KR20220062796A - A portable identification and non-contact body temperature measurement method and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable identification and non-contact body temperature measurement method and device to recognize and record identity and body temperature of a body temperature measurement subject at once. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the portable identification and non-contact body temperature measurement device comprises: a body temperature measurement unit measuring body temperature of a subject in a non-contact manner; an identification unit recognizing an identification means of the subject for body temperature measurement to identify the subject; a memory unit storing the body temperature measured by the body temperature measurement unit and the identity identified by the identification unit; an input unit receiving an input for an operation mode from a user, wherein a body temperature measurement method and an identification method are defined differently for each operation mode; and a control unit controlling the body temperature measurement unit, the identity identification unit, the memory unit, and the input unit. The control unit activates the identification unit and recognize the identification means to identify a body temperature measurement subject when receiving a first mode input from the user; deactivates the identification unit when the identification is completed; activates the body temperature measurement unit for a predetermined time from the time when the identification is completed to measure the body temperature of the body temperature measurement subject in a non-contact manner; and deactivates the body temperature measuring unit and matches and stores the measured body temperature and the identified identity in the memory unit when the measurement is completed.

Description

A portable identification and non-contact body temperature measurement method and device therefor

The present specification proposes a method for measuring the body temperature of a subject for body temperature measurement and at the same time identifying the subject's identity, and a portable device for the same.

Recently, as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread around the world, the fear of the new virus is rapidly increasing. Since such infectious diseases cannot be completely quarantined, economic damage is increasing due to the increase in costs due to the strengthening of quarantine.

Therefore, quarantine through fever detection is necessary to avoid the global spread of infectious diseases and epidemics. Fever is a symptom of a disease, but as a primary quarantine method, fever detection can serve as a minimum shield to prevent further spread by confirming infection as quickly as possible. According to a study conducted on patients with early infection, about 83% of patients had a fever, so it can be seen that the prevention effect is large just by detecting a fever.

Therefore, there is a need for a method that can easily and conveniently measure body temperature in real life and prevent the transmission of infectious diseases during measurement. To this end, various thermometers have been developed and sold on the market, and among them, non-contact thermometers that can measure body temperature by minimizing contact are being actively sold.

In particular, there is a problem that a lot of manpower and time are required as body temperature measurement and body temperature are recorded manually in the field where it is necessary to record body temperature measurement.

Accordingly, the present specification has devised a method and apparatus in which a user can conveniently record the identity and body temperature of a subject to be measured in order to solve this problem.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a portable body temperature measuring device capable of identification and non-contact body temperature measurement, comprising: a body temperature measuring unit configured to measure the body temperature of a subject to be measured in a non-contact manner; an identity identification unit for recognizing the identification means of the body temperature measurement target to identify the body temperature measurement target; a memory unit for storing the body temperature measured by the body temperature measurement unit and the identity identified by the identity identification unit; an input unit configured to receive an input from a user as to which operation mode to operate in as a body temperature measurement method and an identity identification method are defined differently for each operation mode; and a controller configured to control the body temperature measurement unit, the identity identification unit, the memory unit, and the input unit. Including, wherein the control unit, when receiving the first mode input from the user, activates the identity identification unit, recognizes the identification means to identify the identity of the body temperature measurement target, and when the identification is completed, the identification unit Deactivation, activating the body temperature measuring unit for a preset time from the time the identification is completed to measure the body temperature of the subject to be measured in the non-contact manner, and inactivating the body temperature measuring unit when the measurement is completed, and the measured body temperature and the The identified identity may be stored in the memory unit in correspondence with each other.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, since the identity and body temperature of a subject to be measured can be recognized and recorded at once, there is an effect that manpower and time that can be consumed for this purpose are minimized.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, since the portable body temperature measuring apparatus operates in various modes, there is an effect that the user can measure body temperature in a desired body temperature measuring method according to circumstances.

1 is a diagram illustrating a portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an operation mode state diagram of a portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a first mode operation method of a portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a first mode operation method of a portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a second mode operation method of the portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating a second mode operation method of the portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a third mode operation method of the portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram illustrating a third mode operation method of the portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 and 10 are diagrams illustrating an example of operation in a second mode of a portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a diagram illustrating a rotation operation of a body temperature measuring unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
12 and 13 are diagrams illustrating a measuring method of a portable body temperature measuring device based on a rotation operation of a body temperature measuring unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
14 is a diagram illustrating a body temperature measurement guide according to an embodiment of the present invention.
15 is a block diagram of a portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Since the technology to be described below may have various changes and may have various embodiments, specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. However, this is not intended to limit the technology described below to specific embodiments, and it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the technology described below.

Terms such as first, second, A, and B may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the above terms, and only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from other components. is used only as For example, a first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component without departing from the scope of the present invention. and/or includes a combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items. For example, 'A and/or B' may be interpreted as meaning 'at least one of A or B'. Also, '/' may be interpreted as 'and' or 'or'.

