JP2720141B2 - Body abnormality remote detection system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a case where a single elderly person or a home patient without a nurse loses freedom of action due to a fall or crash, or when the patient himself seeks emergency treatment, the abnormality is immediately and remotely monitored. The present invention relates to a remote physical abnormality detection system capable of detecting and taking prompt and appropriate measures.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For elderly people living alone or home caregivers without a nurse, accidents involving falls or crashes are the most dangerous. If you lose your freedom of action due to loss of consciousness or bruise injury, call yourself. In other cases, emergency operations cannot be reported, resulting in fatal results.

[0003] As a means for coping with such an unexpected situation, various systems have been proposed which constantly monitor the living information of a target person from a remote place and detect an abnormality. For example, a system that determines the subject's abnormality based on the water or electricity usage status in the house constantly monitors the water usage pattern in baths, flush toilets, etc., and the electricity usage pattern in each indoor wiring as the subject's living information. However, if any change occurs in these patterns, the system determines whether there is an abnormality.

[0004]

However, in the abnormality detection system as described above, it is not possible to immediately detect a state in which the subject loses his freedom of action due to an accident involving a fall or a collision, which is the most dangerous to the subject. It is possible.
In addition, since the living information is monitored while the subject is living a normal life, the operation of the system may cause discomfort to the subject or invade privacy.

[0005] The present invention has been made to solve these problems, and in the event that the subject falls into an unforeseen situation, this can be immediately and remotely detected, and prompt and appropriate measures can be taken. The present invention relates to such an abnormal remote detection system.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the detection system of the present invention, as a first function, the dynamics generated by the shocking motion of the body using a sensor attached to the body surface of the subject. It is possible to detect emergency information, determine the necessity of emergency based on the size of the information, and automatically report a message relating to the abnormality to a preset report destination. In this system, if a cancellation command is issued according to the judgment of the subject, the report to the report destination can be canceled in advance. Next, as a second function, even if the subject's body is not accompanied by shocking movement, if the subject himself feels abnormal and requests for emergency, if the subject issues a transmission command at his own discretion, , A message about the abnormality can be immediately reported to the report destination at the place.

[0007] The first function is an automatic notification function when the subject loses freedom of action due to loss of consciousness or the like due to the occurrence of an abnormality accompanied by a fall or collision, and the second function is to perform a fall or collision. It does not accompany, but functions effectively as a self-report function when the freedom of action is lost due to the occurrence of an abnormality.

[0008]

The detection system of the present invention comprises an information detection / abnormal signal transmitting device and an abnormal signal receiving / notifying device.
Communication between the two is performed wirelessly. In addition, the notification of the message to the report destination is performed using a telephone line or other communication means.

The information detection / abnormal signal transmission device comprises a sensor for detecting information and a main body for determining an abnormality from this information and transmitting an abnormal signal and an audible sound.
The sensor and the main body are separate or integrated devices.
The abnormal signal receiving / notifying device is an integrated device that receives the abnormal signal and performs automatic dialer notification using, for example, a telephone line.

[0010]

Next, the operation of the detection system of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to an embodiment. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the system. The connection from the detection of information to the calling of the report destination in the block diagram shows the flow of the main operation of the system, and various commands or condition settings are made for this operation.

First, an information detection / abnormal signal transmission device will be described as a first device. A sensor attached to the body surface of the body detects a dynamic movement caused by a shocking movement, and an abnormality is determined based on the amount of information. The abnormality determination is performed by comparison with a preset abnormal level. However, since the abnormal level has individual differences depending on the physical condition of the subject, it is set in advance to the appropriate level of the subject.

When it is determined by the abnormality determination that an abnormality has occurred in the subject, a fixed-frequency signal radio wave and an audible sound are immediately transmitted. In addition, this device has a self-transmitting function that can transmit a signal radio wave and an audible sound in response to a transmission command issued by the subject, and cancels the signal radio wave and the audible sound in response to a release command issued by the subject. Also, it has a self-release function that can return to the initial state.

Next, an abnormal signal receiving / notifying device will be described as a second device. First, a signal wave transmitted by the first device is received, and when the signal continues for a preset time or longer, a command is sent to the automatic notification function to start notification. If the reception of the signal radio wave is stopped by the release command of the first device within the set time (delay time), a report command to the automatic report function cannot be issued. The dialer automatic notification shown in this embodiment means a function of automatically transmitting to a switchboard when a notification command is received, automatically transmitting a dial code specified in advance, and reporting a preset message to a notification destination.

Next, the configuration of each device and the operation of each unit in this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. 2 and 3 show the state of the sensor and the information detection / abnormal signal transmission device mounted on the body surface of the body. 2 shows a case where a device having a sensor and a main body integrated with each other is mounted on the upper limb of a subject, and FIG. 3 shows a case where a device having a structure where the sensor and the main body are separated is mounted on pants of the subject. 1 is a subject's upper limb, 2 is an information detection / abnormal signal transmission device, 3 is a wearing band, 4 is a device transmission command push button, 5 is a device release command push button, 6 is pants worn by the subject, 7 Is a sensor attached to the pants, and 8 is a lead wire for transmitting information detected by the sensor to the device.

