KR20180095208A - Smart Medicine Cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart medicine box instructing medicine taking time. The present invention provides the smart medicine box instructing the medicine taking time, comprising: a reed switch having a magnetic circuit transmitting, to the Aduino, a pulse width value which is generated as an electrode (contact point) is opened and closed by a magnetic field generated by back and forth reciprocation of a permanent magnet installed at one side of a drawer of the smart medicine box; the Aduino having a Bluetooth control based module, processing a comparison calculation with a preset reference value based on the pulse width signal inputted by the reed switch, and making an environment for controlling driving of GYR LEDs and a display device, which are external devices; the GYR LEDs receiving power and a control signal supplied from the Aduino to display green, yellow and red colors for each medicine taking time band; a piezoelectric buzzer performing a control command of the Aduino with power of the Aduino to generate an alarm sound, and generating an alarm sound as soon as a yellow LED and a red LED of the GYR LEDs are turned on and off; and the display device displaying medicine taking status data with letters on a display window by the Aduino processing a comparison calculation for information inputted by a load cell, which measures weight of the unit of gram installed on the reed switch or drawer rail of the smart medicine box, thereby enabling a user (the old) to take a medicine at right time and to take care of health.

Description

Smart Medicine Cabinet to Tell When to Take Medicine {Smart Medicine Cabinet}

The present invention relates to a medicament for noticing a time for taking a medicament, and more particularly, to a smart medicament for informing a medicine taking time when a color LED is turned on and a buzzer sounds an alarm by using an Aduino .

According to the National Statistical Office (NSO), the age of the aging society will begin in earnest after the population reversal phenomenon, in which the proportion of elderly people exceeds the proportion of the youth population,

The age of aging is divided into aging society (more than 7%), aged society (14%) and super aged society (20%), depending on the aging rate Korea is expected to enter an aged society from 2018, and it is diagnosed that low fertility and aging will be severe starting from 2020 when the baby boomers enter the elderly households. It is said that it will enter the era of aged population in 2026, which is just 8 years after entering the aging society, and the population of production will decrease sharply in 2031 by the year 2031.

The aging society refers to the fact that the elderly occupy an increasing proportion of life expectancy as the medical industry develops along with the development of advanced industries. In addition, one in two elderly people has various diseases, and geriatric diseases are different from diseases of young people. In elderly people, there is a decrease in apparent height, decrease in muscle, increase in abdominal fat, increase in wrinkles, increase in hair loss and gray hair, decrease in visual acuity, decrease in hearing, degeneration of teeth, appear.

These aging phenomena are accompanied by various diseases, and accordingly, the kinds and dosages of the drugs to be used for pain relief are greatly increased. In fact, according to the agency that investigated the drug-taking status of the elderly, there are cases in which more than 10 kinds of medicines take up about 10% of all patients and more than 20 kinds of medicines are taken.

As the age increases, circulatory diseases such as hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and cerebrovascular disorders account for 40% of all diseases, followed by diseases of the musculoskeletal and connective tissues, digestive system diseases, nervous system, Sensory system diseases, and chronic diseases in elderly people. Most chronic diseases should be controlled consistently through appropriate treatment, eating habits, and lifestyle habits rather than cure, so that the disease is well controlled and well managed without complications by taking medications continuously so that they are no longer deteriorating. Nonetheless, most older elderly people are suffering from a stroke after stopping their medication because they do not have any symptoms. They also suffer from complications due to hyperglycemia after randomly stopping diabetes medication.

Since the elderly are taking several drugs at the same time, they are likely to cause adverse effects by interactions between the drugs. Therefore, if you take any medication to stop the medication or to relieve the pain, Should consult. In particular, the elderly who are physically uncomfortable, regardless of their academic background, should ask the hospital health care center to write on paper if they are unfamiliar with using medical services or terminals (smart phones) transmitted to mobile terminals through a communication network.

Drugs should be dosed regularly at a fixed time to achieve optimal results. However, in elderly patients, the number of complications is high and the number of medication is high. Therefore, it is often inconvenient to take the correct drug at a prescribed time.

In order to solve this problem, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2016-0119663 (Oct. 16, 2016) describes a schedule for taking a prescription according to a prescription from a dose management server in a user terminal (smart phone) A drug administration management system has been proposed (see FIG. 1).

However, as described above, this patented technology is not only not familiar with the medical service delivered to the smartphone through the communication network at the hospital health care center, etc., regardless of education level, Because all medical services are taken over the communication network, elderly people have difficulty in taking the medication randomly regardless of the time of taking medication. Therefore, there is still a problem of suffering from chronic diseases or complications due to excessive drug poisoning It is possible.

