Health management system

Abstract

To provide a health management system capable of effectively preventing a health trouble such as heat illness.SOLUTION: A health management system 1 includes: a rest requirement operator detection device 30 that detects a rest requirement operator HB that is an operator who has to take a rest on the basis of biological information and rest information of each operator H; a rest requirement operator notification device 40 that is for notifying the detection of the rest requirement operator HB to a monitoring person HW who monitors the rest requirement operator HB; and a telephone apparatus 60 that is for performing a direct calling by the monitoring person HW who monitors the rest requirement operator HB and performing a conversation to a portable telephone machine 50 of the rest requirement operator HB.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a health management system for preventing health disorders such as heat stroke. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, there is known a health management system in which an abnormality detection device is carried by a worker, and when an abnormality occurs that is expected to cause a health hazard such as heat stroke, the content of the abnormality is displayed on the display unit of the abnormality detection device, and the abnormality detection device sounds and vibrates to notify the worker of the abnormality. This conventional health management system has the advantage that the abnormality can be detected and notified to the worker immediately on the spot because the abnormality detection device carried by the worker is used to detect and notify the worker of the occurrence of the abnormality (Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2012-27893 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, when an abnormality occurs, as in the conventional health management system described above, if the abnormality is notified only by the mechanical operation (display, sound, and vibration) of the abnormality detection device, there is a high possibility that the system will not be able to prompt the worker to take appropriate action against the abnormality (such as taking a break or drinking water). For example, since workers tend to continue working until a convenient stopping point, even if there is a notification from the abnormality detection device, they may ignore the notification, prioritizing the completion of the work in progress. One of the reasons why workers ignore such important notifications is thought to be that the notification is not directly related to the person. In other words, since the action of notifying the occurrence of an abnormality is completed by the mechanical operation (display, sound, and vibration) of the abnormality detection device, the worker is likely to have a psychological tendency not to bother (worry) others even if he or she ignores the notification until the work in progress is completed. For this reason, the conventional health management system described above has a problem in its effectiveness in preventing health disorders such as heat stroke.

[0005] The present invention provides a health care system that can effectively prevent health disorders such as heat stroke. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to solve the above problems, the health management system of the present invention is a health management system for managing a person's health, comprising: A rest-requiring person detection device for detecting a person who should take a break based on the biometric information and rest information of each person; A device for informing a person watching over the person that needs a break that the person in need of a break has been detected; The device also includes a telephone device for allowing a watcher who watches over the person who needs to rest to directly call the mobile phone of the person who needs to rest and talk to the person.

[0007] According to the health management system of the present invention configured as described above, when a person who needs to take a break is identified, the watcher can directly call the mobile phone of the person who needs to take a break and verbally urge the person to take a break. The person who needs to take a break feels the presence of the watcher who is watching over him / her by receiving a direct call from the watcher on his / her mobile phone and talking with the watcher. The person who needs to take a break then takes a break when verbally urged by the watcher. Therefore, according to this health management system, health disorders such as heat stroke can be effectively prevented compared to conventional health management systems in which a person is not directly involved in notifying the person who needs to take a break. Effect of the Invention

[0008] According to the present invention, a health management system capable of effectively preventing health disorders such as heat stroke can be realized. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a system configuration diagram conceptually illustrating a health management system according to a first embodiment. [Diagram 2] 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the contents displayed on an image display device of a rest-requiring worker notification device (rest-requiring person notification device). FIG. [Diagram 3] 10 is a flowchart illustrating the contents of a process executed by a rest-requiring worker detection device (rest-requiring person detection device). [Figure 4] FIG. 11 is a system configuration diagram conceptually illustrating a health management system according to a second embodiment. [Diagram 5] 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the contents displayed on a touch panel of the telephone device. FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0011] [First embodiment] [composition] The health management system 1 of the first embodiment shown in Fig. 1 is a health management system for preventing heatstroke in a worker H who is engaged in work in a work area R. The work area R includes various work areas where there is a risk of heatstroke, such as a construction work site, a civil engineering work site, and a work area in a factory.

[0012] The health management system 1 includes a plurality of wearable devices 10, an environmental sensor 11, an information collection system 20, a rest-requiring worker detection device 30, a rest-requiring worker notification device 40, and a telephone device 60. In this example, the rest-requiring worker detection device 30, the rest-requiring worker notification device 40, and the telephone device 60 are installed in a call center 80 where the watcher HW works.

