JP2021149329A - Excretion management system, excretion management method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an excretion management system, an excretion management method, and a program that can prepare a care schedule that can be recognized as one with high accuracy for a caregiver by visualizing an excretion pattern.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus 10 for excretion management comprises: a first detection unit 101 that detects excretion of a care recipient; a second detection unit 102 that detects biological information on the care recipient; a creation unit 103 that creates the care recipient's excretion pattern based on the number of times of excretion detected by the first detection unit; a prediction unit 104 that predicts the timing of the care recipient's excretion based on the biological information detected by the second detection unit and the excretion pattern created by the creation unit; a preparation unit 105 that prepares a schedule for assisting the care recipient's excretion based on a result of prediction made by the prediction unit; and a display control unit 108 that displays at least the excretion pattern created by the creation unit on a display.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to an excretion management system, an excretion management method and a program.

In recent years, due to the accelerating declining birthrate and aging population, the labor shortage of caregivers and the high turnover rate due to the increase in the burden of long-term care per person have become social problems. In the nursing care field, so-called "excretion care" is one of the most important nursing care tasks for maintaining the quality of life of the care recipient. According to a 2013 Cabinet Office survey, 62.5 [%] of the 696 people who had long-term care experience said that they had difficulty attending when excreting or changing diapers. Sensing techniques range from measuring moisture, humidity, temperature, odor, or movement of excretory organs for the purpose of detecting and predicting excretion. In addition, due to recent technological innovations, a system for predicting behaviors such as machine learning of long-term care records or excretion using AI (Artificial Intelligence) has been proposed.

As such a system for predicting the behavior of the caregiver, a technique for predicting the excretion of the care recipient and creating a visit schedule for a plurality of care recipients based on the predicted time required for care of the care recipient. Is disclosed (for example, Patent Document 1). Further, a care plan adjustment system capable of appropriately caring for a care recipient is disclosed based on a care plan adjusted according to the condition of the care recipient (for example, Patent Document 2).

Here, care for excretion is characterized by being dependent on the experience of the caregiver and the cognitive ability of the care recipient, as compared with care cases such as medication and meal assistance, and there is an aspect that it is difficult to schedule care. be. However, in the conventional technique, although the care recipient's excretion is predicted and scheduled, it is possible to grasp whether the predicted result is correct and the generated schedule is highly accurate. There is a problem that it is difficult.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and by visualizing the excretion pattern, an excretion management system, an excretion management method and a program capable of creating a care schedule that can be recognized as highly accurate for the caregiver. The purpose is to provide.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the present invention has a first detection unit that detects the excretion of the care recipient, a second detection unit that detects the biological information of the care recipient, and the first detection unit. The generation unit that generates the excretion pattern of the care recipient based on the number of excretion detected by the 1 detection unit, the biometric information detected by the second detection unit, and the generation unit generated by the generation unit. A prediction unit that predicts the excretion timing of the care recipient based on the excretion pattern, a creation unit that creates a schedule for assisting the care recipient's excretion based on the prediction result by the prediction unit, and a creation unit. It is characterized by including at least a display control unit for displaying the excretion pattern generated by the generation unit on a display device.

According to the present invention, by visualizing the excretion pattern, it is possible to create a care schedule that can be recognized as highly accurate for the caregiver.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of an excretion management system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the functional block of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a histogram of the number of excretion times. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the histogram and the graph of biological information in association with each other. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a guidance schedule created by the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of the schedule creation process of the excretion management system according to the embodiment.

Hereinafter, the excretion management system, the excretion management method, and the program according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Further, the present invention is not limited by the following embodiments, and the components in the following embodiments include those easily conceived by those skilled in the art, substantially the same, and so-called equivalent ranges. Is included. Furthermore, various omissions, substitutions, changes and combinations of components can be made without departing from the gist of the following embodiments.

In addition, computer software refers to programs related to computer operations and other information used for processing by computers that are equivalent to programs (hereinafter, computer software is referred to as software). Application software is a general term for software used to perform a specific task in the classification of software. On the other hand, the operating system (OS) is software for controlling a computer and making computer resources available to application software and the like. The operating system performs basic computer management and control, such as input / output control, hardware management such as memory and hard disk, and process management. The application software operates by utilizing the functions provided by the operating system. A program is a command to a computer that is combined so that one result can be obtained. In addition, a program-like thing cannot be called a program because it is not a direct command to the computer, but it has properties similar to a program in that it regulates the processing of the computer. For example, the data structure (the logical structure of data represented by the interrelationship between data elements) corresponds to a program.

