TWI797508B - Health care management system with mattress detection - Google Patents

Abstract

A management system for health care by mattress detection is loaded onto a cloud server for a terminal device to remotely access. The management system includes a detection unit, a process unit, and an application program. The detection unit is disposed on a mattress for detecting the lying status of a care recipient and generating a surveillance signal. The process unit is coupled with the detection unit for receiving the surveillance signal and identifying the lying information which is then stored on the cloud server. The application program is installed in the terminal device for loading the lying information and displaying the information through user interface. The user is able to watch the real-time lying status of the care recipient. The user interface displays the service of a care giver providing to the care recipient, facilitating the health care management of care recipient.

Description

Management system for health care using mattress detection

The invention relates to a health care management system, in particular to a management system for health care using mattress detection.

Elderly people who are sick and weak, or who are disabled or demented due to illness, have long-term problems in life that cannot take care of themselves. In order to avoid safety concerns because they cannot take care of them alone at home, they need to use nursing Institutions such as homes or long-term care centers provide professional care services. Even in the type of home care, most families will hire professional caregivers to provide long-term care services. Can rest assured.

However, some relatives and friends are unable to observe the situation of the care recipient at any time because they are working outside. In order to confirm that the caregiver is indeed taking care of the care recipient according to the care requirements, some relatives and friends will set up a remote monitoring device at the place where the care recipient is placed. The monitoring cloud camera, but can only view the interaction between the caregiver and the care recipient, and cannot record and confirm the execution of care items to manage health care, and capture images through the cloud camera, It will also involve the issue of privacy violations. Even if it is changed to infrared photography to avoid violations of privacy rights, it is still impossible to record and confirm the execution of care items for health care management.

Therefore, how to solve the management problems of the above-mentioned care receivers in health care is the main focus of the present invention.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a health care management system using mattress detection to provide management for recording and confirming the execution of care items.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a management system for health care using mattress detection, which is loaded in a cloud server and used by a terminal device to connect to the cloud server through remote communication. The management system includes A detection unit, a processing unit, and an application program. The detection unit is set on the mattress for the care recipient to lie on the bed to detect the bed rest status of the care recipient within the range of the mattress, and a monitoring signal is generated after detection; the processing unit is coupled to the detection unit to receive the monitoring signal, and determine a bed rest information according to the monitoring signal, and the cloud server is coupled to the processing unit to store the bed rest information; the application program is installed on the terminal device to display a user interface on the terminal device, so as to be downloaded from the cloud server remotely The bed information is displayed on the user interface for remote viewing of the real-time bed status of the care recipient, and the user interface can also display the care items completed by a caregiver for the care receiver.

In this way, relatives and friends of the care receiver can install the application program through the terminal device, and the terminal device connects to the cloud server through remote communication. The patient's bed information can be used to understand the real-time bed status of the care receiver; and the care items completed by the caregiver for the care receiver can also be displayed on the user interface, so that it can be confirmed that the care staff has indeed completed the care items that should be done. By confirming the implementation of the care items needed by the care receiver, the health care of the care receiver can be effectively managed.

In order to illustrate the central idea of the present invention expressed in the column of the above-mentioned summary of the invention, it is expressed in specific embodiments. Various objects in the embodiments are drawn according to proportions, sizes, deformations or displacements suitable for illustration, rather than drawn according to the proportions of actual components, which are described first.

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 10 , the present invention provides a management system 100 for health care using mattress detection, which is loaded in a cloud server 200, and a terminal device 300 is connected to the cloud server for remote communication. 200, the terminal device 300 can be, for example, a smart phone 301, a tablet computer 302 or a desktop computer 303, and the management system 100 includes a detection unit 10, a processing unit 20, and an application program 30, in:

Described detection unit 10, it is located at a mattress 40, and this mattress 40 is used for the bed resting of the person being cared for, detects the state of bed resting of the person being cared for in the range of the mattress 40 with the detection unit 10. The bed resting state of the person is such as being in bed or leaving the bed, and when lying on the bed, such as lying upright, lying on the side or sitting, the detection unit 10 generates a monitoring signal S according to the sensed bed resting state of the care receiver on the mattress 40 .