[0013] The wearable device 10, the information collection system 20, the rest-requiring worker detection device 30, and the telephone device 60 are connected to a network 70. The network 70 includes the Internet, a mobile communication network, a public communication network, a LAN (Local Area Network), and the like. The wearable device 10 and the information collection system 20 are capable of communicating with each other via the network 70. The information collection system 20 and the rest-requiring worker detection device 30 are capable of communicating with each other via the network 70. The telephone device 60 and the mobile phone 50 are capable of communicating with each other via the network 70.

[0014] The wearable device 10 is a device for acquiring biometric information of each worker H. Each worker H wears an individual wearable device 10. The biometric information acquired (measured) by the wearable device 10 includes at least the heart rate and blood oxygen concentration. The wearable device 10 in this example can measure the skin temperature in addition to the heart rate and blood oxygen concentration. An account of each worker H who wears the wearable device 10 is set in the wearable device 10. The wearable device 10 measures the biometric information of each worker H at predetermined time intervals (e.g., every 3 minutes) and transmits the measured biometric information to the information collection system 20. A commercially available wristwatch type device can be used as the wearable device 10. An example of a commercially available wristwatch type device is the HUAWEI (registered trademark) WATCH GT 3.

[0015] The environmental sensor 11 is a device for detecting environmental information of the work area R. The environmental information detected by the environmental sensor 11 includes at least temperature and humidity. The environmental sensor 11 detects the environmental information of the work area R at predetermined time intervals (e.g., every 3 minutes) and transmits the detected environmental information to the information collection system 20.

[0016] The information collection system 20 is a computer system that collects biometric information of each worker H and environmental information of the work area R. The information collection system 20 manages the biometric information of each worker H received from each wearable device 10 on an account basis, and transmits the latest biometric information on an account basis to the rest-requiring worker detection device 30. The information collection system 20 records environmental information of the work area R, and transmits the latest environmental information to the rest-requiring worker detection device 30. A commercially available cloud computing service can be used as the information collection system 20. An example of a commercially available cloud computing service is FireBase (registered trademark).

[0017] The rest-requiring worker detection device 30 is a device for detecting a rest-requiring worker HB who is a worker H who should take a break, based on the biometric information of each worker H, the environmental information of the work area R, and the rest information of each worker H provided by the information collection system 20. The rest-requiring worker detection device 30 is realized by installing and executing a program for realizing the health management system 1 in one or multiple computers that can communicate with each other.

[0018] The rest-requiring worker detection device 30 includes a first detection unit 31, a second detection unit 32, and a detection information transmission unit 33.

[0019] The first detection unit 31 is a functional block that detects a worker HB who needs to rest based on the rest information of each worker H. The first detection unit 31 has a rest information storage unit 31a that stores the rest information of each worker H. The rest information includes information on the planned rest time period of each worker H. The first detection unit 31 detects a worker H who does not start taking a break even when the planned rest time period arrives as a worker HB who needs to rest by referring to the rest information of each worker H stored in the rest information storage unit 31a. It is possible to determine whether each worker H has started taking a break during the planned rest time period by, for example, determining whether each worker H is present at a predetermined rest place during the planned rest time period. The position of each worker H can be detected based on the position information (information obtained by GPS) transmitted from the wearable device 10 of each worker H. It is also possible to capture an image of each worker H with a camera 90 installed in the work area 2 and detect the position of each worker H based on the image.

[0020] The second detection unit 32 is a functional block that detects a worker HB who needs to rest based on the biological information of each worker H. The second detection unit 32 monitors the biological information of each worker H, i.e., the heart rate, blood oxygen concentration, and skin temperature. A threshold is set for each of the heart rate, blood oxygen concentration, and skin temperature, and a worker HB who needs to rest is detected when any measured value exceeds the threshold. The threshold is set based on environmental information of the working area R. The second detection unit 32 can also estimate the deep body temperature of each worker H based on the heart rate and blood oxygen concentration, and detect a worker HB who needs to rest when the estimated value exceeds the threshold.

[0021] The detection information transmission unit 33 is a functional block for transmitting information on the rest-requiring worker HB detected by at least one of the first detection unit 31 and the second detection unit 32 to the rest-requiring worker notification device 40.

[0022] The rest-requiring worker notification device 40 is a device for notifying the watcher HW who watches the rest-requiring worker HB that the rest-requiring worker HB has been detected. The rest-requiring worker notification device 40 has an image display device 41 for displaying information on the rest-requiring worker HB received from the rest-requiring worker detection device 30. The image display device 41 displays a list of information on the workers H who are watched by each watcher HW, as illustrated in FIG. 2(A). The information on the workers H displayed in the list includes the name NN and telephone number TN of each worker H. As soon as the rest-requiring worker HB is received from the detection information transmission unit 33, the rest-requiring worker notification device 40 displays that the specific worker H is a rest-requiring worker HB, as illustrated in FIG. 2(B). In the example of FIG. 2(B), in order to notify that "Mr. XX" (worker H) is a rest-requiring worker HB, the character string "Mr. XX needs a break!" is displayed in a flashing manner to attract attention. The rest-requiring worker notification device 40 has a speaker (not shown) and can notify each watcher HW that a rest-requiring worker HB has been detected by a voice message in addition to displaying the information on the image display device 41.

