TWI486914B - An information processing system based on multi-layer inference architecture - Google Patents

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TWI486914B
TWI486914B TW101118826A TW101118826A TWI486914B TW I486914 B TWI486914 B TW I486914B TW 101118826 A TW101118826 A TW 101118826A TW 101118826 A TW101118826 A TW 101118826A TW I486914 B TWI486914 B TW I486914B
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一種具多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統Information processing system with multi-level inference structure

本發明係有關於一種多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,尤有關於可對環境中之各種情境特徵進行分析之資訊處理系統。The present invention relates to an information processing system for a multi-hierarchical inference architecture, and more particularly to an information processing system that can analyze various contextual features in an environment.

對於需要密集照護或風險較高的環境,如:老人照護環境、醫療院所、或嬰幼兒托育中心等,需要特別監控其中被觀察者的即時狀態,通常的作法都是在此環境當中設置多種電子感測裝置,以感測出與被觀察者所在環境的各種情境特徵關聯之感測訊號。目前,隨著現代科技的進步,逐漸發展出豐富多樣的電子感測裝置,可針對環境中的各種情境特徵進行感測,如:聲音感測器可感測出周圍環境的聲音強度、光電感測器可感測出環境中的光強度變化、溫度感測器可感測出環境中的溫度值、壓力感測器可感測出環境中的壓力、位移感測器可感測出環境中的某物體遠近距離、甚至是開/關門感測器可感測出環境中的開/關門等。For environments that require intensive care or high risks, such as an elderly care environment, a medical institution, or an infant care center, special monitoring of the immediate state of the observed person is required. The usual practice is to set up in this environment. A plurality of electronic sensing devices sense sensing signals associated with various contextual features of the environment in which the viewer is located. At present, with the advancement of modern technology, a variety of electronic sensing devices have been developed, which can sense various situational features in the environment. For example, the sound sensor can sense the sound intensity and optical inductance of the surrounding environment. The detector can sense the change of light intensity in the environment, the temperature sensor can sense the temperature value in the environment, the pressure sensor can sense the pressure in the environment, and the displacement sensor can sense the environment. The distance between an object and the open/close door sensor can sense the opening/closing of the environment.

然而,為了達成全面性的監控,需要在環境當中裝設為數不少的電子感測裝置,舉例來說,每個門都需裝設開/關門感測器可感測出每個門的開/關門狀態、每張床上都需裝設壓力感測器可感測出床上的壓力、等等,這些各種不同且數量眾多的電子感測裝置皆是將感測到的情境特徵轉換為電子訊號, 且常伴隨者許多雜訊,。因此可想而知,在後端接收此些電子訊號進行資料分析的分析單元所需處理的資料量相當大,以致於無法立時獲得被觀察者的即時狀態或者常有誤報情況發生,使得傳統的資訊處理系統無法對複雜的情境特徵作有效且即時的分析,也存在過高的誤報率。However, in order to achieve comprehensive monitoring, it is necessary to install a large number of electronic sensing devices in the environment. For example, each door needs to be equipped with an on/off door sensor to sense the opening of each door. / Closed state, each bed needs to be equipped with a pressure sensor to sense the pressure on the bed, etc. These various and numerous electronic sensing devices convert the sensed situational features into electronic signals , And often accompanied by a lot of noise,. Therefore, it is conceivable that the amount of data processed by the analysis unit that receives these electronic signals for data analysis at the back end is so large that the instant state of the observed person or the frequent false positives cannot be obtained immediately, so that the conventional Information processing systems are unable to perform effective and immediate analysis of complex contextual features, and there is also a high false positive rate.

為了簡化分析計算過程與感測資料量,傳統的資訊處理系統導入無線射頻識別(下稱RFID)技術,讓被觀察者佩戴RFID標籤(RFID Tag),以偵測被觀察者之即時狀態。然而,這種方式雖然可有效獲得被觀察者之所在位置,但一般人對額外配戴RFID標籤的接受度不高,仍侷限傳統資訊處理系統的效果。因此,目前亟需一種不具侵入性且可即時獲得被觀察者之即時狀態之資訊處理系統。In order to simplify the analysis of the calculation process and the amount of sensing data, the conventional information processing system introduces radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, so that the observer can wear an RFID tag to detect the immediate state of the observed person. However, although this method can effectively obtain the position of the observed person, the general acceptance of the extra RFID tag is not high, and the effect of the traditional information processing system is still limited. Therefore, there is a need for an information processing system that is non-intrusive and provides instant access to the immediate state of the observed person.

本發明之一目的係在提供一種多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,透過多階層推論模組中的推論單元,以較低階層之推論單元輸出之推論訊息為較高階層之推論單元之輸入,對各種情境特徵之感測訊號進行推論且/或更進一步將經推論之資訊進行整合推論,以顯示具有語意之推論結果。It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing system for a multi-level inference structure, in which an inference unit outputted by a lower-level inference unit is input to a higher-level inference unit through an inference unit in a multi-level inference module. Inductive signals for various contextual features are inferred and/or further inferred by inferred information to show inferred results.

本發明之另一目的係在提供一種多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,透過多階層推論模組中的推論單元,無需使用具有侵入性的RFID技術,而可有效推論出具有語意之推論結果, 以即時獲得被觀察者的即時狀態。Another object of the present invention is to provide an information processing system with a multi-level inference structure, which can effectively infer a result of semantic inference by using an intrusive RFID technology through an inference unit in a multi-level inference module. In order to get instant status of the observed person.

本發明之再一目的係在提供一種多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,透過多階層推論模組中以較低階層之推論單元輸出之推論訊息為較高階層之推論單元之輸入的階層架構,將複雜的資訊處理過程由各階層分工進行,以節省處理時間並降低計算複雜度。A further object of the present invention is to provide an information processing system for a multi-hierarchical inference architecture, in which a derivation message outputted by a lower-level inference unit in a multi-level inference module is a hierarchical structure of input of a higher-level inference unit. The complex information processing process is divided by each level to save processing time and reduce computational complexity.

本發明之又一目的係在提供一種多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,使感測單元內具有嵌入式微控制器,以將第一階層的推論模組置放於感測單元內,如此所傳輸的不再是大量且含有雜訊的訊號,而是經處理的資訊,如此可有效的以降低通訊的資料量。Another object of the present invention is to provide an information processing system with a multi-level inference architecture, such that an embedded microcontroller is provided in the sensing unit to place the first level inference module in the sensing unit, and thus transmitted. It is no longer a large amount of noise-containing signals, but processed information, which can effectively reduce the amount of communication data.

本發明之另一目的係在提供一種多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,透過多階層推論模組中的推論單元,對各種情境特徵之感測訊號進行推論處理時,一併進行警示等級分析。Another object of the present invention is to provide an information processing system for a multi-hierarchical inference structure, which performs an inference level analysis together with an inference unit in a multi-level inference module to infer the sensing signals of various context features.

