KR20170064516A - Wearable device and method, monitoring server, computer program for controlling patient or providng alarm using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A wearable device, a method of using the same to control a patient or providing an alarm, and a monitoring server are provided. A method for controlling a patient or providing an alarm using a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of (a) receiving location information of a wearable device worn by a patient, (b) Determining whether or not the patient has left the active area based on position information of the device and position information of the active area matched to the patient; and (c) The control unit controls the locking device of the predetermined entrance associated with the activatable area to be turned on and displays a warning message informing the patient of the departure of the active area from the wearable device worn by the patient and one of the pre- Or more of the data.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a wearable device and a method for controlling a patient or providing an alarm using the wearable device, a monitoring server, and a computer program using the wearable device,

The present invention relates to a wearable device and a method for controlling a patient or providing an alarm using the wearable device, a monitoring server, and a computer program. More particularly, the present invention relates to a wearable device, The present invention relates to a technique for providing an alarm and an emergency call to people around the patient and a predetermined guardian or persons concerned when an abnormality occurs in the patient's health state or when the predetermined active area of the patient leaves the active area.

In the welfare service questionnaire, "health care facility" and "elderly caring service" were ranked as the first and second place, and the prevalence rate of the dementia patients was increasing among elderly people over 65 years old. Welfare safeguards are weak.

In 2014, out of 574.2 million elderly people aged 65 or older, 600,000 are dementia patients, and the prevalence of dementia among 65-year-old elderly people is 10.45%, which is expected to increase to 1 million by 2020 do.

In this situation, social costs for the control of dementia patients related to the dementia patients (elderly nursing homes, nursing homes, etc.) and their caregivers are increasing.

However, accidents involving the disappearance and wandering / death of demented patients and the disappearance or death of demented patients during the in-home treatment and outdoors of the caregivers are still occurring in and out of the medical institutions related to the dementia patients.

Therefore, there is a desperate need for a caregiver or medical institution to control the location and health status of demented patients in real time.

KR 10-2014-0049795 A

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a wearable device capable of grasping a health state and a position of a patient using biometric information and positional information of a wearable device, When leaving the available area, they want to provide alarms and emergency calls to the people around the patient and the pre-determined guardians and officials.

It is also intended to provide a way to prevent the patient's unauthorized departure in advance by grasping the position of the patient and controlling the locking device of the predetermined entrance associated with the active area when the patient leaves the predefined active area .

In order to achieve the above object, a method for controlling a patient or providing an alarm using a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: (a) receiving location information of a wearable device worn by a patient; (B) judging whether or not the patient is departed from the active area based on the positional information of the received wearable device and the position information of the active area matched to the patient; and (c) As a result, if it is determined that the active area is deviated from the active area, the controller controls the locking device of the predetermined entrance associated with the active area to be turned on, and displays a warning message informing the patient that the active area is out of the wearable area Device and a pre-registered user terminal, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: .

In order to achieve the above object, a monitoring server for controlling a patient or providing an alarm by using a wearable device may be provided on the basis of positional information of a wearable device worn by a patient and positional information of an active area matched to the patient An active area departure determination unit for determining whether or not the patient is departed from the active area, and if it is determined that the active area is departed from the active area, A door open / close control unit for controlling the door open / close control unit to generate a warning message on whether or not the patient is departing, and if a warning message indicating the departure of the active area is received, The wearable device and one or more of the pre-registered user terminals And a notification message providing unit for transmitting the notification message.

In order to achieve the above object, a wearable device worn on a part of a body of a patient may be provided with a biometric information acquisition unit for acquiring biometric information of the patient from at least one of a sensor included in the wearable device and a sensor attached to the body of the patient, A communication unit for transmitting the acquired biometric information and an identifier of a network relay unit currently connected to the wearable device to a monitoring server; a control unit for determining whether the active area matched to the patient based on the identifier of the network relay unit And an output unit for outputting the notification message and a control unit for controlling the biometric information obtaining unit, the communication unit, and the output unit when a notification message for at least one of the presence or absence of a physical abnormality of the patient based on the biometric information is received .

According to the embodiment of the present invention, not only a dementia patient but also a real-time position and a health state of a patient (such as an elderly person) to be controlled can be confirmed, so that quick and appropriate initial response to an emergency situation becomes possible.

Also, the psychological burden of the caregiver can be reduced.

