KR101743500B1 - Device for observing patient using ultra-wide band frequency and method for protecting patient using patient observing system including the same - Google Patents

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KR101743500B1
KR101743500B1 KR1020150159857A KR20150159857A KR101743500B1 KR 101743500 B1 KR101743500 B1 KR 101743500B1 KR 1020150159857 A KR1020150159857 A KR 1020150159857A KR 20150159857 A KR20150159857 A KR 20150159857A KR 101743500 B1 KR101743500 B1 KR 101743500B1
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Abstract

A patient sensing device capable of communicating with an emergency calling device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a UWB transmitter for transmitting a UWB pulse to a patient, a reflective UWB signal reflected from the patient and including a respiratory rate and pulse of the patient And a communication module for converting the reflected UWB signal expressed in a time domain into a biomedical signal expressed in a frequency domain, wherein the biomedical signal includes a respiration biometrics frequency signal and a pulse biofrequency signal, Wherein the analysis module determines whether the respiration biofrequency signal is within a respiration biofrequency range or a pulse biofrequency signal is within a pulse biofrequency range and generates a first determination signal according to a determination result, Generates an emergency call signal in response to the first determination signal, In a calling apparatus and transmitted wirelessly.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a method for protecting a patient by using an ultra-wideband frequency signal and a patient detecting system including the same,

The embodiment of the present invention relates to a patient sensing apparatus using an ultra-wideband frequency signal. More particularly, the present invention relates to a patient sensing apparatus that transmits an ultra-wideband frequency signal to a patient using the patient sensing apparatus, receives and analyzes reflected waves, And more particularly to a method for protecting a patient using the patient sensing apparatus and a patient sensing system including the same, which controls the operation of an emergency calling apparatus or a sanitary control apparatus.

Generally, an emergency call button is provided on the bed wall of a patient who is admitted to a hospital or a nursing home. When an urgent abnormality occurs in the patient's body, the patient or the caregiver of the patient has to press the emergency call button. If the guardian is absent or in the middle of the night, the patient can not press the emergency call button, You may miss the initial response time that you can.

In addition, when the patient falls in the toilet, the patient is hard to press the emergency call button installed at the breast height of the patient. In addition, a conventional sensor attached to a patient's body to sense the respiratory rate of the patient or the pulse rate of the patient is difficult for the patient to move or move the body while the sensor is attached to the patient's body.

1. Registration Patent Publication: Registration No. 10-0963570 (Dec. 9, 2009) 2. Registered Patent Bulletin: Registration No. 10-1532911 (Released May 5, 2015)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for transmitting a UWB pulse to a patient, receiving a reflected UWB signal reflected from the patient, analyzing the reflected UWB signal, and controlling an emergency call device and a sanitary control device And a patient detection system including the same.

A patient sensing device capable of communicating with an emergency calling device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a UWB transmitter for transmitting a UWB pulse to a patient, a reflective UWB signal reflected from the patient and including a respiratory rate and pulse of the patient And a communication module for converting the reflected UWB signal expressed in a time domain into a biomedical signal expressed in a frequency domain, wherein the biomedical signal includes a respiration biometrics frequency signal and a pulse biofrequency signal, Wherein the analysis module determines whether the respiration biofrequency signal is within a respiration biofrequency range or a pulse biofrequency signal is within a pulse biofrequency range and generates a first determination signal according to a determination result, Generates an emergency call signal in response to the first determination signal, In a calling apparatus and transmitted wirelessly.

According to an embodiment, the UWB transmitter further transmits successively UWB pulses to the patient, the UWB receiver receiving a first reflected UWB signal having a first frequency associated with each of the UWB pulses and a second reflected UWB signal having a second frequency The analyzing module receives the first reflected UWB signal and the second reflected UWB signal and determines whether the difference between the first frequency and the second frequency is within a reference value And generates a second determination signal indicating whether the patient has fallen on the bed on the basis of the determination result, and the communication module generates the emergency call signal in response to the first determination signal or the second determination signal, And transmits the emergency call signal to the emergency call device.