依據本發明,提供一種多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,包括:複數個感測單元、一多階層推論模組及一顯示單元。感測單元分別感測一情境特徵以產生一感測訊號。多階層推論模組接收並分析感測單元產生之感測訊號以產生至少一推論結果,多階層推論模組包括複數個推論單元,分為複數個階層,分別推論出一推論資訊並輸出,較低階層之推論單元輸出之推論訊息為較高階層之推論單元之輸入。顯示單元接收來自多階層推論模組輸出之推論結果,並顯示推論結果。According to the present invention, an information processing system for a multi-level inference architecture is provided, comprising: a plurality of sensing units, a multi-level inference module, and a display unit. The sensing unit senses a context feature to generate a sensing signal. The multi-level inference module receives and analyzes the sensing signals generated by the sensing unit to generate at least one inference result, and the multi-level inference module includes a plurality of inference units, which are divided into a plurality of levels, infering an inference information and outputting, respectively. The inferential message of the output of the lower-level inference unit is the input of the higher-level inference unit. The display unit receives the inference results from the output of the multi-level inference module and displays the inference results.

依據本發明,提供一種資訊處理,包括下列步驟:分別感測一情境特徵以產生一感測訊號;接收並分析此些感測訊號以產生複數個推論資訊;接收並整合推論此些推論資訊以產生至少一推論結果;及顯示推論結果。According to the present invention, there is provided an information processing comprising the steps of: respectively sensing a context feature to generate a sensing signal; receiving and analyzing the sensing signals to generate a plurality of inference information; and receiving and integrating the inference information to Produce at least one inference result; and display the inference result.

依據本發明之一實施態樣,前述多階層推論模組之細部架構可為兩階層式、三階層式、N階層式之推論模組,舉例來說:兩階層式推論模組可包括複數個第一階層推論單元及至少一第二階層推論單元。第一階層推論單元分別接收感測單元產生之感測訊號,並且經由感測訊號分別推論出一第一階層推論資訊。第二階層推論單元接收來自第一階層推論單元之第一階層推論資訊,使第一階層推論資訊同步化,並整合推論出至少一第二階層推論資訊,且多階層推論模組輸出第二階層推論資訊作為前述推論結果,若第一階層的推論資訊已有語意,則亦可由多階層推論模組輸出作為推論結果,然兩階層式推論模組並不限於此。三階層式推論模組可包括複數個第一階層推論單元、複數個第二階層推論單元、及至少一第三級推論單元。第一階層推論單元分別接收感測單元產生之該些訊號,並且經由感測訊號分別推論出一第一階層推論資訊。第二階層推論單元接收來自第一階層推論單元之第一階層推論資訊,使第一階層推論資訊同步化,並分別整合推論出一第二階層推論資訊。第三級推論單元接收來自第二階層推論單元之第二階層推論資訊及感測訊號之其中至少二者,使第二階層推論資訊或感測訊 號同步化,並整合推論出一第三級推論資訊,且多階層推論模組輸出第二階層推論資訊或第三階層推論資訊作為推論結果,若第一階層的推論資訊已有語意,則亦可由多階層推論模組輸出作為推論結果,然三階層式推論模組並不限於此。N階層式之推論模組可以前述兩階層式或三階層式之推論模組為基礎,再增加其他階層之推論單元,然不以此為限。According to an embodiment of the present invention, the detailed structure of the multi-level inference module may be a two-level, three-level, and N-level inference module. For example, the two-level inference module may include a plurality of The first hierarchical inference unit and the at least one second hierarchical inference unit. The first level inference unit respectively receives the sensing signals generated by the sensing unit, and infers a first level inference information through the sensing signals. The second hierarchical inference unit receives the first hierarchical inference information from the first hierarchical inference unit, synchronizes the first hierarchical inference information, and integrates at least one second hierarchical inference information, and the multi-level inference module outputs the second hierarchical level. Inferred information as the result of the above inference, if the inference information of the first level has semantic meaning, the multi-level inference module output can also be used as the inference result, but the two-level inference module is not limited to this. The three-level inference module can include a plurality of first hierarchical inference units, a plurality of second hierarchical inference units, and at least a third inference unit. The first level inference unit respectively receives the signals generated by the sensing unit, and infers a first level of inference information via the sensing signals. The second hierarchical inference unit receives the first hierarchical inference information from the first hierarchical inference unit, synchronizes the first hierarchical inference information, and separately infers a second hierarchical inference information. The third level inference unit receives at least two of the second level inference information and the sensing signal from the second level inference unit, so that the second level infers information or sensed information Synchronization of the number and integration of a third-level inference information, and the multi-level inference module outputs the second-level inference information or the third-level inference information as a result of inference. If the first-level inference information has semantic meaning, then The multi-level inference module output can be used as the inference result, but the three-level inference module is not limited to this. The N-level inference module can be based on the above two-level or three-level inference modules, and then add other units of inference units, but not limited to this.

