WO2018033160A1

WO2018033160A1 - Smart voice monitoring system and method

Info

Publication number: WO2018033160A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/098316
Authority: WO
Inventors: 陈芒
Original assignee: 深圳市轻生活科技有限公司
Priority date: 2016-08-19
Filing date: 2017-08-21
Publication date: 2018-02-22
Also published as: CN107770223A

Abstract

A smart voice monitoring system and method especially for old persons or patents. The system comprises a smart voice device, a communication unit, a smart device responding to a control command, and a remote terminal. The method comprises: S1, an old person or a patient sends audio information, and a smart voice device recognizes the audio information and outputs a control instruction and related voice information; S2, the communication unit transmits the control instruction and the related voice information to a smart device in a monitoring center; and the smart deice responds to the control instruction and starts, the related voice information being displayed on a remote terminal. By means of the smart voice monitoring system and method capable of recognizing voices of old persons or patents provided in the present invention, the distances between monitoring persons and the old persons are shortened, timely aids are provided to the old persons, and the walks between the old persons or the patents and medical care staff members are reduced.

Description

Title of Invention: An Intelligent Voice Monitoring System and Method

Technical field

[0001] The present invention relates to elderly and special population monitoring techniques, and more particularly to an intelligent voice monitoring system and method suitable for a special population such as an elderly person.

Background technique

[0002] According to the United Nations, the average annual growth rate of the world's old population is 2.5% from 1990 to 2020. In the same period, the growth rate of China's old population is 3.3%. The proportion of the world's old population to the total population has risen from 6.6% in 1995 to 2020. 9.3% in the same period, China rose from 6.1% to 11.5% in the same period. No matter the growth rate and proportion of the world surpassed the speed and proportion of the world's old-fashioned, by 2020, China's population over 65 years old will reach 167 million people, accounting for the world. The old population has 24% of the 698 million people, and one of the four elderly people in the world is a Chinese elderly. Therefore, the health monitoring of the elderly and how to protect their lives are all the problems of the old age.

[0003] The rapid development of electronic technology, computer technology, and communication technology provides a variety of solutions for health monitoring and life safety protection for the elderly. How to apply information technology to elderly guardianship and life safety? .

technical problem

[0004] In view of the inconvenience of the elderly or the patients, in order to protect their lives and to provide assistance, the present invention proposes an intelligent voice monitoring system capable of recognizing the voice of an elderly person or a patient, shortening the guardian and The distance between the elderly, providing assistance to the elderly and reducing the number of elderly or sick people and medical staff. Remote monitoring of important physiological parameters of the elderly or patients can not only help the treatment, but also alert the elderly or the sick person to suddenly deteriorate.

Problem solution

Technical solution

[0005] The present invention provides an intelligent voice monitoring system, including an intelligent voice device that processes voices of elderly people or patients, a communication unit for transmitting related information and control commands, a smart device that responds to control commands, and a remote terminal that communicates with remote personnel and displays related information; The MIC module includes an MIC module for receiving audio of an elderly person or a patient, an MCU module for processing audio, a power amplifier for amplifying the decoded audio signal, and a GPIO module for outputting a control command, the smart voice device being used for the MIC module The received audio signal is sent to the MCU module for processing, the power amplifier outputs a response command and the control command is executed by the GPIO module; the communication unit is configured to transmit control information and instructions to the smart device and the remote terminal, the smart device It is mainly an intelligent voice service device for serving the daily life of a sick person or an elderly person, and monitoring the health status thereof; the remote terminal is used for communicating with a guardian or a telemedicine service person for an elderly person or a patient, in an emergency situation And, by the remote terminal, notifying the guardian or alerting the telemedicine to obtain and rescue

[0006] The MCU module includes an audio codec and an audio processing module, the audio codec includes an A/D unit and a D/A unit; the voice processing module includes a voice wakeup unit, a voice recognition unit, and voice control. Output unit.

[0007] the MIC module is configured to convert the received audio into an electrical signal for processing, and the MCU module is configured to process digital audio information, and output a control command and a response instruction; the GPIO is used to Outputting a control command of the MCU module; the voice recognition unit uses a voice recognition algorithm to identify the received audio digital signal into a specific character; the voice wakeup unit uses a wakeup algorithm to output a wakeup command; the voice control output After receiving the wake-up instruction, the unit outputs a command to drive the smart device to start.

In an intelligent voice monitoring system provided in accordance with the present invention, the communication unit unit includes at least one of a Bluetooth module, a WiFi module, or a ZIBEE module.

In an intelligent voice monitoring system provided in accordance with the present invention, the smart device is a voice recognition desk lamp, a voice recognition wheelchair or other smart service device in a monitoring center where an elderly person or a patient is located.

