KR20230028885A - Caregiving smart pendant - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an orderer customized smart pendant for care using a 3D printer comprising: a heart rate sensor; a heart rate notifying unit; a temperature sensor; a temperature alarm unit; a voice recognizing unit; a character converting unit; an outputting unit; a voice converting unit; a voice information generating unit; and a lamp generating unit. The heart rate sensor is embedded in a body unit and measures a heart rate of a user. The heart rate notifying unit receives a value of the heart rate measured from the heart rate sensor, compares the same with a predetermined value, and notifies a danger signal through a display and a speaker when a difference is outside a predetermined allowable range. The temperature sensor measures a surrounding temperature. The temperature alarm unit receives a temperature value measured from the temperatures sensor, compares the same with a predetermined value, and notifies a danger signal through the display and the speaker when a difference is outside a predetermined allowable range. The voice recognizing unit recognizes voice of the user. The character converting unit converts the voice of the user recognized in the voice recognizing unit into character information. The outputting unit outputs the character information converted from the character converting unit to a terminal connected to a wireless network. The voice converting unit receives a character message from the terminal, converts the same into the voice, and plays the same through the speaker. The voice information generating unit generates voice information by recognizing the voice of the user. The lamp generating unit generates a controlling signal for controlling on/off and brightness of a lamp through a lamp controller connected to the wireless network based on the voice information. The present invention achieve effects such as manufacturing simplification and replacement simplification.

Description

Customized smart pendant for caring with 3D printer {CAREGIVING SMART PENDANT}

The present invention relates to a smart pendant for care, and more particularly, to be used for the purpose of reducing the risk of users such as the elderly living alone, the disabled, patients with reduced mobility, children, etc. It is about a smart pendant for caring made with (a three dimensional printer).

Today, as the number of people living alone away from their families continues to increase due to the deepening of nuclear families and aging, and opportunities for women to participate in economic activities are expanding, the need for social support for the care of vulnerable groups such as the elderly living alone, the disabled, patients with mobility difficulties, and children growing day by day

In particular, in the case of single-person households in the socially disadvantaged class, it is difficult to receive immediate help in the event of a sudden emergency or unexpected situation due to the inability to form a social network or disconnection, so there is a high possibility of being isolated or dying alone.

Patent Document 1 measures the user's biometric information such as heart rate, body temperature, blood pressure, etc. in real time through a wearable type biometric device, and automatically connects to a nearby smart terminal through Bluetooth communication when an emergency is confirmed or suspected. A technique capable of notifying an emergency situation to a management center is disclosed.

However, since it is not possible to collect information on the indoor environment of the residence that can adversely affect the user's health, the reliability of accident prevention is considerably lowered, and the user cannot request a report or rescue himself, so there is a limit to the speed and accuracy of reporting.

The background art or prior art described above herein is information possessed by the present inventor or acquired in the process of deriving the present invention, and is only intended to help understand the technical significance of the present invention, prior to the filing of the present invention, the technology to which this invention belongs It should be noted that it does not mean widely known technologies in the field.

KR 10-2015-0116206 A(2015.10.15) KR 10-2020-0116241 A(2020.10.12) KR 10-2029342 B1(2019.09.30)

Accordingly, the present inventor comprehensively considers the above-mentioned matters and at the same time, in order to solve the technical limitations and problems of the existing wearable type care system technology, communication technology and IoT technology that interworks through wired and wireless networks are installed to provide voice commands It remotely controls indoor lighting, and it is equipped with text-to-speech recognition technology to make a call or send text messages by voice without pressing a button on the terminal. It can be used for various purposes, such as reading, and through this, it is a new structure that can promote the effect of reducing the risk of users such as the elderly living alone, the disabled, patients with reduced mobility, and children who live alone away from the group or feel isolated and lonely. In order to develop a smart pendant for care, the present invention was created as a result of continuous research with great efforts.

Therefore, the technical problem and object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a smart pendant for care that is manufactured using a 3D printer and can be used for various purposes.

In other words, the main body constituting the pendant as well as all the components coupled or mounted on the main body can be manufactured in 3D, as well as being easy to assemble and replace by mutually assembling.

Here, the technical problems and objects to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the technical problems and objects mentioned above, and other technical problems and objects that are not mentioned are the general knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs from the description below. Those who have it will be able to clearly understand.