依據本發明之一實施態樣,本發明之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統可應用於醫療院所、托育中心、居家環境、或其他任何需大量分析環境特徵之感測訊號之環境。感測單元之類型並無限制,可選自下列群組:壓力感測器、位移感測器、溫度感測器、雷射測距儀、及開關門感測器。若針對醫院、療養院、居家住處或其他照護環境,可設計出下列架構舉醫院單人病房為例:感測單元感測一床面壓力以判斷病患睡姿、一地面雷射以判斷有多少隻腳、一沙發床面壓力以判斷看護者是否躺在沙發床上、一浴廁動態偵測以判斷浴廁是否有人及一門房開關之情境特徵以產生相關之感測訊號。第一階層推論單元包括一臥床推論單元、一地面推論單元及一輔助推論單元,臥床推論單元由與床面壓力關聯之感測訊號推論出一臥床推論資訊,地面推論單元由與地面雷射測距關聯之感測訊號推論出一地面推論資訊,數個輔助推論單元由與沙發床面壓力、浴廁動態偵測、門房開關關聯之感測訊號推論出相關之輔助推論資訊。第二階層推論單元包括一離床推論單元及一照護者推論單元,離 床推論單元接收臥床推論資訊及地面推論資訊,依據臥床推論資訊及地面推論資訊推論出一離床推論資訊以判斷病患是否正在離床。照護者推論單元接收臥床推論資訊、地面推論資訊及輔助推論資訊,依據臥床推論資訊、地面推論資訊及輔助推論資訊推論出一照護者推論資訊以判斷照護者的狀況。第三階層推論單元為一警示等級推論單元,接收臥床推論單元、地面推論單元、輔助推論單元、離床推論單元及照護者推論單元輸出之臥床推論資訊、地面推論資訊、輔助推論資訊、離床推論資訊及照護者推論資訊,整合推論出一警示等級推論資訊,以表示目前被觀察者狀態之警示等級,若病患正在離床且無照護者陪伴時,則為最高的警示等級。因此,透過前述多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統可經推論處理得出醫院、療養院、居家住處或其他照護環境中的被觀察者之狀態,而顯示具有語意的照護者推論資訊供照護者參考,以便適時提供照護服務。According to an embodiment of the present invention, the information processing system of the multi-hierarchical inference architecture of the present invention can be applied to a medical institution, an nursery center, a home environment, or any other environment in which a sensing signal requiring a large amount of environmental characteristics is analyzed. The type of sensing unit is not limited and may be selected from the group consisting of a pressure sensor, a displacement sensor, a temperature sensor, a laser range finder, and a switch door sensor. For hospitals, nursing homes, homes or other care settings, the following framework can be devised for hospital single-person wards: the sensing unit senses a bed pressure to determine the patient's sleeping position and a ground laser to determine how many A foot, a sofa bed pressure to determine whether the caregiver is lying on the sofa bed, a bath toilet dynamic detection to determine whether the toilet is a person and a door switch switch context feature to generate the relevant sensing signal. The first level inference unit includes a bed inference unit, a ground inference unit and an auxiliary inference unit. The bed inference unit infers a bed-bed inference information from the sensing signal associated with the bed pressure, and the ground inference unit is measured by the ground laser. A ground-based inference information is deduced from the associated sensing signal. Several auxiliary inference units are inferred from the sensing signals associated with the sofa bed pressure, the toilet dynamic detection, and the door switch. The second hierarchical inference unit includes a bed deduction unit and a caregiver inference unit. The bed inference unit receives the bed inference information and the ground inference information, and deducts a bed-off inference information based on the bed inference information and the ground inference information to determine whether the patient is leaving the bed. The caregiver inference unit receives bed inference information, ground inference information, and auxiliary inference information, and infers the caregiver's inference information based on bed inference information, ground inference information, and auxiliary inference information to determine the condition of the caregiver. The third-level inference unit is a warning level inference unit, which receives the in-bed inference information, the ground inference information, the auxiliary inference information, and the inferential information from the bed inference unit, the ground inference unit, the auxiliary inference unit, the out-of-bed inference unit, and the caregiver inference unit output. The caregiver deduces the information and integrates a warning level inference information to indicate the current alert level of the observed state. If the patient is leaving the bed and accompanied by an unaccompanied person, it is the highest alert level. Therefore, the information processing system through the multi-level inference structure can be inferred to determine the state of the observed person in the hospital, nursing home, home or other care environment, and display the caretaker's inference information for the caregiver. In order to provide timely care services.

依據本發明之一實施態樣,第一階層推論單元進行推論處理之步驟可包括但不限於:k-mans分群演算法運算、隱藏馬可夫模型(Hidden Markov Model)運算、及備份裝置容錯能力分析之任一,並且可選擇性地對該些感測訊號進行去除雜訊之處理。第二階層推論單元對第一階層推論資訊進行整合推論處理之步驟可包括但不限於:推論資訊同步、情境分析、隱藏馬可夫模型(Hidden Markov Model)運算、及警示等級分析之任一。According to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of performing inference processing by the first hierarchical inference unit may include, but is not limited to, k-mans grouping algorithm operation, Hidden Markov Model operation, and fault tolerance analysis of the backup device. Any one of the sensing signals can be selectively processed to remove noise. The steps of the second hierarchical inference unit for integrating the inference processing of the first hierarchical inference information may include, but are not limited to, inference of information synchronization, context analysis, Hidden Markov Model operation, and alert level analysis.

依據本發明之一實施態樣,本發明之多階層推論架構的資 訊處理系統可額外包括一緊急通報單元與多階層推論模組連接,在推論結果代表一緊急情況時,傳送一緊急訊息。緊急訊息之傳送可經過多種途徑,如:電話、網際網路、或其他種類之電性連結。本發明之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統亦可額外包括複數個傳送單元,分別對應感測單元,將感測單元產生之感測訊號分別傳送至多階層推論模組。According to an embodiment of the present invention, the multi-level inference structure of the present invention is The processing system may additionally include an emergency notification unit connected to the multi-level inference module to transmit an emergency message when the inference result represents an emergency. The transmission of emergency messages can take many forms, such as: telephone, internet, or other types of electrical connections. The information processing system of the multi-level inference architecture of the present invention may additionally include a plurality of transmission units respectively corresponding to the sensing units, and the sensing signals generated by the sensing unit are respectively transmitted to the multi-level inference module.

是故,本發明之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統透過多階層推論模組所具有的以較低階層之推論單元輸出之推論訊息為較高階層之推論單元之輸入之推論機制,將複雜的資訊處理過程由各階層分工進行,分散得到一具有語意之推論結果所需進行之計算,以節省處理時間並降低計算複雜度。Therefore, the information processing system of the multi-hierarchical inference architecture of the present invention is complicated by the inference mechanism of the multi-level inference module having the inference information output by the lower-level inference unit as the input of the higher-level inference unit. The information processing process is carried out by division of labor, and the calculations required for semantic inference results are distributed to save processing time and reduce computational complexity.

為進一步說明各實施例,本發明乃提供有圖式。此些圖式乃為本發明揭露內容之一部分,其主要係用以說明實施例,並可配合說明書之相關描述來解釋實施例的運作原理。配合參考這些內容,本領域具有通常知識者應能理解其他可能的實施方式以及本發明之優點。圖中的元件並未按比例繪製,而類似的元件符號通常用來表示類似的元件。To further illustrate the various embodiments, the invention is provided with the drawings. The drawings are a part of the disclosure of the present invention, and are mainly used to explain the embodiments, and the operation of the embodiments may be explained in conjunction with the related description of the specification. With reference to such content, those of ordinary skill in the art should be able to understand other possible embodiments and advantages of the present invention. Elements in the figures are not drawn to scale, and similar elements are generally used to represent similar elements.

