JP7226315B2 - Care support system and information notification control method - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a care support system that supports a subject's daily life and an information notification control method in the care support system.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in medical institutions such as hospitals, nursing care facilities, and the like, systems for managing information about patients and care recipients (hereinafter also referred to as "subjects") have been constructed. For example, in Patent Document 1, in a medical institution, staff location information is used to grasp the staff involved in the patient, work hours, etc., to accurately calculate the labor cost per patient. I try to manage costs.

Further, for example, Patent Literature 2 discloses a nurse call system installed in a medical institution or the like. In this system, the position of the staff is specified by passage detection means, and when it is determined that the staff is in a preset area, communication between the user's nurse call terminal and the staff's nurse call terminal is disabled. , the user is notified by the notification means, and when it is determined that the staff is out of the preset area, the user's nurse call terminal and the staff's nurse call terminal are enabled to communicate. In this system, when the user makes a nurse call, if the staff is working in a separate room, the user is notified of the situation (that the staff cannot let go of the hand) by a notification means, and the nurse call is still performed. It is possible to reduce the number of nurse calls with a low degree of urgency by letting the user decide whether or not it is necessary. As a result, the load on the staff can be reduced, the staff can maintain high levels of concentration and work efficiency, and the safety of other users can be easily ensured.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-236744 (claims 1 and 2, paragraphs [0003], [0012] to [0015], see FIGS. 6 to 12, etc.) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2015-104648 (Claim 1, paragraphs [0016] to [0023], see FIG. 1, etc.)

By the way, in a system built in a medical institution or a nursing care facility, if the detection unit in the living room detects an abnormality of the subject (for example, respiratory arrest, falling in the living room, etc.), the detected information will be sent to the outside. Notified to the server. Then, based on the information from the detection unit, when the subject's abnormal state continues for a certain period of time, the server determines that the subject is in a dangerous state and notifies each terminal owned by a plurality of staff members to that effect. At this time, a staff member farther from the living room may rush to the living room of the target person than a staff member closer to the living room to respond. This leads to an increase in the workload of the latter staff, and the notification is troublesome for the staff. Therefore, when it is necessary to notify a staff member's terminal of predetermined information from the server, the notification is controlled according to the staff's position. It is desirable to notify predetermined information automatically. However, such a system has not yet been proposed.

Note that Patent Literature 1 described above only discloses that the cost is calculated by utilizing the location information of the staff, and does not include any concept or disclosure of controlling notifications according to the location of the staff. In addition, in Patent Document 2 described above, the communication state between the user's nurse call terminal and the staff's nurse call terminal is switched between enable/disable according to the position of the staff. , there is no disclosure of automatically notifying predetermined information to the terminal of the staff at a specific position.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its object is to control the notification according to the staff's position when notifying the staff's terminal of predetermined information, thereby To provide a care support system and an information notification control method capable of reducing the workload of staff and reducing the annoyance of notification.

A care support system according to one aspect of the present invention is a care support system that supports the daily life of a subject, is installed in the living room of the subject, and measures the state of the living room and the subject in the living room. A detection unit that detects the condition of the person, a storage unit that stores management information for caring for the subject, and a communication result with a terminal owned by the staff, or based on a detection result by the detection unit, the staff a position determination unit that determines the position of the staff member, determines whether or not notification to the terminal is necessary according to at least the position of the staff member, and detects information detected by the detection unit and the management information stored in the storage unit a notification control unit that selects notification information to be notified to the terminal from among and notifies the selected notification information to the terminal when notification to the terminal is required.

An information notification control method according to another aspect of the present invention is an information notification control method in a care support system for supporting the daily life of a subject, wherein the care support system is installed in the living room of the subject. , a detection unit for detecting the state in the living room and the state of the subject in the living room, and a storage unit for storing management information for caring for the subject, wherein the information notification control method includes a staff a position determination step of determining the position of the staff based on the result of communication with a terminal owned by the staff or the result of detection by the detection unit; a judgment selection step of judging and selecting notification information to be notified to the terminal from information detected by the detection unit and the management information stored in the storage unit; and a notifying step of notifying the selected notification information to the terminal when the notification information is selected.

When notifying the terminal of the staff of predetermined information, at least the notification is controlled according to the position of the staff, so that the workload of the staff (for example, the staff far from the room) can be reduced and the annoyance of the notification to the above staff can be reduced. can be reduced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of a facility-type care support system according to an embodiment of the present invention; It is explanatory drawing which shows typically the state in the living room where the moving body detection unit of the said care support system was installed. It is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the moving body detection unit. 4 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of an optical detection section of the moving body detection unit; FIG. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a general|schematic of a visit type care support system. It is a block diagram which shows the detailed structure of the management server which the said facility type care support system has. It is a flow chart which shows a flow of processing by information notice control in the above-mentioned care support system. It is a flow chart which shows a flow of processing by other information notification control in the above-mentioned care support system. It is a flow chart which shows a flow of processing by other information notice control in the above-mentioned care support system. It is a flow chart which shows a flow of processing by other information notice control in the above-mentioned care support system.

One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this specification, the staff refers to workers engaged in medical care, care or nursing (doctors, caregivers (caregivers), nurses, etc.), and the subject is the subject to be cared for by the staff. Refers to a person (care recipient, patient, etc.). Care also refers to taking care of a subject in terms of medical care, care or nursing.

The care support system of this embodiment is roughly classified into a facility type and a visiting type (including a visiting medical care type, a visiting nursing care type, and a visiting nursing type). Each type of care support system will be described in turn below.

[Care support system (facility type)]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of a facility-type care support system 1 of this embodiment. The care support system 1 is a system for supporting the daily lives of care recipients in nursing care facilities and patients (nursed persons) hospitalized in hospitals, and is also called a monitoring system. . The cared person and the cared person are the targets of support by the care support system 1 . Here, as an example, a case where the care support system 1 is constructed in a nursing facility will be described.

A nursing facility S is provided with a staff station 100 and a living room 101 . The staff station 100 is a so-called station for staff members T who support the lives of the care recipients who spend their time at the care facility S. This staff station 100 is provided with a management server 100a. The management server 100a is communicably connected to a moving object detection unit 10, which will be described later, installed in a living room 101 via a communication line 200, and includes a central processing unit (CPU). .

The management server 100a receives various types of information transmitted from the moving body detection unit 10 via the communication line 200 (for example, captured images in the living room 101 and biometric information of the care recipient (for example, vital data indicating respiratory status). The received information is displayed on the display unit 100b _1. In the staff station 100, the staff T can see the information displayed on the display unit 100b ₁ and check the condition of the cared person (for example, The display unit 100b ₁ can be composed of, for example, a display of a personal computer 100b communicably connected to the management server 100a.The management server 100a The management server 100a may be configured integrally with the personal computer 100b.The configuration of the management server 100a that can implement the information notification control method of this embodiment will be described later.

The communication line 200 is configured by, for example, a wired LAN (Local Area Network), a wireless LAN, an Internet line, or the like. The communication line 200 is connected to an access point AP capable of communicating with a terminal 300 owned (carried) by the staff member T. FIG. The access point AP is installed in the nursing facility S corresponding to each living room 101, for example. As a result, the management server 100a determines whether the staff T who owns the terminal 300 has approached the access point AP based on the radio field intensity between the access point AP and the terminal 300, that is, whether or not the staff member T has approached the access point AP. It can be determined whether or not the user has approached the room 101 . Note that the access point AP may be installed in common in a plurality of living rooms 101 . In this case, the management server 100a can determine whether the staff member T has approached a plurality of living rooms 101 based on the radio field strength between the access point AP and the terminal 300. FIG.