[0023] The telephone device 60 is a device for a watcher HW who watches over a worker HB who needs rest to directly call the mobile phone 50 of the worker HB who needs rest and talk to the worker HB.

[0024] [Processing performed by the rest-requiring worker detection device] Fig. 3 shows the contents of the process executed by the rest-requiring worker detection device 30. The rest-requiring worker detection device 30 repeats the process shown in Fig. 3 at a predetermined cycle (for example, every 0.5 seconds).

[0025] The rest-requiring worker detection device 30 determines whether or not a rest-requiring worker HB is present based on the rest information of each worker H (step S1). If it is determined that there is no worker H who will not start a break even when the scheduled break time period has arrived (step S1: No), the rest-requiring worker detection device 30 proceeds to the process of step S3.

[0026] On the other hand, if it is determined that a worker HB who needs a break is present (step S1: Yes), information about the worker H detected as the worker who needs a break HB is transmitted to the worker who needs a break notification device 40 (step S2), and then the process proceeds to step S3.

[0027] In the process of step S3, the rest-requiring worker detection device 30 determines whether or not a rest-requiring worker HB is present based on the biological information of each worker H. As a result, if it is determined that a rest-requiring worker HB is present (step S3: Yes), information on the worker H detected as a rest-requiring worker HB is transmitted to the rest-requiring worker notification device 40 (step S4).

[0028] [Effects] The health management system 1 of the first embodiment configured as described above acquires the biometric information of each worker H by each wearable device 10 worn by each worker H, and collects the acquired biometric information of each worker H by the information collection system 20 on an account basis. The information collection system 20 provides the biometric information of each worker H to the rest-requiring worker detection device 30. The rest-requiring worker detection device 30 detects a rest-requiring worker HB who is a worker H who should take a break based on the biometric information of each worker H and the rest information of each worker H provided by the information collection system 20, and transmits information of the worker H detected as the rest-requiring worker HB to the rest-requiring worker notification device 40. The rest-requiring worker notification device 40 displays the information received from the rest-requiring worker detection device 30 on the image display device 41 and outputs the information as sound from the speaker. The watcher HW knows that the worker H he is in charge of has been detected as a rest-requiring worker HB by the display information and sound information from the rest-requiring worker notification device 40. The watcher HW, who knows this, directly calls the mobile phone 50 of the worker H who needs to take a break from the telephone device 60 and talks to him, thereby verbally urging the worker H to take a break.

[0029] In this way, according to the health management system 1 of the first embodiment, when a worker H who needs to take a break, HB, occurs, the watcher HW can directly call the mobile phone 50 of the worker HB who needs to take a break and verbally urge the worker to take a break. The worker HB who needs to take a break feels the presence of the watcher HW who is watching over him by receiving a direct call from the watcher HW to his mobile phone 50. Then, the worker takes a break when verbally urged by the watcher HW. Therefore, according to this health management system 1, health problems caused by heat stroke can be effectively prevented compared to conventional health management systems in which a person is not directly involved in notifying the worker HB who needs to take a break.

[0030] Furthermore, the health management system 1 of the first embodiment determines whether or not a worker HB who needs a rest is present based on the biometric information (step S3), whether or not a worker HB who needs a rest is present based on the rest information (step S1: Yes), and if a worker HB who needs a rest is present based on the biometric information (step S3: Yes), the health management system 1 notifies the watcher HW of the presence of the worker HB who needs a rest. Therefore, the watcher HW can directly call the mobile phone 50 of a worker H who may have experienced an abnormality during a break and talk to the worker H to give advice on the health condition of the worker H. Heat stroke often occurs not only during work but also during breaks, so it is very significant to be able to monitor the health condition of a worker H who is resting in this way.

[0031] Furthermore, according to the health management system 1 of the first embodiment, the worker HB who needs rest and the watcher HW can talk directly by phone, so the watcher HW can judge whether the worker HB who needs rest is in an emergency based on the content of the conversation with the worker HB who needs rest or the state of the worker HB who needs rest during the conversation (way of speaking, breathing, etc.) If it is determined that the worker HB is in an emergency, the watcher HW can take countermeasures such as calling an ambulance to the work area R of the worker HB who needs rest.

