JP6874501B2 - Refrigerator system and refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a refrigerator system and a refrigerator.

Conventionally, for example, a watching system as shown in Patent Document 1 is known. In the watching system shown in Patent Document 1, when the contents of the medicine container of the person to be watched are taken in and out, the sensor unit operates and the photographing unit takes a picture of the contents of the medicine container of the person to be watched. The captured information is saved in the information storage unit, the difference acquisition unit outputs a difference by comparing with the past information, and if there is a problem, the alarm processing unit sends an alarm. In addition, the watching side can see the information of the information storage unit on the display unit. Further, the alarm processing unit issues an alarm when the product (medicine) that should be consumed at the current time is not consumed and when the product (medicine) that should not be consumed is consumed.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-038374

However, in the system as shown in Patent Document 1, when the medicine to be taken is forgotten to be stored in the medicine container in the first place, it is not possible to notice the forgetting to take the medicine. In addition, if it is not possible to accurately extract the medicines that should be consumed and the medicines that should not be consumed, it is possible that the medicine may be forgotten or the wrong medicine may be taken. In addition, the watching side can check the contents of the medicine container, but even if he / she notices that he / she has forgotten to take the medicine or has taken the wrong medicine, it is difficult to inform the person to be watched to that effect. Therefore, it may not be possible to suppress the occurrence of forgetting to take the medicine and taking the wrong medicine.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem. The purpose is a refrigerator system and a refrigerator that can suppress the occurrence of forgetting to take medicine and taking the wrong medicine by the user of the refrigerator who is the target person to watch over, even if he / she forgets to store the medicine to be taken. To get.

The refrigerator system according to the present invention includes a refrigerator and a terminal device provided so as to be able to communicate with the refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a medicine storage compartment provided inside a storage chamber and the inside of the medicine storage compartment. The terminal device includes an imaging means for capturing the image of the above and a refrigerator transmitting means for transmitting the image captured by the imaging means as image data, and the terminal device is a terminal receiving means for receiving the image data transmitted by the refrigerator transmitting means. A display means for displaying drug management information generated based on image data received by the terminal receiving means, a notification content setting means for setting the content to be notified in the refrigerator, and a notification set by the notification content setting means. The refrigerator includes a terminal transmitting means for transmitting the contents to be reported as notification content data, and the refrigerator has a refrigerator receiving means for receiving the notification content data transmitted by the terminal transmitting means and an opening / closing for detecting the opening / closing of the door of the storage room. When the opening / closing detecting means detects the opening / closing of the door, the detection means and the notification means for notifying the content to be notified set by the notification content setting means based on the notification content data received by the refrigerator receiving means. After the refrigerator receiving means receives the notification content data, the notification of the content to be notified set by the notification content setting means based on the notification content data is set in advance without the notification means performing. When the time has passed, the notification content data is deleted .

According to the refrigerator system and the refrigerator according to the present invention, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of forgetting to take the medicine and taking the wrong medicine by the user of the refrigerator who is the person to be watched over, including the case where the medicine to be taken is forgotten to be stored. It has the effect of being able to do it.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the refrigerator system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a front view of the refrigerator provided in the refrigerator system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a vertical sectional view of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control device of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the terminal apparatus provided in the refrigerator system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server apparatus provided in the refrigerator system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the screen display of the terminal apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the screen display of the terminal apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flow chart which shows an example of the image transmission operation of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flow chart which shows an example of the voice recording operation of the terminal apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flow chart which shows an example of the audio reproduction operation of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flow chart which shows an example of the medicine change detection operation of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the refrigerator system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the pharmacy terminal provided in the refrigerator system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control device of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the screen display of the terminal apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flow chart which shows an example of the prescription information transmission operation of the pharmacy terminal which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flow chart which shows an example of the prescription information receiving operation of the server apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flow chart which shows an example of the prescription information collation operation of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention.

A mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In each figure, the same or corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be appropriately simplified or omitted. The present invention is not limited to the following embodiments, and can be variously modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Embodiment 1.
1 to 13 relate to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a refrigerator system, FIG. 2 is a front view of a refrigerator included in the refrigerator system, and FIG. 3 is a vertical cross section of the refrigerator. 4A and 4B are block diagrams showing the configuration of the control system of the refrigerator, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control device of FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal device included in the refrigerator system, and FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal device included in the refrigerator system. A block diagram showing a configuration of a server device included in a refrigerator system, FIGS. 8 and 9 are diagrams schematically showing an example of a screen display of a terminal device, and FIG. 10 is a flow diagram showing an example of an image transmission operation of a refrigerator, FIG. Is a flow chart showing an example of the voice recording operation of the terminal device, FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing an example of the voice reproduction operation of the refrigerator, and FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing an example of the drug change detection operation of the refrigerator.

As shown in FIG. 1, the refrigerator system including the refrigerator 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes the refrigerator 100, the terminal device 200, and the server device 300. The refrigerator 100 and the server device 300 are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other. The terminal device 200 and the server device 300 are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other. Therefore, the refrigerator 100 and the terminal device 200 are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other via the server device 300. The refrigerator 100 and the terminal device 200 may be directly connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other without going through the server device 300.

The terminal device 200 is mainly used by a user (hereinafter referred to as "watching user") who watches over the living conditions of the user of the refrigerator 100 (hereinafter referred to as "refrigerator user"). The refrigerator 100 is installed in, for example, a refrigerator user's house. The terminal device 200 is, for example, a personal computer (personal computer) installed in the house of the watching user. Alternatively, for example, the terminal device 200 may be a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or tablet terminal used by the watching user.

The server device 300 is, for example, a computer installed in the refrigerator user's house or a watching user's house. The server device 300 may be installed in a place other than the refrigerator user's house or the watching user's house.

The number of refrigerators 100 communicably connected to the server device 300 is not limited to one, and may be plural. Similarly, the number of terminal devices 200 communicably connected to the server device 300 is not limited to one, and may be plural. Further, the server device 300 may be a cloud server including a plurality of servers (server groups).

First, the configuration of the refrigerator 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4. The refrigerator 100 has a heat insulating box 1 as shown in FIG. The front surface (front surface) of the heat insulating box 1 is opened to form a storage space inside. The heat insulating box body 1 has an outer box, an inner box, and a heat insulating material. The outer box is made of steel. The inner box is made of resin. The inner box is placed inside the outer box. The heat insulating material is, for example, urethane foam or the like, and is filled in the space between the outer box and the inner box. The storage space formed inside the heat insulating box 1 is divided into a plurality of storage chambers for storing and storing food by one or a plurality of partition members.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, here, the refrigerator 100 includes, for example, a refrigerating room 10, a switching room 20, an ice making room 30, a freezing room 40, and a vegetable room 50 as a plurality of storage rooms. These storage chambers are arranged in a heat insulating box 1 in a four-stage structure in the vertical direction.