In addition, it can contribute to the reduction of control manpower and facility investment of the medical institution and prevent the safety accident of the patient.

In addition, when a patient with dementia is missing, leakage of the police force to find the patient can be reduced.

It should be understood that the effects of the present invention are not limited to the above effects and include all effects that can be deduced from the detailed description of the present invention or the configuration of the invention described in the claims.

1 is a block diagram of a system for controlling a patient or providing an alarm using a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a monitoring server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of controlling a patient using a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 illustrates a method of controlling a patient using a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
6 is a view illustrating a method of controlling a patient using a wearable device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "indirectly connected" .

Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements, not excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

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

1 is a block diagram of a system for controlling a patient or providing an alarm using a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A system 100 for controlling a patient or providing an alarm using a wearable device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention 100 includes a wearable device 110, A relay server 120, a monitoring server 130, and a user terminal 140.

The wearable device 110 may be worn on a part of the body such as the wrist or ankle of an object to be observed (for example, a dementia patient, hereinafter referred to as "patient") or attached to a patient's clothes, belongings, .

In addition, the wearable device 110 may be assigned a unique identifier.

The identifier may be matched with personal information including the name of the patient wearing the wearable device 110, an identifier (e.g., resident registration number, control number, etc.), sex, age, etc., (Hereinafter referred to as " active area ").

Here, 'active area' may be the area where each patient can be active, ie, the area covered by the caregiver or administrator in the hospital or in the home.

For example, a patient A may be set as an active area from the first floor to the third floor, which is the entire ward building, but it can be set so that it can not escape from the ward building, that is, the doorway of the ward building can not escape have.

In addition, the patient B can be set as the active area of the three-story bedding currently in the hospital ward, but the entrance from the third floor to the second floor can not escape from the first and second floors beyond the third floor, Lt; / RTI > Of course, in this case, the doorway of the ward can not escape.

For reference, although the case of a hospital is described as an example of an active area, an active area is not limited to a hospital, and a home (home) may also be included in an active area. Below, describe the case of the hospital as an active area.

The wearable device 110 also includes a communication unit (not shown) for connecting to the monitoring server 130 and GPS information including at least one of coordinates, movement direction and time information of the current position from the GPS satellite And a GPS receiver (not shown).

The wearable device 110 may be connected to the monitoring server 130 through a network relay device 120 installed in the hospital, for example, an access point (AP) or the like, and may be connected to the network relay device 120 installed in the hospital The network relay device 120 can access the monitoring server 130 through a mobile communication network (3G, LTE, etc.) such as a base station (BS).

Hereinafter, the wearable device 110 may connect to the monitoring server 130, which may mean the intervention of the network repeater 120.

In addition, the wearable device 110 may include a biometric information sensor such as a sensor for measuring heart beat, brain wave, body temperature, or optical blood flow of the patient, a sensor for measuring the ambient temperature of the patient, May also be included.

Here, the biometric information sensor is not limited to the sensors for measuring the signal, and a sensor for measuring various biometric information can be used according to embodiments.

For reference, the wearable device 110 may acquire biometric information from sensors attached to the patient's body when the sensors themselves are not included in the device itself and sensors are attached to the patient's body.

The wearable device 110 can transmit one or more of its identifier and biometric information to the monitoring server 130 through the specific network relay 120 in the hospital, and at this time, the identifiers of the currently connected network relay 120 are transmitted together .

As will be described later, the monitoring server 130 can determine whether or not the active area of the patient is left based on the in-hospital area information matched with the identifier of the network repeater 120.

For reference, when there are a plurality of network relays 120, the wearable device 110 may be connected to the network relay 120 having the highest signal strength.

In addition, the wearable device 110 can receive a notification message for at least one of whether or not the active area is deviated from the monitoring server 130 and whether or not the body is abnormal due to analysis of the biometric information.

If the received notification message contains information indicating that the patient has departed from the active area or that the body is abnormal as a result of analysis of the living body information, the wearable device 110 outputs a warning alarm informing the user of the presence of the living body The patient can be informed of the emergency situation of the patient.

The wearable device 110 may also include a detachable level of locking device to prevent the patient from forcibly removing the wearable device 110 while wearing the wearable device 110, .

At least one network repeater 120 may be installed in an area where a patient wearing the wearable device 110 is active (for example, a hospital, a nursing home, etc.) A zone can be constructed.