In terms of terms used herein, the singular expression should be understood to include a plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, and terms such as "comprises" include the specified feature, number, step, operation, and element. , parts or combinations thereof are to be understood, but not to exclude the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, step operation components, parts or combinations thereof.

Prior to a detailed description of the drawings, it is intended to clarify that the classification of the constituent parts in the present specification is merely a division according to the main function each constituent unit is responsible for. That is, two or more components to be described below may be combined into one component, or one component may be divided into two or more for each more subdivided function. In addition, each of the constituent units to be described below may additionally perform some or all of the functions of other constituent units in addition to the main function it is responsible for. Of course, it can also be performed by being dedicated to it.

In addition, in performing the method or method of operation, each process constituting the method may occur differently from the specified order unless a specific order is clearly described in context. That is, each process may occur in the same order as specified, may be performed substantially simultaneously, or may be performed in the reverse order.

1 is a diagram illustrating a portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a portable device that is easy to carry, and a conventional non-contact type thermometer structure may be borrowed.

For example, the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be largely composed of a main body 100 - 1 and a handle part 100 - 2 as shown in this figure.

At least one configuration/unit/module for carrying out the embodiment proposed in this specification may be accommodated in the body 100-1, and the description of the configuration/unit/module accommodated in the body 100-1 is It will be described below with reference to FIG. 15 .

The front part of the body 100-1 may include an identity identification unit for identifying the identity of the subject to be measured and a body temperature measuring unit for measuring the body temperature of the subject to be measured.

The identity identification unit may identify the identity of the body temperature measurement target by recognizing the identification means, wherein the identification means, for example, a barcode containing the identification information of the body temperature measurement target, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), NFC (Near Field) Communication), QR (Quick Response) code, identification card, resident registration card, passport, driver's license, employee ID, and pass may correspond to at least one. Accordingly, the identity identification unit is a component/module/unit capable of recognizing such an identification means, for example, at least one of a barcode reader, an RFID recognition module, an NFC recognition module, a QR code recognition module, and an OCR (Optical character recognition) recognition module. may correspond to

The body temperature measuring unit may measure the body temperature of the body temperature measurement subject by measuring the temperature of the body part of the subject in a non-contact manner. For example, the body temperature measuring unit can measure the body temperature by measuring the amount of infrared radiation emitted from a body part (eg, forehead, temple, hand, wrist, etc.) there is. However, this embodiment is not limited thereto, and it goes without saying that various non-contact body temperature measurement methods may be applied.

Furthermore, the main body 100-1 may further include an output unit for outputting identification and/or body temperature measurement results. Such an output unit may typically correspond to a display unit. Also, the main body 100-1 may further include a hardware button unit for receiving a user input triggering identification of a body temperature measurement target and/or body temperature measurement.

The handle part 100-2 is provided on the lower side of the main body 100-1, and basically functions as a handle. The user identifies identification and By triggering/or temperature measurement, identification and/or body temperature measurement can be easily performed. A more detailed identification and/or body temperature measurement method will be described below in detail with reference to each drawing.

In addition, the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 proposed in the present specification may be implemented in various structures that are easy to carry, and is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

2 is a diagram illustrating an operation mode state diagram of a portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the portable body temperature measuring apparatus may operate in three main modes. The first mode 200-1 may be referred to as a separate measurement mode, the second mode 200-2 may be referred to as a simultaneous measurement mode, and the third mode 200-3 may be referred to as a re-measurement mode, respectively.

In more detail, the first mode 200 - 1 corresponds to a mode in which the portable body temperature measuring device separately identifies the body temperature measurement target and performs the body temperature measuring operation separately. For example, the portable body temperature measuring device operating in the first mode 200-1 may first identify the identity of the subject to be measured and then perform the two operations separately by measuring the body temperature of the subject to be measured. there is. A more detailed operation method of the first mode 200 - 1 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 .

The second mode 200 - 2 corresponds to a mode in which the portable body temperature measurement device simultaneously identifies the body temperature measurement target and performs a body temperature measurement operation. For example, the portable body temperature measuring device operating in the second mode 200 - 2 recognizes the identification means placed on the body part (eg, hand) of the body temperature measurement target and at the same time recognizes the body part (eg, the hand). , by measuring the body temperature of the hand or wrist), it is possible to perform both motions at the same time. A more detailed operation method of the second mode 200 - 2 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 .

The third mode 200 - 3 corresponds to a mode in which the portable body temperature measuring device re-measures the body temperature of a subject to be measured. For example, when the user's body temperature is out of the normal body temperature range as a result of measuring body temperature in the second mode 200 - 2 , the portable body temperature measuring device switches the operation mode to the third mode 200 - 3 to change the body temperature The body temperature of the subject to be measured can be re-measured. A more detailed operation method of the third mode 200 - 3 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8 .

