JP2019211467A - Monitoring support apparatus and monitoring support method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a monitoring support apparatus or the like that mitigates a load of patrol monitoring work of a monitoring person for an object person.SOLUTION: A monitoring support apparatus 100 comprises: a measuring instrument 110 that measures a plurality of nursed persons 1 through 12 and a nursing person 50 by irradiating a detection wave to the plurality of nursed persons 1 through 12 as a plurality of object persons and the nursing person 50 as a monitoring person; a position identifying circuit that identifies positions of the plurality of nursed persons 1 through 12 and a position of the nursing person 50 on the basis of information obtained by the measuring instrument 110; and a decision circuit that determines at least one selected from a group composed of a nursed person N1 as a next time object person being the object person which is suitable for the nursing person 50 to next patrol of the plurality of nursed persons 1 through 12 and moving routes R1 of the nursing person 50 from the position of the nursing person 50 to the nursed person N1 on the basis of a position of each of the plurality of nursed persons 1 through 12 and the position of the nursing person 50 identified by the position identifying circuit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

  The present disclosure relates to a monitoring support device and a monitoring support method that support a monitoring tour of a monitor for a plurality of subjects.

  Conventionally, a monitoring apparatus for monitoring a subject such as an infant is known. As an example of this type of monitoring device, Patent Document 1 discloses imaging a sleeping infant with a camera, determining whether the infant has a sign of sudden infant death syndrome, and if there is such a sign. A monitoring device that performs notification to the outside is disclosed.

International Publication No. 2016/151966

  The present disclosure provides a monitoring support device and a monitoring support method that reduce the burden of a monitoring operation of a supervisor on a target person.

  A monitoring support apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a monitoring support apparatus for supporting a work of a monitor who monitors a plurality of target persons by sequentially looking around the plurality of target persons. And by irradiating a detection wave toward the monitor, the measurement device for measuring the plurality of subjects and the monitor, and based on the information obtained by the measurement device, the plurality of subjects A plurality of subjects based on a position specifying circuit for specifying each position and the position of the monitor; and a position of each of the plurality of subjects specified by the position specifying circuit and a position of the monitor. And at least one selected from the group consisting of a next target person who is a target person suitable for the monitor to look around, and a movement route of the monitor from the position of the monitor to the next target person. Decide to decide Comprising a road, a.

  The general or specific aspect of the present disclosure may be realized by a system, a method, an integrated circuit, a computer program, or a recording medium such as a computer-readable CD-ROM. You may implement | achieve with arbitrary combinations of a program and a recording medium.

  It is possible to reduce the burden on the monitoring work of the monitoring person on the subject.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a monitoring support apparatus according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the monitoring support apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the measuring instrument of the monitoring support apparatus according to the embodiment, and the nurse and the care recipient as viewed from above. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an input unit of the monitoring support apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing measurement information and monitoring information stored in the memory of the monitoring support device according to the embodiment in time series. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a storage table stored in the memory of the monitoring support apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an operation example of the notification device of the monitoring support apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the monitoring support method according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating another example of the notification device of the monitoring support apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of determining a patient to be examined next in the monitoring support apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a storage table stored in the memory of the monitoring support apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of determining the moving route of the nurse in the monitoring support device according to the embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a storage table stored in the memory of the monitoring support apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 14A is a diagram illustrating an example of a travel route determined by the monitoring support apparatus illustrated in FIG. FIG. 14B is a diagram illustrating an example of a travel route determined by the monitoring support apparatus illustrated in FIG. FIG. 15A is a diagram illustrating another example of the travel route determined by the monitoring support device illustrated in FIG. 12. FIG. 15B is a diagram illustrating another example of the travel route determined by the monitoring support apparatus illustrated in FIG. 12. FIG. 16A is a diagram showing still another example of the movement route determined by the monitoring support apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 16B is a diagram illustrating still another example of the movement route determined by the monitoring support apparatus illustrated in FIG.

(Knowledge that became the basis of this disclosure)
For example, when monitoring a nurse such as an infant sleeping in the nap as a target person, a nurse such as a nursery teacher regularly looks around the patient as a monitor instead of using only a monitoring device. Is needed. Conventionally, in a monitoring device that monitors a nurse with a non-contact sensor such as a camera, the nurse blocks the detection range of the non-contact sensor and becomes a shadow of the nurse as viewed from the non-contact sensor, that is, a blind spot. There is a problem that nurses cannot be detected. In addition, if the time that cannot be detected continues for a long time, the monitoring apparatus notifies the nurse of the abnormality even though the patient is not abnormal, and there is a problem that a burden is placed on the nurse's inspection work.

  The present inventor has studied this problem and has come up with a monitoring support apparatus and a monitoring support method that reduce the burden of the monitoring work of the monitor.

