KR102420549B1 - Method and apparatus for managing of demented elderly - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for managing the elderly with dementia, and more particularly, dementia that can prevent the disappearance of the elderly with dementia by dividing the location tracking area of the elderly with dementia for each stage and applying different position tracking methods for each stage It relates to a method and apparatus for managing the elderly.

Description

Method and device for managing the elderly with dementia

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for managing the elderly with dementia, and more particularly, dementia that can prevent the disappearance of the elderly with dementia by dividing the location tracking area of the elderly with dementia for each stage and applying different position tracking methods for each stage It relates to a method and apparatus for managing the elderly.

In general, dementia, like mental retardation, is an intellectual disorder. Mental retardation mainly refers to slow or cessation of intellectual development, whereas dementia refers to a decrease in intelligence, which was normal before the disease, due to cerebral disease. These dementia patients exhibit symptoms such as impairment of memory and understanding, deterioration of computational ability, impoverishment of thinking, and reparation (the impulse to realize certain words and actions persists and repeats the same words and actions). In particular, in the case of the elderly with dementia or patients suffering from mental disorders, when they go out alone, there are many cases where they cannot return home due to memory deterioration and disappear.

The above-mentioned background art is technical information possessed by the inventor for the derivation of the present invention or acquired in the process of derivation of the present invention, and cannot necessarily be said to be a known technique disclosed to the general public prior to the filing of the present invention.

An object of the present invention is to segment a location tracking area of an elderly person with dementia wearing a band for each step, and to identify the location of an elderly person with dementia by applying different location tracking methods for each step.

An object of the present invention is to check the health status of an elderly person with dementia by using biometric information periodically measured through the band when the elderly person with dementia wearing a band is located inside a residence.

An object of the present invention is to track the location of the dementia elderly by operating a GPS module provided in the band when the dementia elderly wearing the band leaves a set safe area.

An object of the present invention is to join the same community as the caregiver of the dementia elderly when the elderly person with dementia wearing the band leaves the set safe area and transmit the personal information of the dementia elderly to other guardians living in the same residential area as the dementia elderly. It is to inform the disappearance of the elderly with dementia and to receive help to find the elderly with dementia.

A method for managing the elderly with dementia according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of requesting unique information from a band worn by the elderly with dementia and identifying the position of the band using the unique information received from the band, In accordance with the steps of generating different alarm events and transmitting them to the terminal of the caregiver of the elderly with dementia, monitoring the position of the band by selecting the terminal of the guardian of the elderly with dementia who received the alarm event, and receiving the alarm event It may include the step of requesting dispatch to the government office for care of the elderly with dementia who wears a band while monitoring by the selection of the guardian's terminal.

In addition, the step of identifying the location of the band, when the unique information is obtained from the band through the first gateway located in the residence, the step of identifying that the elderly with dementia is indoors by positioning the band in the residence; When the unique information is obtained from the band through the second gateway located within 1 distance, the band is located within the first distance from the outside of the residence, thereby identifying the elderly with dementia went out, and inside the second distance longer than the first distance from the residence When unique information is obtained from the band through the third gateway located in the step of identifying that the elderly with dementia is inside the safe area by positioning the band inside the second street, the fourth gateway located outside the second street from the residence If the unique information is obtained from the band through the band, it may include the step of identifying that the elderly with dementia is out of the safe area out of the second distance.

In addition, the transmitting includes: periodically acquiring biometric information and fall status information of the elderly with dementia through one or more of the first to fourth gateways through a band; case, or when it is determined that a fall has occurred, generating an emergency alarm event and transmitting the event to the terminal of the caregiver of the elderly with dementia.

In addition, the transmitting step includes the steps of, as a result of identifying the location of the band, when it is identified that the elderly person with dementia has gone out because the band exists within a predetermined first distance from the residence, generating an outing alarm event and transmitting it to the terminal of the guardian of the elderly with dementia; As a result of identifying the location of the band, if the band exists within the second distance longer than the first distance and thus identifies that the elderly with dementia is inside the safe area, generating a safe area location alarm event and transmitting it to the terminal of the caregiver of the elderly with dementia; As a result of identifying the location of the band, when it is identified that the elderly with dementia has deviated from the safe area because the band exists outside the second street, a risk alarm event is generated and transmitted to the terminal of the guardian of the elderly with dementia.

In addition, in the method for managing the elderly with dementia according to an embodiment of the present invention, when it is identified that the elderly with dementia has left the safe area because the band exists outside the second distance as a result of identifying the location of the band, the GPS module provided in the band is installed. The operation may further include tracking the position of the band.

The apparatus for managing the elderly with dementia according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an identification unit for requesting unique information to a band worn by the elderly with dementia and identifying the position of the band using the unique information received from the band, and the result of identifying the position of the band An alarm generating unit that generates different alarm events according to the It may include a requesting unit for requesting dispatch to a government office for the care of the elderly with dementia who wears a band while monitoring, by selection of the received terminal of the caregiver of the elderly with dementia.

In addition, when the identification unit acquires unique information from the band through the first gateway located in the residence, the band identifies that the elderly with dementia is indoors by being located in the residence, and the second gateway located within a preset first distance from the residence When the unique information is obtained from the band through the band, it is identified that the elderly with dementia has gone out by being located within a first distance from the outside of the residence, and is unique from the band through the third gateway located inside the second distance longer than the first distance from the residence. When the information is obtained, the band identifies that the elderly with dementia is inside the safe area by being located inside the second street, and when unique information is obtained from the band through the fourth gateway located outside the second street from the residence, the band Out of the second distance may be configured to identify that the elderly with dementia has left the safe area.

In addition, the alarm generating unit periodically acquires biometric information and fall information of the elderly with dementia through one or more of the first to fourth gateways through the band, and when the biometric information of the elderly with dementia deviates from the reference biometric information, or When it is determined that a fall has occurred, it may be configured to generate an emergency alarm event and transmit it to the terminal of the guardian of the elderly with dementia.

In addition, when the alarm generating unit identifies that the elderly with dementia has gone out because the band exists within a predetermined first distance from the residence as a result of identifying the position of the band, an outing alarm event is generated and transmitted to the terminal of the guardian of the elderly with dementia, and the position of the band As a result of the identification, if the band exists inside the second distance longer than the first distance and thus the elderly with dementia is identified as being inside the safe area, a safe area location alarm event is generated and transmitted to the terminal of the guardian of the elderly with dementia, and the location identification result of the band If the band exists outside the second street to identify that the elderly with dementia has left the safe area, a danger alarm event may be generated and transmitted to the terminal of the guardian of the elderly with dementia.

In addition, the device for managing the elderly with dementia according to an embodiment of the present invention, when it is identified that the band is outside the second distance as a result of identifying the position of the band and the elderly with dementia has left the safe area, the GPS module provided in the band It may further include an operation unit that operates to track the position of the band.

In addition to this, another method for implementing the present invention, another system, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a computer program for executing the method may be further provided.

Other aspects, features and advantages other than those described above will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and detailed description of the invention.

According to the present invention, it is possible to safely protect the elderly with dementia by dividing the location tracking area of the dementia elderly wearing the band for each stage, and identifying the position of the dementia elderly by applying different position tracking methods for each stage.

In addition, when the dementia elderly wearing the band is located inside the residence, the health of the dementia elderly can be managed by checking the health status of the dementia elderly using the biometric information periodically measured through the band.

In addition, when the dementia elderly wearing the band leaves the set safe area, it is possible to safely protect the dementia elderly by operating the GPS module provided in the band to track the position of the dementia elderly.

In addition, when an elderly person with dementia wearing a band leaves the set safety area, the dementia elderly person disappears by joining the same community as the dementia elderly caregiver and transmitting personal information of the dementia elderly person to other guardians living in the same residential area as the dementia elderly person. We can protect the elderly with dementia safely by notifying them and receiving help to find the elderly with dementia.

