KR101648076B1

KR101648076B1 - Senior citizen safety monitoring system and method using beacon signal

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Publication number: KR101648076B1
Application number: KR1020160014779A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김용국; 이중화
Original assignee: 주식회사 지비콘
Priority date: 2016-02-05
Filing date: 2016-02-05
Publication date: 2016-08-12
Also published as: WO2017135548A1

Abstract

A system and method for a single-person alone safety monitoring system using a beacon signal is disclosed. A relief band configured to be worn on the user's wrist to measure the pulse of the user and transmit the measured pulse in real time using a beacon signal; A smart phone that receives a beacon signal in real time from the secure band and extracts the pulse of the user by parsing the received beacon signal and transmits the extracted pulse and corresponding user information in real time; The user's heart rate and corresponding user information are stored in real time, and the pulse rate and the corresponding user information are automatically analyzed to determine whether the user is critical or not, An elderly person's safety monitoring server for generating an emergency signal including the pulse and corresponding user information and transmitting the generated emergency signal to the emergency center or the police terminal in real time; As a result of the real-time determination of the living-alone elderly safety monitoring server, the monitoring terminal configured to display the pulse and corresponding user information in real time when the user is critical.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a safety monitoring system and method for an elderly living alone using a beacon signal,

The present invention relates to a security monitoring system for a single elderly person, and more particularly, to a security monitoring system and method for a single elderly person using a beacon signal.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2015-0116206 discloses a method of measuring the vital signs of the elderly living alone and informing an emergency situation.

Wearable type biometric measuring device is attached to the user and the heartbeat, blood pressure, and body temperature are measured and transmitted to the user's own smartphone or emergency center.

Here, the user's smartphone and the wearable type biometric device are connected to the Bluetooth communication, and the smartphone and the biometric device of the surrounding people are also configured to perform Bluetooth pairing.

However, even if there is no problem in informing the emergency situation to the emergency center using the user's smartphone, it takes a considerable time to locate the user in the emergency center and move the user to the user, .

Meanwhile, a wearable type biometric measuring device can be connected not only to a user's own smartphone but also to a smartphone of the surrounding people. Even if the Bluetooth module is turned off or turned on in a neighboring smartphone, if the Bluetooth pairing is not performed properly, Do not.

In other words, it is not easy to notify the emergency situation to the smartphone of the surrounding people if it is not the user's own smartphone.

Such a wearable type biometric measuring device functions as a posterior means due to loneliness of the elderly living alone or other deaths.

Also, if the elderly living alone do not have a smartphone, it is virtually impossible to provide immediate first aid or assistance to the elderly living alone.

On the other hand, if there is no person in the vicinity, it is necessary to ask the management office of the remote place for help. Currently there is no system to manage the emergency situation of the elderly living alone for 7 days a week and 24 hours a day. In order to cope with an emergency situation in the elderly living alone on weekends or during weekday nights, it is necessary to monitor the elderly person at the administrative office below the city or county district.

10-2015-0116206

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a safety monitoring system for the elderly living alone using a beacon signal.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a safety monitoring method for elderly people living alone using a beacon signal.

The above-described security monitoring system for the elderly using the beacon signal according to the present invention is configured to be worn on the wrist of a user to measure the pulse of the user and to measure the pulsus in real time using a beacon signal Relief band; A smart phone that receives a beacon signal in real time from the secure band and extracts the pulse of the user by parsing the received beacon signal and transmits the extracted pulse and corresponding user information in real time; The user's heart rate and corresponding user information are stored in real time, and the pulse rate and the corresponding user information are automatically analyzed to determine whether the user is critical or not, An elderly person safety monitoring server for generating an emergency signal including the pulse and corresponding user information and transmitting the generated emergency signal to the administrative office, the emergency center or the police terminal in real time; And a monitoring terminal provided in the administrative office and displaying the pulse and corresponding user information in real time when the user is critical as a result of a real-time judgment of the alone elderly safety monitoring server.

Here, the secure band may be configured to measure the body temperature of the user, generate a signal indicating whether the user wears the safety band, and transmit the signal to the smart phone in real time.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a safety monitoring method for a sole-old elderly person using a beacon signal, wherein a relief band worn on a user's wrist measures a pulse of the user and measures a beacon signal, Transmitting, in real time, to the smart phone of the user using the mobile terminal; Extracting a pulse of the user by parsing a received beacon signal and receiving the beacon signal in real time from the safe band of the smartphone, transmitting the extracted pulse and the corresponding user information to the single elderly safety monitoring server in real time; Receiving the pulse and corresponding user information from the smartphone in real time and storing the pulse and the corresponding user information in real time; The first elderly safety monitoring server automatically analyzing the stored pulse and corresponding user information to determine whether the user is critical or not; When the user is critical as a result of the real-time determination, generating the emergency signal including the pulse and the corresponding user information, and transmitting the generated emergency signal to the monitoring terminal, the emergency center or the police terminal of the administrative office in real time; And displaying the pulse and the corresponding user information in real time when the monitoring terminal is determined that the user is critical as a result of the real-time determination.