  A monitoring support apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a monitoring support apparatus for supporting a work of a monitor who monitors a plurality of target persons by sequentially looking around the plurality of target persons. And by irradiating a detection wave toward the monitor, the measurement device for measuring the plurality of subjects and the monitor, and based on the information obtained by the measurement device, the plurality of subjects A plurality of subjects based on a position specifying circuit for specifying each position and the position of the monitor; and a position of each of the plurality of subjects specified by the position specifying circuit and a position of the monitor. And at least one selected from the group consisting of a next target person who is a target person suitable for the monitor to look around, and a movement route of the monitor from the position of the monitor to the next target person. Decide to decide Comprising a road, a.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to save the burden of deciding the target person to be looked around next, or the trouble of determining the movement route to the target person to be looked around next, which is a burden on the supervisor. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the burden of the monitoring work of the observer.

  The monitoring support apparatus further includes an input unit that inputs monitoring information related to a monitoring result and a monitoring time when the monitoring person monitors the plurality of target persons, and the determination circuit is based on the monitoring information. The next target person and at least one selected from the group consisting of the movement route may be determined.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to determine at least one of the target person to be looked around next and the movement route with reference to the monitoring information of the target person. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the burden of the monitoring work of the observer.

  Further, the determination circuit uses the monitoring information to acquire an unmonitored time during which the monitor cannot monitor the plurality of subjects for each of the plurality of subjects, and the plurality of subjects. You may determine at least one selected from the group which consists of the said next subject person and the said movement path | route so that each said unmonitored time may become less than the regulation unmonitored time.

  According to such a configuration, since there is no fear that the unmonitored time exceeds the specified unmonitored time, it is possible to cause the monitor to perform the surveillance operation with a sense of security.

  In addition, the determination circuit uses the information to shade the plurality of subjects when the measuring device measures the plurality of subjects for each of the plurality of subjects. From the group consisting of the next target person and the movement route so that the unmeasured time of each of the plurality of target persons is within a prescribed unmeasured time. At least one selected may be determined.

  According to such a configuration, since there is no fear that the unmeasured time exceeds the prescribed unmeasured time, it is possible to cause the supervisor to perform the surveillance operation with a sense of security.

  The measuring device further measures the biological information of the plurality of subjects, and the determination circuit is selected from the group consisting of the next subject and the moving route based on the biological information. One may be determined.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to determine at least one of the subject to be looked around next and the movement route with reference to the biological information of the subject. Thereby, it is possible to make the supervisor perform the look-out monitoring work with peace of mind.

  Further, the determination circuit uses the monitoring information to acquire an unmonitored time during which the monitor cannot monitor the plurality of subjects for each of the plurality of subjects, and the plurality of subjects. Among them, the target person with the longest unmonitored time may be determined as the next target person.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to determine at least one of the subject to be looked around next and the movement route with reference to the subject with the longest unmonitored time. Thereby, it is possible to make the supervisor perform the look-out monitoring work with peace of mind.

  The determination circuit may determine the movement route so that a movement distance when the supervisor moves to the next target person is the shortest.

  According to such a configuration, since the moving distance of the monitoring person becomes short, it is possible to reduce the burden of the monitoring work of the monitoring person.

  The detection wave may be an electromagnetic wave.

  According to such a configuration, since the distance to the target object, the azimuth and the elevation angle, and the movement of the target object can be measured in a non-contact manner, it is possible to reduce the burden on the monitoring work of the observer.

  Further, the determination circuit determines the movement route so that the electromagnetic wave is not irradiated to a predetermined target person among the plurality of target persons when the monitor moves to the next target person. May be.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to shorten the unmeasured time of the predetermined subject. As a result, it is possible to reduce the work of the supervisor confirming the unmeasured time, and to reduce the burden of the supervisor's inspection work.

  In addition, the determination circuit determines a target person that cannot be measured by the measuring instrument from the plurality of target persons based on the relationship between the position of each of the plurality of target persons and the position of the monitoring person and the position of the measuring instrument. An extraction circuit for extracting, and when the supervisor moves to the next subject, the decision circuit decides the movement path so that the electromagnetic wave is irradiated to the subject who cannot be measured by the measuring instrument. May be.

  According to such a configuration, the unmeasured time of the subject who could not be measured by the measuring instrument can be returned to 0 seconds. As a result, it is possible to reduce the work of the supervisor confirming the unmeasured time, and to reduce the burden of the supervisor's inspection work.

  The monitoring support device may further include a notification device that notifies the monitoring person of at least one selected from the group consisting of the next target person and the moving route.

  According to such a configuration, at least one of the target person to be looked around next and the movement route can be shown to the monitor, and the burden of the watch-over monitoring work of the monitor can be reduced.