Effects of the present invention are not limited to those mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a system for managing the elderly with dementia according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a detailed configuration of an apparatus for managing the elderly with dementia in the system for managing the elderly with dementia of FIG. 1 .
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a detailed configuration of a dementia management unit among the dementia elderly management apparatus of FIG. 2 .
FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a detailed configuration of a caregiver terminal in the dementia management system of FIG. 1 .
FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram in which the apparatus for managing the elderly with dementia of FIG. 1 divides the location tracking area of the elderly with dementia wearing the band for each stage, and tracks the position of the elderly with dementia by applying different position tracking methods for each stage.
6 is an exemplary diagram in which the device for managing the elderly with dementia of FIG. 1 joins the same community as the guardian of the elderly with dementia and transmits personal information of the elderly with dementia to other guardian terminals living in the same residential area as the elderly with dementia.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for managing the elderly with dementia according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method for managing the elderly with dementia according to another aspect of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and a method for achieving them will become apparent with reference to the detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments presented below, but may be implemented in a variety of different forms, and includes all transformations, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. . The embodiments presented below are provided to complete the disclosure of the present invention, and to completely inform those of ordinary skill in the art to the scope of the present invention. In describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The terms used in the present application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It is to be understood that this does not preclude the possibility of the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof. Terms such as first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same or corresponding components are given the same reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions thereof are omitted. decide to do

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a system for managing the elderly with dementia according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , a system for managing the elderly with dementia 1 may include a device for managing the elderly with dementia 100 , a band 200 , a guardian terminal 300 , and a network 400 .

The device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia requests unique information from the band 200 worn by the elderly with dementia and uses the unique information received from the band 200 to identify the location of the band 200 in real time. can

In the present embodiment, the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia may include a radio frequency identification (RFID) module ( 120 in FIG. 2 ). The RFID module 120 may identify the position of the band 200 by accessing an RFID tag (not shown) provided in the band 200 and acquiring unique information stored in the RFID tag. Here, the band 200 stores different unique information, and the unique information may be ID information for identifying the elderly with dementia.

In this embodiment, the RFID module 120 communicates with the first gateway (510 in FIG. 5) to the fourth gateway (540 in FIG. 5) to access the RFID tag (not shown) of the band 200, and The unique information stored in the tag can be acquired. The first gateway 510 is provided inside the residence, the second gateway 520 is provided within a predetermined first distance (eg, 2m) from the residence, and the third gateway 530 is the second gateway from the residence. It may be provided inside the second distance (eg, 1 km) longer than 1 distance, and the fourth gateway 540 may be provided outside (eg, 1.1 km) of the second distance. In this embodiment, a plurality of gateways may be provided inside the residence, inside the first street, inside the first to second streets, and outside the second street. In addition, although not shown in the present embodiment, the first gateway 510 to the fourth gateway 540 may be included in the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia.

The apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia may generate different alarm events according to the result of location identification of the band 200 and transmit it to the guardian terminal 300 of the elderly with dementia.

The device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia transmits the location identification result of the band 200 to the guardian terminal 300 of the elderly with dementia by selecting the terminal 300 of the guardian of the elderly with dementia that has received the alarm event. The guardian terminal 300 may monitor the position of the band 200 worn by the elderly with dementia.

The information processing device 100 may request dispatch to a government office for care of the elderly with dementia who wears the band 200 while monitoring by selection of the terminal 300 of the guardian of the elderly with dementia who has received the alarm event.

In an optional embodiment, the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia joins the same community as the guardian terminal 300 by selecting the guardian terminal 300 of the elderly with dementia that has received the alarm event, and lives in the same residence as the elderly with dementia. By transmitting the personal information of the elderly with dementia to other guardian terminals, it is possible to disclose that it is a target to be found in response to the absence of the elderly with dementia.

The band 200 is an accessory worn by the elderly with dementia, and includes a communication unit (not shown), an RFID tag (not shown), a memory (not shown), a biosignal detection sensor (not shown), a fall detection sensor (not shown), and a GPS. It may include a module (not shown) and a processor (not shown).

The communication unit may provide a communication interface necessary to provide a transmission/reception signal between the dementia management apparatus 100 and the band 200 in the form of packet data by interworking with the network 400 . The communication unit 110 serves to transmit whether the elderly with dementia stored in the memory is wearing the band 200, whether the elderly with dementia has fallen, and the biometric signal of the elderly with dementia at the request of the device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia. can do. The RFID tag may transmit the unique information (ID of the elderly with dementia) stored in the memory to the RFID module according to the information request signal of the RFID module. The RFID module may periodically acquire information from the RFID tag through the first gateway 510 and the fourth gateway 540, and the first gateway 510 and the fourth gateway 540 may be provided at a designated location. have. For example, when the RFID tag information is acquired through the second gateway 520 , the designated location of the second gateway 520 may be location information of an elderly person with dementia currently wearing the band 200 . .

A temperature sensor (not shown) as a biosignal detection sensor may periodically measure the temperature of the elderly with dementia, and may store the measured temperature and measurement time in a memory under the control of the processor. A pulse sensor (not shown) as a biosignal detection sensor may periodically measure the pulse of the elderly with dementia, and may store the measured pulse and measurement time in a memory under the control of the processor. The temperature, pulse, and measurement time stored in the memory may be transmitted at the request of the dementia management apparatus 100 or periodically through the communication unit.

The fall detection sensor periodically detects a fall of an elderly person with dementia, and may store the fall status and time in the memory under the control of the processor. The fall detection sensor includes at least one of an acceleration sensor, a magnetic sensor, a gravity sensor (G-sensor), a gyroscope sensor, and a motion sensor, including at least one of a fall of the elderly with dementia. can detect Whether the fall and the time stored in the memory may be transmitted at the request of the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia or periodically through the communication unit.

When the band 200 having the GPS module is located outside the second distance and the GPS receiver (170 in FIG. 2) of the dementia management apparatus 100 starts operation, the GPS satellite (500 in FIG. 5) By transmitting the position of the band 200 to the GPS receiver 170 , the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia may track the position of the band 200 .

The guardian terminal 300 of the dementia elderly monitors the location of the dementia elderly through an authentication process after accessing the dementia elderly management application or the dementia elderly management site, or contacts a government office for the care of the dementia elderly, or It is possible to provide a community service for disclosing personal information to other guardian terminals. In this embodiment, the guardian terminal 300 that has completed the authentication process may drive the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia and control the operation of the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia.

In this embodiment, the guardian terminal 300 is a desktop computer 301, a smart phone 302, a notebook 303, a tablet PC, a smart TV, a mobile phone, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a laptop, a media operated by the guardian It may be, but is not limited to, a player, a micro server, a global positioning system (GPS) device, an e-book terminal, a digital broadcast terminal, a navigation device, a kiosk, an MP4 player, a digital camera, a home appliance, and other mobile or non-mobile computing devices. In addition, the guardian terminal 300 may be a wearable terminal such as a watch, glasses, a hair band and a ring having a communication function and a data processing function. The guardian terminal 300 is not limited to the above, and a terminal capable of web browsing may be borrowed without limitation.

