JP7020760B2 - Timer device for nurse call system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention is a nurse call system for a patient or a care recipient to call a nurse or a caregiver at his / her own will, or to detect a predetermined condition of a patient or a care recipient and call a nurse or a caregiver. Regarding the nurse call timer device applied to.

Generally, a nurse call system is used in hospitals and long-term care facilities. The nurse call system is used when a hospitalized patient needs the support of a nurse, or when a care recipient in a care facility needs the support of a nurse, the patient or care recipient (hereinafter referred to as the patient). It is a system that can call a nurse or a caregiver (hereinafter referred to as a medical worker) by operating the call button of the nurse call slave unit.

Many nurse call systems include nurse call slave units installed near beds in hospital rooms, toilets, bathrooms, etc., nurse call master units installed at nurse stations where medical staff are stationed, and hospital rooms and nursing rooms. It is equipped with a corridor light installed on the corridor side near the entrance and exit of each room, and a controller that controls the transmission and reception of calls and data. In addition to the above-mentioned configuration, a mobile terminal (for example, a PHS (Personal Handy phone System) terminal) carried by a medical worker and a PBX (Private Branch Exchange) may be combined with a mobile medical worker on the move. There is also a nurse call system that allows you to answer calls.

The nurse call master unit includes a board type that displays a lamp such as an LED (Light-Emitting Diode) and a patient name on a display panel in association with each other. In this board-type nurse call master unit, when a call from a patient occurs, the lamp corresponding to the patient is turned on (or blinks) so that the patient who made the call can be visually recognized.

In addition, some nurse call master units use a personal computer. In the nurse call master unit using this personal computer, the layout image is displayed on the display in the same way as the actual bed arrangement, and the patient name is displayed on the layout image. Then, when such a nurse call master unit is called by a patient, the part corresponding to the patient is highlighted and displayed (for example, a pop-up image is displayed), so that which patient can receive the call. It is possible to make the medical staff visually recognize whether or not the call has been made.

The nurse call handset is installed for each patient and is equipped with a call button for the patient to call a healthcare professional. Here, the nurse call slave unit is composed of a call button placed at the patient's hand and a wall unit installed on the wall surface to which the call button is connected by wire or wireless. In addition, a nurse call is made by connecting a sensor that detects the predetermined condition of the patient (for example, a mat sensor or an infrared sensor) to the wall unit, and the sensor detects the predetermined condition of the patient to call a medical staff. Handsets are also known.

By the way, when a medical worker cares for or assists a patient, it is required to call the medical worker after a lapse of a predetermined time. This makes it possible for the medical staff to carry out other tasks without being obsessed with the patient when the medical staff takes the patient to a common area such as a toilet. In addition, when a medical worker cares for or assists a patient, it is required to stop the sensor for a predetermined time. This makes it possible to prevent the occurrence of false alarms due to the sensor detecting the medical staff when the medical staff cares for the patient using the sensor.

In order to meet these demands, the wall unit etc. is equipped with a timer function, the medical staff sets the timer time, calls the nurse call after the set time elapses, or until the set time elapses. It is conceivable to invalidate the operation of the sensor. Here, when the installation area of the timer key for setting the timer time in the wall unit or the like is limited, it is preferable that the timer key is composed of one button. Further, if the timer time can be set, a display unit for displaying the timer setting time and the remaining time is also required. Therefore, it is preferable that the area occupied by the timer key in the wall unit is as small as possible.

When the timer key is used as one button in this way, a technique is known in which a plurality of time setting values are stored in the timer device and the time setting value is switched each time the timer key is pressed (for example). Patent Document 1 etc.). However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, since a plurality of time setting values are stored in the timer device and a desired time setting value is selected from among them, a time other than the stored time setting value is set. There was a problem that it became difficult.