In addition, a unique identifier may be assigned to the network repeater 120, and the identifier may be matched with the installation location of the network repeater 120 (the first ward, the third floor, the first zone, and the like).

When the wearable device 110 accesses the monitoring server 130 through the network relay device 120, the network relay device 120 can transmit the identifier of the wearable device 110 and the biometric information to the monitoring server 130 At this time, it is possible to transmit their identifiers together.

The network relay 120 may include an access point (AP) and a base station (BS).

Hereinafter, the in-hospital network transponder 120 is referred to as 'AP' and the out-of-hospital network transponder 120 is referred to as 'BS'.

Meanwhile, the monitoring server 130 can be connected to the wearable device 110 through the AP 120, and can monitor the current position of the patient wearing the wearable device 110 and the presence or absence of a physical anomaly.

Specifically, the monitoring device 130 can determine the current position of the patient in the hospital based on the identifier of the AP 120, which is received together with the identifier of the wearable device 110. [

If the patient leaves the specific management area (ward entrance or the like) in the hospital (for example, when the patient can not access the in-hospital AP 120), the monitoring device 130 detects the GPS coordinates of the wearable device 110 The patient's current position can be grasped.

To this end, the monitoring server 130 receives GPS coordinates information of each active area, location information matching the identifier of the AP 120 installed in each active area, location information matching the identifier, (Not shown) that stores one or more of the location information, or may be associated with the store (not shown).

In addition, if the monitoring server 130 determines that the patient has left the active area, the monitoring server 130 can control that the lock of the predetermined entrance associated with the active area is activated.

Then, a warning message informing the patient's departure of the active area can be transmitted to at least one of the wearable device 110 worn by the patient and the pre-registered user terminal 140.

Here, the 'pre-registered user terminal 140' may include one or more of a terminal of a patient (spouse, child, caregiver, etc.) of the patient and a terminal of a hospital member (for example, a nursing ward terminal for nursing the patient) .

In addition, the monitoring server 130 may analyze the biometric information of the patient sensed by the wearable device 110 to determine whether the patient is abnormal. If the abnormality is found in the patient's body, To the wearable device 110 worn by the user and to the user terminal 140 registered in advance.

When the monitoring server 130 receives a request for location information of a patient wearing a specific wearable device 110 from a terminal of a guardian or a hospital official, the location information of the patient may be inquired And can provide the inquiry result (available on request date and time) to the terminal of the guardian or hospital person who requested the inquiry.

At this time, not only the location information but also analysis results of the biometric information of the patient can be provided together.

In addition, the monitoring server 130 may provide statistical information on the movement or health of the patient based on accumulated biometric information of the patient and location information of the patient.

For example, using statistical information of a patient's accumulated biomedical information such as body temperature and blood pressure at the time of day, the average time of staying in the toilet, Can be provided.

Meanwhile, the user terminal 140 may include at least one of a terminal of a patient (spouse, child, caregiver, etc.) and a terminal of a hospital related person (for example, a nursing ward terminal for nursing the patient).

The user terminal 140 can be registered in advance in the monitoring server 130 for each patient and can receive and display information on at least one of the body anomaly and position of the patient from the monitoring server 130. [

In particular, a biometric information analysis of the patient can receive a warning message indicating that an abnormality occurs in the body, or when the active area is left.

In addition, the user terminal 140 may determine whether the patient can leave the active area using the strength of the beacon signal of the wearable device 110. [

That is, if the intensity of the beacon signal of the wearable device 110 is reduced to a predetermined reference value or less, it can be determined that the patient has left the active area. In this case, a notification message .

This can prevent the unauthorized departure of the patient in advance by providing a warning message to the guardian when the user leaves the predetermined distance from the guardian or the entrance of the home in the outdoor activity or at home.

The user terminal 140 may be a mobile terminal including a smart phone, a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), a tablet computer and the like and a network such as a notebook computer, a desktop computer, And may include all terminals that can be connected to the monitoring server 130 through the Internet.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The wearable device 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a bio-information obtaining unit 111, a communication unit 112, an output unit 113, a wear unit 114, a control unit 115, ).

For reference, the wearable device 110 includes a processor corresponding to the controller 115 and a memory connected to the processor, and the memory stores program instructions for causing the wearable device 110, which will be described below, .

The biometric information obtaining unit 111 may obtain the biometric information of the patient from at least one of the sensor included in the wearable device 110 and the sensor attached to the patient's body.