(Configuration of excretion management system)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of an excretion management system according to an embodiment. The configuration of the excretion management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The excretion management system 1 shown in FIG. 1 records the excretion pattern of the care recipient, predicts the excretion of the care recipient, and creates a guidance schedule for the caregiver to assist the care recipient with excretion. It is a system. As shown in FIG. 1, the excretion management system 1 includes an information processing device 10, an excretion detection sensor 20, and a biological sensor 30.

The information processing device 10 detects the excretion of the care recipient from the detection information from the excretion detection sensor 20 and generates an excretion record such as a histogram, and based on the excretion record and the biometric information detected from the biosensor 30. , It is a device that predicts the excretion of the care recipient and creates a guidance schedule.

The excretion detection sensor 20 is a sensor for detecting the excretion of the care recipient. For example, the excretion detection sensor 20 includes a wearable or non-wearable excretion sensor that detects an odor and directly detects excretion, a bed leaving sensor that detects that the care recipient has left the bed, and the like. In the case of the excretion sensor, it is preferable that the sensor can be attached to an absorbent article in a non-contact portion with respect to the care recipient and can be disposable. As a method of detecting excretion based on the care recipient's bed leaving state detected by the bed leaving sensor, for example, the care recipient's bed leaving state is detected for a predetermined time (for example, 1 minute or more and 5 minutes or less) by the bed leaving sensor. In that case, the excretion may be detected as the person leaving the bed for excretion.

Here, (Table 1) shows an example of a method of grasping excretion according to the operable level of excretion as ADL (Activities of Daily Living). Specifically, how to grasp the time of urination or defecation, the number of urination or defecation, the interval of urination or defecation, the maximum interval of urination or defecation, and the toilet or portable toilet according to the operable level of excretion. It shows an example of how to know whether urination or defecation was successful or unsuccessful.

For example, in the excretion management system 1 according to the present embodiment, it is necessary to grasp that the care recipient has excreted, and in that case, the time of urination or defecation, the number of times of urination or defecation, urination or defecation in (Table 1). It can be adopted as an example of a method for detecting the fact of urination from the method of grasping the interval, the longest urination or the interval of defecation. For example, in the case of "a person who can walk alone and go to the toilet", it is possible to detect excretion (going to the toilet) based on the bed leaving time detected by the bed leaving sensor as the excretion detection sensor 20. can. In the case of "almost diapers (occasionally toilets and portable toilets)", a record created by caregiver's excretion care (excretion record) or an excretion sensor 20 as an excretion detection sensor 20 attached to a pad, diaper, bed, etc. It is possible to detect excretion by. The excretion record records, for example, the time of excretion, the time required for assisting excretion, and the like.

The biosensor 30 is a sensor that detects the biometric information of the care recipient. For example, the biological information detected by the biological sensor 30 includes body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, urine volume, activity amount, position information, and the like, or any one or more of these. Of these, in order to acquire the amount of activity and the position information on the bed, a bed sensor such as a load sensor, an infrared camera, or the like can be adopted as the biological sensor 30. Further, in order to detect blood pressure or heart rate, an electrode sensor or a vibration sensor arranged on a bed can be adopted as the biosensor 30.

(Hardware configuration of information processing device)
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. The hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the information processing device 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 501, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 502, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 503, an auxiliary storage device 505, and a media drive 507. , Display 508 (display device), network I / F 509 (reception unit), keyboard 511, mouse 512, DVD (Digital Versailles Disc) drive 514, and sensor I / F 515.

The CPU 501 is an arithmetic unit that controls the operation of the entire information processing device 10. The ROM 502 is a non-volatile storage device that stores a program for the information processing device 10. The RAM 503 is a volatile storage device used as a work area of the CPU 501.

The auxiliary storage device 505 is, for example, a storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or SSD (Solid State Drive) that stores various information such as information detected by the excretion detection sensor 20 and the biological sensor 30, and a program or the like. be. The media drive 507 is a device that controls reading and writing of data to a recording medium 506 such as a flash memory according to the control of the CPU 501.

