KR20110053815A - Wrist terminal for managing elderly people who lives alone and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A wrist terminal for managing elderly people who lives alone and a method thereof are provided to conveniently monitor the health condition by realizing an apparatus for measuring and transferring the bio-signal and motion information on the wrist of elderly people. CONSTITUTION: A body portion(210) comprises an acceleration sensor, compression control module and transfer period controller. A band portion(220) provides the measured bio-signal such as blood pressure, pulse and body temperature to the body portion. The acceleration sensor measures the motion information of elderly people. At least one more biometric sensor measures the bio-signal of elderly people. A communications module collects the bio-signal measured from the biometric sensor and transmits the bio-signal to a central control center.

Description

Wrist terminal for managing the elderly living alone and its method {wrist terminal for managing elderly people who lives alone and method

The present invention relates to a wrist terminal and a method for managing the elderly living alone.

The society of advanced countries as well as Korea is gradually aging, and especially the elderly in modern times are always at risk of adult diseases due to changes in their diet, and if they do not respond quickly in case of an emergency, they may be exposed to great risks of death. Can be. However, in the modern society, the number of elderly people living alone is increasing due to the change from large family to nuclear family, and there is a problem that the elderly have to solve by themselves in case of emergency of the elderly.

In addition, dangerous area workers who work in coal mines or manholes can be addicted to gas in the manhole during work, and even in this case, a quick response to an emergency situation can save the lives of workers at risk.

Therefore, many researches and developments are being made to remotely manage biometric information of elderly people living alone or workers in hazardous areas. Until now, related research and development has been mainly conducted by remotely inspecting the user's biometric information at the central control center and sending emergency vehicles in case of an emergency, or by installing an emergency button in the home of the elderly living alone. Emergency vehicles have been transmitted by pressing the emergency button.

However, in case of using only the remote transmission method of the user's biological signal, the emergency vehicle may be immediately sent to the user when an abnormal signal occurs, but the emergency vehicle is sent even when the user's biometric information is detected during the collection or transmission. In addition, the user management efficiency is reduced, and more efficient emergency situation management requires a reconfirmation process to more accurately check the patient's condition when an abnormal signal is generated at the central control center.

In addition, even in a system in which the user presses the emergency button, the user must go to the place where the emergency button is located even during an emergency and the inefficiency of the user management due to the user's emergency button malfunction should be prevented.

In particular, in the case of elderly people living alone, it is difficult to use the electronic device in many cases, when it is difficult to use the terminal for transmitting biological signals remotely, it may be difficult and difficult to use it. There should be provided a remote biological signal transmission terminal with a more convenient and easy to use method.

The present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, by implementing a device for measuring and transmitting a change of state, for example, bio-signals and movement information, worn on the wrist of the elderly living alone, it is easy to monitor the health state The present invention provides a wrist terminal and a method for managing an elderly person living alone.

In addition, the present invention is worn on the wrist of the elderly living alone to measure the change in status, by measuring at least one bio-signal according to the amount of change of the movement information transmitted, wrist for managing the elderly living alone to reduce battery consumption There is provided a terminal and a method thereof.

In addition, the device is worn on the wrist of the elderly living alone to implement a device for measuring and transmitting the status change, the status of the elderly living alone is transmitted to the central control center, and when the emergency call or emergency judgment is sent to the central control center The present invention provides a wrist-type terminal and a method for managing a senior citizen living alone to prevent malfunction.

In addition, the present invention is implemented on the wrist of the elderly living alone, for example, by implementing a device for measuring and transmitting the change of state through the biological signal and motion information, wrist type for managing the elderly living alone A terminal and a method thereof are provided.

To this end, the wrist-type terminal for managing the elderly living alone according to an aspect of the present invention, the acceleration sensor for measuring the movement information of the elderly living alone when in the measurement mode for measuring the change of the elderly living alone; At least one biometric sensor for measuring the biosignal of the elderly living alone; And determine a change in the state of the elderly living alone based on the measured change amount of the movement information, collect the biosignal measured from the biosensor according to the determined result, and use the determined state change and the biosignal to determine the change in the living elderly. It may include a communication module for sending to the central control center for monitoring the status.

