TWM538211U - Fall warning device - Google Patents

Description

Fall warning device

The present invention relates to a warning device, and more particularly to a fall warning device.

In recent years, it has entered an aging society, and the subject of elderly care has gradually received attention. According to statistics, falls are one of the main causes of accidental death in the elderly. Because the elderly have poor physical coordination, the feelings are gradually slowing down, resulting in old age. People often fall down during walking, and if they are not discovered immediately after falling, they will delay the time of medical treatment and affect the safety of the elderly. Therefore, how to effectively reduce the accidental injuries of the elderly fall, and gradually become the care of the elderly. aims.

Therefore, in view of the accidental injury of the elderly falling, the purpose of the new model is to enable the elderly to immediately issue a warning to provide immediate help when a fall accident occurs.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a fall warning device that can improve the safety of home care.

Therefore, the novel fall warning device is adapted to connect a terminal device, and the fall warning device comprises a wearing unit and a communication unit. The wearing unit includes a wearing seat for wearing on a wearer's torso, the wearing unit includes a wearing seat for wearing on the wearer's torso, and one is mounted to the wearing seat and An acceleration sensing module that senses acceleration of the wearer's action, the wearing unit can analyze and calculate a vertical displacement value within a determination time according to the acceleration of the wearer's action, and the rescue request module When the vertical displacement value is greater than a preset fall determination threshold, a rescue message is output. The communication unit signal is connected to the wearing unit, and includes a remote communication module capable of communicating with the terminal device, and a control module, and the control module can transmit the remote communication through the remote communication The module sends the rescue message to the terminal device.

The effect of the novel is that through the design of the wearing unit and the communication unit, it is possible to detect whether the wearer falls at any time, and actively send the rescue message to the terminal device when the wearer falls, thereby effectively Reduce accidental injuries from falls.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, an embodiment of the fall warning device of the present invention is suitable for signal connection to a cloud server 900 and wireless communication with a terminal device 800 via the cloud server 900. The terminal device 800 can be a computer used by a guardian (not shown), a tablet computer, or a mobile phone having a mobile communication system such as 3G or 4G.

The fall warning device includes a wearing unit 1 and a communication unit 2.

The wearing unit 1 includes a wearing seat 11 that can be worn by the wearer, an acceleration sensing module 12, an analysis module 15, a computing module 16, a rescue request module 17, and a The call module 13 and a transmitting module 14. The wearing seat 11 has a mounting housing 111, and a neck hanger 112 attached to the mounting housing 111 and surrounding the neck of the wearer.

In this embodiment, the acceleration sensing module 12, the analysis module 15, the computing module 16, the rescue request module 17, a call module 13, and a transmitting module 14 are all fixed to the The housing 111 is mounted, but it can be attached to other parts of the user and connected through the signal line, which is not limited to this embodiment.

The neck hanger 112 can be a wire, a rope or a chain, and fits around the length of the wearer's neck to prevent the mounting housing 111 from swaying greatly. However, the wearing seat 11 can also be worn by the wearing method. Fixed to the wearer's torso, not limited to this.

The acceleration sensing module 12 can detect the acceleration of the wearer to generate an acceleration data. In practice, the acceleration sensing module 12 is a three-axis acceleration sensor, since the three-axis acceleration sensor has The prior art is not the focus of the present invention and will not be described in detail herein.

The analysis module 15 can perform real-time analysis on the acceleration data generated by the acceleration sensing module 12, and analyze a vertical acceleration value in a vertical direction. The calculation module 16 starts triggering a judgment time when the vertical acceleration value is greater than a start threshold, and performs second integration according to the judgment time and the vertical acceleration value analyzed during the judgment time period. , a vertical displacement value is calculated, which is a vertical displacement amount representing the wearer's torso within the judgment time. The rescue request module 17 outputs a rescue message when the vertical displacement value is greater than a fall determination threshold.

The call module 13 has an emergency button 131 that is embedded in the mounting housing 111 and has a push button style. The emergency button 131 can be activated by other means such as finger dialing, and is not limited thereto. The call module 13 will output a call message when its emergency button 131 is pressed.

The sending module 14 can wirelessly send the rescue message output by the rescue request module 17 and the call message output by the call module 13 to the communication unit 2.

The communication unit 2 can be installed in the home of the wearer and includes a receiving module 21, a remote communication module 22, and a control module 23.

The receiving module 21 can wirelessly communicate with the sending module 14 to wirelessly receive the rescue message or the call message sent by the sending module 14. The receiving module 21 and the sending module 14 can be radio, Infrared, Bluetooth, ZigBee, NFC and other short-range wireless communication technologies communicate, and are not limited to the above types.

