KR101770057B1 - System for managing patients and senior citizen using pressure sensor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a patient and an elderly care management system using a pressure sensor. The present invention provides a pressure sensor comprising: a pressure sensor for sensing an external pressure; and a sensor electrode for generating an electric signal according to a pressure, wherein the pressure sensor comprises three pressure sensors per address for identification of each patient or elderly person's bed; Each of the addresses is used to set an alarm setting time for each address. An electric signal is received from the sensor electrodes inside the three pressure sensing units for each address. The state of each of the three pressure sensing units And a controller which determines that the patient or the elderly person has not been able to receive electric signals from the sensor electrodes on the three pressure sensors assigned to one address for each address, And an output device for outputting lying condition information of the patient and the elderly person at each address including whether or not the patient or elderly person leaves the bed according to the analysis of the controller; .
Thus, by using the pressure sensor for each bed, when the preset time is exceeded, an alarm is outputted through the connected warning lamp and speaker to automatically call the night watcher, thereby making it possible to perform a call by the will of the existing patient or the elderly , It is possible to control the departure from the bed at night beyond the passive management which makes the behavior arbitrarily inconvenient, so that the patient or the elderly can safely take care of the patient in case of a fall accident, etc. to provide.
In addition, the present invention is advantageous in that it is convenient to set the time for alarm output according to the characteristics of each patient or the elderly, and it is possible to reduce the inconvenience of patrolling the inside of the patient's room at predetermined time intervals.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a system for managing patients and senior citizens using a pressure sensor,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a patient and a geriatric care system using a pressure sensor, and more particularly, to a patient and a geriatric care system using a pressure sensor, The present invention relates to a management system for a patient and an elderly person using a sensor.

The problem of the elderly in modern society has many problems due to rapid change of society. It is common to go to a hospital for nursing care, and even though a nursing hospital is called modern-day hospital, it has become a irrevocable social phenomenon in the social phenomenon that is driven by the nuclear family.

In this hospital management system, patients or guardians should be able to safely care for the fall accidents of the elderly people.

The reason for the frequent fall of the patient or elderly people in the hospital is that they can not move to the bathroom by themselves because of the inconvenience, but they do not call the night watchdog after sleep and fall down when they go down the bed. Patients and elderly people with low energy are often exposed to death.

In other words, in the case of the elderly, there are many cases in which they do not press a separate call-up call to call a nurse or a nurse, and accidents are frequent. This may result from the fact that the education effect is insignificant for an aged old person.

Conventional techniques for solving such problems include installing a call bell on a bed of a subject so that the subjects can call the manager and prevent the elderly who do not have energy from falling into a struggle at bedtime, There is a device that fixes hands and feet with a fixed gear and a railing on the bed.

However, since the conventional techniques are based on the active call of the patient or the elderly, the method of making the judgment disadvantageous becomes useless and the method of arbitrarily making the behavior uncomfortable, even when the movement is necessary, There are limitations that can be caused.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an elastic pad having a point or an area pressure sensor attached thereto so that the pressure of the human body, i.e., the pressure applied to the surface of the bed when the patient and the elderly person are lying, (ON / OFF), the electric signal is sent to the controller to calculate the time value of the electric signal, and when the preset time is exceeded, the alarm is outputted through the connected warning lamp and speaker to automatically call the night watcher And to provide a patient and a senior citizen management system using the pressure sensor.

However, the objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for managing a patient and a senior citizen using a pressure sensor, the system comprising: a pressure pad for sensing an external pressure; and a sensor electrode for generating an electric signal according to pressure, Three pressure sensors per address for identification of the bed of the patient or the elderly; Each of the addresses is used to set an alarm setting time for each address. An electric signal is received from the sensor electrodes inside the three pressure sensing units for each address. The state of each of the three pressure sensing units And a controller which determines that the patient or the elderly person has not been able to receive electric signals from the sensor electrodes on the three pressure sensors assigned to one address for each address, And an output device for outputting lying condition information of the patient and the elderly person at each address including whether or not the patient or elderly person leaves the bed according to the analysis of the controller; .

