KR20040077625A - Apparatus and method for indicating emergency of human body - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device and a method for notifying a predetermined person of an abnormality in a user's body and a location of a user when an abnormality occurs in a user's body. Attachment determination unit for determining whether or not attached to the body; A physical state determination unit for detecting a pulse, body temperature, or blood pressure to determine whether an emergency has occurred in a user's body; And a location signal transmitter for transmitting a situation occurring on the user's body and the user's location information by using mobile communication when an emergency occurs in the user's body.

Description

Apparatus and notification method for body emergency situation {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INDICATING EMERGENCY OF HUMAN BODY}

The present invention relates to a device for notifying a predetermined person of an abnormality in the case where an abnormality has occurred in a user's body of a body emergency situation notification device and where the user's position is.

In addition to the aging of the population, the elderly problem has become a serious social problem, and the necessity of promptly grasping the emergency situation in the body of the elderly has been raised by the physicians who manage the health of children or the elderly who cannot support the elderly directly. In addition to the elderly, children, or women, even when suddenly physical danger situation when going out, it is necessary to quickly grasp the medical emergency measures and other measures as soon as possible.

In the past, there have been studies on devices for informing the comfort of the elderly, but when the elderly do not watch TV for 24 hours or attach a video sensing device to the mobile phone and no movement is detected for a certain time, it is automatically It was just a function of making a call. In other words, there was a limit to taking a measure of making a phone call after the situation had progressed to an already irreversible situation such as the death of the old man.

The present invention is to measure the pulse, body temperature or blood pressure of the user of the body emergency situation notification device at a predetermined time interval to solve the above problems when the deviation from the normal state of the mobile phone or body emergency notification device of a predetermined person It is an object of the present invention to provide a body emergency situation notification device for delivering a text message or a pre-recorded voice message to the user's health care PC.

1 is a block diagram of a body emergency situation notification device of the present invention,

Figure 2 is an illustration of a body emergency situation notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention,

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a body emergency situation notification method of the present invention.

Body emergency situation notification device of the present invention for achieving the above object is fixed to the attachment to the body attachment portion attachment determination unit for determining whether the attachment; A physical state determination unit for detecting a pulse, body temperature, or blood pressure to determine whether an emergency has occurred in a user's body; And a location signal transmitter for transmitting a situation occurring on the user's body and the user's location information by using mobile communication when an emergency occurs in the user's body.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the body emergency situation notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Attachment determination unit 110 detects the attachment of the body emergency situation notification device to operate the body state judgment unit 120 only when the body emergency situation notification device is attached to the user's body. For example, when a body emergency notification device is attached to the neck or ankle in the form of a belt, if a pressure sensor is applied to the contact portion of the wrist or the ankle, The attachment state may be determined or the attachment state may be determined by determining whether the watch is fixed to the wrist in the case of being coupled to the bottom of the watch. Alternatively, the attachment decision unit 110 may be more easily determined whether the attachment manually, that is, it is configured as a power switch is determined to be attached if the switch is turned on, if the switch is turned off if attached You can also try to figure it out. That is, if the attachment determination unit 110 is to determine whether the body emergency situation notification device is attached to the user's body is not limited to the above manner can use all conventional ones. Therefore, the configuration may also include two or more pressure sensors in the case of pressure sensing, or may simply be composed of one switch.

The attachment determination unit 110 drives the body state determination unit 120 when it is determined to be in an attachment state, and stops driving the body state determination unit 120 when it is determined that the attachment state is not in the attachment state.

The physical state detecting unit 120 includes a sensor for detecting a pulse, body temperature, and blood pressure, and drives the sensor at regular time intervals to check the user's blood pressure, temperature, or blood pressure to see if an abnormality has occurred in the user's body. When it is determined that an abnormality has occurred, a signal informing that the abnormality has occurred is transmitted to the position signal transmitter 130. The detection unit may use a conventional human-contact detection device for detecting a pulse, body temperature, blood pressure, and the like. The sensing unit is preferably configured to include a digital sensing device to numerically represent the state of the body.

The measurement of blood pressure is widely used for analyzing the frequency component of the Korotkoff sound and the discriminating method using a comparator. A digital blood pressure monitor that can be attached to a body part such as a wrist or ankle is widely used. Similarly, in the case of body temperature or pulse rate, a thermometer or pulse meter which can be attached and measured on the body is widely used. According to Korean Patent No. 52947, a device for simultaneously measuring blood pressure and body temperature is posted.

