KR20170076102A - System and method for patient monitoring - Google Patents

Abstract

A patient monitoring system and method are provided. A patient monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an image information obtaining unit for obtaining image information of a patient monitor; A bio-signal information extracting unit for extracting bio-signal information of a patient included in the image information and acquiring time information on the bio-signal information extracted; A database storing at least one of the image information, the bio-signal information, and the time information; And a data providing unit for providing information stored in the database to a user terminal or a hospital server.

Description

[0001] SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT MONITORING [0002]

Embodiments of the invention relate to techniques for monitoring a patient.

Generally, in the operating room or intensive care unit of a hospital, one or more patient monitors are arranged. A patient monitor is a device used to monitor an abnormal condition such as a patient's blood pressure or heart rate, and can analyze and display the patient's bio-signal information measured through a sensor attached to the patient. The bio-signal information shown in such a patient monitor is configured similarly regardless of the manufacturer of the patient monitor.

The information acquired from the patient monitor may be transmitted from the communication port to the server via the network and collected, and then stored in the server or utilized as information of the electronic medical record. However, at least one of the patient monitors may use a different communication protocol, or the communication port may not exist at all. Therefore, conventionally, there has been a problem in that a communication port has to be separately added to a patient monitor or a communication protocol has to be newly implemented in order to collect data output from a plurality of patient monitors. Particularly, in the case of a large hospital, it is common to provide a patient monitor of a plurality of different manufacturers depending on the purchase time or circumstances. According to the related art, there is a limit to efficiently collecting data output from each patient monitor.

Further, data of other monitoring devices (for example, an EEG monitoring device, a cardiac output monitoring device, and the like) necessary for monitoring the condition or symptom of the patient in the past may be scattered and displayed on each monitor separately from the patient monitor, Nurses) must individually check each patient monitor on which the data is displayed, and the patient's monitoring data is not collectively acquired.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0072352 (2007.07.19)

Embodiments of the present invention efficiently extract data from image information generated from a plurality of patient monitors, construct a bio-signal information DB using the extracted data, and generate data for creating an electronic medical record from the constructed DB To the hospital, or to provide a user-customized screen to the user.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an image processing apparatus comprising: an image information acquiring unit acquiring image information of a patient monitor; A bio-signal information extracting unit for extracting bio-signal information of a patient included in the image information and acquiring time information on the bio-signal information extracted; A database storing at least one of the image information, the bio-signal information, and the time information; And a data provider for providing information stored in the database to a user terminal or a hospital server.

The image information obtaining unit may obtain the image information output through the video port using an image obtaining apparatus connected to a video port of the patient monitor.

The image information obtaining unit obtains image information of each of the plurality of patient monitors, and at least one of the plurality of patient monitors may use different communication protocols.

The image information obtaining unit may obtain the image information by photographing the patient monitor using a photographing apparatus.

The bio-signal information may include at least one of numerical information, character information, and waveform information related to the vital sign of the patient.

The bio-signal information extracting unit may extract the numeric information or the character information by using an optical character recognition (OCR) technique.

The bio-signal information extracting unit may extract the waveform information by obtaining pixel coordinate values of a waveform indicating a vital sign of the patient according to a set time interval.

The data provider may synchronize at least one of the image information and the bio-signal information stored in the database according to the time information, and provide the synchronized information to the user terminal or the hospital server.

Wherein the data provider selects one or more of numerical information, character information, and waveform information related to the vital signs of the patient from an administrator or a user, generates a user-customized screen including the selected information, And can provide a customized screen to the user terminal.

The data provider may receive the layout of the user-customized screen from the administrator or a user, and may generate the user-customized screen in which the selected information is arranged according to the input layout, and provide the user-customized screen to the user terminal.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in the image information obtaining unit, obtaining image information of a patient monitor; Extracting biometric signal information of the patient included in the image information in the biometric signal information extracting unit; Acquiring, by the bio-signal information extracting unit, time information in which the bio-signal information is extracted; Storing at least one of the image information, the bio-signal information, and the time information in a database; And providing data stored in the database to a user terminal or a hospital server in data provisioning.