Preferably, the communication module determines whether the state change of the elderly living alone is in a dangerous state based on the change amount of the movement information collected by collecting the movement information of the elderly living alone, and if the determined result is a dangerous state, the biosensor At least one biosignal measured from can be collected.

In this case, the communication module may determine a measurement mode for measuring the status information of the elderly living alone, and if the transmission period is confirmed, may determine the measurement mode.

The communication module may determine a measurement mode for measuring status information of the elderly living alone, and when the emergency button is pressed by the elderly living alone, may determine the measurement mode.

In addition, the communication module may determine the measurement mode for measuring the status information of the elderly living alone, if the request from the central control center, may determine the measurement mode.

In addition, the communication module determines the measurement mode for measuring the status information of the elderly living alone, when the confirmation button is pressed by the elderly living alone in response to the emergency situation confirmation request from the central control center, to determine the measurement mode Can be.

In this case, the pressure control module may press the wrist of the elderly living alone using air to increase the accuracy of the measurement in measuring the status information of the elderly living alone. The acceleration sensor may be a three-axis acceleration sensor, and the biometric sensor may measure blood pressure, pulse rate, and body temperature.

If necessary, the wrist-type terminal for managing the elderly living alone according to the present invention may further include a wireless charging circuit for charging the power wirelessly to supply the charged power in the device.

If necessary, the wrist-type terminal for managing the elderly living alone according to the present invention, the emergency button for informing the central control center if the elderly living alone is determined to be emergency; And if there is a request from the central control center, it may further include a confirmation button for the elderly to live alone.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing elderly people living alone, when the measurement mode for measuring a state change of the elderly living alone, measuring the movement information of the elderly living alone; Determining a state change of the elderly living alone based on the measured change amount of the motion information; Measuring the biosignal of the elderly living alone according to the determined result; And transmitting the determined state change of the elderly living alone and the measured at least one biosignal to a central control center for monitoring the status of the elderly living alone.

Preferably, the determining of the change in the state of the elderly living alone may determine whether the change in the state of the elderly living alone is a dangerous state based on the change amount of the movement information of the elderly living alone.

Preferably, the method for managing the elderly living alone according to the present invention further comprises the step of determining a measurement mode for measuring the status information of the elderly living alone, the step of determining the measurement mode is a transmission period or the elderly living alone By pressing the emergency button or a request from the central control center, it can be determined as the measurement mode.

In this case, the biosignal may mean any one of blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature.

Hereinafter, a wrist-type terminal and a method for managing an elderly person living alone according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6. The present invention is to be worn on the wrist of the elderly living alone to implement a device, that is, a wrist-type terminal for measuring and transmitting changes in state, for example, changes in biological signals and motion information. In particular, while the present invention is worn on the wrist of the elderly living alone to measure the status information, the at least one biological signal is measured aperiodically in accordance with the amount of change of the movement information to be transmitted.

1 is an exemplary view showing the configuration of a schematic system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the schematic system according to the present invention may include a wrist terminal 100 worn on a user's wrist, and a central control center 200.

Wrist-type terminal 100 is a terminal for measuring and transmitting a change in state, it may be manufactured to be composed of the body portion 110 and the band portion 120 to be worn on the user's wrist. In particular, while the wrist-type terminal 100 is usually worn a little loose, if you want to measure the bio-signal may use the air or the like to press the user's wrist.

The reason for this is to increase the accuracy of the measurement in the measurement of biological signals such as blood pressure, pulse rate, and body temperature.

The wrist-type terminal 100 may collect biosignal signals such as blood pressure, pulse rate, and body temperature, and movement information of the elderly living alone, and may transmit them to the central control center 200 through a wired or wireless communication network. In particular, the wrist-type terminal 100 continuously collects the amount of change in the movement information and changes the state of the elderly living alone based on the amount of change in the collected movement information, for example, an unwearing state, a sleep state, an activity state, an exercise state, a dangerous state, and the like. The judge will notify the result of the judgment.

