TWI517819B - Intelligent drinking water metering device - Google Patents

Description

Intelligent drinking water metering device

The invention relates to a metering device, in particular to a smart drinking water metering device.

Water is one of the six major nutrients. The importance of human health is unquestionable. In the human body, the water content in adults is 70%, and the water content in blood is more than 90%. Therefore, good drinking water is developed. Habit is a very important thing, and people have the lowest water content in their old age (about 60%), and due to the deterioration of bodily functions, the resorption capacity of water is reduced, which is easy to cause water shortage, and long-term water shortage. It can lead to cardiovascular disease or kidney disease.

The main causes of water shortage in the elderly are poor drinking habits, which lead to poor drinking habits: the elderly have a slow brain center response, and their ability to sense thirst is reduced, so they often forget to drink water or because of poor eyesight. Inconvenient movements and other factors reduce the willingness to get up and drink. Therefore, how to use external force to remind the elderly to drink regularly is an important issue.

At present, most elderly people solve the problem of poor drinking habits through human care. For example, please take care of your family or take care of your daily life, and always pay attention to the situation of drinking water. However, this method requires a relatively high labor cost and effectiveness. limited. Another way is to use technology equipment, knowing A drinking water metering device comprises a straw for calculating the amount of water to be passed. However, there are still the following disadvantages, such as: difficulty in cleaning the straw, scalding in drinking hot water, inability to automatically record the amount of drinking water, etc., therefore, it is not possible for the elderly People's drinking water health provides appropriate help.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a smart drinking water metering device capable of automatically recording the amount of drinking water, having a reminding function, high measurement stability, and convenient use and carrying.

Therefore, the smart drinking water metering device of the present invention is applicable to a container, and the smart drinking water metering device comprises a hollow cup sleeve, an identification tag, a weighing unit, a monitoring unit and a server.

The identification tag is disposed on an outer surface of the container.

The weight measuring unit is disposed at a bottom edge of the cup sleeve and defines a receiving space for the container around the cup sleeve. The weight measuring unit comprises a measuring module with a measurable weight and a communication module.

The monitoring unit can be connected to the communication module, and includes a memory module capable of receiving and storing a plurality of weight values measured by the measurement module, and a difference between the weight values of the two preceding and succeeding values. A computing module for a drinking water record is obtained.

The server can be connected to the monitoring unit and can store a plurality of user parameters, each user parameter including a person data and a drinking water setting value.

In use, the monitoring unit loads the user parameters via the server, and reads the identification tag to match one of the user parameters And storing the weight value through the communication module and the weight measuring unit, and storing the weight value in the memory module, the monitoring unit uploading the drinking water record to the server and performing the corresponding drinking water setting value. The monitoring unit drives the weighing unit to send a warning signal via the communication module when the drinking water record is lower than the drinking water setting value.

The utility model has the advantages that: by setting the weight measuring unit and the monitoring unit, the drinking water quantity can be automatically recorded, and when the drinking water amount of the user is insufficient, the monitoring unit drives the weighing unit to issue the warning signal, and uses the test. The weight unit is disposed at the bottom edge of the cup sleeve, and the container can be disposed above the weight measuring unit for a long time, achieving stable measurement, convenient use and carrying effect.

1‧‧‧ cup set

2‧‧‧ Identification label

3‧‧‧Weighing unit

31‧‧‧Measurement module

32‧‧‧Communication Module

33‧‧‧ accommodation space

4‧‧‧Monitoring unit

41‧‧‧ device body

42‧‧‧Memory Module

43‧‧‧ Computing Module

44‧‧‧ lens

45‧‧‧ drinking water monitoring program

46‧‧‧Reading module

5‧‧‧Server

6‧‧‧ hanging loop

9‧‧‧ Container

Other features and effects of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a cup set and an identification tag of an embodiment of the smart drinking water metering device of the present invention. 2 is a schematic diagram of the embodiment; FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the embodiment; and FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the monitoring unit using the monitoring unit of the embodiment. The case of a container.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the smart drinking water metering device of the present invention is applied to a container 9. An embodiment of the smart drinking water metering device comprises A hollow cup cover 1, an identification tag 2, a load cell 3, a monitoring unit 4, a server 5, and a hanging loop 6 disposed on the top edge of the cup.

The identification tag 2 is disposed on the outer surface of the container 9. In the embodiment, the identification tag 2 is a Quick Response Code (QR Code), and may also be other forms of 2D barcode.

The weight measuring unit 3 is disposed at a bottom edge of the cup sleeve 1 and defines a receiving space 33 for the container 9 around the cup sleeve 1. The weighing unit 3 includes a measuring module capable of measuring weight. 31 and a communication module 32.

In this embodiment, the communication module 32 is a Bluetooth module or other form of short-range wireless communication module.

The monitoring unit 4 can be connected to the communication module 32, and includes a device body 41, a memory module 42 capable of receiving and storing a plurality of weight values measured by the measurement module 31, and a programmable The difference between the two weight values results in a calculation module 43 for a drinking record, and a lens 44 disposed on the device body 41 for reading the identification tag 2.

In this embodiment, the monitoring unit 4 is a smart phone or a tablet computer, but is not limited thereto.

The server 5 can be connected to the monitoring unit 4 and can store a plurality of user parameters. Each user parameter includes a person data and a drinking water setting value, and the personal data has height, weight, age and gender. The set value has the frequency of drinking water and the amount of single drinking water.