The network 400 may serve to connect the device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia, the band 200 and the guardian terminal 300 . The network 400 is, for example, a wired network such as local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), metropolitan area networks (MANs), integrated service digital networks (ISDNs), or wireless LANs, CDMA, Bluetooth, and satellite communication. It may cover a wireless network such as, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, the network 400 may transmit and receive information using short-distance communication and/or long-distance communication. Here, the short-distance communication may include Bluetooth, radio frequency identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), ultra-wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) technologies. Communication may include code division multiple access (CDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) technology. can

Network 400 may include connections of network elements such as hubs, bridges, routers, and switches. Network 400 may include one or more connected networks, eg, multiple network environments, including public networks such as the Internet and private networks such as secure enterprise private networks. Access to network 400 may be provided via one or more wired or wireless access networks. Furthermore, the network 400 may support an Internet of Things (IoT) network and/or 5G communication that exchanges and processes information between distributed components such as things.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a detailed configuration of an apparatus for managing the elderly with dementia in the system for managing the elderly with dementia of FIG. 1 . In the following description, the part overlapping with the description of FIG. 1 will be omitted. Referring to FIG. 2 , the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia includes a communication unit 110 , an RFID module 120 , a storage medium 130 , a program storage unit 140 , a database 150 , a smart mat 160 , and a GPS. It may include a receiver 170 , a dementia management unit 180 , and a controller 190 .

The communication unit 110 interworks with the network 400 to provide a communication interface necessary to provide a transmission/reception signal between the dementia management device 100, the band 200, and the guardian terminal 300 in the form of packet data. have. Furthermore, the communication unit 110 may serve to receive a predetermined information request signal from the guardian terminal 300 , and may serve to transmit the information processed by the dementia management unit 180 to the guardian terminal 300 . can Here, the communication network is a medium that serves to connect the dementia management device 100, the band 200, and the guardian terminal 300, and the guardian terminal 300 is connected to the dementia management device 100. It may include a path providing an access path so that information can be transmitted/received after being accessed. In addition, the communication unit 110 may be a device including hardware and software necessary for transmitting and receiving signals such as control signals or data signals through wired/wireless connection with other network devices. In addition, the communication unit 110 may provide a communication interface necessary for data communication with the first gateway 510 to the fourth gateway 540 described above. In this embodiment, the communication unit 110 requests from the band 200, or periodically from the band 200, whether the elderly with dementia is wearing the band 200, whether the elderly with dementia has fallen, and whether the elderly with dementia of a biometric signal (eg, pulse, body temperature, etc.) may be received.

The RFID module 120 is an RFID reader, and may acquire unique information stored in the memory of the band 200 by accessing the band 200 through a gateway. In this embodiment, since the location information of the first gateways 510 to the fourth gateways is specified in advance, the location of the elderly with dementia wearing the band 200 according to the gateway from which the RFID module 120 has acquired the unique information. can be estimated.

The storage medium 130 performs a function of temporarily or permanently storing data processed by the controller 190 . Here, the storage medium 130 may include a magnetic storage medium or a flash storage medium, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. The storage medium 130 may include internal memory and/or external memory, volatile memory such as DRAM, SRAM, or SDRAM, one time programmable ROM (OTPROM), PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, mask ROM, flash ROM, etc. , NAND flash memory, or non-volatile memory, such as NOR flash memory, SSD. It may include a flash drive such as a compact flash (CF) card, an SD card, a Micro-SD card, a Mini-SD card, an Xd card, or a memory stick, or a storage device such as an HDD.

In this embodiment, when the storage medium 130 includes a storage device such as HDD, it is possible to store the unique information received from the band 200 and the location information of the gateway, and the biometric information and measurement time of the elderly with dementia. It may further include a storage (not shown) for storing. The storage is an area of a storage device such as an HDD allocated to each guardian who has completed authentication in the dementia management device 100 , and may store information obtained from the band 200 .

The program storage unit 140 requests unique information from the band 200 and uses the unique information received from the band 200 to identify the position of the band 200, according to the result of identifying the position of the band 200 The operation of generating different alarm events and transmitting them to the guardian terminal 300 of the elderly with dementia, the operation of monitoring the position of the band 200 by the selection of the guardian terminal 300 of the elderly with dementia that has received the alarm event, the alarm By selecting the terminal 300 for the caregiver of the elderly with dementia who received the event, the task of requesting dispatch to the government office for the care of the elderly with dementia wearing the band 200 during monitoring, the guardian of the elderly with dementia who has received the alarm event By selecting the terminal 300, join the same community as the caregiver terminal 300, transmit the personal information of the dementia elderly to another guardian terminal residing in the same residential area as the dementia elderly, and find out in response to the absence of the dementia elderly It is equipped with control software that performs tasks such as disclosing the subject to be used, setting information and environment related to the elderly with dementia and their caregivers, and processing billing and payment in response to resource usage used by the elderly and carers with dementia.

The database 150 may include a user database that stores information of the elderly with dementia and their caregivers. Here, the information of the elderly with dementia and their guardians includes basic information about the elderly with dementia and their guardians, such as name, affiliation, personal information, gender, age, contact information, email, address, and image, ID (ID) (or email ) and password (password), information about the parent's authentication (login), access country, access location, information about the device used for access, and access-related information such as the connected network environment, etc. may be included.

In addition, the user database contains unique information of the elderly with dementia and their guardians, information and/or category history provided by guardians accessing the dementia management application or dementia management site, environment setting information set by the guardians, and resource usage information used by the guardians. , billing and payment information corresponding to the resource usage of the guardian may be stored.

In addition, the database 150 may further include a management database that stores the location of the elderly with dementia, biometric information, and fall detection information. The management database may store unique information of the dementia elderly along with location and biometric detection information of the dementia elderly, and time information at which biometric detection is measured.

The smart mat 160 is disposed on the floor of the front door inside the residence, and has a piezoelectric element to transmit an electrical signal to the control unit 190 when the elderly with dementia steps on it to check whether the elderly with dementia has left the front door can

When the position of the band 200 is out of the second distance, the GPS receiver 170 may start an operation to receive the position of the band 200 from a GPS satellite (500 in FIG. 5 ).

The dementia management unit 180 may divide the location tracking area of the band 200 for each step, and track the location of the band 200 by applying different location tracking methods for each step. The dementia management unit 180 may request unique information from the band 200 and identify the location of the band 200 using the unique information received from the band 200 . The dementia management unit 180 may generate different alarm events according to the location identification result of the band 200 and transmit it to the caregiver terminal 300 of the dementia elderly. The dementia management unit 180 may monitor the position of the band 200 by selecting the terminal 300 of the guardian of the elderly with dementia that has received the alarm event. The dementia elderly management unit 180 may request an emergency dispatch to a government office for care of the dementia elderly who wears the band 200 during monitoring by selecting the guardian terminal 300 of the elderly dementia patient who has received the alarm event.

The dementia senior management unit 180 may create a community to recruit caregivers of the dementia elderly and participate together in the management of the dementia elderly. The community created by the dementia management unit 180 can be joined by guardians residing in the same residential area as the dementia elderly, and personal information of the dementia elderly is disclosed to the community by the guardian to take care of the dementia elderly when they leave the safe area. can

In this embodiment, the dementia management unit 180 may be provided outside the control unit 190 as shown in FIG. 2 , or may be provided inside the control unit 190 to operate like the control unit 190 . Hereinafter, details of the dementia management unit 180 will be described with reference to FIG. 3 .

The control unit 190 is a kind of central processing unit, and may control the operation of the entire device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia by driving the control software mounted on the program storage unit 140 . The controller 190 may include all kinds of devices capable of processing data, such as a processor. Here, the 'processor' may refer to a data processing device embedded in hardware having a physically structured circuit to perform a function expressed by, for example, a code or an instruction included in a program. As an example of the data processing device embedded in the hardware as described above, a microprocessor, a central processing unit (CPU), a processor core, a multiprocessor, an application-specific integrated (ASIC) circuit) and a processing device such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA), but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

FIG. 3 is a view schematically illustrating a detailed configuration of a dementia management unit among the dementia elderly management apparatus of FIG. 2 . In the following description, descriptions of parts overlapping with those of FIGS. 1 and 2 will be omitted. Referring to FIG. 3 , the dementia senior management unit 180 includes an identification unit 181 , an alarm generator 182 , a monitoring unit 183 , a request unit 184 , an information disclosure unit 185 , and an operation unit 186 . and a map display unit 187 .

