KR102504148B1 - Apparatus and Method of Checking Health of Person by Using Mask - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a personal health confirmation system and a personal health confirmation method using a mask, and a personal health management system using a mask according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected online based on a unique code issued in relation to a mask A user terminal device that provides user information and health status information of the user, issues a unique code to the user terminal device, requests mask delivery to a hospital or inspection center that delivers masks, provides health status information and the delivered mask It may include a personal health check service device that manages the test results according to the wearing of.

Description

Personal health management system and personal health management method using a mask {Apparatus and Method of Checking Health of Person by Using Mask}

The present invention relates to a personal health confirmation system and a personal health confirmation method using a mask, and more particularly, to a personal health confirmation system and personal health confirmation method using a mask that can check personal health by utilizing the characteristics of a mask, for example. will be.

Environmental pollution has emerged as a serious problem in an advancing society, and the environmental atmosphere in which ordinary people live contains a large amount of foreign substances such as fine dust. It has fatal adverse effects on humans. Moreover, recently, wearing a mask has become a daily routine due to corona. These masks are generally discarded after use because they are exposed to viruses and bacteria from people wearing various masks.

However, from the opposite side, it can also help identify health problems that people wearing masks have, so the need to actively utilize them is being raised.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2020-0006721 (2020.01.21) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0133596 (2017.12.06)

An object of the present invention is to provide a personal health check system and a personal health check method using a mask that can check personal health by utilizing the characteristics of the mask, for example.

A personal health management system using a mask according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal device that provides user information and health status information of a user by accessing online based on a unique code previously issued in relation to a mask, and Personal health that issues a unique code to the user terminal device, requests delivery of the mask to a hospital or inspection center that delivers the mask, and manages the provided health condition information and test results according to wearing the delivered mask. Includes confirmation service device.

The personal health management system may further include a third party device that is operated by the hospital or the test center and provides the test result to the user terminal device or registers the test result to the personal health confirmation service device.

The mask includes a reactive patch that reacts to various bacteria, and may further include a sensing unit that detects lung capacity and wearing time.

The sensing unit may include a bad breath sensor for detecting bad breath of the user.

When the user has bad breath, the user terminal device may provide information related to bad breath including before and after meals and when fasting as the health state information.

The personal health confirmation service device may provide the user terminal device with a method of using a mask to be delivered based on the information received from the user terminal device.

In addition, in the personal health management method using a mask according to an embodiment of the present invention, a user terminal device accesses online based on a unique code previously issued in relation to a mask and provides user information and health status information of the user. and a personal health check service device issues a unique code to the user terminal device, requests delivery of the mask to a hospital or testing center that delivers the mask, and determines the health status information provided and the delivered mask. and managing test results according to wear.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as masks become part of daily life, it is possible to efficiently manage personal health by periodically checking the health status of users using masks.

1 is a diagram showing a personal health management system using a mask according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a configuration diagram illustrating a detailed structure of the mask of FIG. 1;
Figure 3 is a block diagram illustrating the detailed structure of the personal health check service device of Figure 1;
4 is a view showing a personal health management method using a mask according to an embodiment of the present invention, and
5 is a flowchart showing a driving process of a personal health check service device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

1 is a diagram showing a personal health management system using a mask according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating a detailed structure of the mask of FIG. 1 .

As shown in FIG. 1, a personal health management system (hereinafter, health management system) 90 using a mask according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal device 100, a mask 105, a communication network 110, It includes some or all of the personal health check service device 120 and the third party device 130.

Here, "including some or all" means that the health management system 90 is configured by omitting some components such as the third party device 130, or the components constituting the personal health check service device 120. This means that some or all of them can be integrated into a network device (eg, a wireless switching device, etc.) constituting the communication network 110, and will be described as including all of them to help a sufficient understanding of the present invention.