The refrigerating chamber 10 is arranged at the uppermost stage of the heat insulating box 1. The switching chamber 20 is arranged on one side below the refrigerating chamber 10 on the left and right sides. The cold insulation temperature zone of the switching chamber 20 can be switched by selecting any one of a plurality of temperature zones. The plurality of temperature zones that can be selected as the cold insulation temperature zone of the switching chamber 20 include, for example, a freezing temperature zone (for example, about -18 ° C.), a refrigerating temperature zone (for example, about 3 ° C.), a chilled temperature zone (for example, about 0 ° C.), and the like. It is in a soft refrigeration temperature range (for example, about -7 ° C.). The ice making chamber 30 is arranged adjacent to the side of the switching chamber 20 in parallel with the switching chamber 20, that is, on the left and right other sides below the refrigerating chamber 10.

The freezing chamber 40 is arranged below the switching chamber 20 and the ice making chamber 30. The freezing chamber 40 is mainly for use when the storage object is frozen and stored for a relatively long period of time. The vegetable compartment 50 is arranged at the lowermost stage below the freezing chamber 40. The vegetable compartment 50 is mainly for storing vegetables and large PET bottles having a large capacity (for example, 2 L or the like).

A rotary refrigerating room door 7 for opening and closing the opening is provided in the opening formed on the front surface of the refrigerating room 10. Here, the refrigerating room door 7 is a double door type (double door type), and is composed of a right door 7a and a left door 7b. An operation panel 6 is provided on the outer surface of the refrigerator compartment door 7 (for example, the left door 7b) on the front surface of the refrigerator 100.

Each storage room (switching room 20, ice making room 30, freezing room 40, and vegetable room 50) other than the refrigerating room 10 is opened and closed by a drawer-type door. These pull-out doors are formed in the depth direction (front-back direction) of the refrigerator 100 by sliding a frame fixed to the door with respect to rails formed horizontally on the left and right inner wall surfaces of each storage chamber. It can be opened and closed.

As shown in FIG. 3, a medicine storage section 11 is provided inside the storage chamber of the refrigerator 100. In the example shown in the figure, the medicine storage compartment 11 is provided inside the refrigerating chamber 10. A door pocket is provided inside the refrigerator compartment door 7. Then, for example, a medicine storage compartment 11 is formed in a part of the door pocket. Here, a plurality of small compartments are further provided inside the medicine storage compartment 11. Specifically, for example, inside the medicine storage compartment 11, a total of 28 corresponding to four times of one week (7 days) from Monday to Sunday, after breakfast, after lunch, after dinner, and before bedtime, respectively. There are small compartments. Then, in each of the small compartments formed in the medicine storage compartment 11, the medicines to be taken or used can be separately stored at the corresponding timing on the corresponding day of the week.

Here, an example will be described in which four times of taking or using the medicine are assumed, after breakfast, after lunch, after dinner, and before going to bed, but the timing of taking or using the medicine is described in these cases. Not limited. Alternatively, for example, a small section of the medicine storage compartment 11 may be provided assuming that each meal, that is, before breakfast, before lunch, and before dinner, as the timing of taking or using the medicine. Further, for example, a small section of the medicine storage compartment 11 may be provided assuming that the timing of taking or using the medicine is between each meal, that is, between breakfast and lunch and between lunch and dinner.

A camera 9 is installed in the medicine storage compartment 11. The camera 9 photographs the inside of the medicine storage compartment 11 and outputs an image. The camera 9 has, for example, a photographing field of view looking down from above the medicine storage compartment 11. The installation position of the camera 9 is not limited to the bottom surface of the door pocket of the refrigerator compartment door 7 as shown in FIG. The camera 9 may be installed anywhere as long as the entire medicine storage compartment 11 can be photographed. Further, the number of cameras 9 installed is not limited to one. That is, a plurality of cameras 9 may be installed. By installing a plurality of cameras 9, it is possible to prevent the field of view from being blocked by the medicine stored in the medicine storage compartment 11 and causing a blind spot.

The refrigerator 100 includes a refrigeration cycle circuit that cools the air supplied to each storage chamber. The refrigeration cycle circuit is composed of a compressor 2, a condenser (not shown), a drawing device (not shown), a cooler 3, and the like. The compressor 2 compresses and discharges the refrigerant in the refrigeration cycle circuit. The condenser condenses the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 2. The squeezing device expands the refrigerant flowing out of the condenser. The cooler 3 cools the air supplied to each storage chamber by the refrigerant expanded by the drawing device. The compressor 2 is arranged, for example, in the lower part on the back side of the refrigerator 100.

The refrigerator 100 is formed with an air passage 5 for supplying air cooled by the refrigeration cycle circuit to each storage chamber. The air passage 5 is mainly arranged on the back side in the refrigerator 100. The cooler 3 of the refrigeration cycle circuit is installed in the air passage 5. Further, in the air passage 5, a blower fan 4 for sending the air cooled by the cooler 3 to each storage chamber is also installed.

When the blower fan 4 operates, the air (cold air) cooled by the cooler 3 is sent to the freezing chamber 40, the switching chamber 20, the ice making chamber 30, and the refrigerating chamber 10 through the air passage 5, and these storage chambers are moved. Cooling. The vegetable compartment 50 is cooled by introducing the return cold air from the refrigerator compartment 10 into the vegetable compartment 50 via the return air passage for the refrigerator compartment. The cold air that has cooled the vegetable compartment 50 is returned to the air passage 5 where the cooler 3 is located through the return air passage for the vegetable chamber (these return air passages are not shown). Then, it is cooled again by the cooler 3, and cold air is circulated in the refrigerator 100.

A damper (not shown) is provided in the middle of the passage from the air passage 5 to each storage chamber. Each damper opens and closes a portion leading to each storage chamber of the air passage 5. By changing the open / closed state of the damper, the amount of cold air supplied to each storage chamber can be adjusted. Further, the temperature of the cold air can be adjusted by controlling the operation of the compressor 2.

The refrigeration cycle circuit including the compressor 2 and the cooler 3 provided as described above, the blower fan 4, the air passage 5, and the damper constitute a cooling means for cooling the inside of the storage chamber.

The storage room of the refrigerator 100 in which the medicine storage section 11 is provided is not limited to the refrigerating room 10, and may be another storage room such as the switching room 20 or the vegetable room 50. Further, although not shown, the refrigerator 100 may be provided with a storage room dedicated to drug storage, and the drug storage section 11 may be provided in the storage room dedicated to drug storage. In this case, the storage chamber dedicated to storing the medicine does not have to be cooled by the cooling means. In other words, the cooling means does not have to cool the inside of the storage chamber dedicated to the medicine storage. That is, the storage room dedicated to storing medicine may be provided as a dark room insulated from the outside.