The remote communication module 22 is a network communication device, and has built-in communication settings for communicating with the cloud server 900, and can communicate with the cloud server 900 through wired or wireless network communication technologies. For example, Ethernet, mobile communication networks or wireless local area networks.

When the control module 23 receives the rescue message or the call message, the control module 23 can send the rescue message or the call message to the cloud server 900 through the remote communication module 22.

Before the fall warning device of the present invention is used, the wearer can first position the wearing unit 1 through the wearing seat 11, and start the wearing unit 1 to perform an action. The wearing unit 1 is continuously detected after being activated. Measure the wearer's movement and continuously analyze the vertical acceleration value. Since the wearer does not have an imminent up and down movement change during normal operation, the vertical acceleration value does not exceed the activation threshold. Module 16 will not be activated.

When the wearer's torso moves down sharply, the vertical acceleration value analyzed by the wearing unit 1 exceeds the activation threshold, thereby triggering the start of the calculation module 16 to start timing the determination time, and at the judgment time. The vertical displacement value is calculated internally. In practice, the judgment time is set to the time required for the wearer to fall from the normal action to the ground, for example, 1 sec.

When the vertical displacement value is greater than the fall determination threshold, the wearing unit 1 outputs the rescue message and wirelessly transmits the rescue message to the communication unit 2. In practice, the fall determination threshold is set to the distance that the wearer's torso falls from the normal motion to the ground, for example 1 m. In this way, when the wearer's torso moves beyond the fall determination threshold within the judgment time, that is, when the movement exceeds 1 m within 1 sec, the wearer can be judged to fall; conversely, if the wearer If the torso does not move beyond the fall determination threshold within the judgment time, it can be judged that the wearer has not fallen, which may be a situation in which the torso suddenly moves sharply but the moving speed is not fast, such as bending or kneeling, the wearing Unit 1 will not output the rescue message.

When the communication unit 2 receives the rescue message, the rescue message is sent to the cloud server 900, and the rescue message is sent to the terminal device used by the wearer's guardian via the cloud server 900. 800. When the terminal device 800 receives the rescue message, it will send a vibration or ringing tone to remind the guardian. For example, if the terminal device 800 is a smart phone, the guardian can operate the mobile phone application installed on the terminal device 800 (mobile Application, APP) to connect with the cloud server 900 to view the content of the rescue message, for example, the content of the rescue message may be "I fell, please come to help!", so that it can be matched When the wearer falls, he reminds the guardian to go to the rescue.

In addition, if the wearer feels unwell or needs help, the emergency button 131 of the call module 13 can be pressed to wirelessly transmit the call message to the communication unit 2, when the communication unit 2 receives the call message. The call message is sent to the cloud server 900, and the call message is sent to the terminal device 800 carried by the wearer's guardian via the cloud server 900. The content of the call message may be “ I need help!". In this way, the guardian can be reminded to go to the rescue when the wearer is unwell.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, in another embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device 800 can be a mobile phone or a telephone, and the remote communication module 22 is a GSM communicator with a SIM card installed and can pass GSM. A communication system (not shown) communicates with the terminal device 800. The control module 23 stores a plurality of preset contact data, and the contact information is a mobile phone number or a phone number, and one of the contact materials corresponds to the terminal device 800. Of course, the control module 23 can also be implemented. Only one preset contact information can be stored, which is not limited to this embodiment. The control module 23 drives the remote communication module 22 to automatically dial according to the contact information, and sends the rescue message or the call message to the terminal device 800 in the form of a short message or a play voice, thereby still being able to Reach the reminder of the effectiveness of the guardian.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, in another embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device 800 can be a mobile phone or a telephone, and the remote communication module 22 is automatically connected to the terminal device 800 and can be automatically dialed. The dialing telephone is connected to the terminal device 800 via a telephone line. The control module 23 stores a plurality of preset contact data, the contact information is a mobile phone number or a phone number, and one of the contact materials corresponds to the terminal device 800, and the control module 23 according to the contact information The remote communication module 22 is driven to automatically dial, and the rescue message or the call message is sent to the terminal device 800 in the form of voice playback, thereby still achieving the effect of reminding the guardian.

In summary, the novel fall warning device can detect whether the wearer falls at any time through the design of the wearing unit 1 and the communication unit 2, and actively send the rescue message to the wearer when the wearer falls. The terminal device 800 allows the guardian who uses the terminal device 800 to immediately find out, to provide immediate help, for example, to go to the rescue by himself, or to notify the ambulance or neighbor to go to the assistance, thereby effectively reducing the accidental injury of the elderly falling, thereby improving the home. The safety of care, so it can achieve the purpose of this new type.