The identification unit 181 may request unique information from the band 200 worn by the elderly with dementia and identify the position of the band 200 using the unique information received from the band 200 .

When the identification unit 181 acquires unique information from the band 200 through the first gateway 510 located in the residence using the RFID module 120, the band 200 is located in the residence so that the elderly with dementia can enter the room. It can be identified that there is Here, since the location of the first gateway 510 is designated (inside the residence), when the identification unit 181 acquires unique information from the band 200 through the first gateway 510, the elderly with dementia is inside the residence, that is, It can be identified that it is located indoors.

The identification unit 181 obtains unique information from the band 200 through the second gateway 520 located within a predetermined first distance from the residence using the RFID module 120 , and an electric signal from the smart mat 160 . When recognizing that , the band 200 is located within a first distance from the outside of the residence, it can be identified that the elderly with dementia went out. Here, since the location of the second gateway 520 is designated (within 10 m from the residence), the identification unit 181 acquires unique information from the band 200 through the second gateway 520, and the elderly with dementia goes out. However, it can be identified as being inside the safe area.

When the identification unit 181 obtains unique information from the band 200 through the third gateway 530 located inside the second distance longer than the first distance from the residence using the RFID module 120, the band 200 By being located inside the second street, it is possible to identify that the elderly with dementia are inside the safe area. Here, since the location of the third gateway 530 is designated (within 1 km from the residence), the identification unit 181 obtains the unique information from the band 200 through the third gateway 530, so that the elderly with dementia are safe. It can be identified as being within the area. Here, the second distance from the residence is a safe area set by the guardian, and the second distance may be changed by the setting of the guardian.

When the identification unit 181 obtains unique information from the band 200 through the fourth gateway 540 located outside the second distance from the residence using the RFID module 120, the band 200 moves the second distance It can be identified that the elderly with dementia has moved out of the safe area. Here, since the location of the fourth gateway 540 is designated (1.1 km from the residence), the identification unit 181 says that when acquiring the unique information from the band 200 through the fourth gateway 540, it is out of the safe area. can be identified.

The alarm generator 182 may generate different alarm events according to the location identification result of the band 200 and transmit it to the caregiver terminal 300 of the elderly with dementia.

As a result of identifying the location of the band 200, the alarm generating unit 182 generates an inside dwelling alarm event when the elderly with dementia exists inside the dwelling because the band 200 is present inside the dwelling, so that the guardian terminal 300 for the elderly with dementia is present. ) can be transmitted.

As a result of identifying the location of the band 200, the alarm generator 182 generates an outing alarm event to generate an outing alarm event when the band 200 exists within a predetermined first distance from the residence and identifies that the elderly with dementia has gone out. It can be transmitted to the terminal 300 .

As a result of identifying the location of the band 200, the alarm generating unit 182 identifies that the elderly with dementia is inside the safe area because the band 200 exists within the second distance longer than the first distance, a safe area location alarm event can be generated and transmitted to the terminal 300 of the caregiver of the elderly with dementia.

As a result of identifying the positions of the bands 200 and 300, the alarm generator 182 generates a dangerous alarm event when identifying that the elderly with dementia has left the safe area because the band 200 exists outside the second street. It can be transmitted to the terminal 300 of the guardian of the elderly with dementia.

The alarm generating unit 182 periodically transmits the biosignal detection information of the dementia elderly whether the dementia elderly wears the band 200, whether the dementia elderly has fallen, regardless of the position identification result of the band 200, the first It is acquired through the gateway 510 to the fourth gateway 540, and when the biometric information of the elderly with dementia is out of the reference biometric information, when the elderly with dementia falls, an emergency alarm event is generated and the guardian terminal 300 of the elderly with dementia can be sent to

Also, the alarm generator 182 may generate an alarm equivalent to an emergency situation and transmit it to the guardian terminal 300 even when the elderly with dementia does not wear the band 200 . The location information of the band 200 is identified, but when the biometric information and/or fall information of the elderly with dementia is not obtained, the alarm generator 182 determines that the elderly with dementia is not wearing the band 200, and an alarm may be generated and transmitted to the guardian terminal 300 . When the elderly with dementia does not wear the band 200 , biometric information and/or fall information of the elderly with dementia may be obtained as NULL values from the band 200 .

In this embodiment, when an emergency alarm event and a dangerous alarm event occur, the alarm generator 182 is a more urgent situation than other alarm events, so it can transmit a red alarm or a siren alarm indicating that the situation is more urgent to the guardian terminal 300 . have.

The monitoring unit 183 may monitor the positions of the bands 200 and 300 by selecting the terminal 300 of the guardian of the elderly with dementia who has received the alarm event. As a result of identifying the location of the band 200 , the band 200 may request the location of the band 200 at the request of the guardian terminal 300 even if the band 200 is located inside the residence or inside the safe area. The monitoring unit 183 may transmit, at the request of the guardian terminal 300 , the location of the gateway to which the band 200 is currently closest to the guardian terminal 300 using the map display unit 187 .

The request unit 184 selects the terminal 300 of the guardian of the elderly with dementia who has received the alarm event, and for the care of the elderly with dementia who wears the band 200 while monitoring, public offices (eg, fire stations, police stations, Public health centers, hospitals, etc.) can be requested to be dispatched. The government office receiving the request for dispatch may receive the location of the elderly with dementia from the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia and be dispatched.

The information disclosure unit 185 joins the same community as the guardian terminal 300 by selecting the guardian terminal 300 of the elderly with dementia that has received the risk alarm event, and is connected to another guardian terminal residing in the same residence as the elderly with dementia. By transmitting the personal information of the elderly with dementia, it is possible to disclose that it is a target to be found in response to the absence of the elderly with dementia. If you request a dispatch from a government office, it may take some time to arrive, and the elderly with dementia may move to another place. Together, we aim to help find the elderly with dementia.

The operation unit 186 controls to start the operation of the GPS receiver 170 when the band 200 having the GPS module deviates from the second distance, that is, when the elderly with dementia leaves the safe area, and the GPS receiver 170 ) starts the operation, the position of the band 200 is transmitted from the GPS satellite 500 to the GPS receiver 170 to track the position of the band 200, and the tracking result can be transmitted to the guardian terminal 300. . At this time, the map display unit 187 may display the location of the band 200 on the map, and transmit the result to the guardian terminal 300 so that the guardian recognizes the current location of the dementia elderly.

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a detailed configuration of a caregiver terminal in the dementia management system of FIG. 1 . In the following description, descriptions of parts overlapping with those of FIGS. 1 to 3 will be omitted. Referring to FIG. 4 , the guardian terminal 300 may include a communication unit 310 , a memory 320 , an input/output unit 330 , a program storage unit 340 , a control unit 350 , and a display unit 360 .

The communication unit 310 may be a device including hardware and software necessary for transmitting and receiving signals such as control signals or data signals through wired/wireless connection with other network devices such as the dementia management apparatus 100 . For example, the communication unit 310 may include a short-range communication unit or a mobile communication unit. Short-range wireless communication unit, Bluetooth communication unit, BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) communication unit, near field communication unit (Near Field Communication unit), WLAN (Wi-Fi) communication unit, Zigbee communication unit, infrared (IrDA, infrared) It may be a data association) communication unit, a Wi-Fi Direct (WFD) communication unit, an ultra wide band (UWB) communication unit, an Ant+ communication unit, and the like, but is not limited thereto. The mobile communication unit transmits/receives a radio signal to and from at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. Here, the wireless signal may include various types of data according to transmission/reception of a voice call signal, a video call signal, or a text/multimedia message.