The acquiring of the image information may acquire the image information output through the video port using an image capturing device connected to a video port of the patient monitor.

The obtaining of the image information may acquire image information of each of the plurality of patient monitors, and at least one of the plurality of patient monitors may use a different communication protocol.

The acquiring of the image information may acquire the image information by photographing the patient monitor using a photographing apparatus.

The bio-signal information may include at least one of numerical information, character information, and waveform information related to the vital sign of the patient.

The step of extracting the bio-signal information may extract the numeric information or the character information using an optical character recognition (OCR) technique.

The extracting of the bio-signal information may extract the waveform information by obtaining pixel coordinate values of a waveform representing a vital sign of the patient according to a set time interval.

The step of providing the information stored in the database to the user terminal or the hospital server may include synchronizing at least one of the image information and the bio-signal information stored in the database according to the time information, To the hospital server.

The step of providing the information stored in the database to the user terminal or the hospital server may include receiving at least one of numerical information, character information and waveform information related to the vital signs of the patient from an administrator or a user, Customized screen, and provide the generated user-customized screen to the user terminal.

The step of providing the information stored in the database to the user terminal or the hospital server may include receiving the layout of the user customized screen from the manager or the user and generating the user customized screen in which the information selected in accordance with the inputted layout is arranged To the user terminal.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for acquiring image information of a patient monitor, Extracting biometric signal information of the patient included in the image information in the biometric signal information extracting unit; Acquiring, by the bio-signal information extracting unit, time information in which the bio-signal information is extracted; Storing at least one of the image information, the bio-signal information, and the time information in a database; And data providing means for providing information stored in the database to a user terminal or a hospital server, a computer program stored on a computer readable recording medium is provided.

According to embodiments of the present invention, data can be efficiently extracted from image information generated from a plurality of patient monitors, and a bio-signal information DB can be constructed using the extracted data. In this case, by using the image acquisition device connected to the video port of the patient monitor to acquire the image information of the patient monitor output through the video port, the patient monitor does not provide a communication port or a plurality of patient monitors Even when the communication protocol is not provided, the restriction on acquiring bio-signal information from the patient monitor can be greatly reduced.

Further, according to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to provide the hospital with the data for creating electronic medical records from the established DB.

Also, according to embodiments of the present invention, a user-customized screen can be provided to the user from the established DB. In this case, only the information selected by the user among the collected information may be included in the user-customized screen. In addition, the layout of the user-customized screen can be changed according to the layout set by the user or the administrator, thereby improving the user's convenience.

1 is a block diagram for explaining a patient monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a patient monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 3 is an exemplary illustration of a patient monitor in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view for explaining a process of acquiring image information outputted from a patient monitor according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a flowchart for explaining a patient monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The following detailed description is provided to provide a comprehensive understanding of the methods, apparatus, and / or systems described herein. However, this is merely an example and the present invention is not limited thereto.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and may be changed according to the intention or custom of the user, the operator, and the like. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification. The terms used in the detailed description are intended only to describe embodiments of the invention and should in no way be limiting. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the singular form of a term includes plural forms of meaning. In this description, the expressions "comprising" or "comprising" are intended to indicate certain features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts or combinations thereof, Should not be construed to preclude the presence or possibility of other features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, portions or combinations thereof.

Also, the terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms may be used for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining a patient monitoring system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a patient monitoring system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention . 1 and 2, a patient monitoring system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention efficiently extracts data from image information generated from a plurality of patient monitors 102, To provide a biometric signal information DB, to provide data for creating an electronic medical record from the constructed DB to a hospital, or to provide a user-customized screen to a user.