Here, the relief band worn on the user's wrist measures the pulse of the user and transmits the measured pulse to the smart phone of the user using a beacon signal in real time The secure band may measure the body temperature of the user to additionally generate a signal indicating whether the user wears the safety band and transmit the signal to the smart phone in real time.

According to the security monitoring system and method for the elderly living alone using the beacon signal described above, it is configured to measure the pulse of the elderly living alone by using the safe band and to request the rescue, thereby enabling quick emergency treatment and structure.

In addition to the smartphone of the elderly living alone, the relieved band itself also outputs beep or LED light, outputs a specific structural request message, and can also prompt the surrounding people to help promptly and accurately by executing a flicker function on the display of the monitoring terminal There is an effect.

And a text message including a map image including a current location of the elderly sole person and a current location of each of the nearby people as a smartphone of the neighboring people connected to the base station of the mobile communication company, It has the effect of helping the elderly.

There is a great advantage in getting immediate first aid and help from people around you before getting help from a remote emergency center.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a security monitoring system for elder people living alone using a beacon signal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for monitoring a living alone elderly person using a beacon signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail to the concrete inventive concept. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing.

The terms first, second, A, B, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component. And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a security monitoring system for elder people living alone using a beacon signal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, a single-person alone monitoring system 100 using a beacon signal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a security band 110, a smartphone 120, a single-person alone monitoring server 130, (140). &Lt; / RTI >

The living alone security monitoring system 100 using the beacon signal measures the pulse or body temperature of the elderly living alone by using the relieving band 110 and transmits it to the smartphone 120 or the emergency center 10 .

In the emergency situation where the pulse of the elderly living alone is almost stopped, the living alone security monitoring system 100 using the beacon signal can output a beep sound or LED light or output a structural request message in the security band 110 And may be configured to transmit an emergency message or a location and map of the elderly living alone to the surrounding smartphone 30 using the mobile communication network of the mobile communication company.

Hereinafter, the detailed configuration will be described.

The secure band 110 is configured to be worn on the user's wrist. The safety band 110 may be configured to include a body temperature sensor, a pulse measurement sensor, a short range communication module, a global positioning system (GPS) module, a speaker, a light emitting diode (LED) module,

Here, the body temperature measuring sensor measures the body temperature of the user, and when the temperature of the user is not within a predetermined range, the controller determines that the body temperature is not worn by the user.

If it is determined that the temperature sensor is not used, the beep sound may be outputted from the speaker or emitted through the LED module according to the control of the control module. Since the user always wears the safety band 110, the elderly living alone can wear them without forgetting.

The control module may generate a signal indicating whether the user wears the safety band according to the body temperature of the user, and transmit the signal to the smartphone 120 through the local communication module in real time.

The pulse measurement sensor may be configured to measure a user's pulse. The measured pulse may be configured to be transmitted to the smartphone 120 in real time by putting the pulse information on the local signal of the local communication module by the control module. Here, the short range communication module may be configured to transmit a beacon signal according to Bluetooth or other short range method.

The GPS module is configured to measure the GPS coordinates of the secure band 110 and the control module may be configured to transmit the GPS coordinates to the smartphone 120 via the local communication module with pulse information.

On the other hand, the control module may be configured to determine whether the user's pulse is above the upper limit reference value or the pulse is below the lower limit reference value to determine whether the user's physical condition is abnormal. Here, the upper limit reference value of the pulse can be set to 130, and the lower limit reference value of the pulse can be set to 50. The pulse upper limit reference value and the lower limit reference value can be variably set.

At this time, the control module may be configured to output a beep sound from the speaker or to control the light emission through the LED module if it is determined that it is urgent according to the pulse state. The person in charge of the management office of the management office through the nearby people or the smartphone 120 is informed about the physical condition of the living aged person at present and requests for help.

At this time, it is difficult to announce the current physical condition of the elderly person living alone by beep sound or LED light emission, so that the speaker can not be used for "the pulse is too fast, the help" or "the pulse is too slow. Quot ;, " no pulse, no pulse ", "help.

People around them can listen to these messages and quickly recognize the physical condition of the elderly living alone and help them. There is a risk that it may take a long time or not to connect if a user requests a help from a remote emergency center or attempts to pair Bluetooth with a smartphone of a nearby person. However, the present invention immediately informs the user of his / Can receive.