However, the above is only the embodiment of the present invention, and when it is not possible to limit the scope of the present invention, all the simple equivalent changes and modifications according to the scope of the patent application and the contents of the patent specification are still This new patent covers the scope.

1‧‧‧ wearing unit
11‧‧‧With a seat
111‧‧‧Installation housing
112‧‧‧ neck pendant
12‧‧‧Acceleration Sensing Module
13‧‧‧Call module
131‧‧‧Emergency button
14‧‧‧Transmission module
15‧‧‧Analysis module
16‧‧‧Computation Module
17‧‧‧Rescue request module
2‧‧‧Communication unit
21‧‧‧ receiving module
22‧‧‧Remote communication module
23‧‧‧Control Module
900‧‧‧Cloud Servo
800‧‧‧ Terminal devices

Other features and effects of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of the drawings, wherein: Figure 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating one embodiment of the novel fall warning device; Figure 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing another embodiment of the fall warning device of the present invention; and FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing still another embodiment of the fall warning device of the present invention.

1‧‧‧ wearing unit

21‧‧‧ receiving module

11‧‧‧With a seat

22‧‧‧Remote communication module

111‧‧‧Installation housing

23‧‧‧Control Module

112‧‧‧ neck pendant

900‧‧‧Cloud Servo

131‧‧‧Emergency button

800‧‧‧ Terminal devices

2‧‧‧Communication unit

Claims (10)

A fall warning device for connecting a signal to a terminal device, the fall warning device comprising: a wearing unit, including a wearing seat for wearing on a wearer's torso, and one mounted on the wearing seat and An acceleration sensing module that senses acceleration of the wearer's action, the wearing unit can analyze and calculate a vertical displacement value within a determination time according to the acceleration of the wearer's action, and the rescue request module And outputting a rescue message when the vertical displacement value is greater than a preset fall determination threshold; and a communication unit, the signal is connected to the wearing unit, and includes a remote communication module capable of communicating with the terminal device, And a control module, the control module can send the rescue message to the terminal device through the remote communication module when receiving the rescue message. The fall warning device of claim 1, wherein the wearing unit further comprises an analysis module, a calculation module, and a rescue request module, wherein the acceleration sensing module can sense the wearer movement Acceleration generates an acceleration data, and the analysis module can analyze the acceleration data generated by the acceleration sensing module in real time, and analyze a vertical acceleration value in a vertical direction, and the calculation module will be in the vertical acceleration When the value is greater than a starting threshold, the triggering is started to start counting the determining time, and the vertical displacement value is calculated according to the determining time and the vertical acceleration value analyzed during the determining time period, and the rescue request module will be When the vertical displacement value is greater than a preset fall determination threshold, the rescue message is output. The fall warning device of claim 2, wherein the wearing unit further comprises a call module installed in the wear seat and operable to output a call message, the control module receiving the call message The call message can be sent to the terminal device through the remote communication module. The fall warning device of claim 3, wherein the wearing unit further comprises a transmitting module capable of wirelessly transmitting the rescue message and the call message to the communication unit, the communication unit further comprising a transmittable The module performs a wireless communication receiving module. The fall warning device of claim 4, wherein the call module has an emergency button, and the call module outputs the call message when the emergency button is pressed. The fall warning device of claim 2, wherein the wearing seat has a mounting housing, and a neck hanging member attached to the mounting housing and surrounding the neck of the wearer, the neck hanging Fit around the length of the wearer's neck. The fall alert device of claim 4, wherein the terminal device can be connected to a cloud server, wherein the remote communication module can communicate with the cloud server, and the control module can transmit the remote communication module. The group sends the rescue message or the call message to the cloud server, and transmits the message to the terminal device via the cloud server. The fall warning device of claim 4, wherein the control module stores at least one contact information corresponding to the terminal device, and the control module transmits the remote communication module according to the at least one contact data The rescue message or the call message is sent to the terminal device corresponding to the at least one contact material. The fall warning device of claim 8, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone or a telephone, wherein the remote communication module is a GSM communicator, and the at least one contact information is a mobile phone number or a phone number corresponding to the terminal device. The control module drives the remote communication module to automatically dial according to the at least one contact information, and sends the rescue message or the call message to the terminal device corresponding to the at least one contact data. The fall warning device of claim 8, wherein the terminal device is a mobile phone or a telephone, wherein the remote communication module is an automatic dialing telephone that can be automatically dialed, and the at least one contact data is a mobile phone corresponding to the terminal device. The number or phone number, the control module drives the remote communication module to automatically dial according to the at least one contact information, and sends the rescue message or the call message to the terminal device corresponding to the at least one contact data.