KR102167296B1 - Life-based care system for the elderly - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a care system closely related with the life for an elderly and, more specifically, to a care system closely related with the life for an elderly, which is configured to remotely perform access management of an unspecified and unauthorized person, breathing management of a specified and authorized person, temperature/humidity management in a house, movement management of a specified and authorized person, and management of an exit route of a specified and authorized person based on whether the elderly living alone enters into a room. The care system closely related with life comprises: a server; a sensor box; a communication box; a console box; a user specified beacon; a manager terminal; and a guardian terminal.

Description

Life-based care system for the elderly

The present invention relates to a life-friendly care system for the elderly.

Specifically, access control for unspecified unauthorized persons based on the occupancy of the elderly living alone, breathing control of a specified authorized person, temperature/humidity management in the house, movement management of a specified authorized person, and specified authorization. It relates to a life-oriented care system for the elderly and the elderly, which is configured to remotely manage the departure route of the child.

As the 2000s entered, the proportion of the population aged 65 or older accounted for 7.2%, exceeding 7% already regulated by the United Nations, and has entered an aging society, and an aging society, which accounts for 14% of the total population, is expected to reach around 2019. .

Moreover, Korea's entry rate into an aging society is the world's No. 1, and the proportion of the aging population is expected to rise from 9.1% in 2005 to 38.2% in 2050, exceeding the world average of 16.2%. As such a rapidly aging society progresses, the number of the elderly, dementia, and patients is increasing simultaneously due to the addition of nuclear family. Also, the problem of loneliness among the elderly indoors or outdoors is a serious social problem. Therefore, technology for safety management of the elderly is required.

Accordingly, there is a trend in the development of remote location management technology for the elderly through detection of movement or location of the elderly and the like. First, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0069728 discloses an algorithm based on a tracking algorithm of the elderly's biological and precise location information. A safety management system for the elderly is described.

The technology is a safety management system for the elderly, as a system capable of monitoring and tracking the condition and location of the elderly when an emergency situation occurs in the elderly by measuring the location information and biometric information of the elderly, a terminal for the elderly, a server, And a BT signal generator, and may be configured to perform a predetermined operation algorithm according to sensing information output through a Bluetooth module, an activity measurement sensor, and a temperature sensor included in the elderly terminal.

As another technique, Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2018-0106583 discloses a device for managing the elderly and a system for managing the elderly.

The technology is a device for managing the elderly, comprising: a GPS sensor that senses a GPS signal, a biological signal measurement sensor that measures a biological signal exposed through the skin, a communication unit that transmits and receives a communication packet through a local area network, and a location specified from the GPS signal. And a processing unit configured to configure GPS data that can be performed and to configure biometric data from a biometric signal of a measurement sensor, wherein the processing unit outputs the GPS data and biometric data to a local management terminal through a local area network.

As another technology, Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2018-0136770 discloses a remote management and monitoring system for the elderly.

The above technology is configured to detect the heartbeat state of the elderly to be managed by using a radar sensor, so that the heartbeat state can be detected without installing a separate measuring means on the body of the elderly, improving convenience of use and providing a real-time monitoring service. The heat-sensing sensor is configured to measure the temperature by dividing the sensing area (S) into N×N blocks and then use the measured temperature to detect the human body, thereby dramatically increasing the resolution and accuracy of human body detection. The management server is configured to determine whether or not an emergency situation of the elderly has occurred by analyzing the heart rate status information detected by the radar sensor and the motion information detected by the heat-sensing sensor using a predetermined situation analysis algorithm. The situation can be accurately and quickly determined, and when the remote management server determines that an emergency situation has occurred, an emergency situation occurs by transmitting emergency data including information and location of the emergency situation to the terminal of a preset manager. It relates to a remote management and monitoring system for the elderly and the elderly that can quickly respond to this situation.

As another technique, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1016605 discloses a system and method for managing the elderly using a portable terminal.

The above technology aims to provide a system and method for managing the elderly using a portable terminal for cognitive assistance, problem behavior reduction, and healthy lifestyle formation of dementia patients.