The control device 8 is housed in the upper part of the refrigerator 100, for example, on the back side. The control device 8 is provided with a control circuit and the like for performing various controls necessary for the operation of the refrigerator 100.

Next, the configuration of the control system of the refrigerator 100 will be described with reference to FIG. The control device 8 includes, for example, a microcomputer, and includes a processor 8a and a memory 8b. The control device 8 controls the refrigerator 100 by executing a preset process by executing the program stored in the memory 8b by the processor 8a.

The operation panel 6 includes an operation unit 6a, a display unit 6b, and a speaker 6c. The operation unit 6a is an operation switch for setting the cold storage temperature of each storage room and the operation mode (thawing mode, etc.) of the refrigerator 100. The display unit 6b is a liquid crystal display that displays various information such as the temperature of each storage chamber. Further, the operation panel 6 may include a touch panel that also serves as an operation unit 6a and a display unit 6b. The speaker 6c is an audio output device for sounding a sound to a refrigerator user standing around the refrigerator 100, particularly in front of the refrigerator door 7.

The refrigerator 100 includes a thermistor 91 and a door open / close detection switch 92. The thermistor 91 detects the temperature in each storage chamber. The thermistor 91 is installed in each storage room. The door open / close detection switch 92 is an open / close detection means for detecting the open / close of the door of the storage room. The door open / close detection switch 92 detects, for example, the opening / closing of the refrigerating room door 7 of the refrigerating room 10. The door open / close detection switch 92 is, for example, a general magnet type switch. That is, the door open / close detection switch 92 detects, for example, the proximity of the magnet embedded in the refrigerator compartment door 7 by a pair of reed switches installed on the refrigerator 100 main body side.

A detection signal of the temperature inside each storage chamber is input from the thermistor 91 to the control device 8. Further, an operation signal from the operation unit 6a of the operation panel 6 is also input to the control device 8. Further, a detection signal from the door open / close detection switch 92 is also input to the control device 8.

Based on the input signal, the control device 8 executes a process of controlling the operation of the compressor 2, the blower fan 4, etc. so that the inside of each storage chamber is maintained at a set temperature. That is, the control device 8 controls the cooling means and the like described above to control the operation of the refrigerator 100.

Next, the configuration of the refrigerator system including the refrigerator 100 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7 in addition to FIG. As described above, the refrigerator system includes a refrigerator 100, a terminal device 200, and a server device 300. As shown in FIG. 5, the control device 8 of the refrigerator 100 includes an imaging unit 101, a voice reproduction unit 102, a medicine storage state detection unit 103, an automatic voice generation unit 104, and a refrigerator communication unit 110. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the terminal device 200 includes a voice recording unit 201, a drug management information display unit 202, and a terminal communication unit 210. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the server device 300 includes a storage unit 301 and a server communication unit 310.

The refrigerator communication unit 110 is for bidirectionally communicating data between the refrigerator 100 and the server device 300. Further, the terminal communication unit 210 is for bidirectionally communicating data between the terminal device 200 and the server device 300. The server communication unit 310 is for bidirectionally communicating data between the server device 300 and the refrigerator 100 and between the server device 300 and the terminal device 200, respectively.

The imaging unit 101 included in the control device 8 of the refrigerator 100 controls the photographing operation of the camera 9. Then, the imaging unit 101 acquires an image in the medicine storage section 11 taken by the camera 9. Specifically, the imaging unit 101 causes the camera 9 to take a picture of the inside of the medicine storage compartment 11 when, for example, the door open / close detection switch 92 detects the open / close of the refrigerator compartment door 7. More specifically, the imaging unit 101 causes the camera 9 to take a picture while the inside of the refrigerating room 10 is illuminated after detecting that the open refrigerating room door 7 is closed, for example. Then, the image of the inside of the medicine storage section 11 taken by the camera 9 is sent to the imaging unit 101. In this way, the camera 9 and the imaging unit 101 constitute an imaging means for capturing an image of the inside of the medicine storage compartment 11.

The refrigerator communication unit 110 transmits the image in the medicine storage section 11 taken by the camera 9 as image data to the server device 300. Therefore, the refrigerator communication unit 110 constitutes a refrigerator transmission means for transmitting an image taken by the imaging means as image data. The server communication unit 310 of the server device 300 receives the image data transmitted from the refrigerator 100. The storage unit 301 stores the image data received by the server communication unit 310. Then, the server communication unit 310 transmits the received image data to the terminal device 200.

The terminal communication unit 210 of the terminal device 200 receives the image data transmitted from the server device 300. This image data was originally transmitted from the refrigerator communication unit 110. Therefore, the terminal communication unit 210 constitutes a terminal receiving means for receiving the image data transmitted by the refrigerator transmitting means.

The terminal device 200 includes a display device capable of displaying various screens. The display device is, for example, a liquid crystal display or the like. The drug management information display unit 202 of the terminal device 200 generates drug management information based on the image data received by the terminal communication unit 210. Then, the drug management information display unit 202 displays the generated drug management information on the display device of the terminal device 200.

The drug management information generated by the drug management information display unit 202 includes at least drug storage status information. The medicine storage state information is information on the medicines stored in the medicine storage compartment 11 for each day of the week and the timing of taking the medicine. The drug management information display unit 202 can generate drug storage status information by extracting the drugs stored in each of the small sections of the drug storage section 11 from the image data received by the terminal communication unit 210, for example. it can. The medicine storage state information may be the image data received by the terminal communication unit 210, that is, the image itself inside the medicine storage section 11 taken by the camera 9.

Further, the drug management information generated by the drug management information display unit 202 may include drug administration information. The drug administration information is information on whether or not the refrigerator user has taken the drug on the day of the week and the timing of administration for each day of the week and the timing of administration. The drug management information display unit 202 can generate drug administration information by detecting, for example, a change in the drug storage state in each of the small sections of the drug storage section 11 from the image data received by the terminal communication unit 210. it can.

The voice recording unit 201 of the terminal device 200 is for recording the voice emitted by the watching user of the terminal device 200. The terminal device 200 is provided with or connected to a voice input device such as a microphone (not shown). The voice recording unit 201 records the voice input to the voice input device of the terminal device 200 and saves it as voice data.

The terminal communication unit 210 transmits the voice data recorded by the voice recording unit 201 to the server device 300. The server communication unit 310 of the server device 300 receives the voice data transmitted from the terminal device 200. The storage unit 301 of the server device 300 stores the voice data received by the server communication unit 310. Then, the server communication unit 310 transmits the received voice data to the refrigerator 100.

