Apparatus for detecting survival status of living thing and method using the same

Abstract

Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for detecting the survival status of a living thing. The apparatus for detecting the survival status of a living thing includes a tilt sensor, a determination unit, and a communication unit. The tilt sensor is attached to a target living thing, and detects minute vibrations generated by the motion of the target living thing. The determination unit determines the survival status of the target living thing for a preset update period based on the minute vibrations. The communication unit sends an update packet including determination results of the determination unit to an outside.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2009-0128407 filed on December 21, 2009, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference into this application. technical field [0003] The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and method for detecting the living state of a living thing using an inclination sensor, and more particularly, relates to a technology capable of utilizing minute vibrations generated by the movement of a living thing To determine the living status of organisms without using complex detection methods. Background technique [0004] Sometimes it is necessary to carry out continuous protective observation of the survival status of the subjects of biological experiments, hospitalized patients or lonely elderly people. Although a person can observe the living state of the target organism at a position next to it, it is substantially difficult t...

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[0006] However, the above conventional techniques have problems in that a complex device is required for continuous measurement of physiological signals, and a large amount of power needs to be consumed in order to monitor the living state of a living body by continuously operating the complex device

[0007] Furthermore, techniques utilizing physiological signals such as body temperature or pulse also have a problem that the amount of consumed power increases even more because erroneous operations thereof may occur due to the generation of unexpected noise during actual measurement processing , and thus must perform signal processing (e.g. filtering) to prevent erroneous operation

[0008] Normally, devices for detecting the living state of living organisms frequently move beside the target living body, and must continuously monitor the living state of living things for a long period of time, so that these devices need to be small and light and consume small amount of power

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