For example, a table for determining the state change of the elderly living alone will be described with reference to [Table 1].

TABLE 1

division Stage 1 Step 2 Step 3 4 steps 5 steps range 0-5 5-15 15-45 45-85 85-100 momentum Unworn Sleep Activity Exercise Danger

First, the wrist-type terminal 100 converts the movement information of the elderly living alone, that is, the amount of activity to a maximum value of 100 and converts it into a relative value of the maximum value of 100 according to the change amount of the movement information.

The change in the status of the elderly living alone is large, that is, 1) an unworn state where there is no movement when the change amount is 0 to 5, 2) a sleep state that is considered to be sleeping when the change amount is 5 to 15, and 3) the amount of change is 15 to 45 is the activity state judged to be the basic activity, 4) if the change amount is 45 ~ 85 exercise state to exercise or radical movement rather than daily life, and 5) if the change amount is 85 ~ 100 It can be classified as a dangerous state that is considered dangerous.

In addition, the state change of the elderly living alone may use data before and after the measurement, instead of using only the amount of change in the movement information. For example, when the movement suddenly drops to the sleep state in the exercise state or the active state, it is determined as an emergency state or continuously or Anyone who falls below sleep for a long time can be considered an emergency.

When the state change of the elderly living alone is a dangerous state, the wrist-type terminal 100 measures the biosignal and transmits the measured biosignal to the central control center 200 through the wired / wireless communication network together with the result of determining the status of the elderly living alone. do.

In addition, the wrist-type terminal 100 applies a method of transmitting power by a magnetic field, for example, an electromagnetic induction type wireless power transmission method. For example, the wrist-type terminal 100 can be charged by placing it on a wireless charging board or by placing it within a certain distance.

The non-contact wireless power transmission charging method is to solve the cost problems due to the conventional contact charging method to be fixed by charging the cradle or charger precisely.

The central control center 200 can continuously monitor the status of the user based on the biosignal and motion information of the elderly living alone, and by determining the emergency situation of the user, for example, the elderly living alone or workers in the dangerous area, You will be able to cope quickly.

2 is an exemplary view showing a detailed configuration of the wrist-type terminal 100 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the wrist-type terminal 100 according to the present invention may be composed of a body part 210 and a band part 220 to be in close contact with a user's wrist.

The band unit 220 may provide a measured biosignal to the body, including at least one biosignal measuring the biosignal of the user, for example, blood pressure, pulse rate, and body temperature.

Body 210 is a pressure tightening device 211, filtration and amplification module 212, acceleration sensor 213, pressure control module 214, transmission cycle control unit 215, emergency button 216, confirmation button ( 217, a communication module 218, a wireless charging circuit 219, and the like.

Briefly, first, the communication module 218 may be configured to measure a change in the status of the elderly living alone when, for example, a preset transmission period, an emergency button is pressed by the elderly living alone, or a request from the central control center. The measurement mode is determined, but when the measurement mode is determined, motion information of the elderly living alone is measured. The communication module 218 determines the state change of the elderly living alone based on the change amount of the motion information and measures the biosignal of the elderly living alone according to the determined result.

At this time, the communication module 218 provides a control signal for pressing the wrist of the elderly living alone using the air to the compression control module 214 to increase the accuracy of the measurement.

An acceleration sensor 213 is used to measure the motion information of the elderly who live alone. Generally, a two-axis acceleration sensor or a three-axis acceleration sensor may be used, but it is more preferable to use a three-axis acceleration sensor for three-dimensional motion detection. desirable.

At this time, the transmission period control unit 215 controls the transmission period through a timer, etc., the elderly living alone when pressing the emergency button 216 when they are in an emergency situation or a request button from the central control center ( 217) directly to allow the transmission of the biosignal.