In this embodiment, the detection unit 10 includes a pressure sensing element 11 and an inclination angle sensing element 12. The pressure sensing element 11 is sheet-shaped and laid in the mattress 40 (as shown in FIG. 1 ), and occupies The range of motion of the area caregiver when he is in bed, so that the pressure sensing part 11 detects when the caregiver is in bed or out of bed, and when he is lying on the bed or lying on his side, what's more, also It can sense the lying shape of the person being cared for, so as to further analyze the sleep status and health status; in addition, when the person being cared for leans on the mattress 40 to change from lying to sitting, the mattress 40 must be adjusted to incline and thus rise , the angle sensing element 12 can detect and obtain the rising angle of the mattress 40 . In this embodiment, the monitoring signal S is generated by detecting the pressure sensing element 11 and an inclination sensing element 12 . The pressure sensing element 11 is not limited to the above-mentioned sheet shape, it can also be in the shape of a strip, and for example, is arranged in the middle of the mattress 40, and only detects whether the care receiver is in bed or out of bed.

The processing unit 20 is coupled to the detection unit 10 to receive the monitoring signal S, and judge a bed rest information F according to the monitoring signal S, for example, whether the above-mentioned care receiver is in bed or out of bed, or lying on the bed or sideways The action of lying down determines whether it has been lying down for a long time and whether there is turning over. The cloud server 200 is coupled with the processing unit 20 to store the bed resting information F from the processing unit 20 .

Continuing from the above, the processing unit 20 of this embodiment is set at the cloud server 200, and the detection unit 10 and the processing unit 20 are connected through network communication, so that the processing unit 20 can receive the monitoring signal S to determine the bed rest information F. In different embodiments, the processing unit 20 can also be arranged at the end of the mattress 40. At this time, the detection unit 10 and the processing unit 20 can be connected through wired or wireless communication (such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth transmission), and the processing The unit 20 can also receive the monitoring signal S to determine the bed rest information F, and the processing unit 20 is connected to the cloud server 200 through network communication to store the bed rest information F in the cloud server 200 . In addition, the processing unit 20 can also be set up independently in a hardware component, and as a relay terminal, independently receive the signal of the detection unit 10 in a wired or wireless manner, and then send it to the cloud server through an Internet connection The end of the processor 200, the present invention does not limit the location of the processing unit 20.

The application program 30, which is installed on the terminal device 300 to display a user interface 31, communicates with the terminal device 300 to connect to the cloud server 200, and the application program 30 can load the bed information F from the cloud server 200 from the remote end, and The bed information F is displayed on the user interface 31 for remote viewing of the real-time bed status of the care receiver. The user interface 31 can also display the care tasks completed by a care worker for the care receiver. The care items mentioned above can be items that the caregiver actively arranges to be completed on a regular basis for the person being cared for, or they can be tasks that should be completed on a regular basis after being assigned.

In this embodiment, the application program 30 may further include a to-do module 32 , a report module 33 , a translation module 34 , and a permission assignment module 35 . Wherein, the to-do module 32 can edit a to-do item 321 on the user interface 31 and display it on the user interface 31, and the caregiver can obtain instructions from the to-do item 321 displayed on the user interface 31; the report module 33 A report content 331 can be uploaded and displayed on the user interface 31. This report content 331 is the care item that the caregiver has completed. The aforementioned to-do items 321 and report content 331 can be at least one of text, voice, picture and video respectively. If the to-do list 321 and the report content 331 are text or voice, if the relatives and friends of the care receiver and the caregiver are of different nationalities and do not understand the language, the translation module 34 can translate the to-do list 321 and the report content 331 It is the language that users of the application program 30 can communicate with each other, so as to avoid communication barriers in the care process.

The above-mentioned management system 100 is used by the relatives and friends of the care receiver and the care staff who hold the terminal device 300 . When there are multiple people who want to use the management system 100, including relatives, friends and caregivers of the person being cared for, there are multiple terminal devices 300 to install the application program 30, and one of the terminal devices 300 is the manager to create a group (as shown in Figure 3 As shown), other terminal devices 300 can be invited to join the group as members (as shown in Figure 4), and the manager and members form a circle of relatives and friends in Figure 4 and can share bed information F from their respective terminal devices 300 . The manager itself has the right to edit the to-do item 321 in the user interface 31 with the to-do module 32, and any member of the group is set as the assignor with the authority assignment module 35, allowing them to Also has the right to edit the to-do items 321, and members who are not set as assignees are observers, and observers have no authority to edit the to-do items 321 on the user interface 31, and can only see bed rest information from the user interface 31 F and whether the caregiver has completed the care matters.