The display 508 is a display device configured by a liquid crystal display, an organic EL (Electro-luminescence), or the like that displays various information such as a cursor, a menu, a window, characters, or an image.

The network I / F 509 is an interface for communicating data with an external device such as the information processing device 10 using the network. The network I / F509 is, for example, a NIC (Network Interface Card) or the like that supports Ethernet (registered trademark) and is capable of communication conforming to TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) / IP (Internet Protocol) or the like.

The keyboard 511 is an input device for selecting characters, numbers, various instructions, moving a cursor, and the like. The mouse 512 is an input device for selecting and executing various instructions, selecting a processing target, moving a cursor, and the like.

The DVD drive 514 is a device that controls reading and writing of data to a DVD 513 such as a DVD-ROM or a DVD-R (Digital Versatile Disc Recordable) as an example of a removable storage medium.

The sensor I / F515 is an interface for connecting various sensors such as the excretion detection sensor 20 and the biosensor 30 and receiving detection information from the sensor.

The CPU 501, ROM 502, RAM 503, auxiliary storage device 505, media drive 507, display 508, network I / F 509, keyboard 511, mouse 512, DVD drive 514 and sensor I / F 515 are the buses 510 such as the address bus and the data bus. Are connected to each other so that they can communicate with each other.

The hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 2 is an example, and it is not necessary to include all the components shown in FIG. 2, or it may include other components. Further, the information processing device 10 is not limited to being composed of the single information processing device shown in FIG. 2, and may be composed of a plurality of network devices such as a plurality of information processing devices.

(Configuration and operation of functional blocks of information processing equipment)
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the functional block of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a histogram of the number of excretion times. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the histogram and the graph of biological information in association with each other. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a guidance schedule created by the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. The configuration and operation of the functional block of the information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.

As shown in FIG. 3, the information processing apparatus 10 includes a first detection unit 101, a second detection unit 102, a generation unit 103, a prediction unit 104, a creation unit 105, a correction unit 106, and a display control unit. It has 107, a display unit 108, a storage unit 109, and an input unit 110.

The first detection unit 101 is a functional unit that detects that the care recipient has excreted. The first detection unit 101 detects that the care recipient has excreted, for example, by acquiring the detection information by the excretion detection sensor 20. Further, the first detection unit 101 records, for example, a record of the care recipient's excretion (excretion record) input by the caregiver by the input unit 110 or received as data by the network I / F 509 from the storage unit 109. It is acquired and the excretion of the care recipient is detected from the excretion record. The first detection unit 101 is realized by, for example, a program executed by the CPU 501 shown in FIG.

The second detection unit 102 is a functional unit that detects biological information detected by the biological sensor 30. The second detection unit 102 is realized by, for example, a program executed by the CPU 501 shown in FIG.

The generation unit 103 is a functional unit that generates a histogram (an example of an excretion pattern) based on the number of excretion of the care recipient detected by the first detection unit 101. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the generation unit 103 generates a histogram counting the number of excretion times for each hour in a predetermined period (1 week, 1 month, etc.). The number of excretion counts in the histogram is not limited to each hour, and may be, for example, 1 minute interval, 5 minute interval, 10 minute interval, 15 minute interval, 30 minute interval, or the like. In the example of the histogram shown in FIG. 4, it can be understood that the care recipient who is the target person of the histogram tends to excrete at around 21:00 and around 2:00.

Further, the generation unit 103 may generate the histogram over the entire predetermined period, or may create the histogram only with the data of the detection of excretion selected for each condition. As conditions, for example, when the bedtime is in the 20:00 range, when the bedtime is in the 21:00 range, etc., it is decided for each bedtime, and in the daytime activity situation, for example, whether or not to go out, whether or not to participate in recreation, whether or not to take a bath, etc. Conditions that may affect sleep, such as the amount of food (whether the whole amount was eaten or left), the amount of water ingested, the time ingested, the room temperature, the illuminance, the body temperature, and the blood pressure, may be set.

Further, the histogram generated by the generation unit 103 can be displayed on the display unit 108 by the display control unit 107. As a result, the caregiver can recognize that the guidance schedule for assisting excretion created by the preparation unit 105, which will be described later, is a highly accurate schedule by checking the visualized histogram. .. It should be noted that the generation unit 103 is not limited to the hisgram, and may be, for example, a graph showing the number of excretion, and the number of excretion of the care recipient detected by the first detection unit 101 is time-series. Any information represented in is sufficient.

