KR20090116509A - System for providing service of inquiry after health - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for providing health monitoring service is provided to monitor a health condition of a target person using various monitoring units. CONSTITUTION: A monitoring device watches a daily life of a target person. The monitoring device detects data which including a date and time information related to a behavior. The monitoring device includes as followings. A sleep monitoring unit(110) watches the sleeping status of the target person. A bathroom monitoring unit(120) watches the use of bathroom by the target person. A TV watching monitoring unit(140) watches the status of watching TV by the target person. A front door monitoring unit(150) watches the incoming and outgoing of the target person.

Description

Method and system for providing editorial services {SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SERVICE OF INQUIRY AFTER HEALTH}

The present invention relates to a system for providing a so-called editorial service for informing a family whether or not they are well, for example, when a member of a family is separated from the family. It collects and analyzes the data about the daily life of the subject and informs the family of the day's daily life, and provides services such as taking emergency contact when a large change is detected in the daily life according to the subject's daily life pattern. .

As the elderly population grows and the nuclear family grows, more and more seniors are separated from their families. Also, due to women's economic activities, many elderly or young children have to spend most of their daily life at home alone. Likewise, most people who are separated from their families are elderly people who do not have self-defense ability. We are greatly concerned about safety. In addition, even if the parent or young child alone to work for a job or a parent to worry about work is less efficient work. In other words, two-way service is required to take care of the health and safety of the family members who are left alone and to reassure the family. Hire a housekeeper or use specialized medical services, such as visiting nursing care, to take care of a family member who is left alone, but it is very expensive to do so. On the other hand, the so-called single elderly people living alone without a child or a separate guardian should be systematically managed by the state or local government, but there is a limitation of manpower, so more efficient management measures are required.

In general, a person's health or psychology can be predicted to some extent from changes in everyday life. For example, if you suddenly have an upset stomach, the number of times you use the toilet increases rapidly, and in most cases, you may not be able to get a good night's sleep with psychological anxiety such as depression or depression. Sudden increases or decreases in food can also be seen as predicting some major changes in health or psychological state. In other words, it is possible to predict health or psychological change by collecting and analyzing data about a person's daily life.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to collect and analyze data on basic daily life such as sleep, toilet use, meals, watching TV, and going out in the unconscious state of the person who is a resident in a house that is the subject's residential area. On the basis of this, it is to provide a system that provides a text service that informs the family of the subject's well-being.

The system for providing a text service according to the present invention for achieving the above object is to monitor at least one of the activities according to the daily life of the subject in the residential housing of the box and includes the date and time information that the action occurred Data detection means for detecting data, a data transmission device connected to an external communication network to transmit data detected by the detection means to the outside, and a data storage means for storing data transmitted from the transmission means connected to the external communication network. It is characterized in that configured to analyze and report the daily life information of the subject based on the data stored in the data storage means.

Preferably, the data detection means includes a sensor unit for monitoring the user's behavior and detecting a signal, and an RTC for providing real-time information. A control unit for outputting the current date and time information provided from the RTC and the pre-stored unique information to the detection means when there is a signal of the sensor unit, and a wireless transmission unit for converting the output of the control unit into a radio signal and transmitting the signal; The data transmission means may comprise a radio receiver for receiving a signal transmitted from the radio transmitter.

Also preferably, the data detecting means includes a sleep monitor for monitoring the sleep of the subject, a toilet monitor for monitoring the use of the toilet of the subject, a refrigerator monitor for monitoring the use of the subject's refrigerator, and a TV for monitoring the TV of the subject. At least one of a city hall monitor and a front door monitor that monitors entry and exit of the front door may be included.

Also preferably, the data detecting means may include at least one medical examination device for detecting the medical examination data of the subject.

In addition, the data transmission means may be implemented to store the data of the signal received from the detection means and to transmit the stored data when the preset communication time is reached, where more preferably the subject is carrying the emergency A portable emergency call portable device can be included, and the data transmission means can be implemented to transmit immediately regardless of the communication time when a signal is received from the emergency call portable device.

Preferably, the data storage means stores the data transmitted from the data transmission means, and then calculates a moving average and a change rate of the moving average according to each item, and increases the number of transitions when the change rate is larger than a specific value. And a program for processing a process of setting a check flag indicating a need for checking a corresponding item when the sum of the transient numbers increased over a certain period is greater than another specific value. System to provide.

In addition, it is preferable to monitor the daily life pattern of the selected subject based on the data stored in the storage means, generate an event for creating and displaying a report informing the text according to the displayed daily pattern, and generates the generated text report of the subject It may include a management program for automatic transmission to the guardian.

