JPH03150698A - System for deciding abnormality of resident from using condition of water or electricity - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable to control the health of the resident of a room by deciding the presence of the abnormality of a using mode by grasping automatically the used quantity of water or electricity, and issuing an alarm or displaying it when the abnormality occurs. CONSTITUTION:Meters 1-1, 1-2 provided with a transmitter installed in every room measure the used quantity of the water or the electricity of their room, and transmit this used quantity to a centralized meter check panel 3 provided with a communication function through a transmission line 2. A personal computer 5 reads the meter value of the meter check panel 3 at prescribed time, and decides the presence of the abnormality of the using mode of every room by software, and at the time of the abnormality, it executes the alarm or the display. Thus, the health of the resident of the room can be controlled.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a system for determining abnormalities in elderly people residing in elderly residences such as silver condominiums based on water or electricity usage conditions.

[Prior art and its problems]

In Japan, which has become one of the countries with the longest life expectancy in the world, the problem of the elderly has been brought into focus, raising questions about countermeasures, and there is a particular need to understand whether elderly people living alone are living without abnormalities.

For example, there is a demand for understanding whether elderly people living in senior housing such as silver condominiums have no abnormalities and are leading a normal life.

However, since such facilities are high-rise or have one room, it is difficult to implement such facilities due to a lack of manpower for caregivers to make rounds.

Furthermore, monitoring with a television camera or the like violates privacy and is difficult to implement.

In view of the above, the present invention determines whether there is an abnormality in the usage of water or electricity in each room, estimates whether there is an abnormality in the life or health of the resident, and issues an alarm or alarm. The purpose of this paper is to propose a display system.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, in the system of the present invention for determining abnormality of a resident from the usage status of water or electricity,
A meter with a transmitter (1-1, 1-2) is installed in each room and measures the amount of water or electricity used in that room and transmits the amount used every unit time. Meter (
1-1, 1-2) and a communication cable (3) connected to the communication cable (4). A connected personal computer (5) is installed, and the personal computer (5) can grasp the amount of water or electricity used in each room, determine whether there is an abnormality in the usage mode, and issue an alarm or display in the event of an abnormality. It is characterized by having built-in software to perform the operations.

[Effect]

A meter with a transmitter installed in each room measures the amount of water or electricity used in that room, and calculates the amount of water or electricity used by the transmission line (2
) to the central meter reading board with communication function (3).
A personal computer (referred to as a personal computer) (5) is
At a predetermined time, software reads the meter readings from the meter reading board (3) via the communication cable (4) and determines whether or not each room is in use mode, and in the event of an abnormality, an alarm or display is issued.

〔Example〕

In Fig. 1(a), l is a group of meters with transmitters installed in each room, and l-1 is a water meter with transmitter (
(meter with transmitter) and 1-2 measure the amount of water and electricity used respectively with a power meter with transmitter (meter with transmitter), and centrally read the amount of water and electricity with communication function via transmission line 2. Transmit to board 3. 3 is a central meter-reading board with communication function, 4 is a communication cable, 5 is a personal computer connected to the central meter-reading board 3 with communication function through communication cable 4, and 6.7 is a printer and hard disk connected to the personal computer 5.

Figure 1 et al.) is a schematic diagram of the inside of the central meter reading board 3 with communication function.
A counter corresponding to each meter for each room is arranged on the panel 3a. The counter 8-1 is connected to the corresponding transmitter-equipped water meter 1-1 via a transmission line, and the counter 8-2 is connected to the corresponding transmitter-equipped power meter 1-2 via a transmission line.

9 connects these counters to the transmitter meter 1-1 in each room.
．． This is a terminal board for connecting the transmission line 2 connected to the terminal 1-2.

Water meter with transmitter! A transmitter-equipped meter such as the transmitter-equipped electricity meter 1-1 or the transmitter-equipped watt-hour meter 1-2 transmits electric pulses corresponding to the measured usage amount to the corresponding counter 8-1 of the central meter reading board 3 with communication function.
and 8-2, and the amounts of water and electricity used are stored and displayed on these counters 8-1 and 8-2, respectively.