Thus, the pressure control module 214 provides a control signal to the pressure tightening device 211, the pressure tightening device 211 to press the wrist of the elderly living alone using the air in accordance with the control signal.

As the wrist of the elderly living alone is pressed, the biosignal is measured, that is, at least one biosignal is measured through the biometric sensor installed in the band unit 220.

Then, the filtration and amplification module 212 receives the bio signal measured from the biometric sensor and filters it to remove unnecessary noise before amplification and amplification.

The communication module 218 determines the state of at least one biosignal and the elderly living alone. For example, the communication module 218 collects the non-wearing state, the sleep state, the active state, the exercise state, the dangerous state, and the like. The result of the determination is sent to the central control center through the wired / wireless communication network.

In addition, the wireless charging circuit 219 charges the power by using a magnetic field in a wireless power transmission method, for example, an electromagnetic induction type wireless power transmission method, and supplies the charged power to the wrist terminal.

3 is a first exemplary diagram illustrating a method for managing elderly people living alone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, a wrist-type terminal according to the present invention shows a process of periodically measuring a state change of an elderly person living alone, and periodically measures a state change.

First, the wrist-type terminal checks whether the transmission period has been reached (S310), and if the transmission period is confirmed, it is determined as a measurement mode for measuring a change in the user's state, and the movement information of the elderly living alone is measured using an acceleration sensor. (S320). The wrist-type terminal determines a state change of the elderly living alone based on the measured change amount of the movement information (S330), and determines whether the state change is a dangerous state (S340).

The wrist-type terminal measures the biosignal of the elderly living alone according to the determined result, and presses the user's wrist by using air to increase the accuracy of the measurement.

As the wrist-type terminal presses the wrist of the user and the wrist-type terminal measures the user's bio-signals such as blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature using the biometric sensor (S350).

Thereafter, the wrist-type terminal collects the state change and the biosignal measured through the biosensor determining the state of the elderly living alone and provides it to the central control center through the wired / wireless network (S360).

On the other hand, the wrist-type terminal provides only a state change if the state change is not a dangerous state (S370).

To describe this, the wrist-type terminal according to the present invention is intended to change the mode to reduce the battery consumption of the biometric sensor. For example, the standby mode is a mode for dramatically reducing battery consumption. A sleep mode of a wireless chip such as a biometric sensor that wirelessly transmits the battery, and the battery consumption consumes a battery in units of 35 uA. In the active state, the transmit / receive power of 36 mA is used, and thus the battery consumption can be reduced by changing the period of the sleep mode.

Therefore, the longer the period of active state according to each state, the longer the sleep mode in the first stage in [Table 1] in the previous step, and the motion control and body temperature data in real time in the fifth stage of danger state to the central control center That is, the wait time may be in the order of step 1> step 2> step 3> step 4> step 5.

4 is a second exemplary view illustrating a method for managing elderly people living alone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 4, the wrist-type terminal according to the present invention shows a process of measuring a change in state when the emergency button is pressed by the user, if the elderly living alone is determined to press the emergency button directly The state change is measured.

The wrist terminal checks whether the emergency button is pressed by the user (S410), and if the emergency button is pressed, it is determined as a measurement mode for measuring the user's status information and measures the movement information of the elderly living alone using the acceleration sensor. It becomes (S420). The wrist-type terminal determines a state change of the elderly living alone based on the measured change amount of the movement information (S440).

In addition, the wrist-type terminal measures the biosignal of the elderly living alone. In order to increase the accuracy of the measurement, first, the wrist of the elderly living alone is pressed by using air.

The wrist-type terminal measures at least one bio signal such as blood pressure, pulse rate, and body temperature using a biometric sensor as the wrist of the elderly is living alone (S430).

Afterwards, the wrist-type terminal collects the biomedical signal measured through the state change and the bio sensor and judges the status of the elderly living alone along with the emergency information to inform the emergency situation by using the emergency button, and through the wired / wireless network the central control center It will be provided to (S450).