The generation unit 103 is realized by, for example, a program executed by the CPU 501 shown in FIG.

The prediction unit 104 is a functional unit that predicts the excretion behavior of the care recipient based on the histogram generated by the generation unit 103 and the biological information detected by the second detection unit 102. Specifically, the prediction unit 104 extracts a unique pattern of the biometric information before excretion of the care recipient by associating the biometric information detected by the second detection unit 102 with the histogram generated by the generation unit 103. By doing so, the excretion behavior is predicted. In addition, the prediction unit 104 acquires time-series data for a predetermined period such as one week or one month as biometric information detected by the second detection unit 102. For example, when the activity amount and position information are used as the biometric information, the activity amount and position information such as 10 minutes before, 15 minutes before, 30 minutes before, and 60 minutes before the care recipient's excretion are used in a time series. Let it be data. Then, the prediction unit 104 associates the histogram corresponding to this predetermined period with the time-series data of the biometric information, and extracts a peculiar pattern of the biometric information before the care recipient is excreted.

The graph shown in FIG. 5 shows the time-series data of the amount of change in blood pressure (Δ blood pressure) as biological information and the histogram generated by the generation unit 103 in association with each other. In FIG. 5, since the number of excretion times is concentrated around 21:00, for example, the prediction unit 104 extracts the pattern 200, which is the waveform portion of the graph of the biometric information before 21:00, as a peculiar pattern of the biometric information. Then, the prediction unit 104 is based on the comparison result between the extracted unique pattern and the time-series data of the biological information stored in the storage unit 109, and the number of histograms associated with the time-series data. For example, it is predicted at what time of the day each care recipient will be excreted.

Further, the time-series data and the histogram of the biological information associated with the prediction unit 104 can be displayed on the display unit 108 by the display control unit 107 in the display mode as shown in FIG. As a result, the caregiver is highly accurate about the guidance schedule for assisting the excretion created by the creation unit 105, which will be described later, by confirming the time-series data and the histogram of the visualized and associated biometric information. You can recognize that it is a schedule.

The prediction unit 104 is realized by, for example, a program executed by the CPU 501 shown in FIG.

The preparation unit 105 is a guidance schedule (schedule) for assisting the excretion based on the prediction result of the care recipient's excretion by the prediction unit 104 (for example, the prediction result about the time of the day when the excretion is performed). ) Is a functional part to create. As a method of creating a guidance schedule, for example, in a histogram of weekly excretion of a care recipient, excretion of 3 days from 20:30 to 21:00 and 5 days from 22:30 to 23:00 out of 7 days. If there is, the number of people who need excretion assistance (excretion guidance) in the schedule may be set to "1" if there is more than one day in the histogram, and the number of people is assigned with a probability such as 3/7 or 5/7. It may be set as a threshold value, or if it is 4 days or more in a week, the required number of people is set to "1", and if it is 3 days or less, it is set to "0". good.

In addition, the preparation unit 105 creates a guidance schedule by allocating the number of people who need excretion assistance to the caregivers corresponding to the day. The guidance schedule shown in FIG. 6 shows a schedule in which two staff members, A and B, are assigned the number of caregivers who need excretion care every 30 minutes. Then, the guidance schedule created by the creation unit 105 is displayed on the display unit 108 by the display control unit 107.

In this way, by creating a guidance schedule in advance, by scheduling in advance in this way, the staff station does not care for other care recipients during the time when excretion assistance may occur. It is possible to reduce the probability of being called by a nurse call or a sensor call during the care of another care recipient by performing office work such as, and waiting to respond to a nurse call or a sensor call for inducing excretion. This leads to a reduction in the mental burden on the caregiver and enables optimal placement of the caregiver. In addition, it is possible not only to improve the work efficiency of the caregiving assistance, but also to prevent dangers associated with the caregiver's excretion behavior such as a fall of the care recipient due to the nighttime excretion behavior. Further, in the example shown in FIG. 6, since the number of caregivers required between 22:30 and 23:00 is three, it can be understood that two staff members A and B are not enough, and the number of staff is increased during the time period. It is also possible to respond.