[0010] In the intelligent voice monitoring system according to the present invention, the intelligent voice device further includes a cordless voice call module for performing voice communication with a guardian or related service personnel who prepare the cordless phone.

[0011] In the intelligent voice monitoring system provided in accordance with the present invention, the intelligent voice device includes a mobile communication module for performing voice communication with a guardian or related service personnel via a mobile communication network, and by voice in an emergency situation. Dial or directly wake up the smart device via voice and the remote terminal to notify the guardian or to make an alarm. [0012] According to the present invention, an intelligent voice monitoring method using the above system of the present invention includes the smart voice device, a communication unit, a local server, an intelligent device, and a remote terminal. The smart voice device includes a MIC module. Audio codec, MCU module, power amplifier, and GPIO port; the method includes the following steps:

[0013] S1), the elderly or the patient sends out audio information, and the intelligent voice device recognizes the audio information, and preferentially identifies the saved voice data, and outputs the control command and related voice information;

[0014] S2), the communication unit transmits the control instruction and related voice information to the smart device in the monitoring center

[0015] S3), the smart device responds to the control command and starts, and the monitored health information or the control command output by the MCU module is displayed on the remote terminal.

[0016] Preferably, step S1 includes the following steps:

[0017] S11) the MIC module receives audio information, and converts the acoustic signal into an electrical signal for transmission to an audio codec in the MCU module;

[0018] S12), the audio codec converts the received electrical signal into a digital signal and transmits the signal to the MCU module;

[0019] S13), the voice processing module in the MCU module processes the received audio digital signal by using a recognition algorithm, a wake-up algorithm, and a control algorithm, and outputs a response instruction or a control instruction.

Advantageous effects of the invention

Beneficial effect

The invention provides an intelligent voice monitoring system and method capable of identifying the voice of an elderly person or a patient, shortening the distance between the guardian and the elderly or the patient, providing assistance for the elderly, and reducing the elderly or the disease. People and medical staff traveled on the road. Remote monitoring of important physiological parameters of the elderly or patients can not only assist in treatment, but also alarm in the elderly or patients with sudden deterioration of the condition; through intelligent speech recognition, driving intelligent service devices in the monitoring center, through intelligent services The device solves the problem of life and communicates with the remote terminal service personnel, and solves the problem of poor communication due to inconvenience caused by the elderly or the diseased person.

Brief description of the drawing

DRAWINGS [0021] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments, in which:

1 is a schematic diagram of a logic of an intelligent voice monitoring system in the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of logic of an intelligent voice device in the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram of a voice processing module in the present invention;

4 is a flow chart of an intelligent voice monitoring method in the present invention;

5 is a flow chart showing the sub-steps of step S1 of an intelligent voice monitoring method in the present invention.

Embodiments of the invention

1 is a schematic diagram of an intelligent voice monitoring system in the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, an intelligent voice device 110 for identifying voices of an elderly person or a patient is transmitted, and the recognized voice information is transmitted to a local server. Communication unit 120, smart device 130 responsive to relevant functional commands of the local server, and remote terminal 140; with the rapid development of computer hardware and software technology, semiconductor technology, electronic technology, communication technology, and network technology, humans have entered After the PC generation. A typical feature of this generation is: Various new intelligent devices are increasingly entering people's work and life, and the natural fast, stable and reliable interaction between people and these intelligent terminals helps to improve human-machine opportunities. The efficiency of interaction enhances the control of intelligent devices. The invention provides an intelligent voice monitoring system capable of recognizing the voice of an elderly person or a patient, and performs remote monitoring on important physiological parameters of the elderly or the sick person, which can not only assist in the treatment, but also suddenly deteriorate in the elderly or the sick person.吋Alarm; Intelligent intelligent service equipment in the monitoring center through intelligent voice recognition, solve life problems through intelligent service equipment, communicate with remote terminal service personnel, and solve the problem of poor communication of the elderly or patients with inconvenience.

[0028] The intelligent voice device 110 is configured to receive the voice (speech) of the elderly or the patient, audio-encode the voice of the elderly or the patient, and recognize the information after the coded code into text information; The control command is output through the GPIO port 115; on the other hand, the device can be driven by the D/A module 112b and the amplifier 114 to respond to the received audio. The communication unit 120 transmits the recognized audio information to the smart device 130 of the monitoring center, and the smart device 130 is mainly an intelligent voice service device, such as a smart voice recognition desk lamp, a voice recognition wheelchair, a voice recognition lighting, and the like, through voice recognition. Respond to the audio of the sick or the elderly, facilitate their daily life and monitor their health status through remote terminals 150, seniors or patients communicating with guardians or telemedicine staff, in an emergency In this case, the remote terminal 150 notifies the guardian or alerts the telemedicine to obtain and assist.

