JP2022145115A - Support system, biological information acquisition device, support device, and support method - Google Patents

Abstract

To rescue an object person more appropriately.SOLUTION: A support system includes a biological information acquisition device mounted on or embedded in an object person for acquiring biological information on the object person, an unmanned flying body capable of imaging the periphery, and a support device for supporting the rescue of the object person when there occurs an abnormality to the object person. Upon detection of an occurrence of an abnormality to the object person on the basis of the biological information, the biological information acquisition device transmits a notification indicating that there occurs an abnormality to the object person to the support device, causes the unmanned flying body to fly at a position indicated by position information or its vicinity on the basis of the position information indicating the position of the object person, and acquire status information, which is the information on the status of the object person and the periphery of the object person by causing it to image the object person and the periphery of the object person. The support device acquires the status information from the unmanned flying body.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present disclosure relates to a support system, a biometric information acquisition device, a support device, and a support method.

Patent Literature 1 describes a system for determining the physiological state of a subject. This system consists of a portable terminal device carried by a subject to acquire the subject's biological information, and a physiological state server that determines the subject's physiological state based on the biological information acquired by the portable terminal device.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 2018-088666

Using a system such as that disclosed in Patent Literature 1, based on the subject's biological information, when the occurrence of an abnormality in the subject is detected, an operation is conceivable in which a predetermined organization that manages emergency services is notified. However, simply notifying the subject of the occurrence of an abnormality does not provide sufficient information about the subject's condition (e.g., presence or absence of bleeding, presence or absence of consciousness, etc.) is accessible or not, whether the scene is indoors or outdoors, etc.), making it difficult to rescue the victim appropriately.

An object of the present disclosure, which has been made in view of the above problems, is to provide a support system, a biological information acquisition device, a support device, and a support method that enable more appropriate rescue of a subject.

A support system as a first aspect of the present disclosure includes a biological information acquisition device that is worn or embedded in a subject and acquires biological information of the subject, an unmanned flying object capable of imaging the surroundings, and and a support device for assisting rescue of the subject when an abnormality occurs, wherein the biological information acquisition device detects the occurrence of the abnormality in the subject based on the biological information, and detects the abnormality in the subject. A notification indicating the occurrence is sent to the support device, and the unmanned flying object is caused to fly at or near the position indicated by the position information based on the position information indicating the position of the subject, and the subject And by capturing an image of the surroundings of the subject, situation information, which is information about the situation of the subject and the surroundings of the subject, is acquired, and the support device acquires the situation information from the unmanned flying object.

As one embodiment of the present disclosure, when the notification is received, the support device notifies a predetermined emergency agency that manages emergency services, and provides the acquired situation information to the predetermined emergency service.

As one embodiment of the present disclosure, the support device estimates equipment necessary for rescuing the subject based on the subject's medical records registered in advance and the biometric information, and outputs the estimation result to the subject. Provide to designated emergency services.

As one embodiment of the present disclosure, the biological information acquisition device and the support device can communicate via the unmanned flying object.

A biological information acquisition device according to a second aspect of the present disclosure is a biological information acquisition device worn or embedded in a subject, comprising a sensor unit that acquires the subject's biological information, and based on the biological information, the a first control unit that, upon detecting the occurrence of an abnormality in a subject, transmits a notification indicating that the subject has an abnormality to a support device that assists in rescuing the subject; The unit causes an unmanned flying object capable of imaging the surroundings to fly at or near the position indicated by the positional information based on the positional information indicating the position of the subject, and images the subject and the surroundings of the subject. By doing so, situation information, which is information about the subject and the situation around the subject, is obtained.

A support device as a third aspect of the present disclosure is a support device that supports rescue of a subject, and is attached to or embedded in the subject, and acquires the subject's biometric information from a biological information acquisition device, The subject and the surroundings of the subject obtained by an unmanned air vehicle that receives a notification indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the subject and flies at or near the position indicated by the position information of the subject A second control unit that acquires situation information, which is information about the target person obtained by imaging and the situation around the target person, is provided.

