KR20120010723A - Management System and Method For body temperature - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A body temperature management system and method are provided to introduce error prevention processing and secure processing methods in a data transmission process by collecting information about body temperature. CONSTITUTION: A body temperature management system(10) comprises a body temperature detecting apparatus(100) and an alarm terminal(200). The alarm terminal communicates with the body temperature detecting apparatus. The body temperature management system senses body temperature by attaching the body temperature detecting apparatus to a specific site of infants. The body temperature detecting apparatus transfers the body temperature which is sensed to the alarm terminal. The body temperature detecting apparatus transmits data which is transferred through error prevention and secure processing.

Description

Management System and Method For Body Temperature

The present invention relates to a temperature management technology, and more particularly, to a temperature management system and method for supporting the detection and management of body temperature, such as infants and the like who need protection and management.

A person may indicate that abnormalities have occurred physically by generating abnormal symptoms when a particular disease occurs due to a specific pathogen penetrating into the human body from the outside. For example, when various viruses such as a cold are introduced into the human body through the respiratory system, the body performs a process for countering the introduced virus, that is, virus treatment using white blood cells, etc., in which a fever occurs. Therefore, people can recognize that their body has an abnormality when the body generates heat or the temperature drops below a certain level as usual. Those who are aware of the abnormalities will visit the hospital or pharmacy to perform the appropriate treatment, thereby treating the abnormalities in the body.

However, infants, infants, or people who can express their intentions, or those who are unable to properly carry out their physical management due to circumstances, excessive labor, etc., are unable to adequately cope with the areas where the heat develops. It happens. Infants and infants, in particular, even if an emergency occurs due to fever or body temperature, their condition can not be properly judged and introduced, so even when faced with an emergency situation or fatal sequelae remains very often occurs.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a temperature management system and method for supporting appropriately inspecting and managing the body temperature of a person in need of temperature management at a necessary time.

In order to achieve the above object, the temperature management system of the present invention may include a temperature sensing device and an alarm terminal. The temperature sensing device is configured to detect the body temperature is disposed in a specific area of the human body, and transmits the error prevention processing and encryption processing when transmitting the temperature information including the detected body temperature value, the alarm terminal is the temperature sensing device It is configured to decode the transmitted body temperature information and output a specific alarm according to the body temperature value of the decoded body temperature information. In particular, the body temperature detecting apparatus adds a CRC code to the data when transmitting the body temperature information, AES encrypts the data, and transmits the data to the alarm terminal.

The body temperature sensing device includes a body temperature sensor for sensing a body temperature of a specific region of the human body, a first communication module of a short range communication method for transmitting the sensed body temperature to the alarm terminal, the body temperature sensor and the first communication module. A control unit to control the temperature information to be transmitted to the alarm terminal and to supply power for driving the body temperature detection cycle of the body temperature sensor, the temperature sensor and the first communication module, and the driving of the detection controller It may include a power supply.

In addition, the alarm terminal communicates with the first communication module to receive the body temperature information, decode the received body temperature information, and transmits a response thereto, according to the magnitude of the temperature value of sound, vibration and light An alarm unit for outputting alarms of various grades including at least one, a storage unit for storing alarm information to be output according to various temperature values, and controlling the alarm unit to output a specific type of alarm in response to the reception of the temperature information It may include an alarm control unit.

The storage unit stores help information including a treatment method to be performed according to various temperature value sizes, an age, weight, and disease history information of a person to which the temperature sensing device is attached, and the alarm control unit stores the temperature value and age. It can be controlled to select and output the necessary help information based on the weight, and the history of the disease. The alarm controller may accumulate body temperature information transmitted by the body temperature sensing device to generate body temperature history information, and control to select and output necessary help information according to the body temperature history information. The controller may be configured to check a communication state with the controller and to control the alarm unit to output an alarm according to a communicable state.

The temperature management system of the present invention further includes a communication network and a user terminal configuration, and the alarm terminal further includes a communication module capable of remote communication with the communication network, wherein the temperature information is transmitted to the user through the communication network. It can transmit to the terminal.

The present invention also provides a method of turning on a temperature detecting device and an alarm terminal, generating a temperature information by detecting the temperature of the body temperature by detecting the body temperature, and preventing error processing and security of the detected temperature value. Disclosed is a body temperature management method comprising transmitting to the alarm terminal, and outputting an alarm according to whether the body temperature information is received or the body temperature value of the body temperature information.

The above-described body temperature management method may further include a process of comparing the body temperature value with a preset value by the body temperature sensing device, and transmitting the body temperature information to the alarm terminal according to the comparison result.

The temperature management method may further include storing age, weight, and illness history information of a wearer wearing the temperature sensing device in the alarm terminal, temperature history information generated by accumulating body temperature and temperature information in the alarm terminal, and The method may further include storing help information including a course of treatment according to age, weight and disease history information, and selecting and outputting help information based on current body temperature information among the help information.

The temperature management method may further include transmitting at least one of the temperature information and the assistance information to a specific user terminal through a communication network.