The operation mode switching may be basically performed based on a user input. The portable body temperature measuring apparatus may switch an operation mode based on a user input received through the input unit. However, the transition from the second mode 200-2 to the third mode 200-3 may be performed automatically without a separate user input according to embodiments, which will be described later with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8 . do.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a first mode operation method of the portable body temperature measurement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 illustrates a first mode operation method of the portable body temperature measurement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. it is one drawing

3 and 4 , the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 in the first mode may identify the identity of the body temperature measurement subject 420 by first activating the identity identification unit ( S301 ).

In more detail, the portable body temperature measurement device 100 in the first mode activates the identity identification unit to recognize the identification means 410 presented by the body temperature measurement subject 420 to identify the body temperature measurement subject 420 . can do. To this end, the user may perform a user input for triggering identification of the body temperature measurement target 420 of the portable body temperature measuring device 100 (eg, pressing a hardware button provided in the portable body temperature measuring device), , the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 may recognize the identification means 410 by activating the identification unit upon receiving the corresponding user input.

When the identification is completed, the portable body temperature measuring device 100 may deactivate the identity identification unit and activate the body temperature measurement unit to measure the body temperature of the subject 420 in a non-contact manner ( S302 ). In particular, when the identification is completed, the portable body temperature measuring device 100 may start a timer set to a preset time T1, and activate the body temperature measuring unit for a preset time T1 to measure the body temperature of the subject 420. can be measured non-contact. The user may perform a user input for triggering the body temperature measurement of the body temperature measurement subject 420 within a preset time T1 (for example, press the hardware button unit provided in the portable body temperature measurement device 100), When the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 receives a corresponding user input, the body temperature measuring unit may be activated to measure body temperature.

When the body temperature measurement is completed (within the preset time T1), the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 may stop the timer and deactivate the body temperature measuring unit (S303). Furthermore, the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 may store the measured body temperature and the identified identity in a memory unit in correspondence with each other. In addition, the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 may additionally store additional information on the measured time and/or location in the memory unit in correspondence with the corresponding information. Here's an example of this:

- 2020/09/17 1:00 PM John Doe 37 degrees

If the timer expires in a state in which the body temperature measurement is not completed, the portable body temperature measuring device 100 may reset the first mode and sequentially perform again from step S301, and the recognized/measured data before the reset is discarded. can

5 is a flowchart illustrating a second mode operation method of the portable body temperature measurement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 illustrates a second mode operation method of the portable body temperature measurement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention it is one drawing

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6 , the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 in the second mode may first simultaneously activate the identity identification unit and the body temperature measurement unit (S501) to simultaneously identify and measure the body temperature (S502).

As such, in order for the portable body temperature measuring device 100 to recognize the body temperature measurement target identification means 610 and measure body temperature at the same time, the body temperature measurement target identification means 610 and body parts are respectively located in the identification means identification area and the body temperature measurement area. 620 needs to be located at the same time. This can be most easily performed when the body temperature measurement subject holds/presents the identification means 610 by hand, so the body temperature measurement site in the second mode is basically the hand or wrist 620 of the body temperature measurement subject. do it with In consideration of this, in the present specification, a specific hand gesture (for example, a gesture of placing an identification means on the palm of the hand) is given to the subject to measure body temperature as shown in this figure so that accurate body temperature measurement through the second mode is possible. The body temperature measurement area adaptively to the various hand gestures of the subject to be measured by guiding in advance to take it, outputting an indicator for guiding the measurement/identification area, or rotating the body temperature measuring unit around the identification area by the identification means 610 We suggest a method to set/adjust flexibly. This will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 9 to 14 .

That is, in the second mode, unlike the first mode, which is premised on measuring the temperature of the subject's forehead/temple as body temperature, measuring the temperature of the subject's hand/wrist 620 as body temperature It corresponds to the premise mode. In terms of body structure, the temperature of the hand/wrist 620 is always measured relatively lower than that of the forehead/temple, and the actual human body temperature is closer to the temperature of the forehead/temple through which the most blood vessels pass. Therefore, when the temperature of the hand/wrist 620 is measured as a body temperature measurement site, a compensation operation is required to correct it close to the actual body temperature. Therefore, the portable body temperature measuring device can perform a compensation operation for correcting the body temperature measured in the second mode to be close to the actual body temperature, and various compensation techniques (for example, prior patent registration 10-2160589) for this purpose are available. can be used/applied.

Finally, the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 may store the measured body temperature and the identified identity in the memory unit by mutual correspondence ( S503 ). In this case, the stored body temperature may correspond to a temperature in which the temperature measured by the body temperature measuring unit is compensated according to a preset temperature compensation method. In addition, the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 may additionally store additional information regarding the measured time and/or location in the memory unit in correspondence with the corresponding information, as described above.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a third mode operation method of the portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a third mode operation method of the portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention it is one drawing

Basically, as described above, the third mode may be switched from the second mode when the body temperature measured in the second mode is out of the normal range. The third mode can only be switched from the second mode, because as described above, the second mode is premised on measuring the temperature of the hand/wrist 810, so the forehead/temple 830 is assumed as the measurement site. This is because the accuracy may be lower than that of the first mode. Accordingly, by adding a switching operation to the third mode for re-measurement, the problem that the accuracy according to the measurement of the hand/wrist 810 is deteriorated can be compensated.