The user terminal device 100 includes, for example, a terminal such as a smartphone possessed by a user who has purchased the mask 105 from the personal health check service device 120 or the like. Of course, the user terminal device 100 may include various devices such as a tablet PC or a domestic S company's Galaxy Gear in addition to a smartphone. For example, any type of terminal may be used as long as it can access the personal health check service device 120 by recognizing a unique code issued for each mask, for example, a QR code.

The user terminal device 100 can access the personal health check service device 120 through a unique code to input user information and, of course, personal information. In addition, a hospital or inspection center to which the mask 105 to be purchased is to be delivered can be designated. Of course, in the embodiment of the present invention, it is exemplified by designating a hospital or inspection center, but it may be understood as designating a hospital or inspection center to manage one's personal health separately from a place where a mask is purchased. In other words, it can be seen that the user of the user terminal device 100 collects the mask 105 purchased by the user and designates a hospital or inspection center to perform the examination.

In addition, the user terminal device 100 may further input information about its own underlying disease and current health condition. Of course, the input information may be provided to the personal health check service device 120 . In this regard, the user terminal device 100 may be able to access the personal health check service device 120 by executing an application or the like.

The user terminal device 100 can receive data on how to use the mask 105 purchased by the user or provided by the government for general purposes after providing health status information related to the user's personal information or health status. there is. Although it may be provided in the form of text, link information for providing a video or linking to a pre-made video may be received. How to use a mask can be a specific method according to each underlying disease. For example, if there is cough or phlegm at a specific time, it is notified to wear it at that time, if there is sleep apnea symptom, it is notified to wear it during sleep time, and if there is bad breath, it is notified by designating it before or after a meal or during an empty stomach.

The mask 105 can be purchased at a general mask sales place, but in the embodiment of the present invention, it can be sold in the form of providing it every time or periodically at a hospital or inspection center in terms of managing public health. Through the mask 105, for example, systematic management can be performed for users with underlying diseases. Of course, in the embodiment of the present invention, since the service according to the embodiment of the present invention may be provided for users with underlying diseases, it will not be particularly limited to any one form.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the mask 105 includes some or all of the communication unit 200 , the control unit 210 , the sensing unit 220 , the memory unit 230 and the reaction patch unit 240 . Of course, a unique code such as a QR code may be printed or attached in the form of a tag. The communication module is a short-range communication module and operates to transmit data stored inside the mask 105 to the personal health check service device 120 through the user terminal device 100 or the communication network 110 of FIG. can The memory unit 230 includes a memory chip such as RAM or ROM and stores data. The reaction patch unit 240 includes a patch that shows a reaction according to various bacteria. In addition, the sensing unit 220 includes a pressure sensor (or first sensor) capable of checking lung capacity, a wearing sensor (or second sensor) capable of checking wearing time, a bad breath detection sensor (or third sensor), and the like. The control unit 210 stores sensing data provided from various sensors in the memory unit 230 and then provides the data to the personal health check service device 120 or, when the use of the mask 105 is completed, removes the mask 105. When a test is performed at a distributing hospital or testing center, the corresponding data can be output.

The communication network 110 includes both wired and wireless communication networks. For example, as the communication network 110, a wired or wireless Internet network may be used or interlocked. Here, the wired network includes an Internet network such as a cable network or a public switched telephone network (PSTN), and the wireless communication network includes CDMA, WCDMA, GSM, EPC (Evolved Packet Core), LTE (Long Term Evolution), and Wibro networks. meaning to include Of course, the communication network 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be used as an access network of a next-generation mobile communication system to be implemented in the future, for example, a cloud computing network under a cloud computing environment, a 5G network, and the like. For example, when the communication network 110 is a wired communication network, an access point within the communication network 110 can access an exchange of a telephone company, but in the case of a wireless communication network, it accesses an SGSN or GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node) operated by a communication company to transmit data. or data can be processed by accessing various repeaters such as BTS (Base Transceiver Station), NodeB, e-NodeB, etc.