The memory 320 may temporarily or permanently store the data processed by the controller 350 or temporarily or permanently store the location information and biosignal detection information transmitted to the caregiver terminal 300 for the elderly with dementia. Here, the memory 320 may include magnetic storage media or flash storage media, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The input/output unit 330 may be configured as a touch-sensitive display controller or other various input/output controllers. As an example, a touch-sensitive display controller may provide an output interface and an input interface between the device and the caregiver. The touch recognition display controller may transmit and receive electrical signals to and from the controller 350 . In addition, the touch-sensitive display controller displays a visual output to the caregiver, and the visual output may include text, graphics, images, video, and combinations thereof. The input/output unit 330 may be, for example, a predetermined display member such as an organic light emitting display (OLED) or liquid crystal display (LCD) capable of recognizing a touch.

The program storage unit 340 accesses the device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia, and provides location information for the elderly with dementia, whether the elderly with dementia wears the band 200, whether the elderly with dementia has fallen, and biosignal detection information for the elderly with dementia. The operation of generating, the operation of receiving an alarm event from the device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia upon request, the operation of requesting the location monitoring of the band 200 and receiving the result, the operation of disclosing the personal information of the dementia elderly to the community, It can be equipped with control software that performs tasks such as requesting dispatch to public offices.

The control unit 350 provides various functions such as driving control software mounted on the program storage unit 340 as a kind of central processing unit and displaying predetermined information on the guardian terminal 300 by controlling the display unit 360 . can do. Here, the controller 350 may include all kinds of devices capable of processing data, such as a processor. Here, the 'processor' may refer to a data processing device embedded in hardware, for example, having a physically structured circuit to perform a function expressed as a code or an instruction included in a program. As an example of the data processing device embedded in the hardware as described above, a microprocessor, a central processing unit (CPU), a processor core, a multiprocessor, an application-specific integrated (ASIC) circuit) and a processing device such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA), but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The display unit 360 may display various information received from the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia under the control of the control unit 350 .

5 is an exemplary diagram in which the apparatus for managing the elderly with dementia of FIG. 1 divides the location tracking area of the elderly with dementia wearing the band 200 for each stage, and tracks the position of the elderly with dementia by applying different position tracking methods for each stage. . In the following description, descriptions of parts overlapping with those of FIGS. 1 to 4 will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 5 , when the device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia acquires unique information from the band 200 through the first gateway 510 located in the residence, it may identify that the elderly with dementia is located inside the residence.

The dementia management device 100 generates an electrical signal from the smart mat 160 located inside the residence, and obtains unique information from the band 200 through the second gateway 520 located within a first distance from the outside of the residence. In this case, it can be identified that the elderly with dementia went out.

When the device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia acquires unique information from the band 200 through the third gateway 530 located inside the second distance longer than the first distance from the residence, it is determined that the elderly with dementia is inside the safe area can be identified.

When the device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia acquires unique information from the band 200 through the fourth gateway 540 located outside the second distance from the residence, the band 200 leaves the second distance and the elderly with dementia is safe It can be identified as out of the area.

The apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia may identify the position of the band 200 through the GPS satellite 500 when the elderly with dementia leaves the safe area.

6 is an exemplary diagram in which the device for managing the elderly with dementia of FIG. 1 joins the same community as the guardian of the elderly with dementia and transmits personal information of the elderly with dementia to other guardian terminals residing in the same residence as the elderly with dementia. In the following description, descriptions of parts overlapping with those of FIGS. 1 to 5 will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the guardian terminal 301 that has received a dangerous alarm event when the elderly with dementia leaves the safe area may open the dementia elderly management application and disclose personal information of the dementia elderly.

The other guardian terminals 302 and 303 join the same community as the guardian terminal 301, live in the same residential area as the elderly with dementia, and from the guardian terminal 301, the picture of the elderly with dementia, the name, age, and disappearance of the elderly with dementia Receive the personal information of the elderly with dementia including time and location of disappearance, recognize that it is a target to be found in response to the absence of the elderly with dementia, and contact the guardian terminal 301 when seeing the elderly with dementia, or bring the elderly with dementia together can be found

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for managing the elderly with dementia according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, descriptions of parts overlapping with those of FIGS. 1 to 6 will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 7 , in step S710 , the device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia requests unique information to the band 200 worn by the elderly with dementia and uses the unique information received from the band 200 to control the band 200 . Identifies the location.

When the device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia acquires unique information from the band 200 through the first gateway 510 located in the residence, the band 200 is located in the residence, so that the elderly with dementia can be identified indoors. The device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia receives an electrical signal from the smart mat 160, and acquires unique information from the band 200 through the second gateway 520 located within a preset first distance from the residence, the band By being located within a first distance from the outside of the residence 200, it can be identified that the elderly with dementia went out. When the device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia acquires unique information from the band 200 through the third gateway 530 located inside the second distance longer than the first distance from the residence, the band 200 is located inside the second street. By location, it is possible to identify that the elderly with dementia are inside the safe area. The device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia acquires unique information from the band 200 through the fourth gateway 540 located outside the second street from the residence, and the band 200 deviates from the second distance and the elderly with dementia is in a safe area can be identified as out of .

In step S720 , the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia generates different alarm events according to the location identification result of the band 200 and transmits them to the guardian terminal 300 of the elderly with dementia.

As a result of identifying the location of the band 200, the dementia management device 100 generates an outing alarm event when the band 200 exists within a predetermined first distance from the residence and identifies that the dementia elderly have gone out. It can be transmitted to the guardian terminal (300). As a result of the identification of the location of the band 200, the dementia management device 100 determines that the elderly with dementia is in the safe area because the band 200 is present inside the second distance longer than the first distance, a safety area location alarm An event may be generated and transmitted to the guardian terminal 300 of the elderly with dementia. As a result of identifying the location of the bands 200 and 300, the device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia generates a dangerous alarm event when the band 200 exists outside the second street and identifies that the elderly with dementia has left the safe area. Thus, it can be transmitted to the guardian terminal 300 of the elderly with dementia.

Regardless of the location identification result of the band 200, the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia periodically removes whether the elderly with dementia wears the band 200, whether the elderly with dementia has fallen, and the biosignal detection information of the elderly with dementia. It is acquired through the first gateway 510 to the fourth gateway 540, and when the biometric information of the elderly with dementia is out of the reference biometric information, when the elderly with dementia falls, an emergency alarm event is generated and the guardian terminal 300 for the elderly with dementia ) can be transmitted. Also, the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia may generate an alarm corresponding to an emergency situation and transmit it to the guardian terminal 300 even when the elderly with dementia does not wear the band 200 .

In step S730, the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia monitors the position of the band 200 by the selection of the guardian terminal 300 of the elderly with dementia that has received the alarm event, and transmits the result to the guardian terminal 300. .

The apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia may monitor the positions of the bands 200 and 300 by selecting the terminal 300 of the guardian of the elderly with dementia who has received the alarm event. As a result of identifying the location of the band 200 , the band 200 may request the location of the band 200 at the request of the guardian terminal 300 even if the band 200 is located inside the residence or inside the safe area. The apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia may transmit the location of the gateway to which the band 200 is currently closest to the guardian terminal 300 at the request of the guardian terminal 300 .

In step S740, the device for managing the elderly with dementia 100 is dispatched to a government office for the care of the elderly with dementia wearing the band 200 while monitoring by the selection of the guardian terminal 300 of the elderly with dementia who has received the alarm event. request.

The device 100 for managing the elderly with dementia is selected by the caregiver terminal 300 of the elderly with dementia who has received the alarm event, for the care of the elderly with dementia who wears the band 200 during monitoring (eg, a fire station, Police station, etc.) The government office receiving the request for dispatch may receive the location of the elderly with dementia from the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia and be dispatched.

