KR100390566B1 - The Observation System of A New-Born Baby - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a newborn baby observation system that allows the mother of the hospital or the postpartum cooking room to view newborns raised in hospitals or postpartum care centers in real time, as well as the husband or external relatives through the Internet.

The present invention provides a video transmission server for performing signal processing on a video signal input through a plurality of cameras and a voice signal received through a microphone; A plurality of monitors provided in the plurality of hospital rooms; In a well-known neonatal observation system comprising a signal selection distribution device for appropriately distributing a signal of a newborn's image and audio to a hospital room of a mother, an input device for inputting newborn information from a manager's computer and a code in a database. A video transmission server including a multiplexer to assign; A web server for compressing video data and voice data transmitted through the multiplexer and transmitting the compressed video data to the user in real time through the Internet; A video capture device that receives and compresses and stores video and audio data transmitted from a plurality of cameras and a plurality of microphones; And retrieving means for remotely retrieving video data of a newborn baby stored in the video capture device.

Description

The Observation System of A New-Born Baby}

The present invention relates to a neonatal observation system, and more particularly to the newborn or nursing mothers in the hospital or postpartum care room can be seen in real time in the hospital or postpartum care room, so that the husband or external relatives, etc. can be seen through the Internet It relates to a neonatal observation system.

In general, a newborn baby refers to a child who is less than one year old, and when born through childbirth, special care is required for a predetermined time. Most newborns receive a certain nursing care at home, hospital, and postpartum care center. However, in conventional hospitals and postpartum care centers, it is difficult to take care of newborns because the number of newborns to be cared for by one nurse reaches at least dozens in lifespan. Inadequate care of grinding, etc. can lead to diseases such as skin diseases.For example, even if a baby bottle is spilled over and spilled over, it may cause poor growth due to the misunderstanding that a newborn baby has enough milk. This is because the human skeletal structure or health condition is Given that nutritional status and health status depend on lifelong conditions, it is a fatal problem.In addition, parents and outside relatives can only see through the window when they visit a hospital or postpartum care center to see newborns. The disadvantage of lying together is that it is not possible to know who is who, and the mother is very uncomfortable because she does not see her until she recovers. The technology related to the newborn baby observation system using a computer is disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2000-72634 (2000.12.5), which includes a plurality of cameras for photographing newborns in hospitals, postpartum care centers, and homes; A web server which receives and compresses the image data transmitted from the camera for each channel and stores the compressed image data or outputs the image data and parenting information to the outside in real time; Newborn baby observation system consisting of a plurality of monitors for displaying the video data received from the camera in real time to the mother is disclosed. However, the technology can observe the newborn baby through video and audio while watching the video on the TV, but the Web The server can only receive image data, and because there is no video capture device, there is no technology related to search means for observing newborns remotely, so when a medical accident occurs or when you want to know newborn information, you cannot search for the information you want in real time. have.

In order to solve this problem, an object of the present invention is not only the mother can see the newborns raised in the hospital or postpartum care in real time, but also receives video and audio data in real time from the web server, the husband or external relatives over the Internet Another object of the present invention is to remotely receive video and audio data compressed and stored by a video capture device in case of a medical accident or to know newborn information. It is to provide a newborn observation system that can retrieve data through the means.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the neonatal observation system according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the neonatal observation system according to the present invention.

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10a, 10n: 1st, nth camera 11: Microphone 12: Video transmission server 13: Signal selector distribution device 14a, 14n: 1st, nth monitor 15: Input device 16: Multiplexer 17: Web server 18: Video capture Apparatus 20: Internet 22: Search Means 24: Remote Input Device 26: Viewer 100a, 100n: First, nth Observation System