本發明之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統可應用於一環境當中,如:需要監測或分析其情境特徵之任何環境,舉例來說,可為醫療院所、看護中心、托育中心、居家環境或其他適 於人類居住之處所等處,但本發明並不限於此,亦可為其他任何需大量分析環境特徵之感測訊號之環境。在此稱居住於環境當中的人類為「被觀察者」。其次,在此所提及之情境特徵乃泛指環境當中的各種物理數值或物理數值之變化,如:溫度值、壓力值、距離、位移、加速度、光強度及其變化等等,然不限於此。本發明之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統包括:複數個感測單元、一多階層推論模組及一顯示單元。感測單元分別感測一情境特徵以產生一感測訊號。多階層推論模組接收並分析感測單元產生之感測訊號以產生至少一推論結果,多階層推論模組包括複數個推論單元,分為複數個階層,分別推論出一推論資訊並輸出,較低階層之推論單元輸出之推論資訊為較高階層之推論單元之輸入。顯示單元接收來自多階層推論模組輸出之推論結果,並顯示推論結果。感測單元之類型並無限制,可為偵測任何物理數值或物理數值之變化之感測單元,舉例來說:壓力感測器、位移感測器、溫度感測器、雷射測距儀、及開關門感測器,然不限於此。經多階層推論模組分析情境特徵所獲得之推論結果即為一具有語意之資訊,立時反映被觀察者的即時狀態,舉例來說:推論結果可為「被觀察者躺在床上」或者是「被觀察者在有照護者的陪伴下離床」等更為精密準確的推論結果。The information processing system of the multi-level inference architecture of the present invention can be applied to an environment, such as any environment that needs to monitor or analyze its context characteristics, for example, a medical institution, a care center, an care center, and a home environment. Or other suitable It is in places where humans live, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be any other environment in which a sensing signal requiring a large amount of environmental characteristics is analyzed. It is said here that human beings living in the environment are "observed." Secondly, the contextual features mentioned herein generally refer to changes in various physical values or physical values in the environment, such as temperature values, pressure values, distances, displacements, accelerations, light intensities and their variations, etc., but are not limited thereto. this. The information processing system of the multi-level inference architecture of the present invention comprises: a plurality of sensing units, a multi-level inference module and a display unit. The sensing unit senses a context feature to generate a sensing signal. The multi-level inference module receives and analyzes the sensing signals generated by the sensing unit to generate at least one inference result, and the multi-level inference module includes a plurality of inference units, which are divided into a plurality of levels, infering an inference information and outputting, respectively. The inferential information of the output of the low-level inference unit is the input of the higher-level inference unit. The display unit receives the inference results from the output of the multi-level inference module and displays the inference results. The type of the sensing unit is not limited, and may be a sensing unit that detects changes in any physical value or physical value, for example: pressure sensor, displacement sensor, temperature sensor, laser range finder And the switch door sensor is not limited to this. The inference result obtained by analyzing the situational features by the multi-level inference module is a semantic information, which immediately reflects the immediate state of the observed person. For example, the inference result can be "the observer is lying in bed" or " More accurate and accurate inference results are obtained when the observed person leaves the bed with the caregiver.

本發明之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統除了可以使用顯示單元顯示推論結果之外,更可額外包括一緊急通報單元與 多階層推論模組連接,在推論結果代表一緊急情況時,傳送一緊急訊息。緊急訊息之傳送可經過多種途徑,如:電話、網際網路、或其他種類之電性連結,並不限於此。需注意的是,本發明之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統中的多階層推論模組並不限於其階層數量,其可為兩階層式、三階層式、四階層以上之N階層式之推論模組。The information processing system of the multi-hierarchical inference architecture of the present invention may additionally include an emergency notification unit in addition to displaying the inference result using the display unit. The multi-level inference module is connected to transmit an emergency message when the inference result represents an emergency. The transmission of emergency messages can take many forms, such as telephone, internet, or other types of electrical connections, and is not limited to this. It should be noted that the multi-level inference module in the information processing system of the multi-hierarchical inference architecture of the present invention is not limited to the number of classes, and may be an inference of two hierarchical types, three hierarchical levels, and four hierarchical levels. Module.

舉例來說,請參考第1圖,其顯示依據本發明之第一實施例之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統之功能方塊示意圖,在此顯示N階層式之多階層推論模組。如圖中所示,多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統1包括多個感測單元10、11、12、一多階層推論模組20、一顯示單元30及一緊急通報單元40。感測單元10表示第一個感測單元、感測單元11表示第二個感測單元、感測單元12表示第N1 個感測單元,N1 為任意複數整數。感測單元10、11、12分別感測一情境特徵以產生一感測訊號。感測單元10、11、12的數量並無限定,其感測之情境特徵種類亦無限定,端視於監測環境所需,如:一個溫度感測器、三個壓力感測器、一聲音感測器、一位移感測器等等。每個感測單元10、11、12可經由一對應之傳送單元13、14、15,將感測單元10、11、12產生之感測訊號分別傳送至多階層推論模組20。For example, please refer to FIG. 1 , which shows a functional block diagram of an information processing system of a multi-hierarchical inference architecture according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Here, an N-level multi-level inference module is shown. As shown in the figure, the information processing system 1 of the multi-level inference architecture includes a plurality of sensing units 10, 11, 12, a multi-level inference module 20, a display unit 30, and an emergency notification unit 40. The sensing unit 10 represents a first sensing unit, the sensing unit 11 shows a second sensing unit, the sensing unit 12 of the N 1 represents the sensing unit, a plurality of N 1 is any integer. The sensing units 10, 11, 12 respectively sense a context feature to generate a sensing signal. The number of sensing units 10, 11, 12 is not limited, and the types of sensing characteristics are not limited, and are required to monitor the environment, such as: a temperature sensor, three pressure sensors, and a sound. A sensor, a displacement sensor, and the like. Each of the sensing units 10, 11, 12 can transmit the sensing signals generated by the sensing units 10, 11, 12 to the multi-level inference module 20 via a corresponding transmitting unit 13, 14, 15.

多階層推論模組20接收並分析感測單元10、11、12產生之感測訊號以產生複數個推論結果,多階層推論模組較佳包括 分為複數個階層21、22、23之複數個推論單元211、212、213、221、231。階層21表示第一階層、階層22表示第二階層、階層23表示第N2 階層,N2 為任意複數整數。較低階層之推論單元211、212/213、221輸出之推論資訊為較高階層之推論單元221/231之輸入,如:推論單元211、212輸出之推論訊息為上一階層之推論單元221之輸入、推論單元213、221輸出之推論資訊為較高階層之推論單元231之輸入。較高階層之推論單元221/231將來自較低階層之不同推論單元211、212/213、221之推論資訊進行整合推論處理。第一階層推論單元,如:推論單元211、212、213,進行推論處理之步驟可包括但不限於:k-mans分群演算法運算、隱藏馬可夫模型(Hidden Markov Model)運算、及備份裝置容錯能力分析之任一,並且可選擇性地對感測訊號進行去除雜訊之處理。較高階層推論單元,如:推論單元221/231將來自較低階層之不同推論單元,如:推論單元211、212/213、221之推論資訊進行整合推論處理之步驟可包括但不限於:情境分析、隱藏馬可夫模型(Hidden Markov Model)運算、及警示等級分析之任一。The multi-level inference module 20 receives and analyzes the sensing signals generated by the sensing units 10, 11, 12 to generate a plurality of inference results, and the multi-level inference module preferably includes a plurality of layers 21, 22, and 23 Inference units 211, 212, 213, 221, 231. The hierarchy 21 indicates the first hierarchy, the hierarchy 22 indicates the second hierarchy, the hierarchy 23 indicates the N 2 hierarchy, and N 2 is an arbitrary complex integer. The inference information outputted by the lower-level inference units 211, 212/213, 221 is the input of the higher-level inference unit 221/231. For example, the inference information output by the inference units 211, 212 is the inference unit 221 of the previous hierarchy. The inference information output by the input, inference units 213, 221 is the input of the higher level inference unit 231. The higher level inference unit 221/231 integrates the inference information from the different inference units 211, 212/213, 221 of the lower level into an inference process. The first hierarchical inference unit, such as the inference unit 211, 212, 213, may perform the inference processing steps including, but not limited to, k-mans grouping algorithm operation, Hidden Markov Model operation, and fault tolerance of the backup device. Any of the analysis, and the noise removal process can be selectively performed on the sensing signal. The higher-level inference unit, such as: the inference unit 221/231, the step of integrating the inference from the different inference units from the lower level, such as the inference units 211, 212/213, 221, may include, but is not limited to: the situation Analyze, hide any of the Hidden Markov Model operations, and alert level analysis.