As described above, the system for providing a text service according to the present invention takes care of the daily lives of the members instead of the family and the parents or children who are alone and separated from the family to ensure their health and safety and further reassure the family. Can be.

In addition, the present invention can provide an efficient service for a public institution such as a local government that manages the elderly living alone without a family or guardian.

In addition, the present invention can provide an efficient service for the hospital for the management of inpatients, such as a silver town or other hospital or nursing home for retirement life.

In addition, the present invention detects data using an infrared sensor and a magnetic proximity sensor as the equipment for monitoring the daily life of the subject, and also transmits the detected data by a communication method using a public telephone network, so that the user with low equipment and low communication cost Can minimize the cost burden.

In particular, the present invention provides a reliable service by monitoring natural daily activities in a state in which the subject is completely unaware, and notifying the subject's text based on the accurate analysis of the monitored data.

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

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing a text service according to the present invention. In this figure, reference numeral 100 denotes a data monitoring device, 200 denotes a gateway, and 300 denotes an administrator server. Here, the monitoring device 100 and the gateway 200 transmit and receive signals wirelessly to each other, and the gateway 200 and the manager server 300 may communicate through a telephone network (PSTN).

Surveillance equipment 100 is installed in the subject's home and is provided as a detection means for monitoring at least one action according to the subject's daily life to detect data containing the date and time information of the action occurred, preferably Preferably, the sleep monitor 110 to monitor the subject's sleep, the toilet monitor 120 to monitor the use of the toilet of the subject, the refrigerator monitor 130 to monitor the use of the subject's refrigerator, the TV watching monitor to monitor the TV viewing of the subject 140, and a front door monitor 150 that monitors entry and exit of the front door. On the other hand, as shown in Figure 1 as a preferred embodiment of the present invention may include an emergency call portable terminal 400 of the location-based system preferably to request a rescue, such as a family, hospital or emergency 119 in an emergency situation, and In addition, according to the subject may further include a personal examination equipment 500, such as a blood glucose meter or a blood pressure monitor.

As shown in FIG. 2, each of the monitors 100 and 110 to 150 includes a sensor 101, a real time clock 102, a control unit 103, and a radio frequency (RF) transmitter 104. It is composed. The sensor unit 101 detects an electric signal by monitoring the action of the subject, and the RTC 102 provides real time information. The controller 102 determines whether a signal is input from the sensor unit 101 described above in real time as shown in FIG. 3 (S31), and when the signal is input, the current date and time information provided from the RTC 102 and the corresponding information. The unique information that is given to the monitor is output in advance (S32). The output of the controller 103 is converted into a radio signal by the RF transmitter 104 and received by the gateway 200 installed in the home.

The sensor unit of the sleep monitor 110 may be implemented, for example, in a structure in which a piezoelectric element or a resistor element array is disposed on a mat used on a bed or a floor. It detects a signal that changes when the subject lies on or rises on the mat for sleep and turns over during sleep. Based on the detected signal, the subject can determine the onset of sleep, wake up, and the number of turns during sleep. It is. Such a mat sensor for sleep monitor 110 is well known by the Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0084901, Patent No. 10-0712198 and the like.

The sensor unit of the toilet monitor 120 may be, for example, an infrared sensor for detecting a human body.

The sensor unit of the refrigerator monitor 130 may be installed in a refrigerator door, for example, and a magnetic proximity switch for switching a signal according to opening and closing of the refrigerator monitor 130 may be used.

The sensor unit of the TV viewing monitor 140 may use, for example, a power switch installed in the TV receiver.

The sensor unit of the front door monitor 150 may be used, for example, a magnetic proximity switch installed at the front door to switch signals according to opening and closing of the front door monitor. Preferably, the sensor unit is installed inside the front door for monitoring a person. Infrared sensor may be further included. In other words, it is possible to determine whether the target is out, returning home or visitor through the door opening and door monitoring.