The communication network 110 may include an access point. Access points include small base stations such as femto or pico base stations that are often installed in buildings. Here, the femto or pico base stations are classified according to the maximum number of user terminal devices 100 that can be connected in the classification of small base stations. Of course, the access point includes a short-range communication module for performing short-range communication such as ZigBee and Wi-Fi with the user terminal device 100 . The access point may use TCP/IP or Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) for wireless communication. Here, short-range communication may be performed in various standards such as Bluetooth, ZigBee, infrared (IrDA), RF (Radio Frequency) such as UHF (Ultra High Frequency) and VHF (Very High Frequency), and ultra-wideband communication (UWB) in addition to Wi-Fi. can Accordingly, the access point can extract the location of the data packet, designate the best communication path for the extracted location, and forward the data packet to the next device, for example, the personal health check service device 120 along the designated communication path. An access point may share several lines in a general network environment, and includes, for example, a router, a repeater, and a repeater.

The personal health confirmation service device 120 issues a unique code such as a QR code for each sold mask. Here, issuance of the unique code may be made directly or indirectly. For example, in an embodiment of the present invention, when a direct sale is made, a unique code may be issued along with purchase. Even before the mask 105 is delivered, the personal health confirmation service device 120 receives user information such as the user's personal information when there is access to the user terminal device 100 through the issued unique code, and A hospital or inspection center that will deliver the mask 105 and manage personal health may be designated. In addition, it is possible to receive information about the user's underlying disease and current health condition from the user terminal device 100, store it in the DB 120a, manage it, and provide a method of using the mask to be purchased. As mentioned above, it can be made in various forms in relation to the method of use. Typically, if there is a cough or phlegm at a specific time, it informs you to wear it at that time.

In addition, the personal health check service device 120 may register the test results of users provided by the third party device 130 such as a computer or server operated by a hospital or a test center and notify the user terminal device 100. . Of course, in the embodiment of the present invention, it may be possible to individually notify the third party device 130 of the inspection result, but it may be preferable that the inspection result for each user according to the use of the mask 105 is integratedly managed. there is. Through this, in the case of a user with an underlying disease, the inspection through the mask 105 can be performed more frequently, or it can be used to determine the inspection period.

The third party device 130 may include a computer or server operated by a hospital or testing center. Alternatively, it may include a computer of a shipping company that delivers the mask 105 purchased by the user. The third party device 130 may include a device of a collection company that immediately collects the mask 105 when the expiration date of the mask 105 supplied has elapsed. Of course, the third party device 130 may include smart phones of corresponding employees. As such, the third party may refer to all companies and devices of the companies that perform incidental tasks other than providing services in relation to the embodiment of the present invention.

The third party device 130 may collect and inspect the collected mask 105 in the case of a hospital or inspection center and obtain test results for the wearer of the mask 105, and the obtained test results are stored in an internal server or computer. Alternatively, after registering in the personal health confirmation service device 120, the user terminal device 100 of the corresponding user may be notified of the test result or request the personal health confirmation service device 120 to notify.

Figure 3 is a block diagram illustrating the detailed structure of the personal health confirmation service device of Figure 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, the personal health check service device 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a part of a communication interface unit 300, a control unit 310, a personal health management unit 320, and a storage unit 330. or all inclusive.

Here, "including part or all" means that some components such as the storage unit 330 are omitted, or some components such as the personal health management unit 320 are included in other components such as the control unit 310. As meaning something that can be integrated and configured, it will be described as including all of them to help a sufficient understanding of the invention.

The communication interface unit 300 communicates with the user terminal device 100 and the third party device 130 via the communication network 110 of FIG. 1 . The communication interface unit 300 can issue a unique code when the user terminal device 100 accesses and purchases the mask 105. It may be recognized and connected to the personal health check service device 120 .

The communication interface unit 300 provides user information such as personal information, information related to a designated hospital or testing center, and information related to an underlying disease and current health condition from the user terminal device 100 accessed based on the previously issued unique code. may be received and provided to the control unit 310.

In addition, the communication interface unit 300 can provide data related to how to use the mask 105 to the user terminal device 100 according to the request of the control unit 310, and through the mask 105 that has been used, it can provide its own data. You can receive test results related to your health. In other words, it can be seen that the mask 105 purchased and used by users is utilized as a kind of diagnosis device.

