CN107303211A - Infant care device and infant care method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an infant care device and an infant care method. The infant care device comprises a sensing module and an analysis module. The sensing module senses the environmental factors and presents corresponding indication patterns according to the environmental factors. The analysis module comprises an image sensing unit and a first processing unit. The image sensing unit acquires an image including an indication pattern. The first processing unit is coupled to the image sensing unit and analyzes the image acquired by the image sensing module to generate an analysis result. In addition, a method for nursing infants is also provided. The invention can make the infant not need to be provided with a device with wireless transmission equipment so as to avoid exposing in electromagnetic waves caused by wireless transmission, and can realize the relevant analysis and monitoring of the environment state of the infant.

Description

Infant care device and infant care method

technical field

The invention relates to a care device and a care method, in particular to an infant care device and an infant care method.

Background technique

In recent years, the trend of declining birth rate has made parents pay more and more attention to infant care. Generally speaking, the younger infants and young children are less capable of self-care, and therefore need to be cared for longer, often even 24 hours a day and all year round. For example, when the infant is sleeping at night, the caregiver must not only pay attention to the breathing problems caused by the prone sleeping situation, but also need to observe whether the infant needs to change diapers from time to time. Under such circumstances, the health status of caregivers is likely to be affected, which in turn affects the care status of infants and young children.

However, when the caregiver uses modern technology to assist the care of the infant, it is often necessary to use devices including bluetooth or other wireless transmission devices that may expose the infant to the hazards of electromagnetic waves. Therefore, how to take care of infants and young children more intelligently and efficiently, and at the same time maintain the health of infants and young children, is a topic worthy of research in recent years.

Contents of the invention

Based on the above, the present invention proposes an infant care device and an infant care method. By acquiring the image of the sensing module, the relevant analysis results of the environment state of the infant are analyzed and obtained based on the change of the indication state of the sensing module.

The invention provides an infant care device, which includes a sensing module and an analysis module. The sensing module senses environmental variables and presents corresponding indication patterns according to the environmental variables. The analysis module includes an image sensing unit and a first processing unit. The image sensing unit obtains an image including the indication. The first processing unit is coupled to the image sensing unit, and analyzes the image obtained by the image sensing unit to generate an analysis result.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above sensing module includes a physical sensing unit and a second processing unit. The physical sensing unit senses environmental variables to obtain corresponding sensing results. The second processing unit is coupled to the physical sensing unit, and the variable threshold value is preset in the second processing unit. The indication unit is coupled to the second processing unit, and presents a corresponding indication pattern according to the sensing result obtained by the physical sensing unit and the corresponding variable threshold.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above analysis module further includes a notification unit. The notification unit is coupled to the first processing unit, and sends a notification signal according to the analysis result.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned sensing module includes a humidity test paper, and the environmental variable includes humidity.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned indicating unit includes a light emitting diode.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above physical sensing unit includes a humidity sensor, and the environmental variable includes humidity.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned physical sensing unit includes a temperature sensor, and the environmental variable includes temperature.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned physical sensing unit includes a pressure sensor, and the environmental variable includes pressure.

The invention provides an infant care method, which is suitable for an infant care device. The method includes the following steps. Sensing environmental variables, and presenting corresponding indications according to the environmental variables. Obtain an image including the indicated aspect. The acquired images are analyzed to generate analysis results.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned steps of sensing environmental variables and presenting corresponding indication patterns according to the environmental variables further include the following steps. Sensing environmental variables to obtain corresponding sensing results. The sensing result is compared with the variable threshold. According to the sensing result and the corresponding variable threshold, a corresponding indication pattern is presented.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above infant care method further includes sending a notification signal according to the analysis result.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned step of sensing environmental variables includes sensing humidity with a humidity test paper. The above analysis results include at least one of urine wetness detection results and sweat wetness detection results.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned step of sensing environmental variables includes sensing humidity through a humidity sensor. The above analysis results include at least one of urine wetness detection results and sweat wetness detection results.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned step of sensing environmental variables includes sensing temperature by a temperature sensor. The above analysis results include body temperature detection results.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned step of sensing environmental variables includes sensing pressure with a pressure sensor. The above-mentioned analysis result is at least one of the detection result of sleeping posture and the detection result of turning times.