The gateway 200 is connected to an external communication network, and is provided as a transmission means for transmitting data detected from the monitoring device 100 as the detection means to the outside, as shown in FIG. 4. 201), a real time clock 202, a control unit 203, and a modem 204. The wireless receiver 201 converts the radio signals transmitted from the above-described monitors 100 and 110 to 150 into received and digital data and inputs them to the controller 201, and the RTC 202 provides real time information. As shown in FIG. 5, the controller 203 determines in real time whether an RF signal is received from the RF receiver 201 (S51), and when received, converts the received data by the RF receiver 201. After storing (S55), when the preset communication time is reached (S55), the modem 204 is connected (S56), and the stored data is transmitted together with the stored subject identification information (S57). Release (S58). In this case, storing the received data and transmitting data only at a predetermined communication time is to reduce the communication cost to a minimum. On the other hand, the RF signal received by the gateway 200 in addition to the signal of the above-described monitor (100; 110 ~ 150) or the bio-signal by the personal examination equipment 500, the emergency call according to the operation of the emergency call portable terminal 400 of the subject For this purpose, when an RF signal is received for this purpose, the first step is to determine whether the emergency call signal (S52), if the emergency call signal, generates emergency call data (S53), immediately connected to the modem regardless of communication time The emergency situation can be coped with by performing the step S56 and the data transmission step S57. Here, the emergency call data preferably includes identification information of the target person and location information of the emergency call portable terminal 400.

The system server 300 is provided as data storage means for storing the data transmitted from the gateway 200 as the transmission means, and builds the subject database 320 using the server program 310 as shown in FIG. In addition, the management program 330 is used to monitor the daily life patterns of the subjects based on the data stored in the subject database 320, and to write and transmit the report to the subject's family, hospital, Silvertown, and other public institutions.

The server program 310 determines in real time whether data is transmitted from the aforementioned gateway 300 as shown in FIG. 7 (S71), and if the data is transmitted, determines whether it is emergency call data (S72) and emergency call data. If so, call for immediate alarm and 119 rescue. By alerting, the manager can watch the emergency situation while waiting for emergency and can make emergency contact with family or hospital if necessary. Such an emergency is preferably maintained until the confirmation and release action by the administrator (S74). Non-emergency call data, the daily life data by the above-mentioned monitor or the examination data by the personal examination equipment are stored in the above-described subject database 320 (S75).

 According to a preferred embodiment, the server program 310 includes steps S80 to S89 for determining whether the daily life is normal after the storing step S75. That is, by extracting the data of the first item from the stored data (S80), calculating the moving average of the data (S81) and the calculated rate of change (S82) of the calculated moving average. For example, a certain time interval X (n), X (n + 1). Data values Y (n), Y (n + 1) ... stored as X (n + i). When the trend of Y (n + i) is shown in Fig. 9, the moving average M (n) and the rate of change A (n) are obtained as follows by updating the oldest data value to the data value of the day while moving a predetermined section one after another. .

Next, the change rate A (n) is compared with an arbitrary specific value P1 (S83), and when the value is larger than the specific value P1, +1 is increased to a transient number indicating excessive change (S84), and for a certain period of time for the same item. The increase transition number is summed (S85), and during the summated period, the transition number is compared with any particular value P2 (S86) and when the value is greater than the specific value P2, a check flag is displayed that indicates the subject's check on the item. (S87). Subsequently, it is determined whether the currently analyzed data item is the last item (S88). If there is still an item, data of the next item is extracted (S89), and the above process is repeated, and if the last item is returned.

As such, the process of increasing the transient number from the rate of change of the moving average can predict the change of data, that is, the change of daily life, while being insensitive to the sudden change caused by the abnormal operation of each sensor. In addition, the transient number of periods is the basis for predicting the subject's health abnormalities on the item from the changes in the daily life. The check flag set by this transition number is displayed on the user interface screen by the management program described later.

The management program 330 requests a target person input as shown in FIG. 8 (S91), and when a desired target person is input by an administrator, the target person's current (today) is based on the target person's data from the target person database 320 described above. Display the monitoring information of the daily life pattern of (S92), create and display a report text to inform the family of the subject's text (S93), and if the transmission of the written report to the manager is required (S94). Is transmitted to the family of the target person (S95). The text can be sent, for example, by texting to a pre-stored cell phone or by e-mail, or by phone voice using outbound ARS.

The management program 330 may preferably include a user (manager) interface as shown in FIGS. 9 to 11. 9 is a next hierarchical layer management screen 600, which may be automatically displayed on a screen when a program is driven. The next hierarchical layer management screen 600 preferably displays a plurality of selection buttons 610 for requesting a subject input. Each selection button 610 may display a minimum basic information such as the subject's name, gender and age, and if the check flag is set, the check flag is set on the select button 610 of the target person. The notification may be displayed together with the mark 620. Each selection button 610, for example, when the mouse is selected, generates an event to call the daily life pattern monitoring screen 700 of the subject. Meanwhile, the add subject button 630 is for an event for input processing and selection button generation of subject information to be added.