[0029] The intelligent voice device 110 includes an elderly or patient audio MIC module 111, an MCU module 110a that processes audio, a power amplifier 114 that amplifies the decoded audio signal, a GPIO module 115 that outputs control commands, and a cordless computer. Voice call module 113a.

[0030] The intelligent voice device 110 is connected to the communication unit 120, and the outputs of the communication unit 120 are respectively connected to the smart device 130 in the monitoring center and the remote terminal 140.

[0031] The MIC module 111 is connected to the MCU module 110a, and the MCU module 110a is connected to the power amplifier 114 and the GPIO port 115. The MIC module 111 is configured to receive audio, and transmit the received audio to the MCU module 110a for processing, the MCU module 110a for processing audio information, encoding and decoding the audio, identifying the audio information as text information, and outputting a control command; the power amplifier 114 Amplify the decoded audio signal to drive the device to respond. The GPI0115 is used to output control commands of the MCU module 110a. The cordless voice calling module 113a is used for voice communication between the patient or the elderly and the guardian or related service personnel. Through the cordless voice calling module 113a, the patient or the elderly can also implement the guardian or related service when the inconvenience is inconvenient. People have accessibility and have brought great convenience to their lives.

[0032] The MCU module 110a includes an audio codec 112 and a voice processing module 113, and the audio codec 112 includes an A/D unit 112a and a D/A unit 112b.

[0033] The audio codec 112 converts the received audio information sent by the MIC module 111 into a digital signal and outputs it to the MCU module 110a. The MCU module 110a processes the input voice accordingly, and responds to the voice command accordingly. For example, a voice response; a control command can also be output, and the drive device operates according to the desired result.

[0034] The output of the A/D unit 112a is connected to the input of the voice processing module 113, and the output of the voice processing module 113 is connected to the D/A unit 112b and the GPIO port 115, respectively.

[0035] The voice processing module 113 includes a voice waking unit 113a, a voice recognition unit 113b, and a voice control output unit 113c, the voice waking unit 113a is connected to the voice recognition unit 113b, and the voice recognition unit 113b is connected to the voice control output unit 113c. The voice recognition unit 113b recognizes the received audio digital signal into a specific character by using a voice recognition algorithm, where the specific text is preset in a certain range, thereby ensuring the efficiency and cost of implementing the voice recognition; 113a uses a wake-up algorithm, The wake-up command is output; the voice control output unit 113c outputs a command to drive the smart device 130 to start after receiving the wake-up command.

[0036] The communication unit 120 adopts a short-range communication means, and may be one of a Bluetooth module, a WiFi module, or a ZIBEE module.

[0037] The smart device 130 is a voice recognition desk lamp, a voice recognition wheelchair or other smart service device in a monitoring center where an elderly person or a patient is located. Here, the smart device 130 may further have a monitoring module. For example, the voice recognition desk lamp may have a lighting and video capturing function, and the voice recognition wheelchair may have a walking and positioning or state detecting function, and the position of the wheelchair may be obtained by the positioning function, and the state detection may be Get wheelchair status.

[0038] The elderly or the sick person can communicate with the remote terminal 150 by voice in the flat voice, or can wake up the smart voice device by voice in an emergency. A simple example, the remote terminal is a smart phone.

4 to FIG. 5, FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an intelligent voice monitoring method in the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a sub-step of step S1 of an intelligent voice monitoring method in the present invention. Inventing an intelligent voice monitoring method for an elderly person or a patient, using the smart voice device 110, the communication unit 120, the smart device 130, and the remote terminal 140, the smart voice device 110 includes a MIC module 111, an audio codec 112, and an MCU module 110a , the power amplifier 114 and the GPIO port 115; the method comprises the following steps:

[0040] S1), the elderly or the patient sends out audio information, and the intelligent voice device 110 recognizes the audio information, and outputs a control command and related voice information, where the control command may be a "light";

[0041] wherein, step S1 includes the following steps:

[0042] Sl l), MIC module 111 receives the sound information, the received voice sound wave signal is converted into an electrical signal transmission to the audio codec 112 in the MCU module 110a;

[0043] S12), the audio codec 112 converts the received electrical signal into a digital signal, and transmits it to the MCU module 110a;

[0044] S13), the voice processing module 113 in the MCU module 110a processes the received audio digital signal by using an identification algorithm, a wake-up algorithm, and a control algorithm, and outputs a response instruction or a control instruction;