Specific means according to an aspect of the present invention for effectively achieving a specific technical goal while embodying a new idea for solving the technical problem of the present invention as described above is a main body unit provided with a display and a speaker, A heart rate sensor built into the main body and measuring the user's heart rate, the heart rate value measured from the heart rate sensor is received and compared with a predetermined value, and the difference is outside the predetermined allowable range through the display and the speaker. A heart rate notification unit notifying a signal, a temperature sensor for measuring the ambient temperature, receiving the temperature value measured from the temperature sensor and comparing it with a predetermined value, and when the difference is out of a predetermined allowable range, through the display and the speaker A temperature notification unit that notifies the danger signal, a voice recognition unit that recognizes the user's voice, a character conversion unit that converts the user's voice recognized by the voice recognition unit into text information, and the text information converted from the text conversion unit is sent to the wireless network. an output unit for outputting to a terminal connected to the terminal, a voice conversion unit for receiving a text message received from the terminal and converting it into a voice and playing it back through the speaker, a voice information generator for recognizing the user's voice and generating voice information, and the voice information Suggests a smart pendant for care characterized in that it is adopted, including a lighting control unit for generating a control signal for controlling the on / off and brightness of lighting through a lighting controller connected to a wireless network based on.

As a result, the present invention is equipped with communication technologies such as Wi-Fi, ZigBee, and Bluetooth, and IoT technology that interlocks through wired and wireless networks, so that indoor lighting can be remotely controlled with voice commands, as well as textual voice recognition technology, so that users do not have to press buttons on the terminal. It can be used for various purposes, such as making a phone call or sending text messages with voice, and converting text messages from the terminal into voice using voice synthesis technology to read them.

In addition, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a finger groove for inserting a user's finger is formed on one side of the main body, and the user's finger directly contacts the heart rate sensor on the inner bottom surface of the finger groove. A contact hole is formed to do this, and a needle insertion hole is formed on at least one of both side surfaces of the finger groove in order to pick up the root of the fingernail at the end of the finger with a needle in a state where the user's finger is inserted into the finger groove, so that the elderly living alone , Disabled people, patients with reduced mobility, children, etc., can safely pierce the base of the nail of the thumb with a needle and exsanguinate by themselves.

In addition, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is integrally formed on one side of a cylinder formed in the body portion to communicate with the needle insertion hole, a button protruding out of the body portion, and one of the buttons and pressing the button It is configured to further include a needle protruding from the cylinder into the finger groove through the needle insertion hole according to manipulation and a spring built in the cylinder and returning the button and the needle to their original positions by an elastic action. You can easily and safely pick the root of the nail of your thumb by yourself.

According to the technical idea and embodiment of the present invention, on which a unique solution is based to solve the above technical problems, it is equipped with communication technology such as Wi-Fi, ZigBee, and Bluetooth and IoT technology that interworks through wired and wireless networks to provide voice Not only can the indoor lighting be remotely controlled with a command, but it is also equipped with text-to-speech recognition technology to make a call or send a text message by voice without pressing the button on the terminal, and it is also equipped with voice synthesis technology to send text messages to the terminal. It is converted into text and read so that users who have difficulty reading text can easily check the text message.

In other words, it can be used for various purposes such as preventing accidents by collecting indoor environment information of the residence and requesting self-reporting or rescue by the user. It can promote the effect of lowering the possibility of danger to users such as children.

Furthermore, when a user such as an elderly person living alone, a disabled person, a patient with reduced mobility, or a child is sick, they can safely pierce the root of the nail of the thumb with a needle and exsanguinate.

In addition, the main body as well as all components coupled or mounted on the main body can be manufactured in 3D, so that effects such as simplification of manufacturing and replacement can be achieved.

Here, the effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a smart pendant for care according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view showing a smart pendant for care according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a front view to aid understanding of the use of a smart pendant for care according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a local cross-sectional view to aid understanding of the use of a smart pendant for care according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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

Prior to this, the terms to be described below are defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which specifies that they should be interpreted as concepts consistent with the technical spirit of the present invention and meanings commonly used or commonly recognized in the art.

In addition, if it is determined that a detailed description of a known function or configuration related to the present invention may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted.

The accompanying drawings are partially exaggerated or simplified for explanation of the configuration and operation of the technology and convenience and clarity of understanding, and it is revealed that each component does not exactly match the actual size and shape.

