KR101216726B1 - ZigBee to CDMA Gateway - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a gateway for managing the elderly living alone, the gateway according to the present invention, the role of the communication between the fire detection sensor, activity detection sensor and gas detection sensor installed in the home of the elderly living alone and remote fire center and management center As to perform, the short-range communication unit for performing short-range communication with the fire detection sensor, activity detection sensor and gas detection sensor; A remote communication unit configured to perform remote communication with the fire fighting center and the management center through a wireless communication network; A handset unit for amplifying the voice received through the remote communication unit and outputting the voice through a speaker, and receiving the voice of the elderly living alone through a microphone and outputting the voice to the remote communication unit; And a sensor information processing module for transmitting sensing information received through the short range communication unit to the management center through the remote communication unit, and automatically receiving fire detection sensing information or gas detection sensing information through the remote communication unit. And a control unit having an emergency communication processing module for making a call connection. By taking the information of the sensors installed in the elderly living alone and reporting to a remote control center or fire center using a remote communication technology, it is possible to manage the status of the elderly living alone.

Description

ZigBee to CDMA Gateway {ZigBee to CDMA Gateway}

The present invention relates to a gateway for managing the elderly living alone, and more particularly, to a gateway that serves as an intermediary between sensors installed in a residence and a remote fire center or management center.

As family function as an economic unit, nuclear family system is rapidly spreading, the function for elderly care is greatly reduced, and the social responsibility of care for elderly is relatively increasing. In addition, the life expectancy is increasing and entering an aging society. As a result, the number of elderly people living alone is increasing rapidly.

As such, the number of elderly people living alone is increasing rapidly, but the management of the elderly is not properly performed, and now it is a big social problem. Up to now, the management of the elderly living alone is only to manage the current status of the elderly living in the local government and to send a life manager to the elderly living alone periodically to check the living status and health status of the elderly living alone. Therefore, it is difficult to immediately respond to the right place when an emergency situation occurs for the elderly living alone.

On the other hand, due to the rapid development of communication technology and the spread of the Internet through high speed network, the network environment built around the offices of corporations and public institutions has been spreading to the digital electronic devices in the home. There is a growing interest, and in addition, Ubiquitous Sensor Network (USN) technology, which transmits, collects, stores, and analyzes large-scale sensing data related to objects and environments based on wireless communication technology, provides information appropriate to the user's current situation. It is attracting attention.

However, these home networks and USN technologies are focused on efficiently operating and controlling remotely and intelligently home appliances, and are currently useless technologies for the elderly living alone. Therefore, there is a need to develop a system that can manage these elderly people by combining these technologies.

The present invention was devised to solve the above problems, using the USN technology to install a variety of sensors in the residence of the elderly living alone, the elderly living alone by managing the status of the elderly living alone in a remote control center or fire center, etc. The goal is to provide a gateway that can quickly respond to emergency situations.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. It will also be readily apparent that the objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a fire detection sensor, an activity detection sensor, and a gas detection sensor installed in the home of an elderly living alone, and a gateway performing a communication role between a remote fire center and a management center, the fire is A near field communication unit configured to perform near field communication with a detection sensor, an activity detection sensor, and a gas detection sensor; A remote communication unit configured to perform remote communication with the fire fighting center and the management center through a wireless communication network; A handset unit for amplifying the voice received through the remote communication unit and outputting the voice through a speaker, and receiving the voice of the elderly living alone through a microphone and outputting the voice to the remote communication unit; And a sensor information processing module for transmitting sensing information received through the short range communication unit to the management center through the remote communication unit, and automatically receiving fire detection sensing information or gas detection sensing information through the remote communication unit. And a control unit having an emergency communication processing module for making a call connection.

An outgoing button device for performing near field communication with the near field communication unit is installed in the home of the elderly living alone, and the control unit transmits the outgoing information to the management center through the remote communication unit based on the event information received from the outgoing button device. The apparatus may further include an outgoing processing module configured to transmit or transmit outgoing release information.

The outing processing module may transmit outgoing release information to the management center through the remote communication unit when motion sensing sensing information is continuously received through the sensor information processing module for a predetermined time after the outgoing information transmission to the management center. have.

The control unit may further include an attendance management module that transmits the tag information to the management center through the remote communication unit as the visit confirmation information of the living manager when the tag information is received from the living manager terminal through the local area communication unit.