That is, the physical state detecting unit 120 may include a conventional blood pressure monitor, a thermometer, a pulse meter, and further, to control the blood pressure monitor, the thermometer, the pulse monitor, and detect blood pressure, body temperature, or pulse at regular intervals. Preferably, in consideration of power consumption, blood pressure, body temperature, or pulse is detected once every 10 to 20 minutes.

In addition, it is determined from the measured user's blood pressure, body temperature, or pulse whether the user's physical condition is normal, a condition requiring medical treatment, a situation requiring urgent evacuation, or whether he has already died.

For example, if the user of the medical emergency notification device is a hypertension patient, if the maximum blood pressure is 160mmHg or more, or the minimum blood pressure is more than 95mmHg, the hypertension is detected, and the maximum blood pressure is 210mmHg or more or the minimum blood pressure is 120mmHg or more. If it is, it can be judged as a situation in which an abnormality can occur immediately in the body. In the case of body temperature, the normal human body temperature is maintained at 36 to 38 degrees, and the skin temperature is maintained at 34 to 36 degrees. However, if the body temperature exceeds 41 degrees can be determined that the fever is enough to threaten life if this condition persists. Pulses vary with age and gender but are between 60 and 100 per minute for adults and 50 or less per minute for older people. However, if the pulse rate is less than 10 times, it should be regarded as an abnormality in heart function and can be judged as an emergency situation in which a life threat exists.

In addition, the body state detection unit 120 may further shorten the subsequent measurement cycle when it is determined that the abnormality has occurred in the user's body state as a result of the measurement. That is, if the blood pressure or body temperature rises more than a certain amount, there is a possibility that the blood pressure may rise further in a short time of only 1 to 3 minutes, so that the measurement cycle is shortened to determine whether the user's physical condition is worsened.

The physical state detecting unit 120 may measure some or all of body temperature, pulse rate, and blood pressure. Since there is a relationship between the pulse, body temperature, and blood pressure, such as an increase in the pulse at the time of fever, preferably detecting the body temperature, pulse, and blood pressure at the same time in the detection unit 121 may help to accurately determine the situation of the body. One or two measurements may be taken to save. That is, when the user of the body emergency situation notification device according to the present invention has one of the disorders of blood pressure, body temperature, and heart function, limiting the measurement to the physical condition corresponding to the disorder is helpful in lowering the manufacturing cost. .

In addition, the body state detection unit 120 measures the body temperature, pulse or blood pressure and transmits a signal indicating that the abnormality occurred when the state of the body occurs to the position signal transmitter 130. In this case, the physical state detecting unit 120 may transmit the abnormality of the physical condition occurring in the user's body to the position signal transmitting unit 130 in several steps. That is, the user may be notified to the position signal transmitter 130 only when the user dies, but even if the situation is usually determined by the doctor that needs to be notified to the position signal transmitter 130, emergency evacuation If it is determined that it is necessary, it can be notified to the position signal transmitter 130.

As will be described later, the position signal transmitter 130 performs a function such as sending a pre-recorded voice or text message to a specific person when an emergency occurs in the user's body, for example, high blood pressure, fever, and pulse rate. If you record a very low number, you can use mobile communications to send a text message to your doctor's cell phone, or notify your doctor in an e-mail or similar manner to check your physical condition from time to time. In other words, it automatically progresses regular physical examinations and transmits them only when abnormalities occur, thereby progressively updating data on the user's physical condition. In addition, when a user dies, that is, when the pulse becomes zero or the body temperature falls below 15 degrees, a voice or text message may be sent to a relative who should be regarded as a death first. That is, it is possible to determine a method of notifying (voice, text or e-mail) according to the state of the user's body, and to differentiate the receiver according to the state of the body.

The body state detecting unit 120 operates when it is determined that the body is attached to the body by the attachment determining unit 110, and when it is determined that the body state detection unit 120 is not attached to the body, Operation stops by control.