Based on the above, through the infant care device and infant care method provided by the present invention, the infant does not need to wear a device with a wireless transmission device, so as to avoid being exposed to electromagnetic waves caused by wireless transmission, and at the same time, it can achieve the goal of protecting the infant. Relevant analysis and monitoring of the state of the environment.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific embodiments are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an infant care device in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2A is a schematic block diagram of an infant care device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram of an infant care device 100 in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the flowchart of infant care method in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4A is a schematic block diagram of an infant care device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4B is a schematic diagram of an infant care device 200 in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the flowchart of infant care method in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6A is a schematic block diagram of an infant care device 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6B is a schematic diagram of an infant care device 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7A is a schematic block diagram of an infant care device 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7B is a schematic diagram of an infant care device 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference signs:

10, 20, 30, 40: crib

100, 200, 300, 400: infant care devices

110, 210, 310, 410: sensing module

120, 220, 320, 420: analysis module

121, 221, 321, 421: image sensing unit

123, 223, 323, 423: the first processing unit

125, 225, 325, 425: notification unit

211, 311, 311a, 311b, 311c, 311d, 411, 411a, 411b, 411c, 411d: physical sensing unit

213, 313, 413: second processing unit

215, 315, 315a, 315b, 315c, 315d, 415, 415a, 415b: indicating unit

S301, S303, S305, S307: Steps in infant care methods

S501, S503, S505, S507, S509, S511: Steps in infant care methods

detailed description

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an infant care device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , the infant care device includes a sensing module and an analysis module. In an embodiment of the present invention, the infant care device can sense at least one environmental variable through the sensing module, and the sensing module can present different indication states according to the environmental variable. The analysis module obtains the image including the indication form presented by the sensing module, and analyzes the obtained image to generate an analysis result of the environmental variable. Depending on the needs of use, the infant care device can further send a notification signal through the analysis module according to the generated analysis results. In addition, depending on the types of environmental variables to be analyzed and the types of sensing modules, the baby care device provided by the present invention can be implemented in many different types, and the detailed implementation will be described in detail in the following description.

FIG. 2A is a schematic block diagram of an infant care device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram of an infant care device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B. In an embodiment of the present invention, the infant care device can be implemented by an infant care device 100, which is arranged adjacent to the crib 10 and can be used to generate urine for the infant. Test results. The infant care device 100 includes a sensing module 110 and an analysis module 120 . In this embodiment, the sensing module 110 is, for example, cobaltous chloride test paper, which is set on the diapers of infants and young children, and can display different colors according to different humidity as an indication of the current humidity. However, in other embodiments, the sensing module 110 may also be other similar humidity test papers, and the present invention is not limited thereto. The analysis module 120 includes an image sensing unit 121 , a first processing unit 123 , and optionally a notification unit 125 . The image sensing unit 121 is coupled to the first processing unit 123 for obtaining an image of the sensing module 110 . The image sensing unit 121 includes, for example, a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) or a Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Image Sensor (CMOS Image Sensor). The first processing unit 123 is respectively coupled to the image sensing unit 121 and the notification unit 125 for controlling the operation of the image sensing unit 121 and the notification unit 125 and analyzing the image obtained by the image sensing unit 121 to generate an analysis result . The first processing unit 123 is, for example, a micro-controller (micro-controller), an embedded controller (embedded controller), a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU) or similar components, and the present invention is not limited thereto. The notification unit 125 is configured to send a notification signal according to the analysis result generated by the first processing unit 123 . The notification unit 125 is, for example, a communication device such as a Bluetooth device or a wireless network device, or an indicating device such as a speaker or an LED light.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of an infant care method in an embodiment of the present invention. The following uses the infant care device 100 as an example to illustrate the steps of the infant care method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 3 , in step S301 , the sensing module 110 senses environmental variables and presents corresponding indication patterns according to the environmental variables. In this embodiment, the cobaltous chloride test paper serving as the sensing module 110 will present different colors according to the current humidity. More specifically, dry Cobaltous Chloride paper without water will appear blue, while Cobaltous Chloride paper in contact with water will appear pink. Therefore, the anhydrous cobaltous chloride test paper used as the sensing module 110 will change from blue to pink due to factors such as wet urine or sweating of infants.

In step S303 , the image sensing unit 121 acquires an image including the indication form presented by the sensing module 110 . In this embodiment, the first processing unit 123 can set the image sensing unit 121 to capture the image of the cobaltous chloride test paper as the sensing module 110 at a fixed time interval. Here, the fixed time interval is set according to requirements, and it can be, for example, 10 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes or other arbitrary time intervals, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In step S305 , the first processing unit 123 can analyze the image acquired by the image sensing unit 121 to generate an analysis result. In this embodiment, the image acquired by the image sensing unit 121 includes the cobaltous chloride test paper as the sensing module 110, and the first processing unit 123 analyzes the color of the cobaltous chloride test paper in the image. If the first processing unit 123 The color of the cobaltous chloride test paper in the analysis image is blue, indicating that the sensed humidity is not too high, and the analysis result that the humidity is not too high is generated; if the first processing unit 123 analyzes the color of the cobaltous chloride test paper in the image If the color is pink, it means that the sensed humidity is too high, and an analysis result of too high humidity will be generated. In particular, in this embodiment, the sensing module 110 of the infant care device 100 is disposed on the diaper of the infant to generate the urine wetness detection result of the infant. However, depending on the location of the sensing module 110 , the analysis result may also be the result of sweat detection of infants or other humidity-related analysis results. For example, when the sensing module 110 is disposed on the back of the infant, the analysis result may also be the sweat detection result of the infant.