The control unit may further include an environment setting module configured to transmit a change message for changing a reporting period of sensing information to the sensors based on the received local environment setting message from the management center through the remote communication unit. can do.

The sensor information processing module may transmit an alarm message to the management center through the remote communication unit when motion sensing sensing information is not received from the activity sensor through the local area communication unit for a predetermined time.

The sensor information processing module may display a number corresponding to each sensor on the display device when the fire detection sensor, the activity detection sensor, and the gas detection sensor are connected, and do not display the corresponding number on the display device when the connection is released. Do.

The control unit is a state of the elderly living alone through the display device in the form of "XX: YY" (X and Y are natural numbers of 0 to 9, 'XX' represents an inspection item, and 'YY' represents an evaluation value of each inspection item). And an attendance management module configured to receive information and transmit the received state information to the management center through the remote communication unit.

The controller may further include a malt processing module configured to perform a call connection through the remote communication unit by using a telephone number assigned to the malt button as a called number when the malt button is pressed.

When the message processing module receives the message including the phone number from the management center, it is preferable to assign the phone number included in the received message to the button.

The present invention as described above, by taking the information of the sensors installed in the elderly living alone to report to a remote control center or firefighting center using a remote communication technology, so that the status of the elderly living alone can be managed in real time.

Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the labor cost of hiring a living manager in accordance with the rapidly increasing number of elderly people living alone, and by managing the status of the elderly living alone in real time to quickly respond to emergencies to prevent accidents.

In addition, the present invention, by automatically checking the visit records of the life managers and report them to a remote management center, there is an effect of preventing the mismanagement of the life managers and ensure the access of life managers to the elderly living alone.

1 is a view showing a senior citizen management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment illustrating the configuration of the gateway of FIG. 1.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of processing sensing information of an activity detection sensor in a sensor information processing module.
4 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a method of processing motion sensing sensing information of an elderly living alone in a sensor information processing module.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing method when fire / gas detection sensing information is received in an emergency communication processing module.
6 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method of operating the outgoing processing module.
7 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an operation process of an attendance management module.

The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: There will be. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing a senior citizen management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the residence 100 where the elderly living alone live, the gas detection sensor 101, the activity detection sensor 103-n, and the fire detection sensor 105 are located on the wall or ceiling of the residence 100. A gateway 109 is attached to perform near field communication with these sensors and to perform remote radio communication through a remote fire station 130 and management center 150 and a wireless network 170. In addition, the outgoing button device 107 for switching the operation of the gateway 109 to the outing mode when the outing is attached to the wall surface of the residence (100). Here, the short range wireless communication is Bluetooth or Zigbee.

First, the gas detection sensor 101 is a sensor for detecting LNG / LPG / CO, and is provided with an operation button, an LED indicating a power supply, and a warning buzzer. The gas detection sensor 101 is provided with a near field communication module to transmit sensing information to the gateway 109 through near field communication when detecting gas. In addition, the gas detection sensor 101 transmits the normal operation confirmation information to the gateway 109 through short-range communication when the gas is not detected. At this time, the gas detection sensor 101 changes the transmission period for transmitting the normal operation confirmation information when the period change message is received from the gateway 109.

Activity detection sensor (103-n) is a sensor for detecting the movement of the human body, the operation button, the LED for indicating the detection confirmation when the motion is detected, and also has a short-range communication module for communicating with the gateway 109. . The activity detection sensor 103-n transmits motion monitoring point sensing information to the gateway 109 through short-range communication. In addition, the activity detection sensor 103-n transmits normal operation confirmation information to the gateway 109 through short-range communication when the operation is not detected. When the period change message is received from the gateway 109, the activity detection sensor 103-n changes the transmission period for transmitting the normal operation confirmation information.

The fire detection sensor 105 is a sensor for detecting a fire in the residence 100 by ionization, and is provided with an operation button, an LED indicating a power supply, and a warning buzzer. The fire detection sensor 105 is provided with a short-range communication module to transmit sensing information to the gateway 109 through short-range communication when detecting a fire. In addition, the fire detection sensor 105 transmits the normal operation confirmation information to the gateway 109 through short-range communication when the fire is not detected, in units of 90 minutes. At this time, when the cycle detection message is received from the gateway 109, the fire detection sensor 105 changes the transmission cycle for transmitting the normal operation confirmation information.