On the other hand, there is also known a technique in which the time setting value of the timer is increased each time the button of the timer device is pressed, and the time setting value of the timer is continuously increased by pressing and holding the button (for example, Patent Document 2). Such). However, in the technique described in Patent Document 2, when it is desired to set the time setting value for a long time, it is necessary to press the button many times or keep pressing the button for a long time, so that the time setting of the timer becomes troublesome. There was a problem that it would become.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 11-132470 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2011-247581

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and in a timer device for a nurse call system, when the time is set with one button, the degree of freedom of time setting is increased while increasing the degree of freedom. The purpose is to make it easy to set the time.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention includes a timer for measuring time, a timer key for setting the timer time, a display unit for displaying the timer time and the remaining timer time, and a display unit for displaying the timer time and the remaining timer time. A storage unit that stores multiple preset timer time candidates and a timer time candidate stored in the storage unit each time the timer key is pressed are displayed in sequence on the display unit, and timer counting is started, and the remaining timer time is 0. A control unit that outputs a signal to the nurse call system when becomes , The time displayed on the display is displayed in a different form than usual, and each time the timer key is pressed in this state, the timer time candidate time is increased in minutes and the timer key is pressed and held again. And, the time displayed on the display unit is displayed in the normal form and the timer is started to measure the time.

According to the present invention configured as described above, by pressing the timer key, a timer time candidate that is close to the desired set time and shorter than the desired set time is selected, and then the timer key is pressed and held. By doing so, it shifts to the set time increase mode that increases the selected timer time candidate in minutes, and each time the timer key is pressed in this state, the timer time candidate time can be increased in minutes. When setting the time with a button (timer key), it is possible to easily set the time while increasing the degree of freedom in setting the time.

It is a block diagram which shows the configuration example of the timer device for a nurse call system by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display example of the display part by this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation of the timer device by this embodiment.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Although the timer device used in the nurse call system for nursing support installed in the hospital will be described here as an example, the timer device for the nurse call system of the present embodiment is not limited to the one installed in the hospital. .. For example, it can be applied when it is installed in a long-term care facility or the like. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a timer device 1 for a nurse call system according to the present embodiment.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a timer device, which is installed near a patient's bed, on the corridor side near the entrance / exit of a hospital room, or the like, and is used by a medical worker. Further, sensors for detecting a predetermined state of the patient are connected to the timer device 1 as needed. Here, the timer device 1 includes a control unit 2, a timer 3, a timer key 4, a display unit 5, a storage unit 6, and an interface 7.

The control unit 2 is for controlling each component of the timer device 1 as described later, and is composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a memory, and the like. The timer 3 is for measuring the time. Here, the timer timing method may be any method.

The timer key 4 is for setting the time measured by the timer 3, and is composed of one button. The display unit 5 is composed of a digital display or the like, and displays the time set by pressing the timer key 4 or displays the remaining time when the time is measured by the timer 3. The storage unit 6 is configured by a storage means such as a memory, and stores a plurality of preset timer time candidates. Here, the timer time candidate is set by operating a DIP switch (not shown) or the like, and is stored in the storage unit 6.

The interface 7 is for connecting the timer device 1 and the nurse call master unit (not shown) for communication. Further, sensors (not shown) may be connected to the interface 7. Here, when the timer device 1 generates a call signal for a nurse call by the control unit 2 when the time measured by the timer 3 becomes 0, and outputs the call signal from the interface 7 (that is, the timer nurse call function). , The operation of the sensors connected until the time measured by the timer 3 becomes 0 is invalidated (that is, the sensor pause function). The above-mentioned call signal includes identification information for distinguishing the timer device 1 from other timer devices 1 and the nurse call slave unit. Further, as the identification information, information such as a bed number is used. Further, the above-mentioned function switching is performed by a DIP switch or the like (not shown).

The timer device 1 configured in this way operates as follows. Here, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of the display unit 5 of the timer device 1 according to the present embodiment. First, by pressing the timer key 4, the control unit 2 reads out the timer time candidates stored in advance in the storage unit 6 and sequentially displays them on the display unit 5. In FIG. 2 (1), the timer time candidates are switched between "5", "10", and "30" (unit is minutes) by pressing the timer key 4. Further, when the timer key 4 is pressed while "30" is displayed, the display of the display unit 5 returns to "5".