The creation unit 105 is realized by, for example, a program executed by the CPU 501 shown in FIG.

The correction unit 106 is a functional unit that corrects the contents of the guidance schedule created by the creation unit 105. For example, the correction unit 106 is a prediction unit based on a comparison between the time series data of the biological information detected by the second detection unit 102 and the histogram generated by the generation unit 103 after the guidance schedule is created by the creation unit 105. When the peculiar pattern extracted by 104 is different from the peculiar pattern that is the basis for creating the guidance schedule, the guidance schedule is corrected so as to correspond to the peculiar pattern of this time. Then, the guidance schedule corrected by the correction unit 106 is displayed on the display unit 108 by the display control unit 107. The correction unit 106 is realized by, for example, a program executed by the CPU 501 shown in FIG.

The display control unit 107 is a functional unit that controls the display operation of the display unit 108. For example, the display control unit 107 is corrected by the histogram generated by the generation unit 103, the time-series data and histogram of the biological information associated with the prediction unit 104, the guidance schedule created by the creation unit 105, and the correction unit 106. The guidance schedule is displayed on the display unit 108. The display control unit 107 is realized by, for example, a program executed by the CPU 501 shown in FIG.

The display unit 108 is a functional unit that displays various information and screens under the control of the display control unit 107. The display unit 108 is realized by the display 508 shown in FIG.

The storage unit 109 is a functional unit that stores various information, programs, and the like. The storage unit 109 may include, for example, information on the excretion of the care recipient detected by the first detection unit 101, biological information detected by the second detection unit 102, information on the histogram generated by the generation unit 103, and prediction unit 104. Time-series data and histogram information of biometric information associated with, extracted peculiar pattern information, and prediction results, guidance schedule created by creation unit 105, guidance schedule corrected by correction unit 106, and input. The excretion record or the like input by the unit 110 or received by the network I / F 509 is stored. The storage unit 109 is realized by the auxiliary storage device 505 shown in FIG.

The input unit 110 is a functional unit that receives operation input from a user (caregiver or the like). The input unit 110 inputs, for example, an excretion record of the care recipient by the caregiver. The input unit 110 is realized by, for example, at least one of the keyboard 511 and the mouse 512 shown in FIG.

Note that some or all of the first detection unit 101, the second detection unit 102, the generation unit 103, the prediction unit 104, the creation unit 105, the correction unit 106, and the display control unit 107 are not programs that are software, but FPGAs. It may be realized by a hardware circuit (integrated circuit) such as Field-Programmable Gate Array) or ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit).

Further, each functional unit of the information processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 3 conceptually shows a function, and is not limited to such a configuration. For example, a plurality of functional units illustrated as independent functional units in the information processing device 10 shown in FIG. 3 may be configured as one functional unit. On the other hand, in the information processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 3, the functions of one functional unit may be divided into a plurality of functions and configured as a plurality of functional units.

(Schedule creation process)
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of the schedule creation process of the excretion management system according to the embodiment. The flow of the schedule creation process of the excretion management system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 7.

<Step S11>
The first detection unit 101 of the information processing device 10 detects that the care recipient has excreted. The first detection unit 101 detects that the care recipient has excreted, for example, by acquiring the detection information by the excretion detection sensor 20. Further, the first detection unit 101 records, for example, a record of the care recipient's excretion (excretion record) input by the caregiver by the input unit 110 or received as data by the network I / F 509 from the storage unit 109. It is acquired and the excretion of the care recipient is detected from the excretion record. Then, the process proceeds to step S12.

<Step S12>
The generation unit 103 of the information processing device 10 generates a histogram based on the number of times the care recipient is excreted detected by the first detection unit 101. The histogram generated by the generation unit 103 can also be displayed on the display unit 108 by the display control unit 107. Then, the process proceeds to step S13.

<Step S13>
The second detection unit 102 of the information processing device 10 detects the biometric information detected by the biometric sensor 30. Then, the process proceeds to step S14.

<Step S14>
The prediction unit 104 of the information processing device 10 associates the histogram corresponding to the predetermined period generated by the generation unit 103 with the time-series data of the biological information detected by the second detection unit 102, and excretes the care recipient. Extract the unique pattern of the previous biometric information. The time-series data and the histogram of the biological information associated with the prediction unit 104 can also be displayed on the display unit 108 by the display control unit 107. Then, the process proceeds to step S15.