The outgoing button device 107 is a button device for transmitting outgoing / returning status information of the elderly living alone to the gateway 109, and includes a short-range communication module that performs short-range communication with the gateway 109, and goes out in the outing state. It is provided with an LED indicating the status. The outgoing button device 107 transmits outgoing state event information to the gateway 109 through the near field communication module when the outgoing / return button is first pressed, and then passes through the near field communication module when the outgoing / return button is pressed again. 109), the outgoing release event information is transmitted. Like the other sensors, the outgoing button device 107 transmits the normal operation confirmation information to the gateway 109 through short-range communication in a unit of 90 minutes when the button is not operated, and when the period change message is received from the gateway 109, Change the transmission cycle for sending normal operation check information.

The gateway 109 is a gateway between the indoor sensor and the outgoing button device and the external firefighting center 130 and the management center 150, and collects and stores sensing information from the sensors through short-range communication. It transmits to the management center 150 through, and automatically transmits the alarm information to the firefighting center 130 and the management center 150 through a remote communication in the event of an emergency based on the sensing information.

In addition, the gateway 109 automatically makes a call to the firefighting center 130 when an emergency occurs based on the sensing information, so that emergency personnel can make a call with an elderly person living alone in the home 100. In addition, the gateway 109 has two buttons, and when the first button (u-119 button) is pressed by the elderly living alone, the gateway 109 attempts to make a call connection with the fire center 130 through the wireless network 170, When the second button (u-care button) is pressed, a call connection with the manager of the management center 150 is attempted.

In addition, when the life manager visits the residence 100 to check the status of the elderly living alone, the gateway 109 performs short-range communication with the terminal 190 of the life management company to wirelessly visit the life information of the life management company. Transmission to the management center 150 via the network 170. Preferably, the terminal 190 of the living management company includes a short-range communication module and transmits its own tag information to the gateway 109 through short-range communication according to the input of the living management company, and the gateway 109 receives the received tag information. To transmit to the management center 150 via the wireless network (170). Alternatively, the gateway 109 may tag the terminal 190 of the living management company and transmit it to the management center 150.

In addition, the gateway 109 is provided with a menu button, and when the menu button is pressed by the life manager, the gateway 109 switches to the state input mode for inputting the status information of the old person living alone, and the meal and behavior of the old person living by the life manager. Receives information such as health status, taking medication, and transmits the received elderly living information to the management center 150 through the telecommunications unit 210. Details will be described later.

In addition, the gateway 109 is provided with at least one button for the malt function, if any one of the buttons is pressed by the elderly living alone dials the phone number assigned to the button via the wireless network 170 Make a call between the other party and the elderly living alone. Preferably, the gateway 109 receives a telephone number to be assigned to at least one button for the mallet function from the management center 150 and assigns it to the button. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment showing the configuration of the gateway of FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the gateway 109 according to the present embodiment includes a remote communication unit 210, a near field communication unit 230, and a handset unit. 250, a storage unit 270, and a control unit 290. The gateway 109 is a button for emergency call, and includes a U-119 button, a U-care button, a cancel button for canceling an operation, and also includes a button for a naked call. And, there is provided an LCD for displaying the power, LED, LED to display the operating status of the U-119 button and the U-care button.

The remote communication unit 210 includes a communication modem such as a CDMA modem or a WCDMA modem to communicate with a fire center 130 and a management center 150 at a remote location through the wireless network 170.

The short-range communication unit 230 is a means for performing short-range communication such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, various sensors (101, 103-n, 105) and outgoing button device 107 and the living provided in the residence of the elderly living alone Local area communication with the terminal 190 of the manager.

When the handset 250 is connected to the fire center 130 or the management center 150 through the telecommunication unit 210, the voice is received from the fire center 130 or the management center 150. Amplified so that the elderly can easily hear it, and output through the speaker, and also receives the voice of the elderly living alone through the microphone to transmit to the fire center 130 or the management center 150 through the telecommunications unit 210.

The storage unit 270 stores sensing information of various sensors 101, 103-n, and 105 collected by the gateway 109 and tag information received from the terminal 190 of the living management company.

The controller 290 is a control means for controlling the overall operation of the gateway 109. As shown in FIG. 2, the sensor information processing module 291, the emergency communication processing module 293, the outing processing module 295, And the attendance management module 297, the malt processing module 298, and the environment setting module 299.