In addition, staff T owns a terminal 300 capable of wireless communication with the management server 100a via the communication line 200, so that he can operate the terminal 300 to access the management server 100a and obtain various information. is possible. Furthermore, the staff member T can display various information transmitted from the management server 100a to the terminal 300 on the screen of the terminal 300 to grasp the care-receiver's condition. As the terminal 300, for example, a multifunctional mobile terminal such as a tablet or a smartphone, or a notebook personal computer can be assumed.

At least one living room 101 is provided in the nursing facility S, and FIG. 1 shows a case where two living rooms 101 are provided as an example. One bed 102 used by a care recipient is installed in a living room 101 . As the living room 101, a single room is assumed here, but a multi-bed room such as a two-person room or a four-person room may also be used. In the case of a multi-bed room, beds 102 are installed as many as the number of care recipients who spend time in the living room 101 .

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view schematically showing the interior of the living room 101 in which the moving body detection unit 10 is installed. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the moving body detection unit 10 is installed on the ceiling 101a of each living room 101 and connected to the communication line 200 so as to be communicable. Note that when a plurality of beds 102 are installed in the living room 101 , the number of moving body detection units 10 corresponding to the number of beds 102 in the living room 101 is installed.

[Moving body detection unit]
Next, the moving body detection unit 10 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the moving object detection unit 10. As shown in FIG. The moving body detection unit 10 is installed in a living room 101 of a care recipient (subject), detects the state of the living room 101 (for example, whether or not there are a plurality of people in the living room 101), and It is a non-contact sensor that detects the care recipient's condition (for example, physical condition) without contacting the care recipient. This moving body detection unit 10 includes an image recognition system 20 , a radio wave detection section 30 and a unit control section 40 . The moving object detection unit 10 is also called a sensor box because it includes various sensors such as the radio wave detection unit 30 and an optical detection unit 23 to be described later.

(Radio wave detector)
The radio wave detection unit 30 is a sensor that detects the state of the cared person in the living room 101 by emitting and receiving radio waves. The radio wave detection unit 30 includes a radiation unit and a reception unit (not shown). For example, a microwave Doppler sensor that radiates microwaves in the 24 GHz band and receives reflected waves that are Doppler-shifted by being reflected by the care recipient Configured. Accordingly, the radio wave detection unit 30 can detect the care recipient's respiratory state (breathing rate), sleeping state, heart rate, etc. as biological information (vital data) from the received reflected waves.

It should be noted that when the care-receiver is breathing (including during sleep), the care-receiver's breathing causes minute body movements (microbody movements). Therefore, detecting the care-receiver's respiratory state and sleep state is the same as detecting the care-receiver's micro-body movements. From this, it can be said that the radio wave detection unit 30 functions as a micro-motion detection unit that detects the micro-motion of the cared person (examinee).

In addition, the radio wave detection unit 30 emits radio waves (microwaves) and compares the frequency of the radio waves (reflected waves) reflected by the care receiver with the frequency of the radiated radio waves, thereby detecting the Body movements (body movements) can also be detected. Note that the radio wave detection unit 30 may be a sensor that detects only one of body motion and micro-body motion.

(Unit control part)
The unit control section 40 controls the operations of the image recognition system 20 and the radio wave detection section 30, performs image processing and signal processing on the information obtained from the image recognition system 20 and the radio wave detection section 30, and displays the obtained results. to the management server 100a as information on the condition of the care receiver.

The unit control section 40 includes a main control section 41 , an information processing section 42 , an interface section 43 , a storage section 24 and an image recognition section 25 . Although the storage section 24 and the image recognition section 25 are provided in the unit control section 40 here, they may be provided independently of the unit control section 40 . Details of the storage unit 24 and the image recognition unit 25 will be described later.

The main control section 41 is composed of a CPU that controls the operation of each section in the moving body detection unit 10 . The information processing unit 42 and the image recognition unit 25 may be configured by the above-described CPU (or may be integrated with the main control unit 41), other calculation units, or circuits that perform specific processing. may be configured.

The information processing unit 42 processes information (e.g., image data) output from the optical detection unit 23 (described later) of the image recognition system 20 and information (e.g., data relating to respiratory conditions) output from the radio wave detection unit 30 in a predetermined manner. signal processing based on the algorithm of Information obtained by signal processing is used for image recognition in the image recognition system 20 (particularly, the image recognition section 25).

A network cable (not shown) of the communication line 200 is electrically connected to the interface section 43 . Information about the care-receiver's condition detected by the moving body detection unit 10 based on images and microwaves is transmitted to the management server 100a via the interface section 43 and the communication line 200. FIG.

(Image recognition system)
The image recognition system 20 includes an illumination section 21 , an illumination control section 22 and an optical detection section 23 .

The illumination unit 21 includes an LED (Light Emitting Diode) that emits infrared rays (for example, near-infrared light) in order to enable photographing in the dark, and is positioned on the ceiling portion 101a of the living room 101. , illuminate the living room 101 . For example, the illumination unit 21 has a plurality of LEDs, and illuminates the floor surface 101b (see FIG. 2) in the living room 101 and the wall connecting the ceiling unit 101a and the floor surface 101b. The control of illumination (emission of infrared rays) by the illumination unit 21 is performed by the illumination control unit 22 .

The optical detection unit 23 is an imaging unit that acquires an image by photographing the interior of the living room 101 under the illumination of the illumination unit 21, and in particular, photographs the care-receiver in the living room 101 to acquire an infrared image. An infrared image sensor. The information (image data) of the image in the living room 101 acquired by the optical detection unit 23 is temporarily stored in the storage unit 24, which will be described later, and then sent to the management server 100a based on a transmission request from the management server 100a, for example. sent. A detailed configuration of the optical detection unit 23 is as follows.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the detailed configuration of the optical detection section 23. As shown in FIG. The optical detection unit 23 is arranged adjacent to the illumination unit 21 on the ceiling part 101a of the living room 101, and acquires an image of a right-up viewpoint whose visual field direction is directly below. The optical detection section 23 includes a lens 51 , an imaging device 52 , an AD (analog/digital) conversion section 53 , an image processing section 54 and a control calculation section 55 .

The lens 51 is, for example, a fixed-focus lens, and is composed of a general super-wide-angle lens or a fish-eye lens. A lens with a diagonal angle of view of 150° or more can be used as the ultra-wide-angle lens. This makes it possible to photograph the interior of the room 101 from the ceiling 101a toward the floor 101b.

The imaging element 52 is configured by an image sensor such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor). The imaging element 52 is configured without an IR cut filter so that the condition of the cared person can be detected as an image even in a dark environment. An output signal from the imaging element 52 is input to the AD conversion section 53 .

The AD converter 53 receives an analog image signal of an image captured by the imaging element 52 and converts the analog image signal into a digital image signal. A digital image signal output from the AD conversion unit 53 is input to the image processing unit 54 .

The image processing unit 54 receives the digital image signal output from the AD conversion unit 53, and executes image processing such as black correction, noise correction, color interpolation, and white balance on the digital image signal. . The image-processed signal output from the image processing unit 54 is input to the image recognition unit 25 .

The control calculation unit 55 performs calculations such as AE (Automatic Exposure) related to the control of the image sensor 52 and controls the exposure time, gain, etc. of the image sensor 52 . In addition, the control calculation unit 55 performs calculations such as suitable light amount setting and light distribution setting for the lighting unit 21 as necessary, and also executes control. Note that the control calculation unit 55 may have the function of the illumination control unit 22 described above.

The image recognition system 20 described above further includes the storage section 24 and the image recognition section 25 described above.