In addition, in this specification, the term and / or is meant to include a combination of a plurality of related items described or any item among a plurality of related items described, and when a part includes a certain component, this is particularly the opposite description. As long as there is no , it means that other components can be included more than not excluding other components.

That is, terms such as 'include', 'include', or 'have' mean that the features, number, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in this specification exist. However, it should be understood that it does not exclude the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, step-operating elements, parts, or combinations thereof.

In addition, the meaning of the terms "unit" and "unit" means a module type that plays a role or unit that processes at least one function or a certain operation for the purpose of the system, which is hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. It can be implemented as a device or assembly capable of performing an independent operation or a means through the like.

In addition, terms such as top, bottom, top, bottom, or top, bottom, top, bottom, front and rear, left and right are used for convenience to distinguish the relative positions of each component. For example, an upper part in the drawing may be named or referred to as an upper part, a lower part may be named or referred to as a lower part, a longitudinal direction may be named or referred to as a front-back direction, and a width direction may be named or referred to as a left-right direction.

Also, terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components. That is, terms such as first and second may be used for the purpose of distinguishing only one element from another element. For example, a first component may be referred to as a second component without departing from the scope of the present invention, and the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the main components constituting the smart pendant for care according to an embodiment of the present invention are a display 10, a speaker 20, a body part 30, a heart rate sensor 40, Heart rate notification unit 50, temperature sensor 60, temperature notification unit 70, voice recognition unit 80, text conversion unit 90, output unit 100, voice conversion unit 110, voice information generation It includes a unit 120 and a lighting control unit 130.

The display 10 may display recognized object information, converted text information, and judgment information on a dangerous situation.

Here, the display 10 may be implemented in a liquid crystal, plasma, light-emitting diode, organic light-emitting diode, or other various display methods. It can be.

Also, the display 10 may be installed on the surface of the main body 30 .

The speaker 20 may reproduce recognized object information, converted text information, and danger signals as voices.

Here, the speaker 20 may be installed on the side of the main body 30, but is not limited thereto, and a method of outputting voice information through a separate device connected to the output unit 100 through wireless communication may be applied. , A separate device connected through wireless communication may be a device that reproduces voice through wireless communication, such as a hearing aid worn by a user, an earphone, or a headset.

The main body portion 30 is formed to form an appearance and can be carried by a user, and a connection hole 34 for connecting to a necklace line or the like is formed at the top.

The body part 30 is divided into two when manufactured using a 3D printer, and in a state of being in close contact with each other around the inner space, one side is configured to rotate around a hinge such as a hinge, and the other side is mutually connected through a locking means. On the other hand, it can be locked, as another example, it can be manufactured in a form assembled in a form in which the inside is opened and closed by forming a lid on one side.

The locking means can be a known technology, and various technologies such as magnetic coupling, pin coupling, and male/female coupling can be applied.

In addition, a finger groove 31 for inserting a user's finger is formed on one side of the body portion 30, and the user's finger directly contacts the heart rate sensor 40 on the inner bottom surface of the finger groove 31. A contact hole 32 for doing so is drilled.

In addition, a needle insertion hole 33 is formed on at least one of both side surfaces of the finger groove 31 .

That is, the needle insertion hole 33 is drilled to guide the user to pick up the nail root portion of the fingertip with a needle in a state in which the user's finger is inserted into the finger groove 31 .

Here, a ventilation hole (not shown) may be formed on the other side of the main body part 30 so that the user's voice is smoothly transmitted to the microphone of the voice recognition unit 80 and the voice information generator 120.

The heart rate sensor 40 is installed inside the main body 30 to measure the user's heart rate.

Here, the heart rate sensor 40 may adopt a structure including a light emitting unit that emits white light, a near-infrared organic photoelectric conversion element and a red photoelectric conversion element that detect light transmitted or reflected after being irradiated onto a blood vessel from the light emitting unit. can

In addition, the light source transmitting unit irradiates light to the user's artery portion, detects the light transmitted from the vein portion through the user's artery portion using a photo director, and calculates the amount of light received at this time. structure can be employed.

The heart rate notification unit 50 receives the heart rate value measured by the heart rate sensor 40 and compares it with a predetermined value, and when the difference is out of a predetermined allowable range, a danger signal is generated through the display 10 and the speaker 20. It is built into the main body 30 to notify.

The temperature sensor 60 is built into the main body 30 to measure the temperature around the user.

