KR102096462B1 - System for managing electric wheelchair - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electric wheelchair operating system improved to provide convenience of a degree for carrying out daily life or work in an electric wheelchair. The electric wheelchair operating system comprises: a main battery installed on an electric wheelchair to drive the electric wheelchair; an auxiliary battery arranged on the electric wheelchair to be used as an auxiliary battery of the main battery; a control device installed on the electric wheelchair and having a control unit to control the use of the main battery and the auxiliary battery; and a user smartphone connected to the control device and having a driving application to receive and process information of the control device. When a battery power level of the main battery becomes lower than or equal to a prescribed level, the battery power level is transferred to the driving application by the control unit, and the battery power level is displayed on a display of the user smartphone. The control unit controls driving of the electric wheelchair to change connection from the main battery to the auxiliary battery.

Description

Electric Wheelchair Operating System {SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR}

The present invention relates to an electric wheel chair operating system, and more particularly, to an improved electric wheel chair operating system so as to provide convenience such that daily life or work can be seen in the electric wheel chair.

As a means of transportation used by the elderly, the disabled, or people with disabilities, mobility-assisted medical devices such as electric vehicles, electric vehicles, wheelchairs, and scooters are used.

Among these mobile assistive medical devices, there is an electric mobile assistive medical device (hereinafter referred to as an electric wheelchair) that moves by driving a motor with electric power.

In addition, since users using the electric wheelchair are people with limited mobility, the users spend a lot of activity in the electric wheelchair.

Accordingly, it is necessary to enable the electric wheelchair to operate the electric wheelchair so that users can conveniently operate.

However, in the past, the electric wheel chair was merely used as a moving means.

On the other hand, as a first prior art document related to the present invention to be described later, there is a 'smartphone-wheelchair driving unit for a disabled person' of Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0144014 (published on December 24, 2015).

The smart phone-wheelchair drive unit for the disabled in the first prior art document described above can control a smartphone, electric wheelchair, TV channel conversion and RC car with one joystick, so there is no need to provide additional equipment at a cost. , You can use even a smartphone, improving convenience.

In addition, the first prior art document described above, when the launcher program installed on the smartphone and the joystick are used in conjunction, the disabled people with disabilities are uncomfortable through icons and UI (User Interface) set to control the smartphone with the joystick. And there is an advantage of increasing the prevalence of smartphones to the disabled and the elderly with disabilities, which have many limitations on the use of smartphones because the elderly can intuitively move and use the joystick without having to press hard with both hands.

And as a second prior art document related to the present invention, there is a 'Joystick for detecting obstacles and a voice-controlled electric wheelchair' of the public utility model No. 20-2010-0006632 (published on June 30, 2010).

The joystick and the voice-controlled electric wheelchair for detecting obstacles in the second prior art document provide joystick control using a joystick controller, record the user's voice using a voice recognition module, and recognize the user's voice to control the voice. Provided, it is equipped with an infrared sensor to warn when an obstacle is detected in the front and automatically stop when it detects a danger of being hit.

However, the above-mentioned first and second prior art documents provide convenience to users of electric wheelchairs, but do not provide convenience enough to view daily life or work.

The present invention was created to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electric wheelchair operating system that provides convenience to the extent that one can see daily life or work in the electric wheelchair.

The electric wheelchair operating system of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A main battery installed in the electric wheel chair to drive the electric wheel chair;

An auxiliary battery provided in the electric wheel chair so as to be used as an auxiliary battery for the main battery;

A control device installed on the electric wheel chair and having a control unit for controlling the use of the main battery and the auxiliary battery;

Includes a; connected to the control device, a user smartphone having a driving app for receiving and processing information of the control device;

When the battery level of the main battery becomes less than or equal to a certain level, the control unit delivers the battery level to the driving app,

The battery level is displayed on the display of the user smartphone,

It is characterized in that the control of the control so that the connection between the main battery and the auxiliary battery is replaced by driving the electric wheelchair.