經多階層推論單元20整合推論之後所獲得之推論結果即為具有語意之資訊,可反映被觀察者的即時狀態,此推論結果輸出至顯示單元30及緊急通報單元40,以在顯示單元30顯示而供觀察者知悉,或者在推論結果代表一緊急情況時,經緊急通報單元40傳送一緊急訊息,以通知觀察者或緊急管理單 位進行緊急狀況排除。若第一階層推論單元21所推論出的資訊已具有語意時,則亦可輸出至顯示單元30及緊急通報單元40。觀察者可為提供照護、監測者,然不限於此。The inference result obtained after the integration of the multi-level inference unit 20 is inferred is semantic information, which can reflect the immediate state of the observed person, and the result of the inference is output to the display unit 30 and the emergency notification unit 40 for display on the display unit 30. And for the observer to know, or when the inference result represents an emergency, the emergency notification unit 40 transmits an emergency message to notify the observer or the emergency management order. The location is for emergency elimination. If the information inferred by the first hierarchical inference unit 21 has semantic meaning, it may also be output to the display unit 30 and the emergency notification unit 40. The observer can provide care and monitors, but is not limited to this.

另請參考第2圖,其顯示依據本發明之第二實施例之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統之功能方塊示意圖,在此顯示兩階層式之多階層推論模組。在此為了扼要說明本實施例之特色,僅說明本實施例與第一實施例之差異之處。如圖中所示,本實施例之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統2之多階層推論模組20A與第一實施例不同的地方在於本實施例之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統2之多階層推論模組20A乃特定為兩階層式之多階層推論模組20A。各階層21、22內之推論單元211、212、221的數量與感測單元10、11的數量並不限於圖中所示數量,亦可為其他數量。第一階層21之推論單元211、212分別接收感測單元10、11產生之感測訊號且去除感測訊號之雜訊分別推論出一第一階層推論資訊。第二階層22之推論單元221接收來自第一階層21之推論單元211、212之第一階層推論資訊,使第一階層推論資訊同步化,並整合推論出至少一第二階層推論資訊。多階層推論模組20A輸出此第二階層推論資訊作為推論結果供30,40使用。Please also refer to FIG. 2, which shows a functional block diagram of an information processing system of a multi-hierarchical inference architecture according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Here, a two-level multi-level inference module is shown. Herein, in order to briefly describe the features of the embodiment, only the differences between the embodiment and the first embodiment will be described. As shown in the figure, the multi-hierarchy inference module 20A of the information processing system 2 of the multi-hierarchical inference architecture of the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the information processing system 2 of the multi-hierarchical inference architecture of the present embodiment is The hierarchical inference module 20A is specifically a two-level multi-level inference module 20A. The number of inference units 211, 212, 221 and the number of sensing units 10, 11 in each level 21, 22 are not limited to the numbers shown in the figures, but may be other numbers. The inference units 211 and 212 of the first level 21 respectively receive the sensing signals generated by the sensing units 10 and 11 and remove the noise of the sensing signals to infer a first level of inference information. The inference unit 221 of the second level 22 receives the first level inference information from the inference units 211, 212 of the first level 21, synchronizes the first level inference information, and integrates at least one second level inference information. The multi-level inference module 20A outputs this second-level inference information as an inference result for use by 30, 40.

另請參考第3圖,其顯示依據本發明之第三實施例之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統之功能方塊示意圖,在此顯示三階層式之多階層推論模組。在此為了扼要說明本實施例之特色, 僅說明本實施例與第一實施例之差異之處。由本實施例之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統3,可明瞭多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統3之內部架構與所進行之資料處理路徑可隨著需求變化。如圖中所示,本實施例之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統3之感測單元10可感測一第一情境特徵、感測單元11可感測一第二情境特徵、感測單元12可感測一第三情境特徵以產生感測訊號。此時,本實施例之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統3之多階層推論模組20B內包括三階層21、22、23之推論單元211、212、213、221、222、231。第一階層21之推論單元211、212、213可示例性地包括一第一第一階層推論單元211、一第二第一階層推論單元212及一第三第一階層推論單元213,第一第一階層推論單元211由與第一情境特徵關聯之感測訊號推論出一第一第一階層推論資訊,第二第一階層推論單元212由與第二情境特徵關聯之感測訊號推論出一第二第一階層推論資訊,第三第一階層推論單元213由與第三情境特徵關聯之感測訊號推論出一第三第一階層推論資訊。第二階層22之推論單元221、222可示例性地包括一第一第二階層推論單元221及一第二第二階層推論單元222,第一第二階層推論單元221及第二第二階層推論單元222分別接收第一第一階層推論資訊、第二第一階層推論資訊及第三第一階層推論資訊之至少二者,如:第一第二階層推論單元221接收第一第一階層推論資訊及第二第一階層推論資訊、第二第二階層推論單元 222接收第一第一階層推論資訊、第二第一階層推論資訊及第三第一階層推論資訊。第一第二階層推論單元221及第二第二階層推論單元222並分別使所接收之第一第一階層推論資訊、第二第一階層推論資訊或第三第一階層推論資訊同步化,並分別整合推論出一第二階層之推論資訊。第三階層23之推論單元231接收來自第二階層22之第一第二階層推論單元221及第二第二階層推論單元222之第二階層推論資訊及感測訊號之其中至少二者,如:接收第一第一階層推論資訊、第二第一階層推論資訊、第三第一階層推論資訊、及第二階層推論資訊,並使第二階層推論資訊此些第一第一階層推論資訊、第二第一階層推論資訊、第三第一階層推論資訊、及第二階層推論資訊或感測訊號同步化,並整合推論出一第三級推論資訊。第一、二階層推論資訊及第三階層推論資訊顯示於顯示單元30,第三階層推論資訊供緊急通報單元40確知目前是否產生一緊急情況。Please also refer to FIG. 3, which shows a functional block diagram of an information processing system of a multi-hierarchical inference architecture according to a third embodiment of the present invention. Here, a three-level multi-level inference module is shown. Herein, in order to briefly describe the features of the embodiment, Only the differences between the embodiment and the first embodiment will be described. The information processing system 3 of the multi-hierarchical inference architecture of the present embodiment can understand that the internal architecture of the information processing system 3 of the multi-level inference architecture and the data processing path performed can vary with the requirements. As shown in the figure, the sensing unit 10 of the information processing system 3 of the multi-level inference architecture of the present embodiment can sense a first context feature, the sensing unit 11 can sense a second context feature, and the sensing unit 12 A third context feature can be sensed to generate a sensing signal. At this time, the multi-hierarchy inference module 20B of the information processing system 3 of the multi-level inference structure of the present embodiment includes the inference units 211, 212, 213, 221, 222, and 231 of the three levels 21, 22, and 23. The inference units 211, 212, 213 of the first level 21 may illustratively include a first first hierarchical inference unit 211, a second first hierarchical inference unit 212, and a third first hierarchical inference unit 213, first A hierarchical inference unit 211 infers a first first hierarchical inference information from the sensing signal associated with the first context feature, and the second first hierarchical inference unit 212 infers a sensing signal associated with the second context feature. The second first level inference information 213 infers a third first level inference information from the sensing signal associated with the third context feature. The inference units 221, 222 of the second level 22 may illustratively include a first second hierarchical inference unit 221 and a second second hierarchical inference unit 222, a first second hierarchical inference unit 221 and a second second hierarchical inference The unit 222 receives at least two of the first first hierarchical inference information, the second first hierarchical inference information, and the third first hierarchical inference information, for example, the first second hierarchical inference unit 221 receives the first first hierarchical inference information. And the second first level inference information, the second second level inference unit 222 receiving first first level inference information, second first level inference information, and third first level inference information. The first second hierarchical inference unit 221 and the second second hierarchical inference unit 222 respectively synchronize the received first first hierarchical inference information, the second first hierarchical inference information or the third first hierarchical inference information, and The inferences of a second class are inferred separately. The inference unit 231 of the third level 23 receives at least two of the second level inference information and the sensing signal from the first second level inference unit 221 and the second second level inference unit 222 of the second level 22, such as: Receiving the first first level inference information, the second first level inference information, the third first level inference information, and the second level inference information, and causing the second level to infer information such as the first first level inference information, The first level of inference information, the third first level of inference information, and the second level of inference information or sensing signals are synchronized, and a third level of inference information is inferred. The first and second hierarchical inference information and the third hierarchical inference information are displayed on the display unit 30, and the third hierarchical inference information is provided to the emergency notification unit 40 to ascertain whether an emergency situation is currently generated.