The technology for this is an elderly person management system including a portable elderly person terminal, a management server, and an expert terminal, wherein the portable elderly person terminal includes a location tracking unit for tracking the location of the elderly person by identifying the location of the elderly person; A medication time notification unit that informs the elderly of the medication time; And an expert instruction notification unit for providing instructions of the expert in real time, wherein the management server monitors the elderly information including location information of the elderly and the weak and transmits the information to the expert terminal; An elderly person information analysis unit that analyzes the information of the elderly and the weak and generates history information; An elderly terminal control unit for remotely controlling the elderly terminal; And an expert instruction transmission unit for receiving the expert's instructions and transmitting it to the elderly terminal, wherein the expert terminal receives a remote control signal for controlling the elderly and the expert's instructions and transmits the received instructions to the management server; and Provide a management method for the elderly using him.

Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0069728 (2017.06.21.) Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-2018-0106583 (2018.10.01.) Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-2018-0136770 (2018.12.26.) Registered Patent Publication No. 10-1016605 (announced on Feb. 22, 2011)

An object of the present invention is to manage the access of an unspecified unauthorized person based on the occupancy of the elderly living alone, breathing management of a specified authorized person, temperature/humidity management in the house, movement management of a specified authorized person, and It is to provide a life-friendly care system for the elderly, configured to remotely manage the exit route of the authorized person.

As conceived to achieve the above object, the living close care system for the elderly according to the present invention,

server; Sensor box; Communication box; Console box; User specific beacons; Manager terminal; And In the life close care system for the elderly and the elderly including a guardian terminal,

The sensor box includes a breathing sensor, a motion sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, and a carbon dioxide sensor,

The communication box communicates with the user-specific beacon to provide the user's location information to the server,

The console box provides a call and shopping function of a car, a guardian or a related organization according to a user request,

The guardian terminal is characterized in that it receives a notification of the user's status by the determination of the server.

At this time. The communication box is characterized in that a plurality of installations at regular intervals in the premises and around the premises.

In addition, the server,

A user management unit that stores and manages user information including users, guardians and administrators;

An information collection and statistics unit that collects information received from the sensor box and performs a statistical process,

Based on information received from at least one or more of the sensor box, communication box, console box, and user-specific beacon, ① care and manage convenience according to calls and shopping of cars, guardians, or related organizations according to the user's request, or ② Carry out care management to track the user's location or ③ Care management unit that determines and manages the user's departure and intrusion when the user leaves,

A careful observation and determination unit that determines a user who requires careful observation based on the statistical information processed through the information collection and statistics unit and the intrusion determined through the care management unit;

After the judgment through the careful observation and judgment unit, when the reason determined by the careful observation exceeds a predetermined amount of time, a risk judgment unit that judges as a dangerous state;

And a notification unit for transmitting a notification to a guardian of the user or a related organization according to the judgment of the cautionary observation and determination unit or the risk determination unit.

According to the life-oriented care system for the elderly according to the present invention, access management of unspecified unauthorized persons based on the occupancy of the elderly living alone, breathing management of a specified authorized person, temperature/humidity management in the house, and specific It is possible to remotely manage the movement of the authorized person and manage the exit route of the specified authorized person.

1 is a schematic block diagram showing a life-friendly care system for the elderly according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server of the living close care system for the elderly according to the present invention.
3 shows an example of a screen managed through a manager terminal of a life-friendly care system for the elderly according to the present invention.
4 shows an example of statistical processing performed in the server of the living care system for the elderly according to the present invention.

Terms and words used in this specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to their usual or dictionary meanings, and that the inventor can appropriately define the concept of terms in order to describe his own invention in the best way. Based on the principle, it should be interpreted as a meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the matters shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention, and thus various equivalents that can replace them at the time of application It should be understood that there may be water and variations.

Hereinafter, prior to the description with reference to the drawings, matters that are not necessary to reveal the gist of the present invention, that is, known configurations that can be obviously added by those skilled in the art are not shown or specifically described. Make the note clear.

The present invention relates to a life-friendly care system for the elderly.