In the present invention, in the driving app, personal information of a user, information of the electric wheelchair, and information of the main battery and the auxiliary battery are input, and the inputted information is output through the display of the user smartphone do.

In the present invention, the driving app, the method of using the driving app, the method of using the electric wheel chair, the control device failure signal confirmation method and countermeasure, the repair company information for each region of the electric wheelchair, the electric wheelchair using a map Information on the available driving area is input, and the inputted information is output through the display of the user smartphone.

In the present invention, in the driving app, the driving information of the electric wheelchair, the charging notification guide and the failure signal guidance of the electric wheel chair, the rapid charger position information of the electric wheel chair, and the auxiliary battery position information of the disabled electric wheelchair are input. And the inputted information is output through the display of the user smartphone.

In the present invention, the control device, the wireless communication module for wireless connection with the user's smartphone; A GPS module generating a position signal of the electric wheelchair is installed.

In the present invention, the control device is equipped with a Bluetooth speaker for outputting the voice input from the user's smartphone.

In the present invention, the control device is provided with a plurality of LEDs to inform the position of the electric wheel chair at night, or to inform the driving state of the electric wheel chair.

In the present invention, the electric wheel chair is provided with an emergency button for notifying the emergency situation of the user in the electric wheel chair or the emergency situation generated in the electric wheel chair, when the emergency button is activated, the emergency button to the user's smartphone The emergency signal of is transmitted.

In the present invention, the electric wheel chair is provided with a power switch for turning on / off the operation of the electric wheel chair, and the power switch is remotely controlled by the driving app.

In the present invention, the electric wheel chair is provided with a user code so as to know information of the electric wheel chair.

In the present invention, when a voice is input to the user's smartphone, vibration is output from the user's smartphone, and when vibration is output from the user's smartphone, the state of the vibration is displayed as an image on the display of the user's smartphone. So that the user can know.

In the present invention, when a voice is input to the user smartphone, it is converted to text on the display of the user smartphone.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide convenience such that daily life or work can be viewed in the electric wheelchair.

1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an electric wheel chair operating system according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the main components of Fig. 1;
3 to 5 are views showing a state output on the display of the user's smartphone, various embodiments of the driving app of the user's smartphone of FIG.
Figure 6 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a method of using the electric wheel chair operating system according to the present invention.

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

1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an electric wheel chair operating system according to the present invention.

In addition, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the main components of FIG. 1.

In addition, FIGS. 3 to 5 are diagrams illustrating various embodiments of the driving app of the user smartphone of FIG. 1 displayed on the display of the user smartphone.

And Figure 6 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a method of using the electric wheel chair operating system according to the present invention.

Prior to the description, the electric wheel chair described in the present invention refers to the electric wheel chair already described above.

That is, the electric wheel chair applied to the present invention is not limited to a specific electric wheel chair, and includes a personal moving means driven by a secondary battery.

1 to 6, the electric wheel chair operating system according to the present invention is installed on the electric wheel chair 1, the main battery 11 for driving the electric wheel chair 1 and the auxiliary of the main battery 11 The auxiliary battery 12 provided in the electric wheel chair 1 so as to be used as a battery for use or as a supplement, and a control unit 21 installed in the electric wheel chair 1 to control the use of the main battery 11 and the auxiliary battery 12 ) Is provided by the control device 20 and the user of the electric wheelchair 1 is connected to the control device 20 and is a driving app (APP, Application) that receives and processes information of the control device 20 It is configured to include a user smartphone 200 is provided with (220).

In addition, when the remaining battery power of the main battery 11 becomes below a certain level (for example, 20% or less), the control unit 21 of the control device 20 controls the battery to the driving app 220 of the user's smartphone 200. The remaining amount is transferred, and then, as shown in FIG. 3 to be described later, the remaining amount of the battery is displayed on the display 210 of the user smartphone 200.

Subsequently, the driving of the electric wheel chair 1 is controlled by the control unit 21 of the control device 20 so that the connection is changed from the main battery 11 to the auxiliary battery 12.