The position signal transmitter 130 is connected to the physical state determination unit 120 by wire or wirelessly to receive a signal indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the user's body from the physical state determination unit 120. However, since the position of the position signal transmitter 130 is regarded as the position of the user, as described below, the position signal transmitter 130 is physically determined by the physical state determination unit 120 or is physically separated from the position signal transmitter 130. If so, they must be located within a few meters. Therefore, when the position signal transmitter 130 and the physical state judging unit 120 are physically separated, the position signal transmitter 130 should be transmitted wirelessly to the position signal transmitter 130 to signal the abnormality of the body. 130 and both the body state determination unit 120 is configured to include a Bluetooth module for short-range wireless communication.

The location signal transmitter 130 includes a mobile communication module for identifying the location of the location signal transmitter 130 itself and informing a specific person in a manner such as voice or text message or e-mail.

The position signal transmitter 130 measures the position of the position signal transmitter 130 itself using a mobile communication module. That is, a method of estimating the position of the location signal transmitter 130 from the coordinates of the base station to which the mobile communication module belongs, or a-GPS (assisted global positioning system) method, rather than a built-in GPS module receiving coordinates directly from the satellite. It is possible to use a method of accurately measuring the position of the mobile communication module by receiving data from the base station by using the method. Preferably, the hybrid type is a combination of these methods. Can be used. That is, the position signal transmitter 130 is difficult to determine the position of the position signal transmitter 130 as accurately as using the GPS module, but the position of the position signal transmitter 130 at low cost by using the mobile communication module employed in the past. In addition to being able to determine the location of the user in the building can not receive radio waves from the satellite.

In addition, when the position signal transmitting unit 130 receives a signal indicating that an abnormality according to an abnormality of the user's body has occurred from the physical state determining unit 120, the position signal transmitting unit 130 determines a voice or a text message corresponding to the received signal in advance. In this case, at this time, the position of the position signal transmitter 130 identified above is transmitted together.

At this time, the location information transmitted with the pre-recorded voice or text message is basically a numerical value indicating coordinates, but it can also be processed and transmitted as a place name on the map corresponding to the numerical value. As a method of converting names into names, the conventional techniques used in the map search website and the like can be used. Preferably, when the recorded voice is transmitted to a specific person, the location information is also converted into voice and transmitted, and when the text message is transmitted, the text message includes a numerical value indicating coordinates in the text message or a place name converted from the text message. Send it.

This is because the emergency action may be difficult simply by informing the user that an emergency has occurred, so that the user's location can be immediately recognized by transmitting the user's location information.

At this time, the position information of the position signal transmitter 130 should be regarded as the position information of the user, which is directly connected to the position signal transmitter 130 and the physical state judging unit 120 or use near field communication. It should be as close as possible. Therefore, the location information of the user will be inferred from the location information of the location signal transmitter 130.

When the position signal transmitter 130 receives a signal indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the user's body from the physical state determination unit 120, the user's condition requires medical attention or an emergency transport or dies. In the case of indicating one case, the voice message or text message or e-mail, which is pre-recorded according to each state, can be transmitted through a mobile communication module such as a predetermined person according to each state. That is, the contents of the message to be delivered and the range of the recipients are different depending on the severity of the user's physical condition and death.

The mobile communication module provided by the position signal transmitter 130 may be a mobile communication terminal using an IMT-2000 method, and pre-stores a text message indicating a user's state or pre-stores a voice. For example, a message such as "I need an emergency evacuation because the user's body temperature has risen rapidly" is stored in advance as a voice or a text, and when a corresponding signal is received from the physical state determination unit 120, the message is transmitted to a predetermined specific person. In addition to the transmission method using the mobile communication, it is possible to send the text message content via e-mail via the Internet, and also in the form of an instant messenger message such as Microsoft's MSN Messenger. If the call is made to the mobile communication terminal of the specific person to be delivered, the incoming call is made by the user of the called terminal by playing the pre-recorded message. If the incoming call is not made, the voicemail box is You can also leave a message.