Specifically, access control for unspecified unauthorized persons based on the occupancy of the elderly living alone, breathing control of a specified authorized person, temperature/humidity management in the house, movement management of a specified authorized person, and specified authorization. It relates to a life-oriented care system for the elderly and the elderly, which is configured to remotely manage the departure route of the child.

1 is a schematic block diagram showing a life-sensitive care system for the elderly according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server of the life-oriented care system for the elderly according to the present invention.

This invention, as shown in Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, the server; Sensor box; Communication box; Console box; User specific beacons; Manager terminal; And a guardian terminal.

The sensor box is installed in a home and refers to a box having a plurality of sensors.

The sensor included in such a sensor box is configured such that a breathing sensor, a motion sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor and a carbon dioxide sensor (or a fire sensor) are embedded.

And the sensor values of each sensor in the sensor box communicate with the server using wired/wireless communication.

At this time, it is a principle that communication is performed based on LTE communication, unless specific communication is limited for the communication of the present invention. Such LTE communication can be used for remote management of a user living alone in a rural or mountainous area, since it is possible to construct an inexpensive communication network and can also be used in remote mountainous areas.

The console box is a box installed on the other side of the house where the sensor box is not installed, and includes a calling module for calling a car (or taxi), calling a child, and calling a related institution (fire or police station).

Such a calling module communicates with a server, and when a call signal is received from the calling module, the server makes a notification report to a child registered as a guardian or a related institution through a notification unit to be described later. At this time, the notification report information should include identification information, location information, user information (user and guardian) of the console box that performed the call, that is, the call signal was generated.

In addition, the console box can send a shopping signal to the server by clicking the shopping button. When the server receives the shopping signal, the product can be delivered to a specific mart through a notification unit. That is, the related institution can be interpreted as meaning that a specific mart is also included. And the designated item may be an item set periodically or initially set by the user or guardian, and the change of these items may be requested to the mart through telephone (wired), and the server communicates with the user or guardian terminal to provide a dedicated app or Item changes can also be made online through an application program.

The user-specific beacon is a terminal configured to be worn or consumed by the user, and functions to specify a user by communicating with a communication box to be described later using beacon communication.

A beacon is a short-range wireless communication device based on a Bluetooth 4.0 (BLE) protocol, and can communicate with devices within a maximum of 70m. These beacons are highly accurate enough to be able to distinguish between 5 and 10 cm units. It consumes less power and is suitable for realizing the Internet of Things where all devices are always connected. And it is used as a technology to find the location of a user in a certain range.

Therefore, if the user-specific beacon is in communication, the location of the user (user) who uses the beacon can always be identified.

The communication box is a communication box that is installed in a certain range within a home as well as an area in which the user resides. This communication box can perform communication with the user-specific beacon. That is, the user specific beacon communicates with both the communication box and the server to provide location information.

When the communication box is communicated with the user specific beacon, communication information including identification information (user information) and location information of the user specific beacon is transmitted to the server.

The guardian terminal is a terminal used by a guardian registered as a guardian of a user to be managed. The guardian terminal may use a web or an app to communicate with the server, and may receive information from the server based on the web or app.

The manager terminal is a terminal used by an administrator who receives information from a server and performs comprehensive monitoring and monitoring.

Through such a manager terminal, information processed by the server may be provided and monitored as shown in FIG. 3.

3 shows an example of a screen managed through a manager terminal of a life-friendly care system for the elderly according to the present invention.

The server communicates with the above-described configurations to receive information, collects and statistically processes the received information so that the elderly can care and manage, and also performs a function of recognizing the risk status of the elderly and the guardian and It performs the function of automatically notifying related organizations.

Such a server, as shown in Figure 2 of the accompanying drawings, the communication unit; User management unit; Information collection and statistics department; Care Management Department; Careful observation and judgment unit; Risk judgment unit; And a notification unit.

The communication unit includes an LTE communication module for communicating with a sensor box, a communication box, a console box, and a terminal, and a beacon communication module for communicating with a user specific beacon.

The user management unit stores and manages information of users who access the server, and performs a function of assigning a rating.