Therefore, the user of the electric wheelchair 1 can always operate or operate the electric wheelchair 1 stably from the battery problem.

That is, in the conventional electric wheel chair, the battery is exhausted during operation of the electric wheel chair and cannot be moved, so the driver of the fire department had to be helped through the 119 telephone, so he had to drive with an uneasy mind at all times.

Then, when the remaining battery power of the main battery 11 is less than or equal to a certain level, for example, the remaining battery power is 20% or less, the main battery 11 is disconnected by the control of the control unit 21 of the control device 20 and automatically The auxiliary battery 12 is connected to the driving battery of the electric wheelchair 1.

Then, the main battery 11 is charged.

Here, when the remaining amount of the main battery 11 is set to 20% or less, when the remaining amount of the main battery 11 becomes 20% or less, users feel psychologically uneasy that they cannot move the desired distance without charging the battery. Because.

In addition, in the driving app 220 of the user's smartphone 200, the electric wheelchair 1 personal information of the user (eg, the user's disability level, the contact information of the user or guardian, etc.), the information of the electric wheelchair 1 ( For example, product purchase date, motor specifications, place of purchase, etc., and information (eg, battery capacity, battery type, etc.) of the main battery 11 and the auxiliary battery 12 are input.

And in the driving app 220 of the user's smart phone 200, the usage method (or manual) of the driving app 220, the usage method (or manual) of the electric wheelchair 1, or the failure of the control device 20 Signal confirmation method and countermeasures, information about the repairable area of each electric wheelchair (1) and information on the area of operation of the electric wheelchair (1) using maps are input.

In addition, in the driving app 220 of the user's smart phone 200, the driving information of the electric wheelchair 1, the charging notification guidance of the electric wheelchair 1 and the failure signal guidance, and the rapid charging position of the electric wheelchair 1 Information, location information of the auxiliary battery 12 of the disabled electric wheelchair 1 is input.

And in the driving app 220 of the user's smartphone 200, various medical device government-supported purchase information, emergency hospital information, social welfare center and disabled welfare center information, city hall, ward office, resident center information, weather information, disabled news, directions Information, information on areas where people can travel to the disabled, bicycle road information, call taxi information and application information for the disabled, guardians in case of emergency and designated emergency number information and reporting information for 119 and 112, public transportation information, and subway information are entered.

As described above, all information input to the driving app 220 of the user smartphone 200 is output through the display 210 of the user smartphone 200.

Therefore, the user of the electric wheel chair 1 can perform daily life or work while driving the electric wheel chair 1, in particular, it is possible to conveniently repair the electric wheel chair 1, and to prevent the theft of the electric wheel chair 1 It can be prevented, and it is easy to get help from other people or organizations.

In addition, the control device 20, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, a wireless communication module (eg, WIFI module or Bluetooth module) 22 for wirelessly connecting to the user's smartphone 200, 22, A GPS module 23 for generating a position signal of the electric wheelchair 1 is installed.

Therefore, the position of the electric wheelchair 1 can be easily found, for example, when it is stolen.

In addition, the control device 20 is provided with a Bluetooth speaker 24 that outputs all audio signals as well as voice input from the user's smart phone 200, and informs the location of the electric wheelchair 1 at night. Or, a plurality of LEDs 27 for informing the driving state of the electric wheelchair 1 is provided.

In addition, the control device 20, the MP3 (or MIDI (MIDI) sound) to allow the user to listen to music through the Bluetooth speaker 24 while driving the electric wheelchair (1) player (or playback device) 25 Is equipped.

In addition, the control device 20 is equipped with a radio 26 to allow users to listen to disaster broadcasts (for example, weather forecasting broadcasts such as heat or heavy cold, heavy rain, or heavy snow) or traffic broadcasts in real time.

In addition, in the electric wheelchair 1, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the emergency situation of the user in the electric wheelchair 1 (eg, injured or sick, etc.), or occurs in the electric wheelchair 1 An emergency button 14 is provided to inform the emergency situation (eg, a traffic accident) of a police station or a fire station.