Accordingly, the present invention proposes a smart medicament which can easily recognize the medication taking time in the elderly to solve the above problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a method of installing an arduino and a piezo buzzer in a box, installing a different color box, and installing LEDs corresponding thereto, so that the LED is turned on and the buzzer sounds according to the time of taking the medicine, Provide a smart medication that tells you when to take your medication so you can take your medicine on time and take care of your health.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a pulse width value generated when an electrode (contact) is opened or closed by a magnetic field generated by a reciprocating motion of a permanent magnet mounted on one side of a drawer of a smart dispenser, A reed switch 100 having a magnetic circuit for transferring the magnetic flux to the armature; A GYR LED, which is an external device, and an LED which controls the operation of the display device, having a Bluetooth control-based module for performing a comparison operation with a predetermined reference value based on the pulse width signal inputted from the reed switch 100, (Aduino, 200); A GYR LED 300 for receiving power and control signals supplied from the Arduino 200 and displaying green, yellow, and red for each medicine-taking time slot; A buzzer for generating a warning sound when the yellow LED 320 of the GYR LED 300 and the red LED 330 of the GYR LED 300 are turned on, (Piezo Buzzer, 400); And the load cell 120 for measuring the weight of the gram (g) mounted on the reed switch 100 or the drawer rail of the smart dispenser, And a display device (500) for displaying the medication taking-out data by a character on the display window.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the Arduino 200 is connected to a user interface means and is capable of copying the statistical processing contents displayed on the display device 500 or outputting it through a printer.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the Arduino 200 is characterized by being able to view statistical processing contents by a doctor, a pharmacist, and a guardian in connection with a computer (PC) capable of remote control with a smartphone.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the GYR LED 300 is not in the time for taking the medicine (for example, 5 to 10 minutes before), the green LED 310 is turned on, The red LED 330 is pre-programmed in the Arduino 200 and stored in the storage means (not shown) so that the red LED 330 is turned on and on after the elapse of the time for taking the medicine.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the piezo buzzer 400 is replaced with a radio speaker 410 and connected to the Arduino 200 to output a voice message indicating that it is a medicinal dose time zone through the radio speaker .

According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, the display device 500 may display the statistical processing according to the medication on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis, And is easily programmed so that the user (elderly person) can easily grasp the medicine taking situation.

The smart medicament for informing the medicinal time of the present invention has the following effects.

(1) In the case of elderly patients, there are many complications, and the number of medication is high and the number of times of taking the medication is large, so that it is possible to improve the problem of complaining of past inconvenience in taking the correct medication at a predetermined time.

(2) The user (the elderly person) can take the prescribed dose at a predetermined time in a timely manner, thereby achieving an optimal medicine taking effect.

(3) It is possible to prevent the possibility that the user (elderly) causes side effects due to the interactions between the drugs due to various drugs, and to stop taking the medication arbitrarily, or to take excessive medication by taking the additional medication Which can prevent complications.

(4) The older the elderly, who are uncomfortable, have a unique effect of being able to take medicine alone, even if they are not accustomed to the use of medical service or terminal (smartphone) transmitted to a portable terminal through a communication network at a hospital health care center, .

1 is a view showing a medication administration system utilizing a conventional smart medicament;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the entire technical configuration of a smart medicament for informing a medicament dosing time according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
FIG. 3 is a photograph showing a load cell sensor for smart dispenser indicating a time for taking a medicine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 4 is a photograph showing a circuit diagram of a prototype product for a smart medicament to inform the time of medicines according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a photograph of a prototype product of a smart medicament for informing the time of taking a medicament according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout. Although the same reference numerals are used in the different drawings, the same reference numerals are used throughout the drawings. The prior art should be interpreted by itself. 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.

2 to 5, a technical configuration of a smart medicine dispenser for informing a medicine taking time according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a reed switch 100, an Aduino 200, A GYR LED 300, a Piezo Buzzer 400, and a display device 500.

Referring to FIG. 2, the reed switch 100 is a kind of magnetic sensor, and has two types of electrodes, which are spaced apart from each other with a gap therebetween. When the electrode (contact) is apart, the two electrodes (contact) are attached to the contact according to the movement of the permanent magnet having the N pole and the S pole, and fall off, thereby forming a magnetic circuit having ON / OFF switching function. As the permanent magnet moves, the contact is attached. When the magnet moves away from the contact, the electrode (contact) falls again. This is the principle that the contact is restored to the elastic force of the contact member.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the reed switch 100 is attached to the inside of the smart potion and the permanent magnet 110 is attached to one side of the drawer of the smart potion so as to be horizontal with the reed switch 100, When the drawer of the person is opened or closed, the permanent magnet 110 slides forward and backward horizontally with respect to the reed switch 100 to attach the electrodes (contacts) a and b of the reed switch 100 to each other, A pulse width is generated and a pulse width signal is transmitted to the Arduino 200. The GYR LED 300, which is supplied with power by the Arduino 200 and is controlled by the color LED, is displayed on the GYR LED 300, It is possible to turn on or off the blinking light.

