JPH02149248A - Confirmation device for sleeping condition - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To centralize the display of the motion of a sleeping person such as turning over in bed on a monitor device for confirmation via the conversion of the motion into an electric signal by mounting a mat with a sensor for detecting and outputting a body motion in bedding. CONSTITUTION:When a person M is on a mat 1 and asleep, a sensor 2 is pressed and an indicator lamp 15 first flashes. After the person M falls asleep, the pressing force of the sensor 2 becomes constant and the indi cator lamp 15 becomes steady in a lighting mode. When the person M makes a motion such as turning over on the mat 1, the pressing force of the sensor 2 changes, the indicator lamp 15 flashes and the record thereof is stored in a monitor device 11. Consequently, when the flashing of the indicator lamp 15 continues for a long hour, it is possible to judge that the person M is abnormal during sleeping and a watchman can administer first aid. Also, when an emergency call button 5 is pressed, a circuit becomes open only during the time of pressing and an emergency indicator lamp 14 turns on. The watchman, therefore, can immediately take recovery action.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a sleeping state confirmation device that detects the state of a person sleeping on bedding and displays the detected state on a display device.

[Conventional technology]

Elderly people who live in private rooms in nursing homes and people recuperating in sanatoriums often suffer from insomnia, so managers of nursing homes and sanatoriums should By knowing the rhythm of these people's lives and their sleeping habits, it is possible to detect trends in insomnia. Therefore, the data obtained by recording changes in the rhythm of daily life and sleeping conditions can be used for treatment, so supervisors patrol each room and perform inspections.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, when the supervisor enters each room for inspection, there is a problem in that it violates the privacy of the people in the room or wakes up people who are sleeping.

This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems.By attaching a sensor to the mat, the sleeping person's movements, such as turning over, are centrally displayed as electrical signals on a monitoring device. The purpose of this invention is to obtain a sleeping state confirmation device.

(Means for Solving the Problems) A sleeping state confirmation device according to the present invention includes a sensor that detects and outputs the movement of a human body on bedding, and displays data information created based on the output of this sensor. It consists of a monitoring device equipped with a display device.

[Effect]

In this invention, a sensor senses and outputs the movement of a human body sleeping on a mat, for example.

When the human body sleeping on the mat makes movements such as turning over, the output of the sensor changes intermittently.

Data based on the output of this sensor is displayed on a display device, allowing the observer to determine whether the person is suffering from insomnia.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, where A is a room.Actually, there are many rooms, but only one room is shown in the figure. M is the human body, 1 is the mat, 2 is the mat 1
FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the arrangement. Although a plurality of sensors 2 are shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, there may be only one sensor 2, and there may be a pressure-sensitive sensor that detects pressure from the human body M, or an electrode and a human body. A capacitive sensor or other proximity switch that detects the capacitance between M is used. 3 is a lead wire of the sensor 2, 4 is a spring built into the mat 1, and 5 is an emergency call push button, which is provided as a nurse call push button in hospitals.

Reference numeral 6 indicates a lead line for the emergency call push button 5, 7 indicates a cable containing each of the lead lines 3 and 6, B indicates a control room, 11 indicates a monitoring device installed in the control room B, and 12 indicates a floor number. 13 is a room number display board; 14 is an emergency call display lamp that is displayed when the CPU in the monitoring device 11 determines that this is an emergency when the emergency call push button 5 is pressed; and 15 is a room number display board for sleeping on the mat 1; This is an indicator lamp that blinks when the human body M moves and the sensing of the sensor 2 changes, and a part of it is shown in an enlarged view in FIG.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a display device equipped with a CRT that displays changes in the lamp 15 in symbols, and stores, for example, the number of intermittent outputs of each sensor 2 (number of times of turning over) in its memory, and when a display command is input, the display device displays the changes in the lamp 15 as symbols. Displays data for the past 12 hours. If necessary, the data may be compared with the person's normal data to determine whether the data is good or bad. 17 is a numeric keypad for manually inputting data such as a room number to be displayed on the display device 16; 1B is a recording device for recording the display on the display device 16; and 19 is a recording paper.

In use, when the human body M sleeps on the mat 1, the sensor 2 is pressed, so the indicator lamp 1 is initially
5 blinks, but after going to bed, the pressing force becomes constant, so the indicator lamp 15 remains lit. By the way, when a person who is sleeping becomes insomnia, please use mat 1.
As the patient makes movements such as turning over on the bed, the pressing force of the sensor 2 changes and the display lamp 15 flashes, and the record is stored in the monitoring device 11. Therefore, when the indicator lamp 15 continues to blink for a long time, the person watching can assume that something is wrong with the sleeping person and can take emergency measures. At this time, the supervisor operates the numeric keypad 17 and presses the number of the room A in which the abnormal condition has occurred, so that, for example, the status of the past 12 hours is displayed on the display device 16.
Furthermore, the recording device 18 operates to record on the recording paper 19. Therefore, the data recorded on the recording paper 19 can be used as important information in case of an emergency. Further, by pressing the emergency call push button 5 (nurse call push button), an emergency call display lamp 14 is displayed.

It should be noted that when the emergency call push button 5 is pressed, the circuit is opened only for the time it is pressed, and the emergency display lamp 14 is thereby turned on. This display indicates that even if the connector of the lead wire 6 of the emergency call push button 5 is disconnected or disconnected, the disconnection state continues, so the emergency call display lamp 14 lights up. Therefore, the supervisor can take immediate recovery action.

Note that the sensor 2 may include a strain detector or a piezoelectric element incorporated therein, or a sensor that operates a lever or the like by pressing to detect a change in resistance value. In particular, mat 1
In the case of a futon instead, it is preferable to install an infrared sensor as a sensor 2 on the ceiling of the room A to detect changes in infrared rays emitted from the human body M. Also, numeric keypad 1
If the room number display board 13 itself is used as a push button switch instead of 7, room A can be selected with a simple operation. Furthermore, as display data, each time the monitoring signal changes from each room A, the numerical value (voltage change, etc.) is memorized.
It is conceivable to display the highest and lowest values in a graph for each minute interval.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention includes a sensor that detects and outputs the movement of a human body on bedding, and a display device that displays data information on rice produced based on the output of this sensor. The condition of the people sleeping in each room can be monitored at all times from a remote location, so if there is any abnormality with the people sleeping, the system can immediately respond and take necessary measures. You can take it. Therefore, there are advantages such as privacy being protected since patrol inspections in which a supervisor enters each room is not successful.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the arrangement of the sensors, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of a part of the monitoring device shown in FIG. 1. In the figure, 1 is a mat, 2 is a sensor, 3 is a leader line, 4 is a spring, 11 is a monitoring device, 12 is a floor number display board, 13 is a room number display board, 14 is an emergency call indicator lamp, 15 is an indicator lamp , 16 is a display device, 17 is a numeric keypad, 1
8 is a recording device, 19 is a recording paper, A is a room, B is a management room, and M is a human body.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A sleeping state confirmation device comprising a sensor that detects and outputs the movement of a human body on bedding, and a monitoring device that includes a display device that displays data information created based on the output of the sensor.