The storage unit 24 is a memory that stores control programs executed by the unit control unit 40 and various types of information, and includes, for example, RAM (Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), nonvolatile memory, and the like.

The image recognition section 25 performs image recognition processing on the image data of the image acquired by the optical detection section 23 . More specifically, the image recognition unit 25 extracts, for example, the contour of the object from the image data after the image processing unit 54 of the optical detection unit 23 has executed the image processing, and uses a method such as pattern matching. Execute image recognition processing for recognizing shapes. Thereby, the image recognition unit 25 can recognize the state of the care-receiver in the living room 101 . As the state of the cared person in the living room 101, it can be assumed that the cared person gets up, gets out of bed, goes to bed (bed rest), falls, and the like. In addition, the image recognition unit 25 can recognize the shape of a person's head by pattern matching or the like. ) can also be detected (grasped).

[Care support system (visit type)]
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of the visit-type care support system 1. As shown in FIG. In the visit-type care support system 1, the above-described moving body detection unit 10 is installed in each home (for example, living room 110) of a subject whose health is to be managed, such as a cared person or a cared person, and each moving body detection unit 10 are communicatively connected to a management server 100a via a communication line 200, and except for the fact that a moving body detection unit 10 is installed for each building, the facility type care support system 1 and the basic configuration are the same.

In the visiting care support system 1, the terminal 300 owned by the staff T preferably has a GPS (global positioning system) function. In this case, since the terminal 300 can acquire the current location information, the management server 100a can communicate with the terminal 300 and grasp the location of the terminal 300 . Thereby, the management server 100a can determine whether the staff member T has approached or entered the target person's home (living room 110).

[Detailed configuration of the management server]
Next, a detailed configuration of the management server 100a described above will be described. Although the facility-type care support system 1 will be described below as an example, the same configuration can be applied to the visit-type care support system 1 as well.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the detailed configuration of the management server 100a. The management server 100 a includes a storage section 501 , a communication section 502 , a position determination section 503 and a control section 504 .

The storage unit 501 is configured by, for example, a hard disk, and stores various information transmitted from the moving body detection unit 10 and programs executed by the control unit 504 . The above-mentioned various information includes, for example, the care recipient's daily body temperature, body movement (including movement, number of movements per unit time, amount of movement), micro-body movement (breathing rate), blood pressure, sleep state, etc. Biometric information (vital data), image information obtained by photographing by the optical detection unit 23, image recognition results by the image recognition unit 25, and the like are included. The above various information may be transmitted from the moving body detection unit 10 to the management server 100a in response to an information transmission request from the management server 100a (for example, the overall control unit 511), or may be automatically sent from the moving body detection unit 10. to the management server 100a.

In addition, the storage unit 501 stores, as management information for caring for the target person in the room 101, the target person, the room 101 (eg, room number), the target person's care plan, the target person's degree of need for care (eg, care level ) are stored in association with each other. Input of the management information is performed, for example, by operating a personal computer 100b (see FIG. 1) connected to the management server 100a. The above care plan indicates a schedule of care that the staff T should perform. Examples of the above-mentioned care include assistance with taking meals and water, assistance with dressing after waking up, hair styling, washing, etc., assistance with taking medicine, and the like.

Further, the above management information includes care record information recorded by the staff T when caring for the subject. For example, the care record information is input on the staff T's terminal 300 and transmitted to the management server 100a, and is stored in the storage unit 501. However, it is input by the personal computer 100b and stored in the storage unit 501. may This care record information includes, for example, information on the subject's food or water intake state, or excretion state. As the food intake state, for example, the types (names) of the staple food and the side dish eaten by the subject, the ratio between the amount of the main meal and the amount of the side dish, and the like can be considered. As the water intake state, for example, the previous amount of water intake, the amount of water intake per day, the number of times of water intake per day, etc. can be considered. Examples of the excretion state include the presence or absence of urination, the amount of stool, and the quality of stool. Regarding the excretion state, if the subject is wearing nursing care diapers (pads), the care record information can be obtained by visually confirming the inside of the diaper when staff T changes the nursing care diapers. However, if the subject does not wear nursing care diapers, the subject's remarks regarding the excretion state may be recorded as care record information.

The communication unit 502 is an interface for inputting/outputting information with the outside (for example, the moving object detection unit 10 and the terminal 300), and includes a transmission circuit, a reception circuit, an antenna, and the like.

The position determination unit 503 is a block that determines the position of the staff member T based on the communication result (including the communication state) with the terminal 300 owned by the staff member T or the detection result by the moving body detection unit 10. For example, the CPU Configured. The details of the method of determining the position of the staff T are as follows.

When communicating with terminal 300 via access point AP and communication line 200 , position determination section 503 can grasp the radio wave intensity between access point AP and terminal 300 . Therefore, the position determination unit 503 determines whether or not the terminal 300 (staff T) has approached the access point AP, that is, whether or not the terminal 300 (staff T) has approached the room 101 corresponding to the access point AP, based on the radio field intensity. can be done. For example, if the radio wave intensity is equal to or greater than the threshold, it can be determined that the terminal 300 is located near the living room 101, and if it is less than the threshold, the terminal 300 is located away from the living room 101. position is far from living room 101). Further, the position determination unit 503 can also grasp the distance between the terminal 300 (staff T) and the living room 101 in multiple stages according to the magnitude of the radio wave intensity.

Further, in the moving object detection unit 10, as described above, it is detected whether or not there are a plurality of people in the living room 101 from the image recognition result of the image recognition unit 25 for the image acquired by the optical detection unit 23. be able to. Here, if there are a plurality of people in the living room 101 of the single room, there is a high possibility that the staff T is included in the living room 101 in addition to the target person. Also, even if the living room 101 is a multi-bed room, if more people are detected than the number of subjects spending time in the living room 101, staff T may be included in the living room 101 in addition to the plurality of subjects. highly sexual. Therefore, the position determination unit 503 can determine that the staff member T has entered the living room 101 when the moving body detection unit 10 detects the number of persons who are more than the number of subjects spending time in the living room 101 .

Control unit 504 includes overall control unit 511 and notification control unit 512 . The overall control unit 511 is a block that controls the operation of each unit of the management server 100a, and is composed of, for example, a CPU. The notification control unit 512 is a block that controls notification of information from the management server 100a to the terminal 300, and is composed of, for example, a CPU. Note that the overall control unit 511 and the notification control unit 512 may be configured by the same CPU. At least one of the general control unit 511 and the notification control unit 512 may also serve as the position determination unit 503 described above.

A specific example of information notification control to the terminal 300 by the notification control unit 512 will be described below. In the following description, it is assumed that the above-described access point AP is installed corresponding to one room 101 in the care facility S for easy understanding of the explanation.

[Specific example 1]
FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the flow of processing by information notification control in the care support system 1 of this embodiment. The information notification control method implemented in the care support system 1 of this embodiment includes a position determination step (S1), determination selection steps (S3, S5, S7), and a notification step (S9).

(S1; position determination step)
In the position determination step, the position determination unit 503 of the management server 100a determines the position of the staff member T based on the result of communication with the terminal 300 owned by the staff member T or the detection result of the moving body detection unit 10. FIG. Here, the position determination unit 503 determines the position of the staff T based on the communication result with the terminal 300, and determines whether the staff T has approached the living room 101 (whether before entering the room). In addition, the staff T approaching the living room 101 means that the staff T enters within a predetermined distance from the living room 101, but the predetermined distance can be set arbitrarily.

(S3, S5, S7; judgment selection step)
In the determination selection step, the notification control unit 512 determines whether or not to notify the terminal 300 (S3 or S5) according to the position of the staff member T determined in S1, and the detection information in the moving body detection unit 10 and Notification information to be notified to the terminal 300 is selected (determined) from the management information stored in the storage unit 501 (S7).