<Step S15>
Next, the prediction unit 104 is based on the comparison result between the extracted unique pattern and the time-series data of the biological information stored in the storage unit 109, and the number of histograms associated with the time-series data. Predict at what time (timing) each care recipient will be excreted. Then, the process proceeds to step S16.

<Step S16>
The creation unit 105 of the information processing device 10 assists the excretion based on the prediction result of the care recipient's excretion by the prediction unit 104 (for example, the prediction result of the time of the day when the excretion is performed). Create a guidance schedule for. For example, the preparation unit 105 creates a guidance schedule by allocating the number of people who need excretion assistance to the caregivers corresponding to the day. The guidance schedule created by the creation unit 105 is displayed on the display unit 108 by the display control unit 107. Then, the process proceeds to step S17.

<Step S17>
The correction unit 106 of the information processing device 10 corrects the contents of the guidance schedule created by the creation unit 105. For example, the correction unit 106 is a prediction unit based on a comparison between the time series data of the biological information detected by the second detection unit 102 and the histogram generated by the generation unit 103 after the guidance schedule is created by the creation unit 105. When the peculiar pattern extracted by 104 is different from the peculiar pattern that is the basis for creating the guidance schedule, the guidance schedule is corrected so as to correspond to the peculiar pattern of this time. The guidance schedule corrected by the correction unit 106 is displayed on the display unit 108 by the display control unit 107. Then, the schedule creation process is completed.

According to the flow of steps S11 to S17 described above, the schedule creation process by the excretion management system 1 is executed. The steps in the schedule creation process shown in FIG. 7 are not limited to the order shown in FIG. 7, and the order is back and forth as long as the guidance schedule can be created by each functional unit of the information processing apparatus 10. You may. For example, the detection of biological information by the second detection unit 102 in step S13 may be performed before the generation of the histogram by the generation unit 103 in step S12.

As described above, in the excretion management system 1 according to the present embodiment, the generation unit 103 generates a histogram based on the number of excretion of the care recipient detected by the first detection unit 101, and the prediction unit 104 generates a histogram. , The histogram is associated with the time-series data of the biometric information detected by the second detection unit 102, the peculiar pattern of the biometric information before excretion of the care recipient is extracted, and the extracted peculiar pattern and the storage unit 109 Based on the comparison result of the accumulated biometric information with the time-series data and the number of histograms associated with the time-series data, the care recipient predicts at what timing the data will be excreted, and the creation unit 105 Based on the prediction result by the prediction unit 104, a guidance schedule for assisting excretion is created, and the display control unit 107 causes the display unit 108 to display at least the histogram generated by the generation unit 103. As a result, by visualizing the excretion pattern such as a histogram, it is possible to create a care schedule that can be recognized as highly accurate for the caregiver.

Further, in the excretion management system 1, the correction unit 106 corrects the guidance schedule created by the creation unit 105 based on at least the biological information detected by the second detection unit 102 after the guidance schedule is created. It is supposed to be done. This allows the optimal caregiver placement to be rescheduled in real time.

It should be noted that each function of the above-described embodiment can be realized by one or a plurality of processing circuits. Here, the "processing circuit" is a processor programmed to execute each function by software such as a processor implemented by an electronic circuit, or an ASIC (Application Special Integrated) designed to execute each function described above. Devices including devices such as Circuits, DSPs (Digital Signal Processors), FPGAs (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays), SoCs (System on a Chips), GPUs (Graphics Processing Units), and conventional circuit modules.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when at least one of the functional units of the excretion management system 1 is realized by executing the program, the program is provided by being incorporated in the ROM or the like in advance. Further, the program executed by the excretion management system 1 according to the above-described embodiment is a file in an installable format or an executable format, and is a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), a flexible disk (FD), or a CD-. It may be configured to be recorded and provided on a computer-readable recording medium such as an R (Compact Disk-Recordable), DVD or SD (Secure Digital) card. Further, the program executed by the excretion management system 1 according to the above-described embodiment may be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided by downloading via the network. Further, the program executed by the excretion management system 1 according to the above-described embodiment may be configured to be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet. Further, the program executed by the excretion management system 1 according to the above-described embodiment has a module configuration including at least one of the above-mentioned functional units, and the CPU is the above-mentioned storage device as the actual hardware. By reading and executing the program from, each of the above-mentioned functional units is loaded on the main storage device and generated.

