KR101409299B1 - System and method using gateway with self call function for remote monitoring elder who lives alone - Google Patents

Abstract

The remote monitoring system for the elderly living alone using the gateway having the self-call function according to the present invention judges whether or not the elderly living alone receives the self-bell through the "self bell" function of ringing the self- And a "gate way" for transmitting the information about the abnormality to the service management server when the service management server tries to perform the self call function of the present invention, There is a technical feature in solving management difficulties such as server device cost and traffic increase.
Thus, the present invention is capable of performing a "self call" at a specific time when it is highly necessary to confirm whether or not the elderly person is a sole abnormality without direct involvement of the service management server, There is a technical effect that can perform the social safety net function of elderly person living alone by more economical, prompt and accurate monitoring and coping.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote monitoring system for a single elderly person using a gateway having a self-calling function,

The present invention relates to a remote monitoring system for a single elderly person using a gateway having a self-calling function, and more particularly, to a remote monitoring system and method using a gateway (hereinafter referred to as a " gateway " (Self-call) function to check whether the elderly person receives a telephone call when the telephone rings, so that the elderly living alone can stay in the indoor state or outdoors without the direct involvement of the service management server ) State or in a personal abnormal state by using a gateway having a self-call function for more accurately checking whether a person is in a state of abnormality or in a state of abnormality.

Due to the recent nuclear family and aging society, elderly people living alone who are living alone are gradually increasing.

However, due to the problem that the elderly living alone can not receive help, there is no way to know even if an emergency occurs or a person is abnormal. Therefore, the government and the welfare agencies should establish a social safety net for the elderly welfare and vulnerable classes .

Therefore, the government and welfare agencies have been providing services such as regularly visiting the elderly carers service volunteer or volunteer, or checking the phone alerts.

However, caregiver service personnel and volunteers can not stay in the residential areas where the elderly live alone for 24 hours and can not provide continuous help. In the case of the safety management service through the confirmation of telephone answering, there are also time and space limitations. In addition, it is difficult to monitor the status of person or personality abnormally because it is difficult to constantly monitor the person's abnormality, and even when the elderly person is found as a dead person after being left for a long time after death, This is a problem.

In order to solve these problems, a system such as an elderly emergency care carer system for the elderly living alone is being proposed to monitor the situation of the elderly living alone or the elderly living alone.

However, in order to precisely detect the activity state of the elderly living alone, it is necessary to monitor the activity area of the elderly living alone so that the sensor can be dispersed in as many places as possible.

As many detectors are installed, it is difficult to install the quantity of installed equipment as the cost of installing the activity detector is increased. Therefore, the number of the activity detectors is set to one or two, , There is a problem that the elderly living alone can not accurately determine whether the elderly living alone or their elderly persons are abnormal due to the inability to sufficiently detect the area of the room where the elderly living alone live.

In addition, a system has been proposed in which an outgoing button for notifying that a remote monitoring is unnecessary by pressing a button at the time of going out is installed so as to more clearly judge whether or not the user is leaning. However, There is a problem that the outgoing state can not be accurately grasped by only one outgoing sensor.

In addition, when going out, it is necessary to use the outward button to inform the user of going out, but in reality, the elderly living alone often forgets to go out and presses the button, so that the elderly living alone in the house, There was a problem that can not be grasped.

In addition, although various detectors for monitoring the elderly living alone are connected to the gate way body mainly by radio, due to the characteristics of wireless communication, when the radio signal of the detector is cut off due to the influence of the surroundings, There is a problem that the accuracy of the anomaly detection algorithm which determines that the elderly living alone has no activity for a certain period of time is determined to be an anomaly.

That is, the conventional remote monitoring technology for the elderly alone has a limit in the activity detection area due to the limited number of detectors, and a situation in which detection is not performed properly due to the characteristics of the detector using wireless communication, It is difficult to precisely determine whether or not the elderly person is active or not.