  The notification device may notify the monitoring person of the movement route by irradiating the movement route with visible light.

  According to such a configuration, the supervisor can be moved along the movement route indicated by the visible light, and the burden on the surveillance of the supervisor can be reduced.

  A monitoring support method according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a monitoring support method for supporting a work of a monitor who monitors a plurality of target persons by sequentially looking around the plurality of target persons. And irradiating a detection wave toward the monitor to measure the plurality of subjects and the monitor, and based on the information obtained by the measurement, the plurality of subjects Locating each position and the position of the monitor, and suitable for the monitor to look around next among the plurality of target persons based on the position of the target person and the position of the monitor And determining at least one selected from the group consisting of the next target person who is the target person and the movement route of the monitor from the position of the monitor to the next target person.

  According to such a method, it is possible to save the burden of deciding the target person to be looked around next, or the trouble of deciding the movement route to the target person to be looked around next. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the burden of the monitoring work of the observer.

  The monitoring support method further includes obtaining monitoring information regarding monitoring results and monitoring times of the plurality of target persons, and in the determination, based on the monitoring information, the next target person, and You may determine at least one selected from the group which consists of the said movement path | route.

  According to such a method, it is possible to determine at least one of the target person to be looked around and the movement route with reference to the monitoring information of the target person. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the burden of the monitoring work of the observer.

  In the present disclosure, all or part of a circuit, unit, device, member, or part, or all or part of a functional block in the block diagram is, for example, a semiconductor device, a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC), or an LSI (large scale integration). ) Can be implemented by one or more electronic circuits. The LSI or IC may be integrated on one chip or may be configured by combining a plurality of chips. For example, the functional blocks other than the memory element may be integrated on one chip. Here, it is called LSI or IC, but the name changes depending on the degree of integration, and may be called system LSI, VLSI (very large scale integration), or ULSI (ultra large scale integration). A field programmable gate array (FPGA), which is programmed after the manufacture of the LSI, or a reconfigurable logic device capable of reconfiguring the junction relationship inside the LSI or setting up a circuit partition inside the LSI can be used for the same purpose.

  Furthermore, all or part of the functions or operations of the circuits, units, devices, members, or units can be performed by software processing. In this case, the software is recorded on a non-transitory recording medium such as one or more ROMs, optical disks, hard disk drives, etc., and when the software is executed by a processor, the functions specified by the software are recorded. It is executed by a processor and peripheral devices. The system or apparatus may comprise one or more non-transitory recording media on which software is recorded, a processor, and required hardware devices such as interfaces.

  Hereinafter, a monitoring support apparatus and a monitoring support method according to an aspect of the present disclosure will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

  In the following embodiments, the subject person and the supervisor will be described by using, as an example, a nurse such as an infant in a nap and a nurse such as a nursery teacher.

  Each of the embodiments described below shows a specific example of the present disclosure. Numerical values, shapes, materials, components, arrangement positions and connection forms of components, steps, order of steps, and the like shown in the following embodiments are merely examples, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. In addition, among the constituent elements in the following embodiments, constituent elements that are not described in the independent claims indicating the highest concept are described as optional constituent elements.

(Embodiment)
[1. Configuration of monitoring support device]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a monitoring support apparatus 100 according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the monitoring support apparatus 100.

  FIG. 1 shows a monitoring support apparatus 100 that provides monitoring support for the care recipients 1 to 12 in a building. For example, the monitoring support device 100 detects the presence or absence of abnormality of the nursing staff 1 to 12 by measuring the respiration or heartbeat of each of the nursing staff 1 to 12. Note that the number of nurses is not limited to 12, but may be 3 or more.

  Further, FIG. 1 shows a nurse 50 moving in a building. The nurse 50 checks the presence or absence of abnormalities in the nurses 1 to 12 by performing a patrol monitoring operation on the nurses 1 to 12 in the nap.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the monitoring support apparatus 100 includes a measuring instrument 110, an input unit 120, a control unit 130 having a position specifying circuit 140 and a determination circuit 150, and a notification device 180. As shown in FIG. 1, the measuring instrument 110 and the notification device 180 are installed on the ceiling of the building, and the control unit 130 is installed in one corner of the building. The input unit 120 is carried by the nurse 50.

  The measuring instrument 110 is an apparatus that measures the nursing subjects 1 to 12 or the nursing staff 50 in a building by irradiating electromagnetic waves as an example of a detection wave. Specifically, the measuring instrument 110 measures a distance, an azimuth, an elevation angle, and the like with respect to the measuring instrument 110 for each of the care recipients 1 to 12 or the nurse 50. Moreover, the measuring device 110 measures the movements (for example, respiration or heartbeat) of the care recipients 1 to 12 by irradiating electromagnetic waves, and detects the biological information of the care recipients 1 to 12. The detection of the biological information is realized by using a known radar signal processing method (for example, JP-A-2006-214876).

