KR101489896B1 - Apparatus for Emergency Calling and Method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are an emergency call apparatus and an emergency call method. The emergency call apparatus comprises: a database which stores emergent situation information and a rescue organization mapped to the emergent situation information, which are gathered based on data including contact information of rescue organizations including police stations and hospitals based on locations, bio-signals, and peripheral image analysis; a bio-information recognition unit which senses bio-information including a pulse and a body temperature of a user wearing the emergency call apparatus; a capture unit which captures surroundings of the user wearing the emergency call apparatus; a control unit which determines whether an emergent situation occurs through at least one of a result comparing the bio-information sensed by the bio-information recognition unit with pre-stored bio-information and image information of the user surroundings acquired from the capture unit, generates an emergency occurrence message according to the determination result, and transmits the emergency occurrence message to the rescue organizations mapped to the emergent situation; an alarm generating unit which generates an alarm notifying the emergent situation according to a signal acquired from the control unit; and a communications unit which communications with the rescue organizations located at the nearest position to the user and a mobile device included in the preset emergency communication network based on the signal acquired from the control unit. Therefore, it is possible to rescue the user wearing the emergency call apparatus when the emergent situation occurs to the user and solve the emergent situation by requesting a real-time help.

Description

[0001] Apparatus for Emergency Calling and Method [0002]

The present invention relates to an emergency calling apparatus and method thereof, and more particularly, to an emergency calling apparatus and method for identifying a dangerous situation through biometric information.

Conventionally, a mobile phone or a terminal dedicated to reporting an emergency situation has been added with a function of designating a shortcut key as a technique related to an emergency management of an individual. The conventional emergency response technology allows a user to be connected to a predetermined person or to quickly report to a police station when an emergency occurs by pressing a certain button or the like.

However, the conventional emergency response techniques can only be operated in a situation where the individual is conscious, so that it is difficult to solve the emergency situation when the sudden accident does not have consciousness or if it is impossible to press the button even if there is consciousness.

Recently, a method for determining an emergency situation using biometric information, such as an emergency pager for detecting and calling an emergency situation of a user wearing a device by a sensor, has started to be developed. However, the method of judging the emergency situation is difficult to perform substantially in a crime situation because the call for help can be stopped by the will of the person who gives the risk.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the technical background as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a system and a method for automatically requesting a real-time help through an emergency call device when a dangerous situation occurs to an elderly person, an elderly person living alone, So that the risk can be quickly resolved by receiving help from the outside.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an emergency call apparatus comprising: a police station; a contact information network for each rescue organization including a hospital; A database for storing rescue organization information mapped to the information, a biometric information recognizing part for sensing biometric information including a pulse of a user wearing the emergency call device, a body temperature, and a photographing device for photographing the surroundings of the user wearing the emergency call device A biometric information recognizing unit for comparing the biometric information sensed by the biometric information storage unit with previously stored biometric information, and the image information about the user acquired from the photographing unit, Generating a generated message and transmitting the generated message to a rescue organization mapped to a dangerous situation; It based on a signal obtained from the warning sound generating unit and a control unit that generates a warning sound indicating a risk situation, according to a call and a communication unit for communicating with a mobile device included in a structure-based engine and the emergency contacts are set in close proximity to the user.

In a preferred embodiment, the controller compares the sensed biometric information with the biometric information stored in the database, determines that a dangerous situation has occurred when the comparison result is out of a preset value, At least one of which is compared with the information stored in the database, and the type of the risk situation is determined through the comparison result.

In a preferred embodiment, the biometric information includes pulse, electrocardiogram, blood pressure, respiratory rate per hour and body temperature.

The emergency call system according to another aspect of the present invention identifies a dangerous situation through the image data of the user's biometric information and the user's surrounding situation and transmits the dangerous occurrence message to a rescue organization near the user mapped to the determined dangerous situation An emergency paging device for transmitting an emergency call message to the mobile terminal, and a rescue station server for receiving the risk occurrence message and determining the location of the user and correcting the risk situation, and at least one mobile terminal for communicating with the emergency paging device.

In a preferred embodiment, the risk occurrence message includes at least one of a Short Message Service (SMS), a Multimedia Message Service (MMS), a Long Message Service (UMS) United Message Service (UMS) and a Push Notification.