[0032] In addition, in this health management system 1, the heart rate, blood oxygen concentration, and skin temperature of each worker H are monitored, and the worker HB who needs a break is detected based on any of the measured values ​​exceeding the threshold, so the detection accuracy of the worker HB who needs a break is not very high. Also, even if the deep body temperature of each worker H is estimated based on the heart rate and blood oxygen concentration, and the worker HB who needs a break is detected based on the estimated value exceeding a threshold, the detection accuracy of the worker HB who needs a break is not very high. In other words, in this health management system 1, there is a possibility that the worker HB who needs a break will be erroneously detected.

[0033] In this regard, it would be preferable to improve the accuracy of detecting workers HB who need a break and encourage only those workers H who truly need a break to take a break in order to prevent a decrease in work efficiency due to a reduction in working time.

[0034] However, heat stroke is a life-threatening health hazard for the worker H, and preventing heat stroke is an issue that should take priority over work efficiency. The health management system 1 of this embodiment is a health management system premised on giving top priority to the health of the worker H.

[0035] [Second embodiment] [composition] 4, the rest-requiring worker notification device 40 of the health management system 2 of the second embodiment has a telephone number transmission unit 42. The telephone number transmission unit 42 is a functional block that transmits the telephone number of the mobile phone 50 of the rest-requiring worker HB to a telephone device 60 used by a watcher HW who watches over the rest-requiring worker HB.

[0036] The telephone device 60 of the health management system 2 of the second embodiment has a touch panel 61, an operation reception unit 62, and a simple call unit 63. The touch panel 61 functions as a telephone number display unit 61a. The telephone number display unit 61a is a functional block that displays a received telephone number. The operation reception unit 62 is a functional block that receives a predetermined operation for a telephone number displayed on the touch panel 61. The simple call unit 63 is a functional block that calls the mobile phone 50 of the telephone number based on the operation reception unit 62 receiving the predetermined operation. A smartphone can be used as the telephone device 60. That is, the telephone device 60 having the telephone number display unit 61a, the operation reception unit 62, and the simple call unit 63 can be realized by installing and executing an application program for realizing this system on a smartphone (computer).

[0037] 5, the touch panel 61 of the telephone device 60 displays a character string ("A worker who needs a break has occurred!") TX indicating that a worker who needs a break HB has occurred, the name NN of the worker who needs a break HB, the telephone number ("***-****-****") PN of the worker who needs a break HB, and a call button 61b including the character string "Make a call" (telephone number display function). When the telephone device 60 detects that the call button 61b has been pressed (touch operation) (operation reception function), it makes a call to the mobile phone 50 with the telephone number "***-****-****" (simple call function).

[0038] [Effects] According to the health management system 2 of the second embodiment configured as described above, when a worker HB needs rest, a character string TX indicating this and the name NN of the worker HB are displayed on the touch panel 61 of the telephone device 60 (smartphone) of the watcher HW in charge of watching over the worker HB, so that the watcher HW can immediately know that a worker HB needs rest and who the worker HB is. Then, the watcher HW can directly call the mobile phone 50 of the worker HB by pressing the call button 61b displayed on the touch panel 61 to urge the worker HB to take a break.

[0039] According to the health management system 2 of the second embodiment, the watcher HW can know when a worker HB needs rest by using the telephone device 60 (smartphone) carried by each of them, and can call the mobile phone 50 of the worker HB directly to urge the worker HB to take a break. Therefore, even if the watcher HW is outside the call center 80, the watcher HW can watch over the worker H. That is, according to the health management system 2, each watcher HW can perform the watcher's work at any place (for example, at home). Therefore, according to the health management system 2, it is possible to employ personnel who have difficulty working at a specific place such as the call center 80 as the watcher HW, and it is possible to build a health management system that can utilize a variety of personnel, including not only able-bodied people but also people with disabilities.

[0040] [Other embodiments] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. For example, in the above-described embodiments, the rest-requiring worker detection device 30 is installed in the call center 80, but the rest-requiring worker detection device 30 may be realized by using a commercially available cloud computing service. Also, a system that integrates the functions of the information collection system 20 and the rest-requiring worker detection device 30 may be realized by using a commercially available cloud computing service.

[0041] Furthermore, according to the above embodiment, the worker needing rest HB and the watcher HW can talk directly over the phone, allowing the watcher HW to determine the health urgency of the worker needing rest HB, and if the watcher HW determines that an emergency is required, the watcher HW can himself call an ambulance to the work area R of the worker needing rest HB, but the system may also be configured so that the health management systems 1 and 2 can automatically call an ambulance in the event of an emergency.