According to another embodiment, the analysis module may calculate the distance between the patient sensing apparatus and the patient using the difference between the transmission time of the UWB pulse and the reception time of the reflected UWB signal, And the communication module generates a sanitization control signal in response to the third determination signal and transmits the sanitization control signal to the sanitary apparatus.

A patient sensing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a UWB transmitter for continuously transmitting UWB pulses to a patient, a first reflected UWB signal having a first frequency associated with each of the UWB pulses, A UWB receiver that sequentially receives a reflected UWB signal, and a second UWB receiver that receives the first reflected UWB signal and the second reflected UWB signal, determines whether a difference between the first frequency and the second frequency is within a reference value, An analysis module for generating a second determination signal indicating whether the patient has fallen off the bed on the basis of the first determination signal and the second determination signal, Module.

According to another embodiment, the analysis module may calculate the distance between the patient sensing apparatus and the patient using the difference between the transmission time of the UWB pulse and the reception time of the second reflection UWB signal, And the communication module generates a sanitization control signal in response to the third determination signal and transmits the sanitization control signal to the sanitary apparatus.

A method of protecting a patient using a patient sensing system including a patient sensing device, an emergency calling device, and a sanitary control device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of the patient sensing device continuously transmitting UWB pulses to the patient And a second reflected UWB signal having a first frequency associated with each of the UWB pulses and a second reflected UWB signal having a second frequency reflected from the patient and including a respiratory rate and a pulse of the patient, And the UWB signals are sequentially received, the patient sensing device determines whether the difference between the first frequency and the second frequency is within a reference value, and based on the determination result, Generating a decision signal, the reflected UWB signal representing the time domain of the patient sensing device, Converting the respiratory bio-frequency signal into a bio-signal including a frequency signal and a pulse bio-frequency signal, determining whether the respiratory bio-frequency signal is within a respiratory bio-frequency range or a pulse bio-frequency signal is within a pulse bio- Generating an emergency call signal in response to the first determination signal or the second determination signal, and transmitting the emergency call signal to the emergency call device wirelessly And the emergency call device operating in response to the emergency call signal.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the distance between the patient sensing apparatus and the patient is calculated using the difference between the transmission time point of the UWB pulse and the reception time point of the second reflection UWB signal, Generating a third judgment signal by judging the patient as a person sitting in the sanitary apparatus and generating a third judgment signal in response to the third judgment signal, and transmitting the sanitization control signal to the sanitary control apparatus The sanitary control device operating in response to the sanitization control signal.

The patient sensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention does not attach the sensor to the body of the patient so that the lead wire attached with the sensor is not tangled or jammed so that the patient can freely move.

Since the patient sensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention detects the respiration rate and pulse rate of a patient using UWB pulses, it is possible to call a doctor or a nurse without pressing an emergency call button when an abnormality occurs in the patient's body have.

The patient sensing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention detects the urgent movement of the patient using the UWB pulse, so that the doctor or the nurse can be called when the patient falls on the bed, the toilet, and the floor.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to more fully understand the drawings recited in the detailed description of the present invention, a detailed description of each drawing is provided.
1 shows a patient sensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a graph showing a waveform obtained by converting a reflected UWB signal represented by a time domain into a biomedical signal represented by a frequency domain.
3 is a graph showing a difference between a first frequency of a first reflected UWB signal and a second frequency of a second reflected UWB signal due to a fall of a patient.
4 is a block diagram showing a patient sensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 shows a patient sensing system in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of protecting a patient using the patient detection system of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for protecting a patient using a patient detection system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

It is to be understood that the specific structural or functional description of embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein is for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept But may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

The embodiments according to the concept of the present invention can make various changes and can take various forms, so that the embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail herein. It should be understood, however, that it is not intended to limit the embodiments according to the concepts of the present invention to the particular forms disclosed, but includes all modifications, equivalents, or alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms may be named for the purpose of distinguishing one element from another, for example, without departing from the scope of the right according to the concept of the present invention, the first element may be referred to as a second element, The component may also be referred to as a first component.