According to the present invention, the temperature management system and method of the present invention supports rapid response to a situation requiring a specific treatment by temporarily and periodically and repeatedly inspecting and managing the temperature of a person, for example, an infant, who needs temperature management. .

In addition, while the present invention collects and transmits information on body temperature, it is possible to increase the reliability of the data collected by introducing an error prevention processing and a security processing method during data transmission.

In addition, the present invention can appropriately provide a variety of help information corresponding to the collected body temperature information, it can support to enable more efficient situation coping by performing appropriate class treatment or prevention of unnecessary class treatment.

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a body temperature management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a body temperature sensing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of an alarm terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a flow chart for explaining the body temperature management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a body temperature management system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail an embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described, and the description of other parts will be omitted so as not to disturb the gist of the present invention.

The terms or words used in the specification and claims described below should not be construed as being limited to the ordinary or dictionary meanings, and the inventors are appropriate to the concept of terms in order to explain their invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meanings and concepts in accordance with the technical spirit of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configuration shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, and various equivalents may be substituted for them at the time of the present application. It should be understood that there may be water and variations.

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a body temperature management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the temperature management system 10 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention communicates with the body temperature sensing apparatus 100 and the body temperature sensing apparatus 100 worn on at least part of a human body of a specific person such as an infant. It may include an alarm terminal 200 that can be. Prior to the description, in the following description, as a wearer wearing the body temperature sensing device 100 will be described as a representative of infants.

Body temperature management system 10 of the present invention having such a configuration is attached to the body temperature sensing device 100 to a specific site of infants to detect the body temperature, the body temperature detected by the temperature sensing device 100 the alarm terminal ( 200). In this process, the body temperature detecting apparatus 100 may increase the reliability of the data to be transmitted by transmitting and transmitting the data to prevent and secure the error. Hereinafter, the temperature sensing device 100 and the alarm terminal 200 will be described in more detail.

The body temperature sensing device 100 is a device that is installed in a portion of the human body and includes at least one sensor that can sense the body temperature of the human body. In addition, the body temperature detecting apparatus 100 may transmit body temperature information including the detected body temperature value to the alarm terminal 200. In this case, the body temperature detecting apparatus 100 may transmit the body temperature information to the alarm terminal 200 through an error prevention process and a security process. Meanwhile, the body temperature sensing device 100 may adjust a body temperature sensing cycle, and a power supply and shut down time point for use may be adjusted according to user control. A detailed configuration of the body temperature sensing device 100 will be described later in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.

The alarm terminal 200 is configured to receive the body temperature information transmitted by the body temperature sensing device 100, and to display the body temperature value included in the received body temperature information and perform an alarm according to the body temperature value. The alarm terminal 200 may receive error-proof processing and security-processed body temperature information from the body temperature sensing apparatus 100 and decode the received body temperature information. The alarm terminal 200 may compare the body temperature value of the received body temperature information with a pre-stored set value, and determine whether the alarm and the type of alarm are based on the comparison result. Meanwhile, the alarm terminal 200 determines whether the temperature sensing device 100 exists in an effective communication area by checking whether communication with the temperature sensing device 100 is possible at a predetermined period, and determines a communication state according to the result. The alarm can be triggered. In addition, the alarm terminal 200 may store and manage body temperature sensing information transmitted by the body temperature sensing apparatus 100 and output pre-stored help information according to a body temperature value. Detailed configuration of the alarm terminal 200 will be described later in more detail with reference to FIG. 3.

As described above, the body temperature management system 10 of the present invention detects the body temperature of an infant and toddler using the body temperature sensor 100 at a necessary time, and uses the alarm terminal 200 to provide alarm and information according to the body temperature detected. Can support output

2 is a block diagram illustrating in detail the configuration of the apparatus 100 for detecting a body temperature according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the apparatus 100 for detecting temperature of the present invention includes a body temperature sensor 130, a sensing controller 160, a power supply unit 120, and a first communication module 110. It may further include a configuration of the input unit for adjusting the cycle and power supply and shutdown.

