Management device and control device for autonomous patient transportation vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10959892-B2
Application number	US-201715470177-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2017
Priority date	Mar 7, 2017
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

A management device, comprising a controller that controls communication between a movable first terminal device and a second terminal device in which a moving range is narrower than the first terminal device, and a detector that detects that the first terminal device arrives at a target point by movement, wherein in a case where the detector detects the arrival at the target point, the controller ends the communication between the first terminal device and the second terminal device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device configured to be located in a vehicle, comprising:
a controller that causes the vehicle to automatically travel; and
a communication unit that communicates information of a patient riding in the vehicle with a terminal device configured to be located in a hospital, while the controller causes the vehicle to automatically travel, wherein
while the patient is in the vehicle including the control device, and the vehicle including the control device travels automatically to a destination,
after the terminal device in the hospital outputs a screen suggesting start of a communication with the patient, on a display of the terminal device, when the terminal device in the hospital receives a start input of the communication with the patient in the vehicle, from an input of the terminal device,
the terminal device in the hospital triggers initiation of the communication between the control device and the terminal device, and

while the patient is in the vehicle including the control device, and the vehicle including the control device travels automatically to the destination, and the communication between the control device and the terminal device continues, the initiation of the communication being triggered by the terminal device in the hospital,
when the vehicle including the control device arrives at the destination, the control device in the vehicle triggers termination of the communication between the control device and the terminal device, triggered to initiate by the terminal device in the hospital.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the information of the patient is a result of a vital check of the patient.

3. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein the information of the patient is vital information of the patient.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication unit is further configured to communicate the information of the patient with a system management device.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication unit is configured to receive an identification of the patient.

6. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the patient is a patient of the hospital.

7. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the communication unit is configured to communicate with the terminal device and a system management device, and
while the communication between control device and the terminal device continues, when the system management device detects that the vehicle arrives at the destination, the system management device terminates the communication between the control device and terminal device.

8. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the system management device comprises a detector that detects that the vehicle arrives at the destination.

9. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the destination is at least one of an examination room or an inspection room in the hospital.

10. A communication management system comprising:
a terminal device configured to be located in a hospital; and
a vehicle configured to travel autonomously and communicate information of a patient riding in the vehicle while the vehicle travels autonomously, wherein
while the patient is in the vehicle and the vehicle travels automatically to a destination, after the terminal device in the hospital outputs a screen suggesting start of a communication with the patient, on a display of the terminal device, when the terminal device in the hospital receives a start input of the communication with the patient in the vehicle, from an input of the terminal device, the terminal device in the hospital triggers initiation of the communication between the vehicle and the terminal device, and
while the patient is in the vehicle and the vehicle travels automatically to the destination, and the communication between the vehicle and the terminal device continues, the initiation of the communication being triggered by the terminal device in the hospital, when the vehicle arrives at the destination, the vehicle triggers termination of the communication between the vehicle and the terminal device, the initiation of the communication being triggered to initiate by the terminal device in the hospital.

11. The communication management system to claim 10 , wherein the information of the patient is a result of a vital check of the patient.

12. The communication management system to claim 11 , wherein the information of the patient is vital information of the patient.

13. The communication management system according to claim 10 , wherein the vehicle is further configured to communicate the information of the patient with a system management device.

14. The communication management system according to claim 10 , wherein the vehicle is configured to receive an identification of the patient.

15. The communication management system according to claim 10 , wherein the patient is a patient of the hospital.

16. The communication management system according to claim 10 , wherein
the vehicle is configured to communicate with the terminal device and a system management device, and
while the communication between vehicle and the terminal device continues, when the system management device detects that the vehicle arrives at the destination, the system management device terminates the communication between the vehicle and terminal device.

17. The communication management system according to claim 16 , wherein the system management device comprises a detector that detects that the vehicle arrives at the destination.

18. The communication management system according to claim 10 , wherein the destination is at least one of an examination room or an inspection room in the hospital.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamada Takashi
• Kato Atsunobu
• Wang Dongdong

Classifications

• G06Q10/0631

  Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations · CPC title

• A61G2203/30

  characterised by sensor means · CPC title

• A61G2203/72

  for collision prevention · CPC title

• A61G2203/20

  Displays or monitors · CPC title

• A61G5/10

  Parts, details or accessories · CPC title