The sensor information processing module 291 communicates with the sensors 101, 103-n, 105 through the short range communication unit 230 when the sensors 101, 103-n, 105 are installed in the elderly living dwelling 100 alone. By registering the sensors (101, 103-n, 105), the connection information of the sensors (101, 103-n, 105) is displayed as a number on the display device.

In detail, when the sensors 101, 103-n, and 105 are connected, the sensor information processing module 291 sequentially assigns the corresponding sensors 101, 103-n, and 105 to numbers from 1 to N, and assigns them. One number is displayed on the display device to allow the elderly living alone to recognize that the sensors 101, 103-n, and 105 are connected. For example, when the gas detection sensor 101 is first installed, the sensor information processing module 291 allocates the gas detection sensor 101 to the number 1 and turns on the number 1 to the display device.

In addition, the sensor information processing module 291, when receiving the sensing information from the sensor (101, 103-n, 105) of the elderly living alone 100 is stored in the storage unit 270 and the sensing information at a predetermined period of the remote communication unit It transmits to the management center 150 of a remote place via 210. In this case, the sensor information processing module 291 resets the sensing information stored in the storage unit 270 after transmitting the sensing information to the management center 150. The sensing information may include fire occurrence detection information, gas leak detection information, information indicating that the vehicle is in normal operation, and motion detection information.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of processing sensing information of an activity detection sensor 103-n in a sensor information processing module. Referring to FIG. 3, the sensor information processing module 291 may include a short range communication unit 230. In order to receive the sensing information of the activity sensor (103-n) through the wait (S301). At this time, the sensor information processing module 291 drives a timer.

When the sensor information processing module 291 receives sensing information from the activity detection sensor 103-n, the sensor information processing module 291 counts and stores the number of motion detection times (i = i + 1, i = 0) in the storage unit 270 (S303). Next, it is checked through the timer whether a predetermined time has elapsed (S307). The predetermined time is 2 hours.

If the specified time has not elapsed, the sensor information processing module 291 repeats the above-described operation to count the number of times of motion detection, and if the specified time has elapsed, that is, two hours have elapsed, the storage unit 270. The number of motion detections stored in the transmission is transmitted to the management center 150 of the remote location through the telecommunication unit 210 (S309). Then, the sensor information processing module 291 resets the number of motion detection stored in the storage unit 270 (S311). Again, the above process is repeated. Therefore, the manager in the management center 150 may determine an abnormal symptom based on the number of motion detections of the elderly living alone.

In addition, the sensor information processing module 291, if the motion detection sensing information is not received from the activity sensor 103-n for a predetermined time, the alarm information related to the management center 150 through the remote communication unit 210, send.

4 is a flowchart illustrating another example of a method of processing motion sensing sensing information of an elderly living alone in a sensor information processing module. As shown in FIG. 4, first, the sensor information processing module 291 initializes and operates a timer. And (S401), and waits to receive the motion detection sensing information of the elderly living alone through the short-range communication unit 230 (S403).

When the sensor information processing module 291 receives the motion sensing sensing information of the elderly living alone from the activity detection sensor 103-n, the sensor information processing module 291 initializes the timer and waits to receive the motion sensing sensing information again. On the other hand, the sensor information processing module 291 checks whether a predetermined time has elapsed based on the timer when the motion sensing sensing information of the elderly living alone is not received from the activity detection sensor 103-n (S405 and S407). The predetermined time is 4 hours.

When a predetermined time has elapsed, that is, when motion sensing sensing information of the elderly living alone is not received during the predetermined time, the sensor information processing module 291 transmits an alarm message through the remote communication unit 210 to the management center 150. To transmit (S409). Therefore, the managers in the management center 150 can immediately recognize the abnormal signs of the elderly living alone, it is possible to respond quickly.

The sensor information processing module 291 requests an emergency call to the emergency communication processing module 293 when the sensing information received through the local area communication unit 230 is fire detection information, gas detection information, and fire detection information.

When the emergency communication processing module 293 receives the fire / gas detection sensing information through the sensor information processing module 291, an alarm message is sent to the fire fighting center 130 and the management center 150 through the remote communication unit 210. And send an automatic call to the firefighting center 130, the emergency personnel of the firefighting center 130 to try to talk to the elderly living alone.