In embodiments of the present invention, the patient monitor 102 is a device used to monitor the condition or symptoms of a patient and includes a medical device (not shown), a sensor (not shown), etc. connected to the patient monitor 102 The bio-signal information of the patient can be displayed. The user terminal 104 is a device for receiving a user-customized screen, remote monitoring information, etc. from the patient monitoring system 100 and displaying the received information. The user terminal 104 may be an electronic device such as a desktop, a notebook, a tablet PC, . In addition, the hospital server 105 is a device that receives and manages electronic medical record information, remote monitoring information, and the like from the patient monitoring system 100.

Herein, the bio-signal information includes, for example, a video image generated from the patient monitor 102 such as a vital sign such as a patient's blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, respiratory rate, pulse oxygen saturation, brain wave, Lt; / RTI > A plurality of medical instruments or sensors may be connected to the patient monitor 102. In this case, the patient's biological signal information measured by each of the medical instrument and the sensor may be displayed on one patient monitor 102. In addition, each of the patient monitors 102 can display different bio-signal information. For example, the first patient monitor displays the patient's body temperature, heart rate, and breathing rate, and the second patient monitor can display the patient's brain waves.

As described above, the types of the bio-signal information displayed in each of the patient monitors 102 may be different from each other, and the manufacturers of the patient monitors 102 may also be different from each other. Also, at least one of the plurality of patient monitors 102 may use a different communication protocol, or the communication port may not exist at all. The communication protocol means a communication protocol used to transmit the bio-signal information to the outside.

As will be described below, according to embodiments of the present invention, the image information of the patient monitor 102 or the bio-signal information extracted therefrom can be used for various purposes, and the patient monitor 102 can provide a communication port It is possible to greatly reduce the restriction on acquiring the bio-signal information from the patient monitor 102 even when the plurality of patient monitors 102 do not have a common communication protocol. Hereinafter, a detailed configuration of a patient monitoring system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

1 and 2, a patient monitoring system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an image information obtaining unit 202, a biological signal information extracting unit 204, a database 206, (208).

The image information acquiring unit 202 acquires image information of the patient monitor 102.

As an example, the image information acquisition unit 202 may acquire image information output through the video port using an image acquisition device (not shown) connected to a video port (not shown) of the patient monitor 102 have. Here, the video port is a port used for mirroring the built-in display of the patient monitor 102 to an external display device (not shown), and each of the patient monitors 102 may have one or more video ports. The image information acquiring unit 202 may acquire image information, i.e., frame information, output through the video port of the patient monitor 102 using an image acquiring device (not shown). The image acquisition device may be, for example, of the USB type and may be connected to the video port of each patient monitor 102. As the image acquisition device is connected to the video port of each patient monitor 102, the image information acquisition section 202 acquires image information output from each of the patient monitors 102 outputting different types of bio-signal information can do. The image acquisition device can acquire image information of the patient monitor 102 by converting the analog image information output from the patient monitor 102 into a digital signal and acquiring the converted digital signal.

At this time, the image capturing apparatus can acquire image information output from the patient monitor 102 at predetermined intervals (for example, every 10 seconds). In addition, since the image output from the patient monitor 102 includes only one or more numeric information, character information, and waveform information related to the vital sign of the patient, the resolution of the image is generally low. Therefore, it is sufficient that the image acquiring device has a capability of acquiring image information at a period of a few seconds with a low resolution quality. That is, the image information acquisition unit 202 according to the embodiments of the present invention can acquire image information output from the patient monitor 102 using a low-cost low-performance image acquisition apparatus. In this case, The cost can be reduced.

As another example, the image information acquiring unit 202 can acquire image information by photographing the patient monitor 102 using a photographing apparatus (not shown). The photographing apparatus may be, for example, a camera, a camcorder, or the like. The photographing apparatus can be installed, for example, in front of the patient monitor 102 to photograph the patient monitor 102. The image information acquiring unit 202 can acquire the image information by photographing the patient monitor 102 through the photographing apparatus and correcting distortion of the photographed image. That is, according to the embodiments of the present invention, even if the patient monitor 102 is not provided with a video port, the patient monitor 102 can be directly photographed through the photographing apparatus to acquire image information of the patient monitor 102 have.