For example, when the notification control unit 512 determines that the staff member T has approached the living room 101 from the position determination of the staff member T in S1, it determines that notification to the terminal 300 is required (S3). Then, the notification control unit 512 uses, as notification information to be notified to the terminal 300, n minutes before the staff member T enters the living room 101 (for example, n is Any integer from 1 to 5) is selected (S7). Note that the time n minutes before the staff member T enters the living room 101 corresponds to the time when the staff member T is at the position determined in S1, for example. It is also possible to correspond to a time earlier than the time when is at the position determined in S1. Further, the image information is, for example, moving image (live image) information, but may be still image information at predetermined time intervals.

On the other hand, when it is determined in S1 that the staff member T is not approaching the living room 101, the notification control unit 512 determines that notification to the terminal 300 is unnecessary (S5), and terminates the process. In addition, as a case where it is determined that the staff member T is not approaching the room 101, for example, the management server 100a can communicate with the terminal 300, but the radio wave intensity during communication is weak, and the position of the terminal 300 is far from the room 101. It is possible to assume a case where it is considered that (it is not within the range of the predetermined distance from the living room 101).

(S9; notification step)
When it is determined in the determination selection step that notification to the terminal 300 is required (S3), the notification control unit 512 notifies the terminal 300 of the notification information (image information) selected in S7. At this time, the management server 100a obtains the image information from the moving object detection unit 10 in advance and stores it in the storage unit 512, and the notification control unit 512 reads the image information from the storage unit 512 and sends it to the terminal 300. may notify you. Alternatively, after the notification control unit 512 requests the moving body detection unit 10 to transmit the image information and acquires the image information from the moving body detection unit 10, the acquired image information may be directly notified to the terminal 300. good. In either case, the staff member T can confirm the image information (the image in the living room 101) by operating the terminal 300 and displaying the notified image information.

As described above, in this specific example, the position determination unit 503 determines the position of the staff T (S1), and the notification control unit 512 determines whether or not to notify the terminal 300 according to the position of the staff T. Determination and selection of notification information to be notified to the terminal 300 are performed (S3, S5, S7). Then, if notification to the terminal 300 is required, the selected notification information is notified to the terminal 300 by the notification control unit 512 (S9). In this way, since the notification to the terminal 300 is controlled according to the position of the staff member T, even when the predetermined information (notification information) is notified to the terminal 300, for example, only the terminal 300 of the staff member T near the room 101 is notified. It is possible to notify (S9) and not notify the terminal 300 of the staff member T who is far from the living room 101. FIG. As a result, it is possible to reduce the workload of the staff T (for the staff T far from the living room 101) and reduce the annoyance of the notification. In addition, for the staff T far from the room 101 of the subject, the rush work (time) to the room 101 is reduced (no longer), and the reduced amount can be applied to the care of other subjects. It is also possible to make regular patrols and work.

Further, when notification to the terminal 300 is required, the notification control unit 512 notifies the terminal 300 of image information in the living room 101 acquired by the optical detection unit 23 of the moving object detection unit 10 as notification information (S9 ). In this case, the staff T can immediately grasp the situation in the living room 101 by displaying an image (for example, a live image) of the living room 101 based on the notification information on the terminal 300 . For example, whether or not the target person is in a dangerous state (or is suspected of being in danger), such as when the target person has fallen on the floor 101b and is not moving, can be immediately grasped on the display screen of the terminal 300. . As a result, staff T can take appropriate measures such as confirming the subject and contacting the outside (for example, a doctor) immediately after entering the living room 101, and even after entering the living room 101, It is possible to avoid a situation in which the target person is left in a dangerous state.

Further, the position determining unit 503 determines the position of the staff member T based on the communication result with the terminal 300 to determine whether the staff member T is approaching the room 101 (before the staff member T enters the room 101). whether or not) can be determined with certainty. Then, when notification to the terminal 300 is required, the notification control unit 512 notifies the terminal 300 of the image information from a predetermined time before the staff member T enters the living room 101. By displaying an image of the living room 101 on the terminal 300, it is possible to reliably grasp whether or not the subject is in a dangerous state (or is suspected of being in danger) before entering the living room 101. FIG. Therefore, when the subject is in a dangerous state, the staff member T can check the subject immediately after entering the living room 101 to ensure that the subject is left in a dangerous state. can be avoided.

Further, for example, when the staff member T approaches the living room 101 during patrol at night, the target person may pretend to be asleep. Even in this case, the staff T can see the display image of the terminal 300 and recognize that the target person is awake before entering the room and is not in a dangerous state. Therefore, the staff T does not need to check the condition of the subject in detail immediately after entering the living room 101, and the workload of the staff T is reduced. Further, since the target person in the living room 101 is not in a dangerous state, it is possible to preferentially patrol other rooms 101 .

In the above description, the case where the access point AP is installed corresponding to one living room 101 in the care facility S is explained, but the access point AP is installed in common in a plurality of living rooms 101. Even in this case, the same processing as described above can be performed. In this case, in S7, the image information about each living room 101 is selected, and in S9, the terminal 300 is notified of the image information of each living room 101. FIG. Accordingly, on the terminal 300, images of a plurality of living rooms 101 can be collectively displayed as thumbnails (reduced display). When the staff T wants to check the image of the living room 101 that the staff member T is to enter from among the plurality of display images, the staff member T selects the image of the living room 101 on the terminal 300, and the enlarged image of the selected image is displayed on the terminal 300. 300, so that the situation in the living room 101 can be confirmed.

In the above description, the management server 100a (especially the position determination unit 503) determines the position of the terminal 300 (the position of the staff member T) by communicating with the terminal 300. 10 may determine the position of staff T based on the communication result with terminal 300 . For example, if the moving object detection unit 10 includes a communication processing circuit that performs wireless communication based on the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard (with a communication range of several meters to several tens of meters), the communication processing circuit and the terminal Based on wireless communication with 300, the unit control section 40 (for example, the main control section 41) can grasp the position of the terminal 300 (that the staff member T has approached the living room 101), thereby determining the position of the staff member T. It can be performed. In this case, the main control section 41 of the moving body detection unit 10 and the communication processing circuit constitute a position determination section that determines the position of the staff T based on the communication result with the terminal 300 .

[Specific example 2]
FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the flow of processing by other information notification control in the care support system 1 of this embodiment.

In the position determination step, the position determination unit 503 determines whether or not the staff member T has entered the living room 101 based on the detection result of the moving object detection unit 10 (S1-1). That is, when the moving body detection unit 10 detects that the number of people in the living room 101 is greater than the number of subjects who spend time in the living room 101 from the image recognition result for the photographed image in the living room 101, the position determination unit 503 determines that the staff T has entered the living room 101, and when it is detected that the number of people in the living room 101 is less than or equal to the number of subjects who spend time in the living room 101, only the subjects are present in the living room 101. It is determined that (staff T has not entered the living room 101).

In the determination selection step, the notification control unit 512 determines whether or not the moving body detection unit 10 has detected an abnormality regarding the subject's condition (S2). In addition, as an abnormality detection by the moving body detection unit 10, for example, a case where the strength of the respiratory signal of the subject is equal to or less than a threshold value, a case where a fall of the subject is detected, and the like can be considered. Whether or not the abnormality of the subject is detected by the moving body detection unit 10 is determined by the notification control unit 512 based on the detection information transmitted from the moving body detection unit 10 to the management server 100a (in response to a transmission request or automatically). can judge.