In addition, when a function such as the "self call" of the present invention is realized using the conventional remote monitoring system for the elderly, a remote monitoring management server is provided for each gate way, which is an in- In this case, when the number of elderly people living alone is increased, there is a problem in that the cost of the telephone is increased in proportion to the increase in the number of the elderly living alone. In addition, There is an operational problem such that the load of the management server and the communication traffic increase.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for managing a home- A "self call" function that allows the phone to ring itself on the gate way, and a ringing of the telephone by the execution of the self call By letting the gateway know whether or not the elderly living alone receives the call, it is possible to more accurately determine whether the elderly living alone is in an indoor state, an outdoor state, or an abnormal state without the direct involvement of the service management server The present invention provides a remote monitoring system and method for the elderly living alone.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote monitoring system for a single elderly person using a gateway having a self-calling function. The remote monitoring system includes a self-remote monitoring system for checking whether a current mode is a standby state or an outgoing state, A self-bell sound is heard to hear the self-bell sound and a call is received. When the elderly person living alone receives a telephone call, A gate way for transmitting or changing the state of the current mode; And a service management server for confirming whether an elderly person living alone is actually in an emergency situation when the personally abnormal condition estimation information is received from the gate way, (2 or more natural numbers) when the elderly living alone receives a telephone call by judging whether or not the elderly living alone receives a telephone call by listening to the self bell sound, If the elderly living alone is not receiving a call by listening to a self bell sound performed up to N times (a natural number of 2 or more) When the current mode is determined to be in the outgoing state, the elderly living alone transmits the information about the elderly living alone to the service management server, When the elderly living alone receives a telephone call after listening to a self bell sound, the elderly living alone judges that the elderly person is in the home state, and determines that the current mode is in the outgoing state And changes to a redundant state.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote monitoring method for a single elderly person using a gateway having a self call function, the remote monitoring method comprising the steps of: (a) determining whether a current mode of a gateway way is a re- ; (b) causing a self-bell of a self-call generating unit constituting the gate way to ring according to a preset time schedule; And (c) determining whether the elderly living alone receives the telephone by listening to the self-bell sound, and transmits the digital-analog abnormality estimation information to the service management server according to whether or not the elderly living alone receives the telephone, The method of claim 1, further comprising changing a state of a current mode of a gate way, wherein the step (c) comprises: if the current mode of the gate way is confirmed as a residential state, A first step of determining whether to receive a telephone by listening to the self bell sound; A second step of determining whether the elderly living alone receives a telephone call by listening to a self bell sound performed up to a predetermined number N (2 or more natural numbers) of the elderly living alone in the first step; In the second step, when the living elderly person hears a self bell sound performed up to N times (a natural number of 2 or more) and does not receive a telephone call, the living elderly person is assumed to have a personal abnormal state, A third step of transmitting the ideal estimation information; And determining whether a living alone receives a phone call by listening to a self bell sound when a current mode of the gate way is confirmed as a outgoing state, And a fourth step of changing the current mode of the gate way from the outgoing state to the reoccurring state upon receiving the telephone upon receiving the sound and determining that the alone elderly person is in a redundant state.

The present invention adds a " self call " function to the gate way installed in the house of the elderly living alone so that the telephone ring rings at the appointed time, and when the telephone rings, , It is possible to check whether the elderly living alone is in an indoor state, an outdoor state, or an abnormal state without the direct involvement of the service management server, There is a technical effect.

In particular, the present invention allows the elderly living alone to ascertain whether or not the elderly person is abnormally physically present in the morning or at the morning time, There is a technical effect that can be quickly and accurately judged and monitored.

In addition, although the present invention may experience inconvenience or discomfort because the user repeatedly reacts when the remote monitoring system for the elderly is carried out repeatedly every day, the elderly living alone are mainly elderly and lonely Even if it is a mechanical confirmation phone, it is recognized that the system that confirms the daily abnormality is working well, so that the elderly living alone are worried about their health, It can be expected not only to have trust but also to have psychological stability.