1 Excretion management system 10 Information processing device 20 Excretion detection sensor 30 Biological sensor 101 1st detection unit 102 2nd detection unit 103 Generation unit 104 Prediction unit 105 Creation unit 106 Correction unit 107 Display control unit 108 Display unit 109 Storage unit 110 Input unit 200 pattern 501 CPU
502 ROM
503 RAM
505 Auxiliary storage device 506 Recording media 507 Media drive 508 Display 509 Network I / F
510 Bus 511 Keyboard 512 Mouse 513 DVD
514 DVD drive 515 sensor I / F

Japanese Patent No. 6211891 International Publication No. 2017/061282

Claims (13)

The first detector that detects the excretion of the care recipient and
The second detection unit that detects the biological information of the care recipient and
A generation unit that generates an excretion pattern for the care recipient based on the number of excretion detected by the first detection unit, and a generation unit.
Based on the biometric information detected by the second detection unit and the excretion pattern generated by the generation unit, a prediction unit that predicts the excretion timing of the care recipient.
Based on the prediction result by the prediction unit, a creation unit that creates a schedule for assisting the excretion of the care recipient, and a creation unit.
A display control unit that displays at least the excretion pattern generated by the generation unit on the display device.
Excretion management system equipped with. The excretion management system according to claim 1, further comprising a correction unit that corrects the schedule based on at least the biological information detected by the second detection unit after the schedule is created by the creation unit. A claim that the correction unit corrects the schedule based on the biological information detected by the second detection unit and the excretion pattern generated by the generation unit after the schedule is created by the creation unit. The excretion management system described in 2. The prediction unit associates the excretion pattern generated by the generation unit with the time-series data of the biometric information detected by the second detection unit, and the biometric information before excretion of the care recipient. The excretion management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which extracts a peculiar pattern of the above and predicts the excretion timing of the care recipient based on the peculiar pattern. The excretion management system according to claim 4, wherein the display control unit displays the time-series data of the excretion pattern and the biometric information associated with the prediction unit on the display device. The excretion management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the generation unit generates a histogram of the number of excretion detected by the first detection unit as the excretion pattern. According to any one of claims 1 to 6, the first detection unit detects the excretion of the care recipient at least based on the information detected by the bed leaving sensor that detects that the care recipient has left the bed. Described excretion management system. The excretion management system according to claim 7, wherein the first detection unit detects the excretion of the care recipient when the care recipient's bed leaving state is detected by the bed leaving sensor for a predetermined time. The first detection unit according to any one of claims 1 to 6 for detecting the excretion of the care recipient, at least based on the information detected by the excretion sensor that directly detects the excretion state of the care recipient. Described excretion management system. A receiver for receiving the record of the care recipient's excretion is further provided.
The excretion management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the first detection unit detects excretion of the caregiver from at least the record received by the reception unit. Further provided with an input unit for receiving input of the record of excretion of the care recipient,
The excretion management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the first detection unit detects excretion of the caregiver from at least the record input by the input unit. The first detection step to detect the excretion of the care recipient and
The second detection step of detecting the biological information of the care recipient and
A generation step that generates an excretion pattern of the care recipient based on the number of detected excretion, and a generation step.
A prediction step for predicting the excretion timing of the care recipient based on the detected biological information and the generated excretion pattern.
Based on the prediction result of the timing, a creation step of creating a schedule for assisting the excretion of the care recipient, and a creation step.
A display control step for displaying at least the generated excretion pattern on the display device, and
Excretion management method with. On the computer
The first detection step to detect the excretion of the care recipient and
The second detection step of detecting the biological information of the care recipient and
A generation step that generates an excretion pattern of the care recipient based on the number of detected excretion, and a generation step.
A prediction step for predicting the excretion timing of the care recipient based on the detected biological information and the generated excretion pattern.
Based on the prediction result of the timing, a creation step of creating a schedule for assisting the excretion of the care recipient, and a creation step.
A display control step for displaying at least the generated excretion pattern on the display device, and
A program to execute.

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