In an optional embodiment, the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia joins the same community as the guardian terminal 300 by selecting the guardian terminal 300 of the elderly with dementia that has received the dangerous alarm event, and resides in the same residence as the elderly with dementia. By transmitting the personal information of the elderly with dementia to another guardian terminal, it is possible to disclose that it is a target to be found in response to the absence of the elderly with dementia.

In an optional embodiment, the apparatus 100 for managing the elderly with dementia controls to start the operation of the GPS receiver when the band 200 having the GPS module deviates from the second distance, that is, when the elderly with dementia leaves the safe area, the GPS When the receiver starts operation, the position of the band 200 is transmitted from the GPS satellite 500 to the GPS receiver to track the position of the band 200 , and the tracking result may be transmitted to the guardian terminal 300 .

8 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method for managing the elderly with dementia according to another aspect of the present invention.

A method for managing the elderly with dementia according to another aspect of the present invention includes the steps of requesting biometric information from a band worn by the elderly with dementia and selectively using biometric information and GPS information received from the band to identify the position of the band;

generating different alarm events according to the result of identifying the location of the band and transmitting the same to the terminal of the caregiver of the elderly with dementia; monitoring the position of the band by selection of the terminal of the caregiver of the elderly with dementia who has received the alarm event; and

By selection of the terminal of the caregiver of the elderly with dementia who has received the alarm event, it may be configured to include a step of requesting dispatch to a government office for care of the elderly with dementia who wears a band while monitoring.

Here, the step of identifying the position of the band is,

When biometric information is obtained from the band through the first gateway 1100 located in the residence 1000, identifying that the elderly with dementia is indoors by placing the band in the residence 1000;

When the RFID signal is obtained from the band through the second gateway 1200 located in the preset first area A adjacent to the front door 1400 of the residence 1000, the band moves to the first area outside the residence 1000 ( A) identifying that the elderly with dementia has gone out by being located in;

When the management server recognizes that the band is located inside the preset second distance (B) that is outside the first area (A) from the residence 1000 through the GPS information transmitted by the band, the management server controls the elderly with dementia identifying that it is within the safe area; and

When the management server recognizes that the band is located outside the second distance (B) from the residence 1000 through the GPS information transmitted by the band, the management server determines that the band is outside the second distance (B) and the elderly with dementia It may consist of steps outside the safe area and identifying that you are in a hazardous area.

According to the embodiment, the first area (A) is an area adjacent to the front door 1400 of the residence 1000 , and is set so that the infringing elderly can know information going out of the residence 1000 through the front door 1400 . It can mean an area.

In addition, the second distance (B) is a distance set by the guardian and may mean a boundary line dividing the safe area and the dangerous area.

Here, the first gateway 1100 may mean an internal gate, which will be described later, and the second gateway 1200 may mean an external gate.

As a result of the management server identifying the location of the band, if the management server identifies that the band has left the residential area 1000 and is out of the first area (A), the management server transmits a control command to control the GPS module provided in the band. and tracking the position of the band in operation.

According to an embodiment, the transmitting step includes:

periodically acquiring information on whether or not a fall is generated based on biometric information and biometric information of the elderly with dementia through the first gateway 1100 or a mobile phone communication network through the band; and

When it is determined that the biometric information of the elderly with dementia deviates from the reference biometric information, or it is determined that a fall has occurred, generating an emergency alarm event and transmitting the event to the guardian terminal of the elderly with dementia.

That is, the biometric information of the elderly with dementia can be collected through the first gateway 1100 when the elderly with dementia is inside the residence 1000, and can be directly collected through the mobile phone network when going out of the residence 1000. have. When the band is outside the residence 1000 and is located inside the second street B or outside the second street B, the band may transmit the biometric information of the infringing elderly directly to the management server through the mobile phone communication network.

An RFID tag module is installed in the band, and an RFID reader module is installed in the second gateway 1200 installed adjacent to the front door 1400 outside the residence 1000 , so the infringing elderly can pass through the front door 1400 . When going out, the RFID reader module receives the signal transmitted from the RFID tag module of the band, so that the infringing elderly person can secure the information about going out.

According to an embodiment, the transmitting step includes:

As a result of identifying the location of the band, when it is identified that the elderly with dementia has gone out because the band exists in the first area (A) preset from the residence 1000, generating an outing alarm event and transmitting it to the terminal of the guardian of the elderly with dementia;

As a result of identifying the location of the band, if the band exists inside the second street (B) outside the first area (A) and the management server identifies that the elderly with dementia is inside the safe area, a safe area location alarm event is generated Transmitting to the terminal of the caregiver of the elderly with dementia; and

As a result of identifying the location of the band, if the management server identifies that the elderly with dementia has left the safe area because the band exists outside the second street (B), a risk alarm event is generated and transmitted to the terminal of the guardian of the elderly with dementia may include

A system for managing the elderly with dementia that implements the method for managing the elderly with dementia according to another aspect of the present invention will be described.

The dementia management system according to this embodiment may be configured to include a management server, a band, a smart mat 1300, a gateway, and a guardian terminal. The gateway may be configured to include an internal gateway 1100 and an external gateway 1200 .

The band may be an accessory that an elderly person with dementia can wear. The band may have a built-in sensor capable of measuring biometric information such as pulse and body temperature, may include an RFID tag module and a GPS module, and may additionally include an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, and the like.

Although expressed as a band in the present specification, it refers to an accessory that the elderly with dementia can wear, and does not necessarily mean only a wristband.

In general, the gateway may be a device that functions to transmit or receive information by connecting a terminal to an Internet communication network. In this embodiment, the internal gateway 1100 is installed inside the house, and the band may transmit biometric information of the dementia elderly to the management server through the internal gateway 1100 .

When the elderly with dementia breaks off the band, that is, when they do not wear it, the collection of biometric information is stopped, and the management server transmits the fact information of not wearing the band to the guardian's terminal when it is confirmed that the collection of biometric information is stopped. That is, the management server can collect information on whether the elderly with dementia wears a band or not based on the information on stopping the collection of biometric information of the elderly with dementia. By contacting community carers around you, you can encourage the elderly with dementia to wear the band quickly.

The band may be equipped with an RFID tag module. The RFID tag module may include a passive chip according to an embodiment. The band may transmit a signal for checking the location information of the elderly with dementia in real time or at regular time intervals through the RFID tag module.

The management server may determine whether the elderly with dementia has fallen by analyzing the pulse information among the biometric information of the elderly with dementia transmitted from the band. That is, the management server can determine whether the elderly with dementia falls by collecting situations in which the pulse rate of the elderly with dementia exceeds the standard value or changes rapidly through the pulse information. When the management server determines that the elderly with dementia has fallen through the pulse information of the elderly with dementia, it can transmit an emergency message to the guardian's terminal. It can also transmit signals.

Here, the management server may be a server owned by a dementia care service provider. In addition, according to an embodiment, it may be a server provided in an institution or a government office. The management server and the band can be connected through the Internet communication network.

An internal gateway 1100 may be installed in the residential area 1000 where the elderly with dementia reside, that is, inside the house. The internal gateway 1100 may receive biometric information of the elderly with dementia, such as pulse information and body temperature information, of the elderly with dementia from the band through short-distance communication such as BLE from the band at regular time intervals.

When the internal gateway 1100 receives the biometric information of the elderly with dementia from the band, it may transmit it to the management server through the Internet communication network. The management server may receive the biometric information of the dementia elderly and transmit it to the guardian terminal so that the guardian of the dementia elderly can understand the health status of the dementia elderly.