The control unit 310 is in charge of overall control operations of the communication interface unit 300, the personal health management unit 320, and the storage unit 330 constituting the personal health check service device 120 of FIG. Representatively, an operation of purchasing the mask 105 may be performed, and during this process, an operation may be performed to collect the purchased mask 105 and designate a hospital or examination center capable of conducting examinations. Accordingly, the hospital or inspection center collects the user's mask 105 so that personal health is confirmed. To this end, the control unit 310 may control the communication interface unit 300 to communicate with the third party device 130 of FIG. 1 .

In addition, the control unit 310 manages users based on the unique code issued when the user purchases the mask 105, and matches the unique code to the user information of the user who purchased the mask 105, underlying disease, etc. The health status information of the user may be matched and stored. The mask 105 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be sold in a small amount rather than in a large quantity, and it can be seen that it serves as a diagnostic tool for checking an individual's health. Accordingly, the controller 310 may control the personal health management unit 320 to execute an internal program to perform overall operations for personal health management.

The personal health management unit 320 manages personal health through the mask 105 . In addition, when users who have purchased the mask 105 provide information on an underlying disease, etc., a new disease or the like can be predicted based on the information and the test result through the mask 105 . Of course, in the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to manage the lung capacity of the user, manage what kind of bacteria the user is exposed to, and manage bad breath. For example, if the user has sleep apnea symptoms, it is recommended to wear the mask 105 during sleep time, and in the case of bad breath, it is specified before or after a meal or when empty stomach, etc. do.

In addition, the personal health management unit 320 may generate big data by storing health data for each user and predict a disease expected to the user through an artificial intelligence (AI) program or the like. For example, if the dynamics are identified based on the address information of a user who uses a mask, and the movement overlaps with other users and the user has an underlying disease, the risk of being infected with an infectious disease such as corona is high for that user. can make you aware. For example, the mask 105 causes various diseases not only by viruses such as corona but also by environmental pollution such as fine dust or yellow dust. At the government level, it will be able to fulfill its duty to manage the health of the people.

The storage unit 330 may store and output various types of data processed under the control of the control unit 310 . For example, the storage unit 330 may store a video on how to use the mask 105 purchased by the user. Therefore, the control unit 310 can retrieve the video from the storage unit 330 and provide it to the user terminal device 100 .

4 is a diagram showing a personal health management method using a mask according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the personal health confirmation service device 120 may issue a unique code for each mask to the user terminal device 100 (S400). Of course, this can be done with the purchase of the mask 105 .

The user terminal device 100 may access the personal health check service device 120 through a unique code such as a QR code and designate user information and a mask delivery hospital or inspection center (S410). It can be seen that the designated hospital or inspection center proceeds with the inspection of the mask 105 worn by them.

In addition, the user terminal device 100 provides information on the user's underlying disease or current health condition to the personal health check service device 120 (S420).

The personal health check service device 120 may request mask delivery to the third party device 130 operated by a hospital or inspection center in response to a purchase request of the mask 105 through the user terminal device 100 (S430).

In addition, the company or institution that operates the third party device 130 collects the mask 105 when the expiration date of the delivered mask 105 is over, and inspects the collected mask 105 to check the user's health condition. It can be checked (S440).

Then, the third party device 130 directly or indirectly provides the inspection result of the mask 105 to the user terminal device 100 (S450). Here, direct notification of the health condition from the third party device 130 to the user terminal device 100 via SMS message or e-mail, or indirect means personal health check by registering test results in the personal health check service device 120. Notification is made to the user terminal device 100 of the corresponding user through the service device 120 .

In addition to the above, the personal health management method of FIG. 6 can be made in various ways, and since other details have been sufficiently described above, they will be replaced with the contents.

5 is a flowchart showing a driving process of a personal health check service device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 together with FIG. 1 for convenience of description, the personal health confirmation service device 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention uses user information and health status information of a user based on a unique code issued according to the user purchasing a mask. And it receives designation information of a hospital or inspection center for inspection of the mask 105 (S500).

