KR20170073995A - Stick for leisure and system for monitoring user's situation using it - Google Patents

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KR20170073995A
KR20170073995A KR1020150182930A KR20150182930A KR20170073995A KR 20170073995 A KR20170073995 A KR 20170073995A KR 1020150182930 A KR1020150182930 A KR 1020150182930A KR 20150182930 A KR20150182930 A KR 20150182930A KR 20170073995 A KR20170073995 A KR 20170073995A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45B—WALKING STICKS; UMBRELLAS; LADIES' OR LIKE FANS
    • A45B3/00—Sticks combined with other objects
    • A45B3/02—Sticks combined with other objects with illuminating devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45B—WALKING STICKS; UMBRELLAS; LADIES' OR LIKE FANS
    • A45B1/00—Sticks with supporting, hanging or carrying means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45B—WALKING STICKS; UMBRELLAS; LADIES' OR LIKE FANS
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45B—WALKING STICKS; UMBRELLAS; LADIES' OR LIKE FANS
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    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/02—Services making use of location information
    • H04W4/023—Services making use of location information using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45B—WALKING STICKS; UMBRELLAS; LADIES' OR LIKE FANS
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    • A45B2200/05—Walking sticks

Abstract

The present invention relates to a leisure stick and a method of searching for a friend using the same, and more particularly, to a stick stick having a rod shape with a handle; A lighting unit positioned in front of an upper side of the stick body and capable of rotating in the up, down, left, and right directions with respect to the stick body; A biological signal sensing unit for generating and outputting a biological signal having a signal value corresponding to a user's body state; A location tracking unit for real-time tracking and notifying of user locations and other users' locations using a Zigbee communication scheme; A communication unit for supporting near field wireless communication with another leisure stick; And a processor for verifying and notifying the possibility of distress of the user by comparing and analyzing the position of the user with the position of the other user, and for confirming and notifying of occurrence of an emergency situation based on the bio-signal.

Description

A stick for leisure and a user situation monitoring system including the same

The present invention relates to various leisure sticks, and more particularly, to a leisure stick capable of monitoring a user's body condition by measuring and analyzing a user's bio-signal and at the same time, preventing occurrence of a disturbance through position tracking using Zigbee communication And a user situation monitoring system including the same.

In general, the leisure stick is a leisure tool that makes it easier and safer to climb steep hills when climbing or outdoors. This is because when a mountain climber traverses the ground by using a leisure stick to disperse the load due to the weight, it is possible to prevent a crowd from occurring in the knee or ankle joint due to a long hike and to reduce fatigue (See Korean Registration No. 2004-522580000).

On the other hand, in recent years, many people are climbing or taking a walk for the purpose of improving mental and physical health. Particularly, the population enjoying climbing groups such as clubs and fancy clubs is increasing.

As the number of people climbing together increases, the number of persons who are separated from each other due to individual differences increases, but conventionally, there is a problem that no means is provided to detect and notify such a situation.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention relates to a leisure stick capable of preventing occurrence of a disturbance through position tracking using Zigbee communication and a user situation monitoring system including the same.

The present invention also relates to a leisure stick for measuring and analyzing a user's bio-signal and detecting and reporting the occurrence of an emergency, and a user situation monitoring system including the same.

Also, the present invention provides a leisure stick and a method of searching for a coworker using the same, which enables easy walking in a dark place.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided, as a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, a stick body embodied in a bar shape provided with a handle; A lighting unit positioned in front of an upper side of the stick body and capable of rotating in the up, down, left, and right directions with respect to the stick body; A biological signal sensing unit for generating and outputting a biological signal having a signal value corresponding to a user's body state; A location tracking unit for real-time tracking and notifying of user locations and other users' locations using a Zigbee communication scheme; A communication unit for supporting near field wireless communication with another leisure stick; And a processor for comparing and analyzing the position of the user and the positions of other users to thereby confirm and notify the possibility of distress of the user and to confirm and notify occurrence of an emergency on the basis of the bio-signal.