The refrigerator communication unit 110 receives the voice data transmitted from the server device 300. When the door open / close detection switch 92 detects the opening / closing of the refrigerator compartment door 7, the voice reproduction unit 102 causes the speaker 6c to reproduce the audio data received by the refrigerator communication unit 110. Then, the speaker 6c sounds the voice data and informs the refrigerator user of the contents of the voice data by voice.

Here, the voice recording unit 201 of the terminal device 200 is an example of the notification content setting means for setting the content to be notified by the refrigerator 100. That is, the voice recording by the voice recording unit 201 is a specific example of setting the content to be notified by the refrigerator 100. Conversely, in the refrigerator system according to the present invention, the terminal device 200 includes a notification content setting means for setting the content to be notified by the refrigerator 100. Then, in the first embodiment described here, the notification content setting means includes a voice recording unit 201 which is a voice recording means for recording voice.

Further, the terminal communication unit 210 is a terminal transmission means for transmitting the content to be notified set by the notification content setting means as notification content data. Then, in the first embodiment described here, the notification content data is voice data. That is, the terminal transmission means transmits the voice recorded by the voice recording means as the notification content data.

Further, the voice data received by the refrigerator communication unit 110 of the refrigerator 100 was originally transmitted from the terminal communication unit 210. Therefore, the refrigerator communication unit 110 of the refrigerator 100 is also a refrigerator receiving means for receiving the notification content data transmitted by the terminal communication unit 210, which is a terminal transmitting means.

The voice reproduction unit 102 and the speaker 6c are examples of the notification means. That is, the reproduction of the audio data by the audio reproduction unit 102 and the speaker 6c is a specific example of the notification based on the notification content data. Conversely, in the refrigerator system according to the present invention, the refrigerator 100 uses the notification content data received by the refrigerator communication unit 110, which is the refrigerator receiving means, when the opening / closing detecting means detects the opening / closing of the refrigerator compartment door 7. It is equipped with a notification means for performing notification based on the above. Then, in the first embodiment described here, the notification means includes a voice reproduction unit 102 and a speaker 6c, which are voice reproduction means for reproducing the voice based on the notification content data received by the refrigerator receiving means.

The content to be notified by the refrigerator 100 set by the notification content setting means of the terminal device 200 is not limited to the voice notification as described above. Alternatively, for example, when the door open / close detection switch 92, which is an open / close detection means, detects the open / close of the refrigerator compartment door 7, the medicine storage compartment 11 may be illuminated with lighting, or the medicine storage compartment 11 itself may be illuminated. At this time, the range to be illuminated or illuminated by the illumination may be set for each small section of the medicine storage section 11. In this case, the notification content data relates to which subsection is illuminated or illuminated.

Further, for example, a character message may be displayed on the display unit 6b of the operation panel 6. In addition, for example, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone used by the refrigerator user and one or both of the televisions installed in the refrigerator user's house are used to perform notification by voice and one or both of characters. May be good.

Further, it is conceivable that there may be a plurality of notification content data (voice data) received by the refrigerator communication unit 110 after the door open / close detection switch 92 finally detects the opening / closing of the refrigerator compartment door 7. In this case, it is conceivable that the voice reproduction unit 102 performs the notification based on, for example, the latest notification content data, that is, the voice data last received by the refrigerator communication unit 110.

After the refrigerator communication unit 110 receives the notification content data, if a preset time elapses without the notification in the refrigerator 100 based on the notification content data, the control device 8 will perform the notification. The notification content data may be deleted. By doing so, for example, if the refrigerator 100 has received the notification content data indicating that the patient has forgotten to take the medicine in the morning and the refrigerator compartment door 7 has never been opened or closed and the day has passed, then after that, This is because if the notification is performed based on the notification content data, it may be misunderstood as the notification content of taking the medicine for two times in the morning and noon at the same time. At this time, the terminal device 200 may allow the monitoring user to set a deadline for automatically deleting the notification content data when the notification is not performed.

The medicine storage state detection unit 103 of the refrigerator 100 detects a change in the medicine storage state of the medicine storage compartment 11 from an image of the inside of the medicine storage compartment 11 taken by the imaging means. The medicine storage state detection unit 103 captures an image of the inside of the medicine storage compartment 11 taken when the refrigerator door 7 was opened and closed last time, and an image of the inside of the medicine storage compartment 11 taken when the refrigerator door 7 was opened and closed this time. By comparing, changes in the medicine storage state of the medicine storage compartment 11 are detected.

At this time, the medicine storage state detection unit 103 may detect a change in the medicine storage state for each small section of the medicine storage section 11. Further, the medicine storage state detection unit 103 does not detect a change in the medicine storage state for all the small compartments every time the opening / closing of the refrigerating room door 7 is detected, but only for some small compartments. You may do it. In this case, it is sufficient for the medicine storage state detection unit 103 to perform detection processing for a change in the medicine storage state in the corresponding small section according to the current day of the week and the time zone.

Further, the medicine storage state detection unit 103 may detect only the change in the presence or absence of the medicine in the small compartment of the medicine storage compartment 11 and may not identify the type of the medicine. By doing so, the processing load can be reduced.

The voice reproduction unit 102, which is a notification means, notifies when the medicine storage state detection unit 103 does not detect a change in the medicine storage state of the medicine storage compartment 11 even at a preset time. In the notification at this time, the voice reproduction unit 102 reproduces the voice generated by the automatic voice generation unit 104 to perform the notification.

That is, the automatic voice generation unit 104 warns about forgetting to take the medicine when the medicine storage state detection unit 103 does not detect the change in the medicine storage state of the medicine storage compartment 11 even at a preset time. Generate a voice message to evoke. Then, the voice reproduction unit 102 reproduces the voice message generated by the automatic voice generation unit 104. At this time, the automatic voice generation unit 104 may confirm whether or not a change in the drug storage state is detected only in the small section of the drug storage section 11 corresponding to the current day of the week and the time zone. As a voice message to call attention to forgetting to take the medicine, for example, "Did you forget to take the medicine?" Can be considered.

Here, the automatic voice generation unit 104 may generate a voice message other than the above-mentioned case, and the voice reproduction unit 102 may reproduce the generated voice message. Specifically, for example, when the refrigerator is opened and closed during cooking, a voice message "I have some medicine to take before breakfast" may be generated and played. If the refrigerator is opened and closed before meals, for example, a voice message "Please take medicine" may be generated and played. When it is detected that a medicine different from the past is stored in the medicine storage compartment 11, for example, a voice message "A different medicine is contained. Is there any problem?" May be generated and reproduced.

Further, when it is detected that the daytime medicine has been taken out from the medicine storage compartment 11 at breakfast, for example, a voice message "The daytime medicine is taken out" may be generated and reproduced. In this case, it is possible that the patient was taken out in advance to go out in the daytime and take the medicine outside, so it is better to use a confirmation message instead of a warning. Then, when it is detected that no medicine is stored in the medicine storage compartment 11, for example, a voice message "No medicine is contained. Please put medicine" may be generated and reproduced.