In a preferred embodiment, the mobile terminal is configured to transmit the biometric information or risk from any emergency call device to any one of the short-range communications selected from a communication method including WI-FI, UWB, BAN, ANT, ZigBee, infrared communication, And receives the occurrence message.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an emergency call method including: a contact information system for each location of a rescue organization including a police station and a hospital; a dangerous situation information database, which is based on analysis of a biological signal and a surrounding image; Storing the institution information, sensing biometric information including a pulse of a user wearing the emergency call device, body temperature, photographing the surrounding environment of the user wearing the emergency call device, storing the sensed biometric information Determining whether or not a dangerous situation has occurred through at least one of comparing the result of the comparison with the biometric information, the comparison result, and the image information of the user around the user acquired from the photographing unit, and generating a danger signal according to the determination result, And transmitting the risk occurrence message to the rescue organization.

In a preferred embodiment, the step of determining whether a dangerous situation occurs may generate a warning sound indicating a dangerous situation according to the type of the determined dangerous situation.

In a preferred embodiment, the comparing step compares the sensed biometric information with the biometric information stored in the database. When the comparison result is out of the predetermined value, it is determined that a dangerous situation has occurred, Comparing the at least one of the image information with the previously stored information, and determining the type of the dangerous situation through the comparison result.

According to the present invention, if the user is conscious of an emergency situation, the user presses the push switch to make an emergency call and informs a preset person in real time of a dangerous situation, thereby enabling quick response for urgent situation resolution.

In addition, if the user is unconscious in an emergency, the rescue request is automatically made based on the biometric information of the user, so that the emergency can be quickly resolved.

In addition, since the emergency call device always lives on the fingers, the user can periodically recognize the situation, so that the guardians of the elderly living alone, the child, etc. can easily check the user's situation.

Also, when an emergency occurs, the user's smartphone or mobile phone executes a siren alarm function, thereby providing a self-defense effect.

1 is a diagram showing an example of an emergency call system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of an emergency calling apparatus configured in the form of a finger ring according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of an emergency call apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an emergency call method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram showing an exemplary configuration of a computer apparatus in which an emergency calling method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be executed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. And is intended to enable a person skilled in the art to readily understand the scope of the invention, and the invention is defined by the claims. It is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. In the present specification, the singular form includes plural forms unless otherwise specified in the specification. It is noted that " comprises, " or "comprising," as used herein, means the presence or absence of one or more other components, steps, operations, and / Do not exclude the addition.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, when a dangerous situation occurs to the elderly, the elderly living alone, the handicapped person, the worker of the dangerous workplace, the woman, the child, etc., the emergency call device is automatically requested through the emergency call device, Allows quick resolution of risk situations.

1 is a diagram showing an example of an emergency call system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an emergency calling system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an emergency calling apparatus 100, a residential institution server 300, and a mobile terminal 200.

The emergency calling apparatus 100 identifies a dangerous situation through the image data of the user's biometric information and the user's surrounding situation and transmits a dangerous occurrence message to the residential institution server 300 near the user mapped to the determined dangerous situation send.

When the rescue organization server 300 receives the risk occurrence message, the rescue organization server 300 grasps the location of the user and takes measures to eliminate the risk situation.

In addition, in another embodiment, the emergency calling apparatus 100 stores an emergency communication network or the like, and when it is determined that a dangerous situation has occurred, transmits a dangerous occurrence message to the mobile terminal 200 included in the emergency communication network, . At this time, the risk occurrence message is at least one of a message format including a Short Message Service (SMS), a Multimedia Message Service (MMS), a Long Message Service (LMS) United Message Service (UMS), and a push notification.

 The mobile terminal 200 can receive from the emergency call device any one selected from the communication methods including WI-FI, Ultra-wideband (UWB), Body Area Network (BAN), ANT, ZigBee, Infrared communication, The biometric information or the risk occurrence message can be received by the short-range communication of the biometric information or the risk occurrence message.