FIG. 1A shows a remote monitoring system for the elderly living alone according to the present invention.
1B shows a gate way configuration according to the present invention.
FIG. 2A shows an overall procedure for implementing the remote monitoring method for the elderly living alone according to the present invention.
FIG. 2B is a flowchart illustrating a remote monitoring method for the elderly living alone when it is determined that the single elderly person is in a room-occupied state according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2C is a flowchart illustrating a remote monitoring method for the elderly living alone when it is determined that the living alone is in the outgoing state according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 1A shows a remote monitoring system for the elderly living alone according to the present invention, and FIG. 1B shows a configuration of a gateway according to the present invention.

The remote monitoring system 100 includes a gateway way 110, a communication network 115, a service management server 120, and a living alone elderly care related organization 130 .

A gate way 110 is a gate way in the form of a telephone set installed in a house where the elderly living alone resides and transmits the elderly person's abnormality estimation information and emergency situation information to the service management server 120 do.

Here, if the elderly person alone does not respond to the " self call " of the gate way (gate way), the gateway 110 determines that the elderly person living alone has suffered a personal abnormality, And transmits the signal to the server 120.

When the elderly person living alone is judged to be in an emergency situation, the user presses an emergency button of the emergency processing unit 113 installed on the gateway 110 to receive a signal transmitted to the service management server 120 .

Hereinafter, the configuration and functions of a gate way 110, which characterizes the present invention, will be described with reference to FIG.

The gate way 110 includes a communication unit 111, a self-call generating unit 112, a emergency processing unit 113, a storage unit 114, and a control unit 115, The elderly living alone has a function of checking whether or not a person abnormality has occurred.

The communication unit 111 includes a transmitting unit 111a and a receiving unit 111b.

The transmitting unit 111a is a communication module for transmitting the information about the abnormality of the elderly living person and the emergency situation information to the service management server 120. The receiving unit 111b receives various information To the communication module.

The self call generator 112 provides a so-called " self call " function in which the telephone bell rings by itself according to a preset time schedule.

Here, it is preferable that the time schedule for making the "self call" be individually set in consideration of the morning waking time, the activity habit, the health condition, etc. of the elderly living alone, I set it to ring about 3 times (morning call, lunch time, before going to bed).

The emergency processing unit 113 can promptly inform the service management server 120 of an emergency situation of the elderly living alone and can be installed as needed. The user including the elderly living alone can simply press the emergency button, Signal to be transmitted to the service management server 120.

The storage unit 114 includes a flash memory, and stores the health information for the elderly received from the service management server 120.

The control unit 115 controls the overall operation of the communication unit 111, the self-call generating unit 112, the emergency processing unit 113, and the storage unit 114.

The communication network 115 may use both a wired communication method and a wireless communication method in order to connect a communication path between the gateway 110 and the service management server 120.

For example, the communication network 115 may use a public switched telephone network (PSTN), an Internet network, or the like as a wired communication method, and may use a wireless communication scheme such as Time Division Multiplex Access (TDMA), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), or the like.

The service management server 120 receives the information on the elderly person's abnormality or the emergency situation of the elderly person living alone by communicating with the gateway 110. If the elderly person living alone When the estimated information is received, the manager checks the elderly person's abnormality through the phone call or the direct visit again as needed, and if the elderly person is found to be in an emergency situation, (emergency) situation.

The living alone elderly care related organization 130 is a receiving institution for receiving news from the service management server 120 when an elderly living alone has an emergency situation such as an emergency institution 131, a social welfare institution 132, (133) and a protector (134).

FIG. 2A shows an overall procedure for implementing the remote monitoring method for the elderly living alone according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 2A, an overall procedure for implementing the remote monitoring method for the elderly living alone according to the present invention will be described.

First, there is a first step (S110) of confirming whether the current mode of the gateway 110 is in a standby state or in an outgoing state.

In this case, the gateway 110 receives the occupancy status information or the out-of-living status information of the single-aged person living alone through a sensor (not shown) Is set to the mode of FIG.