The body temperature sensor 130 is configured to detect the body temperature of the human body is disposed in at least a portion of the human body. The body temperature sensor 130 may be designed according to at least one of contact and contactless. The contact type is a method of measuring temperature through contact with a measuring object, and most body temperature sensing sensors such as resistance temperature sensors, thermistors, thermocouples, bimetals, and the like are radiation thermometers and advertisement thermometers. The platinum resistance temperature sensor uses a principle that the resistance value of platinum is changed according to temperature, and thus the most accurate temperature among the existing temperature sensors can be used as a standard temperature sensor in the -260 to 630'C region. Most of these platinum resistance temperature sensors can be used in a protective tube filled with insulating material. The thermistor is made by sintering a metal oxide and uses a property of changing resistance according to temperature. The thermistor is divided into a negative characteristic (NTC) thermistor and a positive characteristic (PTC) thermistor. Such thermistors are the most widely used and inexpensive and compact, but suffer from errors such as linearity, sensitivity, and reference temperature. NTC thermistor is mainly used for temperature sensing, temperature compensation, liquid level / wind speed / vacuum detection, inrush current prevention, delay element, etc. PTC thermistor is used for motor starting, self-cleaning, constant temperature heating, and over current protection. The thermocouple is used to change the electromotive force generated at both ends of the junction of the two metal wires, but is widely used for industrial purposes such as steel, power plants, heavy chemicals, etc., but is generally less accurate than platinum resistance temperature sensors or radiation thermometers. However, thermocouples are regulated to be used as standard temperature measuring instruments in IPTS (International Practical Temperature Measurement) from 630 to 1064.43'C. Thermocouples should be protected by oxidizing platinum wires and rhodium wires. The radiation (radiation) thermometer uses a thermal radiation (radiation) generated from the surface of the measurement object, there is a non-contact type, there is a method using a monochromatic wavelength band radiation and two wavelength band radiation. It is widely used in steel and ceramics. Recently, the low temperature radiation thermometer has been put into practical use, replacing thermocouples. IC temperature sensor complements the shortcomings of thermistors and thermocouples, such as linearity, sensitivity, and reference temperature. The IC temperature sensor uses a current-voltage characteristic of the P-N junction portion that changes with temperature, and there are a voltage output type and a current output type. As described above, the body temperature sensor 130 of the present invention may be implemented by at least one of various types of contact and contactless methods, and in the case of an analog type sensor, an additional circuit for digitization may be applied. have. That is, the body temperature sensor 130 may detect the body temperature of the human body, convert the detected body temperature information to digital, and then transfer the detected body temperature information to the detection controller 160.

The first communication module 110 forms a communication channel with the alarm terminal 200, and transmits and receives constant data with the alarm terminal 200 through the formed communication channel. The first communication module may be applied to various short-range communication radio technologies. For example, the first communication module 110 may be applied with an advanced 2.4 GHz wireless operation technology. That is, the first communication module 110 transmits a packet including a transmitter for transmitting a wireless packet including data to the alarm terminal 200 and acknowledgment data transmitted by the alarm terminal 200 or response data for receiving body temperature information. Can be received. The first communication module 110 can use CRC 16bit to apply encryption technology and prevent error of data to be transmitted, and use a standardized AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 128bit encryption algorithm to maintain security. The data processing may be performed and then transmitted to the alarm terminal 200. That is, the first communication module 110 generates and transmits a wireless packet to be transmitted by performing CRC processing + AES encryption on the data acquired from the sensor in order to prevent information error and security when transmitting body temperature information. In addition, the receiver of the first communication module 110 receives the encrypted wireless packet from the transmitter of the alarm terminal 200, decrypts the encrypted data, generates an acknowledgment data value, and performs AES encryption on the generated key value. After generating a wireless packet to be transmitted, the response is transmitted. Accordingly, the body temperature information transmitted by the first communication module 110 to the alarm terminal 200 may be secured to deliver accurate data. The first communication module 110 may also provide a function (transmitting data to check an acknowledgment signal) to check whether the transmitter is located within a receiver effective distance of the alarm terminal 200. The first communication module 110 described above uses 2.4Ghz ISM Band and may be compatible with all Bluetooth Low energy products certified by Bluetooth SIG. The first communication module 110 may be extended and operated to accommodate both an existing version of Bluetooth and a low energy version of Bluetooth by loading a dual mode function in a host device such as a notebook or a mobile terminal. Bluetooth low energy has a life time for many years using a coin cell battery, and there is no need to configure a circuit that requires a separate charge, thereby making it easy to apply to small applications.

The power supply unit 120 may be implemented in the form of a battery capable of accumulating power for driving the body temperature sensing device 100 or may be manufactured as a power injection type capable of receiving power from the outside. In the case of a battery form, the power supply unit 120 may be configured in at least one form of a rechargeable or non-rechargeable battery. The power supply unit 120 in the form of a battery is built in one side of the body temperature sensing device 100 to supply power to the body temperature sensor 130 and the first communication module 110 under the control of the sensing controller 160. Support the collection and transmission of body temperature information. On the other hand, in the case of a power injection type, the power supply unit 120 may be classified into a wired type and a wireless type. In the case of the wireless type, the power supply unit 120 may be configured in the form of an antenna capable of receiving power through a frequency and the like, and may transmit the received power to each component requiring power according to the control of the sensing controller 160. In addition, the power supply unit 120 is preferably made of a fine size to match the size of the ultra-small body temperature sensor 100.

The detection controller 160 may control the operation of the body temperature sensor 130 and the first communication module 110 by automatically controlling the power supply and the power supply of the power supply 120 or by controlling the user. have. In particular, the detection controller 160 may control a temperature detection cycle of the temperature sensor 130, and transmit the collected temperature information to the alarm terminal 200 through the first communication module 110. can do. In this process, the detection controller 160 may collect body temperature information according to a preset temperature detection cycle. Meanwhile, the detection controller 160 may adjust the body temperature detection period according to the information transmitted by the alarm terminal 200 through communication with the alarm terminal 200. The detection controller 160 may determine whether to transfer the information collected by the body temperature sensor 130 to the alarm terminal 200 according to preset information, for example, a specific body temperature value. That is, when the body temperature information exceeds 37 degrees, when the body temperature information is set to transmit the body temperature information to the alarm terminal 200, the body temperature value transmitted by the body temperature sensor 130 is 37 degrees according to the setting information. Only in excess of the body temperature information can be delivered to the alarm terminal (200). In addition, the detection controller 160 may set different periods when the body temperature value is greater than 37 degrees and does not exceed, and control the collection of body temperature information according to the corresponding period. That is, the sensing controller 160 may set the temperature sensing period when the detected body temperature value is less than or equal to the set specific body temperature value than the body temperature sensing cycle when the body temperature value is more than the specific body temperature value.