The usage amount stored in each counter 8-1, 8-2, etc. is read by the personal computer 5 via the communication cable 4 at every predetermined time.

The personal computer 5 grasps the amount of water and electricity used in each room, determines whether there is an abnormality in the usage mode, and issues an alarm or display when an abnormality occurs.

Every hour on the hour, the PC 5 automatically reads the usage meter regardless of the screen status, saves the data, compares it with the latest 24 hours of stored data, understands the usage mode, and identifies any abnormalities. Determine the presence or absence. The old data in memory will be replaced with new data one by one, but at 0:00 a.m.
Meter reading data is continuously saved for use in calculating water and electricity charges and creating monthly reports, etc., and is not updated.

The following items are checked to determine if there are any abnormalities regarding water usage.

"Unused check" Checks the amount used every hour from 12 hours ago, and
A room whose hourly usage is within 1ffi for 12 consecutive hours (that is, 12 times) is judged to be abnormal and an alarm is issued.
This check is performed only when the room status is "occupied," and is not performed when there is no resident and the room is vacant (that is, when there is no occupancy contract). In addition, if all the residents of the room are absent due to going out, etc., the next "absence check" is performed.

``Absence Check'' If water is used when the resident is absent, it will be determined that the water has not been reported or that there is a water leak, and an alarm will be issued to confirm whether the resident is truly absent. put out.

"Excess flow rate check" Compare with the data from one hour ago, and if the usage exceeds 7002, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred and a warning is issued.

``Constant flow rate check'' Checks the hourly change in usage from three hours ago, and issues a warning if a room where the range of change is within ±9% of the three-hour average usage is abnormal.

This is because the faucet was not operated for three hours and water did not come out, so it is assumed that something was wrong with the resident.

In addition, the above-mentioned “unused check” and “absent check”
In order to prevent false alarms, the following software measures have been taken.

When the room status changes from "occupied" to "absent", the "unused check" also changes to "absence check".

At this time, if water usage is on the verge of changing, the next "absence check" will check the amount of water used from the past 12 hours, causing the inconvenience of incorrectly determining that there is an abnormality. Therefore, if the status of the room changes, checking is prohibited for the next 12 hours to prevent false alarms from occurring.

Similarly, if the status changes from ``absent'' to ``present,''
If the open book has not been used for a while since I became a J,
The next "unused check" checks the amount of usage from the past 12 hours, so it is mistakenly judged as abnormal. Therefore, in the same way, checks are prohibited for 12 hours after the status of the room changes.

Next, a schedule for performing basic check operations will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, in order to understand the usage status, the meter is read every hour on the hour.

Next, the meter readings taken to understand the usage mode mentioned above are billed at midnight every day as data for calculating water and electricity usage, issuing usage bills, and printing monthly reports. Move it to a file for creating monthly reports.

9:00 a.m. is set as the check management time, and the four checks mentioned above, ``unused check,'' ``absence check,'' ``excess flow rate check,'' and ``constant flow rate check,'' are performed.
However, only one of the "unused check" and the "absence check" is performed depending on the situation.

If there is any abnormality, a buzzer will sound an alarm, a message will be displayed on the screen, or a printer will print the information.

9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., which are set as check management times.
If you want to check in more detail other than at times, you can check at intervals of 3 hours, such as midnight, 3 am, and so on.

In addition, once the meter reading for water and electricity usage is completed every hour on the hour, an "excess flow rate check" and "constant flow rate check" are performed.
Software is built in to issue an alarm or display if there is an abnormality.

As mentioned above, this system
Check "excess flow rate" and "constant flow rate",
If there is an abnormality in the usage mode, it is presumed that something is wrong with the resident's own health condition, and an alarm or display is issued.In other words, this is a health management system for residents that utilizes water and electricity usage modes as information. It can also be said that it is a system.