The refrigerator communication unit 110 may transmit the detection result by the medicine storage state detection unit 103 to the terminal device 200. Then, in this case, the drug management information display unit 202 of the terminal device 200 may generate the drug management information by also using the detection result of the drug storage state detection unit 103. Specifically, for example, the drug management information display unit 202 generates drug administration information for each subsection according to whether or not the drug storage state detection unit 103 has detected a change in the drug storage state for each subsection. Can be considered.

In the refrigerator system including the refrigerator 100 and the terminal device 200 configured as described above, the watching user confirms the medicine management information displayed on the terminal device 200, and thereby, the medicine in the medicine storage compartment 11 of the refrigerator user. It is possible to grasp the storage status and medication status of the patient. Therefore, the user can be aware of the case where the medicine to be taken is forgotten to be stored in the medicine storage compartment 11, the medicine is forgotten to be taken, or the wrong medicine is taken. Then, the watching user who notices that he / she has forgotten to take the medicine can set the notification content to point out that fact. Further, since the set notification content is notified to the refrigerator user by the daily operation of the refrigerator user of opening and closing the door of the refrigerator 100, it can be reliably transmitted to the refrigerator user. Therefore, even when the medicine to be taken is forgotten to be stored, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of forgetting to take the medicine or taking the wrong medicine of the refrigerator user who is the person to be watched over. Further, when the door of the refrigerator 100 is opened and closed, the refrigerator user is notified that he / she has forgotten to take the medicine. Therefore, the refrigerator user immediately confirms the medicine in the medicine storage compartment 11 and takes the medicine correctly. can do.

Next, a screen display example in the terminal device 200 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. First, FIG. 8 shows an example of the refrigerator user list screen 400 displayed on the terminal device 200. In the example of the refrigerator user list screen 400, various information such as the refrigerator user serial number 401, the refrigerator user name 402, the refrigerator user age 403, the refrigerator user living together information 404, the refrigerator user address 405, and the final confirmation date 406 are stored in the terminal device. It is displayed in a list for each of the 200 refrigerator users who are the objects to be watched over. The final confirmation date 406 is the date and time when the terminal device 200 last confirmed the detailed information of the refrigerator user.

Further, on the refrigerator user list screen 400, a detailed information display button 407 is displayed for each refrigerator user. When the detailed information display button 407 is operated, the screen transitions to the refrigerator user detail screen that displays the detailed information of the refrigerator user corresponding to the operated button.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the refrigerator user detail screen 500 displayed on the terminal device 200. When the detailed information display button 407 of the refrigerator user list screen 400 is operated, the refrigerator user detail screen 500 of the corresponding refrigerator user is displayed on the terminal device 200.

In the example of the refrigerator user detail screen 500 shown in FIG. 9, the back button 501, the refrigerator user basic information 510, the medicine storage status information 520, the medicine administration information 530, the forget-to-take warning message column 540, and the recording start button 550 are displayed. ..

By operating the back button 501, it is possible to return to the refrigerator user list screen 400. The refrigerator user basic information 510 displays the age, living information, and address of the refrigerator user, which was displayed on the refrigerator user list screen 400.

The medicine storage state information 520 is the medicine storage state information among the medicine management information generated by the medicine management information display unit 202. The medicine storage status information 520 displays, for example, the medicine storage status for each day of the week and each dosing timing, that is, for each small compartment of the medicine storage compartment 11. As described above, the medicine storage state information 520 may be an image of the inside of the medicine storage compartment 11.

The drug administration information 530 is the drug administration information among the drug management information generated by the drug management information display unit 202. For example, the determination result of whether or not the medicine is being taken is displayed for each day of the week and each administration timing, that is, for each small division of the medicine storage compartment 11.

In the missed dose warning message field 540, a message is displayed to call attention to the missed dose when there is a possibility that the missed dose has occurred. Whether or not there is a possibility of forgetting to take the drug can be determined based on, for example, the drug administration information in the drug management information generated by the drug management information display unit 202. Further, when the detection result by the medicine storage state detection unit 103 is transmitted to the terminal device 200, the medicine storage state detection unit 103 is taken depending on whether or not the change in the medicine storage state is detected for each subsection. It may be determined whether or not there is a possibility of forgetting.

When the recording start button 550 is operated, recording by the voice recording unit 201 is started, and the above-mentioned voice data can be created. During recording by the voice recording unit 201, the recording start button 550 changes to a recording stop button. When the recording stop button is operated, the recording by the voice recording unit 201 is stopped. At this time, for example, a dialog window or the like for confirming whether or not to save the voice recorded this time may be displayed. By doing so, when the voice recording fails, the failed voice can be smoothly re-recorded without being saved.

Further, although not shown here, it is preferable to provide a button, a screen, or the like for deleting the voice recorded in the past. On the screen for deleting the voice recorded in the past, the voice recorded in the past may be displayed in, for example, a list format so that the voice can be selected and deleted from the displayed voice. In addition, all the voices recorded in the past may be deleted at once.

Next, with reference to FIG. 10, an example of the image transmission operation of the refrigerator 100 configured as described above will be described. When the door open / close detection switch 92 detects that the refrigerator compartment door 7 has been opened, the image transmission operation shown in FIG. 12 is executed.

When the refrigerator 100 starts the image transmission operation (step S100), first, in step S101, the imaging unit 101 confirms whether or not the door open / close detection switch 92 has detected that the refrigerator compartment door 7 is closed. When the door open / close detection switch 92 does not detect that the refrigerating room door 7 is closed, the process waits in this step S101 until the door open / close detection switch 92 detects that the refrigerating room door 7 is closed. Then, when the door open / close detection switch 92 detects that the refrigerator compartment door 7 is closed, the process proceeds to step S102.

In step S102, the imaging unit 101 confirms whether or not a preset fixed time has elapsed after the door open / close detection switch 92 detects that the refrigerator compartment door 7 has been closed in step S101. If a certain time has not elapsed since the door open / close detection switch 92 detects that the refrigerator compartment door 7 is closed, the process waits in this step S102 until a certain time elapses. Then, when a certain time elapses, the process proceeds to step S103.

In step S103, the imaging unit 101 causes the camera 9 to take an image of the inside of the medicine storage compartment 11. Then, the imaging unit 101 acquires an image of the inside of the medicine storage section 11 taken by the camera 9. After step S103, the process proceeds to step S104.

In step S104, the refrigerator communication unit 110 transmits the image data of the image inside the medicine storage compartment 11 taken in step S103 to the server device 300. When the process of step S104 is completed, the series of image transmission operations of the refrigerator 100 is completed.

