Infant and toddler monitoring system

Abstract

This system accurately detects the cries of infants and toddlers even in environments with background noise, determines their emotions, and communicates this information to parents, while simultaneously providing seamless access to childcare support such as medical consultations. [Solution] The infant monitoring system separates and encrypts ambient sounds and crying sounds using a monitoring device 1 and transmits them to a server 3, where AI determines the child's emotions. The determination results are displayed on a dedicated monitor 2 and a portable communication terminal 4, and the app on the portable communication terminal provides medical collaboration and interactive AI consultation functions.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an infant monitoring system that detects an infant's crying sound, analyzes the emotion, notifies the caregiver, and provides childcare support services.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, there are monitoring devices that transfer images and voices of infants in a distant place to a monitor. However, in an environment with a lot of ambient living noise, it is difficult to accurately discriminate the crying sound, and the function of specifying the cause (emotion) of the crying sound and communicating it to the caregiver, and the mechanism of consistently supporting subsequent childcare consultations are not sufficient.

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0003] An object of the present invention is to accurately separate and extract an infant's crying sound even under ambient living noise, analyze the emotion, and notify a multifaceted device. Another problem is to reduce the burden of overall childcare by providing a consultation function using medical cooperation and AI chat for the anxiety of childcare during monitoring.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0004] The infant monitoring system of the present invention includes a monitoring device equipped with a camera and a microphone, a dedicated monitor terminal, an information processing server, and a portable communication terminal. The monitoring device includes means for separating ambient sound and crying sound from the collected sound, and means for encrypting the crying sound and transmitting it to the server. The server includes means for determining emotion by artificial intelligence, and the dedicated monitor terminal and the portable communication terminal display the determination result. Further, the portable communication terminal is characterized by displaying a communication interface with a medical service and an interactive consultation interface by AI.

Effects of the Invention

[0005] This invention enables highly accurate detection of crying sounds by separating ambient noise on the device side. Furthermore, since the emotion assessment results are synchronized across multiple devices, parents can take appropriate action according to the situation. In addition, because medical collaboration and AI consultation can be accessed immediately through the app, it has a significant effect in preventing psychological isolation among parents and improving the quality of childcare. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0006] [Figure 1] This is an overall configuration diagram of an infant monitoring system according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0007] As shown in Figure 1, the signal separation means within the monitoring device (1) removes ambient noise such as television sounds and extracts only the crying of infants. The extracted data is encrypted and sent to a server (3), where it is analyzed by AI and transmitted as emotional data such as "hunger" and "sleepiness" to a dedicated monitor (2) and a portable communication terminal (4). On the app screen of the portable communication terminal (4), along with the emotional data, buttons for consulting a doctor and a chat screen where users can consult an AI about their concerns are displayed. [Industrial applicability]

[0008] This invention can be widely used not only in the manufacturing and sales of infant monitoring devices, but also in auxiliary systems for childcare facilities and in childcare support services via networks. [Explanation of Symbols]

[0009] 1. Monitoring device 2. Dedicated monitor terminal 3. Information Processing Server 4. Portable communication terminals 11 Signal separation means

Claims

[Claim 1] An infant monitoring system comprising: a monitoring device equipped with a camera for photographing infants and sound-collecting means for capturing ambient sounds; a dedicated monitor terminal connected to the monitoring device in a communicative manner; and an information processing server and a portable communication terminal connected via a network, wherein the monitoring device comprises signal separation means for separating ambient sounds and infant cries from the captured sounds, and transmission means for encrypting the separated cries and transmitting them to the information processing server; the information processing server comprises means for analyzing the received cries using artificial intelligence to determine emotions; the dedicated monitor terminal and the portable communication terminal comprises display means for displaying video received from the monitoring device and displaying the emotion determination results received from the information processing server; and the portable communication terminal further displays a medical collaboration interface for establishing communication with an external medical service terminal and an interactive consultation interface for providing childcare consultations through dialogue with artificial intelligence.

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