For example, users can be divided into a user who is an elderly person, a guardian registered as a guardian of the user, and an administrator who is a system administrator, which can be set at the time of membership registration or can be changed periodically. In addition, based on membership registration, ID and PW are issued so that users can access the server.

The information collection and statistics unit performs a function of collecting information received from the sensor box and processing statistics.

In this case, statistical processing may be performed as shown in FIG. 4 of the accompanying drawings.

4 shows an example of statistical processing performed in the server of the living care system for the elderly according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4 of the accompanying drawings, the statistical processing may display the creation date of information for a specific user, the user's name (or identification information), and specific information of the user. That is, the information collection and statistics unit may be interlocked with RTL (Real Time Clock).

In the case of FIG. 4, as statistical processing of sensor values by the breathing sensor, in addition, information such as temperature/humidity, motion, and smoke may be statistically processed, or statistical processing may be performed so that all such information is visible at once. have. In this case, a table different from that of FIG. 4 may be provided as statistical information.

In particular, if motion is not detected for a predetermined period of time based on statistics of motion information, it may be confirmed that the user is out.

4 of the accompanying drawings for the breathing state, for example, even though the information generation time is dawn, if the breathing volume of the user continues to exceed a certain level, the user may be in a state of being unable to sleep.

In addition, in the case of the user on the right side of FIG. 4, it means that the user is awakening for a while at dawn time and then sleeping.

The care management unit is based on information received from at least one or more of the sensor box, communication box, console box, and user-specific beacon, according to the user's request, to call a car, guardian, related institution, etc. Care and manage your convenience,

It performs care management that tracks the user's location. Such location tracking may be performed based on GPS, and for this purpose, the care management unit may be linked with GPS.

In addition, when it is confirmed that a user with a user-specific beacon is out, movement is detected through the motion detection sensor of the sensor box, and if communication with the user-specific beacon is not possible in the communication box provided in the home, intrusion occurs. It can also be determined that it has occurred.

The attentional observation and determination unit performs a function of determining a user who requires careful observation based on the statistical information processed through the information collection and statistics unit and the intrusion determined through the care management unit.

For example, if the user's movement was not detected for a certain period of time, it was determined to be out, but if the user-specific beacon possessed by the user is not tracked for a certain period of time even through the communication box, the user who needs careful observation. Be judged.

Or, for the sleep in FIG. 4 as an example, it is statistically the time when the user should go to bed, but the respiration volume exceeds a predetermined sensor value without being able to sleep for a predetermined time at that time. If measured continuously, it can be judged as a user who needs careful observation.

When it is determined that the user needs careful observation, a notification is made to the guardian of the user through the notification unit.

The risk determination unit determines that the user is in a dangerous state when it is determined that the user needs careful observation through the careful observation determination unit, and if the reason classified as careful observation exceeds a predetermined time, the user is Notify the employer's guardian that is in a dangerous state, and report it to the relevant agency. For this, location information and user information may be provided to related organizations.

For example, if it is determined that the intake is not made for 20 minutes in the time when the user should sleep, it is determined that the user needs careful observation, and if the state of the user is maintained for 30 minutes or more even in that state, the user is at risk. It is judged as the user in the state.

As another example, the attention observation and determination unit detects the user's breathing during sleep and calculates by assigning a weight to the detected values received from the breathing sensor and the motion sensor in order to determine the user's attentional observation,

The accuracy can be improved rather than judging the user's condition based solely on breathing.

In particular, elderly seniors have arbitrary bedtimes, so there may be cases where they do not intentionally go to bed even when they are statistically going to bed.

Specifically, the sensor value of the respiration sensor and the sensor value of the motion sensor are unified in the concept of a natural number through the information collection and statistics unit.

For example, the sensor value of the respiration sensor can be numericalized as shown in FIG. 4.

In addition, the motion detection sensor detects motion by transmitting and receiving microwave waves, for example, so that even small movements of the user can be detected. In this case, the information collection and statistics unit graphs the sensor value received from the motion detection sensor. During statistical processing, the number processed by + based on 0 in a state in which no motion is detected can be converted into natural numbers and converted into numerical values.