The bio-signal information extracting unit 204 extracts the bio-signal information of the patient included in the image information. The bio-signal information may include at least one of numerical information, character information, and waveform information related to a vital sign of the patient, and may be an image generated from the patient monitor 102 such as an ultrasound image. The numerical information may be, for example, "37.5 ", i.e., body temperature 37.5 DEG C," 20 ", i.e., respiratory rate 20 per minute. In other words, the character information includes, for example, "ECG", that is, an electrocardiography, a "RESP", that is, a respiration rate, as indexes and labels used to identify the type of vital signs of the patient, And the like. In addition, the waveform information is a pixel coordinate value of a waveform representing a vital sign of the patient according to the passage of time, for example, "(05093401, 21, 145) 21, the y coordinate 145, "(05093402, 22, 146)" - that is, the x coordinate 22 at 5:09 am and the y coordinate 146 at 34.02 seconds.

The bio-signal information extracting unit 204 may extract numeric information or character information related to the vital signs of the patient by using an optical character recognition (OCR) technique. The optical character reading technology is a technology for restoring characters, numbers, symbols, marks, etc. to characters, numbers, symbols, etc. by a method of extracting outlines of a digital image obtained after scanning with an optical scanner. In the embodiments of the present invention, image scanning is performed by an image capturing method rather than an optical scanner.

In addition, the bio-signal information extracting unit 204 may extract the waveform information related to the vital signs of the patient by acquiring the pixel coordinate values of the waveform indicating the patient's vital signs according to the set time interval. For example, the bio-signal information extracting unit 204 may extract the waveform information by acquiring pixel coordinate values of a waveform indicating a vital sign of the patient every 1 to 2 seconds.

In addition, the bio-signal information extraction unit 204 extracts the bio-signal information from the time information (i.e., information on when the bio-signal information is extracted) and the identification information of the patient corresponding to the bio- Information indicating whose bio-signal information the bio-signal information is).

The database 206 stores image information obtained by the image information acquiring unit 202, biometric signal information extracted and obtained by the biometric signal information extracting unit 204, time information on which the biometric signal information is extracted Time information) and identification information of the patient corresponding to the bio-signal information. The image information acquiring unit 202 may store the image information in the database 206 each time the image information is acquired. The signal information extracting unit 204 extracts the bio-signal information, Time information in which the signal information is extracted, and identification information of the patient corresponding to the bio-signal information. In addition, the image information acquiring unit 202 and the signal information extracting unit 204 may store the information in the database 206 at set intervals. As described above, according to the embodiments of the present invention, data can be efficiently extracted from the image information generated from the plurality of patient monitors 102, and the bio-signal information DB can be constructed using the extracted data. The information stored in the database 206 may be used, for example, to create an electronic medical record, to create a customized screen, or to be used for remote monitoring of a patient.

Data provider 208 provides information stored in database 206 to user terminal 104 or hospital server 105. For this, the data providing unit 208 may synchronize the image information and the bio-signal information stored in the database 206 according to the time information. That is, the data providing unit 208 may classify the image information and the bio-signal information by the same time zone, store the synchronized information in the database 206, and transmit the synchronized information to the user terminal 104 or the hospital server 105, As shown in FIG. At this time, the data providing unit 208 may compress the information and provide the compressed data to the user terminal 104 or the hospital server 105.

If data provider 208 provides the synchronized information to hospital server 105, the information may be used, for example, to create an electronic medical record or used for remote monitoring of a patient.

In addition, the data providing unit 208 generates a user-customized screen using the patient's bio-signal information stored in the database 206, the time information on which the bio-signal information is extracted, and the patient's identification information corresponding to the bio- And provide the user-customized screen to the user terminal 104.