When the elderly with dementia is inside a residence (1000, in this embodiment, the residence means a house, that is, a building), the band and the management server exchange information through the internal gateway 1100, so the battery consumption of the band can be reduced. .

A smart mat 1300 may be installed inside the front door 1400 of the residence 1000 . The smart mat 1300 may transmit an electrical signal when the elderly with dementia step on it by employing a piezoelectric element.

An external gateway 1200 may be installed outside the front door 1400 and adjacent to the residence 1000 . The external gateway 1200 may be configured to include an RFID reader module. The external gateway 1200 and the smart mat 1300 may be electrically connected. According to the embodiment, the external gateway 1200 installed adjacent to the front door 1400 outside the front door 1400 and the smart mat 1300 installed adjacent to the front door 1400 inside the front door 1400 are mutually exclusive. It can be wired or wirelessly connected.

When the elderly with dementia goes out through the front door 1400 at the residence 1000, location information indicating that the elderly with dementia goes out from the residence 1000 may be transmitted to the guardian terminal. Here, the information that the elderly with dementia went out through the front door 1400 is managed by generating an electrical signal while stepping on the smart mat 1300 as the first step when the elderly with dementia exits the residential area 1000 through the front door 1400 It is transmitted to the server, and secondly, the RFID reader module installed in the external gateway 1200 reads the RFID tag on the band worn by the elderly with dementia and transmits this information to the management server.

Therefore, the management server may firstly secure the outing information of the dementia elderly through the smart mat 1300 , and secondly determine the information that the dementia elderly go out through the external gateway 1200 . According to an embodiment, the signal recognition range of the external gateway 1200 may be as short as 2-3 m. By installing the external gateway 1200 on the outside of the front door 1400 and adjacent to the front door 1400, when the elderly with dementia passes through the front door 1400 and goes outside, as if a vehicle passes by at a toll gate, it is counted. 1200) can confirm the information that the dementia elderly went out by reading the RFID signal. That is, the smart mat 1300 and the external gateway 1200 must both recognize the dementia elderly to determine that the dementia elderly have gone out.

Although the smart mat 1300 is generally installed adjacent to the front door 1400 inside the front door 1400 , there are cases where the elderly with dementia do not go out even after stepping on the smart mat 1300 . In this case, since the external gateway 1200 cannot collect the RFID signal, the information that the elderly with dementia has gone out is not confirmed.

According to an embodiment, the smart mat 1300 and the band may be connected to each other through wireless communication to interwork with each other. That is, the smart mat 1300 may transmit a location signal only when a person wearing a band for an elderly person with dementia climbs on the smart mat 1300 . A normal person who does not wear a band inside the residence 1000 may step on the smart mat 1300 , and in this case, the management server may not collect location information from the smart mat 1300 .

According to the present invention, since it is possible to check whether the elderly with dementia goes out in a binary manner through the configuration of the external gateway 1200 including the smart mat 1300 and the RFID reader module, the accuracy of information can be double guaranteed.

Up to a set area around the house, which is the residential area 1000 in which the elderly with dementia resides, may be defined as a safe area. The safe area is an area where the elderly with dementia can take a walk around the residential area 1000 or an area where life-related work such as a vegetable garden can be performed, and may mean an area that is recognized as safe even for the elderly with dementia to walk around. Here, the safe area can be set by a guardian of the elderly with dementia, in consideration of various situations. The setting of the safe area can be done in advance through the guardian's terminal.

When the elderly with dementia leaves the front door 1400 and goes out, the GPS module installed in the band may automatically start operation. Also, when the elderly with dementia enters the house through the front door 1400, the operation may be automatically stopped. The management server may control the switch-on or switch-off of the GPS module by transmitting a control command signal.

The band worn by the elderly with dementia can transmit the location information of the elderly with dementia to the management server in real time through the GPS module.

The GPS module is switched off and does not operate when the elderly with dementia resides inside the residence 1000 . Then, when the elderly with dementia goes outside through the front door 1400, it is automatically switched on and operated, and the location information of the elderly with dementia is transmitted to the management server. In the present invention, since the GPS module has very low accuracy of location information indoors, it receives biometric information of the elderly with dementia indoors through the internal gateway 1100. location information is collected, and when the elderly with dementia goes out, the GPS module installed in the band starts operation and transmits the location information to the management server in real time.

The GPS module is activated automatically when the elderly with dementia goes out. According to an embodiment, the operation may be started through the configuration of the smart mat 1300 and the external gateway 1200 . According to the embodiment, the location information of the elderly with dementia transmitted by the smart mat 1300 and the position information of the elderly with dementia transmitted through the RFID reader module of the external gateway 1200 are in the chronological order when the elderly with dementia goes out of the house It is possible to inform whether or not it is a case of entering the dwelling 1000 . That is, when the location information transmitted from the smart mat 1300 is first collected, and the location information transmitted from the external gateway 1200 is collected later, the management server can recognize that the elderly with dementia has gone out, and the GPS installed in the band The module can be switched on to initiate operation. On the contrary, when the location information of the dementia patient is first collected from the external gateway 1200, the external gateway 1200, and the location information of the smart mat 1300 and the smart mat 1300 is collected later, the management server is the dementia elderly residence (1000). ) It is judged that it has entered the interior and the GPS module can be switched off.

Biometric information of the elderly with dementia is transmitted to the management server through the internal gateway 1100 when the elderly with dementia is inside the residence 1000, but when the elderly with dementia goes outside the residence 1000, the biometric information of the elderly with dementia is transferred to the mobile phone It may be transmitted directly to the management server through a base station or the like through a communication network. That is, in this case, biometric information can be transmitted directly to the management server without going through a gateway.

In some embodiments, when biometric information is transmitted through the internal gateway 1100 and when transmitted directly through a mobile phone communication network, location information may be collected through mutual conversion. That is, the management server can secure the location information of the dementia patient through the collection path of the biological information of the dementia patient. When the transmission path of biometric information is changed such that biometric information is transmitted sequentially through the mobile phone communication network and then through the internal gate, the management server can recognize that the elderly with dementia has entered the dwelling (1000). . Conversely, if the transmission path of biometric information is changed from being transmitted through the internal gate to being transmitted through the mobile phone network, it is determined that the elderly with dementia has gone outside and monitoring whether the elderly with dementia moves from a safe area to a dangerous area. can

The mobile phone communication network may refer to a long-distance wireless communication network such as LTE.

When the elderly with dementia leaves the residence 1000, that is, when they go out, the management server commands the GPS module to operate, and the GPS module starts to operate. can be collected. The GPS module can work when the elderly with dementia are in safe and dangerous areas. In this case, the safe area and the dangerous area can be individually set by the guardian or the like through the guardian terminal as described above.

While the elderly with dementia are in a safe area, there is no need to take special measures because it is a normal situation.

When an elderly person with dementia leaves the safe area and enters the danger area, the community care system can operate.

The community care system may be a system that enables online and offline meetings of subscribers who have been authenticated by meeting certain conditions.

A family member of a dementia patient, an employee belonging to a related institution, etc. may constitute a community care system. For example, if a dementia patient lives in Yangyang and their child, a guardian, lives in Seoul, it is difficult for the guardian to take care of the dementia patient. In this case, it is possible to induce the elderly with dementia to take appropriate measures when the elderly with dementia approaches the risk area by organizing online gatherings of people living in the area where the dementia patients live, for example, who have other dementia patients.

The dementia elderly management system according to the present embodiment may be configured to include a community care system. Here, the community care system may be configured to include a guardian terminal in which an application is installed, and a community care server.

According to an embodiment, the community care server may refer to the aforementioned management server. When people with dementia elderly as family members access the community care server and sign up through authentication, the community care server can classify the subscribed people by residential area (1000) and store the corresponding information.