7 and 8 , the portable body temperature measuring device 100 in the third mode first deactivates the identity identification unit, but activates the body temperature measurement unit to re-measure the body temperature of the body temperature measurement subject 820 identified in the second mode. can In this case, the re-measured portion may be a portion 830 different from the portion 810 measured in the second mode for accuracy, for example, a forehead or a temple.

The portable body temperature measuring device 100 may start a timer set to a preset time T2 when switching to the third mode, and selectively activate only the body temperature measuring unit for the preset time T2 to control the body temperature measurement target 820 . Body temperature can be measured non-contact. The user may perform a user input for triggering the body temperature measurement of the body temperature measurement subject 820 within a preset time T2 (eg, press the hardware button unit provided in the portable body temperature measurement device 100), When the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 receives a corresponding user input, the body temperature measuring unit may be activated to measure body temperature.

In the third mode, since the body temperature measurement site is assumed to be the forehead or the temple 830, the temperature compensation operation in the second mode may not be performed, and the temperature measured by the body temperature measuring unit may be used as it is the body temperature of the body temperature measurement target. can be recognized and recorded as

9 and 10 are diagrams illustrating an example of operation in the second mode of the portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The identity identification unit and the body temperature measuring unit may be installed adjacent to each other on the portable body temperature measuring device 100 to perform the second mode. For example, the body temperature measuring unit may be located at an upper side on the front of the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 , and the identity identification unit may be located at a lower side of the body temperature measuring unit on the front side of the portable body temperature measuring apparatus. That is, the relative positional relationship between the body temperature measurement unit and the identity identification unit may be set as a vertical relationship. The reason for disposing the body temperature measuring unit on the upper side and the identification unit on the lower side is because it is common for the user to measure body temperature toward the wrist 940 of the body temperature subject while facing each other. . When the body temperature measurement target puts the identification means on his/her hand and presents it to the user in a state facing each other, as shown in FIG. 9 , from the user's point of view, the wrist 940 of the body temperature measurement target is on the upper side, and the identification means 930 is on the bottom side. will be located in In consideration of this, on the front of the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 , the body temperature measuring unit may be disposed on the upper side and the identity identification unit body temperature measuring unit at the lower side.

In particular, the body temperature measuring unit and the identity identification unit may be provided in the portable body temperature measuring device within a range where the respective measuring/recognizing areas 920 and 910 do not overlap each other. In more detail, a relative positional relationship between the body temperature measurement unit and the identity identification unit may be established within a range where the body temperature measurement area 920 of the body temperature measurement unit does not overlap with the identification means recognition area 910 of the identification unit. This is because when the recognition/measurement targets 940 and 930 are different from each other and the two regions 920 and 910 are set to overlap each other, the recognition/measurement accuracy decreases.

Furthermore, the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 instructs the boundary lines 950 and 960 of the regions 910 and 920 so that the user can recognize the identification means recognition region 910 and the body temperature measurement region 920 . / May further include a laser output unit for outputting a laser for guiding. The laser output unit largely outputs a first laser output unit that outputs a laser 960 for instructing/guides the body temperature measurement area 920, and a laser 950 for instructing/guiding the identification means recognition area 910. It may include a second laser output unit. The portable body temperature measuring device 100 selectively activates the first and/or the second laser output unit according to the operation mode to allow the user to recognize the identification means recognizing area 910 and the body temperature measuring area 920 while recognizing the portable body temperature measuring area 920 . The body temperature measuring apparatus 100 may be induced to be used.

For example, in the first mode, the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 first activates only the second laser output unit to guide the identification means recognition area 910 to induce the user to position the identification means 930 in the corresponding area. In this way, identification can be performed quickly and accurately. When the identification is completed, the portable body temperature measuring device 100 deactivates the second laser output unit, but activates the first laser output unit to guide the body temperature measuring area 920, thereby allowing the user to place a body part ( 940) to be positioned so that body temperature measurement can be performed quickly and accurately.

Similarly, in the second mode, the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 may activate both the first and second laser outputs, and in the third mode, the portable body temperature measuring apparatus 100 selectively selects only the first laser output unit. will activate

As such, the portable body temperature measuring device 100 may provide an indicator so that the user can visually check the body temperature measuring region 920 and the identification means recognition region 910, and in addition to the laser output unit, various output means (for example, This can be implemented with LED (Light Emitting Diode) output, etc.).