Herein, the biometric information may include information on a patient's heartbeat, brain waves, body temperature, optical blood flow, and the like.

In addition to the biometric information, the biometric information acquiring unit 111 may acquire more information such as environmental information such as the temperature of the patient through the temperature sensor, and the degree of movement of the patient through the acceleration sensor.

Meanwhile, the communication unit 112 may transmit the acquired biometric information and the identifier of the AP 120 to which the wearable device 110 is currently connected to the monitoring server 130.

The communication unit 112 may transmit the GPS coordinates to the monitoring server 130 through the BS 120 when the signal strength of the in-hospital network repeater 120 decreases below a predetermined reference value.

In addition, the communication unit 112 may receive a notification message from the monitoring server 130 regarding whether or not the patient is allowed to leave the active area and whether or not the patient has a physical anomaly.

In addition, the communication unit 112 can transmit a beacon signal.

If the strength of the beacon signal is measured by the user terminal 140 paired with the wearable device 110 and the intensity of the beacon decreases below a predetermined reference value, It can be judged.

Meanwhile, the output unit 113 may output the notification message received from the monitoring server 130, and may output a notification message through one or more output means such as a screen, a vibration, a lamp, and a speaker.

For example, in the case of a message (warning message) indicating that a patient has departed from an active area, voice and warning sounds indicating the departure of the active area and ward information to which the patient belongs can be output through the speaker, The contact information of the protector or the hospital person can be displayed on the screen so that the people around the person can contact the contact.

Further, in the case of a warning message (warning) informing that the patient has an anomaly, the information on the anomalous body and the corresponding method can be outputted through the screen and the speaker.

For example, when the heart rate is equal to or greater than the heart rate, the output unit 113 can notify the patient that the patient has a heart beat abnormality through the screen and the speaker, can output the contact information of the guardian and the hospital personnel, have.

People around the patient can perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation to the patient by referring to the method of cardiopulmonary resuscitation output through the screen and the speaker.

In addition, when the medicine is to be administered to the patient, the output unit 113 informs that the medicine is stored in the emergency medicine storage unit 116 through the screen and the speaker, and can output the medicine taking method thereafter.

If the lock setting using the password is applied to the emergency drug storage unit 116, the output unit 113 outputs the password for unlocking the emergency drug storage unit 116 through the screen and the speaker .

On the other hand, the wearing portion 114 may be a means for allowing the wearable device 110 to be worn on a part of the body of the patient.

In one embodiment, when the wearable device 110 is in the form of a watch worn on the wrist of a patient, the wearable portion 114 may be in the form of a band.

In addition, the wearer 114 may include a sensor (for example, a tension sensor or the like) for detecting whether or not the wearable device 110 is detachable.

If the patient pulls the wearable device 110 worn on the wrist to forcefully remove the wearable device 110, the tension sensor included in the wearable portion 114 can detect a change in the tension of the wearable portion 114.

Meanwhile, the control unit 115 may control the biometric information obtaining unit 111, the communication unit 112, and the output unit 113.

The control unit 115 activates the GPS unit (not shown) included in the wearable device 110 to set the GPS coordinates of the wearable device 110 as Can be obtained.

The connection path to the monitoring server 130 may be changed from the AP 120 to the BS 120 and the GPS coordinates and the biometric information may be transmitted to the monitoring server 130. In accordance with the setting, .

In addition, the control unit 115 may control the output unit 113 to output a warning message or the like in accordance with the notification message received from the monitoring server 130.

When the value detected by the tension sensor included in the wearer 114 exceeds a predetermined reference value, the control unit 115 outputs an alarm for notifying the wearable device 110 of the wearable device 110 through the output unit 113 And a message informing the forced removal can be transmitted to the monitoring server 130 through the communication unit 112. [

On the other hand, the emergency drug storage unit 116 may be coupled to the wearing unit 114 and may include a space capable of accommodating a predetermined number of emergency drugs.

Here, the emergency medicine storage unit 116 can be set to be locked, such as a lock using a zipper, a lock using a groove and a projection, etc., A method of opening a predetermined password through a password input window displayed on the output unit 113 and opening the password may be used.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a monitoring server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The monitoring server 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 131, a position determination unit 132, an active area departure determination unit 133, an entrance opening / closing control unit 134, a body anomaly determination unit 135, And a notification message generating unit 136. [

For reference, the monitoring server 130 includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, and the memory may store program instructions for causing the processor to perform the operations of the monitoring device 130 described below.