5 is a third exemplary diagram illustrating a method for managing elderly people living alone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the wrist-type terminal according to the present invention shows a process of measuring a change in state at the request of the central control center, and the state change of the elderly living alone as the central control center or medical staff finds an abnormal symptom. As you request, the state change is measured.

The wrist terminal checks whether there is a request from the central control center (S510), and if there is a confirmation request, the wrist terminal checks whether the confirmation button is pressed by the elderly living alone (S520).

When the check button is pressed, the wrist-type terminal is determined as a measurement mode for measuring a change in the status of the elderly living alone, and measures movement information of the elderly living alone using the acceleration sensor (S530). The wrist-type terminal determines a state change of the elderly living alone based on the measured change amount of the movement information (S550).

In addition, the wrist-type terminal measures the biosignal of the elderly living alone, and in order to increase the accuracy of the measurement in measuring the biosignal of the elderly living alone, the wrist of the elderly living alone is pressed.

The wrist-type terminal measures at least one biosignal such as blood pressure, pulse rate, and body temperature using a biometric sensor as the wrist of the elderly living alone is pressed (S540).

Subsequently, the wrist-type terminal collects a biometric signal measured through a state sensor and a bio sensor to determine the state of the elderly living alone, along with confirmation information to inform the user of whether the wrist-type terminal uses the confirmation button. Provided to the control center (S560).

6 is a fourth exemplary view illustrating a method for managing elderly people living alone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 6, the wrist-type terminal according to the present invention shows a process of measuring the status information at the request of the central control center, the central control center or medical staff receiving the emergency information to confirm the emergency situation In response to the request, if the confirmation button is pressed by the elderly living alone, the status of the elderly living alone is measured.

The wrist terminal checks whether there is a confirmation request from the central control center (S610), and if there is a confirmation request, checks whether the confirmation button has been pressed by the elderly living alone (S620).

When the check button is pressed, the wrist-type terminal determines the measurement mode for measuring the user's state information and measures the movement information of the elderly living alone using the acceleration sensor (S640). The wrist-type terminal determines a state change of the elderly living alone based on the measured change amount of the movement information (S660).

In addition, the wrist-type terminal measures the biosignal of the elderly living alone, in order to increase the accuracy of the measurement in measuring the change in the elderly living alone, the wrist of the elderly living alone is pressed.

The wrist-type terminal measures at least one biosignal such as blood pressure, pulse rate, and body temperature using a biometric sensor as the wrist of the elderly living alone is pressed (S650).

Subsequently, the wrist-type terminal collects a biometric signal measured through a state sensor and a bio sensor to determine the state of the elderly living alone, along with confirmation information to inform the user of whether the wrist-type terminal uses the confirmation button. Provided to the control center (S670).

On the other hand, the wrist-type terminal provides a malfunction control information to inform the central control center that the emergency button was pressed by the malfunction if the confirmation button was not pressed (S630).

As described above, the present invention can be easily monitored by implementing a device for measuring and transmitting a change of state, for example, a biosignal and motion information, worn on the wrist of an elderly person living alone.

In addition, the present invention measures the change in the state worn on the wrist of the elderly living alone, but at least one bio-signal by measuring and transmitting according to the amount of change in the movement information to reduce the battery consumption, when transmitting the measured state information to the central control center By performing the verification process, malfunctions can be prevented.

In addition, the present invention may be easy to carry by implementing a device that is worn on the wrist of the elderly living alone, for example, to measure and transmit the change of state through the biological signal and motion information.

According to the present invention, the wrist-type terminal and its method for managing the elderly living alone can be modified and applied in various forms within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention and are not limited to the above embodiments. In addition, the embodiments and drawings are merely for the purpose of describing the contents of the invention in detail, not intended to limit the scope of the technical idea of the invention, the present invention described above is common knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs As those skilled in the art can have various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention, it is not limited to the above embodiments and the accompanying drawings, of course, and not only the claims to be described below but also claims Judgment should be made including scope and equivalence.