當多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統3應用於前述環境,如:醫院、療養院、居家住處或其他照護環境中時,可特定於下列架構:數量不等之感測單元10、11、12A、12B、12C分別為感測一床面壓力之壓力條10、感測一地面有幾雙腳之地面雷射測距感應器11、及感測一門房開關之開/關門感測單元12A、感測一沙發床面壓力以判斷是否有人躺在沙發床上之壓力條12B及判斷浴廁是否有人之浴廁動態偵測器12C以產 生感測訊號,並將其感測訊號經由對應之傳送單元13、14、15A、15B、15C傳送至數量不等之第一階層21之推論單元211、212、213A、213B、213C。第一階層21之推論單元211、212、213A、213B、213C可分別為一臥床推論單元211、一地面推論單元212及數個輔助推論單元213A、213B、213C,臥床推論單元211由與床面壓力關聯之感測訊號推論出一臥床推論資訊,地面推論單元212由與地面壓力關聯之感測訊號推論出一地面推論資訊,輔助推論單元213A、213B、213C推論出數個輔助推論資訊。第二階層22之推論單元221、222包括一離床推論單元221及一照護者推論單元222,離床推論單元221接收來自臥床推論單元211之臥床推論資訊及來自地面推論單元212之地面推論資訊,依據臥床推論資訊及地面推論資訊推論出一離床推論資訊,照護者推論單元222接收來自臥床推論單元211之臥床推論資訊、來自地面推論單元212之地面推論資訊、及來自數個輔助推論單元213A、213B、213C之輔助推論資訊,依據臥床推論資訊、地面推論資訊及輔助推論資訊推論出具有語意之一照護者推論資訊,以傳送至顯示單元30。第三階層23之推論單元231為一警示等級推論單元231,接收來自離床推論單元221及照護者推論單元222輸出之離床推論資訊及照護者推論資訊,整合推論出一警示等級推論資訊,表示目前被觀察者狀態之警示等級,以傳送至緊急通報單元40及顯示單元30。因此,透過前述多階層推論架構的資訊 處理系統可經推論處理得出醫院、療養院、居家住處或其他照護環境中的被觀察者之狀態,而顯示具有語意的照護者推論資訊供照護者參考,以便適時提供照護服務。When the information processing system 3 of the multi-level inference architecture is applied to the aforementioned environment, such as a hospital, a nursing home, a home, or other care environment, the following architecture may be specified: the sensing units 10, 11, 12A, 12B of varying amounts 12C is a pressure bar 10 for sensing a bed pressure, a ground laser ranging sensor 11 for sensing a pair of feet on the ground, and an opening/closing door sensing unit 12A for sensing a door switch, sensing A sofa bed pressure to determine whether someone is lying on the sofa bed pressure bar 12B and determine whether the bathroom is a person's bath dynamic detector 12C The sensing signal is generated and its sensing signal is transmitted to the inference units 211, 212, 213A, 213B, 213C of the first level 21 of unequal numbers via the corresponding transmitting units 13, 14, 15A, 15B, 15C. The inference units 211, 212, 213A, 213B, and 213C of the first level 21 may be a bed inference unit 211, a ground inference unit 212, and a plurality of auxiliary inference units 213A, 213B, and 213C, and the bed inference unit 211 is provided by the bed surface. The pressure-related sensing signal infers a bed-bed inference information. The ground inference unit 212 infers a ground inference information from the sensing signals associated with the ground pressure, and the auxiliary inference units 213A, 213B, and 213C infer a number of auxiliary inference information. The inference unit 221, 222 of the second level 22 includes a bed deduction unit 221 and a caregiver inference unit 222. The bed deduction unit 221 receives bed inference information from the bed inference unit 211 and ground inference information from the ground inference unit 212. The bed deduction information and the ground inference information infer a bed deduction information, and the caregiver inference unit 222 receives the bed inference information from the bed deduction unit 211, ground inference information from the ground inference unit 212, and from several auxiliary inference units 213A, 213B. And the auxiliary inference information of 213C, based on the bed inference information, the ground inference information and the auxiliary inference information, infers that one of the semantic caregiver inference information is transmitted to the display unit 30. The inference unit 231 of the third level 23 is a warning level inference unit 231, which receives the inference information from the bed and the inference information of the caregiver from the output of the bed deduction unit 221 and the caregiver inference unit 222, and integrates a warning level inference information, indicating that the current The alert level of the observed state is transmitted to the emergency notification unit 40 and the display unit 30. Therefore, information through the aforementioned multi-level inference structure The treatment system can be inferred to determine the status of the observed person in the hospital, nursing home, home or other care setting, and to display a careless caregiver's inference information for the caregiver to provide timely care.

在此需特別說明的是,本發明之N階層式之推論模組可以前述兩階層式或三階層式之推論模組為基礎,再增加其他階層之推論單元,然不以此為限。It should be noted that the N-level inference module of the present invention can be based on the two-level or three-level inference module, and the inference unit of other classes is added, but not limited thereto.