When the emergency button 14 of the electric wheelchair 1 is operated due to the above-described emergency, the emergency signal of the emergency button 14 is transmitted to the user's smartphone 200.

That is, when the emergency button 14 of the electric wheelchair 1 is operated, the operation signal of the emergency button 14 is transmitted to the user's smartphone 200, the emergency signal of the emergency button 14 is transmitted, and then, automatically As the user's smart phone 200's phone is operated, it is connected to a designated police station or fire station.

The emergency button 14 may be useful in an emergency situation in which it is difficult for a user to make a call by himself.

In addition, the electric wheelchair 1 is provided with a power switch 15 for turning on / off (OFF) the operation of the electric wheelchair 1, the power switch 15 of the user smartphone 200 Control is provided in the driving app 220.

That is, as illustrated in FIG. 5, when the driving app 220 of the user's smartphone 200 is opened, the on / off switches 215 and 216 of the power switch 15 are displayed on the display 210, and this on / off When the off switches 215 and 216 are operated, the power switch 15 of the electric wheelchair 1 is turned on or off.

In addition, the electric wheel chair 1 is provided with a user code 13 in which all the information of the electric wheel chair 1 is input so that the information of the electric wheel chair 1 can be known.

QR code or barcode may be used for the user code 13.

For example, if a QR code is taken using the camera of the user's smart phone 200, the webpage on which the information of the electric wheelchair 1 is published can be visited, and the information of the electric wheelchair 1 can be easily known.

At this time, the above-described web page can check all information provided in the driving app 220 of the user's smartphone 200, as well as information of the electric wheelchair 1.

Therefore, for example, when visiting a repair shop to repair the electric wheelchair 1, since the information of the electric wheelchair 1 can be known through the user code 13, it is easy to check whether the electric wheelchair 1 entrusted to the repair is a stolen product. It is possible to prevent theft.

In addition, the display 210 of the user's smart phone 200, as shown in Figure 3, the secondary battery 12 and the remaining battery capacity (211,212) of the main battery 11 is displayed, so it is easy to replace or charge the battery can do.

The remaining battery information 211 and 212 of the auxiliary battery 12 and the main battery 11 can be checked when the user smartphone 200 and the control device 20 are connected.

And when a voice is input to the user's smartphone 200, when vibration is output from the user's smartphone 200, as shown in FIG. 4, the vibration of the vibration on the display 210 of the user's smartphone 200 is digital. Displayed as a bar image 213, the user can easily know whether or not the voice input or output.

At this time, the intensity of the vibration can be adjusted, and the intensity of the vibration can also be displayed as a digital bar image 213.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, when a voice of a user (USER) or a counterpart (OT) is input to the display 210 of the user smartphone 200, a text output unit that is converted into text and output 214 is provided.

The voice is converted to text and outputted to the text output unit 214 because the TTS (Text to Speech) function is provided in the user smartphone 200 or the driving app 220, and this function is provided to the hearing impaired. It is especially helpful.

Of course, it is of course possible that the text is output by voice with the above-described function.

An example of the operation of the electric wheelchair operating system according to the present invention having the configuration as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 6.

Referring to FIG. 6, first, the other party OT is input through the microphone of the user's smartphone 200, for example, 'What can I help you with?' (Step 310).

When voice is input to the user's smart phone 200 in this way, as shown in FIG. 4, vibration occurs in the user's smart phone 200 (step 320).

Subsequently, the input voice of the counterpart OT is converted into text and displayed (or output) on the text output unit 214 of the display 210 of the user smartphone 200. (Step 330)

In addition, the input voice of the counterpart OT is output through the Bluetooth speaker 24 of the control device 20 (step 340).

On the other hand, if the user (USER) also inputs a voice through the user's smartphone 200, for example, 'How do I get to Seoul Station?', The user 210 of the above-mentioned user (USER) is displayed on the display 210 of the user's smartphone 200. The input voice is displayed as text on the text output unit 214, and the input voice of the user USER is output through the Bluetooth speaker 24.