On the other hand, if the user and the body temperature measurement target face during the measurement, the user may interfere with the body temperature measurement target's path, so that the user does not interfere with the body temperature measurement target's progress path In some cases, temperature may be measured. Even at this time, if the above-described upper and lower positional relationship between the identity identification unit and the body temperature identification unit is maintained (in particular, when the position of the body temperature identification unit is fixed), as shown in FIG. 10 , the body temperature measurement area 920 is the body temperature Since it is outside the range of the body part 940 of the subject to be measured, accurate body temperature measurement becomes impossible.

In order to solve this problem, in the present specification, the body temperature measuring region 920 is flexibly adjusted by rotating/moving the body temperature measuring unit, or simultaneous recognition/measuring is possible by the portable body temperature measuring device 100 instead of fixing the body temperature measuring unit. An embodiment in which the location of the identification means and the location of a body part are previously guided to a subject to be measured for body temperature is proposed, which will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 11 to 14 .

11 is a diagram illustrating a rotation operation of a body temperature measuring unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, in order to solve the problem that the body temperature measurement area is out of the body range of the body temperature measurement subject according to the relative positional relationship between the user and the body temperature measurement subject as described above, the body temperature measurement unit may include a rotational motor for rotationally driving. In more detail, as shown in this figure, the body temperature measuring unit may include a rotating motor unit for rotationally driving the body temperature measuring area around the identifying means recognizing area within a range that does not overlap the identifying means recognizing area. In particular, the rotation motor unit may be installed/connected to the rear end of the body temperature measuring unit to rotate the body temperature measuring unit with a preset rotation radius.

The portable body temperature measuring device may measure the body temperature of a subject to be measured by driving the rotating motor unit to rotate the body temperature measuring unit based on the operation mode. In particular, when the operation mode is the second operation mode, the portable body temperature measuring apparatus may measure the body temperature by driving the rotating motor unit. For example, in the second mode, the portable body temperature measuring device may control the body temperature measuring unit to measure the temperature along the turning radius by driving the rotating motor, and measure the highest temperature among the temperatures measured along the turning radius. It can be recognized by the subject's body temperature. If the measured body temperature is out of the normal body temperature range, the portable body temperature measuring apparatus may switch to the third mode as described above and re-measure the body temperature of the subject to be measured.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of measuring body temperature by indirectly recognizing the position of a body part of a subject to be measured based on the position of the identification means is proposed.

12 and 13 are diagrams illustrating a measuring method of a portable body temperature measuring device based on a rotation operation of a body temperature measuring unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 , the wrist 940 , which is a body part of the body temperature measurement subject, assumes that the identification means 930 is placed on the palm, the vertical center line 1210 - 2 of the identification means 930 . ) or the horizontal center line 1210-1 is most likely to be located. Here, the vertical center line 1210 - 2 means an imaginary line vertically penetrating the center of the identification means 930 placed in the forward direction, and the horizontal center line 1210 - 1 is the center of the identification means 930 placed in the forward direction. means an imaginary line penetrating horizontally, and the vertical center line 1210 - 2 and the horizontal center line 1210 - 1 form a right angle to each other. Here, the forward direction may mean a direction in which characters (eg, names, numbers, social security numbers, etc.) marked on the identification means 930 can be recognized.

With this in mind, in the present specification, an embodiment in which the body temperature measurement target's wrist 940 position is predicted based on the position of the identification means 930 and the body temperature is measured by rotating the body temperature measuring unit to the corresponding point is proposed. do.

As an embodiment, referring to FIG. 12 , when the portable body temperature measuring device recognizes the identification means, it recognizes the horizontal center line 1210-1 of the recognized identification means and drives the rotation motor to determine the horizontal center line 1210-1. The temperature may be measured by rotating the body temperature measuring area to a position perpendicular to the pole (or a position meeting the vertical center line 1210 - 2 ) 920 - 1 and 920 - 2 . Since there are a total of two positions 920-1 and 920-2 that are perpendicular to the horizontal center line 1210-1 (or where they meet the vertical center line 1210-2), the portable body temperature measuring device has two positions ( It can be seen that the temperature for 920-1 and 920-2) is measured. In this case, the portable body temperature measuring apparatus may recognize the higher measured temperature among the two measured temperatures as the body temperature of the body temperature measurement subject.

This embodiment is based on the premise that the identification means is placed in the forward direction as shown in FIG. 12, and is difficult to apply when placing an ID card as shown in FIG. Accordingly, an embodiment of measuring the temperature at two positions meeting the horizontal center line 1210 - 1 (or forming a right angle with the vertical center line 1210 - 2 ) is proposed below.

As another embodiment, referring to FIG. 13 , the portable body temperature measuring device has a position (or a position perpendicular to the vertical center line 1210-2) that meets the horizontal center line 1210-1 of the identification means 930 (920-) 3, 920-4), the body temperature measurement area can be rotated to measure the temperature. In this case, as in the embodiment of FIG. 12 , the portable body temperature measuring device measures the temperature for a total of two positions 920-3 and 920-4, and the higher measured temperature among the two measured temperatures is the body temperature. It can be recognized by the subject's body temperature.