The voice received from the fire center 130 or the management center 150 is amplified through the handset 250 is output through the external speaker. In addition, the voice of the elderly living alone is input through the handset 250 and is transmitted to the fire center 130 or the management center 150 through the telecommunication unit 210.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary embodiment of a processing method when fire / gas detection sensing information is received in an emergency communication processing module. Referring to FIG. 5, first, a sensor for detecting fire or gas is detected in the sensor information processing module 291. Information is received (S501). As the emergency communication processing module 293 receives the fire or gas detection sensing information from the sensor information processing module 291, an emergency communication processing module 293 sends an alarm message to the firefighting center 130 and the management center 150 through the remote communication unit 210. To transmit (S503).

Then, the emergency communication processing module 293, attempts to automatically connect to the fire center 130 through the telecommunications unit 210 (S505), at the same time turns on the U-119 call button (S507). The call button lights up to inform the elderly living alone that an automatic call connection is being attempted.

When the automatic call is connected, the gateway 109 amplifies the voice of the paramedics received from the fire center 130 and outputs it to the elderly living alone through the speaker, and also receives the voice of the elderly living alone through the microphone and fire fighting center 130. (S509). As such, during the process of maintaining the call connection, the emergency communication processing module 293 checks whether the call is terminated by the fire center 130 or the elderly living alone, and confirms that the cancel button is pressed while the call is maintained. (S511, S515). Ending the call by the elderly living alone is done by pressing the cancel button.

When the call is terminated by the fire center 130 or the elderly living alone, the emergency communication processing module 293 turns off the call button (S513), and when the cancel button is pressed during a call, an alarm release message is output to the fire center 130 and The control center 150 transmits (S517). The cancel button is pressed in the event of a sensor malfunction or when an emergency has ended.

As described above, when a fire or gas leak occurs in the residence 100 of the elderly living alone, the gateway 109 automatically makes a call connection to the fire center 130, and the emergency personnel of the fire center 130 are gateways. The speaker of 109 notifies the emergency situation and also receives the voice of the elderly living alone through the microphone of the gateway 109 so as to inform the current situation and the emergency behavior tips and the like.

In addition, the emergency communication processing module 293, as the elderly living alone pressing the emergency call button (u-119, u-care) through the remote communication unit 210 to the fire center 130 or the management center 150. Attempt to connect the call. The voice of the elderly living alone is input through the handset 250 and is transmitted to the fire fighting center 130 or the management center 150 through the telecommunication unit 210, and received from the fire fighting center 130 or the management center 150. The voice is amplified and output so that the elderly living alone can be easily heard through the handset 250.

Referring back to FIG. 2, the outgoing processing module 295 receives event occurrence information of the outgoing button device 107 installed in the residence of the elderly living alone, through the short range communication unit 230, and based on the occurrence of the remote communication unit ( Outgoing information or outgoing release information is transmitted to the management center 150 through 210.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of the outgoing processing module. Referring to FIG. 6, the outgoing processing module 295 receives event information of the outgoing button device 107 through the short range communication unit 230. In order to receive the signal (S601). When the outgoing processing module 295 receives event information according to the operation of the outgoing button device 107 while waiting for reception, the outgoing processing module 295 checks whether the received event information is event information according to outing or event information according to returning (S603, S605).

If the elderly living alone and the event information is received by pressing the button to go out 107, the outgoing processing module 295 transmits the outgoing information to the management center 150 through the remote communication unit 210 ( S609). Then, the outgoing processing module 295 checks reception of motion sensing sensing information of the elderly living alone and checks whether the elderly living alone is detected after being set to go out (S611 and S613).

When the motion is detected, the outing process module 295 drives a timer to check whether the activity amount of the elderly living alone is detected continuously for a predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes) (S611, S613, and S615). When the activity amount of the elderly living alone is detected for a while, the elderly living alone are determined to return to the residence and transmits the release information to the management center 150 through the telecommunications unit 210 (S607).

On the other hand, when the event information received in step S603 is the event information according to the return, that is, when the elderly living alone returns to their residence after pressing the outgoing button device 107, the outgoing processing module 295 returns outgoing release information. The remote communication unit 210 transmits to the management center 150 (S607).

