Remote watching system and remote watching application

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a growing need for a system that can effectively care for aged individuals living alone or apart from their caregivers, as the aging population and nuclearization of families increase, requiring a solution that minimizes caregiver burden while ensuring timely support and safety monitoring.

Innovation Solution

A remote watching system comprising a sensor attached to a bed apparatus that acquires biological information, a server for notification processing, and a mobile terminal for displaying alerts, allowing caregivers to remotely monitor and respond to the bed user's conditions, including notifications for dangerous situations, out-of-bed alerts, and changes in heartbeat and respiratory rates.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If continuous monitoring of biological information is implemented, then safety and reliability are improved, but device complexity and energy consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesafety monitoringVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The sensor automatically detects biological information and the server automatically processes notifications without requiring manual intervention from caregivers, enabling the system to serve itself in monitoring and alerting functions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Manual monitoring and checking by caregivers is replaced with automated electronic sensors and server-based notification systems, substituting mechanical human observation with electronic detection and automated communication

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive biological information monitoring is implemented, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time for data processing increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebiological information detectionVSAvoidnotification processing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The server is pre-configured with notification rules and thresholds for dangerous conditions, so that when biological information exceeds these pre-set parameters, notifications are immediately generated and sent to mobile terminals without requiring real-time analysis or decision-making time

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If remote monitoring capabilities are added to mobile terminals, then ease of operation for caregivers is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveremote monitoringVSAvoidterminal functionality

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The complex data processing and analysis functions are extracted from the mobile terminal and centralized on the server, leaving the terminal with only simple notification display and basic interaction capabilities, thereby simplifying the terminal device while maintaining comprehensive monitoring functionality

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS12186111B2Remote watching system and remote watching application

Publication Date: 2025.01.07 PARAMOUNT BED CO LTD

AI summary

A remote watching system includes a sensor attached to a bed apparatus and configured to acquire biological information about a bed user who uses the bed apparatus, a server configured to receive the biological information from the sensor and output a notification that is based on the biological information, and a mobile terminal configured to receive the notification and display the received notification, wherein the server outputs only a previously set notification or the mobile terminal displays only a previously set notification.