Next, with reference to FIG. 11, an example of the voice recording operation of the terminal device 200 configured as described above will be described. When the terminal device 200 starts the voice recording operation (step S200), first, in step S201, the voice recording unit 201 confirms whether or not the recording start button 550 of the refrigerator user detail screen 500 shown in FIG. 9 has been operated. .. If the recording start button is not operated, the voice recording operation of the terminal device 200 ends. On the other hand, when the recording start button is operated, the process proceeds to step S202.

In step S202, the voice recording unit 201 starts recording voice. After step S202, the process proceeds to step S203. In step S203, the voice recording unit 201 confirms whether or not a preset fixed time has elapsed since the recording was started in step S202. The fixed time in step S203 is set separately from the fixed time in step S102 described above. If a certain time has not passed since the start of recording, the process proceeds to step S204.

In step S204, the voice recording unit 201 confirms whether or not the recording stop button (not shown) on the refrigerator user detail screen 500 has been operated. If the recording stop button is not operated, the process returns to step S203.

On the other hand, when the recording stop button is operated in step S204, the process proceeds to step S205. Further, even if a certain time has elapsed from the start of recording in step S203, the process proceeds to step S205. In this case, the process proceeds directly from step S203 to step S205 without going through step S204. In step S205, the voice recording unit 201 stops recording the voice. After step S205, the process proceeds to step S206.

In step S206, the terminal communication unit 210 transmits the voice data recorded in steps S202 to S205 to the server device 300. When the process of step S206 is completed, the series of voice recording operations of the terminal device 200 ends.

Next, with reference to FIG. 12, an example of the sound reproduction operation of the refrigerator 100 configured as described above will be described. When the refrigerator 100 starts the voice reproduction operation (step S300), first, in step S301, the control device 8 confirms whether or not the door open / close detection switch 92 has detected that the refrigerator compartment door 7 has been opened. When the door open / close detection switch 92 does not detect that the refrigerator compartment door 7 has opened, the process waits in this step S301 until the door open / close detection switch 92 detects that the refrigerator compartment door 7 has opened. Then, when the door open / close detection switch 92 detects that the refrigerator compartment door 7 has been opened, the process proceeds to step S302.

In step S302, the voice reproduction unit 102 causes the speaker 6c to reproduce the audio data received by the refrigerator communication unit 110. When the process of step S302 is completed, the series of audio reproduction operations of the refrigerator 100 is completed.

Next, with reference to FIG. 13, an example of the change detection operation of the medicine storage state of the refrigerator 100 configured as described above will be described. When the refrigerator 100 starts the change detection operation of the medicine storage state (step S400), first, in step S401, the medicine storage state detection unit 103 sets the day of the week and the time set in advance as the day and time for detecting the change in the medicine storage state. Check if the time has passed. Then, if the preset day of the week and time have elapsed, the process proceeds to step S402.

In step S402, the medicine storage state detection unit 103 extracts the medicine stored in each small compartment from the latest image of the medicine storage compartment 11. After step S402, the process proceeds to step S403.

In step S403, the medicine storage state detection unit 103 confirms the presence or absence of the medicine stored in the small section to be detected for the change in the medicine storage state on the set day and time of the present time. This confirmation is made based on the drug information extracted in step S402 above. After step S403, the process proceeds to step S404.

In step S404, the medicine storage state detection unit 103 determines whether or not there is medicine in the subsection that is the target of the change detection of the medicine storage state on the set day and time this time, based on the confirmation result in step S403. judge. If there is a drug in the compartment to be detected, the process proceeds to step S405.

In step S405, the refrigerator communication unit 110 notifies the terminal device 200 that the medicine may have been forgotten to be taken. The notification to the terminal device 200 at this time is performed via the server device 300 in the first embodiment. After step S405, the process proceeds to step S407.

On the other hand, if there is no drug in the subsection to be detected in step S404, the process proceeds to step S407 without going through step S405.

On the other hand, if the day and time preset as the day and time for detecting the change in the medicine storage state in step S401 have not yet elapsed, the process proceeds to step S406.

In step S406, for example, the imaging unit 101 confirms whether or not the camera 9 of the refrigerator 100 has taken an image of the inside of the medicine storage compartment 11. If the image of the inside of the medicine storage compartment 11 has not been taken, the process returns to step S401. On the other hand, when the image of the inside of the medicine storage section 11 is taken, the process proceeds to step S407.

In step S407, the medicine storage state detection unit 103 identifies which subsection is the target of detecting the change in the medicine storage state after the current time. After step S407, the process proceeds to step S408.

In step S408, the medicine storage state detection unit 103 next detects the change in the medicine storage state according to the day of the week and the time corresponding to the small section specified as the detection target of the medicine storage state change in step S407. Set the time. When the process of step S408 is completed, the series of change detection operations of the medicine storage state of the refrigerator 100 is completed.

Embodiment 2.
14 to 21 relate to a second embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a refrigerator system, FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a pharmacy terminal included in the refrigerator system, and FIG. 16 is a block diagram. A block diagram showing the configuration of the server device, FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the refrigerator control device, FIG. 18 is a diagram schematically showing an example of a screen display of the terminal device, and FIG. 19 is a prescription information transmission operation of the pharmacy terminal. FIG. 20 is a flow diagram showing an example, FIG. 20 is a flow diagram showing an example of the prescription information receiving operation of the server device, and FIG. 21 is a flow diagram showing an example of the prescription information collation operation of the refrigerator.

In the second embodiment described here, in the configuration of the first embodiment described above, a pharmacy terminal capable of inputting prescription information is provided so that the prescription information can be collated with the storage state of the medicine in the refrigerator. is there. Hereinafter, the refrigerator system according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to the case where the refrigerator system according to the second embodiment is based on the configuration of the first embodiment, focusing on the differences from the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 14, the refrigerator system according to the second embodiment of the present invention further includes a pharmacy terminal 600 in addition to the refrigerator 100, the terminal device 200, and the server device 300. The pharmacy terminal 600 is provided so as to be able to communicate with the server device 300.

The pharmacy terminal 600 is, for example, a personal computer (personal computer), a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or the like installed in the dispensing pharmacy. As shown in FIG. 15, the pharmacy terminal 600 includes a prescription input unit 601 and a pharmacy communication unit 610.

The prescription input unit 601 is a prescription information input means for inputting prescription information. The prescription input unit 601 is an interface for inputting electronic prescription information (so-called electronic prescription) created by a medical institution to the pharmacy terminal 600, for example.

Alternatively, for example, the prescription input unit 601 may include a scanner that captures an image of a prescription on a paper medium. In this case, the prescription input unit 601 may acquire prescription information from the captured prescription image by OCR (Optical Character Recognition / Reader, optical character recognition), for example.