Subsequently, in step S307, the notification unit 125 may send a notification signal according to the analysis result generated by the first processing unit 123 in step S305. In this embodiment, the notification unit 125 is, for example, a loudspeaker. If the first processing unit 123 generates an analysis result that the humidity is too high, the notification unit 125 sends a warning sound as a notification signal; If the analysis result is high, the notification unit 125 will not issue any warning sound. However, in other embodiments, the notification unit 125 can also be, for example, an LED light, a bluetooth device or a wireless network device, etc., similar to a speaker that generates a warning sound as a notification signal, and an LED light can serve as a notification signal by emitting a warning light , and the Bluetooth device or the wireless network device can wirelessly send warning information as a notification signal, and the present invention does not limit the form of the notification unit 125 here.

It is worth mentioning that, in this embodiment, since the infant care device 100 is used to generate the analysis result of the urine wetness detection result of the infant, the sensed environment becomes humidity, but the present invention is not limited thereto . In other words, in other embodiments, the infant care device can also be used to generate other analysis results such as body temperature detection results, sleeping position detection results, or turning times detection results. Depending on the analysis results, different sensing modules can be replaced to sense different environmental variables such as temperature and pressure. Hereinafter, another embodiment will be used to illustrate other implementation modes of the infant care device provided by the present invention.

FIG. 4A is a schematic block diagram of an infant care device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4B is a schematic diagram of an infant care device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B. In an embodiment of the present invention, the infant care device can be implemented in the form of an infant care device 200, which is arranged adjacent to the crib 20 and can be used to detect the body temperature of the infant. result. The infant care device 200 includes a sensing module 210 and an analysis module 220 . Compared with the sensing module 110 in the infant care device 100, the sensing module in the infant care device 200 is implemented in the form of a sensing module 210, including a physical sensing unit 211, a second processing unit 213, and an indication Unit 215. In this embodiment, the physical sensing unit 211 is, for example, a temperature sensor disposed on the forehead of an infant to sense temperature and obtain a temperature sensing result. In this embodiment, the second processing unit 213 is coupled to the physical sensing unit 211 and is preset with a temperature threshold, for example, 38 degrees Celsius. In other embodiments, besides being factory preset, the temperature threshold can also be set by the second processing unit 213 . The second processing unit 213 can be, for example, a micro-controller (micro-controller), an embedded controller (embedded controller), a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU) or similar components, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that the physical sensing unit 211, the second processing unit 213, and the indicating unit 215 included in the sensing module 210 of this embodiment may be respectively included in different chips during implementation. circuits, or are composed of the same circuit contained in the same chip, the present invention is not limited here.

In this embodiment, the indicating unit 215 is wired to the second processing unit 213, and the indicating unit 215 will be based on the sensing result obtained by the physical sensing unit 211 and the temperature valve preset by the second processing unit 213 value, to correspond to the switching state to present the corresponding indication pattern. Specifically, in this embodiment, the indicating unit 215 is, for example, a light-emitting diode (Light-Emitting Diode, LED) lamp. The second processing unit 213 can obtain the temperature sensing result from the temperature sensor as the physical sensing unit 211, and compare the obtained sensing result with the set temperature threshold, and then control the switching instruction according to the comparison result The state of the unit 215, that is, control to turn on or turn off the LED light.

The composition and function of the analysis module 220 are substantially the same as those of the analysis module 120, the only difference is that the image sensing unit 121 in the analysis module 120 is used to obtain the overall image of the sensing module 110, and the image sensing unit 121 in the analysis module 220 The measuring unit 221 is used to acquire the image including the indicating unit 215 . The remaining components and functions of the analysis module 220 are the same as those of the analysis module 120 , and will not be repeated here.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of an infant care method in an embodiment of the present invention. The following uses the infant care device 200 as an example to illustrate the steps of the infant care method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5 , in step S501 , the physical sensing unit 211 of the sensing module 210 senses environmental variables to obtain corresponding sensing results. In this embodiment, the temperature sensor as the physical sensing unit 211 senses the current temperature and obtains the current temperature as the sensing result. In step S503 , the second processing unit 213 compares and analyzes the sensing result with a preset variable threshold, and the variable threshold corresponds to the environmental variable. In this embodiment, for example, the second processing unit 213 has a preset temperature threshold of 38 degrees Celsius as the variable threshold.