Then, when the timer key 4 is pressed and held (for example, for 2 seconds or more) while "30" is displayed on the display unit 5, the display of "30" displayed on the display unit 5 blinks. The mode is switched and the mode of the timer device 1 is switched to the set time increase mode in minutes (FIG. 2 (2)). Here, the state in which the time display of the display unit 5 is lit corresponds to the display of the normal form of the claims, and the state in which the time display of the display unit 5 is blinking corresponds to the normal state of the claims. Corresponds to different forms of display.

When the timer key 4 is pressed in this state, the control unit 2 increases the display of "30" displayed on the display unit 5 as a timer time candidate as a timer time candidate in minutes each time the timer key 4 is pressed. In the example shown in FIG. 2 (3), the display of "30" is sequentially switched to "31" and "32". It is preferable that the maximum value of the set timer time matches the display capacity of the display unit 5, and if the display unit 5 can display up to "99", the maximum value of the timer time is "99". When the timer key 4 is further operated in this state, the display of the display unit 5 is preferably "1".

Then, when the timer key 4 is pressed and held again while the desired timer time is displayed on the display unit 5, the control unit 2 turns on the time display displayed on the display unit 5 and the timer 3 is turned on. Start timing by. In the example shown in FIG. 2 (3), the time measured by the timer 3 is 32 minutes. In this state, when the time measured by the timer 3 elapses, the remaining time decreases to "31", "30", and "29" as shown in FIG. 2 (4).

Then, in the timer device 1, when the time measured by the timer 3 becomes 0, the call signal of the nurse call is generated by the control unit 2 and output from the interface 7, or the time measured by the timer 3 becomes 0. It disables the operation of the connected sensors until it becomes possible.

Next, the operation of the timer device 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the timer device 1 according to the present embodiment. First, the control unit 2 determines whether or not the timer key 4 has been pressed (step S1). When the control unit 2 determines that the timer key 4 has been pressed (YES in step S1), the control unit 2 acquires the one with the shortest time from the timer time candidates stored in the storage unit 6. It is displayed on the display unit 5, the timer 3 is operated, and the time counting is started from that time (time displayed on the display unit 5) (step S2). On the other hand, when the control unit 2 determines that the timer key 4 is not pressed (NO in step S1), the control unit 2 repeats step S1.

The control unit 2 determines whether or not the timer key 4 has been pressed while the timer 3 has started timing (step S3). When the control unit 2 determines that the timer key 4 has been pressed (YES in step S3), the control unit 2 acquires the timer time candidate stored in the storage unit 6 for the next shortest time. The timer 3 is displayed on the display unit 5 again, and the timer 3 is operated again to start timing from that time (time displayed on the display unit 5) (step S4). On the other hand, when the control unit 2 determines that the timer key 4 is not pressed (NO in step S3), the process proceeds to step S5.

In step S5, the control unit 2 determines whether or not the timer key 4 has been pressed and held for a long time. When the control unit 2 determines that the timer key 4 has been pressed and held (YES in step S5), the control unit 2 blinks the time display displayed on the display unit 5 and increases the set time in minutes. The mode is switched (step S6), and the process proceeds to step S9. On the other hand, when the control unit 2 determines that the timer key 4 has not been pressed for a long time (NO in step S5), the control unit 2 determines whether or not the timer 3 has finished timing (step S7). ).

When the control unit 2 determines that the time measurement by the timer 3 has ended (YES in step S7), the control unit 2 generates a signal and outputs the generated signal via the interface 7 (step S8). On the other hand, when the control unit 2 determines that the time counting by the timer 3 has not ended (NO in step S7), the process returns to the process of step S3. Here, the signal generated by the control unit 2 becomes a call signal for a nurse call when the timer device 1 is used as a timer slave unit, and when the timer device 1 is used for pausing the sensors. It becomes a pause release signal (in this case, the operation of the sensors is temporarily stopped when the timer 3 starts timing).

In step S9, the control unit 2 determines whether or not the timer key 4 has been pressed. When the control unit 2 determines that the timer key 4 has been pressed (YES in step S9), the set time displayed on the display unit 5 and the set time measured by the timer 3 are increased by 1 minute. (Step S10).