Further, for example, the prescription input unit 601 may include an input device such as a keyboard operated by the operator of the pharmacy terminal 600. In this case, the operator of the pharmacy terminal 600 inputs the prescription information of the prescription on the paper medium to the pharmacy terminal 600 using the prescription input unit 601.

The pharmacy communication unit 610 transmits the prescription information input by the prescription input unit 601 to the server device 300 as prescription data. That is, the pharmacy communication unit 610 constitutes a pharmacy transmission means that transmits the prescription information input by the prescription information input means to the server device 300 as prescription data.

Next, as shown in FIG. 16, in the second embodiment, the server device 300 further includes an association unit 302 in addition to the storage unit 301 and the server communication unit 310. First, the server communication unit 310 receives the prescription data transmitted from the pharmacy communication unit 610. Then, the storage unit 301 further stores the prescription data received by the server communication unit 310.

At this time, the storage unit 301 stores the prescription data and the refrigerator 100 in association with each other. The association unit 302 associates the prescription data with the refrigerator 100. The prescription data contains information that can identify the individual who received the prescription of the prescription. As the information that can identify such an individual, for example, it is conceivable to use the symbol, number, insurer number, and name of the health insurance insured person's card. In this case, the association unit 302 stores in advance the symbol, number, insurer number, and name of the health insurance insured person's card for each refrigerator user of the refrigerator 100. Then, the association unit 302 associates the prescription data with the refrigerator 100 using the symbol, number, insurer number, and name of the health insurance insured person's card as keys. In this way, the storage unit 301 constitutes a storage unit that stores the prescription data transmitted by the pharmacy communication unit 610, which is a pharmacy transmission means, in association with the refrigerator 100. In addition, the association unit 302 may also associate the prescription data with the refrigerator 100 by using, for example, the personal number of each refrigerator user, the so-called My Number, as a key.

The server communication unit 310 transmits the prescription data stored in the storage unit 301 to the refrigerator 100 associated with the prescription data. Then, the refrigerator communication unit 110 receives the prescription data transmitted by the server communication unit 310.

As shown in FIG. 17, in the second embodiment, the control device 8 of the refrigerator 100 includes a prescription collating unit 105. Further, the medicine storage state detection unit 103 according to the second embodiment constitutes a medicine detection means for detecting the medicine storage state of the medicine storage compartment 11 from the image taken by the imaging means. That is, in the second embodiment, the medicine storage state detection unit 103 detects whether or not the medicine is stored in each of the small compartments of the medicine storage compartment 11. In other words, the medicine storage state detection unit 103 detects the presence or absence of medicine in each of the small compartments of the medicine storage compartment 11.

The prescription collation unit 105 is a prescription collation means for collating the prescription data received by the refrigerator communication unit 110 with the prescription storage state detected by the drug storage state detection unit 103. More specifically, from the prescription data received by the refrigerator communication unit 110, information on the day of the week and the timing (time zone) in which the refrigerator user of the refrigerator 100 should take the medicine is acquired. Then, the day and timing when the refrigerator user should take the medicine is compared with the presence or absence of the medicine in each sub-compartment of the medicine storage compartment 11.

Then, when the day and timing when the refrigerator user should take the medicine and the presence or absence of the medicine in each sub-compartment of the medicine storage compartment 11 do not match, for example, the voice reproduction unit 102 notifies. In this notification, the voice reproduction unit 102 reproduces the voice generated by the automatic voice generation unit 104 to perform the notification.

Specifically, for example, if there is no medicine in each subsection corresponding to the day and timing of taking the medicine, there is a possibility of forgetting to store the medicine. On the other hand, if there is medicine in each compartment corresponding to the day of the week and the timing when the medicine should not be taken, the medicine is stored in the wrong compartment and there is a risk of taking the medicine at the wrong timing. .. Therefore, when such an inconsistency is found by the collation by the prescription collation unit 105, the voice reproduction unit 102 notifies the inconsistency, so that it is possible to prevent forgetting to take the drug and erroneously taking the drug. The refrigerator communication unit 110 may transmit the collation result by the prescription collation unit 105 to the terminal device 200.

Next, a screen display example in the terminal device 200 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The figure shows an example of the refrigerator user detail screen 500 displayed on the terminal device 200.

The back button 501, the refrigerator user basic information 510, the medicine storage state information 520, the medicine administration information 530, and the recording start button 550 are the same as the example of the refrigerator user detail screen 500 of the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. Is. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, the storage forgetting warning message field 560 is displayed.

In the storage forgetting warning message column 560, a message is displayed to call attention to the medicine storage forgetting when there is a possibility that the medicine storage forgetting has occurred. Whether or not there is a possibility that the medicine has been forgotten to be stored is determined, for example, by acquiring the prescription data stored in the storage unit 301 of the server device 300 and generating the prescription data and the medicine management information display unit 202. It can be determined by collating with the drug storage information in the drug management information. Further, when the collation result by the prescription collation unit 105 is transmitted to the terminal device 200, it may be determined from the collation result whether or not there is a possibility that the medicine has been forgotten to be stored.

Next, with reference to FIG. 19, an example of the prescription information transmission operation of the pharmacy terminal 600 configured as described above will be described. When the pharmacy terminal 600 starts the prescription information transmission operation (step S500), first, in step S501, the pharmacy terminal 600 confirms whether or not the prescription information has been input by the prescription input unit 601. If no prescription information is entered, the process waits in step S501 until the prescription information is entered. Then, when the prescription information is input, the process proceeds to step S502.

In step S502, the pharmacy communication unit 610 transmits the prescription information input in step S501 to the server device 300 as prescription data. When the process of step S502 is completed, the series of prescription information transmission operations of the pharmacy terminal 600 is completed.

Next, with reference to FIG. 20, an example of the prescription information receiving operation of the server device 300 configured as described above will be described. When the server communication unit 310 receives the prescription data transmitted from the pharmacy terminal 600, the server device 300 starts the prescription information receiving operation (step S600).

When the server device 300 starts the prescription information receiving operation, first, in step S601, the associating unit 302 confirms whether or not there is a refrigerator 100 corresponding to the received prescription data. More specifically, the association unit 302 confirms whether or not there is a refrigerator 100 of the refrigerator user that matches the personally identifiable information of the prescription data. If there is no refrigerator 100 corresponding to the received prescription data, the series of prescription information receiving operations of the server device 300 ends. On the other hand, if there is a refrigerator 100 corresponding to the received prescription data, the process proceeds to step S602.

In step S602, first, the associating unit 302 associates the received prescription data with the refrigerator 100. Then, the storage unit 301 adds the received prescription data to the past prescription data stored in association with the refrigerator 100 and stores it. After step S602, the process proceeds to step S603.

