JPH0356824A - Living condition monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To indirectly see the state of a person to be supervised by executing the decision of the occurrence of an abnormal situation and simultaneously executing prescribed display on a display means when a tap is not opened even when a prescribed time elapses. CONSTITUTION:The opening and closing detection means 3 of a living condition monitoring system 1 detects the opening and closing of the tap 2. An abnormality decision means 4 receives a signal from the means 3 and decides the occurrence of an abnormality when the tap 2 is not continuously opened for the prescribed time. The display means 5 receives a signal from the means 4 and executes the prescribed abnormality display. Therefore, a supervisor can judge whether a user normally lives or not only by visually recognizing the result displayed with the aid of the means 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to the problem of elderly people, particularly the protection of elderly people living alone. Regarding a condition monitoring system.

[Conventional technology]

As is well known, in developed countries that are forced to enter an aging society, the reality is that social welfare issues, especially the elderly, are becoming more and more serious day by day. The issue of elderly people is extremely important.

To solve this kind of problem, for example, a home helper system could be established in which volunteers would regularly visit the homes of elderly people living alone to check on them, or neighbors could take their time and check on the elderly. At present, we are protecting it by taking measures to prevent it from falling.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional measures, service workers and neighbors have to directly visit elderly people living alone, which requires a lot of effort, and there are limits to the time and number of visits. Therefore, it is of course impossible to check on the elderly at all times, leading to the problem of insufficient protection.

In view of this point, the present invention provides, without the need for a direct meeting,
The technical challenge was to provide a monitoring system that can accurately monitor the living conditions of elderly people living alone based on the minimum necessary data.

[Means to solve the problem]

Specific means for achieving the above technical problem include an opening/closing detection means for detecting opening/closing of a water faucet, and a means for detecting whether the water faucet is continuously opened for a predetermined period of time in response to a signal from the opening/closing detection means. The present invention is provided with an abnormality determining means for determining an abnormality when there is no abnormality, and a display means for receiving a signal from the abnormality determining means and providing a predetermined display.

In this case, it is preferable that the opening/closing detection means be installed in each of a plurality of homes, and that each abnormality determination means and each display means for each I core be installed in one place in a plurality of homes.

[Effect]

According to the above means, when the water faucet is once opened to use water, a signal indicating this is sent from the opening/closing detection means to the abnormality determination means. After that, if the tap is opened to use water again within a predetermined time and a signal indicating this is sent to the abnormality determining means, the abnormality determining means If it is determined that the person (elderly) is leading a normal life, but the water faucet is not opened and water cannot be used even after a predetermined period of time has passed, the abnormality determination method indicates that the person under management is suddenly ill. The system determines whether an abnormal situation has occurred, such as the occurrence of an abnormal situation, and displays a predetermined display on the display means. Therefore,
The monitor can judge whether or not the user is leading a normal life simply by visually checking the display results by the display means. The reason why it is possible to judge whether the living conditions are normal or abnormal based on the opening and closing of water faucets is because water is essential for washing the toilet, washing hands, eating, etc. This is based on the fact that there is a need to use water frequently, and therefore, if the water faucet is not opened for a predetermined period of time, it can be determined that some abnormality has occurred to the user.

Furthermore, if opening/closing detection means are installed in each of a plurality of households, and each abnormality determination means and each display means corresponding to the plurality of households are installed in one place, one supervisor can monitor multiple households. This means that the display results for the user's abnormality determination can be visually confirmed at once.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

First, the basic concept of the present invention will be explained based on FIG. The system includes an abnormality determining means 4 which determines an abnormality when the water faucet 2 is not opened for a predetermined period of time, and a display means 5 which receives a signal from the abnormality determining means 4 and displays a predetermined display.

The configuration that embodies this basic concept will be explained based on FIG. 2. The living condition monitoring system 1 is
A float type switch 3 as an opening/closing detection means installed immediately upstream of the water tap 2 of the water supply 6 provided in each of the
and a control box 8 electrically connected to the float switch 3 and equipped with an activation lamp 7, the control box 8 being electrically connected to a telephone line 10 via a terminal 9. has been done. And the above; 4
A manual switch 11 is attached to the I1 control box 8 for operation when going out, and a relay circuit is built inside the manual switch 11.

On the other hand, a central monitoring room R is provided at a distance from each home H, and a control unit 12 connected to the telephone line 10 is installed in this central monitoring room R. A storage element 13 is connected to this control unit 12. The control unit 12 of No. 411 is provided with a display panel 5 as a display means, and a microcomputer as an abnormality determination means is housed therein.

The display panel 5, as shown in FIG.
Therefore, in the illustrated example, lamps A and B corresponding to nine households 1-{...l{ are provided, respectively. of! It goes without saying that this can also be applied to households with + numbers.

The display content of the upper lamp A changes based on the operation of the manual switch 1l installed in each home F1, and the lower lamp B changes based on the signal from the float type switch 3. The displayed content changes accordingly.

In addition, each household H...H's float type Suinochi 3...3
The means for electrically connecting the control unit 12 and the control unit 12 is not limited to the telephone line 10 described above, but is, for example, a CA'FV (
It is also possible to use the same cable of cable television.