The communication unit supports near field wireless communication with a user terminal, and the processor is further provided with a function of providing the bio-signal obtained through the bio-signal sensing unit to the user terminal in short-range wireless communication.

The leisure stick further includes a motion sensing unit for sensing and outputting a movement pattern of a user, and the processor double-checks the sensing result of the bio-signal sensing unit and the motion sensing unit to confirm whether an emergency occurs or not And further includes a function.

And the stick body is formed of a carbon material.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a stick body which is attached to a stick-shaped stick body provided with a knob, and which is provided with a body member for generating and outputting a biological signal having a signal value corresponding to the user's body state, A leisure stick having a signal sensing unit and outputting the bio-signal in a short-range wireless communication system; And a user terminal for checking and notifying the user's body state based on the bio-signal transmitted from the leisure stick.

In the present invention, the possibility of distress of a user can be checked and warned in real time through location tracking using Zigbee communication, thereby minimizing the possibility of user's distress.

By measuring and analyzing the user's biomedical signals, it is possible to detect and notify the occurrence of an emergency situation so that follow-up measures can be performed more quickly and accurately.

Further, by employing an illumination device capable of switching in the up, down, left, and right directions for the leisure stick, utilization of the leisure stick can be further increased.

In addition, since the body of the leisure stick is made lighter by using the carbon material, the burden on the user to use the stick can be minimized.

1 is a diagram illustrating a user status monitoring system including a leisure stick according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a view showing the outer appearance of the leisure stick shown in Fig. 1. Fig.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of preventing a distress using a leisure stick according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of searching for a coworker using a leisure stick according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an emergency occurrence notification method using a leisure stick according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating an emergency occurrence notification method using a leisure stick according to another embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. 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.

The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention and may vary depending on the intention or custom of the stick user, the operator, and the like.

The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Only. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a user situation monitoring system including a leisure stick according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view showing the external appearance of the leisure stick shown in FIG.

1 and 2, a user situation monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a leisure stick 100, a user terminal 200 and the like that wirelessly communicate using a Bluetooth communication system, 100 further includes a stick body 110, an illumination unit 120, a position tracking unit 130, a biological signal sensing unit 140, a processor 150, a communication unit 160, an input / output unit 170, 180), and the like.

2, the stick body 110 includes a lower frame 111 having a rod shape and a lower frame 111 coupled to an upper side of the lower frame 111, (112), etc., so that a walking user can disperse his / her own weight load or support his / her body.

However, it is preferable that the stick body 110 of the present invention is made of a carbon material such as carbon fiber, carbon nanotube or the like so that the weight of the leisure stick 100 can be minimized.

In addition, the stick body 110 may further include an elastic member 113 attached to the lowermost end of the stick body 110, so that the impact generated as the stick body 110 hits the ground can be absorbed.

The lighting unit 120 includes an LED lantern 121 for performing a light emitting operation and a LED lantern 121 positioned on the uppermost side of the upper frame 112 and fixed to the upper frame 112 so as to be rotatable in the up, And a direction changing means 122 for changing the light emitting direction of the LED lantern 121 in various directions freely.

The direction changing means 122 includes a bracket fixed to the upper frame 112, a hinge shaft connected to the bracket by a shaft, a bracket coupled to the hinge shaft and coupled to the LED lantern 121, The LED lantern 121 can be rotated in the up, down, left, and right directions with respect to the upper frame 112, It will be freely transformable.

The position tracking unit 130 is embedded in the inner space of the stick body 110 and allows the user and other users to track and notify the current position in real time using a Zigbee communication system. That is, the ZigBee system communicates with the position tracking unit built in other leisure sticks to share position values of each other, thereby not only tracking the position of the user but also the positions of other users in real time.

The bio-signal sensing unit 140 is implemented as one of a pulse sensor, a skin conductivity sensor, and a heart rate sensor disposed on the upper side of the upper frame 112 to sense a user's body state, Respectively.