In addition, as described above, the body temperature sensing apparatus 100 may further include an input unit for controlling a body temperature sensing cycle and power turn-on / off, and in this case, the sensing controller 160 may be input from the input unit. The temperature detection cycle can be adjusted according to the signal. In addition, the temperature detecting device 100 may provide a display window for displaying body temperature information, and outputs the collected temperature information through the display window to immediately check the temperature of the person wearing the temperature detecting device 100. I can support you.

3 is a block diagram illustrating in detail the configuration of the alarm terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the alarm terminal 200 of the present invention includes a configuration of a second communication module 210, an alarm unit 220, a storage unit 250, a display unit 240, and an alarm control unit 260. can do.

The second communication module 210 forms a communication channel with the first communication module 110 and receives and processes body temperature information transmitted by the first communication module 110 based on the formed communication channel. In addition, the second communication module 210 supports to transmit specific information to the body temperature sensing device 100. That is, the second communication module 210 includes a receiver for receiving temperature information transmitted by the first communication module 110, a response signal for receiving body temperature information, information for adjusting a temperature sensing period, and a time point for transmitting temperature information. It may include a configuration of the transmitter for transmitting the setting value information to determine to the body temperature sensor 100. Accordingly, the second communication module 210 may be a short range communication module such as the same communication module, for example, a Bluetooth module, so as to transmit and receive data with the first communication module 110. When the second communication module 210 transmits data to the first communication module 110, the body temperature sensing device 100 receives data that has been added CRC code and AES processed like the first communication module 110. To increase the reliability of the data.

The alarm unit 220 may transmit the temperature information according to a predetermined criterion of the temperature detecting apparatus 100, or output various alarms according to a setting when the temperature value included in the transmitted temperature information is greater than or equal to a preset value. have. To this end, the alarm unit 220 may include a speaker for a body temperature information alarm, a vibration module, a lamp, and the like, and output various types of alarms including at least one of sound, vibration, and light. The alarm unit 220 may output various types of alarms according to characteristics of body temperature information. That is, the alarm unit 220 may output various types of alarms according to the characteristics of body temperature information, that is, alarm classes classified into normal, caution, emergency, and emergency according to body temperature values. For example, the alarm unit 220 outputs an alarm corresponding to a normal when the body temperature is less than 37 degrees, outputs an alarm corresponding to a caution when the body temperature is 37 to 38 degrees, and has a body temperature of 38 to 39 degrees. In case of an emergency, an alarm is output. When the temperature is over 39 degrees, an alarm corresponding to an emergency can be output. Here, each of the alarms may be able to easily determine the alarm level according to the body temperature value by varying the volume of the output sound or varying the magnitude of vibration, lighting or brightness of the lamp. In addition, the alarm unit 220 may output constant help information output under the control of the alarm controller 260. The help information output will be described later along with the description of the alarm controller 260.

The storage unit 250 may store an operating system capable of operating the alarm terminal 200 and a temperature management program for detecting and managing the temperature of the present invention. The storage unit 250 may be largely divided into a program storage area and a data storage area.

The program storage area may store the above-described operating system and temperature management program. The body temperature management program includes a body temperature information based alarm control routine and body temperature information for activating the alarm unit 220 and controlling an alarm based on the transmitted body temperature information when the body temperature information is transmitted from the body temperature sensing device 100. A comparison routine for comparing the stored body temperature value with a pre-stored set value, a routine for controlling a body temperature sensing cycle, an alarm control routine based on a separation distance according to a distance from the body temperature sensing apparatus 100, and when communicating with the body temperature sensing apparatus 100. Data error prevention and security processing routines, help information output control routines according to the temperature information history, and the like. The temperature information based alarm control routine is a routine for determining which alarm to output according to the characteristics of the various temperature information as described above. Other routines will be described in more detail along with the description of the alarm controller 260.

The data storage area may store various setting values required for alarm output. That is, alarm information including setting values for determining which alarm is output according to the body temperature value included in the body temperature information transmitted by the body temperature sensing apparatus 100 may be stored in a table form. In addition, the data storage area may store the help information storing the processing method to be performed according to the body temperature value. The data storage area may store age, weight, bottle related history information, etc. of the person where the temperature sensing device 100 is disposed, and is generated by accumulating body temperature information periodically transmitted by the temperature sensing device 100. Temperature history information can be stored.