To this end, the data provider 208 may select one or more pieces of information from one or more of numerical information, character information, and waveform information related to the vital signs of the patient, from an administrator or a user. As described above, the image information acquisition unit 202 may acquire image information output from each of the patient monitors 102, and the acquired image information may include various types of bio-signal information. The user (or manager) can select one or more pieces of information that are actually determined to be necessary for monitoring the patient from the bio-signal information extracted by the bio-signal information extracting unit 204. [

For example, a physician A monitoring surgeon may use numerical information indicative of the patient's pulse oxygen saturation, waveform information indicative of the patient's respiratory rate over time, the pulse oxygen saturation and the number of breaths The physician B who watches the operation can select the character information to be used for identifying the brain wave and the waveform information representing the brain wave of the patient according to the passage of time. In this way, the user can select one or more biometric signal information that is determined to be necessary for monitoring the state or symptom of the patient among the various bio-signal information collected through the image information acquiring unit 202 and the bio-signal information extracting unit 204 It can be selected actively.

As described above, the data providing unit 208 may synchronize the information stored in the database 206. [ Accordingly, the data providing unit 208 can generate a user-customized screen including the selected information among the synchronized information. For example, the extracted bio-signal information includes numerical information indicating the pulse oxygen saturation of the patient, waveform information indicating the respiratory rate of the patient according to the passage of time, character information used to identify the pulse oxygen saturation and the respiratory rate The data providing unit 208 may include numerical information indicating the pulse oxygen saturation of the patient in the same time zone and waveform information indicating the respiratory rate of the patient together with the character information in the customized screen. Accordingly, the user can receive the user-customized screen including only the bio-signal information required by the user, and can efficiently monitor the condition or symptom of the patient.

In addition, the data providing unit 208 receives the layout of the user-customized screen from the user (or manager) and can set (or change) the layout of the user-customized screen according to the inputted layout. The layout may be set by the user as setting information relating to the size, position, and the like of a number, character or waveform indicating the selected information. The user (or manager) can divide the user-customized screen into one or more areas, and set the layout so that the selected information is arranged in the divided areas. At this time, the user can adjust the size of the divided area or change the color of the selected information. In this way, the data providing unit 208 can improve the user's convenience by adjusting the arrangement form of various information included in the user-customized screen according to the layout inputted by the user (or manager).

The data providing unit 208 may provide the user-customized screen thus generated to the user terminal 104. The data providing unit 208 may transmit the user-customized screen to the user terminal 104 owned by the user requesting the user-customized screen. The user terminal 104 may receive a customized screen from the data provider 208 and display it.

According to embodiments of the present invention, data can be efficiently extracted from image information generated from a plurality of patient monitors 102, and a bio-signal information DB can be constructed using the extracted data. At this time, by using the image acquisition device connected to the video port of the patient monitor 102 to acquire the image information of the patient monitor 102 output through the video port, the patient monitor 102 provides the communication port It is possible to greatly reduce the restriction on acquiring the bio-signal information from the patient monitor 102 even when the plurality of patient monitors 102 do not have a common communication protocol.

Further, according to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to provide the hospital with the data for creating electronic medical records from the established DB.

In addition, according to embodiments of the present invention, a user-customized screen can be provided to the user from the established DB. In this case, only the information selected by the user among the collected information may be included in the user-customized screen. In addition, the layout of the user-customized screen can be changed according to the layout set by the user or the administrator, thereby improving the user's convenience.

In one embodiment, the image information obtaining unit 202, the bio-signal information extracting unit 204, the database 206 and the data providing unit 208 include one or more processors and a computer-readable recording medium connected with the processor May be implemented on a computing device. The computer readable recording medium may be internal or external to the processor, and may be coupled to the processor by any of a variety of well known means. A processor in the computing device may cause each computing device to operate in accordance with the exemplary embodiment described herein. For example, a processor may execute instructions stored on a computer-readable recording medium, and instructions stored on the computer readable medium may cause the computing device to perform operations according to exemplary embodiments described herein For example.