[0045] S2), the communication unit 120 transmits the control instruction and related voice information to the smart device 1 30 in the monitoring center; here, the smart device 130 may be a voice recognition desk lamp, the lamp has a video information collecting module; [0046] S3), the smart device 130 responds to the control command and starts, the voice recognition light is illuminated according to the instruction, and the health information presented by the video information collection module in the smart device 130 is represented by the MCU. The module output is displayed on the remote terminal 140. The remote terminal 140 here may be a smart phone, which may be a smart phone of a preset relative or health consultant, and the monitoring information such as image or video for the elderly or the sick person is On the smartphone sent to the relatives or health consultants, it can also help communicate with the guardian or telemedicine staff. In case of emergency, notify the guardian through the remote terminal 140 or alert the telemedicine to obtain and rescue And help.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention. Changes or substitutions should be covered by the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

Claim

[Claim 1] An intelligent voice monitoring system, comprising: an intelligent voice device (110) for processing voices of an elderly person or a patient, a communication unit (120) for transmitting related information and control commands, and a pair A smart device (130) that controls command response and a remote terminal (140) for communicating with remote personnel and displaying related information; the smart voice device (1 10) includes a MIC module (111) that receives audio of an elderly person or a patient An MCU module (110a) for processing audio, a power amplifier (114) for amplifying the decoded audio signal, and a GPIO module (115) for outputting a control command, the smart voice device (110) for the MIC module (111) The received audio signal is sent to the MCU module (1 10a) for processing, the power amplifier (114) outputs a response command and the control command is executed by the GPIO module; the communication unit (120) is configured to transmit control information and instructions. To the smart device (130) and the remote terminal (140), the smart device (130) is mainly an intelligent voice service device For the daily life of a sick person or an elderly person, to monitor their health status; the remote terminal (140) is used for communication with a guardian or a telemedicine service provider for an elderly person or a patient, in an emergency, The remote terminal (140) is notified to the guardian or to the remote medical personnel to obtain and rescue.

[Claim 2] The intelligent voice monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the MCU module

(110a) includes an audio codec (112) and a voice processing module (113), the audio codec (112) including an A/D unit (112a) and a D/A unit (112b); the voice processing module (113) includes a voice waking unit (113a), a voice recognition unit (113b), and a voice control output unit (113c).

[Claim 3] The intelligent voice monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein the MIC module

(111) for converting the received audio into an electrical signal for processing, the MCU module (110a) for processing digital audio information, outputting a control command and a response command; GPIO (115) is used to output the MCU module

a control command of (110a); the speech recognition unit (113b) recognizes the received audio digital signal into a specific character by using a speech recognition algorithm; and the speech waking unit (113a) outputs a wake-up command by using a wake-up algorithm; Voice control output unit (113c) And outputting a command to drive the smart device (130) to start after receiving the wake-up instruction.

[Claim 4] The intelligent voice monitoring system according to claim 3, wherein the communication unit

(120) The unit includes at least one of a Bluetooth module, a WiFi module, or a ZIBEE module.

[Claim 5] The intelligent voice monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the smart device (130) is a voice recognition desk lamp in a monitoring center where an elderly person or a patient is located, Speech recognition wheelchair or other smart service device.

[Claim 6] The intelligent voice monitoring system according to claim 5, wherein the smart voice device (110) further comprises a cordless voice call module (113a) for being used with a guardian or a related person who prepares the cordless phone Service personnel conduct voice communication.

[Claim 7] The intelligent voice monitoring system according to claim 5, wherein the intelligent voice device (110) comprises a mobile communication module, configured to perform voice communication with a guardian or a related service personnel through a mobile communication network, And in an emergency, the smart device (130) and the remote terminal (140) are notified by voice dialing or directly by voice to notify the guardian or to make an alarm.

[Claim 8] An intelligent voice monitoring method using the system of claim 1, the system comprising the smart voice device (110), a communication unit (120), a local server (140), and a smart device (130) And a remote terminal, the intelligent voice device includes a MIC module (111), an audio codec (112), an MCU module (110a), a power amplifier (114), and a GPIO port (115); wherein the method comprises the following steps:

51) The elderly person or the patient sends out audio information, and the smart voice device (110) identifies the audio information, preferentially identifies the saved voice data, and outputs a control command and related voice information;

52), the communication unit (120) transmits the control instruction and related voice information to the smart device (130) in the monitoring center;

53) The smart device (130) responds to the control command and starts, and the monitored health information or the control command output by the MCU module is displayed on the remote terminal (140).

[Claim 9] The intelligent voice monitoring method according to claim 8, wherein the step S1 comprises the following steps: Sl l) the MIC module (111) receives audio information, and converts the acoustic signal into an electrical signal for transmission to an audio codec in the MCU module (110a);

512), the audio codec (112) converts the received electrical signal into a digital signal, and transmits the signal to the MCU module (110a);

513), the voice processing module (113) in the MCU module (110a) uses the recognition algorithm, the wake-up algorithm and the control algorithm to process the received audio digital signal, and output a response command or a control command.