The processor 150 is embedded in the internal space of the stick body 110 and controls the operation of the leisure stick 100 according to various user control values inputted through the input / For example, it is possible to control the light emission intensity and the light emission intensity of the illumination unit 120 with respect to the user control value.

In addition, the processor 150 of the present invention collects and analyzes a current position of a user and a current position of another user, thereby enabling a user to check and guide the possibility of a departure in real time. In particular, if the user is able to leave the cohort, the warning signal is generated and the current location of the cohorts is informed to the user so that the user can be prevented from escaping beyond the predetermined distance from the cohort.

In addition, if the user is out of the group of friends despite the warning operation, the user terminal 200 notifies the user terminal 200 that the user terminal 200 is connected to an external organization such as a 119 control center To be notified of the occurrence of a distress. At this time, the user terminal 200 obtains the user location value through the GPS device built in the user terminal 200, and then provides the user location value to the external organization, thereby allowing the outsider search operation to be carried out more quickly and accurately.

In addition, an emergency occurrence criterion is defined and stored in advance, and the bio-signal obtained through the bio-signal sensing unit 140 is analyzed on the basis of the criteria to detect whether an emergency has occurred and to guide the user.

In addition, the processor 150 allows the user terminal 200 to communicate with a user terminal carried by the user via a Bluetooth communication method. The user terminal 200 can receive the user signal from the user terminal 200 based on the living body signal obtained through the living body signal sensing unit 140, So that monitoring operations can be performed. In this case, the processor 150 directly transmits the bio-signal obtained through the bio-signal sensing unit 140 to the user terminal without analyzing it, and the user terminal 200 performs the analysis operation to determine whether an emergency occurs , And further, the user's body state can be confirmed to guide the user. That is, the user terminal 200 can minimize the processing capacity of the processor 150 and can perform the monitoring operation stably.

The communication unit 160 includes a Bluetooth communication module that is installed in the inner space of the stick body 110 and supports near field wireless communication with a user terminal and a Zigbee communication module that supports near field wireless communication with other leisure sticks, So that the leisure stick 100 can communicate with an external device such as another leisure stick or a user terminal.

The input and output unit 170 may include various data input and output means such as a touch screen 171 distributed on the upper side of the upper frame 112, a switch 172, a joystick 173, an alarm, Various data input / output operations can be performed through these. Particularly, the touch screen 171 is preferably installed on the front surface of the upper frame 112 in consideration of a relatively large display area, and the remaining switches 172, the joystick 173, Etc. may be distributed over the entire area of the leisure stick.

The power supply unit 180 is embedded in the internal space of the stick body 110 and generates and outputs operation power based on commercial batteries. In addition, a self-generating device that generates and provides power using the pressure generated when the leisure stick 100 contacts the ground surface is further provided, thereby maximizing power use efficiency.

The self-power generation device for this purpose includes a piezoelectric element that generates electricity using the pressure generated when the leisure stick 100 contacts the ground, a battery that can perform the electric charge / discharge operation, and an electric power generated through the piezoelectric element And a charging circuit for charging the battery using the charging circuit.

In addition, the leisure stick 100 of the present invention further includes a motion detection sensor 190 that implements an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, and the like, through which the movement pattern of the leisure stick 100 can be grasped and notified do.

The processor 150 double-checks the sensing result of the motion sensing unit 190 and the biological signal sensing unit 140 of the leisure stick 100 to determine whether an emergency situation occurs. That is, the processor 150 notifies the occurrence of the emergency situation only when the movement of the leisure stick 100 and the user's body state correspond to the occurrence of the emergency situation, thereby maximizing the reliability of the emergency notification operation do.

In this case, the user terminal 200 transmits the sensed result of the motion sensing unit 190 and the bio-signal sensing unit 140 to the user terminal 200, And to perform a notification operation.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of preventing a departure using a leisure stick according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The processor 150 recognizes other leisure sticks located around the user by the Zigbee communication method and then shares the device information with each other, thereby allowing the other leisure sticks to be used for leisure (Step S11).