The display unit 240 is a variety of information according to the operation control of the alarm terminal 200 and the communication status information with the temperature sensing device 100, the body temperature information transmitted by the temperature sensing device 100, specific help information according to the temperature information And so on. The display unit 240 may be formed of various flat display devices such as LCD, LED, OLED, and the like. The display unit 240 scans the body temperature sensing apparatus 100 according to the booting screen of the alarm terminal 200 and user control, determines whether the scanned body temperature sensing apparatus 100 is a registered device, and then detects the body temperature. A screen for forming a communication channel with the device 100 may be output. The display unit 240 may be omitted depending on the production conditions of the alarm terminal 200.

The alarm control unit 260 controls the body temperature management function according to an embodiment of the present invention by controlling the initialization of the components of the alarm terminal 200 and the signal transmission between the components. The alarm controller 260 loads the operating system and the temperature management program stored in the storage unit 250 when the user controls the power supply of the alarm terminal 200 to receive the power necessary for operating the terminal. In addition, the alarm controller 260 may control various information or alarm outputs based on the functions necessary for temperature management, that is, the collection of body temperature information and body temperature information, based on the routines of the body temperature management program. In more detail, when the power is supplied, the alarm controller 260 may search whether the appropriate body temperature sensing device 100 is present under the user control. Prior to this process, the user may maintain the power of the body temperature sensing device 100 in a turn-on state. Meanwhile, the alarm controller 260 may control to scan the plurality of body temperature sensing apparatuses 100. When the plurality of body temperature sensing apparatuses 100 are scanned, the plurality of body temperature sensing apparatuses 100 scanned under user control. Any one or a plurality of body temperature sensing apparatuses 100 may be selected. Here, the second communication module 210 may scan other devices, for example, MP3, audio, TV, etc. The alarm control unit 260 may have preset information, that is, information related to the body temperature sensing device 100. If present in the terminal, it is possible to control such devices to be automatically deleted from the searched list. To this end, the alarm terminal 200 may pre-store information on at least one body temperature sensing device 100 to be scanned, and the alarm controller 260 searches only devices to be scanned based on the pre-stored information. And it can be controlled to form a communication channel based on this.

When a communication channel is formed between the second communication module 210 and the temperature sensing device 100, body temperature information may be transferred from the temperature sensing device 100. Then, the alarm control unit 260 may control the alarm output according to whether the body temperature information is received or control the alarm output according to the information included in the body temperature information. Such a setting may be changed according to a design policy of the temperature management system 10. For example, when the temperature sensing device 100 determines whether to transmit temperature information, the alarm controller 260 may alarm when receiving temperature information. Can be performed. In addition, when the temperature detecting apparatus 100 transmits the body temperature information at regular intervals without determining whether to transmit the body temperature information, the alarm controller 260 determines whether to output an alarm according to the characteristics of the transmitted temperature information, that is, the size of the body temperature value. And, according to the determination, control to output various alarms as described above.

The alarm controller 260 may control output of various guide sounds and help information according to the reception of body temperature information. For example, when receiving the temperature information from the body temperature sensor 100, the alarm controller 260 may provide a guide sound indicating that the body temperature information has been received, a guide sound for the body temperature information, and help for a processing method based on the body temperature information. Information, a guide sound for accumulated body temperature information, and help information. To this end, the alarm terminal 200 may pre-store the guide sound and the help information to be output based on the body temperature information in the storage unit 250. When the body temperature information is received from the body temperature sensor 100, the alarm controller 260 may accumulate the body temperature information to generate body temperature history information, and output the body temperature history information as the body temperature history information when the body temperature information is output to the display unit 240. . The help information may include information such as the time or amount of drug administration, such as antipyretics, according to the body temperature value and body temperature history information. At this time, the alarm terminal 200 outputs help information on the course processing method corresponding to the temperature value or the temperature history information based on information such as the age, weight, and other medical history of the infant with the temperature sensing device 100 attached thereto. It is desirable to. Accordingly, the alarm control unit 260 may be configured to receive information such as age and weight of the infant from the user and output help information accordingly. To this end, the help information may store information about the above-described course processing methods for various situations in a database form.

On the other hand, the alarm control unit 260 forms a communication channel with the body temperature sensing device 100, and after receiving a signal for confirming the communication channel maintenance state with the body temperature sensing device 100 according to a predetermined period body temperature sensing device 100 ) Can be sent. That is, the alarm control unit 260 transmits confirmation data for confirming whether the body temperature sensing device 100 is in a state in which communication is currently possible, to the temperature sensing device 100, and response data within a predetermined time from the temperature sensing device 100. Can check if it is receiving. If the response data is not received within a predetermined time, the alarm controller 260 selectively performs the process of waiting for the set number of times of the confirmation data transmission and the response data reception according to a design method, and as a result, the response data. If not received, it can be controlled to output an alarm accordingly. Then, the user checks the alarm and recognizes that the communication channel is terminated or the communication channel is not formed between the temperature sensing device 100 and the alarm terminal 200, and the action for forming the communication channel, for example, the temperature sensing device. Checking the power supply state of the (100), it may be possible to check the communication distance between the body temperature sensing device 100 and the alarm terminal 200. Subsequently, the communication state check between the body temperature sensing device 100 and the alarm terminal 200 may be performed based on the body temperature sensing device 100 through the transmission of the confirmation data and the response data. That is, the body temperature sensing apparatus 100 may be designed to transmit confirmation data to the alarm terminal 200 and the alarm terminal 200 to transmit the response data to the body temperature sensing apparatus 100. However, since the body temperature sensing device 100 is worn on the human body, its size may be limited, and thus the shape of the power supply unit may be limited. Accordingly, it is preferable that the alarm terminal 200 performs the above-described communication state check and alarm for the purpose of saving power of the body temperature sensing device 100.