  The measuring instrument 110 is, for example, a Doppler radar, transmits an electromagnetic wave that is a detection wave in a building, and receives a reflected wave from the measurement object, thereby measuring the distance, azimuth and elevation angle to the measurement object, and the measurement object. Measure the movement of the non-contact. The measurement object is detected using a known radar signal processing method (for example, Japanese Patent No. 4977806). As the frequency of the electromagnetic wave, for example, a millimeter wave band in a range of 30 GHz to 300 GHz is used. The measuring instrument 110 may measure the measurement object in an omnidirectional mode in which neither the transmission directivity of the detection wave nor the reception directivity of the reflected wave is controlled, or at least one of the transmission directivity and the reception directivity is measured. The measurement object may be measured in the directivity mode to be controlled. Measurement information obtained by the measuring instrument 110 is output to the control unit 130.

  In the measuring instrument 110 having the above configuration, the nurse 50 may enter between the measuring instrument 110 and the care recipients 1 to 12 when the nurse 50 performs a patrol work. For this reason, a state (occlusion) occurs in which the measuring instrument 110 cannot measure the patient who is behind the nurse 50 when viewed from the measuring instrument 110.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the measuring instrument 110 of the monitoring support apparatus 100 and the nurse 50 and the care recipients 1 to 12 as viewed from above.

  FIG. 3 shows a measurable area A1 in which the care receiver can be measured using the measuring instrument 110 and a non-measurable area (hatched dot area) A2 in which the care receiver cannot be measured. Specifically, the nurses 1 to 3, 5, 6, 9 to 12 shown in FIG. 3 are included in the measurable area A1, and the nurses 4, 7, and 8 are included in the unmeasurable area A2. . In FIG. 3, for example, even when a part of the area where the nurse 4 is present is shaded, the measurement information regarding the nurse 4 is not sufficiently obtained, and the shaded nurse 4 is included in the non-measurable area A2.

  The monitoring support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment supports the tour monitoring operation of the nurse 50 so that the state where the measuring devices 110 cannot measure the nurses 1 to 12 hardly occurs. Hereinafter, a configuration and a method for supporting the patrol monitoring work will be described.

  The input unit 120 is a device that inputs monitoring information when the nurse 50 monitors the care recipients 1 to 12. The input unit 120 is a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal. The nurse 50 performs a look-around monitoring operation while carrying the input unit 120 and individually inputs the monitoring information of the care recipients 1 to 12.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the input unit 120 of the monitoring support apparatus 100.

  On the screen of the input unit 120 shown in FIG. 4, as an example of the monitoring information, the patient 7 to be monitored, the monitoring time that is the monitoring time, and the quality of the monitoring result are displayed. The nurse 50 inputs monitoring information by operating the screen of the input unit 120. The monitoring information input to the input unit 120 is output to the control unit 130 using, for example, wireless communication.

  The control unit 130 is configured by a computer having a processor, a memory, a communication circuit, and the like, for example. Each component of the control unit 130 described later may be, for example, a software function performed by a processor executing a program recorded in a memory.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 130 includes a position specifying circuit 140 and a determination circuit 150. The determination circuit 150 includes an extraction circuit 160 and a memory 170. Hereinafter, the configuration of the control unit 130 will be described in detail.

  The position specifying circuit 140 specifies the positions of the nurses 1 to 12 and the current position of the nurse 50 in the building based on the information obtained by the measuring instrument 110. The position specifying circuit 140 specifies the positions of the care recipients 1 to 12 and the caregiver 50 in the building, for example, by obtaining the center of gravity of the scattering point of the measurement object. The positions of the care recipients 1 to 12 specified by the position specifying circuit 140 and the current position of the caregiver 50 are output to the extraction circuit 160.

  The extraction circuit 160 determines the measuring instrument 110 out of the nursing persons 1 to 12 based on the positions of the care recipients 1 to 12 specified by the position specifying circuit 140, the current position of the caregiver 50, and the position of the measuring instrument 110. The patient who cannot measure and the patient who can measure are distinguished and extracted.

  The extraction circuit 160 uses, for example, the nurse 50 as a cylindrical approximate model, and derives a non-measurable area A2 that is behind the nurse 50 when viewed from the measuring instrument 110. Then, the extraction circuit 160 extracts a patient who cannot be measured and a patient who can be measured depending on whether or not the nurses 1 to 12 are included in the unmeasurable area A2. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the nurses 4, 7, and 8 are extracted as the nurses that cannot be measured by the measuring instrument 110, and the nurses 1 to 3, 5, 6, and 9 to 12 are the nurses that can be measured. Extracted. Information regarding the availability of measurement of the care recipients 1 to 12 extracted by the extraction circuit 160 is output to the memory 170. Note that the non-measurable area A2 described above may be derived by the position specifying circuit 140.