[0042] In the above embodiment, the biometric information of each worker H is acquired by each wearable device 10 worn by each worker H. However, for example, it is also possible to capture an image of each worker H with a camera 90 installed in the work area 2 and acquire the biometric information of each worker H based on the image. Examples of biometric information acquired based on the camera 90 include skin temperature and facial color. According to this configuration, for example, when the skin temperature of a worker H is higher than a threshold value and the facial color is different from that of a healthy person, the worker H can be detected as a worker HB who needs a break.

[0043] Furthermore, since the variation in skin temperature reflects the variation in deep body temperature, correlation data between skin temperature and deep body temperature taking into consideration environmental factors (air temperature, humidity, air pressure, etc.) may be acquired, and the rest-requiring worker detection device 30 may detect a worker H whose deep body temperature variation shows abnormality as a rest-requiring worker HB based on the variation in skin temperature of each worker H detected by at least one of the wearable device 10 and the camera 90. This configuration may be realized by the rest-requiring worker detection device 30 including a correlation data storage unit that stores correlation data between skin temperature and deep body temperature, and the second detection unit 32 monitoring the variation in deep body temperature of each worker H based on the variation in skin temperature of each worker H, and detecting a worker H whose deep body temperature variation range, variation period, etc. are higher than a threshold value as a rest-requiring worker HB.

[0044] Furthermore, the health management system of the present invention is not limited to a health management system for managing the health of workers, but can be applied to general health management systems for preventing health disorders such as heat stroke. That is, by replacing "worker" with "person", "worker needing a rest" with "person needing a rest", and "work area" with "activity area" in the above embodiment, the health management system of the present invention can be a health management system that monitors the health of children, athletes, etc., and, when the person being watched needs a rest, the person watching over can directly call the mobile phone of the person being watched over and talk to them, thereby verbally urging the person being watched over to take a break. [Explanation of symbols]

[0045] 1. Health Management System 2. Health Management System 10. Wearable Devices 11 Environmental Sensors 20. Information Collection System 30. Device for detecting workers who need rest (device for detecting workers who need rest) 31 First detection unit 32 Second detection section 33 Detection information transmission unit 40. Alarm device for workers who need a break (alarm device for workers who need a break) 41 Image display device 42 Telephone number sending section 50 Mobile Phones 60 Telephone equipment 61 Touch Panel 61a Telephone number display section 61b Call button 62 Operation reception section 63 Simple call unit 80 Call Center 70 Network R work area (activity area) H Workers (persons) HB Workers who require a break (person who requires a break) HW Watchman

Claims

1. A health management system for managing a person's health, comprising: A rest-requiring person detection device for detecting a person who should take a break based on the biometric information and rest information of each person; A rest-requiring person notification device for notifying a watcher who watches the person who needs to rest that the person who needs to rest has been detected; The health management system includes a telephone device that enables the person watching over the person who needs to rest to directly call the mobile phone of the person who needs to rest and talk to the person.

2. The health management system according to claim 1 , wherein the biological information is obtained by a wearable device worn by each person.

3. 2. The health management system according to claim 1, wherein the biological information is obtained by photographing each person with a camera.

4. The health management system according to claim 1 , wherein the rest-requiring person notification device has an image display device for displaying the vital sign.

5. The health management system according to claim 1 , wherein the biological information includes a heart rate and a blood oxygen concentration.

6. The health management system according to claim 1 , wherein the biological information includes a heart rate, a blood oxygen concentration, and a skin temperature.

7. The rest-requiring person notification device has a function of transmitting the telephone number of the mobile phone of the rest-requiring person to the telephone device used by the watcher who watches over the rest-requiring person, The telephone device A telephone number display function for displaying the received telephone number; an operation receiving function for receiving a predetermined operation for the displayed telephone number; 2. The health management system according to claim 1, further comprising a simple call function for calling the mobile phone of the person needing a rest based on receipt of the predetermined operation.

8. The rest information includes information regarding each person's planned rest time period, The health management system according to claim 1 , wherein the device for detecting a person who needs to rest detects a person who does not start taking a break even when the scheduled break time period arrives as the person who needs to take a break.

9. The biological information includes a heart rate and a blood oxygen concentration. The health management system according to claim 1 , wherein the device for detecting a person needing a break estimates a deep body temperature based on the heart rate and the blood oxygen concentration, and detects a person whose estimated deep body temperature reaches a threshold as the person needing a break.

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