In addition, the alarm terminal 200 is an input for controlling the alarm terminal 200, controlling various functions, and inputting body information of the wearer of the body temperature sensing device 100 as described above, as in the body temperature sensing device 100. The apparatus may further include a configuration of an input unit capable of generating a signal, and a configuration of a power supply unit supplying power for operating a terminal. Here, the alarm terminal 200 may be designed in various forms, for example, it may be configured in the form of a touch screen, a touch panel, a key button, and the like, with the touch panel disposed on the display unit 240. .

As described above, the alarm terminal 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention may receive body temperature information from the body temperature detecting apparatus 100 and output a constant alarm based on the received body temperature information. In this process, the alarm terminal 200 of the present invention may increase the reliability of the data by preventing and securing the data transmitted / received with the body temperature sensing device through CRC processing and AES processing. In addition, the alarm terminal 200 accumulates and stores the body temperature information in the storage unit 250, and stores the processing method according to each body temperature information, that is, the information on the behavior code, to the action that the user should take according to the body temperature information. You can provide information that can help. In addition, since the alarm terminal 200 accumulates and stores body temperature information, it is possible to check the change in body temperature information so that a person wearing the body temperature sensing device 100 may easily determine whether the disease is improving or worsening. To help. The alarm terminal 200 outputs various types of alarms according to the body temperature included in the body temperature information, thereby allowing the user to recognize the body temperature included in the currently received body temperature information even if the user does not directly check the alarm terminal 200. I can support them.

In the above, each component included in the body temperature management system 10 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and the role of the components have been described. Hereinafter, a temperature management method operated by the above-described temperature management system 10 will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the alarm terminal 200 in the body temperature management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the operation of the alarm terminal 200 in the body temperature management method of the present invention first supplies power to the alarm terminal 200 and performs booting as in step 401. The alarm terminal 200 which is supplied with power and performs the booting may load the temperature management program stored in the storage unit 250 by performing an initialization process, and may support the temperature management function based on this.

When the temperature management program is loaded, the alarm controller 260 of the alarm terminal 200 may determine whether a communication channel is formed with the temperature sensing device 100 in step 403. Prior to this process, the user may supply power to the body temperature sensing device 100 to transition to the turn-on state. The alarm controller 260 controls the body temperature sensing apparatus 100 to be scanned by using the second communication module 210. If the body temperature detecting apparatus 100 is not scanned in this process, the alarm controller 260 branches to step 405 to control to output a communication state alarm. That is, the alarm controller 260 may control to output an alarm indicating that a communication channel with the body temperature sensing device 100 cannot be formed. Herein, the steps 403 and 405 are described by being disposed between steps 401 and 404, but the alarm terminal 200 according to the present invention checks the state of maintaining the communication channel with the temperature sensing device 100 according to a certain period without distinguishing the steps. Can be performed. Accordingly, when the communication channel is released, the alarm terminal 200 may control the user to check the state of the temperature sensing device 100 by performing step 405.

Meanwhile, when the body temperature sensing device 100 is scanned, the alarm controller 260 transmits and receives data to form a communication channel with the body temperature sensing device 100. The alarm controller 260 may control to form a communication channel with the body temperature sensing device 100 as in step 404.

Next, the alarm control unit 260 may check whether the temperature information is received in step 407. In this case, when there is no body temperature information reception, the alarm controller 260 may branch to step 404 to perform the following process repeatedly. On the other hand, when receiving the temperature information from the temperature sensing device 100 in step 407, the alarm control unit 260 may branch to step 409 and control to decrypt the body temperature information encrypted based on the CRC and AES. Since the body temperature detecting apparatus 100 performs CRC and AES processing on the body temperature information detected by the body temperature sensor 130 for error prevention and security processing, the alarm controller 260 performs the second communication module in step 409. The control unit 210 may control the CRC and AES decoding processing of the received body temperature information.

In operation 411, the alarm controller 260 may control to perform an alarm based on the received body temperature information or the decoded body temperature information. Here, the alarm output according to the reception of the temperature information may vary according to the policy of the designer who designs the temperature management system 10. That is, when the body temperature sensing apparatus 100 is designed to determine whether to transmit the body temperature information by comparing the first sensed body temperature value with a preset value, the alarm controller 260 may output an alarm output and body temperature according to the reception of the body temperature information. It can be controlled to output an alarm according to information characteristics, that is, the body temperature value.