Then, the notification control unit 512 sends a notification to the terminal 300 according to the position of the staff member T determined in S1-1 and the determination result in S2, that is, the state of the subject detected by the moving object detection unit 10. Whether or not notification is necessary is determined (S3 or S5), and information regarding the state of the subject detected by the moving body detection unit 10 is selected (determined) as notification information (S7-1).

For example, when the staff member T enters the living room 101 in S1-1, the notification control unit 512 detects an abnormality in the state of the subject by the moving object detection unit 10 in S2. (S3). On the other hand, if it is determined in S1-1 that the staff member T has not entered the living room 101, and if no abnormality is detected in the condition of the subject in S2, the notification control unit 512 It is determined that the notification to 300 is unnecessary (S5), and the process is terminated as it is.

If it is determined in S3 that notification to the terminal 300 is required, the notification control unit 512 notifies the terminal 300 of the notification information (detection information by the moving body detection unit 10) selected in S7-1 (S9). The staff member T can confirm the detection information (information about the subject's abnormality) by operating the terminal 300 to display the notified detection information.

Normally, when the moving object detection unit 10 detects an abnormality regarding the state of the subject in the living room 101, the detection information is sent to the management server 100a, and if the abnormal state continues for a predetermined time (for example, 30 minutes) , the terminal 300 is notified (issued) that it is in a dangerous state. The reason why the predetermined time is provided from the detection of the abnormal state to the determination of the dangerous state is that, for example, when the subject is lying down on the floor and doing gymnastics or stretching, the subject may To prevent the moving body detection unit 10 from erroneously detecting that the person is falling down, and from the management server 100a immediately notifying the terminal 300 of an erroneous alarm based on the erroneous detection (even though the target person is not in a dangerous state). is. However, it is much more important in terms of management of the subject's condition to prevent the subject's dangerous state from being overlooked than to prevent the notification of the false alarm.

Further, for example, even if the subject is sleeping on the bed 102 in the living room 101, the staff T can determine whether the subject is in a sleeping state or in a dangerous state (whether breathing has stopped). Hard to judge. Furthermore, even if the target person has fallen from the bed 102, if the room 101 is dark, it is difficult for the staff member T to recognize that the target person has fallen (difficult to visually recognize). In either case, the subject is considered to be suspected of being at risk.

In this specific example, the position determination unit 503 determines whether or not the staff member T has entered the living room 101 based on the detection result of the moving body detection unit 10 . Then, when the staff member T enters the living room 101, the notification control unit 512 detects an abnormality in the condition of the subject, even if it is not determined to be in a dangerous condition ( (Even if a predetermined time has not passed since the start of anomaly detection), the subject is suspected to be in a dangerous state, and it is determined that notification to the terminal is required, and information on the state of the subject (for example, breathing or falling) information) is notified to the terminal 300 . As a result, the staff T can immediately recognize on the display screen of the terminal 300 that the subject is suspected of being in a dangerous state, enhance the confirmation sensitivity regarding the subject's state, and after entering the living room 101, the subject can status can be checked immediately. Then, if necessary (if it is confirmed that the patient is in a dangerous state), it is possible to take prompt measures such as contacting a doctor immediately.

That is, in this specific example, the notification control unit 512 determines whether or not to notify the terminal 300 according to the position of the staff member T and the state of the subject detected by the moving body detection unit 10, and If necessary, the terminal 300 is notified of the selected detection information. As a result, even if the staff member T enters the living room 101, even in a scene where it is difficult to determine whether the situation is dangerous or not, the dangerous situation can be prevented from being overlooked, and the subject is left in a dangerous situation. can be avoided.

In addition, if the staff T has not entered the living room 101 in S1-1, or if the subject's abnormality is not detected in S2-1, it is determined that the staff T does not need to be notified in S5. Since the detection information is not notified to the terminal 300, the workload of the staff T based on the detection information can be reduced, and the annoyance of the staff T receiving unnecessary notifications can be reduced.

Further, in the position determination step, the position determination unit 503 determines that the staff member T has entered the room 101 when the moving body detection unit 10 detects the number of persons who are more than the number of subjects who spend time in the room 101. (S1-1). When the moving object detection unit 10 detects more people than the number of subjects spending time in the living room 101, there is a high possibility that the staff T is included in the living room 101 in addition to the subjects. Therefore, by determining the position of the staff T by the above method, it is possible to determine the position with high accuracy.

[Specific example 3]
FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the flow of processing by still another information notification control in the care support system 1 of this embodiment.

In the position determination step, the position determination unit 503 determines whether or not the staff member T has entered the living room 101 based on the detection result of the moving object detection unit 10 (S1-1).

In the determination selection step, the notification control unit 512 determines whether or not the degree of need for care (for example, the degree of care) of the subject in the living room 101, which is included in the management information stored in the storage unit 501, is equal to or higher than a predetermined rank. Determine (S2-1). Then, the notification control unit 512 determines whether or not to notify the terminal 300 according to the position of the staff member T determined in S1-1 and the management information (degree of care necessity) in S2-1, and ( S3 or S5), and selects (determines) the care plan information of the subject included in the management information as notification information (S7-2).

For example, when the staff member T enters the room 101 in S1-1, the notification control unit 512 determines in S2-1 that the subject's level of care is a predetermined rank (for example, rank 3) If the rank is 4 or above, it is determined that notification to the terminal 300 is required (S3). On the other hand, if it is determined in S1-1 that the staff member T has not entered the living room 101, and if in S2-1 the care level of the subject is rank 2 or less, the notification control unit 512 , it is determined that the notification to the terminal 300 is not necessary (S5), and the process ends.

When it is determined in S3 that notification to the terminal 300 is required, the notification control unit 512 notifies the terminal 300 of the notification information (care plan information of the subject) selected in S7-2 (S9). The staff T can confirm the subject's care plan by operating the terminal 300 to display the notified care plan information.

In this specific example, the display/non-display of the care plan on the terminal 300 of the staff T is as follows, considering two subjects A and B with different care levels. For example, in the first room, a subject A with a high degree of care (for example, rank 4) resides, and in the second room, a subject B with a low degree of care (for example, rank 1) resides. is occupied. In this case, when the staff T enters the first room, the management server 100a notifies the terminal 300 of the staff T of the care plan information of the subject A (S9). Therefore, the terminal 300 displays the care plan for the subject A (care plan display). On the other hand, when the staff T enters the second room, the terminal 300 of the staff T is not notified of the care plan information of the subject B, so the terminal 300 does not display the care plan of the subject B (care plan non-display). ).

As described above, in this specific example, when the staff T enters the living room 101 and the need for care of the subject in the living room 101 is high, the notification control unit 512 notifies the terminal 300 of the request. , and the terminal 300 of the staff member T is notified of the care plan information of the subject. As a result, the staff T can display the care plan for the subject on the terminal 300 and take appropriate measures based on the care plan. For example, even if a subject is prescribed medicine and the subject tends to forget to take the medicine, staff T can prompt the subject to take the medicine based on the care plan displayed on the terminal 300. can.

On the other hand, the terminal 300 of the staff T who has not entered the living room 101 is not notified of the care plan information because it is unnecessary. Therefore, for example, the staff T who is away from the living room 101 is not forced to provide care based on the care plan information for the target person in the living room 101, and the workload of the staff T is reduced. reduced. In addition, the annoyance of the staff member T receiving unnecessary notifications is reduced. Further, the care plan information of the subject who needs less care is not notified to the terminal 300 of the staff member T because it is not necessary to be notified. Therefore, also in this case (even when the subject's need for care is low), the workload of the staff T is reduced.