In addition, the personal health confirmation service device 120 transmits a method of using the mask 105 to the user terminal device 100, requests delivery of the mask 105 to a hospital or inspection center, and provides information on the user's health condition and delivery. A test result according to the wearing of one mask 105 is managed (S510).

In addition to the above information, the personal health check service device 120 of FIG. 5 can perform various operations, and since other details have been fully described above, they are replaced with those.

On the other hand, even if all the components constituting the embodiment of the present invention are described as being combined or operated as one, the present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments. That is, within the scope of the object of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively combined with one or more to operate. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as a single independent piece of hardware, some or all of the components are selectively combined to perform some or all of the combined functions in one or a plurality of pieces of hardware. It may be implemented as a computer program having. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by a person skilled in the art. Such a computer program may implement an embodiment of the present invention by being stored in a computer-readable non-transitory computer readable media, read and executed by a computer.

Here, the non-transitory readable recording medium means a medium that stores data semi-permanently and can be read by a device, not a medium that stores data for a short moment, such as a register, cache, or memory. . Specifically, the above-described programs may be provided by being stored in a non-transitory readable recording medium such as a CD, DVD, hard disk, Blu-ray disk, USB, memory card, or ROM.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and is common in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications and implementations are possible by those with knowledge of, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or perspective of the present invention.

100: user terminal device 105: mask
110: communication network 120: personal health check service device
130: third party device 200, 300: communication unit (or communication interface unit)
210, 310: control unit 220: sensing unit
230: memory unit 240: reaction patch unit
320: personal health management unit 330: storage unit

Claims (7)

A user terminal device that accesses online based on a unique code previously issued in relation to a mask and provides user information and health status information of the user's underlying disease and current health condition; and
Personal health that issues a unique code to the user terminal device, requests delivery of the mask to a hospital or inspection center that delivers the mask, and manages the provided health condition information and test results according to wearing the delivered mask. Including; confirmation service device;
The mask includes a reaction patch that reacts to various bacteria, and further includes a sensing unit for detecting lung capacity and wearing time,
The sensing unit,
a pressure sensor capable of checking the lung capacity;
A wearing sensor capable of checking the wearing time; and
Including; a bad breath sensor for detecting bad breath of the user,
The personal health check service device provides a method of using a mask to be delivered to the user terminal device based on the information received from the user terminal device, but as a method of using the mask, cough and sputum are present. A personal health management system using a mask that notifies you to wear it at the time and informs you of bad breath by designating it before or after a meal or when you are fasting. According to claim 1,
A personal health management system using a mask, further comprising: a third party device that is operated by the hospital or the testing center and provides the test result to the user terminal device or registers the test result to the personal health check service device. delete delete According to claim 1,
The personal health management system using a mask, wherein the user terminal device provides, as the health condition information, information related to bad breath including before and after meals and when fasting when the user has bad breath. delete providing, by a user terminal device, online access on the basis of the previously issued unique code related to the mask and providing user information of the user and health status information of the user's underlying disease and current health condition; and
The personal health confirmation service device issues a unique code to the user terminal device, requests delivery of the mask to a hospital or inspection center that delivers the mask, and determines the health status information provided and wearing of the delivered mask. Including; managing the test results;
The mask includes a reactive patch that reacts to various bacteria, and includes a sensing unit that detects lung capacity and wearing time,
checking the vital capacity by the pressure sensor of the sensing unit;
checking the wearing time by the wearing sensor of the sensing unit; and
The step of detecting, by the bad breath sensor of the sensing unit, the bad breath of the user;
The personal health confirmation service device provides a method of using a mask to be delivered to the user terminal device based on the information received from the user terminal device, but cough and phlegm are present as a method of using the mask. Informing you of wearing it at the time you have bad breath, and informing you before or after a meal or when you are hungry if you have bad breath;
Personal health management method using a mask further comprising.

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