In addition, the determination of departure from the active area of the monitoring server 130 is not limited to the area of the hospital, and may include an active area set in the home.

In addition, the control device for the doorway is not limited to the doorway of the hospital, and may also include an entrance (entrance door) of the house.

The communication unit 131 may be connected to the wearable device 110 through a wireless network and may be connected to a controller (not shown) at each entrance of the hospital through a wired or wireless network.

The position determination unit 132 can determine the position of the patient in the hospital based on the identifier of the wearable device 110 and the identifier of the AP 120 received through the communication unit 131. [

In addition, the position determination unit 132 can determine the position of the patient based on the identifier of the wearable device 110 received via the communication unit 131 and the GPS coordinates. For reference, the identifier of the BS 120 may be further reflected in this case.

For this, the position locating unit 132 may include an identifier of each AP 120 installed in each active area stored in a storage unit (not shown) in the monitoring server 130 and an identifier of each AP 120 And the location information of the active area according to the signal strength of each AP 120 can be used.

For reference, the storage unit (not shown) stores personal information including an identifier of each patient, an identifier of the wearable device 110 worn by the patient, an active area in which the patient can act, The location of the patient to be measured at a predetermined cycle, biometric information, whether or not the active area is deviated, a physical abnormality based on the biometric information, a notification message in case of a currently treated or observed disease, Contact information of a guardian or a hospital official.

If the storage unit (not shown) is not present in the monitoring server 130 but exists separately in an external server such as a data center, the location determination unit 132 may be connected to a storage unit (not shown) have.

On the other hand, the active area departure determination unit 133 can determine whether the patient has left the active area based on the location of the patient identified by the location determination unit 132. [

At this time, the active area departure determination unit 133 can determine the possibility of departure and the state of departure step by step according to the position of the patient.

For example, if a patient's active area is subdivided into a plurality of areas and there is a possibility that the patient is located within the first boundary area (5m) of the perimeter of the active area, If the patient is located in the area (10m), the possibility of leaving is low, and if the patient is located in another area, it can be judged as normal and controlled.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the patient has left the active area, the entrance opening / closing control part 134 can control the lock device of the predetermined entrance associated with the active area of the patient to be activated (ON).

For reference, the locking device of the doorway may be connected to the doorway opening / closing controller 134 by wire or wirelessly.

If the AP 120 exists for each locking device, the door opening / closing controller 134 can open / close the door lock device through the corresponding door 120.

If there is no AP 120 for each door lock device, the door opening / closing control unit 134 controls the opening / closing control unit 134 of each doorway through the AP 120 (closest to the signal strength) The locking device can be opened and closed.

When the patient approaches the predetermined entrance, the door opening / closing control unit 134 controls the locking device of the entrance to be activated (ON). If the patient is out of the vicinity of the doorway by a predetermined distance or more, Can be controlled to be in an OFF state.

When the identifier of the wearable device 110 worn by the patient is received through the AP 120 connected to the locking device of each entrance and exit, the door open / close control unit 134 reads the active area corresponding to the received identifier, A predetermined entrance associated with the area can be searched to determine if the patient is approaching a predetermined entrance.

On the other hand, the body abnormality determination unit 135 can determine whether or not the body of the patient is abnormal based on the biometric information of the patient sensed by the wearable device 110. [

In one embodiment, if the biometric information associated with the heartbeat is less than the reference value, or the biometric information associated with the body temperature is below the reference value or exceeds the reference value, it may be determined that the patient's body is abnormal.

Meanwhile, the notification message generation unit 136 generates a notification message corresponding to the position of the patient identified by the position determination unit 132, and when the activity possible zone departure determination unit 133 determines that the patient is allowed to depart from the available active zone , And transmits a warning message to the wearable device 110 and the pre-registered user terminal of the patient.

The notification message generation unit 136 may include a type of body or more (heartbeat abnormality, high temperature, etc.) if it is determined that the body is abnormal based on the body abnormality determination result of the patient based on the biometric information of the body abnormality determination unit 135 A warning message may be generated and transmitted to the wearable device 110 of the patient and to one or more of the pre-registered user terminals.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of controlling a patient using a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 may be performed by the monitoring server 130 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3. Hereinafter, the flowchart of FIG. 4 will be described with the monitoring server 130 as a main body.