Therefore, when the user first places the identification means in the identification means recognition area regardless of the body temperature measurement area, the portable body temperature measurement device automatically rotates the body temperature measurement unit to the expected wrist position by recognizing the vertical/horizontal center line of the identification means It can be driven to measure body temperature.

The above-described embodiments of FIGS. 12 and 13 may be applied selectively or in combination. When the two embodiments are applied in combination, the portable body temperature measuring device measures the temperature for a total of four regions 920-1 to 920-4, and the highest measured temperature among the four measured temperatures is the body temperature measurement subject can be recognized by the body temperature of

14 is a diagram illustrating a body temperature measurement guide according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Since the method for measuring body temperature of a portable body temperature measuring device proposed in the present specification enables a more accurate body temperature measurement with respect to a specific hand gesture, a guide as shown in this figure is disclosed to enable body temperature measurement subjects to identify and measure body temperature. You can ask for cooperation.

Depending on the embodiment, a specific hand gesture and the direction of the identification means may be determined, and this figure exemplifies a guide that can be used when measuring body temperature using the embodiment of FIG. 12 .

Furthermore, in a situation in which this notice is essential, the portable body temperature measuring device may be provided in the portable body temperature measuring device so that the body temperature measuring area is located in an area where the body temperature measuring area meets the horizontal center line and/or the vertical center line of the identity identification area. In this case, the position of the body temperature measuring unit is fixed, and there is no need to separately provide a rotating motor unit. When the body temperature measuring unit is provided to be located in both the regions meeting the horizontal center line and the vertical center line, a total of two body temperature measuring units may be provided at each position. In this case, since there is no need to separately provide a rotating motor unit, the manufacturing cost of the portable body temperature measuring device is lowered, and the internal system complexity is reduced.

15 is a block diagram of a portable body temperature measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

15 , the portable body temperature measuring device includes a controller 1510 , an identity identification unit 1520 , a body temperature measuring unit 1530 , a communication unit 1540 , an input/output unit 1550 , and a memory unit 1560 . can do.

The controller 1510 may independently perform the embodiments proposed in this specification, and for this purpose, may control at least one component/unit included in the portable body temperature measuring device. Accordingly, in the above-described embodiments, the portable body temperature measuring device may be described as being replaced with the controller 1510 . The control unit 1510 is a CPU (Central Processing Unit), MPU (Micro Processor Unit), MCU (Micro Controller Unit), AP (Application Processor), AP (Application Processor), or any form well known in the art of the present invention. It may be configured to include at least one processor. The controller 1510 may perform an operation on at least one application or program for executing the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.

The identity identification unit 1520 may identify the identity of the body temperature measurement target by recognizing the identification means. The identification means may include, for example, a barcode including (or recognizable) identification information of the subject to be temperature measured, radio frequency identification (RFID), near field communication (NFC), quick response (QR) code, identification card, resident registration card, It may correspond to at least one of a passport, a driver's license, an employee ID, and a pass. The identity identification unit 1520 is a component/module/unit capable of recognizing such an identification means, for example, among a barcode reader, an RFID recognition module, an NFC recognition module, a QR code recognition module, and an OCR (optical character recognition) recognition module. It may correspond to at least one. The identity identification unit 1520 may transmit a result of recognizing/identifying the identification means to the control unit 1510 .

The body temperature measuring unit 1530 may measure body temperature in various non-contact methods. In particular, the body temperature measuring unit 1530 may include at least one body temperature measuring means to measure the body temperature of the body part of the subject in a non-contact manner. For example, the body temperature measuring unit 1530 may measure the body temperature by calculating the amount of infrared rays emitted from a body part of the subject to be measured as a temperature. In addition, the body temperature measuring unit 1530 may measure the body temperature of a subject to be measured in various non-contact methods, and may transmit the body temperature measurement result to the controller 1510 . In addition, the rotation motor unit (not shown) provided in the body temperature measuring unit 1530 may receive a control signal from the control unit 1510 and be controlled by the control unit 1510 .

The communication unit 1540 may transmit/receive data by performing communication using various wired/wireless communication protocols. In particular, the communication unit 1540 may transmit various data/information (in particular, identity and body temperature information) stored in the memory unit 1560 to the outside.

The input/output unit 1550 may receive an input from a user or may output various information/data. The input/output unit 1550 may be configured as a single unit or divided into separate units (ie, an input unit and an output unit are divided into separate units) to be provided in the portable body temperature measuring device. When the input/output unit 1550 is configured as one unit, it may be implemented as a display unit that receives a user's touch/push input and displays various information/data at the same time.