Here, the specific structure of the float type switch 3 will be explained in detail. As shown in FIG.
It is installed above the As shown in FIG. 5, this float type switch 3 has a cover body 15.
, a float 16 held vertically slidably inside the cover body 15 , a float receiver 17 fixed inside the cover body 15 and regulating the downward movement of the flow 4160 , and A contact mount 18 is fixed at the upper part of the interior, and two cables 19 are attached to the lower surface of the contact mount 18 in a protruding manner and are drawn out from a relay circuit in the control box 8. It consists of two contacts 20, 20 electrically connected to 19. When the water faucet 2 is opened, the float 16 moves downward and the float receiver 17
When the plate 21 on the top surface of the float 16 is in contact with the top surface, that is, in the state shown in FIG. It moves upward together with the air in the space 8 and reaches the state shown in FIG. 6, where the plate 21 on the top surface of the float 16 comes into contact with the contacts 20 and 20. Note that an L through hole 22 is bored in the peripheral wall of the cover body 15 for supplying and discharging air from the space B above the float 16 as the float 16 moves up and down.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

First, when a person to be managed in a certain household H (i.e., an old man living alone) goes out, he presses the manual switch 11 shown in Fig. 2.
is operated by the elderly person (A), and a signal based on this Swiss operation is transmitted via the telephone line 10 to the computer in the central monitoring room R.
At the same time, the lamp 8 corresponding to the old man (a) on the display pallet 5 shown in FIG. 3 lights up. As a result, the person watching the display bar 5 knows that the old man (A) is out.

On the other hand, if the water faucet 2 is opened while another elderly person living alone is in the home, the float 16 of the float type switch 3 moves down as shown in FIG.
0 is opened, and accordingly, the relay circuit in the control bonox 8 is turned on, the operation sure L8 lamp 7 lights up, and the ON signal from the control bonox 8 is sent to the control unit 12 via the telephone line 10. Data that is input and indicates this input time is stored in the storage element 13. Thereafter, within the preset time (for example, 8 hours or 12 hours) set in the microcomputer in the control unit 12, the ON signal from the control box 8 is activated again in the control unit 12 in the same manner as above.
In the case where the lamp B corresponding to the elderly person (b) on the display panel 5 continues to display green, for example, the lamp B corresponding to the elderly person (b) on the display panel 5 continues to display green, while the control box 8
When the ON signal is not inputted to the control unit 12, that is, when the water faucet 2 is not opened, the lamp B corresponding to the old man (mouth) on the display panel 5 changes from green to red, for example. As a result, the supervisor who is viewing the display panel 5 learns that the old man (b) has not opened the water faucet 2 for a long time even though he has not gone out. (b) Judging that some kind of abnormal situation has occurred, such as a sudden illness, the patient calls the elderly person or visits him directly to check on him.

Since the above-mentioned judgments can be made simultaneously for a plurality of elderly people, the supervisor can recognize the living conditions of elderly people suffering from various illnesses at once by simply moving the display panel 5 at a glance.

Note that the lamp A, which is once turned on when going out, is turned off by opening the water faucet 2 after returning home.

In this case, in the above embodiment, the abnormality determining means is constructed of a microcomputer, but it is also possible to construct the abnormality determining means solely of a sequence circuit.

Further, in the embodiment described above, a float type switch is used as the opening/closing detection means, but it goes without saying that other sensors capable of detecting opening/closing of a water faucet may be used if necessary.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the living condition monitoring system according to the present invention, it is determined whether or not the managed person is leading a normal life based on the signal from the opening/closing detection means that detects the opening/closing of the water faucet. This makes it possible to indirectly monitor the condition of the person being managed using the minimum amount of data necessary to show whether or not there is any problem in their living conditions, without infringing on privacy or causing discomfort. naturally covered}
1) It will be possible to recognize the living condition of the person.

In addition, since the abnormality determination means receives the signal from the opening/closing detection means and displays a predetermined display on the display means, the supervisor can recognize the living condition of the person to be managed by simply looking at the display means. become,. There is no longer a need for face-to-face meetings as in the past, and there is no need for troublesome and complicated work.

Furthermore, not only does it become possible to recognize the living conditions of multiple persons under management at once, but if the display means is installed in a place where it can be easily seen at any time, it is possible for a full-time person to act as a supervisor. It also becomes possible to manage by multiple supervisors without depending on each other.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show embodiments of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the basic concept of the living condition monitoring system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a specific usage example of the living condition monitoring system. FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of the display means, FIG. 4 is a cutaway pressure surface view of the main part showing the opening/closing detection means, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are enlarged longitudinal sectional front views showing the opening/closing detection means. 1-Living condition monitoring system 2-Water faucet 3-Opening/closing detection means (float type switch) 4-・Abnormality judgment manual failure 5-Display means (display panel)

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Opening/closing detection means for detecting opening/closing of a water faucet; abnormality determining means for determining an abnormality when the water faucet is not opened for a predetermined period of time in response to a signal from the opening/closing detection means; and the abnormality determining means 1. A living condition monitoring system comprising: display means for receiving a signal from the computer and displaying a predetermined display. (2) The device according to claim (1), characterized in that opening/closing detection means are installed in each of the plurality of households, and each abnormality determination means and each displaying means corresponding to the plurality of households are installed in one place. Living condition monitoring system.