Through the above process, the managers in the management center 150 can check in real time the situation in which the elderly living alone and returning to their homes can more accurately determine the emergency situation occurring in the home, and Can manage the daily life of the elderly more precisely.

Referring again to FIG. 2, the attendance management module 297 manages the attendance of the living manager, and when the living manager visits the living place of the elderly living alone and transmits the tag information through short-range communication from his terminal 190, The received tag information is transmitted to the management center 150 through the telecommunication unit 210 as visit confirmation information.

In addition, the attendance management module 297 receives the status information of the elderly living alone using the menu button from the life manager and transmits the status information of the elderly living alone to the management center 150 through the telecommunications unit 210. In detail, when the menu button is pressed, the attendance management module 297 switches to the state input mode for inputting the status information of the elderly living alone, and inputs the check item and the value of each check item from the life manager in the form of a clock. And transmits the received check item and the value of the check item to the management center 150 through the telecommunication unit 210.

For example, "01" in "01:02" is a check item about the behavior of the elderly living alone, and "02" is an evaluation value for the behavior item. The evaluation value may be set as 01 to 07, and enters "07" if the elderly living alone is very good and "01" if it is very bad. In short, attendance management module (297) receives the status information of the elderly living alone in the form of a clock display such as "XX: YY" from the life manager, 'XX' checks the meal, behavior, health status, taking medication, etc. Item, and 'YY' is an evaluation value of each check item. The increase and decrease of the number of the check item and the evaluation value of each check item may be made through a button such as a horse button or a cancel button.

Preferably, the attendance management module 297 transmits the check item and the evaluation value to the management center 150 together with the tag information of the life manager. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the attendance management module. As shown in FIG. 7, the attendance management module 297 is tagged information from the terminal 190 of the living manager through the short range communication unit 230. Wait to receive (S701).

When the tag information is received from the terminal 190 of the living manager, the attendance management module 297 lights up the confirmation LED three times (S703 and S705) and transmits the normal reception confirmation information to the terminal 190 of the living manager. (S707).

In addition, the attendance management module 297 transmits the received tag information to the management center 150 through the remote communication unit 210 to notify the visit (S709). Here, the tag information includes an identification code of a living manager, and visit time information when notifying the management center 150 of the visit.

Accordingly, the management center 150 can determine in real time whether the life manager is properly visiting the residence of the elderly living alone, it is possible to prevent the poor management of the life manager.

Referring again to FIG. 2, the malt processing module 298 receives a message including the telephone number to be assigned to the malt button from the management center 150 through the telecommunications unit 210, and the telephone included in the received message. Assign a number to the Marvel button and save it. Preferably, the message includes a parameter indicating that the message is for phone number assignment.

In addition, when the malt button is pressed by the elderly living alone, the malt processing module 298 transmits a call through the remote communication unit 210 using the telephone number assigned to the corresponding malt button as a called number, and the call connection is made. When the caller outputs the voice of the other party to the external speaker through the handset 250, and receives the voice of the elderly living alone through the microphone to transmit to the other party.

Referring back to FIG. 2, the environment setting module 299 sets a reporting cycle of various sensors 101, 103, and 105 installed in the residence of the elderly living alone, and also reports an event to the management center 150 and goes out. In the mode, a time for determining whether the elderly living alone, a time for determining abnormal signs of the elderly living alone, and the like are set.

In detail, when the environment setting module 299 receives an environment setting message transmitted from the management center 150 through the telecommunication unit 210, the environment setting module 299 sets a reporting cycle, a determination time, and the like based on the received environment setting message. do. In order to change the reporting period of the sensors (101, 103, 105) installed in the residence of the elderly living alone, the environment setting module 299 through the short-range communication unit 230, the sensor 101, 103, 105 in response to the report cycle change message To send). Sensors 101, 103, and 105 change their reporting period upon receiving the reporting period change message.

According to the present invention as described above, by taking the information of the sensors installed in the residence of the elderly living alone to report the remote control center or firefighting center using a remote communication technology to manage the status of the elderly living alone, Accordingly, the labor cost of hiring a living manager can be reduced according to the number of elderly people living alone, and the status of the elderly living alone can be managed in real time to prevent emergency accidents. In addition, the present invention, by automatically checking the visit records of the life managers and report them to a remote management center, to prevent the mismanagement of the life managers and ensure the life managers access to the elderly living alone.