另請參考第4圖,其顯示依據本發明第四實施例之一資訊處理方法示意圖。如圖中所示,本實施例之資訊處理方法可應用於一多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,如:第1圖至第3圖所示之一多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,然不限於此,亦可應用於依據本發明之其他資訊處理系統。首先,分別感測一情境特徵以產生一感測訊號(步驟S410),情境特徵乃泛指環境當中的各種物理數值或物理數值之變化,如:溫度值、壓力值、距離、位移、加速度、光強度及其變化等等,然不限於此。情境特徵較佳係由複數個感測單元,如:壓力感測器、位移感測器、溫度感測器、雷射測距儀、及開關門感測器等感測器產生。其後,由一多階層推論模組接收並分析此些感測訊號以產生複數個推論資訊(步驟S420),較佳係由多階層推論模組中之第一階層之推論單元進行。在此步驟中,可合併進行對感測訊號進行去除雜訊之處理及下列推論運算之任一:k-mans分群演算法運算、隱藏馬可夫模型(Hidden Markov Model)運算、及備份裝置容錯能力分析,然不限於此。之後,由多階層推論模組 中之第二階層與更高階層之推論單元接收並整合推論此些推論資訊以產生至少一推論結果(步驟S430),在此步驟中,係對推論資訊進行下列整合推論運算之任一:情境分析、隱藏馬可夫模型(Hidden Markov Model)運算、及警示等級分析,然不限於此。接著,由一顯示單元,如:螢幕或其他可顯示資訊之裝置顯示推論結果(步驟S440)。若S420所產生的資訊已有語意,亦可直接輸出至S440做為推論結果。Please also refer to FIG. 4, which shows a schematic diagram of an information processing method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the information processing method of the present embodiment can be applied to an information processing system of a multi-hierarchical inference architecture, such as the information processing system of the multi-hierarchical inference architecture shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, but Limited thereto, it can also be applied to other information processing systems in accordance with the present invention. First, a context feature is respectively sensed to generate a sensing signal (step S410). The context feature generally refers to changes in various physical values or physical values in the environment, such as: temperature value, pressure value, distance, displacement, acceleration, Light intensity and its changes, etc., are not limited to this. The context feature is preferably generated by a plurality of sensing units, such as a pressure sensor, a displacement sensor, a temperature sensor, a laser range finder, and a switch door sensor. Thereafter, the sensing signals are received and analyzed by a multi-level inference module to generate a plurality of inference information (step S420), preferably by the inference unit of the first level in the multi-level inference module. In this step, any processing for removing noise from the sensing signal and any of the following inference operations may be combined: k-mans grouping algorithm operation, Hidden Markov Model operation, and fault tolerance analysis of the backup device. However, it is not limited to this. Multi-level inference module The inference unit of the second and higher classes receives and integrates the inference information to generate at least one inference result (step S430), in which any of the following integrated inference operations are performed on the inference information: the situation Analysis, hiding Hidden Markov Model calculations, and warning level analysis are not limited to this. Next, the inference result is displayed by a display unit such as a screen or other device capable of displaying information (step S440). If the information generated by S420 is already semantic, it can be directly output to S440 as the inference result.

是故,由上述中可以得知,本發明之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統透過多階層推論模組所具有的以較低階層之推論單元輸出之推論訊息為較高階層之推論單元之輸入之推論機制,將複雜的資訊處理過程由各階層分工進行,分散得到許多有語意之推論結果,以節省處理時間並降低計算複雜度。Therefore, as can be seen from the above, the information processing system of the multi-hierarchical inference architecture of the present invention uses the inference information output by the lower-level inference unit of the multi-level inference module as the input of the higher-level inference unit. The inference mechanism divides the complex information processing process from different levels of division, and decentralizes many semantic inference results to save processing time and reduce computational complexity.

以上敍述依據本發明多個不同實施例,其中各項特徵可以單一或不同結合方式實施。因此,本發明實施方式之揭露為闡明本發明原則之具體實施例,應不拘限本發明於所揭示的實施例。進一步言之,先前敍述及其附圖僅為本發明示範之用,並不受其限囿。其他元件之變化或組合皆可能,且不悖于本發明之精神與範圍。The above description is based on a number of different embodiments of the invention, wherein the features may be implemented in a single or different combination. Therefore, the disclosure of the embodiments of the present invention is intended to be illustrative of the embodiments of the invention. Further, the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limited. Variations or combinations of other elements are possible and are not intended to limit the spirit and scope of the invention.

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第1圖顯示依據本發明第一實施例之一多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統示意圖。1 is a diagram showing an information processing system of a multi-level inference architecture according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

第2圖顯示依據本發明第二實施例之一多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統示意圖。Figure 2 is a diagram showing an information processing system of a multi-level inference structure according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

第3圖顯示依據本發明第三實施例之一多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統示意圖。Figure 3 is a diagram showing an information processing system of a multi-level inference architecture according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

第4圖顯示依據本發明第四實施例之一資訊處理方法示意圖。Figure 4 is a diagram showing an information processing method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