To give a specific example of an abnormality, (Example 1), a resident in a certain room says, ``Despite being in the room, there is almost no water or electricity usage (unused). → Something unusual has happened to the resident. (Example 2) The amount of water used every hour in a certain room remained the same for many hours (constant flow rate). Did something go wrong during use and the water faucet was left open? (Example 3) The amount of water used in one hour in a certain room is so much that it would not normally be used (excess flow rate).

→Did something unusual happen when the resident was about to take a bath? (Example 4) There is usage in a certain room even though the person is absent and has been reported to be out. →・The resident has reported going out, but has not gone out.

・I returned home after going out, but because I returned without contacting the administrator, my occupancy status remained as "absent."

・There is a leak somewhere in the water pipe (absence?).

In the system of the embodiment, various menus and the like are prepared as shown in FIGS. 2 to 9.

FIG. 11 shows a flowchart when using these menus, etc., and the number of the attached drawing showing the contents is written at the bottom right of each menu, etc.

From the main menu (Figure 2) to the actual usage graph (Figure 9), these can be selected using the keys on the computer.

Figure 2 is a list of the main menus, ranging from 1, occupancy management to 12, exit. By the way, the title of this main menu, ``a system that determines the resident's abnormality based on the usage status of water or electricity,'' refers to the system of the present invention that detects the usage status of water and electricity, that is, the resident's daily rhythm. The name refers to a system that is useful for management.

``1. Room occupancy management human resources'' (Figure 3) It is possible to input the resident's occupancy status and print it out using a printer.

1.1. Room manager in the room (Figure 4) The layout of all rooms and their occupancy status are displayed on one screen.

For each room, the number of the room number is displayed in the square at the top, and the room status (occupied or absent) is displayed at the bottom. For example, there are two residents in room 214 in the same figure, one of whom is in the room.
The other person is absent.

In addition, when you display the room for occupancy management, if any abnormality occurs when checking the water and electricity usage modes,
The square representing that room will be filled in red and a warning will be issued.

1.2. Room occupancy status - Print J (Figure 5) Since the occupancy status of each room is printed, it can be saved as a history by printing periodically.

"2. Health status check" (Figure 6) If any abnormality occurs in the water or electricity usage mode, check the details of the abnormality and check the changes in water and electricity usage over the past 24 hours. be able to.

"2.l. Confirmation of contents" (Fig. 7, Fig. 8) If an abnormality occurs, you can know what kind of abnormality has occurred in which room. A release operation is also performed after checking the abnormality contents.

"2.2. Usage status display" (Figure 9) 2 from current time
Changes in water and electricity consumption over the past four hours are displayed in a line graph, allowing you to understand the situation when an abnormality occurs. Note that FIG. 9 is an example of displaying the actual state of water usage.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it automatically grasps the amount of water and electricity used, determines whether there is an abnormality in the usage mode, and issues an alarm or display when there is an abnormality.
Therefore, a caregiver or manager can take care of the health of the resident in the room, and can use this as an opportunity to prevent danger before it escalates into a major accident.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1(a) is an overall diagram of an embodiment of the system of the present invention, FIG. 1(c) is a schematic diagram of the interior of the panel, and FIGS. 10 is a diagram of a timetable for explaining the schedule of basic check operations, and FIG. 11 is a flowchart for selecting menus. 1-1.1-2...Meter with transmitter, 2...Transmission line, 3...Intensive meter reading board with communication function, 4...Communication cable, 5...Personal computer (PC)

Claims (1)

[Claims] A meter with a transmitter (1-1, 1-2) is installed in each room and measures the amount of water or electricity used in that room and transmits the amount used every unit time. Meter (
1-1, 1-2) and a communication cable (3) connected to the communication cable (4). A connected personal computer (5) is installed, and the personal computer (5) can grasp the amount of water or electricity used in each room, determine whether there is an abnormality in the usage mode, and issue an alarm or display in the event of an abnormality. A system that determines abnormalities in residents based on water or electricity usage, which is characterized by having built-in software that performs this function.