As one embodiment of the present disclosure, when the notification is received, the second control unit notifies a predetermined emergency institution and provides the acquired situation information to the predetermined emergency institution.

As one embodiment of the present disclosure, the second control unit estimates the equipment necessary for rescuing the subject based on the pre-registered medical record of the subject and the biometric information, and estimates the result of is provided to the predetermined emergency service.

A support method according to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure is a support method for assisting rescue of a subject, wherein biometric information of the subject is acquired by a biometric information acquisition device attached to or embedded in the subject. a step of determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the subject based on the acquired biological information; and detecting occurrence of the abnormality in the subject indicates that the abnormality has occurred in the subject. sending a notification to a support device that assists in rescuing the subject; and causing an unmanned air vehicle capable of imaging the surroundings of the subject to fly at or near the position indicated by the position information based on the position information of the subject. and causing the target person and the surroundings of the target person to acquire situation information, which is information about the situation of the target person and the surroundings of the target person; and obtaining status information.

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a support system, a biological information acquisition device, a support device, and a support method that enable more appropriate rescue of a subject.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a support system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the biometric information acquisition apparatus shown in FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a support device shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the support system shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing another example of the operation of the support system shown in FIG. 1; FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments for implementing the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. In each figure, the same reference numerals indicate the same or equivalent components.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a support system 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The support system 1 according to the present embodiment assists the rescue of the subject 2 when detecting the occurrence of an abnormality in the subject 2 based on the biological information of the subject 2 . Specifically, the support system 1 supports the dispatch of an ambulance 4 such as an ambulance for rescuing a patient to the site where the target person 2 exists, and the transportation of the target person 2 . The subject 2 is, for example, a high-risk person for heart disease (cerebrovascular disease), but is not limited thereto. In addition, in FIG. 1, for the sake of simplification of the drawing, the emergency institution that manages the ambulance crew 4 and the medical institution that provides medical treatment to the subject 2 are collectively referred to as an emergency/medical institution 3. However, the emergency and medical institutions may be separate institutions. Below, when distinguishing these institutions, they are referred to as an emergency institution 3a and a medical institution 3b.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the support system 1 according to this embodiment includes a biological information acquisition device 10 , an unmanned flying object 20 and a support device 30 .

The biometric information acquisition device 10 is embedded in the subject 2 or worn by the subject 2 to acquire biometric information of the subject 2 . FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the biometric information acquisition device 10. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the biological information acquisition device 10 includes a communication section 11, a storage section 12, a sensor section 13, and a control section 14 as a first control section.

The communication unit 11 includes at least one communication interface. The communication interface is, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network) interface or a Bluetooth (registered trademark) interface. The communication unit 11 can directly or indirectly communicate with an unmanned flying object 20 and a support device 30, which will be described later. The communication unit 11 communicates with the unmanned flying object 20 via a communication terminal such as a mobile phone or a smartphone carried by the subject 2, which has a communication function to perform communication via Wifi (registered trademark) or a mobile phone network. and communication with the support device 30 . In this case, an application for cooperating with the biometric information acquisition device 10 is installed in the communication terminal. The biometric information acquisition device 10 and the communication terminal communicate with each other by short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth, for example. Further, the communication unit 11 may have a function of communicating with the support device 30 using the unmanned airplane 20 as a relay station. That is, the biological information acquisition device 10 and the support device 30 may be able to communicate via the unmanned flying object 20 . By doing so, for example, even if communication by the communication terminal owned by the subject 2 is defective at the location of the subject 2, the occurrence of abnormality of the subject 2 can be notified to the support device 30 as will be described later. can be notified.

The storage unit 12 is, for example, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic memory, or an optical memory, but is not limited to these. The storage unit 12 may function, for example, as a main storage device, an auxiliary storage device, or a cache memory. The storage unit 12 stores arbitrary information used for the operation of the biometric information acquisition device 10 . For example, the storage unit 12 may store system programs, application programs, and the like.