In order to achieve the above object, the neonatal observation system of the present invention includes a plurality of newborns that are photographed in a newborn's room to transmit images of newborns in a newborn's room or postpartum care center to a mother or family in real time. A plurality of microphones for receiving a voice of a camera and a newborn baby; An image transmission server configured to perform signal processing on an image signal photographed through the camera and an audio signal input through a microphone; A plurality of monitors provided in the plurality of hospital rooms; In the well-known neonatal observation system consisting of a signal selection distribution device for properly distributing the signals for the video and audio of a plurality of newborns provided from the image transmission server to each room of the corresponding mother, the administrator's computer to input the information of the newborn An image transmission server including an input device and a multiplexer for databaseizing the video data transmitted from the camera and the audio data received from the microphone for each channel and assigning codes to the channels; A web server for compressing video data and voice data transmitted through the multiplexer and transmitting the compressed video data to the user in real time through the Internet; A plurality of cameras for photographing a newborn baby and a plurality of microphones for delivering a voice, and a video capturing device for receiving and compressing and storing the video and audio data transmitted from the camera and the microphone; And search means for remotely searching the video data of the newborn baby stored in the video capture device.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the neonatal observation system according to the present invention. First to nth cameras 10a and 10n (hereinafter, collectively referred to as "10") for capturing an image of a newborn's current state, and first to nth microphones 11a and 11n (hereinafter referred to as "10") for receiving voice Collectively referred to as &quot; 11 &quot;) and the video signal transmitted from the first to nth cameras 10 and the audio signal transmitted from the first to nth microphones 11 to be processed to be performed for each part. The main unit transmits the image transmission server 12, the signal selection distribution device 13 which receives the video and audio data from the video transmission server 12, amplifies them, and distributes them appropriately. First to nth monitors 14a and 14n for displaying an image, and an input for inputting text information sent with each image / audio when the image / audio received from the image transmission server 12 is sent to the web. Video / audio data received from the device 15 and the video transmission server 12 The multiplexer 16 to database the data by channel, and to give codes to each channel, a web server 17 which transmits to the user in real time through the multiplexer 16, and through the multiplexer 16 First to nth observation systems 100a and 100n, which consist of a video capture device 18 for compressing and storing voice, are provided.

Observing the image of the desired newborn through the Internet 20 and the Internet 20 providing a path for transmitting the image / audio data transmitted from the web server of each of the first to nth observation systems 100a and 100n. To remotely store compressed video / audio and real-time data stored in the search means 22 and the video capture device 18 including first to nth user PCs 22a and 22n (hereinafter collectively referred to as "22"). There is provided a remote input device 24 that can be remotely input via the Internet 20 to the viewer 26 that can be viewed and stored and the input device 15 for input to the image transmission server 12.

The neonatal observation system having such a configuration will be described in detail as follows.

First, the video transmission server 12 receives the video / audio data and distributes it to the signal selection distribution device 13 and the multiplexer 16 appropriately, and inputs the text information anywhere in the Internet where text information is input or Modifications are possible. The signal selection distribution device 13 amplifies and distributes the video / audio data to a TV monitor of a hospital room where the user wants to view the multiplexer 16. The multiplexer 16 is divided into a web server 17 and a video capture device 18. The Web server 17 includes an IBM compatible computer, which is described by way of example. The CPU is Intel's 1GHz, the memory is 128M, the video card is AGP 32M, the hard disk is 30Hz or more, The sound card is PCI 3D and the network card has a speed of at least 10M Bps, and is configured to be packed in an industrial case.

In addition, the first to n-th camera 10, the web server 17, and the first to n-th monitors 14a and 14n are connected by a cable that is a medium for transmitting and receiving predetermined data. In addition, the video capture device 18 compresses and stores video / audio by various various codecs, and remotely observes and stores not only the compressed and stored video but also real-time video.

Detailed description of the above-described components will be described in more detail.

The modem apparatus is for connecting to the Internet. If the connection method is a dedicated line, a dedicated line modem is used. If the connection method is a high speed communication network, a modem for a high speed communication network and a cable modem for a cable broadcasting method are used. do.

The multiplexer may be installed in proportion to the number of cameras based on an 8 channel type, and the video capture device may be installed in proportion to the number of cameras based on a 16 channel type.