According to an embodiment of the present invention shown in Figure 2 is attached to the determination unit 110 and the body state determination unit 120 is in the form of being attached to the user's body, the position signal transmitter 130 is separate from this It is in a separated form. In particular, the attachment determination unit and the state determination unit of the present invention shown in Figure 2 is in the form of being attached to the bottom of the user's watch, the position signal transmitter 130 is composed of a user's mobile phone. In this case, the signal transmitter 122 preferably includes a Bluetooth module for wirelessly connecting the position signal transmitter 130. Although other wireless LANs or rf signals may be used, it is preferable to use Bluetooth which provides high reception and versatility in short-range mobile communication. In this embodiment, the location signal transmitter 130 of the present invention is provided with a software or firmware for transmitting a message corresponding to a predetermined signal in a mobile phone having a Bluetooth module. The controller determines whether the user wears a watch and drives the body state determining unit 120 according to whether the user wears the watch. The body state determining unit 120 includes a blood pressure monitor, a thermometer, and a pulsometer, and the body at a predetermined time interval. Measure the state of and transmits to the position signal transmitter 130 using the Bluetooth module only when an error occurs.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a body emergency situation notification method of the present invention. The body emergency status notification method of the present invention is a first step of determining whether the body state determination unit is attached to the user's body, the blood pressure, pulse, Alternatively, if the blood pressure, pulse, or body temperature of the user detected in the second step and the second step outside the predetermined range are detected by the mobile communication module, the location information may be determined by using a mobile communication module, And a third step of transmitting the pre-recorded voice or text message and the identified location information.

In this case, in the first step, determining whether the state determination unit is attached to the user's body does not determine whether the attachment state determination unit attaches periodically, but when it is attached to the user's body, power is applied to drive the state determination unit. will be.

In the third step, when the pulse or body temperature is out of the predetermined range, the mobile communication module is used to determine the location information, and the pre-recorded voice or text message corresponding to the identified location information and the abnormality occurring in the user's body is used. Combined and transmitted to a predetermined specific person using a mobile communication module. Since the identification of the location information may require transmission and reception of packet data with the base station, the location information is determined when an abnormality occurs in the user's body.

By the body emergency situation notification device of the present invention as described above, it is possible to immediately notify a specific person, where and when the user enters a dangerous state or where there is an excellent effect to enable a quick response. In other words, even if the user of the medical emergency notification device suddenly enters into serious condition and cannot contact the attending physician, the attending physician can quickly grasp the user's condition and location to prevent the loss of life. In the case of the back, and the like to notify the family, and transmit the location together, there is an excellent effect that can prevent the accidents that do not know the location at the time of death.

Claims (3)

In the body emergency notification device, A body state judgment unit including at least one measuring device selected from a blood pressure monitor, a thermometer or a pulse meter and a Bluetooth module, which is attached to the user's body and measures the user's blood pressure, temperature, or pulse at a predetermined time interval to the user's body. A physical state judging unit for judging whether an emergency state has occurred and transmitting a signal indicating a type of an emergency state to a location signal transmitter through a Bluetooth module when an emergency state occurring in a user's body occurs; An attachment determining unit which determines whether the body state determining unit is attached to the user's body and drives the body state determining unit only when it is attached; And A location signal transmitter comprising a mobile communication module and a Bluetooth module, wherein a voice or text is transmitted to a mobile communication terminal of a predetermined person by transmitting the type of emergency state of the user's body and the location information of the mobile communication module received from the physical condition determining unit. Body emergency situation notification device comprising a position signal transmitting unit for transmitting in the form of a message. In the body emergency notification device, One or more measuring devices selected from a blood pressure monitor, a thermometer, or a pulse meter are attached to the user's body to detect the user's physical condition to determine whether the user's body is abnormal. A body state judging unit which transmits a signal informing to the position signal transmitter; And A mobile communication module is provided, and when the body state determining unit receives a signal indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the user's body, the controller detects the location information of the mobile communication module and detects the location information and the user's body. And a position signal transmitter for transmitting a message corresponding to a signal indicating that the signal has occurred to a predetermined person by using the mobile communication module. In the body emergency notification method, A first step of determining whether the physical state determination unit is attached to the user's body; A second step of detecting a blood pressure, a pulse, or a body temperature of the user at regular time intervals when the body state determination unit is attached to the user's body in the first step; If the user's blood pressure, pulse or body temperature detected in the second step is out of the predetermined range, the mobile terminal module uses the mobile communication module to determine the location information, and the voice or text message pre-recorded using the mobile communication module to the predetermined specific person. Body emergency situation notification method comprising a third step of transmitting the identified position information.