In this case, even if the smartphone 120 is not provided to the elderly living alone, the security band 110 alone can perform necessary functions. When the security band 110 is not associated with the smartphone 120, the security band 110 is configured to connect to the network in association with a separate access point (AP) .

On the other hand, the smartphone 120 is a smartphone carried by the elderly living alone, and may be configured to perform close-range communication with the secure band 110 and receive beacon signals including pulse information and GPS coordinates of the elderly living alone in real time have. The smartphone 120 may be configured to back up the pulse information and the GPS coordinates by parsing the beacon signal.

The smartphone 120 may be configured to transmit pulse information, GPS coordinates, and corresponding user information in real time to the single elderly people safety monitoring server 130.

If it is determined that the pulse information exceeds the upper limit reference value or the pulse rate does not fall below the lower limit reference value, the smartphone 120 outputs an alarm sound and the aforementioned pulse is too fast. Help "or" Pulse is too slow. Help me "or" I do not have a pulse. Quot ;, "Help me ", and the like.

The living-alone elderly health monitoring server 130 can be configured to receive the pulse and the corresponding user information from the smartphone 120 in real time, backup and store the pulse and the corresponding user information in real time.

The living-alone elderly health monitoring server 130 may be configured to automatically analyze the pulse and the corresponding user information to determine in real time whether the user is ill or not.

As a result of the determination, if the user is critical, the alone elderly safety monitoring server 130 may generate an emergency signal including the pulse and the corresponding user information and transmit the emergency signal to the emergency center 10 or the police terminal 20 in real time. Here, the emergency signal may further include GPS coordinates, and the GPS coordinates may be further configured to further transmit the map image on which the GPS coordinates are displayed.

This map image and the GPS coordinates displayed on the map will allow the elderly person to be located more quickly and accurately.

On the other hand, the elderly living alone may be in an emergency in a house or other enclosed space alone. In fact, the number of solitary deaths is increasing. As mentioned above, even if the LED light is outputted, it may not be recognized in the periphery.

In this case, it is necessary to ask for help near the house or outside the confined space.

The dwelling elderly safety monitoring server 140 may be configured to communicate this emergency message to the surrounding smartphone 30 in conjunction with the carrier server 40. [

The mobile communication company server 40 can measure the location of the smartphone 120 of the elderly living alone in various ways such as a base station using method or a hybrid method instead of the GPS.

The dwelling elderly safety monitoring server 140 delivers the mobile communication company subscriber information of the smartphone 120 to the mobile communication company server 40 and the mobile communication company server 40 stores the current position information of the smart phone 120 accordingly And return to the elderly safety monitoring server 140. At this time, not only the location information of the current smartphone 120 but also the location information of mobile communication subscribers in the vicinity of the location of the smartphone 120 may be transmitted to the alone elderly safety monitoring server 140.

The alone elderly safety monitoring server 140 displays the current location information of the smartphone 120 on the map image and displays the respective location information of the nearby mobile communication subscribers on the map image, 30 in real time. At this time, it is possible to directly display and transmit the upper map image in a text message including a physical condition or an emergency situation of the elderly living alone.

Since the surrounding people are always connected to the mobile communication network even if they do not perform Bluetooth communication, there is no fear that they will not receive such a text message, and they can be transmitted in an urgent message and be received in the peripheral smartphone 30 together with a beep sound.

Nearby people can find out their current location and the current location of the elderly living alone on the map, and can go directly to help.

On the other hand, if the user is critical as a result of the real-time determination of the living-alone elderly safety monitoring server 140, the monitoring terminal 140 may be configured to display the pulse and corresponding user information in real time. Monitoring personnel can take necessary action through the displayed information.

Here, the monitoring terminal 140 may be a public servant PC of the administrative office or a public servant PC. During the weekday work hours, you can be a public official PC. It can be a duty officer PC of a duty room during weekday nighttime hours or weekends. Therefore, the officer in charge can monitor and cope with emergency situation of elderly living alone 24 hours a day.

The monitoring terminal 140 may be configured to indicate that the user's pulse is as low as 50 or less when the pulse rate is lower than 50 and to perform a flicker function on the display. The flickering makes it easy for the officer in charge to recognize it.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for monitoring a living alone elderly person using a beacon signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a relief band 110 worn on a user's wrist measures a user's pulse and measures the measured pulse using a beacon signal to a user's smart phone 120 in real time (S101).

In this case, the safety band 110 may be configured to measure a user's body temperature, to additionally generate a signal indicating whether the user wears the safety band 110, and transmit the signal to the smartphone 120 in real time.

Next, the smartphone 120 receives the beacon signal in real time from the secure band 110 and parses the received beacon signal to extract the pulse of the user, extracts the extracted pulse and the corresponding user information from the secure elder guard monitoring server (Step S102).