Figure 3 is an illustration of a patient monitor 102 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

3, the patient monitor 102 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes character information 302 related to a patient's vital signs such as ECG, NIBP, SPO2, RESP, TEMP, etc., 60, 120/80 Numeric information 304 associated with the patient's vital signs such as 98, 20, 37.7, 37.2, etc., and waveform information 306 associated with the patient's vital signs shown in Fig. A plurality of medical devices may be connected to the patient monitor 102. In this case, the patient's bio-signal information measured at each of the medical devices may be displayed on one patient monitor 102. [ In addition, each of the patient monitors 102 can display different bio-signal information.

4 is a diagram illustrating a process of acquiring image information output from the patient monitor 102 by the image information obtaining unit 202 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, each of the patient monitors 102 may have one or more video ports 102a. At this time, the image information obtaining unit 202 can obtain image information of the patient monitor 102 using the image obtaining apparatus 202a. The image acquisition device may be connected to the video port 102a of each patient monitor 102. [ As the image acquisition device is connected to the video port 102a of each patient monitor 102, the image information acquiring unit 202 acquires the image output from each of the patient monitors 102 displaying different types of bio- Information can be obtained. Also, as described above, the image acquiring device 202a may be provided with a capability of acquiring image information at a cycle of a few seconds in quality with a low resolution. The image information acquisition unit 202 acquires image information through the video port 102a of the patient monitor 102. However, the image information acquisition unit 202 acquires image information through the video port 102a of the patient monitor 102, The method of acquiring the information is not limited thereto. As described above, the image information acquiring unit 202 may acquire the image information by photographing the patient monitor 102 using the photographing apparatus.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a patient monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the illustrated flow chart, the method is described by dividing into a plurality of steps, but at least one of the steps may be performed in sequence, combined with other steps, performed together, omitted, divided into sub-steps, One or more steps may be added and performed.

In step S502, the image information acquisition unit 202 acquires image information of the patient monitor 102. [ As described above, the image information acquisition unit 202 acquires image information output through the video port 102a of the patient monitor 102 using the image acquisition device 202a, The image information can be acquired by photographing the monitor 102. [

In step S504, the bio-signal information extraction unit 204 extracts the bio-signal information of the patient included in the image information. In addition, the bio-signal information extracting unit 204 extracts the bio-signal information from the time information (or the time information on which the video information was acquired) extracted from the bio-signal information and the identification information of the patient corresponding to the bio- Of the patient).

In step S506, the image information acquired by the image information acquisition unit 202, the bio-signal information extracted and obtained by the bio-signal information extraction unit 204, the time information on which the bio-signal information is extracted (or the time Information) and identification information of the patient corresponding to the biological signal information are stored in the database 206. The image information obtaining unit 202 may store the image information in the database 206. The signal information extracting unit 204 extracts the biometric signal information, the time information from which the biometric signal information is extracted, And the like in the database 206. [

In step S508, the data providing unit 208 provides the information stored in the database 206 to the user terminal 104 or the hospital server 105. [ The information provided to the user terminal 104 or the hospital server 105 through the data provider 208 may be used for example for creating an electronic medical record or used to create a customized screen, Can be used for surveillance.

On the other hand, an embodiment of the present invention may include a program for performing the methods described herein on a computer, and a computer-readable recording medium including the program. The computer-readable recording medium may include a program command, a local data file, a local data structure, or the like, alone or in combination. The media may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention, or may be those that are commonly used in the field of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, Hardware devices. Examples of such programs may include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, I will understand. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, but should be determined by equivalents to the appended claims, as well as the appended claims.