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. Other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to" should be interpreted as well.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises ", or" having ", and the like, specify that the presence of the features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, Should not be construed to preclude the presence or addition of one or more features, integers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, 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 meaning of the context in the relevant art and, unless explicitly defined herein, are to be interpreted as ideal or overly formal Do not.

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

1 shows a patient sensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a patient sensing system 10 may include a patient sensing device 100 and an emergency calling device 200.

The patient sensing device 100 may be installed in a patient room with a patient. Although the patient sensing apparatus 100 is shown in FIG. 1 as being installed on the ceiling of the room, the location of the patient sensing apparatus 100 and the shape of the patient sensing apparatus 100 are not limited to those shown in FIG.

The patient sensing device 100 may incorporate an ultra-wide band (UWB) pulse radar or a UWB sensor therein. The patient sensing apparatus 100 may transmit the UWB pulse US1 to the patient. If the UWB pulse US1 transmitted by the patient sensing device 100 hits the patient, a reflected UWB signal US2 reflected from the patient is generated. The patient sensing apparatus 100 may receive the reflected UWB signal US2 associated with the transmitted UWB pulse US1.

The patient sensing apparatus 100 can receive and analyze the reflected UWB signal US2 reflected from the patient and control the emergency calling apparatus 200 using the signal generated according to the analysis result. The patient sensing apparatus 100 communicates with the emergency call apparatus 200 using Bluetooth, bluetooth low energy (BLE), near-field communication (NFC), zigbee, or radio frequency identification (RFID) But is not limited thereto.

Emergency calling device 200 may be installed anywhere a physician or nurse can protect the patient. In addition, the emergency calling apparatus 200 can be carried by the doctor or the nurse. For example, the emergency calling apparatus 200 may be manufactured as a handy type Bluetooth device. In response to the emergency call signal CS received from the patient sensing apparatus 200, the emergency calling apparatus 200 may output an alarm to the doctor or the nurse to inform the patient of the risk.

2 is a graph showing a waveform obtained by converting a reflected UWB signal represented by a time domain into a biomedical signal expressed in a frequency domain.

2 (a) shows a reflected UWB signal US2 expressed in a time domain. The reflected UWB signal US2 expressed in the time domain may be superimposed on at least one waveform including various information (or signals). Therefore, the patient sensing apparatus 100 can convert the reflected UWB signal US2 into a frequency domain using a Fourier transform.

2 (b) shows the reflected UWB signal US2 converted to the frequency domain. The signal expressed in the frequency domain may include the patient's respiratory bio-frequency signal RS and the pulse bio-frequency signal PS.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2B, the patient sensing apparatus 200 analyzes a signal expressed in a frequency domain (hereinafter, referred to as a "biological signal") and, based on the analysis result, Lt; / RTI > The patient sensing apparatus 200 determines whether the respiratory bio-frequency signal RS included in the bio-signal is within the respiratory bio-frequency range RR or whether the pulse bio-frequency signal PS is within the pulse bio-frequency range PR . The patient sensing apparatus 200 can generate the emergency call signal CS according to the determination result and transmit the emergency call signal CS to the emergency calling apparatus 200. [

Assuming, for example, that the respiratory body frequency range RR is set to 5 to 25 per minute and the pulse living body frequency range PR is set to 40 to 120 per minute, The emergency call signal CS is generated when the living body frequency signal RS is out of the range of 5 to 25 times per minute or when the pulse living body frequency signal PS of the patient is out of 40 to 120 times per minute, ) To the emergency call apparatus 200 wirelessly.

3 is a graph showing the difference between the first frequency of the first reflected UWB signal and the second frequency of the second reflected UWB signal due to the fall of the patient.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the patient sensing apparatus 200 may continuously transmit a plurality of UWB pulses US1 to a patient. Here, the continuity may mean transmitting each of the same UWB pulses US1 to the patient at a constant time interval.