In particular, the input unit 1550 may include at least one sensor to receive/sens various user inputs. For example, the input unit 1550 may include a gravity sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, a motion sensor, a gyroscope sensor, an acceleration sensor, an infrared sensor, an inclination sensor, a brightness sensor, and an altitude in order to receive/sens a user input. It may include at least one of various sensing means such as a sensor, an olfactory sensor, a temperature sensor, a depth sensor, a pressure sensor, a bending sensor, an audio sensor, a video sensor, a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, a touch sensor, and a grip sensor. . The input unit 1550 may receive/sens an input for triggering user identification and body temperature measurement, a mode selection/switching input, and the like, and transmit the received/sensed input to the controller.

In addition, the output unit 1550 may include at least one output means for outputting various types of information, for example, a display for outputting visual information, a speaker for outputting auditory information, etc. can

The memory unit 1560 may store various digital data. In particular, the memory unit 1560 may store the body temperature measurement subject's identification information, body temperature measurement information, and/or measurement time information. In particular, information extracted from one body temperature measurement subject may be stored to correspond to the identified identification information, and the memory unit 1560 may list up and manage/store information of a plurality of body temperature measurement subjects. The memory unit 1560 may correspond to various digital data storage spaces, such as a flash memory, a hard disk drive (HDD), and a solid state drive (SSD).

Although not shown in this block diagram, the portable body temperature measuring device may further include a power supply unit (not shown) for supplying power, and the power supply unit is a power source connected to a battery inside the portable body temperature measuring device or an external power source, It is possible to supply power to the body temperature measuring device. Such a power supply unit may be provided in the form of being built into the handle of the portable body temperature measuring device.

Embodiments according to the present invention may be implemented by various means, for example, hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof. In the case of implementation by hardware, an embodiment of the present invention provides one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), FPGAs ( field programmable gate arrays), a processor, a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, and the like.

In addition, in the case of implementation by firmware or software, an embodiment of the present invention is implemented in the form of a module, procedure, function, etc. that performs the functions or operations described above, and is stored in a recording medium readable through various computer means. can be recorded. Here, the recording medium may include a program command, a data file, a data structure, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the recording medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and available to those skilled in the art of computer software. For example, the recording medium includes a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk, and a magnetic tape, an optical recording medium such as a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), a digital video disk (DVD), and a floppy disk. Magneto-Optical Media, such as a disk, and hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions may include high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like as well as machine language codes such as those generated by a compiler. Such hardware devices may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

In addition, the device or terminal according to the present invention may be driven by a command to cause one or more processors to perform the functions and processes described above. For example, such instructions may include interpreted instructions, such as script instructions, such as JavaScript or ECMAScript instructions, or executable code or other instructions stored on a computer-readable medium. Furthermore, the device according to the present invention may be implemented in a distributed manner across a network, such as a server farm, or may be implemented in a single computer device.

Further, a computer program (also known as a program, software, software application, script or code) mounted on the device according to the invention and executing the method according to the invention includes compiled or interpreted language or a priori or procedural language. It can be written in any form of programming language, and can be deployed in any form, including stand-alone programs, modules, components, subroutines, or other units suitable for use in a computer environment. A computer program does not necessarily correspond to a file in a file system. A program may be in a single file provided to the requested program, or in multiple interacting files (eg, files that store one or more modules, subprograms, or portions of code), or portions of files that hold other programs or data. (eg, one or more scripts stored within a markup language document). The computer program may be deployed to be executed on a single computer or multiple computers located at one site or distributed over a plurality of sites and interconnected by a communication network.

Although each drawing is described separately for convenience of description, it is also possible to design to implement a new embodiment by merging the embodiments described in each drawing. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the configuration and method of the described embodiments as described above, but the above-described embodiments are configured by selectively combining all or part of each embodiment so that various modifications can be made. it might be

In addition, although preferred embodiments have been illustrated and described above, the present specification is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the specification belongs without departing from the gist of the claims Various modifications are possible by a person, of course, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or perspective of the present specification.

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Claims (19)