Here, the guardian terminal may mean a terminal of subscribers who have subscribed to the community care system as one component, and a community care application interworking with the community care server may be installed in the subscriber terminal.

According to the present embodiment, when the elderly with dementia enters the danger zone, first, a warning by a visual, auditory, or tactile method may be performed on the band worn by the elderly with dementia. In some embodiments, contact information such as a guardian's name and phone number may be displayed on the display window of the band, and a voice requesting to help an elderly person with dementia who is currently wearing the band may be transmitted from the speaker of the band. Through these warnings, people around the elderly with dementia can guide the elderly with dementia to a safe zone or contact the guardians of the elderly with dementia.

In addition, when the management server (which may mean a community care server) is recognized that the elderly with dementia is in a risk area based on the location information of the elderly with dementia, it is a subscriber terminal belonging to the community care, such as the face of the elderly with dementia, etc. By sending photo information, other characteristic information, and contact information of the guardian, if a subscriber in the area finds an elderly person with dementia, he or she can contact the guardian or induce the elderly person with dementia to return to a safe area.

An apparatus for managing the elderly with dementia that implements the system for managing the elderly with dementia according to another aspect of the present invention will be described.

The infringing elderly management apparatus according to this embodiment,

an identification unit for requesting biometric information from a band worn by an elderly person with dementia and selectively using biometric information or GPS information received from the band to identify the position of the band;

An alarm generator for generating different alarm events according to the location identification result of the band and transmitting it to the terminal of the caregiver of the elderly with dementia;

A monitoring unit for monitoring the position of the band by the selection of the terminal of the caregiver of the elderly with dementia who has received the alarm event; and

By selection of the terminal of the guardian of the elderly with dementia who has received the alarm event, it may be configured to include a requesting unit for requesting dispatch to a government office for the care of the elderly with dementia who wears a band while monitoring.

Here, when the identification unit acquires biometric information from the band through the first gateway 1100 located in the residence 1000, the band is located in the residence 1000 to identify that the elderly with dementia are indoors,

When the RFID signal is obtained from the band through the second gateway 1200 located in the preset first area A adjacent to the front door 1400 of the residence 1000, the band moves to the first area outside the residence 1000 ( A) By being located in, it is identified that the elderly with dementia went out,

When it is recognized that the band is located inside the preset second distance (B) outside the first area (A) from the residence 1000 through the GPS information transmitted by the band, the elderly with dementia is inside the safe area to identify,

When it is recognized that the band is located outside the second distance (B) from the residence 1000 through the GPS information transmitted by the band, the band departs the second distance (B) and the elderly with dementia leaves the safe area It can be configured to identify that it is in

Here, the band includes an RFID tag module, and the second gateway 1200 includes an RFID reader module. It may be configured to track the position of the band by operating a GPS module provided in the band.

In addition, according to an embodiment, the alarm generator periodically obtains information on whether or not a fall is generated based on biometric information and biometric information of the elderly with dementia through the band through the first gateway 1100 or a mobile phone communication network,

When the biometric information of the elderly with dementia deviates from the reference biometric information, or when it is determined that a fall has occurred, an emergency alarm event may be generated and transmitted to the terminal of the guardian of the elderly with dementia.

In addition, according to the embodiment, the alarm generating unit generates an outing alarm event when it is identified that the elderly with dementia has gone out because the band exists in the first area (A) preset from the residence 1000 as a result of identifying the position of the band according to the embodiment. sent to the guardian's terminal,

As a result of identifying the location of the band, if the band exists inside the second street (B) that is outside the first area (A) and identifies that the elderly with dementia is inside the safe area, a safe area location alarm event is generated to prevent the elderly with dementia It is sent to the guardian's terminal,

As a result of identifying the position of the band, if the band exists outside the second distance (B) and identifies that the elderly with dementia has deviated from the safe area, a dangerous alarm event may be generated and transmitted to the terminal of the guardian of the elderly with dementia. Since the apparatus for managing the infringing elderly according to the present embodiment performs substantially the same function as the apparatus corresponding to the above-described method for managing the infringing elderly, the detailed description will be omitted since it has already been described in the description of the above-described method for managing the infringing elderly.

The embodiment according to the present invention described above may be implemented in the form of a computer program that can be executed through various components on a computer, and such a computer program may be recorded in a computer-readable medium. In this case, the medium includes a hard disk, a magnetic medium such as a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, an optical recording medium such as a CD-ROM and DVD, a magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk, and a ROM. , RAM, flash memory, and the like, hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions.

Meanwhile, the computer program may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and used by those skilled in the computer software field. Examples of the computer program may include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

In the specification of the present invention (especially in the claims), the use of the term "above" and similar referential terms may be used in both the singular and the plural. In addition, when a range is described in the present invention, each individual value constituting the range is described in the detailed description of the invention as including the invention to which individual values belonging to the range are applied (unless there is a description to the contrary). same as

The steps constituting the method according to the present invention may be performed in an appropriate order, unless the order is explicitly stated or there is no description to the contrary. The present invention is not necessarily limited to the order in which the steps are described. The use of all examples or exemplary terms (eg, etc.) in the present invention is merely for the purpose of describing the present invention in detail, and the scope of the present invention is limited by the examples or exemplary terms unless defined by the claims. it's not going to be In addition, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, combinations, and changes may be made in accordance with design conditions and factors within the scope of the appended claims or their equivalents.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, and the scope of the spirit of the present invention is not limited to the scope of the scope of the present invention. will be said to belong to

100: dementia elderly management device
200: band
300: guardian terminal
400: network

Claims (10)

It consists of a management server, a band, a smart mat, a gateway, and a guardian terminal,
The management server is a server owned by a dementia management service provider or a government office or institution, and is connected to the band through an Internet communication network,
The band has a built-in sensor capable of measuring biometric information including pulse and body temperature, and includes an RFID tag and a GPS module,
The smart mat is installed inside the front door of the residential area where the elderly with dementia lives, and transmits location information in a manner that transmits an electrical signal when the elderly with dementia steps on it by employing a piezoelectric element,
The gateway has an internal gateway and an external gateway,
The internal gateway is installed inside the dwelling, and the internal gateway receives biometric information of the elderly with dementia including pulse information and body temperature information from the band at regular time intervals, and transmits the received biometric information to the management server,
The external gateway is installed outside the front door of the residence, is configured to include an RFID reader module, is electrically connected to the smart mat,
The external gateway installed adjacent to the front door and the smart mat installed adjacent to the front door inside the front door are connected to each other by wire or wirelessly,
When the elderly with dementia goes out through the front door at the residence, location information indicating that the elderly with dementia has gone out from the residence is transmitted to the guardian terminal,
The location information that the elderly with dementia went out through the front door,
When the elderly with dementia leaves the residence through the front door, an electrical signal is firstly generated while stepping on the smart mat and transmitted to the management server, and secondly, the RFID reader module installed in the external gateway causes dementia It is transmitted to the management server by reading the RFID tag included in the band worn by the elderly,
The management server firstly secures the location information that the dementia elderly went out through the smart mat, and secondly confirms the location information that the dementia elderly went out through the external gateway,
The location information of the elderly with dementia transmitted by the smart mat and the location information of the elderly with dementia transmitted through the RFID reader module of the external gateway depend on the chronological order whether the elderly with dementia goes out of the residence or into the residence. Let me know if it's coming in.
When the location information transmitted from the smart mat is collected first, and the location information transmitted from the external gateway is collected later, the management server recognizes that the elderly with dementia has gone out and switches on the GPS module installed in the band. to start working,
Conversely, when the location information of the dementia patient transmitted from the external gateway is collected first, and the location information transmitted from the smart mat is collected later, the management server determines that the elderly with dementia has entered the dwelling and uses the GPS module Dementia elderly management system, characterized in that the switch off. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete

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