The server 200 and the mobile terminal 300 may be a tablet PC, a laptop, a personal computer (PC), a smart phone, a personal digital assistant : Personal Digital Assistant) and a mobile communication terminal. That is, the server 300 and the mobile terminal 200 include a memory for storing a specific application for connecting to the emergency call apparatus 100 via a wired / wireless communication network, a microprocessor for executing and controlling the program, and the like To the terminal. That is, although the mobile terminal 200 is a personal PC in general, any terminal can be used as long as server-client communication with the emergency call apparatus 100 is possible, and any terminal such as a notebook computer, a mobile communication terminal, . Meanwhile, the mobile terminal 200 is preferably formed in a form having a touch screen, but is not limited thereto.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of an emergency calling apparatus configured in the form of a finger ring according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, an emergency calling apparatus 100 having a ring structure detachable to a user's finger includes an emergency call push switch 110, a battery 151 and biometric lines 131 and 133.

The emergency calling apparatus 100 for making an emergency call has a ring structure capable of being detached from a user's finger and is capable of performing emergency emergency situations (for example, falling down, child abduction, sexual violence, violence, etc.) The user pushes the push switch 110 of the ring-type emergency call device sandwiched by the finger for a predetermined time, and sends out the emergency signal to the mobile terminal 200 of the emergency call device 100. [ In the mobile terminal 200 receiving the emergency signal, the emergency status is automatically transmitted to the preset guardian or the emergency contact 119 as a preset risk occurrence message, and the call is sequentially called by voice.

If the emergency situation occurs and the patient is unconscious, the biometric lines 131 and 133 of the positive and negative electrodes provided in the ring-type emergency call device 100 inserted in the fingertip automatically change the user's biometric changes (for example, pulse, Etc.). The emergency calling apparatus 100 transmits the emergency signal to the mobile terminal 200 via Bluetooth when the detected user's biometric change is out of the set reference value. In the mobile terminal 200, ) Automatically transmits the emergency status in a predetermined message format.

In the embodiment, the external structure of the emergency calling apparatus 100 is a ring structure of a ring structure, which is used to fit the user's fingers and is designed to allow for the removal of the user from time to time. In an embodiment, the emergency calling apparatus 100 has an emergency call switch. When the emergency call device 100 is used with one hand, the emergency call switch is pushed by the user's thumb when the finger is worn on the index finger of the user.

In addition, when the emergency calling apparatus 100 is used with both hands, the emergency calling switch can be pressed with the thumb of the opposite hand while wearing the index finger.

In the embodiment, the emergency calling apparatus 100 can be freely adjusted to fit the size of the user's finger by inserting the + and - terminals for recognizing the finger body by separating the lower side of the ring-shaped ring structure on both sides Do.

Also. A solar panel 151 is attached to the upper part of the ring shape so that it can be charged from time to time by solar heat.

In addition, since the user is always wearing the battery other than the battery charging time by the external power supply, the emergency calling apparatus 100 can be designed in a waterproof structure.

3 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of an emergency call apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the emergency calling apparatus includes a database 160, an input unit 120, a biometric information recognizing unit 130, a photographing unit 140, a CPU (Core Process Unit) 170, a battery unit 150 A communication unit 180, and a warning sound generating unit 190.

The input unit 120 transmits the signal input through the push switch to the control unit 170 when the push switch is pressed for a predetermined time or more when the user consciously attempts an emergency call.

The database 160 includes information on the network by location of a rescue organization including a police station, a hospital, a fire station, 119 and the like, database-based risk situation information based on bio-signal and surrounding image analysis, and rescue agency information mapped to the risk situation information . For example, a related database is stored so that the body temperature is sensed as high as a predetermined value higher than the average temperature, and the illumination of the surrounding environment is higher than the predetermined value in the image of the surrounding environment. When the database 160 is recognized as a fire situation, the rescue organization mapped to the fire situation stores data analyzed by various research institutes and research institutes that can become fire stations.

The biometric information recognition unit 130 senses biometric information including a pulse and a body temperature of a user wearing the emergency call device. Biometric information to be sensed includes pulse, electrocardiogram, blood pressure, respiration rate per hour and body temperature. In the embodiment, the biometric information recognizing unit 130 is connected to the biometric lines 131 and 133 of the positive and negative electrodes to sense the biometric information.

The biometric information sensed by the biometric information recognition unit 130 is transmitted to the control unit 170. The biometric unit 130 is set to detect the biometric information of the user at all times and can be automatically switched to the unused state when the battery is being charged by the external power supply.