A portable body temperature measuring device capable of identification and non-contact body temperature measurement, comprising:
a body temperature measuring unit that measures the body temperature of a subject's body temperature in a non-contact manner;
an identity identification unit for recognizing the identification means of the body temperature measurement target to identify the body temperature measurement target;
a memory unit for storing the body temperature measured by the body temperature measurement unit and the identity identified by the identity identification unit;
an input unit configured to receive an input from a user as to which operation mode to operate as the body temperature measurement method and the identity identification method are defined differently for each operation mode; and
a controller configured to control the body temperature measuring unit, the identity identification unit, the memory unit, and the input unit; including,
When the control unit receives the first mode input from the user,
Activating the identity identification unit and recognizing the identification means to identify the identity of the body temperature measurement target;
When the identification is completed, the identity identification unit is deactivated, and the body temperature measurement unit is activated for a preset time from the time when the identification is completed to measure the body temperature of the body temperature measurement subject in the non-contact manner,
When the measurement is completed, the body temperature measuring unit is deactivated, and the measured body temperature and the identified identity are matched and stored in the memory unit. The method of claim 1,
The body temperature measuring unit,
and an infrared thermometer measuring the body temperature by calculating an amount of infrared radiation emitted from a body part of the body temperature measurement subject as a temperature. 3. The method of claim 2,
The body part includes a wrist, forehead, and temple of the body temperature measurement subject, a portable body temperature measuring device. The method of claim 1,
The identification means,
A portable body temperature measuring device corresponding to at least one of a barcode, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Near Field Communication (NFC), Quick Response (QR) code, identification card, national ID card, passport, driver's license, employee ID, and pass. 5. The method of claim 4,
The identity identification unit,
A portable body temperature measuring device corresponding to at least one of a barcode reader, an RFID recognition module, an NFC recognition module, a QR code recognition module, and an optical character recognition (OCR) recognition module. The method of claim 1,
When the control unit receives the second mode input from the user,
Activating both the identity identification unit and the body temperature measuring unit simultaneously to recognize the identification means, measure the body temperature of the subject to be measured, and store the measured body temperature and the identified identity in the memory unit in correspondence with each other, Portable body temperature measuring device. 7. The method of claim 6,
When the control unit stores the measured body temperature and the identified identity in correspondence with the memory unit,
Compensating for the measured body temperature according to a preset temperature compensation method, and storing a compensation result value in the memory unit in correspondence with the identified identity as the measured body temperature. 8. The method of claim 7,
The control unit is
and when the measured body temperature is out of a normal temperature range as a result of the body temperature measurement, the operation mode is switched from the second mode to a third mode. 9. The method of claim 8,
The control unit, when the operation mode is switched from the second mode to the third mode,
a portable body temperature measuring device for re-measuring the body temperature of the subject to be measured by deactivating the identity identification unit and activating only the body temperature measuring unit for a preset time from the time when the operation mode is switched. 7. The method of claim 6,
The body temperature measurement unit and the identity identification unit,
The portable body temperature measuring device is installed in the portable body temperature measuring device in a range where an area where the body temperature is measured by the body temperature measuring unit does not overlap an area where the identification means is recognized by the identity identification unit. 11. The method of claim 10,
a first laser output unit for outputting a laser for guiding the body temperature measurement area;
a second laser output unit for outputting a laser for guiding the identification means recognition area; Further comprising, a portable body temperature measuring device. 11. The method of claim 10,
The body temperature measuring unit,
a rotation motor unit for driving the body temperature measurement region to rotate with the identification means recognition region as a rotation axis and the body temperature measurement region to rotate within a range that does not overlap the identification means recognition region; A portable body temperature measuring device comprising a. 13. The method of claim 12,
When the controller measures the body temperature of the subject to be measured in the second mode,
Measuring the temperature along the rotation radius of the body temperature measuring unit by driving the rotating motor unit,
A portable body temperature measuring device for recognizing the highest measured temperature among the temperatures measured along the rotation radius as the body temperature. 13. The method of claim 12,
When the controller measures the body temperature of the subject to be measured in the second mode,
Recognizing the horizontal center line of the identification means using the identification unit,
Measuring the temperature by driving the rotation motor to rotate the body temperature measuring area to a position perpendicular to the horizontal center line,
A portable body temperature measuring device for recognizing a higher measured temperature among the measured temperatures as the body temperature. 13. The method of claim 12,
When the controller measures the body temperature of the subject to be measured in the second mode,
Recognizing the horizontal center line of the identification means using the identification unit,
Measuring the temperature by driving the rotation motor unit to rotate the body temperature measuring area to a position where it meets the horizontal center line,
A portable body temperature measuring device for recognizing a higher measured temperature among the measured temperatures as the body temperature. 11. The method of claim 10,
The body temperature measuring unit,
The portable body temperature measuring device is installed in the portable body temperature measuring device so that the measuring area is located in an area where the horizontal center line or the vertical center line of the identification area meets. The method of claim 1,
an output unit for outputting the identity and body temperature information stored in the memory unit; Further comprising, a portable body temperature measuring device. The method of claim 1,
a communication unit for transmitting the identity and body temperature information stored in the memory unit to the outside using at least one communication protocol; Further comprising, a portable body temperature measuring device. In the body temperature measurement method capable of identity identification and non-contact body temperature measurement,
receiving an operation mode input from a user;
When the first mode is input as the operation mode from the user:
activating the identification unit and recognizing the identification means to identify the identity of the subject to be measured;
when the identification is completed, inactivating the identity identification unit, and activating the body temperature measurement unit for a preset time from the time when the identification is completed to measure the body temperature of the subject in a non-contact manner; and
inactivating the body temperature measuring unit when the measurement is completed, and storing the measured body temperature and the identified identity in a memory unit in correspondence with each other; A method for measuring body temperature, comprising:

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