The sensor unit 13 acquires the biological information of the subject 2 . The sensor unit 13 acquires, for example, information such as electrocardiogram, heartbeat, body temperature, blood oxygen concentration, and blood sugar level as biological information.

Controller 14 includes at least one processor, at least one dedicated circuit, or a combination thereof. The processor is a general-purpose processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), or a dedicated processor specialized for specific processing. The dedicated circuit is, for example, an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) or an ASIC (Application Specification Integrated Circuit). The control unit 14 executes processing related to the operation of the biometric information acquisition device 10 while controlling each component of the biometric information acquisition device 10 .

Based on the biological information acquired by the sensor unit 13, the control unit 14 detects whether or not an abnormality (for example, onset of heart disease, acute exacerbation, etc.) occurs in the subject 2, and when the occurrence of abnormality is detected, the subject 2 (hereinafter referred to as “emergency notification”) is transmitted to the support device 30 via the communication unit 11 . The control unit 14 also transmits the biological information acquired by the sensor unit 13 to the support device 30 together with the emergency notification. For example, the control unit 14 transmits to the support device 30 biological information at a predetermined time before and after the occurrence of the abnormality is detected.

Further, when detecting the occurrence of an abnormality in the subject 2, the control unit 14 guides the unmanned flying object 20 based on the position information of the subject 2 to fly at or near the position indicated by the position information. The unmanned flying object 20 is a so-called drone capable of unmanned flight under automatic control. The unmanned flying object 20 is equipped with an imaging device capable of imaging the surroundings of the unmanned flying object 20, especially from the unmanned flying object 20 toward the ground surface. The control unit 14 captures images of the subject 2 and the surroundings of the subject 2 while causing the unmanned flying object 20 to fly at or near the position indicated by the position information. In this way, the biological information acquiring apparatus 10 causes the unmanned flying object 20 to fly at or near the position indicated by the positional information of the subject 2 based on the positional information of the subject 2, and images the subject 2 and the surroundings of the subject 2. By doing so, situation information, which is information about the situation of the subject 2 and the surroundings of the subject 2, is obtained. By imaging with the unmanned flying object 20, for example, information such as the presence or absence of bleeding of the subject 2 and the presence or absence of consciousness of the subject 2 can be acquired as information regarding the situation of the subject 2. In addition, by imaging by the unmanned flying object 20, for example, information such as whether or not the emergency team 4 (for example, an ambulance) can approach the site where the subject 2 is present, whether the site is indoors or outdoors, etc. It can be acquired as information about the situation around the subject 2 . The unmanned flying object 20 of this embodiment flies according to an instruction from the biological information acquisition device 10 when the control unit 14 of the biological information acquisition device 10 detects that the subject 2 has an abnormality. is not limited to The unmanned air vehicle 20 may be configured to fly according to instructions from the support device 30 that has received the emergency notification.

As described above, the communication unit 11 communicates with the unmanned flying object 20 and the support device 30 via the communication terminal carried by the subject 2, for example. In recent years, many of such communication terminals are provided with a position measurement function for measuring the position of the terminal based on, for example, GPS (Global Positioning System) signals. The control unit 14 may acquire the position information measured by the communication terminal carried by the subject 2 as the position information of the subject 2 . Note that the biological information acquisition device 10 itself may have a position measurement function.

Referring to FIG. 1 again, the assisting device 30 assists in rescuing the subject 2 when an abnormality occurs in the subject 2 . Specifically, the support device 30 supports the dispatch of the ambulance team 4 to the subject 2 in which an abnormality has occurred and the transportation of the subject 2 to the medical institution 3b. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the support device 30. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the support device 30 includes a communication section 31, a storage section 32, and a control section 33 as a second control section.

The communication unit 31 includes at least one communication interface. The communication interface is, for example, a LAN interface. The communication unit 31 can directly or indirectly communicate with the biological information acquisition device 10 and the unmanned flying object 20 . The communication unit 31 communicates with the biological information acquisition device 10 and the unmanned flying object 20 via, for example, a mobile phone network.