FIG. 2 illustrates a situation in which the magnitude of an impact due to a fall or crash of the subject is detected using, for example, an acceleration sensor, and FIG. 3 uses, for example, a surface pressure sensor.

In selecting these sensors, not only the type of information but also the size of the detection area and the gain are the main requirements, and a small, lightweight and simple structure is desirable. Note that the sensor used in the present apparatus is for detecting data necessary for determining an abnormality, and therefore does not require as high accuracy as a telemeter sensor.

Next, FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the information detection / abnormal signal transmission device in this embodiment and the operation of each unit. In the figure, the information detected by the sensor is amplified and converted into a determination mode, and is sent to a determination and transmission unit. An abnormal level adapted to the physical condition of the subject is set in advance in this determination / transmission unit, and if the magnitude of the information amount detected by the sensor is determined to be larger than this level, , A signal wave of a fixed frequency is continuously transmitted, and at the same time, an electronic buzzer is continuously operated. The signal radio wave transmitted by the device is a single-mode fixed frequency radio wave, and a small and lightweight transmitter can be used.

If the subject's intense exercise causes a signal wave to be transmitted and an electronic buzzer is activated even though the body is not abnormal, or the body is abnormal and the device is Normal operation, a signal radio wave was transmitted, and the electronic buzzer was activated. However, if the subject himself / herself determined that there was no need for emergency, the subject would push the release command push button to transmit the signal radio wave. The operation of the electronic buzzer can be canceled and the electronic buzzer can be returned to the initial state.

Even if the subject does not judge the abnormality based on the dynamic information from the sensor, if the subject loses his freedom of action due to a physical abnormality and requests an emergency on the spot, the subject himself / herself can judge it. By pressing the transmission command push button, a signal radio wave can be transmitted and the electronic buzzer can be activated. As described above, since the present apparatus has both the automatic notification function and the self notification function, the role played by the system is wide.

Next, FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the abnormal signal receiving / notifying device and the operation of each unit in this embodiment. In the figure,
When the device receives signal radio waves due to the subject's abnormality,
In the control section, the automatic notification function operates after a preset delay time has elapsed, and issues a notification command regarding abnormality to the automatic dial code transmission section.

When the dial code automatic transmission unit receives the notification command, the dial code automatic transmission unit reports a message relating to the abnormality recorded in advance in the reception / control unit to the report destination in accordance with the preset report condition. The report destination is specified in advance using the numeric keypad for report destination designation. However, if a device with the function of specifying multiple report destinations and the function of automatically switching the report destinations sequentially can be used, the reliability of emergency can be further improved It is.

Although a telephone line is usually used as a means for reporting to the report destination, an integrated system using a dedicated line can be configured in a specific area such as a hospital, a facility, or an apartment complex.

As described above, in applying the present apparatus, it is necessary to first set various conditions suitable for each subject, and these are summarized as follows. Abnormal level: G value, etc. Delay time: Around 30 seconds Message: Reporter, emergency request, contact information, etc. Reporting conditions: Call time until response, recall interval, number of times Report destination: Phone number

The physical abnormality remote detection system according to the present invention has as its application functions a plurality of information detection / abnormal signal transmission devices for transmitting signal waves of different fixed frequencies, and one device corresponding to all of them. And a system having a function of centrally monitoring the physical abnormalities of a plurality of subjects at one place.

[0025]

As described above, the physical abnormality remote detection system of the present invention can be used when a single elderly person or a home patient without a nurse loses their freedom of action due to an accident involving a fall or crash, or a self-confidence due to an accident. When an emergency seeks first aid, an excellent health care system that can immediately detect the abnormality from a distance and take prompt and appropriate action
System.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a mounting state of a sensor and an information detection / abnormal signal transmission device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is the same as FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 shows a configuration of an information detection / abnormal signal transmission device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows a configuration of an abnormal signal receiving / notifying device in an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Upper limb 5 Release command push button 2 Information detection / abnormal signal transmission device 6 Trousers 3 Wearing band 7 Sensor 4 Transmission command push button 8 Lead wire

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An apparatus mounted on a part of a body for detecting mechanical information generated by a shocking motion of the body and transmitting an abnormal signal, and receiving the abnormal signal and transmitting an abnormal signal to a predetermined report destination. (1) If the detected information exceeds a set value,
A function to automatically transmit an abnormal signal and an audible sound, (2) a function to transmit an abnormal signal and an audible sound according to a transmission command regardless of the presence or absence of information, and (3) an abnormal signal and an audible sound to a release command. It has a function of stopping and returning to an initial state, and (4) a function of automatically notifying a predetermined notification destination of a message about an abnormality when an abnormality signal is continuously received for a set time or more. Body abnormality remote detection system