That is, in this specific example, the notification control unit 512 determines whether or not to notify the terminal 300 according to the position of the staff member T and the management information stored in the storage unit 501. The care plan information of the subject is selected, and the selected care plan information is notified to the terminal 300 when notification to the terminal 300 is required. As a result, it is possible to take appropriate measures for the subject according to the position of the staff T (whether in the living room 101 or not) and the subject's management information (care plan information). It is possible to reduce the workload of users and reduce the annoyance of receiving unnecessary notifications.

[Specific example 4]
FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing the flow of processing by still another information notification control in the care support system 1 of this embodiment.

In the position determination step, the position determination unit 503 determines whether or not the staff member T has entered the living room 101 based on the detection result of the moving object detection unit 10 (S1-1).

In the judgment selection step, the notification control unit 512 determines the target person's food or water intake state, or excretion state based on the care record information of the target person in the living room 101, which is included in the management information stored in the storage unit 501. The states are grasped, and it is determined whether or not these states are within the allowable range (S2-2). Then, the notification control unit 512 determines whether or not to notify the terminal 300 according to the position of the staff member T determined in S1-1 and the management information (care record information) in S2-2 ( S3 or S5), and selects (determines) the subject's care record information included in the management information as notification information (S7-3).

For example, the notification control unit 512 detects that the staff member T enters the living room 101 in S1-1, and that the ratio of the amount of staple food and the amount of side dishes ingested in the previous meal of the subject falls within a predetermined range in S2-2. If it exceeds, if the previous day's water intake is less than the specified amount, or if the number of times of urination is equal to or less than the specified value, it is determined that notification to the terminal 300 is required (S3). On the other hand, if it is determined in S1-1 that the staff member T has not entered the living room 101, and if in S2-2 the target person's food intake is within the allowable range, notification control is performed. The unit 512 determines that notification to the terminal 300 is unnecessary (S5), and terminates the process.

If it is determined in S3 that notification to the terminal 300 is required, the notification control unit 512 notifies the terminal 300 of the notification information (care record information of the subject) selected in S7-3 (S9). The staff member T can confirm the care record of the subject by operating the terminal 300 and displaying the notified care record information.

As described above, in this specific example, when the staff member T enters the living room 101 and the food intake status, etc. grasped based on the care record information of the subject in the living room 101 is outside the allowable range, is determined to require notification to the terminal 300 by the notification control unit 512, and the terminal 300 of the staff member T is notified of the care record information of the subject. As a result, the staff T can display the care record for the subject on the terminal 300 and take appropriate measures based on the care record. For example, when eating, it is possible to encourage the subject to take a staple food or side dish that was ingested in small amounts last time, to encourage the subject to drink water, or to encourage excretion. Therefore, the care level (efficiency) after the staff member T enters the living room 101 is improved. In other words, after entering the living room 101, the staff member T can immediately provide care to the subject. In addition, if the same subject (living room 101) is cared for by different staff members T on the previous day and on the current day, the staff member T on the current day reminds (replays) the care record information recorded by the staff member T on the previous day. (confirmation) and appropriate care can be implemented, so that high-quality care can be implemented.

On the other hand, the terminal 300 of the staff T who has not entered the living room 101 is not notified of the care record information because it is unnecessary. Therefore, for example, the staff T who is away from the living room 101 is not forced to perform care based on the care record information for the subject in the living room 101, and the workload of the staff T is reduced. reduced. In addition, the annoyance of the staff member T receiving unnecessary notifications is reduced. Further, the care record information of a subject who does not require care (for example, a subject who is sufficiently hydrated) is not notified to the terminal 300 of the staff member T as notification is unnecessary. Therefore, even if the staff T enters the living room 101, the staff T does not have to give unnecessary care to the subject, and in this respect also, the workload of the staff T is reduced.

That is, in this specific example, the notification control unit 512 determines whether or not to notify the terminal 300 according to the position of the staff member T and the management information stored in the storage unit 501. The care record information of the subject is selected, and the selected care record information is notified to the terminal 300 when notification to the terminal 300 is required. As a result, it is possible to take appropriate measures for the subject according to the position of the staff T (whether in the living room 101 or not) and the subject's management information (care record information). It is possible to reduce the workload of users and reduce the annoyance of receiving unnecessary notifications.

〔supplement〕
The control of information notification to the terminal 300 by the notification control unit 512 described in this embodiment can be changed as follows as necessary.

For example, when the position determination unit 503 recognizes (detects) that there are a plurality of terminals 300 before the staff member T enters the room 101 by position determination, the notification control unit 512 selects the terminal 300 of the notification destination. It may be selected as appropriate. For example, a plurality of terminals 300 may be given priority according to the position and authority of the staff member T (for example, the doctor's terminal 300 may be given first priority, etc.), and the terminal 300 determined based on the priority may Information may be provided. Also, the notification control unit 512 may give priority to the terminal 300 closer to the living room 101 and notify the information.

The notification control unit 512 may change the notification method for each terminal 300 . For example, the notification control unit 512 may add voice information to the notification information at the time of notification and notify the terminal 300 of the notification information. Voice information may be changed. Further, the notification control unit 512 may notify the terminal 300 of the notification information by adding only the icon display information or by adding the audio information and the icon display information to the notification information. At that time, for example, the terminal 300 near the living room 101 is notified by adding only the icon display information to the notification information, and the terminal 300 far from the living room 101 is notified by adding voice information and icon display information to the notification information. You may Also, the display information of the icon may be changed for each terminal 300 .

The notification control unit 512 may change the notification timing to the terminal 300 depending on the distance between the living room 101 and the terminal 300 . For example, the terminal 300 closer to the living room 101 may be notified earlier than the terminal 300 farther from the living room 101 .

The notification control unit 512 may change notification content for each terminal 300 . For example, the notification control unit 512 may limit the function of notification by the terminal 300, or may change the level of detail of the information to be notified. In addition, the notification control unit 512 may not notify unless the terminal 300 approaches the living room 101 by a predetermined distance, or may change the content of the notification according to the distance between the living room 101 and the terminal 300 .

Further, in the position determination of the terminal 300 by the position determination unit 503 described in this embodiment, the position determination unit 503 determines which staff T approached the living room 101 (the role and authority of the staff member T who approached the living room 101, whether or not he/she is the main person in charge of the subject, etc. may be determined).

In addition, the management server 100a includes a timing unit (not shown), and the position determining unit 503 determines the time when the staff member T approaches the living room 101 (whether it is daytime or not) based on the timing of the timing unit at the same time as the position determination. night) may be determined. In this case, the notification control unit 512 grasps the correspondence relationship between the time when the staff member T approaches the living room 101 and the care plan (nap, meal, diaper change), and sends the care plan information corresponding to the time to the terminal. 300 may be used. In this case, the staff member T can see the care plan displayed on the terminal 300 and immediately perform the care that should be performed during the above period. In addition, the notification control unit 512, based on the corresponding relationship between the period and the target person's daily behavior, for example, "currently the target person is watching TV, and there is a high possibility that the target person is in front of the TV". can be notified to the terminal 300 before entering the living room 101 to notify the staff member T in advance.

Based on the position of the terminal 300, the position determination unit 503 determines not only before (after leaving)/during entry of the staff T, the distance from the living room 101 (door), but also which floor the staff T is on, or the vicinity of the staff room. You may judge whether it is in specific areas, such as.

In addition, the notification control unit 512 lowers the priority of notification to the terminal 300 of the staff T (or does not notify) when the staff T is near the living room 101 but is in another room. You may do so.

〔others〕
The care support system and information notification control method of this embodiment described above can be expressed as follows.