  The memory 170 stores information obtained by the measuring instrument 110, information obtained by the extraction circuit 160, and information obtained by the input unit 120. Further, the memory 170 stores in advance layout information of the care recipients 1 to 12, the measuring instrument 110, and the notification device 180 in the building.

  FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing measurement information and monitoring information stored in the memory 170 of the monitoring support apparatus 100 in time series.

  FIG. 5 shows biological information of the care recipients 1 to 12 as one of the measurement information. Specifically, as the biological information, the respiratory states of the care recipients 1 to 12 are shown in a wave shape.

  FIG. 5 also shows an unmeasured time that is one piece of measurement information. The unmeasured time refers to a time during which the predetermined nursing subject cannot be measured in the shadow of the nurse 50 when the measuring instrument 110 measures the predetermined nursing subject. The unmeasured time is accumulated by continuing the state where the electromagnetic wave ew of the measuring instrument 110 is not irradiated to the care recipient, and is returned to 0 seconds by being irradiated with the electromagnetic wave ew. The monitoring support apparatus 100 performs a patrol monitoring so that the unmeasured time of each of the nurses 1 to 12 is within the prescribed unmeasured time, or the shadow time for the nurses 1 to 12 is shortened. Provide work support. The prescribed unmeasured time in the present embodiment is, for example, 30 seconds.

  FIG. 5 also shows the presence / absence of monitoring input, which is one piece of monitoring information. The presence / absence of this monitoring input is stored when the nurse 50 finishes monitoring a predetermined patient and inputs the monitoring result and the monitoring time to the input unit 120.

  FIG. 5 shows an unmonitored time which is one of the monitoring information. The unmonitored time refers to a time during which the nurse 50 cannot monitor the patient. The unmonitored time is a time from when a monitoring input is made until the next monitoring input is received, and is reset to 0 seconds when the next monitoring input is received. The monitoring support apparatus 100 provides support for the patrol monitoring work so that the unmonitored time of each of the care recipients 1 to 12 is within the prescribed unmonitored time. The unmonitored time in this embodiment is, for example, within 300 seconds.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a storage table stored in the memory 170 of the monitoring support apparatus 100. FIG. 6 is an example showing a scene different from FIG.

  The storage table of FIG. 6 shows unmonitored time and unmeasured time for each of the care recipients 1 to 12. In FIG. 6, the unmonitored time of the nurse 5 is 225 seconds, and the unmonitored time of the nurse 5 among the nurses 1 to 12 is the longest. In addition, the unmeasured times of the nurses 4, 7, and 8 are 10 seconds, 18 seconds, and 12 seconds, respectively, and are not measured compared to the other nurses 1 to 3, 5, 6, and 9 to 12. Is getting longer. Note that the unmeasured time occurs in the nurses 2 and 11 because the nurses 2 and 11 cannot temporarily measure when the nurses 2 and 11 move by turning over. . The unmeasured time in this case returns to 0 seconds relatively quickly and is not particularly taken up as a problem.

  The decision circuit 150 uses these pieces of information stored in the memory 170 to determine the next to be looked at among the plurality of care recipients 1 to 12 and the caregiver 50 and the next caregiver to look around. Is determined. Specifically, the determination circuit 150 determines the unmonitored time of the nurses 1 to 12 based on the positions of the nurses 1 to 12 specified by the position specifying circuit 140 and the current position of the caregiver 50. The patient to be looked around and the movement route R1 are determined so as to be within the time. Further, the determination circuit 150 determines the patient to be looked around and the movement route R1 so that the unmeasured times of the nurses 1 to 12 are within the prescribed unmeasured time. In this case, the decision circuit 150 solves the constraint satisfaction problem that satisfies both the conditions where the unmonitored time is within the specified unmonitored time and the unmeasured time is within the specified unmeasured time. An artificial intelligence or the like may be used to determine the patient to be looked around and the movement route R1.

  Note that the determination circuit 150 may determine the patient to be looked around next based on the biological information of the nurses 1 to 12 measured by the measuring instrument 110 in addition to the various types of information described above. For example, when the care recipients 1 to 12 are in an unstable state, the determination circuit 150 may determine the care recipient who is in an unstable state as the highest priority look around.

  The notification device 180 is a device that notifies the nurse 50 of the next care-to-care person and the movement route R1 determined by the determination circuit 150. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an operation example of the notification device 180 of the monitoring support apparatus 100.