The method of the present invention as described above may be embodied as a program and stored in a computer-readable recording medium (such as a CD-ROM, a RAM, a ROM, a floppy disk, a hard disk, or a magneto-optical disk).

While the specification contains many features, such features should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention or the scope of the claims. In addition, the features described in the individual embodiments herein may be combined and implemented in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features described herein in a single embodiment may be implemented in various embodiments individually or in a suitable subcombination.

It is to be understood that, although the operations have been described in a particular order in the figures, it should be understood that such operations are performed in a particular order as shown, or that a series of sequential orders, or all described operations, . In some circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. It should also be understood that the division of various system components in the above embodiments does not require such distinction in all embodiments. The above-described program components and systems can generally be implemented as a single software product or as a package in multiple software products.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. The present invention is not limited to the drawings.

109: gateway 291: sensor information processing module
293: emergency communication processing module 295: outgoing processing module
297: attendance management module 298: horseman processing module
299: configuration module

Claims (10)

delete A gateway that serves as a communication medium between at least one of a fire sensor, an activity sensor, and a gas sensor installed in a home of an elderly living alone and a remote fire center and management center,
A short range communication unit performing short range communication with at least one of the fire detection sensor, the activity detection sensor, and the gas detection sensor;
A remote communication unit configured to perform remote communication with the fire fighting center and the management center through a wireless communication network;
A handset unit for amplifying the voice received through the remote communication unit and outputting the voice through a speaker, and receiving the voice of the elderly living alone through a microphone and outputting the voice to the remote communication unit; And
A sensor information processing module for transmitting sensing information received through the short range communication unit to the management center through the remote communication unit, and automatically receiving a fire detection sensing information or gas detection sensing information through the remote communication unit to the fire fighting center. It includes; a control unit having an emergency communication processing module for connecting;
In the home of the elderly living alone is installed out button device for performing short-range communication with the short-range communication unit,
The control unit,
And an outgoing processing module configured to transmit outgoing information or outgoing release information to the management center through the remote communication unit based on the event information received from the outgoing button device. The method of claim 2,
The outing process module,
And transmitting outgoing release information to the management center through the remote communication unit if motion sensing sensing information is continuously received through the sensor information processing module after the outgoing information is transmitted to the management center for a predetermined time. A gateway that serves as a communication medium between at least one of a fire sensor, an activity sensor, and a gas sensor installed in a home of an elderly living alone and a remote fire center and management center,
A short range communication unit performing short range communication with at least one of the fire detection sensor, the activity detection sensor, and the gas detection sensor;
A remote communication unit configured to perform remote communication with the fire fighting center and the management center through a wireless communication network;
A handset unit for amplifying the voice received through the remote communication unit and outputting the voice through a speaker, and receiving the voice of the elderly living alone through a microphone and outputting the voice to the remote communication unit; And
A sensor information processing module for transmitting sensing information received through the short range communication unit to the management center through the remote communication unit, and automatically receiving a fire detection sensing information or gas detection sensing information through the remote communication unit to the fire fighting center. It includes; a control unit having an emergency communication processing module for connecting;
The control unit,
And a attendance management module configured to transmit tag information to the management center through the telecommunication unit as visit confirmation information of the living manager when the tag information is received from the living manager terminal through the local area communication unit. A gateway that serves as a communication medium between at least one of a fire sensor, an activity sensor, and a gas sensor installed in a home of an elderly living alone and a remote fire center and management center,
A short range communication unit performing short range communication with at least one of the fire detection sensor, the activity detection sensor, and the gas detection sensor;
A remote communication unit configured to perform remote communication with the fire fighting center and the management center through a wireless communication network;
A handset unit for amplifying the voice received through the remote communication unit and outputting the voice through a speaker, and receiving the voice of the elderly living alone through a microphone and outputting the voice to the remote communication unit; And
A sensor information processing module for transmitting sensing information received through the short range communication unit to the management center through the remote communication unit, and automatically receiving a fire detection sensing information or gas detection sensing information through the remote communication unit to the fire fighting center. It includes; a control unit having an emergency communication processing module for connecting;
The control unit,