In the group shown in FIG. 3 , the care recipients include grandpa and grandma. At this time, the bed information F can be displayed on the user interface 31 , that is, grandpa is "out of bed" and grandma is "in bed". After clicking on Grandpa, enter the page of "to-do items" (as shown in Figure 5), which displays the edited to-do items 321, for example, the assignee "james" shown in Figure 5 has been edited at 10:00 every day The to-do item 321 of "turning over and patting the back" for grandpa, and the to-do item 321 of "eating" for grandpa has been edited by the administrator "Boss" at 12:30 every day, all members of this group can These two to-do items 321 can be seen from the user interface 31; in addition, in the user interface 31 shown on the page of FIG. When the to-do item 321 of ", back shot", the caregiver can click on the photo option 332 and upload the picture or image of turning over and back shot as the report content 331, and display it in the user interface 31 and the report has been completed (such as Figure 5,6 shown).

As shown in Figure 7, it can be seen that the page of "bed record" shows grandpa's bed information F, which shows that grandpa is currently out of bed, and on this page, it also shows grandpa's "in bed", "out of bed", " The time records of events such as "long lying down" and "sitting by the bed", each event can be viewed by clicking on it separately. is abnormal. Another example is to click on the "Instant Status" on the page in Figure 7, as shown in Figure 8, Grandpa has been away from the bed for 38 minutes, and it shows that the rising angle of the mattress 40 is between 10 degrees and 30 degrees, which is determined by the inclination sensor 12. The result of detection. As shown in Figure 9, the page of "Health Measurement" can be seen, displaying the bed information F of grandpa that day, and in addition to including the number of to-do items 321 that have been completed "turn over, back pat", it also includes items such as "blood pressure pulse ", "body temperature" and "blood sugar" and other physical status records.

Furthermore, if the above-mentioned management system 100 is applied to institutions such as nursing homes or long-term care centers, there must be a plurality of mattresses 40 due to the large number of care recipients. At this time, the application of the terminal device 300 can be performed through the The portable computer 303 is the center console and shows that each mattress 40 belongs to the care receiver (as shown in Figure 10). Since all caregivers are assigned to a plurality of caregivers for care, in order to make each caregivers only aim at the assigned caregivers, the application program 30 also includes a designated module 36, so that the designated module 36 allows the caregivers to The caregiver can designate the assigned mattress 40 of the care receiver from a plurality of mattresses 40, and only the designated mattress 40 will be displayed on the user interface 31 (as shown in FIG. 10 ), so that the caregiver can view the designated mattress 40 bed rest information F and care.

In this embodiment, the application program 30 further includes a warning module 37 and a message prompt module 38. When the bed information F is abnormal, the warning module 37 drives the terminal device 300 to issue a warning, and the message reminds the module The group 38 displays a message on the user interface 31 to remind all users of the application program 30, in this embodiment, it is the manager and all members of the aforementioned circle of relatives and friends. For example, when the care receiver gets up and sits on the bed and is judged to get out of bed, in addition to displaying the bed information F on the user interface 31 as "sitting on the bed", the above-mentioned tablet computer 302 can be set beside the mattress 40 to The warning module 37 sends out a warning sound (such as playing the prompt sound of "Please be careful to get out of bed") to remind the patient to be careful, and the message prompt module 38 displays the message of "Get out of bed soon" on the user interface 31 of all terminal devices 300 , to remind the care recipients and their caregivers to pay attention.

From the above description, it is not difficult to find that the feature of the present invention is that when the person being cared for is cared for by the caregiver, no matter where his relatives and friends are, the application program 30 can be installed through the terminal device 300, and the terminal device 300 (including the aforementioned smart mobile phone 301, tablet computer 302 or desktop computer 303) to connect to the cloud server 200 through remote communication, so as to use the management system 100 of the present invention, and through the operation of the user interface 31, the bedridden status of the person being cared for can be checked in real time Information F, to know the real-time bedridden state of the care receiver, such as just in bed or out of bed, or to further check whether there is a long-term bedridden situation. And, when the caregiver completes the care item for the person being cared for (when the to-do item 321 of "turn over and pat the back" as described in the embodiment is completed), it can also be displayed on the user interface 31, so that relatives and friends can be checked by the user. The interface 31 confirms that the caregiver has completed the care items that should be done, so that the health care of the care receiver can achieve the effect of effective management.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. All modifications or changes that do not violate the spirit of the present invention belong to the intended protection category of the present invention.