The controller may include a first output terminal configured to transmit an alarm signal to an interface for transmitting and receiving signals and data with a warning light and a speaker; And a second output terminal which is an interface for transmitting and receiving signals and data between user terminals provided with management and control programs; And a control unit.

The controller may control the first output terminal when it is determined that the state information indicating that the patient or the elderly corresponding to at least one address has occurred in the bed is longer than a preset alarm setting time that matches each address, And transmits an alarm signal through the warning light and the speaker.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing a patient and a senior citizen using a pressure sensor, the method comprising: a first step of setting a controller-based alarm setting time by an address; A second step of determining whether the controller operates the pressure pad in the pressure sensing unit formed by three addresses for each address based on whether an electric signal is received from the sensor electrode in each pressure sensing unit; And when there is an address that can not receive an electric signal from all of the three pressure sensing sensor electrodes assigned to the address of the controller, it generates state information that the patient or the elderly person has determined to have occurred in the bed, A third step; .

The second step includes the steps of the controller receiving the analog-to-digital converted sensing data from the infrared sensor assigned to each address, And the third step is to generate state information finally by checking whether the patient is sensed by using the sensed data from the infrared sensor before the state information is generated, and output the state information together with the address information to the output device It is preferable to output it.

The patient and the elderly care management system using the pressure sensor according to the embodiment of the present invention uses the pressure sensor for each bed to output an alarm through the connected warning lamp and speaker when the preset time is exceeded, Thus, it is possible to manage the departure from the bed in the night beyond the reference time, out of passive management that makes the call by the will of the existing patient or the elderly person, and the behavior arbitrarily inconvenient, Or an elderly person can be safely provided with the effect of being able to live a nursing life.

In addition, the patient and the elderly care management system using the pressure sensor according to another embodiment of the present invention can conveniently set the time for alarm output according to the characteristics of each patient or the elderly, It is possible to reduce the inconvenience.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view showing a pressure pad in a pressure sensing part of a patient and a senior citizen management system using a pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
2 is a view showing a patient and a senior citizen management system using a pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 shows a pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a controller among a patient and a senior citizen management system using the pressure sensor of FIG. 2; FIG.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a control box among a patient and a senior citizen management system using the pressure sensor of FIG. 2; FIG.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for managing a patient and a senior citizen using a pressure sensor according to the present invention in real time.
FIG. 7 is a reference diagram summarizing functions of the controller of the patient and the elderly care management system using the pressure sensor of FIG. 2; FIG.
8 is a view for explaining a patient and a senior citizen management system using a pressure sensor according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a view for explaining a patient and a senior citizen management process using a pressure sensor using a patient and a senior citizen management system using a pressure sensor according to another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 8;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention will be given with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In the present specification, when any one element 'transmits' data or signals to another element, the element can transmit the data or signal directly to the other element, and through at least one other element Data or signal can be transmitted to another component.

1 is a cross-sectional view (FIG. 1A) and a plan view (FIG. 1B) showing a pressure pad 110 of a pressure sensing part in a patient and a senior citizen management system using a pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view showing a patient and a senior citizen management system using a pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing a pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the controller 210 among the patient and the elderly care management system using the pressure sensor of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a control box 200 among the patient and elder care management systems using the pressure sensor of FIG.

1, the pressure pad 110 includes a pressure sensor 111 or an area sensor having a soft protective film, a pad 111a corresponding to the pressure sensor 111 or a net elastic material formed under the area sensor, .

2 and 3, the pressure sensor 111 includes an elastic pressure pad 120 exposed to the outside.

When the elastic pressing pad 120 is pressed from the outside, the elastic pressing pad 120 is elastically deformed and moved to abut the sensor electrode 130, thereby transmitting the electric signal to the controller 210 of the control box 200.