The daily life pattern monitoring screen 700 of the large bowel of FIG. 10 is preferably, the subject's daily life state information character display window 710, the sleep pattern graph display window 720 is displayed, such as flipping of the subject's sleep, the guardian (family) Target information display window 730 including a contact phone, and a comprehensive daily life pattern graph display window 740 showing a change in the number of times and time, such as sleep, using the toilet, using the refrigerator, watching TV and going out, etc. A nurse call button 750, a family call button 760, and the like are provided. The information of each display window is automatically generated and displayed. Preferably, when the above-mentioned check flag is set, for example, the indication 770 indicating that the check flag is set is displayed on the daily life status information text display window 710. Can be. The administrator may click on the above-mentioned visiting nurse call button 750 when it is determined through the check flag setting mark 770 that the health problem of the current subject is suspected or needs to be checked. Clicking the visit nurse call button 750 may be linked to a designated hospital or health center already contracted with a service, or may call the visited nurse who directly hires the subject to confirm the visit. On the other hand, the family call button 760 is for the generation of the event of the subject's daily life status report text creation and transmission screen 800 of FIG.

In the daily life status report text creation and transmission screen 800 of FIG. 11, a report text display window 810 created according to the daily life status information of the target person and a transmission button 820 for transmitting the report text are provided.

As described above, the service system of the present invention enables all national services for residents in a certain area, for example, at public health centers, hospitals, and other public institutions, and more embodiments are possible than the above embodiments. .

1 is a system configuration for providing a text service according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of the monitoring equipment of the system for providing a text service according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a monitoring device control flow diagram of a system for providing a text service according to the present invention.

4 is a gateway block diagram of a system for providing a text service according to the present invention;

5 is a gateway control flow diagram of a system for providing a text service according to the present invention.

6 is a server block diagram of a system for providing a text service according to the present invention.

7 is a server program flow diagram of a system for providing a text service according to the present invention.

8 is a flowchart of a management program of a system for providing a text service according to the present invention;

9 is an exemplary hierarchical layer management screen of a user interface provided by a management program of a system for providing a text service according to the present invention;

10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a subject daily life pattern monitoring screen of a user interface provided by a management program of a system for providing a text service according to the present invention.

11 is a diagram illustrating a text report creation and transmission screen of a user interface provided by a management program of a system for providing a text service according to the present invention.

Claims (8)

Data detecting means for monitoring at least one of the activities of the subject's daily life in the living quarters of the subject and detecting data including the date and time when the act occurred, and connected to an external communication network A data transmission device for transmitting the data detected from the data to the outside, and data storage means connected to the external communication network and storing the data transmitted from the transmission means, and based on the data stored in the data storage means. A system for providing a text service, characterized in that it is configured to analyze and report information. The sensor according to claim 1, wherein as the data detection means, a sensor unit for monitoring the behavior of the subject and detecting a signal, and an RTC for providing real time information. A control unit for outputting the current date and time information provided from the RTC and the pre-stored unique information to the detection means when there is a signal of the sensor unit, and a wireless transmission unit for converting the output of the control unit into a radio signal and transmitting the signal; And said data transmission means comprises a radio receiver for receiving a signal transmitted from said radio transmitter. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the data detection means includes a sleep monitor for monitoring the sleep of the subject, a toilet monitor for monitoring the use of the toilet of the subject, a refrigerator monitor for monitoring the use of the subject's refrigerator, and a TV watching of the subject. A system for providing a text service comprising at least one of a TV watching monitor to monitor and a front door monitor to monitor entrance and exit of a front door of a subject. The system of claim 1, wherein the data detection means includes at least one examination device for detecting health examination data of a subject. The system of claim 1, wherein the data transmission means stores the data of the signal received from the detection means and transmits the stored data when a preset communication time comes. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a portable emergency call handheld device which can be called by a subject. The data transmission means transmits the data immediately regardless of the communication time when a signal is received from the emergency call handheld device. System for providing a text service, characterized in that. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data storage means stores the data transmitted from the data transmission means, and calculates the moving average and the rate of change of the moving average according to each item, and when the change rate is greater than a specific value, the transient number is calculated. And a program for processing a process of setting a check flag indicating that a check for the item is necessary when the sum of the transient numbers increased over a certain period is greater than another specific value. System that provides services. The method according to claim 1 or 7, further comprising: monitoring an everyday pattern of the selected subject based on the data stored in the storage means, generating an event for creating and displaying a report informing the text according to the displayed everyday pattern, and generating the generated text report. System for providing a text service, characterized in that it includes a management program for automatically transmitting to the protector of the target.

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