KR20140088667A - Elderly people living alone eating patterns associated with a wireless communication using a rice cooker analysis and safety management system - Google Patents

Abstract

Since the present invention can accurately sense an eating behavior by using sensor data sensed by a plurality of sensors installed in an electric rice cooker, an eating pattern of a person can be efficiently sensed by adding the present invention to a care service to be installed in welfare facilities for elderly people or homes of elderly people living alone. A method for sensing the eating pattern using a load cell, which is a method for sensing the eating behavior using an eating pattern sensor, comprises the steps of: collecting the sensor data sensed by heterogeneous multiple sensors installed in the electric rice cooker; filtering the collected sensor data; measuring a sensor change amount by using the filtered sensor data; determining the eating pattern and the presence or absence of the eating behavior by using the measured sensor change amount; and transmitting information according to the presence or absence of the eating behavior.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a method for analyzing a meal pattern of a elderly living alone and a safety management system using a rice cooker connected to a wireless communication,

The present invention relates to an analysis of an elderly meal pattern and a safety management system for a living alone using a rice cooker connected to a wireless communication, and is a next-generation advanced technology welfare service that overcomes time and space constraints and uses an electromagnetic cooker to detect the eating behavior of the elderly living alone In particular, the present invention relates to a method for detecting a meal pattern using a load cell (load sensor) and a safety management for the elderly living alone, and more particularly, When a symptom occurs, the administrator is informed of the occurrence of the abnormality, so that prompt action can be taken.

The number of elderly people aged 65 or older is expected to increase to about 980,000, and the number of elderly people alone will increase to 1,010,000 in 2011. As a result, As the need for care for the elderly population increases, so does the need for services for care. Recently, according to these demands, many technologies for care service, which tracks and monitors the daily activities of the elderly, and analyzes the data and remotely manages the data, is being developed.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for detecting a meal behavior by installing a load cell in an electric rice cooker and measuring a change amount of a weight of a load shell installed to recognize as accurately as possible whether a meal has been performed have.

A method for sensing a meal behavior by a meal pattern sensing device, comprising the steps of: collecting sensor data sensed by a heterogeneous multi-sensor installed in an electric rice cooker; ; Filtering the collected sensor data; Measuring sensor variation using filtered sensor data; Determining a meal pattern and an action using the measured sensor change amount; And transmitting information according to whether or not the meal is performed.

In order to achieve the objects of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for sensing a meal pattern using a load cell,

A sensor data collecting unit for collecting sensor data sensed by a plurality of sensors installed in the rice cooker; A filter unit for filtering the collected sensor data; A controller for analyzing the filtered sensor data, measuring a pressure change amount using the analyzed sensor data, and determining whether or not to perform a meal operation using the measured pressure change amount; And a wireless data communication module for transmitting the meal pattern according to the meal pattern and the activity information to a repeater for wireless communication.

Therefore, the present invention can detect a more accurate eating behavior by using sensor data sensed by a plurality of sensors installed in an electric rice cooker. Therefore, in addition to a care service to be installed in an elderly welfare facility or a living alone elderly household in the future, The pattern can be efficiently detected.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 shows the structure of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention; Fig.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention [0001]

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a magnetic sensor is installed on the lid of the rice cooker to recognize the eating behavior, and a change amount of the sensor is measured by installing a load cell under the rice cooker.

The reason for using the magnetic sensor is to use it to improve the accuracy of the eating behavior pattern.

Hereinafter, a method and an apparatus for detecting a meal behavior according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail using a sensor in such an electromagnetic cooker. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, a structure of a meal behavior detection system included in a meal behavior detection system and a meal behavior detection system will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram showing the structure of an overall system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the meal detection system is divided into an electromagnetic cooker 10, a repeater 20, and a u-care server 30.

The electromagnetic cooker (10) is provided with a plurality of pressure sensors, and can constitute a meal pattern sensing apparatus (100) for judging whether or not to perform a meal. The meal pattern sensing apparatus 100 measures a weight change amount using sensor data sensed from a load cell, determines whether or not to perform a meal operation using the measured weight change amount, and transmits the wireless communication (WLAN, WPAN To the repeater 20, as shown in FIG. The specific configuration of the meal pattern sensing apparatus 100 will be described later.

The repeater 20 may be a home wireless router or a home hotspot terminal,

The information provided from the electromagnetic cooker 10 is used to provide information to the manager or the family member to grasp the eating behavior of the elderly person depending on whether or not the person is eating.

The provided meal pattern information records information on the U-CARE server 30 such as user information, meal start time, meal amount, and meal frequency.

2 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a device for sensing a meal behavior according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The meal pattern sensing device 100 may include a sensor raw data acquisition module 110, a filter module 120, a control module 130, a wireless data communication module 140, and a non-volatile storage module 150 have.

The sensor raw data collection module 110 collects sensor data from the sensors installed in the electromagnetic cooker 10 and transfers the collected sensor data to the filter module 120.