The pulse width signal of the magnetic circuit is supplied to the display device 200 via the Arduino 200 while the GYR LED 300 controlled by the Arduino 200 is turned off, 500) so that the number of drug doses is displayed.

The signal transmitted to the Arduino 200 is input to the OP amplifier element (not shown) by a fine pulse width generated at the time of the lead switching when the electrodes (contacts) a and b of the reed switch 100 are connected or disconnected. And so on.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, a load cell 120 for measuring the weight of grams (g) sensing the weight of a drug contained in a drawer of a smart person is detected by the load sensor 120 And may be displayed on the display device 500. [

The feature of the present invention is that the weight can be measured in grams using the load cell amplifier 200, which is a module based on the Aduno 200, the Load Cell Sensor 120, and the HX711 chip. Therefore, the HX711 can easily read the load cell and the load cell amplifier can be connected to the Aduno 200 to read the resistance change of the load cell. (500), so that it is possible to grasp the number of medicines taken by the user (the elderly).

Here, it is obvious that the load cell sensor 120 is installed under the drawer of the smart drug dealer. If the drawer structure of the drug dealer is composed of rails and rollers, it is possible to insert the grooves into the rails.

Referring to FIG. 2, the Aduino 200 is based on a pulse width signal of the reed switch 100 or a change value of a resistance input from a load cell sensor 120 As means for creating an environment for controlling an external device, a pulse width signal of the reed switch 100 or information inputted from a load cell sensor 120 is compared with a predetermined reference value And controls the operation of the GYR LED 300 and the display device 500 as an external device.

Here, the Arduino according to an embodiment of the present invention refers to a board and related development tools and environment that are completed with a single-board microcontroller based on open source. Arduino can accept values from multiple switches and sensors, and control external electronic devices such as LEDs and motors to create objects that can interact with the environment. The device can be controlled using an environment that can easily be developed by one of the embedded systems. It also provides the Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE), provides software development and executable code uploads, and works with software such as Adobe Flash, Processing, and Max / MSP. The biggest advantage of the Arduino is that it allows the microcontroller to operate easily. Generally, AVR programming is compiled with AVRStudio (changed to Atmel Studio, ARM tool added) and WinAVR (avr-gcc) or developed with IAR EW or CodeVision, and uploaded through a separate ISP device. It must go through a cumbersome process. In contrast, Arduino can easily upload compiled firmware via USB. And Arduino is relatively inexpensive compared to other modules and supports Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

2, the GYR LED 300 receives a power and a control signal from the Arduino 200, and receives a green light, a yellow light, a red light, And receives a power from the arduino 200 and performs a control command in accordance with a program stored in the arduino 200 to turn on / off / off do.

In other words, the GYR LED 300 is turned on normally when the user (elderly) is not in the time of taking the medicine (for example, 5 to 10 minutes before), and the green LED 310 is turned on normally, The red LED 330 is preliminarily programmed into the storage unit (not shown) so that the red LED 330 is illuminated and warned after the elapsed time has elapsed.

The feature of the GYR LED 300 of the present invention is that the elderly user with a hearing impairment (elderly) can not recognize the time of taking the medicine correctly, through the LED indicator which is lit, flashing, and turned off.

Referring to FIG. 2, the piezo buzzer 400 is a small speaker for making sounds using the piezo effect by the Adouino 200, and performs power and control commands of the Adouino 200 And a warning sound is generated. The piezo buzzer 400 generates an alarm sound when the yellow LED 320 and the red LED 330 of the GYR LED 300 are turned on and on, And the like.

The radio speaker 410 may be replaced with a radio speaker 410 instead of the piezo buzzer 400 according to the embodiment of the present invention and the radio speaker 410 may be connected to the Arduino 200, Message.

Here, the piezo effect refers to a phenomenon in which a voltage is generated on a surface while deformation occurs when a pressure is applied, and a condensation or elongation occurs when a voltage is applied on the contrary, using crystal properties such as crystal or ceramic. It is also called an effect. If you attach a thin plate here, the sound comes out with fine trembling. Although the piezo buzzer has the disadvantage of not being able to make loud noises, it is cheap and simple, and it can generate ultrasound with a frequency of 20,000 Hz or higher, so it can be used in various products using ultrasound.