The camera extracts a video of at least 270,000 pixels so that a signal-to-noise ratio of 48 dB or more is used, and the input interface device is enabled by a push button so that multiple users can use it based on four channels.

Therefore, since the mother can see the child she is born through the monitor provided in the place where she is in need of care, it can bring about psychological stability, and the father of the child can see the child through the Internet even at the workplace. It brings you life and happiness.

Silk, people other than the parents of the newborn, such as grandfather and grandmother, including relatives and acquaintances can also see the child through the Internet.

In addition, the web server 17 is not only a video of the newborn, but also a program that the mother can watch during the nursing care, and a user who wants to watch the video of the newborn via the Internet to broadcast the mother's advertising videos attracted in a predetermined way or through the Internet You may try to increase your profitability by broadcasting to.

For example, care should be taken after childbirth and necessary information is provided for the rearing of the newborns.

If the outsider observes the operation flow of the neonatal observation system based on the above-described configuration through the Internet, for example, as follows.

2 is a flow chart showing the operation flow of the neonatal observation system according to the present invention, the user is connected to the web server 17 by using the search means 22 which is a user computer which is his PC and has a predetermined Internet address. After proceeding to the Internet access step (S110) for accessing the website, if the user is not subscribed to the website performs a member registration step (S120) to register as a member by entering his or her personal information including a user ID and password. .

Subsequently, the login step (S130) of logging in by inputting the user ID and password described when registering as the member is performed, and then the hospital selection step (S140) is performed.

Subsequently, a newborn baby selection step (S150) is performed to select a newborn baby who wants to see the newborn baby information posted on the website, and an observation step (S160) of observing a real-time video of the selected newborn baby is performed. In this case, the newborn information may include a parent's name, date of birth, gender, weight, height, foot and foot of the left and right feet, which may be displayed in the newborn selection step or may be displayed in the observation step. .

According to a preferred embodiment of the present embodiment as described above has the following advantages.

First, mothers can see their child through a monitor provided in the place where they are in a nursing home, so that not only can they bring psychological stability, but also their relatives or acquaintances of the parents from anywhere on the Internet. As you can see it has the advantage of adding to life and happiness.

Second, even if a dangerous situation occurs in newborns, it is possible to promptly rectify it, which has the advantage of preventing misery due to negligence of nursing workers.

Third, it is possible to not only raise the status of the hospital by supporting more improved customer service, but also provide differentiated service quality from other hospitals.

Fourth, by respecting the human rights of newborns, there is an advantage to protect human rights in more diverse forms.

Fifth, there is an advantage that can increase the profitability by attracting advertisements and broadcasting a video.

Claims (3)

A plurality of cameras and a plurality of microphones for receiving a voice of a newborn and a plurality of cameras for recording images of a newborn baby provided in the newborn's room to transmit images of newborns in a newborn's room or postpartum care center to a mother or a family in real time; An image transmission server configured to perform signal processing on an image signal photographed through the camera and an audio signal input through a microphone; A plurality of monitors provided in the plurality of hospital rooms; In the well-known neonatal observation system consisting of a signal selection distribution device for appropriately distributing the signals for the video and audio of a plurality of newborns provided by the image transmission server to each room of the mother, An input device 15 for inputting newborn information from a manager's computer, video data transmitted from a plurality of cameras 10, and voice data received from a plurality of microphones 11 are databased for each channel to give codes. An image transmission server 12 including a multiplexer 16; A web server (17) for compressing the moving picture data and the voice data transmitted through the multiplexer (16) and transmitting them to the user in real time through the Internet; A plurality of cameras 10 and a plurality of microphones 11 for delivering a voice and a video and audio data transmitted from the cameras 10 and microphones 11 are compressed and stored. A video capture device 18; Neonatal observation system, characterized in that it comprises a search means 22 for remotely searching the video data of the newborn baby stored in the video capture device (18). delete delete