In a next step, the self-call generating unit 112 has a second step (S120) of causing a self bell to ring according to a preset time schedule.

In the next step, a third step (S130) is performed to determine whether the elderly person hears a self bell sound and receives a telephone call.

In the next step, a fourth step (S140) of transmitting the information about the abnormality abnormality to the service management server 120 or changing the current mode of the gateway 110 according to the determination of whether or not the elderly person living alone receives the telephone .

Hereinafter, each operation performed in the fourth step S140 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2B and 2C.

FIG. 2B is a flowchart illustrating a remote monitoring method for the elderly living alone when it is determined that the single elderly person is in a room-occupied state according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

First, there is a first step S210 of confirming whether the current mode of the gateway 110 is in a re-occupied state.

In the next step, the self-call generating unit 112 has a second step (S220) of causing a self bell to ring according to a preset time schedule.

In this case, the time schedule is normally set three times in the morning, lunch, and evening, and it is natural that the time schedule can be set in consideration of the activity pattern and health condition of the elderly living alone.

For example, if the first time the self bell rings is set at 6 am, when the time is exactly 6 am, the phone ring will start ringing, continue for 1 to 2 minutes, If you do not answer the call, you can set the time or number of times the bell rings individually according to the user's lifestyle or activity pattern, such as letting the self-bell ring twice or three times again.

In a next step, a third step (S230) is performed to determine whether the elderly living alone hears a self bell sound and receives a telephone call.

In this case, when the elderly living alone receives a telephone call in response to a self bell (eg), it is determined that there is no abnormality in the health of the elderly living alone and the subsequent execution sequence is terminated.

On the other hand, if the elderly living alone does not respond to the self bell (i.e., does not receive the call) (No), N (2) And a fourth step (S231) of causing the self-bell of the self-call generating unit 112 to ring for a predetermined number of times (i.e., a natural number).

For example, it is preferable to set the self-bell to ring N = 3 times at intervals of 10 minutes on the assumption that the elderly living alone can not receive the telephone immediately due to the sleeping state or the toilet. It is natural that it is possible to set the self bell to ring at N = 4 times, 5 times at intervals of 20 minutes and 30 minutes.

In a next step, there is a fifth step (S235) of determining whether the elderly person hears the self bell sound until the N (two or more natural number) times set and receives the telephone call.

In this case, when the elderly living alone receives a telephone call at N (2 or more natural number) times or N (2 or more natural number) times (eg), it is determined that there is no abnormality in the health of the elderly living alone.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the elderly living alone does not receive a telephone call until N (2 or more natural number) times (No), the elderly person living alone is assumed to have experienced a personal abnormal situation and the service management server 120 transmits (Step S240).

In the next step, there is a seventh step (S250) in which the service management server 120 actually checks whether there is an abnormality in the elderly person living alone.

In this case, the manager can take the measures such as calling the elderly people who live alone or visiting the elderly person living alone, the service manager, the elderly carers person in charge of the local welfare center, or the related institution.

In the next step, if it is determined that an elderly person living alone has experienced an emergency, the eighth elderly care related authority 130 is informed of the emergency situation (S260).

FIG. 2C is a flowchart illustrating a remote monitoring method for the elderly living alone when it is determined that the living alone is in the outgoing state according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

First, there is a first step S310 of confirming whether the current mode of the gateway 110 is in the outgoing state.

In a next step, the self-call generating unit 112 has a second step S320 of causing a self bell to ring according to a preset time schedule.

Here, the time schedule setting has already been described with reference to FIG. 2B, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the next step, there is a third step (S330) of determining whether the elderly person hears a self bell sound and receives a telephone call.

In this case, when the elderly person living alone does not receive the telephone (No), it is determined that the elderly person living alone is in the outgoing state and the subsequent execution procedure is terminated.

On the other hand, a fourth step S340 of changing the current mode of the gateway 110 from the outgoing state to the reoccurring state by recognizing that the alone elderly person is in a redundant state, .