That is, the care support system described above is a care support system that supports the daily life of a subject, is installed in the living room of the subject, and measures the state of the living room and the subject in the living room. A detection unit that detects the state of the staff, a storage unit that stores management information for caring for the subject, a communication result with a terminal owned by the staff, or a detection result by the detection unit. a position determination unit that determines a position, determines whether or not to notify the terminal according to at least the position of the staff member, and detects information detected by the detection unit and the management information stored in the storage unit. a notification control unit that selects notification information to be notified to the terminal from among them, and notifies the selected notification information to the terminal when notification to the terminal is required.

In the care support system described above, the detection unit includes an imaging section that captures an image of the interior of the living room, and the detection information of the detection unit includes information about the interior of the living room acquired by the imaging section. The notification control unit may select the image information as the notification information, and notify the terminal of the selected image information when notification to the terminal is required.

In the care support system described above, the position determination unit determines the position of the staff member based on the result of communication with the terminal owned by the staff member, and the notification control unit determines the position of the staff member when notification to the terminal is required. , the terminal may be notified of the image information from a predetermined time before the staff member enters the room.

In the above care support system, the notification control unit determines whether or not to notify the terminal according to the position of the staff and the state of the subject detected by the detection unit, Information relating to the condition of the subject detected by the detection unit may be selected as the notification information, and the selected information may be notified to the terminal when notification to the terminal is required.

In the care support system described above, the position determination unit determines whether or not the staff has entered the living room based on the detection result of the detection unit, and the notification control unit determines whether the staff has entered the living room. When the detection unit detects an abnormality regarding the subject's state when entering the room, it is determined that notification to the terminal is required, and information regarding the state of the subject whose abnormality is detected is sent to the terminal. may be notified to

In the care support system described above, the storage unit stores, as the management information, the subject, the living room, the subject's care plan, and information about the degree of need for care of the subject in association with each other, The notification control unit determines whether or not to notify the terminal according to the position of the staff and the management information, and selects information on the care plan of the subject as the notification information, When notification to the terminal is required, the selected information may be notified to the terminal.

In the care support system described above, the position determination unit determines whether or not the staff has entered the living room based on the detection result of the detection unit, and the notification control unit determines whether the staff has entered the living room. Entering the room, when the degree of need for care of the subject included in the management information is equal to or higher than a predetermined rank, it is determined that notification to the terminal is required, and information on the care plan of the subject is notified to the terminal. You may

In the above care support system, the storage unit stores, as the management information, care record information recorded by the staff in caring for the subject, and the notification control unit stores the position of the staff and the In accordance with the management information, determine whether or not to notify the terminal, select the care record information of the subject person as the notification information, and select the selected care when notification to the terminal is required The recording information may be notified to the terminal.

In the care support system described above, the position determination unit determines whether or not the staff has entered the living room based on the detection result of the detection unit, and the notification control unit determines whether the staff has entered the living room. After entering the room, if the intake state of food or water or the excretion state of the subject, which is grasped based on the care record information included in the management information, is out of the allowable range, the terminal is required to be notified. and may notify the terminal of the care record information of the subject.

In the care support system described above, the position determining unit may determine that the staff member has entered the living room when a number of persons is detected to be greater than the number of subjects spending time in the living room.

Further, the information notification control method described above is an information notification control method in a care support system that supports the daily life of a subject, and the care support system is installed in the living room of the subject, and the A detection unit for detecting the state of the living room and the state of the subject in the living room, and a storage unit storing management information for caring for the subject, wherein the information notification control method is owned by staff a position determination step of determining the position of the staff based on the result of communication with the terminal or the result of detection by the detection unit; and determining whether or not to notify the terminal according to at least the position of the staff. a determination selection step of selecting notification information to be notified to the terminal from information detected by the detection unit and the management information stored in the storage unit; and when it is determined that notification to the terminal is necessary and a notification step of notifying the selected notification information to the terminal.

In the information notification control method described above, the detection unit includes an imaging section that captures an image of the interior of the living room, and the detection information in the detection unit includes the interior of the living room acquired by the imaging section. contains the image information in the determination selection step, the image information is selected as the notification information, and in the notification step, if it is determined that notification to the terminal is required in the determination selection step, The selected image information may be notified to the terminal.

In the information notification control method described above, in the position determination step, the position of the staff member is determined based on a communication result with the terminal owned by the staff member; may be notified to the terminal of the image information from a predetermined time before the staff member enters the room.

In the information notification control method described above, in the determination selection step, the need for notification to the terminal is determined according to the position of the staff member and the state of the subject detected by the detection unit. selecting, as the notification information, information relating to the state of the subject detected by the detection unit, and in the notification step, when it is determined in the determination selection step that notification to the terminal is necessary, selection is performed; The terminal may be notified of the information obtained.

In the information notification control method described above, in the position determination step, it is determined whether or not the staff member has entered the living room based on the detection result by the detection unit, and in the determination selection step, the staff member has entered the room. When the detection unit detects an abnormality in the state of the subject at the time of entering the living room, it is determined that notification to the terminal is required, and in the notification step, the subject whose abnormality is detected Information about the state may be communicated to the terminal.

In the information notification control method described above, the storage unit stores, as the management information, the target person, the living room, the care plan for the target person, and information regarding the necessity level of care for the target person in association with each other. and, in the determination and selection step, determining necessity of notification to the terminal according to the location of the staff member and the management information, and selecting information on the care plan of the subject as the notification information. In the notification step, the selected information may be notified to the terminal when it is determined in the determination selection step that notification to the terminal is required.

In the information notification control method described above, in the position determination step, it is determined whether or not the staff member has entered the living room based on the detection result by the detection unit, and in the determination selection step, the staff member has entered the room. When the user enters the living room and the degree of need for care of the subject included in the management information is equal to or higher than a predetermined rank, it is determined that notification to the terminal is required, and in the notification step, the care plan of the subject is determined. Information may be communicated to the terminal.

In the information notification control method described above, the storage unit stores, as the management information, care record information recorded by the staff in caring for the subject. Determining whether or not to notify the terminal according to the management information, selecting the care record information of the subject as the notification information, and in the notification step, in the determination selection step, The selected care record information may be notified to the terminal when it is determined that notification to the terminal is required.

In the information notification control method described above, in the position determination step, it is determined whether or not the staff member has entered the living room based on the detection result by the detection unit, and in the determination selection step, the staff member has entered the room. Notification to the terminal when the subject enters the living room and the subject's food or water intake state or excretion state grasped based on the care record information included in the management information is outside the allowable range. It is determined that it is necessary, and in the notification step, the care record information of the subject may be notified to the terminal.

In the information notification control method described above, in the position determination step, when the detection unit detects a number of persons who are more than the number of the target persons who spend time in the living room, the staff enters the living room. can be determined.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the scope of the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. For example, the control and processing shown in each of specific examples 1 to 4 can be appropriately combined or replaced with each other.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used, for example, in a care support system that supports a subject's daily life.