1 is an exemplary view showing the configuration of a schematic system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is an exemplary view showing a detailed configuration of the wrist-type terminal 100 shown in FIG.

3 is a first exemplary diagram illustrating a method for managing elderly people living alone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a second exemplary view illustrating a method for managing elderly people living alone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a third exemplary diagram illustrating a method for managing elderly people living alone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a fourth exemplary view illustrating a method for managing elderly people living alone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

100: wrist type terminal

200: central control center

110, 210: body part

211: pressure tightening device

212: filtration and amplification module

213: acceleration sensor

214: pressure control module

215: transmission cycle control unit

216: emergency button

217: OK button

218: communication module

219: wireless charging circuit

120, 220: band section

Claims (15)

An acceleration sensor measuring movement information of the elderly living alone when in a measurement mode for measuring a change in status of the elderly living alone; At least one biometric sensor for measuring the biosignal of the elderly living alone; And The state change of the elderly living alone is determined based on the measured change amount of the movement information, and the biosignal measured from the biosensor is collected according to the determined result, and the determined state change and the biosignal of the elderly living alone are determined. Communication module sent to the central control center to monitor the Wrist-type terminal for managing the elderly living alone. According to claim 1, The communication module, It is determined whether the state change of the elderly living alone is in a dangerous state based on the change amount of the movement information collected by collecting the movement information of the elderly living alone. If the determination result is a dangerous state wrist-type terminal for managing the elderly living alone, characterized in that for collecting at least one biological signal measured from the biometric sensor. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The communication module, Determining a measurement mode for measuring the status information of the elderly living alone, wrist-type terminal for managing the elderly living alone, characterized in that the determination to determine the measurement mode. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The communication module, The terminal for determining the measurement mode for measuring the status information of the elderly living alone, when the emergency button is pressed by the elderly living alone, the wrist-type terminal for managing the elderly living alone, characterized in that the determination mode. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The communication module, The terminal for determining the measurement mode for measuring the status information of the elderly living alone, if the request from the central control center, the wrist-type terminal for managing the elderly living alone, characterized in that the determination mode. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The communication module, Determine the measurement mode for measuring the status information of the elderly living alone, when the confirmation button is pressed by the elderly living alone in response to the emergency situation confirmation request from the central control center, the reading is characterized in that the measurement mode Wrist type terminal for managing the elderly. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The pressure control module, In order to increase the accuracy of the measurement in measuring the status information of the elderly living alone, the wrist-type terminal for managing the elderly living alone, the pressure of the elderly living alone using the wrist. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The acceleration sensor, Wrist-type terminal for managing the elderly living alone, characterized in that the three-axis acceleration sensor. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The biometric sensor, Wrist-type terminal for managing the elderly living alone, characterized in that measuring blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Wireless charging circuit for supplying the charged power to the device by charging the power wirelessly Wrist-type terminal for managing the elderly living alone further comprising. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Emergency button for informing the central control center if the elderly living alone is determined to be emergency; And Confirmation button for the user to check if there is a request from the central control center Wrist-type terminal for managing the elderly living alone further comprising. Measuring movement information of the elderly living alone when in a measurement mode for measuring a change in status of the elderly living alone; Determining a state change of the elderly living alone based on the measured change amount of the motion information; Measuring the biosignal of the elderly living alone according to the determined result; And Transmitting the determined change in the status of the elderly living alone and the measured at least one biosignal to a central control center for monitoring the status of the elderly living alone Method for managing elderly people living alone. 12. The method of claim 11, Determining a change in the status of the elderly living alone, And determining whether the change in the status of the elderly living alone is a dangerous state based on the amount of change in the movement information of the elderly living alone. The method according to claim 12 or 13, The method may further include determining a measurement mode for measuring a state change of the elderly living alone. The determining the measurement mode may include: And when the emergency button is pressed by the elderly living alone, or when there is a request from the central control center, determining the measurement mode. 13. The method of claim 12, The bio signal is, And blood pressure, pulse rate, and body temperature.

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