Then, the control unit 2 determines whether or not the timer key 4 has been pressed and held (step S11). When the control unit 2 determines that the timer key 4 has been pressed and held (YES in step S11), the control unit 2 lights the time display of the display unit 5, operates the timer 3, and clocks from that time. Is started (step S12), and the process proceeds to step S5. On the other hand, if the control unit 2 determines that the timer key 4 has not been pressed for a long time (NO in step S11), the process proceeds to step S9.

On the other hand, when the control unit 2 determines that the timer key 4 is not pressed (NO in step S9), the control unit 2 determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed (step S13). Here, the predetermined time is the time when the setting operation of the timer device 1 should be completed this time because the operation has not been performed for a long time even though the mode has been changed to the set time increase mode by pressing and holding the timer key 4. It is preferably about 1 to 2 minutes. When the control unit 2 determines that the predetermined time has elapsed (YES in step S13), the control unit 2 turns off the time display of the display unit 5, stops the operation of the timer 3, and ends the timing. (Step S14).

On the other hand, if the control unit 2 determines that the predetermined time has not elapsed (NO in step S13), the process proceeds to step S11. Here, as described above, when the control unit 2 determines that the timer key 4 has been pressed and held (YES in step S11), the control unit 2 turns on the time display of the display unit 5 and sets the timer 3. The time is started from that time (step S12), and the process proceeds to step S5. On the other hand, if the control unit 2 determines that the timer key 4 has not been pressed for a long time (NO in step S11), the process proceeds to step S9.

As described in detail above, according to the present embodiment, the timer key 4 for setting the timer time, the display unit 5 for displaying the timer time and the remaining timer time, and the timer key 4 are configured by one button. Each time the button is pressed, the timer time candidates stored in advance are sequentially displayed on the display unit 5, the timer is started, and the control unit 2 outputs a signal to the nurse call system when the remaining timer time becomes 0. It is a timer device for a nurse call system provided, and this control unit 2 is a display unit when the timer key 4 is pressed and held while the timer time candidate is displayed on the display unit 5 by pressing the timer key 4. The time displayed on 5 is blinked and displayed, and each time the timer key 4 is pressed in this state, the timer time candidate time is increased in minutes, and when the timer key 4 is pressed and held again, the display unit is displayed. The time displayed in 5 is lit up and the timer is started.

As a result, by pressing the timer key 4, a timer time candidate that is close to the desired set time and shorter than the desired set time is selected, and then the timer time selected by pressing and holding the timer key 4 is selected. It shifts to the mode to increase the candidates in minutes, and each time the timer key 4 is pressed in this state, the time of the timer time candidate can be increased in minutes, so set the time with one button (timer key). When doing so, the time can be easily set while increasing the degree of freedom in setting the time.

In the above-described embodiment, the timer key 4 is configured by a physical button, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the timer key 4 may be displayed on the touch panel. In this case, it is also possible to display the display unit 5 on the same touch panel.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the number of timer time candidates is three, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the number of timer time candidates may be two or four or more. That is, a plurality of timer time candidates may be used.

In addition, the above embodiment is merely an example of the embodiment of the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be construed in a limited manner by this. That is, the invention can be practiced in various ways without departing from its spirit or its main characteristics.

1 Timer device 2 Control unit 3 Timer 4 Timer key 5 Display unit 6 Storage unit 7 Interface

Claims (1)

A timer that keeps time,
It consists of one button, a timer key to set the timer time, and
A display unit that displays the timer time and the remaining timer time,
A storage unit that stores multiple preset timer time candidates,
Each time the timer key is pressed, the timer time candidates stored in the storage unit are sequentially displayed on the display unit, the timer is started to be timed, and a signal is generated when the remaining timer time becomes 0. It is a timer device for a nurse call system equipped with a control unit that outputs to the nurse call system.
When the timer key is pressed and held while the timer time candidate is displayed on the display unit by pressing the timer key, the time displayed on the display unit is changed from the normal time by the control unit. In this state, each time the timer key is pressed, the time of the timer time candidate is increased in minutes, and when the timer key is pressed and held again, the time displayed on the display unit is displayed. A timer device for a nurse call system, characterized in that the timer is displayed in a normal form and the timer is started.

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