The patient sensing apparatus 200 includes a first reflected UWB signal US2-1 having a first frequency and a second reflected UWB signal US2 having a second frequency associated with each of the UWB pulses US1 output at regular time intervals, -2) can be sequentially received.

If a fall occurs in which the patient falls on the floor, bed, chair, or toilet, the first frequency of the first reflected UWB signal US-1 reflected from the patient and the second reflected UWB signal US- 2 frequency may result in a frequency difference due to the Doffler effect from sudden patient motion. The patient sensing apparatus 200 determines whether the difference between the first frequency and the second frequency is out of the reference value REF and generates an emergency call signal CS based on the determination result, ) To the emergency call apparatus 200 wirelessly.

4 is a block diagram showing a patient sensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 to 4, the patient sensing apparatus 200 may include a UWB transmitter 110, a UWB receiver 120, an analysis module 130, and a communication module 140. Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, the UWB transmitter 110 may transmit each UWB pulse US1 to the patient with a time difference.

The UWB receiver 120 includes a first UWB signal US2-1 having a first frequency associated with any one of the UWB pulses US1 and a second UWB signal US1-1 having a second frequency associated with the other of the UWB pulses US1, 2 reflective UWB signals US2-2 in sequence.

The analysis module 130 may receive the first reflected UWB signal US2-1 and the second reflected UWB signal US2-2. If a fall occurs in which the patient falls on the floor, bed, chair, or toilet, the first frequency of the first reflected UWB signal US2-1 reflected from the patient and the second frequency of the second reflected UWB signal US2-1 A difference in the second frequency of the reflected UWB signals US2-2 may occur.

As described with reference to FIG. 3, the analysis module 130 determines whether the difference between the first frequency and the second frequency deviates from the reference value REF, and, based on the determination result, The second determination signal DS2 may be generated and transmitted to the communication module 140. [

As described with reference to FIG. 2, the analysis module 130 applies Fourier transform to each of the first and second reflected UWB signals US2-1 and US2-2 to generate a signal expressed in a time domain It can be converted into a signal expressed in the frequency domain. The signal expressed in the frequency domain may include the patient's respiratory bio-frequency signal RS and the pulse bio-frequency signal PS.

The analysis module 130 may determine if the respiratory biofrequency signal RS is within the respiratory biological frequency range RR or if the pulse biofrequency signal PS is within the pulsatile biological frequency range PR. The analysis module 130 may generate a first determination signal DS1 indicating a patient's body abnormality and transmit the first determination signal DS1 to the communication module 140 according to the determination result.

The communication module 140 may be connected to the emergency calling apparatus 200 and the emergency calling apparatus 200 using wired, bluetooth, bluetooth low energy (BLE), near-field communication (NFC), zigbee, or radio frequency identification Communication can be performed.

The communication module 140 generates the emergency call signal CS in response to the first determination signal DS1 and / or the second determination signal DS2 and outputs the emergency call signal CS to the emergency call device 200 ). ≪ / RTI >

Figure 5 shows a patient sensing system in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, the patient sensing system 10 may include a patient sensing device 100, an emergency calling device 200, and a sanitary control device 300.

The patient sensing apparatus 100 may be installed in a patient room or toilet. 5, the position of the patient sensing apparatus 100 and the shape of the patient sensing apparatus 100 are limited to those shown in FIG. 1, It does not. The patient sensing apparatus 100 receives and analyzes the reflected UWB signal US2 reflected from the patient and controls the operation of the emergency calling apparatus 200 and / or the operation of the sanitary control apparatus 300 according to the analysis result have.

The sanitary control device 300 may be installed in a patient room or a toilet. The sanitary control device 300 operates the sanitary switch 310 installed in the sanitary control device 300 in response to the sanitary control signal SCS output from the patient sensing device 100 to lower water in the toilet, The switch 310 can be operated to control the spraying of the fragrance.