The temperature notification unit 70 receives the temperature value measured by the temperature sensor 60 and compares it with a predetermined value, and sends a danger signal through the display 10 and the speaker 20 when the difference is out of a predetermined allowable range. It is built into the main body 30 to notify.

The voice recognition unit 80 is built into the main body 30 to recognize a user's voice.

That is, the voice recognition unit 80 may generate recognized voice information through a process for recognizing an external voice.

Here, the voice recognition unit 80 may include a microphone for recognizing external voice. Examples of the microphone may include, but are not limited to, a nondirectional mic, a unidirectional mic, an ultra unidirectional microphone, and a long-distance zoom microphone.

The text conversion unit 90 is built into the main body 30 to convert the user's voice data recognized by the voice recognition unit 80 into text information.

Here, the text conversion unit 90 extracts characteristic information of the voice signal recognized through the voice recognition unit 80, and refers to text data corresponding to the characteristics of each voice data stored in advance to character information corresponding to the corresponding voice data. can be extracted and generated.

The output unit 100 is built into the body unit 30 to output the text information converted from the text conversion unit 90 to a user terminal such as a mobile phone connected to a wireless network.

The voice conversion unit 110 is built into the main body 30 to receive a text message from a user terminal, convert it into voice, and reproduce the text message through the speaker 20.

Here, the voice conversion unit 110 extracts feature information of the text message, and extracts and generates voice information corresponding to the text information by referring to voice data corresponding to the feature of each text information stored in advance.

The voice information generating unit 120 is built into the main body 30 to recognize a user's voice and convert and generate an electrical signal.

Here, the voice information generator 120 may include a microphone for receiving voice input.

The lighting controller 130 is built into the main body 30 to control on/off and brightness of lights installed around the user.

That is, the lighting control unit 130 controls the on/off and brightness of lighting through a lighting controller connected to a wireless network based on a voice signal obtained by converting a user's voice into an electrical signal in the voice information generating unit 120. generate a control signal for

Here, the lighting control unit 130 converts the voice input through the microphone of the voice information generating unit 120 into an electrical signal, and a circuit unit and circuit unit for transmitting the audio signal converted into an electrical signal through communication with the outside. It may include a battery that supplies power for operation.

In addition, the circuit unit may be provided with a Bluetooth module that communicates and transmits a voice signal converted into an electrical signal to the outside.

The smart pendant for caring according to an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is equipped with communication technologies such as Wi-Fi, ZigBee, and Bluetooth, and IoT technology that interworks through wired and wireless networks, so that indoor lighting can be remotely controlled with a voice command.

In addition, it is equipped with text-to-speech recognition (TTS) technology to make a call or send a text message by voice without pressing a button on the terminal, and to read text by converting the text message of the terminal into voice and reading it with voice synthesis technology. Difficult users can easily check text messages.

Therefore, it can be used for a variety of purposes that lower the possibility of danger to users, such as elderly people living alone away from a group or isolated and lonely, disabled people, patients with reduced mobility, and children.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, when a user such as an elderly person living alone, a handicapped person, a patient with reduced mobility, or a child is sick, it can be safely used alone to pierce the root of the nail of the thumb with a needle and to shed blood.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, a cylinder 35 is connected to the main body 30 of the smart pendant for care according to another embodiment of the present invention so as to communicate with the needle insertion hole 33, and the main body A button 36 protrudes out of the part 30.

In addition, at one end of the button 36 in the longitudinal direction, the needle 37 protruding from the cylinder 35 through the needle insertion hole 33 into the finger groove 31 according to the operation of pressing the button 36 by the user is integrated. is formed with

In addition, a spring 38 is embedded in the cylinder 35 to return the button 36 and the needle 37 to their original positions by an elastic action.

That is, the spring 38 causes an elastic change of compression and return in response to the change of the needle 37 whose position moves along the cylinder 35 by the operation of pressing the button 36, and accordingly the button 36 And the needle 37 can be automatically returned to its original state and maintained in the cylinder 35.

Here, the spring 38 accumulates elastic energy when a compressive deformation occurs due to a force that resists the applied load, that is, a force pressed by the button 36, and a force to return to its original state by resisting the compressive force (restoring force ) It is preferable to use a compression coil spring that generates, but is not limited thereto, and any one may be used as long as it acts to resist the force to be compressed.