In this way, the user of the electric wheel chair 1 can be provided with convenience in the electric wheel chair 1 to conveniently perform all daily life or work through the electric wheel operating system according to the present invention.

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, but this is only an example, and those skilled in the art can make various modifications and equivalent embodiments therefrom. Will understand

Therefore, the true protection scope of the present invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

1. Electric Wheelchair
11. Main battery
12. Auxiliary battery
13. User code
14. Emergency button
15. Power switch
20. Control
21. Control
22. Wireless communication module
23. GPS module
24. Bluetooth speaker
27. LED
200. User Smartphone
210. Display
220. Driving App

Claims (12)

A main battery 11 installed in the electric wheel chair 1 to drive the electric wheel chair 1;
An auxiliary battery 12 provided in the electric wheelchair 1 so as to be used as an auxiliary battery for the main battery 11;
A control device 20 installed in the electric wheelchair 1 and having a control unit 21 for controlling the use of the main battery 11 and the auxiliary battery 12;
It includes a; connected to the control device 20, the user smartphone 200 having a driving app 220 for receiving and processing information of the control device 20;
When the remaining battery power of the main battery 11 becomes 20% or less, the controller 21 transmits the remaining battery power to the driving app 220,
On the display 210 of the user smartphone 200, the remaining battery amount 211,212 is displayed,
Under the control of the control unit 21, the main battery 11 is disconnected and the auxiliary battery 12 is automatically connected to the driving battery of the electric wheel chair 1 to drive the electric wheel chair 1 Control by the control unit 21 so that the connection from the main battery 11 to the auxiliary battery 12 is replaced,
In the driving app 220,
The personal information of the user, the information of the electric wheelchair 1, and the information of the main battery 11 and the auxiliary battery 12 are input,
Also, how to use the driving app 220, how to use the electric wheelchair 1, how to check and cope with the failure signal of the control device 20, repair company information and maps by region of the electric wheelchair 1 Information on the serviceable area of the electric wheelchair 1 used is input,
In addition, the location information of the quick charger of the electric wheelchair 1 and the location of the auxiliary battery 12 of the electric wheelchair 1 for the disabled are input,
The inputted information is output through the display 210 of the user's smart phone 200, the electric wheelchair operating system. delete delete delete According to claim 1,
In the control device 20,
A wireless communication module 22 for wireless connection with the user smartphone 200;
GPS module (23) for generating a position signal of the electric wheelchair (1); Electric wheelchair operating system, characterized in that installed. According to claim 1,
In the control device 20,
Bluetooth speaker 24 for outputting the voice input from the user's smart phone (200) is equipped with an electric wheelchair operating system. According to claim 1,
In the control device 20,
Electric wheel chair operating system characterized in that a plurality of LEDs (27) are provided to inform the position of the electric wheel chair (1) at night, or to inform the driving state of the electric wheel chair (1). According to claim 1,
In the electric wheelchair (1),
In the electric wheel chair (1), an emergency button 14 is provided to notify the user of the emergency situation or the emergency situation generated in the electric wheel chair (1),
When the emergency button (14) is operated, the electric wheelchair operation system, characterized in that the emergency signal of the emergency button is transmitted to the user's smart phone (200). According to claim 1,
In the electric wheelchair (1),
A power switch 15 for turning on / off the operation of the electric wheelchair 1 is provided,
The power switch 15 is an electric wheel chair operating system characterized in that it is provided to enable remote control by the driving app (220). According to claim 1,
In the electric wheelchair (1),
The electric wheelchair operating system, characterized in that a user code (13) is provided so as to know the information of the electric wheelchair (1). According to claim 1,
When a voice is input to the user smartphone 200, vibration is output from the user smartphone 200,
When the vibration is output from the user's smart phone 200, the display 210 of the user's smart phone 200 displays the state of the vibration as an image 213 so that the user can know the electric wheelchair. Operating system. According to claim 1,
When a voice is input to the user smartphone 200, the electric wheelchair operating system is characterized in that it is converted to text on the display 210 of the user smartphone 200.

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