1 to 5, the analysis module 130 of the patient sensing apparatus 100 may use the difference between the transmission time of the UWB pulse US1 and the reception time of the UWB reflection signal US2, The distance between the apparatus 100 and the patient can be calculated and the patient can be judged to be a person sitting in the sanitary apparatus S according to the calculation result. The patient sensing apparatus 100 can detect the UWB reflection signal US2 (i.e., the distance between the patient sensing apparatus 100 and the patient is shorter than the distance between the patient sensing apparatus 100 and the patient, ) Can be received later.

For example, the analysis module 130 may determine that the patient is in the sanitary apparatus S if the distance between the patient sensing apparatus 100 and the patient is less than a predetermined distance, for example, 50 cm. At this time, the analysis module 130 may generate a third determination signal DS3 indicating that the patient is not sitting in the sanitary apparatus S, and may transmit the third determination signal DS3 to the communication module 140. [

The communication module 140 can generate the sanitization control signal SCS in response to the third determination signal DS4 and wirelessly transmit the sanitization control signal SCS to the sanitary control device 300. [

The communication module 140 of the patient sensing device 100 may communicate with the sanitary control device 300 via Bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy (BLE), near-field communication (NFC), zigbee, identification, but is not limited thereto.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of protecting a patient using the patient detection system of the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 1 to 6, the patient sensing apparatus 100 may transmit each UWB pulse US1 to the patient with a time difference (S110).

The patient sensing apparatus 100 is configured to output a first reflected UWB signal US2-1 having a first frequency and a second reflected UWB signal US2-2 having a second frequency associated with each of the UWB pulses US1, (S120).

The patient sensing apparatus 100 determines whether the difference between the first frequency of the first reflected UWB signal US2-1 and the second frequency of the second reflected UWB signal US2-2 exceeds the reference value REF , And generate a second determination signal DS2 indicating a fall of the patient based on the determination result (S130).

The patient sensing apparatus 100 converts each of the first reflected UWB signal US2-1 and the second reflected UWB signal US2-2 expressed in the time domain into signals expressed in the frequency domain using Fourier transform (S140). The signal expressed in the frequency domain may include the respiration bio-frequency signal RS and the pulse bio-frequency signal PS of the patient.

The patient sensing device 100 may determine whether the respiratory biometric frequency signal RS is within the respiratory biological frequency range RR or whether the pulse biometric frequency signal PS is within the pulse biological frequency range PR. The patient sensing apparatus 100 may generate a first determination signal DS1 indicating a body anomaly of the patient according to the determination result (S150).

The patient sensing apparatus 100 generates an emergency call signal CS and outputs the emergency call signal CS to the emergency call apparatus 200 (200) in response to the first judgment signal DS1 and / or the second judgment signal DS2 (S160).

In response to the emergency call signal CS received from the patient sensing apparatus 200, the emergency calling apparatus 300 may output an alarm notifying the doctor, the nurse, or the caregiver of the patient of the risk of the patient (S170 ).

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for protecting a patient using a patient detection system according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 1 to 7, the patient sensing apparatus 100 may transmit each UWB pulse US1 to the patient (S110).

The patient sensing apparatus 100 is configured to output a first reflected UWB signal US2-1 having a first frequency and a second reflected UWB signal US2-2 having a second frequency associated with each of the UWB pulses US1, (S120).

The patient sensing apparatus 100 determines whether the difference between the first frequency of the first reflected UWB signal US2-1 and the second frequency of the second reflected UWB signal US2-2 exceeds the reference value REF, And generate a second determination signal DS2 indicating a fall of the patient based on the determination result (S130).

The patient sensing apparatus 100 converts each of the first reflected UWB signal US2-1 and the second reflected UWB signal US2-2 expressed in the time domain into signals expressed in the frequency domain using Fourier transform (S140). The signal expressed in the frequency domain may include the respiration bio-frequency signal RS and the pulse bio-frequency signal PS of the patient.

The patient sensing device 100 may determine whether the respiratory biometric frequency signal RS is within the respiratory biological frequency range RR or whether the pulse biometric frequency signal PS is within the pulse biological frequency range PR. The patient sensing apparatus 100 may generate a first determination signal DS1 indicating a body anomaly of the patient according to the determination result (S150).