Next, the living-alone elderly health monitoring server 130 receives the pulse and corresponding user information from the smartphone 120 in real time, and stores the pulse and the corresponding user information in real time (S103).

Next, the living-alone elderly health monitoring server 130 automatically analyzes the stored pulse and the corresponding user information to determine whether the user is critical or not (S104).

Next, if the user is critical as a result of the real-time determination, the elderly person's safety monitoring server 130 generates an emergency signal including the pulse and the corresponding user information and transmits the emergency signal to the monitoring terminal 140, 20 in real time (S105).

Next, if the user is critical as a result of the real-time determination, the monitoring terminal 140 displays the pulse and the corresponding user information in real-time (S106).

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 as defined in the following claims. There will be.

110: Rest assured band
120: Smartphone
130: Alone elderly safety monitoring server
140: Monitoring terminal

Claims

A global positioning system (GPS) module for measuring a position of the user, a measurement unit for measuring a position of the user, a measurement unit for measuring a temperature of the user, A local communication module for transmitting a measured pulse and body temperature in real time using a beacon signal, a speaker for outputting a beep, and a light emitting diode (LED) module for emitting light A relief band including;
A smart phone that receives a beacon signal in real time from the secure band and extracts the pulse of the user by parsing the received beacon signal and transmits the extracted pulse and corresponding user information in real time;
The user's heart rate and corresponding user information are stored in real time, and the pulse rate and the corresponding user information are automatically analyzed to determine whether the user is critical or not, An elderly person safety monitoring server for generating an emergency signal including the pulse and corresponding user information and transmitting the generated emergency signal to the administrative office, the emergency center or the police terminal in real time;
And a monitoring terminal provided in the administrative office and real-time displaying the pulse and corresponding user information when the user is critical as a result of a real-time judgment of the alone elderly safety monitoring server,
In the relief band,
If it is determined that the measured body temperature is not within a predetermined range, the controller determines that the user does not wear the body temperature, and outputs a beep sound through the speaker or controls the LED module to emit light And a control module for controlling to output a voice message requesting assistance in the vicinity when the pulse measured by the pulse measurement sensor is not less than a variable upper limit value or a variable lower limit lower limit value or a pulse is absent And,
The single elderly safety monitoring server comprises:
The location information of the smartphone is displayed on a map image, the location information of each of the mobile communication subscribers of the smartphone is displayed on the map image, and the displayed map image is displayed on a character Message to the neighboring smartphone of the corresponding mobile communication subscribers, and transmits the beacon signal to the surrounding smartphone in real time.

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A pulse measurement sensor of a relief band worn on the user's wrist measures the pulse of the user, a body temperature sensor of the secure band measures the body temperature of the user, and a global positioning system (GPS) The module measures the position of the user and transmits the measured pulse and body temperature and the measured position to the smart phone of the user using the beacon signal in the local communication module of the secure band, Transmitting;
The smartphone receives the beacon signal in real time from the secure band and parses the received beacon signal to extract the user's pulse and body temperature and position and extracts the extracted pulse and body temperature and position and the corresponding user information in a single- Transmitting to the monitoring server in real time;
The alone elderly safety monitoring server receives pulse, body temperature, position, and corresponding user information from the smartphone in real time, stores pulse and body temperature, position and corresponding user information in real time;
Determining whether the user is critical or not by automatically analyzing the stored pulse and body temperature and corresponding user information by the alone elderly safety monitoring server;
If the user is critical as a result of the real-time determination, the alone elderly safety monitoring server generates an emergency signal including the pulse, body temperature, position and corresponding user information, and transmits the emergency signal to the monitoring terminal, emergency service center or police terminal ;
Displaying the pulse, the body temperature, the position, and the corresponding user information in real time when the user terminal is determined as the real time determination;
The alone elderly safety monitoring server displays location information of the smartphone on a map image, displays location information of each of the nearby mobile communication subscribers of the smartphone on the map image, displays the displayed map image on the user's physical condition And transmitting the text message to the surrounding smartphone of the mobile communication subscribers in real time,
A pulse measurement sensor of a relief band worn on the user's wrist measures the pulse of the user, a body temperature sensor of the secure band measures the body temperature of the user, and a global positioning system (GPS) The module measures the position of the user and transmits the measured pulse and body temperature and the measured position to the smart phone of the user using the beacon signal in the local communication module of the secure band, The transmitting step includes:
The control module of the safety band determines whether the measured body temperature is within a predetermined range, and if the measured body temperature is not within the predetermined range, it is determined that the user is not wearing the beep sound, Or controls the LED module to emit light, and controls to output a voice message requesting assistance in the vicinity when the pulse measured by the pulse measurement sensor is equal to or higher than the upper limit reference value capable of variably setting, or lower than the lower limit reference value, Wherein the beacon signal is transmitted to the elderly person.

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