On the other hand, when the body temperature sensing device 100 is designed to transmit the body temperature information to the alarm controller 260 according to a predetermined period without comparing the body temperature value and the set value, the alarm controller 260 outputs an alarm according to the reception of the body temperature information. Can be omitted. The alarm controller 260 may compare the body temperature value of the received body temperature information with a set value stored in the storage 250 and control to output an alarm according to the set value. The alarm output process of step 411 may be at least one of a beep sound or a guide sound of a predetermined pattern, a vibration of a predetermined pattern, and a lamp blinking of a predetermined pattern. The lamp blinking may be replaced by the blinking of the display unit 240.

In addition, the alarm terminal 200 may selectively perform step 413. That is, the alarm control unit 260 of the alarm terminal 200, when receiving and decoding the body temperature information, checks the body temperature value included in the body temperature information, and controls to output help information corresponding to the body temperature value as a guide sound can do. To this end, as mentioned in the description of the configuration of the alarm terminal 200, the alarm terminal 200 may store the help information database according to each temperature value in the storage unit 250, to improve the reliability of the help information Information input on the age, weight, and other medical conditions of the person wearing the body temperature detecting apparatus 100 may be registered in advance. Then, the alarm controller 260 outputs an instruction such as a brief prescription according to the current body temperature value, for example, antipyretic agent administration, as a guide sound in consideration of the age, weight, and other medical conditions of the person wearing the body temperature detecting device 100. Can be controlled. The alarm terminal 200 may accumulate body temperature information to support help information based on the accumulated body temperature information. For example, the alarm control unit 260 instructs the antipyretic agent administration time and amount differently based on the accumulated temperature history information, or stops the antipyretic agent administration and takes the person wearing the body temperature sensing device 100 to the hospital. The guidance sound output for the back can be controlled. On the other hand, the help information output has been described as output guide sound, the temperature management method of the present invention may support to output the help information output to the display unit in the form of text or image as well as the guide sound.

Next, the alarm controller 260 checks whether the alarm terminal 200 is terminated by entering step 415 and controls to terminate the alarm terminal 200 when an input signal for terminating the alarm terminal 200 is generated. Can be. On the other hand, when there is no input signal for termination in step 415, the alarm terminal 200 may branch to step 404 to perform the following process repeatedly.

As described above, the body temperature management method according to an embodiment of the present invention improves the reliability of data transmitted and received by error prevention and security processing of body temperature information transmitted and received between the alarm terminal 200 and the body temperature sensing device 100. Can be. In this case, the body temperature management method may add a CRC code for error prevention processing. The body temperature management method may perform an AES encryption process for security processing. Accordingly, the body temperature management method of the present invention can more reliably transmit the body temperature information transmitted by the body temperature sensing device 100 to the alarm terminal 200. And the temperature management method of the present invention checks the communication channel maintenance state between the alarm terminal 200 and the temperature sensing device 100, and when the communication channel is released by performing an alarm according to, the body temperature information collection process more reliably Support to do it. In addition, the body temperature management method of the present invention can provide appropriate help information according to the body temperature value.

5 is a view schematically showing the configuration of the body temperature management system 10 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the temperature management system 10 of the present invention may include a configuration of a temperature sensing device 100, an alarm terminal 200, a communication network 300, and a user terminal 400. Prior to the description, the body temperature sensing apparatus 100 performs the same configuration and role as the body temperature sensing apparatus 100 described with reference to FIG. 1, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted, and the alarm terminal 200 also excludes some functions. Since the same configuration and role as the alarm terminal 200 described with reference to FIG. 1 are performed, detailed descriptions of the parts described with reference to FIG. 1 will be omitted.

When the temperature management system 10 of the present invention having such a configuration transmits the temperature information collected by the temperature sensing device 100 to the alarm terminal 200, the alarm terminal 200 transmits the temperature information to the communication network 300. ) Can be transmitted to the user terminal 400. Accordingly, even a user at a considerable distance from the body temperature sensing apparatus 100 may check the body temperature of the wearer wearing the body temperature sensing apparatus 100.

To this end, the alarm terminal 200 is connected to the user terminal 400 through the communication network 300 in addition to the second communication module 210 that can communicate with the first communication module 110 installed in the temperature sensing device 100. The communication module may further include a body temperature information. Here, the first communication module 110 and the second communication module 210 may be short-range communication module, the communication module for transmitting the body temperature information based on the communication network 300 is a telecommunication module, for example, CDMA It can be a communication module based on various communication methods such as WCDMA and WCDMA. The alarm terminal 200 may transmit the body temperature information in a message manner when the body temperature information is transmitted to the user terminal 400. The alarm terminal 200 may also transmit alarm class information of the body temperature value included in the body temperature information. In addition, the alarm terminal 200 may also transmit help information according to the body temperature value.

The communication network 300 serves to transfer the body temperature information of the alarm terminal 200 to the user terminal 400 between the alarm terminal 200 and the user terminal 400. The communication network 300 includes a base station, a base station controller, a mobile switching center, etc. for forming a communication channel with the alarm terminal 200 and the user terminal 400, and communicates with each terminal based on the base station. Can support channel formation and retention. Since the communication network 300 may include various communication configurations according to a communication method, the communication network 300 configuration of the present invention is not limited to a base station, a base station controller, and a mobile switching center. That is, the communication network 300 may be various communication networks such as an internet communication network and a wired communication network.