Meanwhile, the pressure sensing unit including the pressure pad 110 and the sensor electrode 130 is installed in the form of one module for one patient or the elderly for each bed.

The pressure sensing unit may transmit and receive signals and data to / from the user terminal 500 and the control box 200 in a wired or wireless manner.

4, the control box 200 includes an output device 220, a first output terminal 230, and a second output terminal 240 in addition to the controller 210 described above.

The output device 220 is formed in the control box 200 and outputs to the outside whether or not the patient or elderly person leaves the bed.

The first output terminal 230 is formed to transmit an alarm signal to an interface for transmitting and receiving signals and data between a warning light and a speaker and a controller 210.

The second output terminal 240 corresponds to an interface for transmitting and receiving signals and data between the controller 210 of the control box 200 and the user terminal 500 provided with the management and control program for the control box 200.

5, the output device 220 includes an address display unit 221, a room name display unit 222, a sensor data display unit 223, and a time setting unit 224. [

Here, the sensor data display unit 223 displays the sensor data on the patient or elderly person generated by the controller 210 receiving the electric signal for the pressure sensing module formed by one module, Displays status information about left, center, and right. At this time, the sensor data display unit 223 displays the respective element information in a row in the horizontal direction by matching the state information on the patient or the elderly displayed on the address display unit 221 and the room name display unit 222. [

That is, referring to FIG. 5B, when the electric signal is received only on the left side of the three pressure sensing units 110 disposed on the bed of the patient or the elderly person, the controller 210 analyzes the left side of the pressure sensing unit 110.

In a similar manner, when an electrical signal is received from the left and center pressure sensing units 110, the pressure sensing unit 110 is laid down to the left, The controller 210 analyzes that the patient or the elderly has happened in the bed.

On the other hand, when the electrical signal is received from only the right pressure sensing unit 110, the right sensing signal is received from the right and central pressure sensing unit 110, And when it is received, it is laid down to the right and analyzed by the controller 210. [

That is, a state in which none of the three LED elements displayed in the area 'B' in FIG. 5A among the sensor data display unit 223 is in a state in which the patient or the elderly person is not putting a back on the bed, The controller 210 controls the first output terminal 230 to output an alarm signal to the warning lamp and the speaker.

4, the controller 210 includes a display module 211, a setting module 212, a data operation module 213, a storage module 214, and an output module 215.

The display module 211 receives an electric signal from the sensor electrode 130 of the pressure sensing part having three per bed and then displays a sensor operation (blinking) display function to the output device 220, Display function, and audio output to speakers.

The setting module 212 can set the setting time for outputting the alarm signal to the output device 220, the warning light, and the speaker when the bed is separated from the bed for the patient or the elderly depending on the address and room / name information of each bed .

This may be set by itself in the control box 200 and may be set by receiving a setting control signal from the user terminal 500 through control over the second output terminal 240 described above.

In addition, the setting module 212 transmits operation time information of the pressure sensor 111 of the individual pressure sensing part to the patient or the elderly depending on the address and room / name information of each bed, Can be provided from the user terminal 500 and set.

The data calculation module 213 receives electrical signals from the sensor electrodes 130 of the pressure sensing part formed by three per bed and then outputs electrical signals to the left and right sides according to ON / It is analyzed whether it is lying down, whether it is in the center, or whether it has occurred in the seat, and then measuring the time taken for each state.

The storage module 214 stores the state information and the time information analyzed by the data calculation module 213 with the patient's or elderly person according to the address and room / name information of each bed. To this end, the storage module 214 must have a storage device therein.

The output module 215 controls the first output terminal 230 to transmit signals and data to the warning light and the speaker and controls the second output terminal 240 to control the data operation module 213 ) To the storage module (214).

The main function of the controller 210 having these five modules is that the electric signal received from the pressure sensing unit installed in the bed corresponding to the address and room / name information of each bed is' 000 The address display unit 221 and the room name display unit 222 of the output device 220 display the address and room / name information of each bed by an alarm operation through a warning light and a speaker, Respectively.