The storage unit 32 is, for example, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic memory, or an optical memory, but is not limited to these. The storage unit 32 may function, for example, as a main memory device, an auxiliary memory device, or a cache memory. The storage unit 32 stores arbitrary information used for the operation of the support device 30 . For example, the storage unit 32 may store system programs, application programs, and the like.

Control unit 33 includes at least one processor, at least one dedicated circuit, or a combination thereof. A processor may be a general-purpose processor, such as a CPU or GPU, or a dedicated processor specialized for a particular process. A dedicated circuit is, for example, an FPGA or an ASIC. The control unit 33 executes processing related to the operation of the support device 30 while controlling each unit of the support device 30 .

Upon receiving the emergency notification transmitted from the biological information acquisition device 10, the control unit 33 acquires situation information from the unmanned flying object 20 flying in or near the subject 2 under the control of the biological information acquisition device 10. By acquiring the situation information from the unmanned flying object 20, the situation of the target person 2 and the situation around the target person 2 can be grasped, so that the target person 2 can be rescued more appropriately.

Upon receiving the emergency notification, the control unit 33 may notify a predetermined ambulance agency 3a that manages the ambulance crew 4 . By doing so, when an abnormality occurs in the subject 2, the presence of the subject 2 requiring dispatch of the ambulance crew 4 can be automatically notified to the ambulance 3a. In addition, the control unit 33 may provide the emergency service 3a with the acquired situation information while notifying the emergency service 3a. By providing the situation information to the emergency services 3a, it is possible to prepare equipment according to the situation of the target person 2 in advance based on the situation information. Further, based on the situation information, for example, when it is known that the site where the subject 2 is present is outdoors, it is possible to prepare in advance the equipment necessary for outdoor treatment.

In addition, the control unit 33 estimates the equipment necessary for rescuing the subject 2 based on the medical record and biometric information of the subject 2 registered in advance in the database 5, and provides the estimation result to the emergency institution 3a. You can For example, if a medical history of a specific disease is registered in advance in the database 5 as a medical record of the subject 2, the control unit 33 presumes that equipment that can deal with the disease is necessary, The estimated result is provided to the emergency organization 3a.

In the database 5, in addition to the medical records of the subject 2, information regarding the availability of medical care to patients at a plurality of medical institutions 3b is recorded. The information about the patient-responsible status of the medical institution 3b includes, for example, the facilities (ICU (Intensive Care Unit), CCU (Cardiac Care Unit), SCU (Stroke Care Unit), etc.), equipment, beds, etc. provided by the medical institution 3b. This includes information such as the number, personnel, and the presence or absence of medical personnel who can respond to telemedicine. In this manner, the database 5 records the medical record of the subject 2 and the medical information including the availability of patients at the plurality of medical institutions 3b.

Further, upon receiving an emergency notification from the biological information acquisition device 10, the control unit 33, based on the received biological information, traffic information, and medical information recorded in the database 5, determines whether the medical institution transporting the subject 2 to select. Traffic information is information about the driving conditions of vehicles for each road. Traffic information can be acquired from, for example, VICS (Vehicle Information and Communication System): "VICS" is a registered trademark). The control unit 33 lists up the medical institutions 3b that are candidates for accepting the subject 2, based on, for example, the states of the medical institutions 3b that are recorded in the database 5 and can handle patients. Then, the control unit 33 responds to the medical condition of the subject person 2 estimated from the biological information of the subject person 2 and the medical record of the subject person 2 recorded in the database 5 from among the listed medical institutions 3b. For example, the medical institution 3b that is assumed to be able to arrive in the shortest time is selected as the medical institution 3b that accepts the subject 2 based on the available facilities and traffic information.

By selecting the medical institution 3b that transports the subject 2 based on the biological information, traffic information, and medical information, the medical institution 3b that can respond to the medical condition of the subject 2 is reduced in delay due to traffic congestion, etc. A subject 2 can be transported.

Further, the control unit 33 may guide the ambulance crew 4 transporting the subject 2 from the site to the medical institution 3b selected as the receiving destination of the subject 2 based on the traffic information. By doing so, it is possible to quickly transport the subject 2 to the medical institution 3b.