Meanwhile, in the case where the elderly person living alone does not react directly to the self bell but receives a plurality of times after the self bell has been sounded (Yes), the fourth step (S340) is similarly applied, S340), the current mode of the gateway 110 is in a redundant state, and therefore, the procedure is performed in the order described above with reference to FIG. 2B.

Thus, the present invention adds a " self call " function to the gateway 110 to determine, by itself, whether or not a single elderly person receives a call when the telephone rings, The elderly living alone can be surely checked whether they are in an indoor state, an outdoor state, or an abnormal state.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. 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 of the invention.

110: gate way
111: communication unit 111a: transmitting unit 111b:
115: Network
112: self call generator
113: emergency treatment section
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120: service management server
130: Institutions for the protection of the elderly living alone
131: Emergency agency 132: Social welfare center
133: Government office 134: Protector

Claims (8)

The user checks whether the current mode is a standby state or an outgoing state and makes a self bell ring according to a preset time schedule so that the living alone hears the self bell sound and receives a telephone call A gate way for transmitting the personal abnormality abnormality estimation information to the service management server according to the judgment of whether the elderly person living alone receives the telephone or changing the state of the current mode; And
And a service management server for confirming whether an elderly person living alone has actually experienced an emergency situation when the personally abnormal condition estimation information is transmitted from the gate way,
The gate way may comprise:
When the current mode is confirmed as a reoccurring state, it is judged whether the elderly living alone receives a telephone call by listening to the self bell sound, and if the elderly living alone does not receive the telephone call, The number of natural bells) to determine whether to receive a telephone call, and the elderly person alone receives a telephone call by listening to a self bell sound performed up to N times (a natural number of 2 or more) , It is assumed that the elderly living alone has a personal abnormal state and transmits the personal state abnormality estimation information to the service management server,
When the current mode is confirmed as the outgoing state, the elderly living alone judges whether the elderly person hears a self bell sound and receives a telephone call. When the elderly person hears a self bell sound and receives a telephone call, And the current mode is changed from the outgoing state to the reoccurring state by judging that the elderly person is in a redundant state, and that the alone elderly remote monitoring system using the gateway having the self call function. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the gate way comprises:
A communication unit for communicating with the service management server;
A self call generating unit for causing the telephone to ring itself according to a preset time schedule; And
And a controller for controlling the communication unit and the self-call generating unit. The remote monitoring system for the elderly living alone using the gateway having the self-calling function. (a) confirming whether the current mode of the gate way is a standby state or an outgoing state;
(b) causing a self-bell of a self-call generating unit constituting the gate way to ring according to a preset time schedule; And
(c) determining whether the elderly living alone receives the telephone by listening to the self bell sound, and transmits the personal abnormality abnormality estimation information to the service management server according to whether or not the elderly living alone receives the telephone, and changing the state of the current mode of the gate way,
The step (c)
A first step of determining whether the old elderly person hears the self bell sound and receives a telephone call when the current mode of the gate way is confirmed as a reoccurring state;
A second step of determining whether the elderly living alone receives a telephone call by listening to a self bell sound performed up to a predetermined number N (2 or more natural numbers) of the elderly living alone in the first step;
In the second step, when the living elderly person hears a self bell sound performed up to N times (a natural number of 2 or more) and does not receive a telephone call, the living elderly person is assumed to have a personal abnormal state, A third step of transmitting the ideal estimation information; And
When the current mode of the gate way is confirmed as being in the outgoing state, the elderly living alone judges whether the elderly person hears a self bell sound and receives a telephone call, And changing the current mode of the gate way from the outgoing state to the reoccurring state upon determining that the alone elderly person is in a redundant state upon receiving the telephone call upon receiving the telephone call, A remote monitoring method for elderly people living alone using a gateway function. delete delete 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising, after the third step,
Wherein the step of checking whether there is an abnormality in the elderly living alone in the service management server is performed in the service management server.
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