And receiving an environment setting message from the management center through the remote communication unit, and transmitting a change message for changing a reporting period of sensing information to the sensors based on the local area communication unit. Gateway. A gateway that serves as a communication medium between at least one of a fire sensor, an activity sensor, and a gas sensor installed in a home of an elderly living alone and a remote fire center and management center,
A short range communication unit performing short range communication with at least one of the fire detection sensor, the activity detection sensor, and the gas detection sensor;
A remote communication unit configured to perform remote communication with the fire fighting center and the management center through a wireless communication network;
A handset unit for amplifying the voice received through the remote communication unit and outputting the voice through a speaker, and receiving the voice of the elderly living alone through a microphone and outputting the voice to the remote communication unit; And
A sensor information processing module for transmitting sensing information received through the short range communication unit to the management center through the remote communication unit, and automatically receiving a fire detection sensing information or gas detection sensing information through the remote communication unit to the fire fighting center. It includes; a control unit having an emergency communication processing module for connecting;
The sensor information processing module,
And if the motion detection sensing information is not received from the activity sensor through the short range communication unit for a predetermined time, transmits an alarm message to the management center through the remote communication unit. A gateway that serves as a communication medium between at least one of a fire sensor, an activity sensor, and a gas sensor installed in a home of an elderly living alone and a remote fire center and management center,
A short range communication unit performing short range communication with at least one of the fire detection sensor, the activity detection sensor, and the gas detection sensor;
A remote communication unit configured to perform remote communication with the fire fighting center and the management center through a wireless communication network;
A handset unit for amplifying the voice received through the remote communication unit and outputting the voice through a speaker, and receiving the voice of the elderly living alone through a microphone and outputting the voice to the remote communication unit; And
A sensor information processing module for transmitting sensing information received through the short range communication unit to the management center through the remote communication unit, and automatically receiving a fire detection sensing information or gas detection sensing information through the remote communication unit to the fire fighting center. It includes; a control unit having an emergency communication processing module for connecting;
The sensor information processing module,
When the fire detection sensor, the activity detection sensor and the gas detection sensor is connected to any one of the sensors, the number corresponding to the connected sensor is displayed on the display device, and when the connection is disconnected, the corresponding number is not displayed on the display device. Gateway. A gateway that serves as a communication medium between at least one of a fire sensor, an activity sensor, and a gas sensor installed in a home of an elderly living alone and a remote fire center and management center,
A short range communication unit performing short range communication with at least one of the fire detection sensor, the activity detection sensor, and the gas detection sensor;
A remote communication unit configured to perform remote communication with the fire fighting center and the management center through a wireless communication network;
A handset unit for amplifying the voice received through the remote communication unit and outputting the voice through a speaker, and receiving the voice of the elderly living alone through a microphone and outputting the voice to the remote communication unit; And
A sensor information processing module for transmitting sensing information received through the short range communication unit to the management center through the remote communication unit, and automatically receiving a fire detection sensing information or gas detection sensing information through the remote communication unit to the fire fighting center. It includes; a control unit having an emergency communication processing module for connecting;
The control unit,
Input the status information of the elderly living alone through the display device in the form of "XX: YY" (X and Y are natural numbers from 0 to 9, 'XX' represents an inspection item, and 'YY' represents an evaluation value of each inspection item). And a attendance management module that receives the received status information and transmits the received state information to the management center through the remote communication unit. A gateway that serves as a communication medium between at least one of a fire sensor, an activity sensor, and a gas sensor installed in a home of an elderly living alone and a remote fire center and management center,
A short range communication unit performing short range communication with at least one of the fire detection sensor, the activity detection sensor, and the gas detection sensor;
A remote communication unit configured to perform remote communication with the fire fighting center and the management center through a wireless communication network;
A handset unit for amplifying the voice received through the remote communication unit and outputting the voice through a speaker, and receiving the voice of the elderly living alone through a microphone and outputting the voice to the remote communication unit; And
A sensor information processing module for transmitting sensing information received through the short range communication unit to the management center through the remote communication unit, and automatically receiving a fire detection sensing information or gas detection sensing information through the remote communication unit to the fire fighting center. It includes; a control unit having an emergency communication processing module for connecting;
The control unit,
And a malt processing module configured to perform a call connection through the telecommunication unit by using the telephone number assigned to the malt button as a called number when the malt button is pressed. The method of claim 9,
The malt processing module,
And upon receiving a message including the telephone number from the management center, assigning the telephone number included in the received message to the bot button.

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