Moreover, the control part 33 may acquire the diagnostic information which shows the subject's 2 diagnostic result obtained by the ambulance crew 4 which arrived at the spot. Diagnosis of the subject 2 can be performed remotely by, for example, a doctor at the medical institution 3b selected as the recipient of the subject 2 using equipment provided by the ambulance crew 4. FIG. Based on the diagnosis result of the subject 2 obtained by the ambulance crew 4 arriving at the site and the traffic information, the control unit 33 performs treatment for the subject 2 at the site, or selects the recipient of the subject 2. It may be determined whether to transport the patient to the medical institution 3b. The control unit 33 compares, for example, the treatment delay time for the subject 2, which is estimated from the diagnosis result, with the time required to reach the medical institution 3b selected as the receiving destination of the subject 2 based on the traffic information, It is determined whether to treat the subject 2 at the site or to transport the subject 2 to the medical institution 3b selected as the receiving destination. Such determination can be made using AI, for example.

When treatment is performed on the subject 2 at the site based on the determination result of the support device 30, the responder in the emergency crew 4 is, for example, a medical practitioner such as a doctor at the medical institution 3b selected as the receiving destination of the subject 2. By attaching various devices to the subject 2 and operating various devices under the direction of the person, medical staff assists treatment. The ambulance crew 4 is equipped with display devices such as HMD (Head Mounted Display) and AR (Augmented Reality) glasses. information and the like may be displayed. Responders of the ambulance crew 4 may wear a display device and, while viewing the information displayed on the display device, assist the medical staff with the treatment.

Next, the operation of the support system 1 according to this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the support system 1 according to this embodiment, and is a diagram for explaining the support method according to the present disclosure. In FIG. 4, an operation example of the support system 1 when assisting the dispatch of the ambulance crew 4 to the site will be described.

The biometric information acquisition device 10 acquires the biometric information of the subject 2 (step S11). The biological information acquisition device 10 determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the subject 2 based on the acquired biological information (step S12).

When it is determined that the subject 2 has no abnormality (step S12: No), the biometric information acquisition device 10 returns to the process of step S11.

When it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in the subject 2 (step S12: Yes), the biological information acquisition device 10 transmits an emergency notification to the support device 30 (step S13).

Next, based on the positional information of the subject 2, the biological information acquisition device 10 causes the unmanned flying object 20 to fly at or near the position indicated by the positional information. Then, the biological information acquisition device 10 causes the unmanned flying object 20 to capture the subject 2 and the surroundings of the subject 2, thereby acquiring situation information, which is information about the situation around the subject 2. (Step S14).

Upon receiving the emergency notification from the biometric information acquisition device 10, the support device 30 acquires the situation information from the unmanned flying object 20 that has acquired the situation information under the control of the biometric information acquisition device 10 (step S15).

By acquiring the situation information from the unmanned flying object 20, the situation of the target person 2 and the situation around the target person 2 can be grasped, so that the target person 2 can be rescued more appropriately.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing another example of the operation of the support system 1 according to this embodiment. In FIG. 5, an operation example of the support system 1 when assisting transportation of the subject 2 to the medical institution 3b will be described. In FIG. 5, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same processes as in FIG. 4, and the description thereof is omitted.

When the support device 30 receives the emergency notification from the biological information acquisition device 10, the support device 30 selects the medical institution 3b to transport the subject 2 (step S21). Specifically, the support device 30 transports the subject 2 based on biological information, traffic information, medical records of the subject 2, and medical information including the availability of patients at a plurality of medical institutions 3b. Select a medical institution.

By selecting the medical institution 3b that transports the subject 2 based on the biological information, traffic information, and medical information, the medical institution 3b that can respond to the medical condition of the subject 2 is reduced in delay due to traffic congestion, etc. A subject 2 can be transported.