First, the monitoring server 130 acquires at least one of the identifier of the wearable device 110 worn by the patient, the biometric information of the patient detected by the wearable device 110, and the identifier of the corresponding AP 120 through the AP 120 (S401).

After S401, the monitoring server 130 determines the current position of the patient in the hospital based on the identifier of the AP 120 (S402).

Here, the monitoring server 130 can determine the presence or absence of a physical abnormality of the patient based on the biometric information of the patient.

As a result of S402, if the patient has not left the active area but is close to the entrance which is the border of the active area, the monitoring server 130 activates the locking device of the door (S403).

If the patient leaves the active area as a result of step S402, the monitoring server 130 activates a lock device of a predetermined entrance associated with the active area of the patient (S404)

After step S404, the monitoring server 130 generates a warning message informing the patient that the active area is out of order, and transmits the warning message to the patient's wearable device 110 and the user terminal 140 registered in advance (S405).

At this time, if the monitoring server 130 determines that there is an abnormality in the patient's body based on the patient's biometric information, the monitoring server 130 generates a warning message informing the user of the abnormality of the body and transmits the warning message to the wearable device 110, Lt; / RTI >

After receiving the GPS coordinates of the wearable device 110 worn by the patient after S405, the monitoring server 130 transmits the positional information corresponding to the GPS coordinates to the terminal of the registered guardian and the hospital stakeholder (S406).

Here, the GPS coordinates of the wearable device 110 may be received by the GPS unit activated in the wearable device 110 when the position of the patient is outside the hospital.

Of course, in step S406, a warning message may be transmitted to the wearable device 110 of the patient according to the presence or absence of a physical abnormality of the patient, to the terminal of a guardian and a hospital official registered in advance.

FIG. 5 illustrates a method of controlling a patient using a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

For reference, an application for controlling the patient shown in FIG. 5 may be installed in the mobile communication terminal of the protector, and the following operations can be performed through the operation of the installed application.

Pairing is performed between the wearable device 110 of the demented patient and the user terminal 140 of the guardian in the outdoor activity or home.

The patient control function is activated (ON) through the application of the user terminal 140 of the guardian. Of course, the patient control function may be activated in the wearable device 110 of the patient.

In one embodiment, the wearable device 110 of the demented patient transmits GPS information to the user terminal 140 of the guardian based on the outdoor GPS.

Then, the guardian's user terminal 140 calculates the distance from the guardian's position to the demented patient (i.e., the wearable device 110) and notifies each time a predetermined predetermined distance (for example, 50 m, 100 m, etc.) Can provide the current location of the demented patient with a message (beep).

In another embodiment, the user terminal 140 of the guardian senses the strength of a signal (e.g., a beacon) received from the wearable device 110 of the demented patient, and when the intensity of the sensed signal exceeds a predetermined strength , It can be determined that this is the departure from the active zone and a warning message (warning sound) can be output.

6 is a view illustrating a method of controlling a patient using a wearable device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a method for controlling a patient based on positioning in an in-hospital AP 120. When a dementia patient leaves the activity-enabled area set by the hospital, a warning message and a current position of a dementia patient are transmitted to the user terminal 140 .

As shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of APs 120 are installed in each area of the hospital, and constitute one active area 610.

The wearable device 110 worn by the demented patient is currently located closest to the fifth AP 125 among the plurality of APs 120 and the fifth AP 125 is the entrance to the outside of the active area of the patient.

The monitoring server 130 can confirm that the current position of the patient in the hospital is around the entrance of the active area and can activate the locking device of the entrance.

At this time, the monitoring server 130 transmits a warning message to the wearable device 110 of the patient and the user terminal 140 of the protector or the hospital personnel, so that the persons in the vicinity of the patient, You may be encouraged to observe carefully, and hospital officials (such as ward nurses) in charge of the patient may take appropriate action.

For reference, when a hospital official touches an identification tag or the like on a lock device of the entrance, the lock device of the door can be activated again after being turned off for a predetermined time.

When the position of the patient (wearable device) is periodically checked, the monitoring server 130 can disable the locking device of the door when the door is out of the active area.

If the patient leaves the active area for any reason, the monitoring server 130 may activate the lock of the predetermined entrance 620, 630 associated with the active area of the patient, The departure can be prevented in advance.