Referring to FIG. 2, the display device 500 is a means for displaying medication-use status data on the display window by the Arduino 200 as a character. The user (elderly person) When the medicine is taken out and taken, a load cell (load cell) 120 for measuring the weight of the gram (g) mounted on the draw switch of the reed switch 100 or the smart dispenser mounted between the smart dispenser and the drawer And display the input information on the display device 500 through the arduino 200 for performing a comparison operation process.

In addition, the display device 500 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be configured to display the statistical processing according to medication on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, It is possible to easily grasp the actual state of medication of the user (the elderly person), and the physician can effectively manage the health condition of the elderly person by effectively managing the elderly person having the geriatric disease.

Here, when the user interface means is connected to the arduino 200, the contents of the statistical processing displayed on the display device 500 may be copied or output through a printer.

In addition, since the Arduino 200 has a Bluetooth control-based module and creates an environment for controlling an external device, a doctor, a pharmacist, and a guardian in cooperation with a smart phone and a remote controllable computer (PC) It can be implemented so that it can be read.

As described above, the smart medicament for informing the medicine taking time according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is that the information input from the reed switch (100) or the load cell sensor (120) The GYR LED 300 and the GYR LED 300 which are compared with a preset program (reference value) in the Aduino 200 based on the comparison result and are flickering in green (normal), yellow (attention) and red (warning) (Piezo Buzzer) 400, which generates a warning sound in conjunction with the display device 500, and a display device 500, which is displayed as a character by statistically processing the actual state of taking medicine by day, week, month, , The contents of the statistical processing can be read from the outside, and in the case of the elderly patients, there are many complications, and the number of medicines is high and the number of medicines is high, The problem of appealing for past inconvenience can be solved. In addition, it is possible to take the prescribed dose at a predetermined time in a timely manner, thereby achieving an optimal medicine taking effect. In addition, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of side effects by causing drug interactions due to the use of various drugs, and to avoid the complications due to excessive drug administration due to the disuse of drugs or the relief of pain. In addition, there is a unique characteristic that an elderly man who is uncomfortable in his or her body can easily take medicines independently, even if he / she is not familiar with medical services or terminals (smart phones) transmitted to a portable terminal through a communication network at a hospital health care center.

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 not intended to limit the scope of the present invention but to limit the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. 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.

100: Reed Switch 110: Permanent magnet
120: Load Cell 200: Aduino
300: GYR LED 310: Green LED
320: Yellow LED 330: Red LED
400: Piezo Buzzer 500: Display device

Claims (6)

A reed switch having a magnetic circuit for transmitting a pulse width value generated when an electrode (contact) is opened and closed by a magnetic field generated by a reciprocating motion of a permanent magnet mounted on one side of a drawer of a smart potentiometer, (Reed Switch) 100;
A GYR LED, which is an external device, and an LED which controls the operation of the display device, having a Bluetooth control-based module for performing a comparison operation with a predetermined reference value based on the pulse width signal inputted from the reed switch 100, (Aduino, 200);
A GYR LED 300 for receiving power and control signals supplied from the Arduino 200 and displaying green, yellow, and red for each medicine-taking time slot;
A buzzer for generating a warning sound when the yellow LED 320 of the GYR LED 300 and the red LED 330 of the GYR LED 300 are turned on, (Piezo Buzzer, 400);
And the load cell 120 for measuring the weight of the gram (g) mounted on the reed switch 100 or the drawer rail of the smart dispenser, And a display device (500) for displaying the drug consumption status data by a character on a display window.
The method according to claim 1,
The smartphone 200 is connected to a user interface means to copy the statistical processing contents displayed on the display device 500 or to output the contents through a printer.
The method according to claim 1,
The Arduino 200 is a smart medication which informs a doctor, a pharmacist, and a guardian of the contents of statistical processing in connection with a computer (PC) capable of remote control with a smartphone.
The method according to claim 1,
The green LED 310 is turned on when the GYR LED 300 is not in the time for taking the medicine (for example, 5 to 10 minutes before), the yellow LED 320 is turned on for 5 to 10 seconds The red LED 330 is pre-programmed in the lamp 200 so as to be turned on and stored in the storage means (not shown).
The method according to claim 1,
The piezo buzzer 400 is replaced with a radio speaker 410 and is connected to the Arduino 200 and is output as a voice message indicating that it is a medication time zone through the radio speaker. Smart marketers.
The method according to claim 1,
The display device 500 is programmed in the Arduino 200 so that statistical processings can be displayed according to medication on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis, A smart medicinal person informing the time of taking a medicament characterized by being easily grasped.

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