Although not specifically mentioned in the embodiment, the support device 30 can also be realized by a computer and a program. Also, the program may be recorded on a computer-readable medium. It can be installed on a computer using a computer readable medium. Here, the computer-readable medium on which the program is recorded may be a non-transitory recording medium. The non-transitory recording medium is not particularly limited, but may be, for example, a recording medium such as CD-ROM and DVD-ROM. Also, the program can be provided via a network.

The present disclosure is not limited to the configurations specified in the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible without departing from the gist of the invention described in the claims. For example, the functions included in each component and each step can be reconfigured so as not to be logically inconsistent, and multiple components or steps can be combined into one or divided. is.

1 support system 2 subject 3a emergency institution 3b medical institution 4 ambulance crew 5 database 10 biological information acquisition device 11 communication unit 12 storage unit 13 sensor unit 14 control unit (first control unit)
20 unmanned air vehicle 30 support device 31 communication unit 32 storage unit 33 control unit (second control unit)

Claims (9)

a biometric information acquisition device that is worn or embedded in a subject and acquires biometric information of the subject;
an unmanned flying object capable of imaging the surroundings;
a support device that assists in rescuing the subject when an abnormality occurs in the subject;
When the biological information acquisition device detects the occurrence of an abnormality in the subject based on the biological information, the biological information acquisition device transmits a notification indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the subject to the support device, and sends a notification to the unmanned aircraft. , based on the position information indicating the position of the subject, by flying at or near the position indicated by the position information, and imaging the subject and the surroundings of the subject, the subject and the subject Acquire situation information, which is information about the surrounding situation,
The support system, wherein the support device acquires the situation information from the unmanned air vehicle. In the support system according to claim 1,
The support system according to claim 1, wherein the support device, upon receiving the notification, notifies a predetermined emergency organization that manages an ambulance team, and provides the obtained situation information to the predetermined emergency organization. In the support system according to claim 2,
The support device estimates the equipment necessary for rescuing the target based on the pre-registered medical record of the target and the biometric information, and provides the estimation result to the predetermined emergency institution. system. In the support system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The support system, wherein the biological information acquisition device and the support device are capable of communicating via the unmanned flying object. A biological information acquisition device worn or embedded in a subject,
a sensor unit that acquires the biological information of the subject;
a first control unit that, when detecting the occurrence of an abnormality in the subject based on the biological information, transmits a notification indicating that the abnormality has occurred in the subject to a support device that assists in rescuing the subject; with
The first control unit causes an unmanned flying object capable of imaging the surroundings to fly at or near a position indicated by the position information based on position information indicating the position of the subject, and the subject and the subject. A biometric information acquisition device that acquires situation information, which is information about the subject and the situation around the subject, by capturing an image of the surroundings of the subject. A support device for assisting rescue of a subject,
Receiving a notification indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the subject from a biometric information acquiring device that is worn or embedded in the subject and acquires the biometric information of the subject, and the location indicated by the location information of the subject. Alternatively, obtaining situation information, which is information about the situation of the subject and the surroundings of the subject obtained by imaging the subject and the surroundings of the subject obtained by an unmanned air vehicle flying in the vicinity of the subject. 2 control unit. In the support device according to claim 6,
The support device, wherein when the notification is received, the second control unit notifies a predetermined emergency institution and provides the acquired situation information to the predetermined emergency institution. In the support device according to claim 7,
The second control unit estimates the equipment necessary for rescuing the subject based on the pre-registered medical record of the subject and the biometric information, and provides the estimation result to the predetermined emergency institution. , support equipment. A support method for assisting rescue of a subject,
acquiring biometric information of the subject by means of a biometric information acquisition device worn or embedded in the subject;
a step of determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the subject based on the acquired biological information;
a step of, upon detecting the occurrence of an abnormality in the subject, sending a notification indicating that the abnormality has occurred in the subject to a support device that assists in rescuing the subject;
Based on the position information of the subject, an unmanned flying object capable of imaging the surroundings is caused to fly at or near the position indicated by the position information of the subject, and by causing the subject and the surroundings of the subject, and a step of acquiring situation information, which is information about the situation around the subject;
and a step of the support device acquiring the situation information from the unmanned air vehicle.

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