Then, when the controller 210 exceeds the alarm setting time information matched with the address and the room / name information of each bed set by the setting module 212, the controller 210 determines that the bed has occurred more than necessary, And controls to output an alarm signal.

On the other hand, the user terminal 500 generates a calculation value in accordance with whether the pressure sensor 111 is ON or OFF, and at the same time, the delay time and the like are recorded together on the control box 200, Receives the stored operation value and blinking operation time, and converts it into a graph according to the management and control program.

In addition, the user terminal 500 can output the data of each individual patient or the address of the elderly by graph and text (accumulated time, etc.) by integrating ON and OFF calculation values and time stored on the control box 200. Here, the management and control program of the user terminal 500 can accumulate the big data for each individual address based on the operation value and the blink time of the controller 210, and then provide it to the external server.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for managing a patient and a senior citizen using a pressure sensor according to the present invention in real time. Referring to FIG. 6, the controller 210 of the control box 200 sets an alarm setting time for each address (S110). Here, it is preferable that the controller 210 stores, in addition to the address-based alarm setting time, the room and the name of each address in the storage device.

After step S110, the controller 210 individually analyzes whether the internal pressure pad 110 formed by the three pressure sensing parts for each address operates (S120). That is, the controller 210 receives electrical signals from the sensor electrode 130 according to the pressed state of the pressure pad 110 on the pressure sensing unit, analyzes the states of the three pressure sensing units for each address, And name information.

After step S120, the controller 210 generates state information and outputs the state information to the output device 220 when it is determined that the patient or the elderly person corresponding to at least one of the addresses analyzed in step S120 has occurred in the bed S130). If the controller 210 fails to receive the electric signal from all of the sensor electrodes 130 on the three pressure sensing units corresponding to one address in step S120, the controller 210 may determine that the patient or the elderly person has occurred in the bed .

After step S130, the controller 210 determines whether the patient information or the elderly person in the bed has been generated in the bed, And outputs a signal (S140). Here, it is preferable that the warning light and the speaker are installed in a place where a manager for managing a patient or an elderly person is present.

FIG. 7 is a reference diagram summarizing the functions of the controller 210 of the patient and the elderly care management system using the pressure sensor of FIG. 2.

8 is a view for explaining a patient and a senior citizen management system using a pressure sensor according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a view for explaining a patient and a senior citizen management process using a pressure sensor using a patient and a senior citizen management system using a pressure sensor according to another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 8. FIG.

8, in addition to the pressure sensor having the pressure pad 110, the control module 150 includes the infrared sensor 140 in addition to the infrared sensor 140, so that the control module 150 configures the pressure pad 110 And transmits sensed data to the control box 200 through analog-to-digital conversion after receiving the continuous sensing signal from the pressure sensor 111 and the infrared sensor 140.

Accordingly, when the control box 200 judges that the elderly person has been caused to bed by the pressure sensor 111 and the infrared sensor 140 through the sensing data, the control box 200 performs the output of the warning light and the emergency bell to the speaker .

In addition, the control box 200 can output the sensed data to the user terminal 500 and output warning messages when both are determined that the elderly person is in bed.

9, when the patient is not detected through the infrared sensor 140 disposed on both sides of the bed as shown in FIG. 9A, the control box 200 controls the red LED to be lit or flickered, When this state lasts for a preset time (more than 30 seconds), the emergency bell is activated.

Referring to FIG. 9B, when the patient is detected through the infrared sensor 140 disposed on both sides of the bed, the control box 200 can control the green LED to be lit or flickered.

The present invention can also be embodied as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored.

Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device and the like, and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet) .