The user terminal 400 is configured to form a communication channel with the communication network 300 and receive body temperature information from the alarm terminal 200. To this end, the user terminal 400 includes a communication module capable of forming a communication channel with the communication network 300, a display or audio processor capable of outputting received body temperature information, an input unit capable of generating various input signals, It may include a configuration such as a storage unit for storing various application programs and the received body temperature information required for the terminal operation. The user terminal 400 may receive body temperature information as a message from the alarm terminal 200 and output the received message to a display unit. User Receiving body temperature information from the alarm terminal 200 through the communication network 300 based on the user terminal 400, the body temperature of the wearer wearing the body temperature sensing device 100 can be confirmed from a distance. In addition, when the alarm terminal 200 is designed to transmit the temperature information only when the temperature value is a predetermined value or more, the user terminal 400 may receive and confirm the temperature information at a necessary time without receiving unnecessary temperature information.

As described above, the temperature management system 10 according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication module that can use the communication network 300 in the alarm terminal 200, and transmits the collected temperature information to the communication network 300. Through the user terminal 400 can be transmitted. Accordingly, the temperature management system 10 of the present invention supports to check the temperature of a specific person at a long distance.

On the other hand, the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the specification and drawings are merely presented specific examples to aid understanding, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. In addition to the embodiments disclosed herein, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention may be implemented.

10: body temperature management system 100: body temperature detection device
110: first communication module 120: power supply
130: body temperature sensor 160: detection control unit
200: alarm terminal 210: second communication module
220: alarm unit 240: display unit
250: storage unit 260: alarm control unit
300: communication network 400: user terminal

Claims (12)

A body temperature sensing device disposed in a specific area of the human body to sense a body temperature and transmit an error prevention process and an encryption process when transmitting body temperature information including the detected body temperature value;
An alarm terminal for decoding the body temperature information transmitted by the body temperature sensing device and outputting a specific alarm according to the body temperature value of the decoded body temperature information;
Body temperature management system comprising a. The method of claim 1,
The body temperature sensing device
And adding a CRC code to the data when transmitting the temperature information, and transmitting the data by performing AES encryption. The method of claim 1,
The body temperature sensing device
A body temperature sensor for sensing a body temperature of a specific region of the human body;
A first communication module of a short range communication method for transmitting the sensed body temperature to the alarm terminal;
A sensing controller controlling the body temperature sensor and the first communication module to transmit the body temperature information to the alarm terminal, and controlling a body temperature sensing cycle of the body temperature sensor;
A power supply unit supplying power for driving the body temperature sensor, the first communication module, and the detection controller;
Body temperature management system comprising a. The method of claim 3,
The alarm terminal is
A second communication module configured to communicate with the first communication module to receive temperature information, to decode the received temperature information, and to transmit a response thereto;
An alarm unit for outputting alarms of various grades including at least one of sound, vibration, and light according to the magnitude of the body temperature value;
A storage unit for storing alarm information to be output according to body temperature values of various sizes;
An alarm controller configured to control the alarm unit to output a specific type of alarm in response to receiving the temperature information;
Body temperature management system comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein
The storage unit
Help information including the treatment method to be performed according to the various temperature value size, the age, weight and history history of the person attached to the temperature sensing device is stored,
The alarm control unit
Body temperature management system characterized in that the control to select and output the necessary help information based on the temperature value, age, weight and disease history information. The method of claim 5,
The alarm control unit
Accumulating body temperature information transmitted by the body temperature sensing device to generate body temperature history information, and controlling to select and output necessary help information according to the body temperature history information. The method of claim 3,
The alarm control unit
The temperature management system, characterized in that for checking a communication state with the temperature sensing device for a predetermined period, and outputs an alarm according to the communication possible state. The method of claim 1,
The alarm terminal is
Further comprising a communication module for communicating with a communication network capable of supporting telecommunications,
A user terminal for receiving the temperature information from the alarm terminal through the communication network;
Body temperature management system comprising a further. Turning on the body temperature sensing device and the alarm terminal;
Generating, by the body temperature sensing device, body temperature information by detecting a body temperature and performing error prevention and security processing on the detected body temperature value;
Transmitting the temperature information to the alarm terminal;
Performing an alarm output by the alarm terminal according to whether the temperature information is received or a temperature value of the temperature information;
Body temperature management method comprising a. 10. The method of claim 9,
Comparing the temperature value with a preset value by the temperature sensing device;
Transmitting the temperature information to the alarm terminal according to the comparison result;
Body temperature management method comprising a further. 10. The method of claim 9,
Storing age, weight and illness history information of the wearer wearing the temperature sensing device in the alarm terminal;
Storing help information including temperature history information generated by accumulating body temperature value and temperature information in the alarm terminal and a class processing method according to the age, weight, and illness history information;
Selecting and outputting help information based on body temperature information currently received from the help information;
Body temperature management method comprising a further. 10. The method of claim 9,
Transmitting at least one of the temperature information and the assistance information to a specific user terminal through a communication network;
Body temperature management method comprising a further.

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