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一種多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,包括:複數個感測單元,分別感測一情境特徵以產生一感測訊號;一多階層推論模組,接收並分析該些感測單元產生之該些感測訊號以產生至少一推論結果,該多階層推論模組包括複數個推論單元,分為複數個階層,分別推論出一推論資訊並輸出,較低階層之該推論單元輸出之推論訊息為較高階層之該推論單元之輸入,且包括:複數個第一階層推論單元,分別接收該些感測單元產生之該些感測訊號,並且經由該些感測訊號分別推論出一第一階層推論資訊;及至少一第二階層推論單元,接收來自該些第一階層推論單元之該些第一階層推論資訊,使該些第一階層推論資訊同步化,並整合推論出至少一第二階層推論資訊;一顯示單元,接收來自該多階層推論模組輸出之至少一推論結果,並顯示該至少一推論結果;其中,該多階層推論模組輸出該第一階層推論資訊及/或該第二階層推論資訊作為該至少一推論結果。 An information processing system of a multi-level inference structure includes: a plurality of sensing units respectively sensing a context feature to generate a sensing signal; a multi-level inference module receiving and analyzing the generated by the sensing units Sensing the signal to generate at least one inference result, the multi-level inference module includes a plurality of inference units, is divided into a plurality of levels, infers an inference information and outputs, respectively, and the inference information output by the inference unit of the lower level is The input of the inference unit of the high level includes: a plurality of first level inference units respectively receiving the sensing signals generated by the sensing units, and inferring a first level inference through the sensing signals respectively And at least one second-level inference unit that receives the first-level inference information from the first-level inference units, synchronizes the first-level inference information, and integrates at least one second-level inference a display unit that receives at least one inference result from the output of the multi-level inference module and displays the at least one inference result; The multi-stratum inference inference module outputs the first hierarchical information and / or the second level information as the at least one inference inference results. 如申請專利範圍第1項之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,其中該多階層推論模組包括: 複數個第一階層推論單元,分別接收該些感測單元產生之該些感測訊號,並且經由該些感測訊號分別推論出一第一階層推論資訊;複數個第二階層推論單元,接收來自該些第一階層推論單元之該些第一階層推論資訊,使該些第一階層推論資訊同步化,並分別整合推論出一第二階層推論資訊;及一第三級推論單元,接收來自較低階層的推論單元之該些推論資訊,使該些較低階層的推論資訊同步化,並整合推論出一第三級推論資訊;其中,該多階層推論模組輸出該第一階層推論資訊、該第二階層推論資訊及/或該第三階層推論資訊作為該至少一推論結果。 For example, the information processing system of the multi-level inference structure of claim 1 of the patent scope, wherein the multi-level inference module includes: a plurality of first level inference units respectively receiving the sensing signals generated by the sensing units, and inferring a first level inference information through the sensing signals respectively; and a plurality of second hierarchical inference units receiving the information from The first-level inference information of the first-level inference units synchronizes the first-level inference information and separately infers a second-level inference information; and a third-level inference unit receives the comparison information. The inference information of the lower-level inference unit synchronizes the inference information of the lower-level inferences and integrates a third-level inference information; wherein the multi-level inference module outputs the first-level inference information, The second level of inference information and/or the third level of inference information is the result of the at least one inference. 如申請專利範圍第2項之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,其中:該些感測單元,感測一床面壓力、一地面雷射測距感應、門房開關、沙發床上壓力及浴廁動態感應之情境特徵以產生該些感測訊號;該些第一階層推論單元,包括一臥床推論單元、一地面推論單元及複數個輔助推論單元,該臥床推論單元由與該床面壓力關聯之該感測訊號推論出一臥床推論資訊,該地面推論單元由與該地面雷射測距感應關聯之該感測訊號推論出 一地面推論資訊,該些輔助推論單元由與該門房開關、沙發床上壓力及浴廁動態感應關聯之該些感測訊號推論出複數個輔助推論資訊;該些第二階層推論單元,包括一離床推論單元及一照護者推論單元,該離床推論單元接收該臥床推論資訊及該地面推論資訊,依據該臥床推論資訊及該地面推論資訊推論出一離床推論資訊,該照護者推論單元接收該臥床推論資訊、該地面推論資訊及該些輔助推論資訊,依據該臥床推論資訊、該地面推論資訊及該些輔助推論資訊推論出一照護者推論資訊;及該第三階層推論單元,包括一警示等級推論單元,接收該離床推論單元及該照護者推論單元輸出之該離床推論資訊及該照護者推論資訊,整合推論出一警示等級推論資訊。 For example, the information processing system of the multi-level inference structure of claim 2, wherein: the sensing unit senses a bed pressure, a ground laser ranging sensor, a door switch, a sofa bed pressure, and a toilet Dynamically sensing the contextual features to generate the sensing signals; the first hierarchical inference unit includes a bed inference unit, a ground inference unit, and a plurality of auxiliary inference units, the bed inference unit being associated with the bed pressure The sensing signal infers a bed-bed inference information that is inferred from the sensing signal associated with the ground laser ranging sensing a ground inference information, the auxiliary inference unit deduces a plurality of auxiliary inference information by the sensing signals associated with the door switch, the pressure on the sofa bed, and the dynamic sense of the toilet; the second level inference unit includes one a bed deduction unit and a caregiver inference unit, the bed deduction unit receives the bed inference information and the ground inference information, and infers a bed departure inference information based on the bed inference information and the ground inference information, the caregiver inference unit receives the bed rest Inference information, the ground inference information, and the auxiliary inference information, inferring a caregiver inference information based on the bed inference information, the ground inference information, and the auxiliary inference information; and the third level inference unit including a warning level The inference unit receives the off-the-bed inference information output by the off-bed inference unit and the caregiver inference unit and the inference information of the caregiver, and integrates a warning level inference information. 如申請專利範圍第1項至第3項之任一多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,其中該些第一階層推論單元對該些感測訊號進行去除雜訊之處理。 For example, the information processing system of the multi-level inference structure of any one of the first to third aspects of the patent application, wherein the first-level inference units perform the process of removing noise from the sensing signals. 如申請專利範圍第1項至第3項之任一多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,其中該些第一階層推論單元對該些感測訊號更進行下列推論之任一:k-mans分群演算法運算、隱藏馬可夫模型(Hidden Markov Model)運算、及備份裝置容錯能力分析。 For example, the information processing system of any multi-level inference structure of claim 1 to 3, wherein the first hierarchical inference unit performs any of the following inferences on the sensing signals: k-mans grouping calculus Method operations, Hidden Markov Model operations, and fault tolerance analysis of backup devices. 如申請專利範圍第1項至第3項之任一多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,其中該至少一或該些第二階層推論單元對該些第一階層推論資訊進行下列整合推論之任一:多資訊同步處理、情境分析、隱藏馬可夫模型(Hidden Markov Model)運算、及警示等級分析。 For example, the information processing system of any multi-level inference structure of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the at least one or the second hierarchical inference unit performs any of the following integrated inferences on the first hierarchical inference information : Multi-information synchronization processing, situation analysis, Hidden Markov Model calculation, and warning level analysis. 如申請專利範圍第1項或第2項之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,其中該多階層推論模組作為該至少一推論結果所輸出之該第一階層推論資訊為具有語意之資訊。 For example, the information processing system of the multi-hierarchical inference structure of claim 1 or 2, wherein the multi-level inference module outputs the first-level inference information as the result of the at least one inference result as semantic information. 如申請專利範圍第1項至第3項之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,其中該些感測單元分別包括一嵌入式微控制器,該些第一階層推論單元設置於該些感測單元之該些嵌入式微控制器中。 The information processing system of the multi-layer inference structure of the first to third aspects of the patent application, wherein the sensing units respectively comprise an embedded microcontroller, and the first hierarchical inference units are disposed in the sensing units. Among these embedded microcontrollers. 如申請專利範圍第1項之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,其更包括一緊急通報單元,與該多階層推論模組連接,在該至少一推論結果代表一緊急情況時,傳送一緊急訊息。 For example, the information processing system of the multi-level inference structure of claim 1 further includes an emergency notification unit connected to the multi-level inference module to transmit an emergency message when the at least one inference result represents an emergency situation. . 如申請專利範圍第1項之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,其更包括複數個傳送單元,分別對應該些感測單元,將該 些感測單元產生之該些感測訊號分別傳送至該多階層推論模組。 For example, the information processing system of the multi-level inference structure of claim 1 of the patent scope further includes a plurality of transmission units respectively corresponding to the sensing units, The sensing signals generated by the sensing units are respectively transmitted to the multi-level inference module. 如申請專利範圍第1項之多階層推論架構的資訊處理系統,其中該些感測單元係選自下列群組:聲音感測器、溫度感測器、壓力感測器、位移感測器、開關門感測器、及雷射測距感應器。 The information processing system of the multi-hierarchical inference structure of claim 1, wherein the sensing units are selected from the group consisting of: a sound sensor, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a displacement sensor, Switch door sensor, and laser ranging sensor.
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