The smart pendant for caring according to another embodiment of the present invention configured as described above has an effect of allowing the user to easily and safely pick up the root of the nail of the thumb alone when the user is sick.

In addition, the body unit 30 constituting the present invention, the heart rate notification unit 50, the temperature notification unit 70, the voice recognition unit 80, the text conversion unit 90, the output unit 100, and the voice conversion unit (110), voice information generating unit 120, and lighting control unit 130 are preferably separately manufactured with a 3D printer, which can be easily manufactured and assembled using a 3D printer, and can be separated and replaced when damaged. is possible

Here, among the components related to the smart pendant for care according to another embodiment of the present invention, components having the same or similar action and effect as those of the above-described embodiment use the same reference numerals, and repetitive and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited by the above-described embodiments (embodiment) and the accompanying drawings, and can be variously modified and applied in various ways not illustrated within the scope without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention, as well as each It is clear to those of ordinary skill in the art that the components can be widely applied by substitution of components and changes to other equivalent embodiments.

Therefore, contents related to the modification and application of the technical features of the present invention should be interpreted as being included within the technical spirit and scope of the present invention.

10: display 20: speaker
30: body part 31: finger groove
32: contact hole 33: needle insertion hole
35: cylinder 36: button
37: needle 38: spring
40: heart rate sensor 50: heart rate notification unit
60: temperature sensor 70: temperature notification unit
80: voice recognition unit 90: text conversion unit
100: output unit 110: voice conversion unit
120: voice information generating unit 130: lighting control unit

Claims (6)

a body portion 30 equipped with a display 10 and a speaker 20;
a heart rate sensor 40 built into the main body 30 and measuring a user's heart rate;
A heart rate notification unit that receives the heart rate value measured by the heart rate sensor 40 and compares it with a predetermined value, and notifies the danger signal through the display 10 and the speaker 20 when the difference is out of a predetermined allowable range. (50);
a temperature sensor 60 built into the main body 30 and measuring ambient temperature;
A temperature notification unit that receives the temperature value measured by the temperature sensor 60, compares it with a predetermined value, and notifies the danger signal through the display 10 and the speaker 20 when the difference is out of a predetermined allowable range. (70);
Voice recognition unit 80 for recognizing the user's voice;
a text conversion unit 90 that converts the user's voice recognized by the voice recognition unit 80 into text information;
an output unit 100 that outputs the character information converted from the character conversion unit 90 to a terminal connected to a wireless network;
a voice conversion unit 110 that receives text messages from the terminal, converts them into voices, and reproduces the text messages through the speaker 20;
Voice information generation unit 120 for generating voice information by recognizing the user's voice; and
A lighting controller 130 generating a control signal for controlling on/off and brightness of lighting through a lighting controller connected to a wireless network based on the voice information;
Characterized in that it comprises a smart pendant tailored to the orderer for care.
According to claim 1,
A finger groove 31 for inserting a user's finger is formed on one side of the body portion 30,
A contact hole 32 for directly contacting the user's finger to the heart rate sensor 40 is formed on the inner bottom surface of the finger groove 31,
A needle insertion hole 33 is provided on at least one of both side surfaces of the finger groove 31 to guide the user to pick the nail root portion of the fingertip with a needle while the user's finger is inserted into the finger groove 31. Characterized in that formed, a smart pendant tailored to the orderer for care.
According to claim 2,
a cylinder 35 connected to the needle insertion hole 33 in the main body 30;
a button 36 protruding out of the main body 30;
A needle ( 37); and
a spring 38 built into the cylinder 35 and returning the button 36 and the needle 37 to their original positions by an elastic action;
Characterized in that it further comprises a smart pendant tailored to the orderer for care.
According to claim 1,
Body unit 30, heart rate notification unit 50, temperature notification unit 70, voice recognition unit 80, text conversion unit 90, output unit 100, voice conversion unit 110, voice information generation A customized smart pendant for caring, characterized in that the unit 120 and the lighting control unit 130 are separately manufactured with a 3D printer and assembled to each other so that they can be separated and replaced.
According to claim 4,
The body portion 30,
Characterized in that it is produced with a 3D printer and assembled by forming a lid on one side, a customized smart pendant for care.
According to claim 1,
The body portion 30,
Smart pendant customized for care, characterized in that one side is hinged through a hinge to rotate mutually while the other side is mutually locked through a locking means in a state of being in close contact with each other around the inner space by dividing into two .

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