The patient sensing apparatus 100 calculates the distance between the patient sensing apparatus 100 and the patient using the difference between the transmission timing of the UWB pulse US1 and the reception timing of the reflected UWB signal US2, And may generate a third determination signal DS3 indicating whether the patient is a person sitting in the sanitary apparatus according to the result (S152).

The patient sensing apparatus 100 may generate and transmit the emergency calling signal CS to the emergency calling apparatus 200 in response to the first judgment signal DS1 and / or the second judgment signal DS2 ).

In response to the third determination signal DS3, the patient sensing apparatus 100 may generate a sanitization control signal SCS and transmit it to the sanitary control apparatus 300 (S162).

In response to the emergency call signal CS received from the patient sensing apparatus 200, the emergency calling apparatus 300 may output an alarm informing the doctor, the nurse or the patient's caregiver of the risk of the patient (S170) .

The sanitary control device 300 operates the sanitary switch 310 installed in the sanitary control device 300 in response to the sanitary control signal SCS output from the patient sensing device 200 to lower the water in the toilet, The switch 320 may be operated to control the spraying of the fragrance (S172).

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

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delete delete delete A patient sensing device capable of communicating with an emergency calling device,
A UWB transmitter for continuously transmitting UWB pulses to the patient;
A UWB receiver sequentially receiving a first reflected UWB signal having a first frequency associated with each of the UWB pulses and a second reflected UWB signal having a second frequency;
Wherein the first reflected UWB signal and the second reflected UWB signal are received and it is determined whether a sudden movement of the patient has occurred according to whether the difference between the first frequency and the second frequency is within a reference value, An analysis module that generates a second determination signal that indicates whether the patient has fallen off the bed; And
And a communication module for generating an emergency call signal in response to the second determination signal and transmitting the emergency call signal to the emergency call device.
5. The method of claim 4,
The analysis module calculates the distance between the patient sensing device and the patient using the difference between the transmission time of the UWB pulse and the reception time of the second reflection UWB signal, It is judged that the person is a person, and a third judgment signal is generated,
Wherein the communication module generates a sanitization control signal in response to the third determination signal and transmits the sanitization control signal to the sanitary apparatus.
A method of protecting a patient using a patient sensing system including a patient sensing device, an emergency calling device, and a sanitary control device,
The patient sensing device continuously transmitting UWB pulses to the patient;
Wherein the patient sensing device comprises a first reflected UWB signal having a first frequency associated with each of the UWB pulses and a second reflected UWB signal having a second frequency reflected from the patient and including respiratory rate and pulse of the patient, Sequentially;
Wherein the patient sensing apparatus determines whether a sudden movement of the patient has occurred according to whether the difference between the first frequency and the second frequency is within a reference value and indicates whether the patient has fallen from the bed on the basis of the determination result Generating a second determination signal;
Converting the first reflected UWB signal or the second reflected UWB signal represented by a time domain into a biological signal including a respiration bio-frequency signal and a pulse bio-frequency signal expressed in a frequency domain;
Determining whether the respiratory bio-frequency signal is within a respiratory bio-frequency range or a pulse bio-frequency signal is within a pulse bio-frequency range, and generating a first determination signal according to a determination result;
The patient sensing device generating an emergency call signal in response to the first determination signal or the second determination signal and wirelessly transmitting the emergency call signal to the emergency call device; And
Wherein the emergency calling device is operated in response to the emergency call signal.
The method according to claim 6,
The distance between the patient sensing apparatus and the patient is calculated using the difference between the transmission time point of the UWB pulse and the reception time point of the second reflection UWB signal and the patient is seated on the sanitary apparatus Determining that the person is a person and generating a third judgment signal;
Generating a hygienic control signal in response to the third determination signal and transmitting the hygienic control signal to the sanitary control device; And
The sanitary control device operating in response to the sanitary control signal. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 13 >
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