  The notification device 180 is, for example, a projection mapping apparatus, and navigates the moving route R1 from the current position of the nurse 50 toward the care recipient N1 (eg, the care recipient 5) with the visible light L1. The nurse 50 moves efficiently along the movement route R1 so that the nurses 1 to 12 can perform the look-around monitoring work efficiently. That is, according to the monitoring support apparatus 100 having the above-described configuration, it is possible to reduce the burden of the tour monitoring operation of the caregiver 50 on the nurses 1 to 12.

[2. Monitoring support method]
Next, a monitoring support method using the monitoring support apparatus 100 will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the monitoring support method according to the embodiment.

  First, the measuring instrument 110 irradiates electromagnetic waves toward a plurality of the nurses 1 to 12 and the nurse 50, thereby measuring the nurses 1 to 12 and the nurse 50 (step S10).

  Next, the position specifying circuit 140 of the control unit 130 specifies the positions of the nurses 1 to 12 and the current position of the nurse 50 in the building based on the information obtained in step S10 (step S20). .

  On the other hand, the nurse 50 performs a look-out monitoring operation for the nurses 1 to 12 and inputs monitoring information on the monitoring results of the nurses 1 to 12 and the monitoring time to the input unit 120. Thereby, the input unit 120 acquires the monitoring information (step S11).

  Next, the determination circuit 150 of the control unit 130 determines a plurality of positions based on the positions of the nurses 1 to 12 identified in step S20 and the current position of the nurse 50 and the monitoring information acquired in step S11. Next, the nurse N1 to be looked around next and the movement route R1 connecting the nurse 50 and the nurse N1 to look around next are determined (step S30).

  In step S30, the determination circuit 150 may determine the care recipient N1 and the movement route R1 to be looked on next based only on the information related to the position specified in step S20. In step S30, the determination circuit 150 may determine at least one of the care recipient N1 and the movement route R1 to be looked around next.

  Next, the notifier 180 notifies the nurse 50 of the patient N1 and the movement route R1 to be looked around next determined by the determination circuit 150 (step S40). Thereafter, steps S10 to S40 are repeatedly executed as necessary.

  As a notification method, notification may be performed with visible light L1 as shown in FIG. 7, or as shown in FIG. The movement route R1 may be displayed.

  According to such a monitoring support method, the nurse 50 can save the time and effort of considering who is the next patient to be looked around and what kind of moving route to move. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the burden of the look-out monitoring work of the nurses 1 to 12.

[3. Specific examples of monitoring support apparatus and monitoring support method]
Next, specific example 1 of the monitoring support apparatus 100 and the monitoring support method will be described.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a specific example in which the monitoring support apparatus 100 determines the patient N1 to be looked around next. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a storage table stored in the memory 170 of the monitoring support apparatus 100 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 10 shows a state when the nurse 50 has finished monitoring the care recipient 7. The unmonitored time of the nurses 1 to 12 at this time is as shown in FIG. 11, and the unmonitored time of the nurse 5 is the longest. Therefore, the determination circuit 150 of the monitoring support apparatus 100 determines the care recipient 5 among the care recipients 1 to 12 as the care recipient N1 to be looked around next.

  In this way, the determination circuit 150 determines the nurse who has the longest unmonitored time among the plurality of nurses 1 to 12 as the patient N1 to be looked around next, so that the nurse 50 looks around next. It is possible to save the trouble of deciding the care recipient N1. Thereby, the burden of the nurse 50 can be reduced.

  Next, specific example 2 of the monitoring support apparatus 100 and the monitoring support method will be described.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of determining the movement route R1 of the nurse 50 in the monitoring support apparatus 100. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a storage table stored in the memory 170 of the monitoring support apparatus 100 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 12 shows a state when the nurse 50 finishes monitoring the care recipient 7. As shown in FIG. 13, the unmeasured times of the nurses 1 to 12 at this time point are 10 seconds, 18 seconds, and 12 seconds, respectively. The unmeasured time is longer than those of the care recipients 1 to 3, 5, 6, 9 to 12. Moreover, the unmonitored time of the nurse 5 out of the nurses 1 to 12 is the longest. Therefore, the determination circuit 150 of the monitoring support device 100 makes the nurse 50 reach the nurse N1 to be looked around next as soon as possible, or the unmeasured time of the patient 4, 7 or 8 is as short as possible. Thus, the movement route R1 is determined.

  Hereinafter, three determination examples will be described. The care recipient N1 to be looked around next may be determined in advance by the method shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, or may be determined by receiving a command from another external device.

  First, a first determination example will be described with reference to FIGS. 14A and 14B. 14A and 14B are diagrams illustrating an example of the travel route R1 determined by the monitoring support apparatus 100 illustrated in FIG.