In addition, the information collection and statistics unit calculates a value obtained by adding the above-described numerical value of the sensor value of the breathing sensor and the sensor value of the motion sensor, and calculating the added value by dividing 2 to calculate a comparison target value.

Then, the weight for the sensor value of the pre-set respiratory sensor and the weight for the sensor value of the motion sensor are multiplied and applied to a numerical value based on each sensor value, and then the sum of weights is obtained by adding each value. After that, the sum of weights is compared with the comparison target value above.

At this time, if the weighted sum value is lower than the comparison target value, the careful observation judgment unit is made to determine as the careful observation target.

For example, it is assumed that the sensor value of the digitized respiratory sensor and the sensor value of the motion sensor are 80 and 30, respectively, and the preset weight is 70% vs. 30%, respectively.

That is, the two weights make the sum 100%. Also, make sure that the weight of the respiration sensor is always more than twice the weight of the motion sensor.

The difference between these weights can be divided into the case of sleep time and the case of non-sleep time, for example, as a statistical value of the user.In the case of sleep time, the weight of the respiration sensor is always 2 more than the weight of the motion sensor You can make it more than twice as large and have a weight of 50:50 when it is not your sleep time.

In the above-described case, a comparison target value of (80 + 30) / 2 = 55 may be calculated, and a weight sum value of (80 * 0.7) + (30 * 0.3) = 65 may be calculated.

At this time, since the weighted sum value 65 is larger than the comparison target value 55, it is not determined as an object requiring careful observation. In other words, they have adequate movement and breathing.

If the weighted sum value is smaller than the comparison target value, breathing is not properly performed even though the weight is set high, or movement is not detected at all, or movement is not detected and the volume of respiration is small. Because it means that it is a thing, it is judged as a careful observer.

What has been described with reference to the drawings above is a description of only the main matters of the present invention, and it is obvious that the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the drawings as various designs are possible within the technical scope.

Claims (3)

server; Sensor box; Communication box; Console box; User specific beacons; Manager terminal; And In the life close care system for the elderly and the elderly including a guardian terminal,
The sensor box includes a breathing sensor, a motion sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, and a carbon dioxide sensor,
A plurality of the communication boxes are installed in a certain range within the user's residence and the region where the user resides, and communicates with the user-specific beacon to provide the user's location information to the server,
The console box provides a vehicle call, a guardian call, a related agency call, and a shopping function according to a user request,
The guardian terminal is notified of the user's status by the determination of the server,
The server,
A user management unit that stores and manages user information including users, guardians and administrators;
An information collection and statistics unit that collects information received from the sensor box and performs a statistical process,
Based on information received from at least one or more of the sensor box, communication box, console box, and user-specific beacon, ① car call according to the user's request, call a guardian, call a related institution, and manage the convenience of shopping , ② Carry out care management to track the user's location or ③ care management unit that determines the user's departure and intrusion when the user leaves
A careful observation and determination unit that determines a user who requires careful observation based on the statistical information processed through the information collection and statistics unit and the intrusion determined through the care management unit;
After the judgment through the careful observation and judgment unit, when the reason determined by the careful observation exceeds a predetermined amount of time, a risk judgment unit that judges as a dangerous state;
In accordance with the judgment of the careful observation and determination unit or the risk determination unit, including a notification unit for transmitting a notification to the guardian of the user or a related organization
The information collection and statistics unit,
① The sensor value of the breathing sensor and the sensor value of the motion sensor are processed into natural numbers. ② The value of the numerical value of the sensor value of the breathing sensor and the sensor value of the motion sensor is calculated, and the added value is calculated as 2 The comparison target value is calculated. ③ Multiply the weight for the sensor value of the preset respiratory sensor and the sensor value of the motion sensor to the numerical value based on each sensor value, and then apply each value. To calculate the sum of weights,
The weight is based on the user's statistical value,
In the case of sleep time, the sum of the two weights is 100%, and the weight of the respiration sensor is more than twice the weight of the motion sensor, and in the case of not sleeping, the weight is 50:50. And
The careful observation and determination unit,
The weighted sum value is compared with the comparison target value, and if the weight sum value is lower than the comparison target value, it is determined as a subject for careful observation. delete delete

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