100:Management system 200: cloud server 300: terminal device 301:Smartphone 302: Tablet PC 303:Desktop computer 10:Detection unit 11: Pressure sensing part 12: Inclination sensor 20: Processing unit 30: Apps 31: User Interface 32: To-Do Modules 321: to do list 33:Return module 331:Report content 332: Photo options 34:Translation module 35: Authority Assignment Module 36: Specified module 37:Warning module 38: Message prompt module 40: Mattress S: Monitor signal F: bed rest information

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the connection between the management system and the cloud server and the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the management system and the connection with the cloud server according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a page showing a manager establishing a group in the user interface of the embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a user interface displaying a page including managers, members and caregivers in a group according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a user interface displaying a to-do list page according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a page of the user interface according to the embodiment of the present invention through which the caregiver captures the image of the care receiver and returns the content. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a user interface displaying a bed rest record page according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the user interface displaying the real-time status page in FIG. 7 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a user interface displaying a health measurement page according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a desktop computer displaying care receivers belonging to a plurality of mattresses and a terminal device held by a caregiver to designate care receivers in another embodiment of the present invention.

100: Management System

200: cloud server

10: Detection unit

11: Pressure sensing part

12: Inclination sensor

20: Processing unit

30: Apps

31: User Interface

32:To-do module

33:Return Module

34:Translation module

35: Authority Assignment Module

36: Specified module

37:Warning module

38: Message prompt module

S: Monitor signal

F: bed rest information

Claims (8)

A management system for health care by using mattress detection, which is loaded in a cloud server and used by a terminal device to connect to the cloud server in remote communication. The management system includes: a detection unit, which It is installed on a mattress for the care recipient to lie on the bed to detect the bed rest status of the care recipient within the range of the mattress and generate a monitoring signal. The detection unit includes a pressure sensing element, the pressure The sensing element is laid in the mattress in the shape of a sheet to sense the lying shape of the person being cared for; a processing unit is coupled to the detection unit to receive the monitoring signal, and judge a bed resting information based on the monitoring signal , the cloud server is coupled to the processing unit to store the bed information; and an application program installed on the terminal device to display a user interface, the application program includes a to-do module, a report module and a Authorization assignment module, the to-do module can edit and display a to-do item on the user interface to instruct a caregiver on the to-do item, the report module can upload and display the care worker on the user interface One of the report content of a care item completed by the staff for the care receiver. When the application is installed on multiple terminal devices, one of the terminal devices is the manager. A care group can be created and other terminal devices can be invited Join the care group as a member to share the bed rest information, the manager has the authority to edit the to-do items in the user interface with the to-do module, and set the care group with the authority assignment module Any member of the group is an assignee, so that it also has the authority to edit the to-do item, the care item includes the to-do item, and the application program loads the bed information, the care item from the cloud server from the remote end Events and the content of the report are displayed on the user interface for remote viewing of the real-time bed-ridden status of the care receiver. The management system for health care by using mattress detection as described in Claim 1, wherein the detection unit further includes an inclination sensor for detecting the rising angle of the mattress. The management system for health care using mattress detection as described in claim 1, wherein, The to-do item and the report content can be at least one of text, voice, picture and video respectively. The management system for health care using mattress detection as described in claim 3, wherein the application program includes a translation module, and when the to-do list and the report content are text or voice, the translation module will The to-do list and the content of the report are translated into the language that the app users can communicate with each other. The management system for health care using mattress detection as described in claim 1, wherein the member further includes an observer, and if the member is an observer, the observer has no right to edit the to-do in the user interface matter. The management system for health care by using mattress detection as described in claim 1, wherein there are multiple mattresses and correspondingly display the care recipients on the user interface, and the application program includes a designated module , the caregiver can designate at least one care receiver from the plurality of mattresses to be displayed on the user interface for care. The management system for health care using mattress detection as described in claim 1, wherein the application program includes a warning module, and when the bed rest information is abnormal, the warning module is used to drive the terminal device to which it belongs to issue a warning . The management system for health care using mattress detection as described in claim 1, wherein the application program includes a message prompt module, and when the bed rest information is abnormal, the message prompt module is displayed on the user interface message.

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