The filter module 120 filters the sensor data received from the sensor data collection module 110.

In addition, the filter module 120 may set a basic threshold value for filtering, specify a time period for transmitting the sensor information, and may correct the initial value of the sensor information.

The control module 130 measures the amount of change using the filtered sensor data transmitted from the filter module 120, compares the measured amount of change with a preset threshold value to determine whether or not the meal is performed, To the volatile storage module 150 and stores it.

The wireless data communication module 140 transmits information on the determined eating behavior received from the control module 130 to the repeater 20 through various wireless communication methods.

The elderly person u-care server 30 transmitted from the repeater 20 collects and analyzes the sensing information, and provides monitoring information to the manager on-line. Also, it should be linked with the service for checking the safety status of elderly people living alone in case of occurrence of specific information by sensing information.

The u-Care server 30 is composed of an information management service for elderly persons, a monitoring service for meal pattern information, and an electric cooker management service.

The elderly service target information management service

Personal information (name, birthday, protector, contact, life instructor, etc.) of the elderly living alone is composed of DB.

It implements functions such as registering, deleting, and changing personal information of elderly people living alone.

Personal information of elderly people living alone is secured by DB encryption considering personal information protection.

It implements the function to display the residence location on the map based on the personal information of the elderly living alone.

Supporting the work of the living alone elderly living alone by implementing the function of transmitting the information of the elderly living alone to the elderly living caregiver on a regular basis via SMS.

The meal pattern information monitoring service manages various kinds of sensing information of the rice cooker for each service target person and provides a display function by numerical values and graphs.

Using the sensing information of the service target person, it provides a status board function which can be clearly distinguished into normal, outgoing, non-activity detection, data reception abnormality, and electric rice cooker abnormality.

In case of emergency call situation, related agencies should be linked.

The electric cooker management service remotely monitors and sets the electric rice cooker for the elderly residents living alone.

It implements the management function of the serial number, user, operation status (failure, A / S, recovery) and operation state (normal, failure, etc.) of the rice cooker for the elderly residents living alone.

10; electric rice cooker
20; Repeater
30; u-care server
100; Meal pattern detection device
110; Sensor raw data acquisition module
120; Filter module
130; Control module
140; Wireless data communication module
150; Nonvolatile storage module

Claims (4)

The rice cooker 10, the repeater 20, and the u-care server 30,
The electromagnetic rice cooker 10 includes a plurality of pressure sensors and is provided with a meal pattern sensing device 100 for determining whether or not a meal is to be performed. And the information on the meal pattern, which is provided after transmitting the meal behavior information according to the user's request, records information such as user information, a meal start time, a meal amount, and the number of meals to the U-CARE server 30. Analysis and Safety Management System of Meal Patterns for Elderly Living Alone.
The method according to claim 1,
The electromagnetic rice cooker 10 includes a meal pattern sensing device 110 including a sensor raw data collection module 110, a filter module 120, a control module 130, a wireless data communication module 140 and a non- (100)
The sensor raw data collection module 110 collects sensor data from the sensors installed in the electromagnetic cooker 10 and transmits the collected sensor data to the filter module 120.
The filter module 120 filters the sensor data received from the sensor data collection module 110, sets a basic threshold value at the time of filtering, designates a time period for transmitting the sensor information, The initial value can be corrected.
The control module 130 measures the amount of change using the filtered sensor data transmitted from the filter module 120, compares the measured amount of change with a preset threshold value to determine whether or not the meal is performed, To the non-volatile storage module 150 so as to store it.
The wireless data communication module 140 transmits the information on the determined meal behavior received from the control module 130 to the repeater 20 through various wireless communication, Meal pattern analysis and safety management system.
3. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 2,
The u-Care server 30 is composed of an elderly person service object management service, a meal pattern information monitoring service, and an electric cooker management service,
The information management service for the elderly person living alone carries out functions such as registering, deleting, and changing the personal information of the living alone aged person constituting the personal information (name, birthday, protector, contact information,
The meal pattern information monitoring service manages various kinds of sensing information of an electric rice cooker for each service person by DB and provides a display function by numerical values and graphs to detect the presence or absence of activity, Reception error, electric cooker abnormality, etc., and it is linked with related agencies in case of emergency call situation.
The electric cooker management service can remotely monitor or set the state of the elderly home electric rice cooker from a remote location, and can set the serial number, user, operating state (failure, A / S, Malfunction, etc.) management function of the elderly person eating meals using the rice cooker connected to the wireless communication.
The method of claim 3,
The information management service for the elderly living alone carries out the function of displaying the residence location on the map on the basis of the personal information of the elderly living alone and implements the function of transmitting the living information of the elderly person living alone to the living alone elderly person regularly via SMS The analysis and safety management system for elderly people eating alone using a rice cooker connected with wireless communication is characterized by supporting the work of the elderly living careers living alone.

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