For reference, the APs 126 and 127 may be assigned to the locking devices of the predetermined entrance ports 620 and 630, respectively.

Thereafter, when the patient leaves the room, the wearable device 110 worn by the patient activates the GPS unit to transmit the GPS coordinates to the monitoring server 130, and the monitoring server 130 obtains the position information corresponding to the GPS coordinates To the user terminal 140 of the pre-registered guardian and the hospital official.

Of course, in this case as well, the wearable device 110 worn by the patient constantly outputs a warning message to the outside, so that people in the vicinity of the patient can carefully observe the patient or contact the caregiver or a hospital official can do.

Although FIG. 6 illustrates a case where the patient is controlled based on the location information of the patient, the location information of the patient and the biometric information of the patient may also be periodically transmitted to the monitoring server 130.

Accordingly, when a malfunction occurs in the body of the patient according to the results of the biometric information analysis as well as the biometric information analysis result, a warning message informing the user of the wearable device 110 and the user terminal 140 of the hospital personnel, Lt; / RTI >

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be.

It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

On the other hand, the components of the above-described embodiment can be easily grasped from a process viewpoint. That is, each component can be identified as a respective process. Further, the process of the above-described embodiment can be easily grasped from the viewpoint of the components of the apparatus.

In addition, the above-described technical features may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Should be regarded as belonging to the following claims.

100: Patient control / alarm system
110: a wearable device
111: Biometric information acquisition unit
112:
113: Output section
114:
115:
116: Emergency medicine storage section
120: Access Point (Base Station)
130: Monitoring server
131:
132:
133: active area departure determination unit
134: entrance / exit opening /
135:
136: Notification message generator
140: User terminal (protector, hospital official, caregiver, etc.)

Claims (5)

A method for a monitoring server to control a patient or provide an alarm using a wearable device,
(a) receiving location information of a wearable device worn by a patient;
(b) determining whether the patient is leaving the active area based on the received location information of the wearable device and the location information of the active area matched to the patient; And
(c) controlling the locking device to be turned on if it is determined that the active area is deviated from the predetermined distance and the patient approaches within a preset distance with a locking device of a predetermined entrance associated with the active area, Sending a warning message to the at least one of a wearable device worn by the patient and a pre-registered user terminal,
Wherein the locking device is turned off if the patient is out of the predetermined distance from the entrance, even though the patient leaves the active area. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 21 > 1. A monitoring server for controlling a patient or providing an alarm using a wearable device,
An active area departure determination unit for determining whether or not the patient is leaving the active area based on location information of the wearable device worn by the patient and location information of the active area matched to the patient;
An entrance opening / closing control unit for controlling the locking device to be turned on when the patient is determined to have departed from the active area, and the patient approaches the predetermined door opening with a locking device of a predetermined entrance associated with the active area;
A warning message indicating the departure of the active area of the patient is displayed on a wearable device worn by the patient and a pre-registered user terminal And a notification message providing unit for transmitting the notification message,
Wherein the locking device is turned off when the patient is out of the predetermined distance from the entrance, even if the patient leaves the active area. In a wearable device worn on a part of a patient's body,
A biometric information obtaining unit for obtaining biometric information of the patient from at least one of a sensor included in the wearable device and a sensor attached to the body of the patient;
A communication unit for transmitting the obtained biometric information and an identifier of a network repeater to which the wearable device is currently connected to a monitoring server;
When the notification message is received from the monitoring server regarding whether or not the active availability zone matched with the patient based on the identifier of the network relay device has been deviated and whether or not a body abnormality has occurred in the patient based on the biometric information, ;
A control unit for controlling the biometric information obtaining unit, the communication unit, and the output unit; And
Emergency medicine storage for storing emergency medicine,
Wherein the output unit outputs a medication administration method when medication should be administered to the patient. The method of claim 3,
A wearable portion for allowing the wearable device to be worn on a part of the body of the patient,
Further comprising:
The wearer
And a sensor for detecting whether or not the wearable device is detachable. 5. The method of claim 4,
The wearer
And a sensor for detecting a tension applied to the wearer,
The control unit
When the tension obtained from the sensor exceeds a predetermined reference value, an alarm indicating forced removal of the wearable device is output through the alarm output unit, and a message indicating forced removal is transmitted to the registered user terminal Wherein the wearable device is a wearable device.

Images