Then, the processor 150 periodically shares the user position value determined through the position tracking unit 130 with other leisure sticks, and based on the position value of the other leisure stick, The possibility is checked periodically (S12).

If the distances to all of the other leisure sticks are more than a preset distance and the probability of user distress exceeds the threshold value (S13), the user generates and outputs a warning sound for notifying the user, So that it can be prevented in advance (S14).

FIG. 4 is a view illustrating examples of a screen that a leisure stick guides to a user to prevent user departure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 4 (a), the present invention will be able to relatively calculate and guide a peer location around a user location. As shown in FIG. 4 (b), the present invention may selectively guide only the location of a particular co-worker (e.g., a co-worker immediately preceding the user, the most advanced co-worker, etc.). Also, as shown in FIG. 4 (c), the present invention generates and provides an image or sound that notifies a specific user when the user falls a certain distance from the group of friends, thereby preventing the user from being distraught .

5 is a flowchart illustrating an emergency method using a leisure stick according to another embodiment of the present invention.

First, the processor 150 acquires a sensing signal by reflecting the user's body state through the bio-signal sensing unit 140, and then analyzes it according to an emergency occurrence criterion registered in advance to check whether an emergency has occurred (S21). For example, when the signal value of the user's biomedical signal changes beyond a predetermined value within a preset time, or when the abnormality signal value repeatedly occurs for a predetermined number of times or more within a predetermined time, It is judged that the state is caused by the occurrence of an emergency situation.

If it is determined in step S21 that the emergency situation has occurred (S22), the processor 150 immediately notifies the user of the occurrence of an emergency by utilizing a speaker, a touch screen, or the like provided on the leisure stick 100 (S23).

6 is a flowchart illustrating an emergency method using a leisure stick according to another embodiment of the present invention.

First, the processor 150 acquires a motion signal corresponding to a user movement pattern through the motion sensing unit, and analyzes the motion signal according to an emergency occurrence criterion registered in advance (S31).

If an emergency occurrence is confirmed in step S31 (S32), a sensing signal that reflects the user's body state is further acquired and analyzed through the living body signal sensing unit 140 (S33), and the user's body state is also determined to correspond to the emergency (S34).

As a result of the additional checking in step S34, if it is confirmed that both the movement pattern of the user and the physical condition correspond to the emergency situation, the processor 150 uses the speakers and the touch screen provided in the leisure stick 100 to detect an emergency situation And notifies the user of the occurrence immediately (S35).

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

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A stick body implemented in a bar shape provided with a handle;
A lighting unit positioned in front of an upper side of the stick body and capable of rotating in the up, down, left, and right directions with respect to the stick body;
A biological signal sensing unit for generating and outputting a biological signal having a signal value corresponding to a user's body state;
A location tracking unit for real-time tracking and notifying of user locations and other users' locations using a Zigbee communication scheme;
A communication unit for supporting near field wireless communication with another leisure stick; And
And a processor for confirming and notifying the user of distress potential by comparing and analyzing the position of the user and the position of other users, and for confirming and notifying the occurrence of an emergency situation based on the biosignal. The communication device according to claim 1,
A short-range wireless communication with a user terminal is supported,
The processor
Further comprising a function of providing a bio-signal obtained through the bio-signal sensing unit to the user terminal in short-range wireless communication. The method according to claim 1,
And a motion sensing unit for sensing and outputting a movement pattern of the user,
The processor
Further comprising a function of double checking the sensing result of the bio-signal sensing unit and the motion sensing unit to confirm whether an emergency situation has occurred or not. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the stick body
Characterized in that it is embodied in a carbon material. And a living body signal sensing unit attached to the stick body realized as a bar having a handle and generating and outputting a living body signal having a signal value corresponding to the user's body state, For sticks; And
And a user terminal for checking and notifying a user's body condition based on the bio-signal transmitted from the leisure stick.
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