The computer readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. And functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

As described above, preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed in the present specification and drawings, and although specific terms have been used, they have been used only in a general sense to easily describe the technical contents of the present invention and to facilitate understanding of the invention , And are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It is to be understood by those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

110: pressure pad
111: pressure sensor 111a: pad
120: elastic pressure pad 130: sensor electrode
140: Infrared sensor 150: Control module
200: Control box 210: Controller
211: Display module 212: Setting module
213: Data operation module 214: Storage module
215: output module 220: output device
221: address display section 222: room name display section
223: sensor data display section 224: time setting section
230: first output terminal 240: second output terminal
500: user terminal

Claims (5)

A pressure pad 110 including an elastic pressure pad 120 exposed to the outside and a pressure sensor 111 having a soft protective film and a pad 111a corresponding to a net elastic material formed under the pressure sensor 111, The elastic pressing pad 120 formed to include the sensor electrode 130 and elastically deformed from the outside is moved so as to abut the sensor electrode 130 so that the electric signal is transmitted to the controller 210 of the control box 200 A pressure sensing unit that is installed in a module form with three modules per bed and can transmit and receive signals and data to / from the user terminal 500 and the control box 200 in a wired or wireless manner;
An infrared sensor 140 disposed on both sides of the bed;
After receiving the continuous sensing signal from the pressure sensor 111 and the infrared sensor 140 constituting the pressure pad 110, the sensed data is transmitted to the control box 200 through the analog-to-digital conversion, And outputs the sensed data to the speaker of the user terminal 500. In addition, when the user and the elderly judge that the patient and the elderly have occurred in the bed through the sensing data of the infrared sensor 140 and the infrared sensor 140, And a control module (150) for outputting a warning message when both the patient and the elderly person are judged to have occurred in the bed;
A controller 210, an output device 220 for outputting the exclusion of the patient and the elderly in each bed to the outside, an alarm signal to an interface for transmitting and receiving signals and data between a warning light and a speaker and a controller 210 And a second output terminal 240 corresponding to an interface for transmitting and receiving signals and data between the controller 210 and the user terminal 500. The first output terminal 230 and the second output terminal 240 are disposed on both sides of the bed, If the patient and the elderly are not sensed through the sensor 140, the red LED may be controlled to flicker and then the emergency bell may be activated for a predetermined time duration, A control box 200 for controlling the green LED to be flickered when the patient and the elderly are detected through the sensor 140;
A management terminal and a control program for the control box 200 are installed and a user terminal for outputting the data of each individual patient and the elderly in a graph and a text by synthesizing ON and OFF calculated values and time stored on the control box 200 (500)
The controller 210,
After receiving an electric signal from the sensor electrode 130 of the pressure sensing unit formed with three sensors per bed, it is possible to perform a sensor operation display function for the output device 220, a display function as a warning light when leaving the bed, A display module (211) for providing a display; A setting module 212 for setting a setting time for outputting an alarm signal to an output device 220, a warning light, and an alarm signal to a speaker when the patient and the elderly leave the bed; After receiving an electric signal from the sensor electrode 130 of the pressure sensing unit formed with three per bed, it is checked whether the sensor electrode 130 is lying on the left side or the right side, lying on the back, And if it is not received from the sensor electrode 130 on each of the three pressure sensing units corresponding to one address, A data operation module 213 for judging that the elderly person has occurred in the bed; A storage module 214 for storing the state information and the time information analyzed by the data operation module 213 for each patient and the elderly, and having a storage device therein; The data output module 230 controls the first output terminal 230 to transmit signals and data to the beacon light and the speaker and controls the second output terminal 240 to transmit data to the user terminal 500 through the data operation module 213, And an output module 215 for performing transmission of the data stored in the memory 214,
If the alarm setting time information is matched with the address and the room and name information of each bed set by the setting module 212, it is determined that the alarm has occurred in the bed more than necessary, and an alarm signal is output to the warning lamp and speaker,
The output device 220,
An address display section (221) for displaying address information of each bed; A room name display portion 222 for displaying room and name information of each bed; A sensor data display unit (not shown) for displaying status information on the left, center, and right side of the patient and the elderly person generated by the controller 210 receiving the electric signal for the pressure sensing module formed by one module of the three pressure sensing units 223). ≪ / RTI > delete delete delete delete

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