In step S603, the server communication unit 310 transmits the received prescription data to the refrigerator 100 associated with the prescription data. When the process of step S603 is completed, the series of prescription information receiving operations of the server device 300 ends.

Next, with reference to FIG. 21, an example of the prescription matching operation of the refrigerator 100 configured as described above will be described. When the refrigerator communication unit 110 receives the prescription data transmitted from the server device 300, the refrigerator 100 starts the prescription collation operation (step S700).

When the refrigerator 100 starts the prescription collation operation, in step S701, the medicine storage state detection unit 103 first detects the medicine storage state of the medicine storage compartment 11. Next, the prescription collation unit 105 collates the prescription data received by the refrigerator communication unit 110 with the drug storage state detected by the drug storage state detection unit 103. Then, the prescription collation unit 105 confirms whether or not there is an inconsistency between the prescription data received by the refrigerator communication unit 110 and the medicine storage state detected by the medicine storage state detection unit 103. If there is no inconsistency between the prescription data and the stored state of the medicine, the series of prescription matching operations of the refrigerator 100 ends. On the other hand, if there is an inconsistency between the prescription data and the stored state of the drug, the process proceeds to step S702.

In step S702, the refrigerator communication unit 110 notifies the terminal device 200 that there is an inconsistency between the prescription data and the stored state of the medicine. When the process of step S702 is completed, the series of prescription matching operations of the refrigerator 100 is completed.

The other configurations and operations are the same as those in the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted here.

Even in the refrigerator system configured as described above, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. Further, since the pharmacy terminal 600 capable of inputting prescription information is provided and the prescription information can be collated with the storage state of the medicine in the refrigerator 100, it is easier and more reliable to forget to store the medicine, forget to take the medicine, and forget to take the medicine. It is possible to suppress the occurrence of incorrect drug administration.

The control device 8 of the refrigerator 100 may control the temperature inside the medicine storage compartment 11, that is, the temperature of the refrigerator compartment 10 here, based on the prescription data received by the refrigerator communication unit 110. Specifically, first, the control device 8 acquires information on the type of medicine stored in the medicine storage compartment 11 from the prescription data. Then, the control device 8 controls the cooling means and the like described above so that the temperature inside the refrigerating chamber 10 becomes suitable for storing the medicine stored in the medicine storage compartment 11. In this case, it is desirable that the medicine storage section 11 is provided not in a storage room for storing other foods such as the refrigerating room 10 but in a storage room dedicated to storing medicine. By doing so, it is possible to store the medicine more appropriately, and it is possible to suppress deterioration of the components of the medicine.

In the first and second embodiments of the present invention, the detection of the medicine storage state in the medicine storage compartment 11 of the refrigerator 100 and the management of the medication status based on the detection result will be carried out. Whether or not it may be selected by the user by operating the operation panel 6 of the refrigerator 100, operating the terminal device 200, or the like.

1 Insulated box 2 Compressor 3 Cooler 4 Blower fan 5 Air passage 6 Operation panel 6a Operation unit 6b Display unit 6c Speaker 7 Refrigerator room door 7a Right door 7b Left door 8 Control device 8a Processor (CPU)
8b Memory 9 Camera 10 Refrigerator room 11 Medicine storage compartment 20 Switching room 30 Ice making room 40 Freezing room 50 Vegetable room 91 Thermista 92 Door open / close detection switch 100 Refrigerator 101 Imaging unit 102 Sound reproduction unit 103 Drug storage status detection unit 104 Automatic voice generation 105 Prescription collation unit 110 Refrigerator communication unit 200 Terminal device 201 Voice recording unit 202 Drug management information display unit 210 Terminal communication unit 300 Server device 301 Storage unit 302 Correspondence unit 310 Server communication unit 400 Refrigerator user list screen 500 Refrigerator user detail screen 600 Pharmacy terminal 601 Prescription input unit 610 Pharmacy communication unit

Claims (5)

Refrigerator and
A terminal device provided so as to be able to communicate with the refrigerator is provided.
The refrigerator
The medicine storage compartment provided inside the storage room,
An imaging means for capturing an image of the inside of the medicine storage compartment, and
A refrigerator transmission means for transmitting an image captured by the imaging means as image data is provided.
The terminal device is
A terminal receiving means for receiving image data transmitted by the refrigerator transmitting means, and a terminal receiving means.
A display means for displaying drug management information generated based on the image data received by the terminal receiving means, and a display means.
Notification content setting means for setting the content to be notified in the refrigerator, and
It is provided with a terminal transmission means for transmitting the content to be notified set by the notification content setting means as notification content data.
The refrigerator
A refrigerator receiving means for receiving the notification content data transmitted by the terminal transmitting means, and
An opening / closing detecting means for detecting the opening / closing of the door of the storage room,
When the open / close detecting means detects the opening / closing of the door, the notification means for notifying the content to be notified set by the notification content setting means is further provided based on the notification content data received by the refrigerator receiving means. Prepare ,
After the refrigerator receiving means receives the notification content data, a preset time elapses without the notification means performing notification of the content to be notified set by the notification content setting means based on the notification content data. In addition, a refrigerator system that deletes the notification content data. The notification content setting means includes a voice recording means for recording voice.
The terminal transmission means transmits the voice recorded by the voice recording means as notification content data, and then transmits the voice.
The refrigerator system according to claim 1, wherein the notification means includes a voice reproduction means that reproduces a voice based on the notification content data received by the refrigerator receiving means. The refrigerator further includes a storage change detecting means for detecting a change in the storage state of the medicine in the medicine storage section from an image taken by the imaging means.
The first or second aspect of the present invention, wherein the notification means notifies when the storage change detecting means does not detect a change in the storage state of the medicine in the medicine storage compartment even at a preset time. Refrigerator system. A server device that can communicate with the refrigerator and
Further equipped with a pharmacy terminal provided so as to be able to communicate with the server device,
The pharmacy terminal
Prescription information input means for inputting prescription information and
A pharmacy transmission means for transmitting prescription information input by the prescription information input means as prescription data to the server device is provided.
The server device includes a storage means for storing prescription data transmitted by the pharmacy transmitting means in association with the refrigerator.
A server transmission means for transmitting prescription data stored in the storage means to the refrigerator associated with the prescription data is provided.
The refrigerator receiving means further receives the prescription data transmitted by the server transmitting means, and receives the prescription data.
The refrigerator
A drug detecting means for detecting a drug storage state in the drug storage section from an image taken by the imaging means, and a drug detecting means.
The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a prescription collating means for collating the prescription data received by the refrigerator receiving means with the stored state of the drug detected by the drug detecting means. system. The refrigerator system according to claim 4, wherein the refrigerator further includes a control means for controlling the temperature inside the medicine storage compartment based on the prescription data received by the refrigerator receiving means.

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