The monitoring unit 4 installs a drinking water connected to the server 5 The monitoring program 45 is configured to set the personal data and the drinking water setting values, and upload the personal data and the drinking water setting values to the server 5.

It is worth mentioning that the personal data and the drinking water setting values may be set directly in the server 5 or through other electronic devices (not shown) without being set by the drinking water monitoring program 45. The data and the drinking water setting values are set and uploaded to the server 5.

In actual use, the monitoring unit 4 is connected to the server 5 and loads the user parameters, and the caregiver reads the identification tag 2 on the container 9 by using the lens 44 of the monitoring unit 4 to make the The identification tag 2 is paired with one of the user parameters. After the pairing is completed, the container 9 can be placed in the accommodating space 33, and the monitoring unit 4 is connected to the measuring module 31 through the communication module 32. The weight values subsequently measured by the measurement module 31 can correspond to the particular user parameter.

During the use, the measuring module 31 measures the weight of the container 9 according to the preset drinking water frequency, and transmits each weight value to the memory module of the monitoring unit 4 one by one through the communication module 32. And calculating, by the computing module 43, the drinking water record, and uploading the drinking water record to the server 5, and simultaneously comparing the drinking water record with the preset single drinking water amount, when the drinking water record When the amount of the single drinking water is lower, the monitoring unit 4 immediately drives the weighing unit 3 to send a warning signal via the communication module 32 to immediately remind the care recipient to drink water, when the care recipient does not notice the warning signal. The caregiver can also find the abnormality through the monitoring unit 4 and immediately remind the care recipient to drink water.

In this embodiment, the warning signal is one of or a combination of sound, flash, and vibration.

In addition, since the weight measuring unit 3 is directly disposed at the bottom edge of the cup sleeve 1, unless the container 9 is taken out of the accommodating space 33, the container 9 is kept pressed against the weighing unit 3 to achieve stable measurement. The effect, and by providing the hanging loop 6, is more convenient to carry.

Referring to FIG. 4, when a caregiver is required to take care of a plurality of caregivers at the same time, the caregiver only needs to give each caregiver a container 9 and match the weight measuring unit 3 and the cup cover 1, By pairing the identification tag 2 provided in each container 9 with the respective weight measuring unit 3 and the particular user parameter, the caregiver can simultaneously monitor the drinking conditions of all caregivers.

It is to be noted that the identification tag 2 can also be an electronic tag. The monitoring unit 4 further includes a reading module 46 disposed on the device body 41 for reading the electronic tag.

In summary, the present invention can automatically record the amount of drinking water by setting the weight measuring unit 3 and the monitoring unit 4, and can promptly remind the user when the drinking amount is insufficient, and since the container 9 can be directly placed in the cup The sleeve 1 has the advantages of high measurement stability, convenient use and carrying, so that the object of the invention can be achieved.

However, the above is only the embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, that is, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made by the patent application scope and the patent specification of the present invention are still It is within the scope of the patent of the present invention.

2‧‧‧ Identification label

3‧‧‧Weighing unit

31‧‧‧Measurement module

32‧‧‧Communication Module

4‧‧‧Monitoring unit

41‧‧‧ device body

42‧‧‧Memory Module

43‧‧‧ Computing Module

44‧‧‧ lens

46‧‧‧Reading module

5‧‧‧Server

Claims (9)

The invention relates to a smart drinking water metering device, which is suitable for a container. The smart drinking water metering device comprises: a hollow cup sleeve; an identification label disposed on an outer surface of the container; and a weighing unit disposed on the cup sleeve The bottom edge and the cup surround define a receiving space for the container, the weighing unit includes a measuring module and a communication module; and a monitoring unit can be connected to the communication module The connection module includes a memory module capable of receiving and storing a plurality of weight values measured by the measurement module, and a calculation module capable of calculating a difference between the weight values of the two previous and subsequent calculations to obtain a drinking water record And a server connected to the monitoring unit and capable of storing a plurality of user parameters, each user parameter including a person data and a drinking water setting value, and the monitoring unit loads the server through the server when in use And the user parameter is matched, and the identification parameter is matched with one of the user parameters, and the weight value is obtained by connecting the communication module to the weight measuring unit and stored in the memory module, and the monitoring unit The Water record uploaded to the server and the ratio of water corresponding to the set value, when recording the drinking water is lower than the set value, the monitoring unit drives the weight sensing unit sends a warning signal via the communication module. The smart drinking water metering device according to claim 1, wherein the identification tag is a quick response matrix code, and the monitoring unit further comprises a device The body and a lens disposed on the device body for reading the identification tag. The intelligent drinking water metering device of claim 1, wherein the identification tag is an electronic tag, the monitoring unit further comprising a device body and a reading module disposed on the device body for reading the electronic tag. group. The intelligent drinking water metering device according to claim 1, wherein the communication module is a short-range wireless communication module. The intelligent drinking water metering device according to claim 1, wherein each personal data has a height, a weight, an age, and a gender, and each drinking water setting has a drinking frequency and a single drinking amount. The smart drinking water metering device of claim 1, wherein the monitoring unit is provided with a drinking water monitoring program connected to the server, and the drinking water monitoring program is configured to set the personal data and the drinking water setting values. Upload the personal data and the drinking water settings to the server. The smart drinking water metering device of claim 1, wherein the warning signal is one of or a combination of sound, flash, and vibration. The smart drinking water metering device according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring unit is a smart phone or a tablet computer. The smart drinking water metering device according to claim 1, further comprising a hanging loop disposed on the top edge of the cup.