  In the first determination example, the movement route R1 is determined so that the movement distance when the nurse 50 moves to the care recipient N1 to look around next is the shortest. For example, when the patient N1 to be looked around next is the cared person 5, the decision circuit 150 moves a route that connects the route from the current position of the nurse 50 to the cared person 5 to look around next by the movement route R1. Determine as. The nurse 50 can reach the care recipient 5 in a short time by moving along the movement route R1 from the state shown in FIG. 14A as shown in FIG. 14B.

  Thus, the determination circuit 150 determines the movement route R1 so that the movement distance of the nurse 50 is the shortest, so that the labor of the nurse 50 can be reduced.

  Next, a second determination example will be described with reference to FIGS. 15A and 15B. 15A and 15B are diagrams illustrating another example of the movement route determined by the monitoring support apparatus 100 illustrated in FIG.

  In the second determination example, when the nurse 50 moves to the patient 5 to be looked around next, the electromagnetic wave ew is not irradiated to a predetermined patient among the plurality of nurses 1 to 12. The movement route R1 is determined so as not to become. For example, the determination circuit 150 determines that the nurse 50 is not irradiated with the electromagnetic wave ew to the nurse 6 positioned between the nurse 7 who has finished monitoring and the patient 5 to be looked around next. The movement route R1 is determined so as to go around the outside of the care recipient 6 as viewed from the measuring instrument 110. As the nurse 50 moves along the movement route R1 from the state shown in FIG. 15A as shown in FIG. 15B, the unmeasured time of the care recipient 6 can be shortened.

  In this way, the determination circuit 150 determines the movement route R1 so that the electromagnetic wave ew is not irradiated to the predetermined care recipient, so that the non-measurement time of the predetermined care recipient can be shortened. Thereby, the work for the nurse 50 to check for the unmeasured time can be reduced, and the burden of the patrol monitoring work for the nurse 50 can be reduced.

  Next, a third determination example will be described with reference to FIGS. 16A and 16B. 16A and 16B are diagrams illustrating still another example of the movement route determined by the monitoring support apparatus 100 illustrated in FIG.

  In the third determination example, when the nurse 50 moves to the care recipient 5 to be looked around next, the movement route is set such that the electromagnetic wave ew is irradiated to the care recipient included in the unmeasurable region A2. R1 is determined. For example, the determination circuit 150 may irradiate the electromagnetic wave ew again to the care recipients 4, 7, and 8 that have not been measured by the nurse 50, that is, the measuring instrument 110 and the care recipients 4, 7. , 8 is determined so as to temporarily remove the nurse 50 from between the two. When the nurse 50 moves from the state shown in FIG. 16A along the movement route R1 as shown in FIG. 16B, the unmeasured time of the nurses 4, 7, and 8 can be returned to 0 seconds. it can.

  In this way, the determination circuit 150 determines the movement route R1 so that the electromagnetic wave ew is irradiated to the subject who has not been measured, so that the unmeasured time of the subject can be reset to 0 seconds. it can. Thereby, the work for the nurse 50 to check for the unmeasured time can be reduced, and the burden of the patrol monitoring work for the nurse 50 can be reduced.

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Although the monitoring support apparatus and the monitoring support method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above, the present disclosure is not limited to individual embodiments. Unless it deviates from the gist of the present disclosure, various modifications conceived by those skilled in the art have been made in the present embodiment, and forms constructed by combining components in different embodiments are also possible. It may be included within the scope of the embodiments.

  For example, in FIG. 1 of the embodiment, the example in which the control unit 130 is installed at one corner of the building is shown, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the control unit 130 may be included in the measuring device 110, the notification device 180, or the input unit 120, and may be integrated with each other. Further, for example, the notification device 180 may be included in the measurement device 110 and integrated with the measurement device 110.

  The determination circuit 150 may cause the screen of the input unit 120 to display a warning when the unmeasured time of the care recipients 1 to 12 exceeds a predetermined threshold. Further, on the screen of the input unit 120, the unmonitored time and the unmeasured time of each of the care recipients 1 to 12 may be displayed corresponding to the time.

  In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the subject person and the supervisor have been described using nurses such as a nap infant and nurses such as nursery teachers as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the target person and the supervisor are each a visitor seated in a restaurant and a store clerk who receives an order from the visitor, and the clerk is applied to determine a travel route for receiving an order from the visitor. Also good.

  Further, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the electromagnetic wave is used as an example of the detection wave to be irradiated toward the target person and the supervisor, but is not limited thereto. For example, ultrasonic waves may be applied in consideration of the type of medium in which the detection wave propagates, the frequency or wavelength of the detection wave, and other conditions. By transmitting to the measurement object and receiving the reflected wave from the measurement object under the target environment, the distance, azimuth and elevation angle to the measurement object, and the movement of the measurement object are measured. Any wave may be used as the detection wave as long as it can be measured without contact.

