detecting the occurrence of child abuse, it is desirable to add a function to detect or prevent the mobile terminal 200 from being turned off or removed from the child.

10, 100 Health management system 20, 200 Mobile terminal 30, 300 Management terminal 21 Storage unit 22 First measurement unit 23 Second measurement unit 24 Control unit 31 Operation unit 32 Control unit 210 Health data measurement unit 220 Vibration detection unit 230 Sound collection unit 240 Imaging unit 250 Notification unit 260 GPS function unit 270 Communication unit 280 Memory 290 Control unit

Claims (7)

A storage unit storing the management conditions;
A first sensor that outputs first data;
A control unit capable of determining the first data using the stored management condition;
With
The controller is
When the first data is outside the threshold range included in the management condition, the fact is notified and whether or not the second data acquired from the second sensor is in a predetermined state. Can be determined,
When a new management condition is received in response to the notification, the saved management condition is updated to the new management condition. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined state includes a state in which the sensor does not function.   The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit acquires the second data when it is determined that the first data is outside a threshold range. The terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the control unit performs control so as to notify the fact when the control unit is in the predetermined state. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the sensor can be fixed close to a detection target. By control from the control unit,
Save the management conditions,
Outputting first data to the first sensor;
Determining the first data using the stored management conditions;
If it is determined that the first data is outside the threshold range included in the management condition, the fact is notified and whether the second data acquired from the second sensor is in a predetermined state. Determine whether or not
When a new management condition is received in response to the notification, the stored management condition is updated to the new management condition. A storage unit storing the management conditions;
It is possible to determine the first data acquired from the first sensor using the stored management condition, and when the first data is outside the threshold range included in the management condition When notifying the management terminal and determining whether it is in a predetermined state using the second data acquired from the second sensor, and receiving a new management condition in response to the notification A control unit for updating the stored management condition to the new management condition;
A terminal device comprising:
An operation unit for receiving the new management condition;
A management terminal provided with a control unit that returns the accepted management condition to the terminal device when receiving the notification;
Management system characterized by including.

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