Notification control device, notification control system, and notification control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11513007-B2
Application number	US-201916582366-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2019
Priority date	Sep 28, 2018
Publication date	Nov 29, 2022
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022

Abstract

A notification control device for controlling notification based on subject information is disclosed. The subject information including temperature image data, which indicates temperature of a subject captured within a predetermined capturing range, is received. A predetermined destination of notification information, which represents a state of the subject based on the subject information, is notified. A process of notifying the notification information to the predetermined destination is stopped depending on whether or not the subject information includes predetermined identification information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A notification control device for controlling notification based on subject information, comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform receiving the subject information including temperature image data indicating temperature of a subject captured within a predetermined capturing range, said subject being a user; and
notifying a predetermined destination of notification information representing a state of the subject based on the subject information,
wherein, after detecting the subject leaving the predetermined capturing range and subsequently detecting a subsequent subject within the predetermined capturing range, the processor automatically stops a process of notifying the notification information to the predetermined destination upon satisfying a predetermined condition, said predetermined condition being whether it is detected that the subject information of the subsequent subject includes predetermined identification information of another subject that is different from the subject, said another subject being a medical practitioner.

2. The notification control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor further performs
detecting a temperature change of a predetermined detection pattern in one or more sensing regions preset within the predetermined capturing range by using the temperature image data included in the subject information,
wherein the processor sends the notification information to the predetermined destination in a case of absence of the identification information in the subject information upon detecting the temperature change of the predetermined detection pattern.

3. The notification control device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the processor stops a process of notifying the notification information to the predetermined destination in a case of presence of identification information in the subject information upon detecting the temperature change of the predetermined detection pattern.

4. The notification control apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the process of notifying the notification information to the predetermined destination is automatically stopped without instructions from a user of the notification control device.

5. The notification control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the predetermined capturing range includes an area including a bed placed in a facility and a periphery of the bed, and
the subject includes a user using the bed,
wherein the identification information includes identification information identifying a medical practitioner working at the facility.

6. The notification control device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the processor further performs
managing the identification information for identifying medical practitioner working in the facility;
visualizing a response of the medical practitioner to the user of the bed by using the identification information included in the received subject information.

7. The notification control device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the subject information includes voice data collecting a voice at the bed and around the bed, and
Wherein the processor further performs
determining a type of sound included in the voice data by using the temperature image data and the voice data included in the subject information, and
providing information including a determination result and an image indicating temperature at the bed and around the bed.

8. The notification control device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the processor further performs
correcting a position of one or more sensing regions preset within the predetermined capturing range in accordance with a change in a location of the bed; and
displaying display information indicating that the position of one or more sensing regions cannot be corrected, on a display unit at the bed or around the bed in a case of unable to correct the position of the sensing area.

9. An information collection device capable of communicating with the notification control device as claimed in claim 5 , comprising:
a memory: and
a processor coupled to the memory, and the processor configured to perform acquiring temperature image data representing temperature of the bed and a periphery of the bed;
receiving identification information transmitted by a wireless tag at the bed or around the bed; and
transmitting subject information including the temperature image data and the identification information to the notification control device upon receiving the identification information.

10. The information collection device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the processor further performs acquiring voice data at the bed and around the bed,
wherein the subject information includes the voice data.

11. The information collection device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the processor further performs displaying display information indicating that a medical practitioner is present at the bed or around the bed upon determining that the medical practitioner working at the facility is at the bed or around bed.

12. The information collection device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the processor of the notification control device further performs
correcting a position of one or more sensing regions preset within a predetermined capturing range in accordance with a change in a location of the bed, and
displaying display information indicating that the position of the one or more sensing regions is unable to be corrected, in a case unable to correct the position of the one or more sensing regions.

13. The notification control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the subject information further includes identification information related to the subject, and
wherein the processor stops the process of notifying the notification information to the predetermined destination depending on whether or not the received identification information of the subject matches the predetermined identification information.

14. The notification control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the identification information is a wireless identification data (ID) of the subject.

15. The notification control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wireless identification data (ID) of the subject is transmitted from a Bluetooth Low Energy tag attached to the subject.

16. The notification control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the predetermined identification information of the another subject is preliminarily stored and managed in a storage unit as a non-target of the process of notifying the notification information to the predetermined destination.

17. The notification control device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor automatically stops the process of notifying the notification information to the predetermined destination upon detecting that the subject information of the subsequent subject includes the predetermined identification information after detecting the subject returning to the predetermined capturing range, and
wherein the processor automatically resumes the process of notifying the notification information to the predetermined destination after detecting the subsequent subject leaving the predetermined capturing range and subsequently determining that the subject information of the subject does not include the predetermined identification information.

18. A notification control system for controlling notification based on subject information, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to perform receiv

Assignees

• Ikeda Hajimu
• Atsumi Toshihiro
• Komoto Shotaro
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ikeda Hajimu
• Atsumi Toshihiro
• Komoto Shotaro

Classifications

• A61B5/1113

  Local tracking of patients, e.g. in a hospital or private home · CPC title

• G01J5/0025 Primary

  Living bodies (ear thermometers G01J5/0011; detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00) · CPC title

• G08B25/001

  Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation · CPC title

• A61B2576/00

  Medical imaging apparatus involving image processing or analysis (A61B1/00009, A61B6/52 and A61B8/52 take precedence) · CPC title

• A61B5/0008

  Temperature signals · CPC title