100: patient monitoring system
102: Patient Monitor
102a: Video port
104: User terminal
105: Hospital server
202:
202a: Image acquisition device
204: biological signal information extracting unit
206: Database
208: data provider
302: Character information
304: Number information
306: Waveform information

Claims (21)

An image information acquiring unit acquiring image information of a patient monitor;
A bio-signal information extracting unit for extracting bio-signal information of a patient included in the image information and acquiring time information on the bio-signal information extracted;
A database storing at least one of the image information, the bio-signal information, and the time information; And
And a data provider for providing information stored in the database to a user terminal or a hospital server.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the image information obtaining unit obtains the image information output through the video port using an image obtaining apparatus connected to a video port of the patient monitor.
The method of claim 2,
Wherein the image information obtaining unit obtains image information of each of the plurality of patient monitors,
Wherein at least one of the plurality of patient monitors uses a different communication protocol.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the image information obtaining unit obtains the image information by photographing the patient monitor using a photographing apparatus.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the bio-signal information includes at least one of numerical information, character information, and waveform information associated with a vital sign of the patient.
The method of claim 5,
Wherein the bio-signal information extracting unit extracts the numerical information or the character information by using an optical character recognition (OCR) technique.
The method of claim 5,
Wherein the bio-signal information extracting unit extracts the waveform information by obtaining pixel coordinate values of a waveform indicating a vital sign of the patient according to a set time interval.
The method of claim 5,
Wherein the data providing unit synchronizes at least one of the image information and the bio-signal information stored in the database according to the time information, and provides the synchronized information to the user terminal or the hospital server.
The method of claim 8,
Wherein the data provider selects one or more of numerical information, character information, and waveform information related to the vital signs of the patient from an administrator or a user, generates a user-customized screen including the selected information, And provides a customized screen to the user terminal.
The method of claim 9,
Wherein the data providing unit receives the layout of the user-customized screen from the administrator or a user, and generates the user-customized screen in which the selected information is arranged according to the input layout, and provides the user-customized screen to the user terminal.
Acquiring image information of a patient monitor in an image information acquiring unit;
Extracting biometric signal information of the patient included in the image information in the biometric signal information extracting unit;
Acquiring, by the bio-signal information extracting unit, time information in which the bio-signal information is extracted;
Storing at least one of the image information, the bio-signal information, and the time information in a database; And
And providing data stored in the database to a user terminal or a hospital server in data provisioning.
The method of claim 11,
Wherein acquiring the image information acquires the image information output through the video port using an image capture device connected to a video port of the patient monitor.
The method of claim 12,
The acquiring of the image information may include acquiring image information of each of the plurality of patient monitors,
Wherein at least one of the plurality of patient monitors uses a different communication protocol.
The method of claim 11,
Wherein acquiring the image information acquires the image information by photographing the patient monitor using a photographing apparatus.
The method of claim 11,
Wherein the bio-signal information includes at least one of numerical information, character information, and waveform information associated with a vital sign of the patient.
16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the step of extracting the bio-signal information extracts the numerical information or the character information by using an optical character recognition (OCR) technique.
16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the step of extracting the bio-signal information extracts the waveform information by obtaining pixel coordinate values of a waveform representing a vital sign of the patient according to a set time interval.
16. The method of claim 15,
The step of providing the information stored in the database to the user terminal or the hospital server may include synchronizing at least one of the image information and the bio-signal information stored in the database according to the time information, To the hospital server.
19. The method of claim 18,
The step of providing the information stored in the database to the user terminal or the hospital server may include receiving at least one of numerical information, character information and waveform information related to the vital signs of the patient from an administrator or a user, And generating the user-customized screen and providing the generated user-customized screen to the user terminal.
The method of claim 19,
The step of providing the information stored in the database to the user terminal or the hospital server may include receiving the layout of the user customized screen from the manager or the user and generating the user customized screen in which the information selected in accordance with the inputted layout is arranged To the user terminal.
Combined with hardware
Acquiring image information of a patient monitor in an image information acquiring unit;
Extracting biometric signal information of the patient included in the image information in the biometric signal information extracting unit;
Acquiring, by the bio-signal information extracting unit, time information in which the bio-signal information is extracted;
Storing at least one of the image information, the bio-signal information, and the time information in a database; And
In data providing, providing information stored in the database to a user terminal or a hospital server
The computer program being stored on a computer readable recording medium.

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