The photographing unit 140 is constituted by a camera or the like and photographs the surrounding environment of the user wearing the emergency calling apparatus. The image information photographed by the photographing unit 140 is transmitted to the controller 170.

The battery unit 150 can be wired or wirelessly charged by an external power supply. In an embodiment, the battery unit 150 is configured to be automatically charged through the solar panel 151 internally. In addition, when the battery remaining amount measurement function is used, if the battery remaining amount is less than a preset reference value, a battery low signal is transmitted to the controller 170 to perform a notification function to inform the remaining battery capacity.

The control unit 170 determines whether or not a dangerous situation occurs through at least one of the result of comparing the biometric information sensed by the biometric information recognition unit 130 with the previously stored biometric information and the image information of the user's vicinity acquired from the photographing unit 140 . Thereafter, the control unit 170 generates a risk occurrence message according to the determination result, and transmits the generated risk occurrence message to the risk management organization mapped to the risk situation.

In the embodiment, the controller 170 compares the sensed biometric information with the biometric information stored in the database 160, and determines that a dangerous situation occurs when the comparison result is out of a predetermined value. The control unit 170 compares at least one of the out-of-range numerical value information and the surrounding image information with the information stored in the database 160, and determines the type of the dangerous situation based on the comparison result. For example, when the user's biometric information is compared with the electrocardiogram of a healthy human being stored with an electrocardiogram, if it is detected that there is no movement for a predetermined time or more as a result of analysis of acquired image data, And transmits the risk occurrence message to the emergency alert network set by the user and the user. The risk message includes the user's location information, expected risk information, and information about the occurrence time of the risk situation.

The control unit 170 processes signals of the input unit 120, the biometric information recognition unit 130, and the battery unit 150. Self-diagnosis is performed through the processed signal, and normal operation of the emergency call apparatus 100 is confirmed and notified on a regular basis.

The control unit 170 has a user information storage function and converts a signal for storing user information into a code promised to the various mobile terminals 200 and transmits the converted signal to the communication unit 180.

The warning sound generating unit 190 transmits a signal for generating a warning sound to the user's mobile terminal to the communication unit 180 when an emergency occurs to the user. Also, the warning sound generating unit 190 generates a warning sound informing the dangerous situation according to the signal acquired from the control unit 170. [

The communication unit 180 communicates with a rescue organization located near the user based on the signal obtained from the control unit 170 and a mobile device included in the predetermined emergency communication network. The communication unit 180 supports automatic pairing and is for Bluetooth wireless data communication with an external user smartphone or mobile terminal. The communication unit 180 performs automatic pairing with the mobile terminal.

The communication unit 180 measures the signal sensitivity with the mobile terminal and performs a distance deviation notification function to notify that the distance is out of order when the signal sensitivity is lower than a predetermined reference value.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an emergency call method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S410, the process of storing the information on the network by the location of the rescue organization including the police station and the hospital, the dangerous situation information in the database based on the analysis of the biological signal and the surrounding image, and the rescue institution information mapped to the dangerous situation information are performed . The stored information includes predictable risk situation information based on the biomedical information that has been investigated at various research institutes, and contact information of the responding rescue organization capable of solving the risk situation.

In step S420, a process of sensing biometric information including pulse and body temperature of a user wearing the emergency call device is performed.

In step S430, a process of photographing a surrounding environment of the user wearing the emergency calling apparatus is performed.

In step S440, the sensed biometric information is compared with previously stored biometric information. For example, when the sensed biometric information is compared with the biometric information stored in the database, it is determined that a dangerous situation has occurred when the comparison result is out of a preset value. At this time, a process of comparing at least one of out-of-numeric value information or image information around the user with pre-stored information is performed.

In step S450, the process of determining whether a dangerous situation occurs is performed through at least one of the comparison result and the image information of the user's vicinity acquired from the photographing unit 140. [

In the embodiment, a process of generating a warning sound to notify a dangerous situation is further performed in step S450 according to the type of the determined dangerous situation.

In step S460, a risk signal is generated according to the determination result, or a risk occurrence message is transmitted to a rescue organization mapped to the dangerous situation.