  The monitoring support device and the monitoring support method of the present disclosure can be widely used for devices that monitor biological information, such as a monitoring system in a nursery school, a nursing facility, a hospital, and a service system in a restaurant.

1 to 12 Nursing person 50 Nursing person 100 Monitoring support device 110 Measuring device 120 Input unit 130 Control unit 140 Positioning circuit 150 Determination circuit 160 Extraction circuit 170 Memory 180 Notification device A1 Measuring area A2 Unmeasurable area ew Electromagnetic wave L1 Visible light N1 The next caregiver to look around R1 travel route

Claims (14)

A monitoring support device for supporting the work of a monitor who monitors the plurality of subjects by looking around the plurality of subjects in order,
A measuring instrument that measures the plurality of subjects and the supervisor by irradiating detection waves toward the plurality of subjects and the supervisor;
Based on the information obtained by the measuring instrument, a position specifying circuit for specifying the position of each of the plurality of subjects and the position of the supervisor;
Based on the position of each of the plurality of subjects identified by the position identifying circuit and the position of the supervisor, the subject is suitable for the supervisor to look around next. A determination circuit that determines at least one selected from a group consisting of a next-time target person and a movement route of the monitoring person from the position of the monitoring person to the next target person;
A monitoring support apparatus comprising: further,
An input unit for inputting monitoring information related to a monitoring result and a monitoring time when the monitoring person monitors the plurality of target persons;
The determination circuit determines at least one selected from the group consisting of the next target person and the movement route based on the monitoring information.
The monitoring support apparatus according to claim 1. The determination circuit includes:
Using the monitoring information, for each of the plurality of subjects, to obtain an unmonitored time during which the monitor has not been able to monitor the plurality of subjects,
Determining at least one selected from the group consisting of the next target person and the travel route so that the unmonitored time of each of the plurality of target persons is within a prescribed unmonitored time;
The monitoring support apparatus according to claim 2. The determination circuit includes:
Using the information, for each of the plurality of subjects, when the measuring device measures the plurality of subjects, the measurement is not performed in the shade of the monitor. Get time,
Determining the next target person and at least one selected from the group consisting of the travel route so that the unmeasured time of each of the plurality of subjects is within a prescribed unmeasured time;
The monitoring support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The measuring device further measures biological information of the plurality of subjects,
The determination circuit determines at least one selected from the group consisting of the next target person and the movement route based on the biological information.
The monitoring support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The determination circuit includes:
Using the monitoring information, for each of the plurality of subjects, to obtain an unmonitored time during which the monitor has not been able to monitor the plurality of subjects,
Of the plurality of subjects, the subject with the longest unmonitored time is determined as the next subject,
The monitoring support apparatus according to claim 2. The determination circuit determines the movement route so that a movement distance when the supervisor moves to the next target person is the shortest.
The monitoring support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The detection wave is an electromagnetic wave.
The monitoring support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7. The determining circuit determines the movement path so that the electromagnetic wave is not irradiated to a predetermined target person among the plurality of target persons when the monitor moves to the next target person.
The monitoring support apparatus according to claim 8. The determination circuit includes:
From the relationship between the position of each of the plurality of subjects and the position of the supervisor, and the position of the measuring instrument, including an extraction circuit that extracts a subject who cannot be measured by the measuring instrument from the plurality of target persons,
The determination circuit determines the movement path so that the electromagnetic wave is irradiated to the subject who cannot be measured by the measuring instrument when the supervisor moves to the next subject.
The monitoring support apparatus according to claim 8. further,
A notification device for notifying the monitor of the next target person and at least one selected from the group consisting of the travel route;
The monitoring support device according to any one of claims 1 to 10. The notification device notifies the monitor of the moving route by irradiating the moving route with visible light.
The monitoring support apparatus according to claim 11. A monitoring support method for supporting a work of a monitor who monitors the plurality of subjects by sequentially looking around the plurality of subjects,
Irradiating a detection wave toward the plurality of subjects and the monitor to measure the plurality of subjects and the monitor;
Based on the information obtained by the measurement, specifying the position of each of the plurality of subjects and the position of the monitor;
Based on each position of the target person and the position of the monitor, the next target person who is suitable for the monitor to look around next among the plurality of target persons, and the position of the monitor Determining at least one selected from the group consisting of the movement route of the supervisor from the next subject to the next person,
Monitoring support method including further,
Obtaining monitoring information on monitoring results and monitoring times of the plurality of subjects,
In the determination, based on the monitoring information, determine the next target person and at least one selected from the group consisting of the travel route,
The monitoring support method according to claim 13.

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