1 Care support system 10 Moving object detection unit (detection unit)
23 Optical detection unit (imaging unit)
101 living room 300 terminal 501 storage unit 503 position determination unit 512 notification control unit T staff

Claims (8)

A care support system that supports the daily life of a subject,
a detection unit installed in the living room of the subject to detect the state of the living room and the state of the subject in the living room;
a storage unit that stores management information for caring for the subject;
The location of the staff based on the strength of radio waves during communication between an access point installed corresponding to at least one of the living rooms and a terminal owned by the staff, or based on the detection result by the detection unit. a position determination unit that determines
Determining whether or not to notify the terminal according to at least the position of the staff, and determining the notification to be notified to the terminal from among the detection information by the detection unit and the management information stored in the storage unit a notification control unit that selects information and notifies the selected notification information to the terminal when notification to the terminal is required;
The notification control unit determines whether or not notification to the terminal is necessary according to the position of the staff member and the state of the subject detected by the detection unit. selecting information about the state of the subject detected by the unit, and notifying the selected information to the terminal when notification to the terminal is required;
The position determination unit determines whether or not the staff has entered the living room based on the detection result of the detection unit,
The notification control unit determines that notification to the terminal is necessary when the detection unit detects an abnormality regarding the state of the subject when the staff member enters the living room, and the abnormality is detected. A care support system that notifies the terminal of information about the condition of the subject. A care support system that supports the daily life of a subject,
a detection unit installed in the living room of the subject to detect the state of the living room and the state of the subject in the living room;
a storage unit that stores management information for caring for the subject;
The location of the staff based on the strength of radio waves during communication between an access point installed corresponding to at least one of the living rooms and a terminal owned by the staff, or based on the detection result by the detection unit. a position determination unit that determines
Determining whether or not to notify the terminal according to at least the position of the staff, and determining the notification to be notified to the terminal from among the detection information by the detection unit and the management information stored in the storage unit a notification control unit that selects information and notifies the selected notification information to the terminal when notification to the terminal is required;
The storage unit stores, as the management information, the target person, the living room, the care plan of the target person, and information about the degree of need for care of the target person in association with each other,
The notification control unit determines whether or not to notify the terminal according to the position of the staff and the management information, and selects information on the care plan of the subject as the notification information, notifying the selected information to the terminal when notification to the terminal is required;
The position determination unit determines whether or not the staff has entered the living room based on the detection result of the detection unit,
The notification control unit determines that notification to the terminal is necessary when the staff enters the room and the degree of need for care of the subject included in the management information is equal to or higher than a predetermined rank, and the subject A care support system that notifies the terminal of information on the care plan of the patient. A care support system that supports the daily life of a subject,
a detection unit installed in the living room of the subject to detect the state of the living room and the state of the subject in the living room;
a storage unit that stores management information for caring for the subject;
The location of the staff based on the strength of radio waves during communication between an access point installed corresponding to at least one of the living rooms and a terminal owned by the staff, or based on the detection result by the detection unit. a position determination unit that determines
Determining whether or not to notify the terminal according to at least the position of the staff, and determining the notification to be notified to the terminal from among the detection information by the detection unit and the management information stored in the storage unit a notification control unit that selects information and notifies the selected notification information to the terminal when notification to the terminal is required;
The storage unit stores, as the management information, care record information recorded by the staff in caring for the subject,
The notification control unit determines whether or not to notify the terminal according to the position of the staff and the management information, selects the care record information of the subject as the notification information, and notifying the selected care record information to the terminal when notification to the terminal is required;
The position determination unit determines whether or not the staff has entered the living room based on the detection result of the detection unit,
When the staff enters the living room, the notification control unit determines that the food or water intake state or the excretion state of the subject, which is grasped based on the care record information included in the management information, is outside the allowable range. , the care support system determines that notification to the terminal is required, and notifies the terminal of the care record information of the subject. 2. From claim 1, wherein the position determination unit determines that the staff member has entered the living room when the detection unit detects a number of persons who are more than the number of the subjects who spend time in the living room. 4. The care support system according to any one of 3. An information notification control method in a care support system that supports a subject's daily life,
The care support system includes:
a detection unit installed in the living room of the subject to detect the state of the living room and the state of the subject in the living room;
a storage unit that stores management information for caring for the subject,
The information notification control method includes:
The location of the staff based on the strength of radio waves during communication between an access point installed corresponding to at least one of the living rooms and a terminal owned by the staff, or based on the detection result by the detection unit. a position determination step of determining
Determining whether or not to notify the terminal according to at least the position of the staff, and determining the notification to be notified to the terminal from among the detection information by the detection unit and the management information stored in the storage unit a decision selection step of selecting information;
a notification step of notifying the selected notification information to the terminal when it is determined that notification to the terminal is required;
In the determination and selection step, in accordance with the position of the staff member and the state of the subject detected by the detection unit, it is determined whether or not notification to the terminal is necessary, and the detection information is selected as the notification information. selecting information about the condition of the subject detected by the unit;
In the notification step, if it is determined in the determination selection step that notification to the terminal is required, the selected information is notified to the terminal;
In the position determination step, it is determined whether or not the staff has entered the living room based on the detection result by the detection unit;
In the determination and selection step, when the staff member enters the living room and the detection unit detects an abnormality regarding the state of the subject, it is determined that notification to the terminal is required;
The information notification control method, wherein the notification step notifies the terminal of information regarding the condition of the subject whose abnormality has been detected. An information notification control method in a care support system that supports a subject's daily life,
The care support system includes:
a detection unit installed in the living room of the subject to detect the state of the living room and the state of the subject in the living room;
a storage unit that stores management information for caring for the subject,
The information notification control method includes:
The location of the staff based on the strength of radio waves during communication between an access point installed corresponding to at least one of the living rooms and a terminal owned by the staff, or based on the detection result by the detection unit. a position determination step of determining
Determining whether or not to notify the terminal according to at least the position of the staff, and determining the notification to be notified to the terminal from among the detection information by the detection unit and the management information stored in the storage unit a decision selection step of selecting information;
a notification step of notifying the selected notification information to the terminal when it is determined that notification to the terminal is required;
The storage unit stores, as the management information, the target person, the living room, the care plan of the target person, and information about the degree of need for care of the target person in association with each other,
In the determination and selection step, the necessity of notification to the terminal is determined according to the position of the staff and the management information, and information on the care plan of the subject is selected as the notification information,
In the notification step, if it is determined in the determination selection step that notification to the terminal is required, the selected information is notified to the terminal;
In the position determination step, it is determined whether or not the staff has entered the living room based on the detection result by the detection unit;
In the determination and selection step, when the staff enters the room and the degree of need for care of the subject included in the management information is equal to or higher than a predetermined rank, it is determined that notification to the terminal is required;
The information notification control method, wherein, in the notification step, information on the care plan of the subject is notified to the terminal. An information notification control method in a care support system that supports a subject's daily life,
The care support system includes:
a detection unit installed in the living room of the subject to detect the state of the living room and the state of the subject in the living room;
a storage unit that stores management information for caring for the subject,
The information notification control method includes:
The location of the staff based on the strength of radio waves during communication between an access point installed corresponding to at least one of the living rooms and a terminal owned by the staff, or based on the detection result by the detection unit. a position determination step of determining
Determining whether or not to notify the terminal according to at least the position of the staff, and determining the notification to be notified to the terminal from among the detection information by the detection unit and the management information stored in the storage unit a decision selection step of selecting information;
a notification step of notifying the selected notification information to the terminal when it is determined that notification to the terminal is required;
The storage unit stores, as the management information, care record information recorded by the staff in caring for the subject,
In the determination and selection step, the necessity of notification to the terminal is determined according to the position of the staff and the management information, and the care record information of the subject is selected as the notification information,
In the notification step, when it is determined in the determination selection step that notification to the terminal is required, the selected care record information is notified to the terminal;
In the position determination step, it is determined whether or not the staff has entered the living room based on the detection result by the detection unit;
In the determination and selection step, the staff enters the living room, and the food or water intake state or the excretion state of the subject, which is grasped based on the care record information included in the management information, is out of the allowable range. , it is determined that notification to the terminal is required,
In the notification step, the information notification control method notifies the terminal of the care record information of the subject. 6. From claim 5, in the position determination step, it is determined that the staff member has entered the living room when the detection unit detects a number of persons who are more than the number of the subjects who spend time in the living room. 8. The information notification control method according to any one of 7.

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