Meanwhile, the data emergency calling method according to the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in a computer system or recorded on a recording medium. 5, the computer system includes at least one processor 121, a memory 123, a user input device 126, a data communication bus 126, a user output device 127, And may include a storage 128. Each of the above-described components performs data communication via the data communication bus 122. [

The computer system may further include a network interface 129 coupled to the network. The processor 121 may be a central processing unit (CPU) or a semiconductor device that processes instructions stored in the memory 123 and / or the storage 128.

The memory 123 and the storage 128 may include various forms of volatile or nonvolatile storage media. For example, the memory 123 may include a ROM 124 and a RAM 125.

Accordingly, the emergency call method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in a computer-executable manner. When the emergency call method according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed in a computer device, computer readable instructions can perform the alignment method according to the present invention.

Meanwhile, the data flow-based large-scale data stream processing method according to the embodiment of the present invention described above can be implemented as a computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording media storing data that can be decoded by a computer system. For example, there may be a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a magnetic tape, a magnetic disk, a flash memory, an optical data storage device and the like. The computer-readable recording medium may also be distributed and executed in a computer system connected to a computer network and stored and executed as a code that can be read in a distributed manner.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the illustrated embodiments, but should be determined by the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims (10)

In the emergency calling apparatus,
A database for storing information on a network based on a location of a rescue organization including a police station and a hospital, database status information based on analysis of a biological signal and a surrounding image, and residential institution information mapped to the risk status information;
A biometric information recognizing unit for sensing biometric information including pulse and body temperature of a user wearing the emergency call device;
A photographing unit photographing a surrounding environment of a user wearing the emergency call device;
Wherein the control unit determines whether or not a dangerous situation occurs through at least one of a result of comparing the biometric information sensed by the biometric information recognizing unit with previously stored biometric information and the image information of the user's vicinity acquired from the photographing unit, A controller generating a risk occurrence message and transmitting the generated risk occurrence message to a rescue organization mapped to the risk situation;
A warning sound generating unit for generating a warning sound indicating a dangerous situation according to a signal acquired from the control unit; And
A communication unit for communicating with a rescue organization located near the user based on the signal obtained from the control unit and a mobile device included in a predetermined emergency contact network; / RTI >
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
Comparing the sensed biometric information with biometric information stored in the database, determining that a dangerous situation occurs when the comparison result is out of a predetermined value, and determining at least one of the missing numerical value information or the image information of the user's surroundings Comparing the information stored in the database with the information stored in the database, and determining the type of the dangerous situation based on the comparison result.
2. The method according to claim 1,
A heart rate, an electrocardiogram, a blood pressure, respiration rate per hour, and body temperature.
An emergency call apparatus for identifying a dangerous situation through image data of a user's biometric information and a user's surrounding situation and transmitting a risk occurrence message to a rescue organization near the user mapped to the determined dangerous situation;
A rescuement institution server which receives the risk occurrence message and grasps the location of the user and corrects the risk situation; And
At least one mobile terminal in communication with the emergency call device; / RTI >
5. The method of claim 4,
A message format including a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), a long message service (LMS), a United Message Service (UMS), and a push notification.
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the biometric information or the risk occurrence message is transmitted from the emergency call apparatus to any one of short-range communications selected from a communication method including WI-FI, UWB, BAN, ANT, ZigBee, infrared communication and Bluetooth Emergency call system.
In the emergency call method,
Storing information on a contact network by a location of a rescue organization including a police station, a hospital, database-based risk situation information based on analysis of a biological signal and a surrounding image, and rescue agency information mapped to the risk situation information;
Sensing biometric information including pulse and body temperature of a user wearing the emergency call device;
Capturing an environment of a user wearing the emergency call device;
Comparing the sensed biometric information with previously stored biometric information;
Determining whether a dangerous situation occurs through at least one of the result of the comparison and the captured image of surrounding environment of the user;
Generating a danger signal according to the determination result or transmitting a risk occurrence message to a rescue organization mapped to the dangerous situation;
/ RTI >
The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step
And generating a warning sound to inform the dangerous situation according to the type of the determined dangerous situation occurrence.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of comparing
Comparing the sensed biometric information with biometric information stored in the database, determining that a dangerous situation occurs when the comparison result is out of a predetermined value, and determining at least one of the missing numerical value information or the image information of the user's surroundings Comparing the stored information with previously stored information; And
And determining the type of the dangerous situation based on the comparison result.
A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 7 to 9.

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