Subsequently, in step S505, the second processing unit 213 will switch the state of the indicating unit 215 according to the sensing result obtained by the physical sensing unit 211 and the corresponding variable threshold so that the indicating unit 215 presents a corresponding indication appearance. In this embodiment, the second processing unit 213 compares and analyzes the current temperature acquired by the physical sensing unit 211 with a preset temperature threshold (for example, 38 degrees Celsius). If the current temperature is greater than the temperature threshold, the second processing unit 213 will turn on the LED light as the indicating unit 215; if the current temperature is not greater than the temperature threshold, the second processing unit 213 will turn off the LED light as the indicating unit 215.

In step S507 , the image sensing unit 221 acquires an image including the pointing unit 215 . In this embodiment, the first processing unit 223 can set the image sensing unit 221 to capture the image of the LED light as the indicating unit 215 at a fixed time interval. Here, the fixed time interval is set according to requirements, and it can be, for example, 10 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes or other arbitrary time intervals, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In step S509 , the first processing unit 223 can analyze the image acquired by the image sensing unit 221 to generate an analysis result. In this embodiment, the image captured by the image sensing unit 221 includes an LED light as the indicator unit 215, and the first processing unit 223 analyzes whether the LED light in the image is turned on. If the first processing unit 223 analyzes the LED light in the image and If it is not turned on, it means that the sensed current temperature is not greater than the temperature threshold, and the analysis result that the current temperature is not too high is generated; if the LED light in the image analyzed by the first processing unit 223 has been turned on, it means that the sensed current temperature is greater than If the temperature threshold is set, the analysis result that the current temperature is too high will be generated. In this embodiment, the analysis result is the body temperature detection result of the infant.

Subsequently, in step S511, the notification unit 225 may send a notification signal according to the analysis result generated by the first processing unit 223 in step S509. In this embodiment, the notification unit 225 is, for example, a speaker. If the first processing unit 223 generates an analysis result that the temperature is too high, the notification unit 225 will send out a warning sound as a notification signal; If the analysis result is high, the notification unit 225 will not send out any warning sound. However, in other embodiments, the notification unit 225 can also be, for example, an LED light, a bluetooth device or a wireless network device, etc., similar to a speaker that generates a warning sound as a notification signal, and an LED light can serve as a notification signal by emitting a warning light , and the Bluetooth device or the wireless network device can wirelessly send warning information as a notification signal, and the present invention does not limit the form of the notification unit 225 here.

In the foregoing embodiments, the indicating unit 215 is, for example, an LED lamp, and the first processing unit 223 analyzes whether the LED is turned on to generate an analysis result. It is worth mentioning that the above-mentioned LED lights can be replaced with any type of light-emitting device according to the needs of use, such as LED lights that can emit visible light, infrared LED lights that can emit invisible light, or other types of light-emitting devices. , the present invention is not limited thereto. On the other hand, depending on the computing capability of the second processing unit 213, the indicating unit 215 can also be implemented in other ways, which is not limited in the present invention. For example, the second processing unit 213 can control the duration and frequency of the above-mentioned light-emitting device switching according to the sensing result as an indication pattern. The first processing unit 223 can not only analyze whether the LED light is turned on, but also analyze the indication state presented by the above-mentioned light emitting device to generate an analysis result. For another example, the second processing unit 213 can generate a corresponding two-dimensional barcode or other recognizable images according to the sensing result code, and the indicating unit 215 can be, for example, a liquid crystal display or other types of displays for displaying the corresponding Two-dimensional barcodes or other recognizable images are used as instructions. At this time, the first processing unit 223 can, for example, use two-dimensional barcode reading software to interpret the two-dimensional barcode in the image captured by the image sensing unit 211 to generate an analysis result, or use the image analysis function to analyze the image sense. The identifiable image obtained by the detection unit 211 is used to identify information in the image to generate an analysis result.

It is worth mentioning that, in the foregoing embodiments, the infant protection device 200 is used to detect temperature and generate a body temperature detection result of the infant. However, in other embodiments, by increasing the types and quantities of the physical sensing units and the variable thresholds of the corresponding preset second processing units, and increasing the indication modes of the indicating units, the infant protection device can also simultaneously Detect other and more environmental variables, and generate more kinds of analysis results at the same time. In addition, it is worth mentioning that the same type of physical sensing unit disposed in different positions in the infant care device can also generate different types of analysis results. For example, two humidity sensors as physical sensing units are respectively arranged on the diaper and the back of the baby in the infant care device, so as to generate urine wetness detection results and sweat wetness detection results of the baby respectively. For another example, the infant care device installs two pressure sensors as physical sensing units on the infant's chest and back, respectively, and can generate the detection result of the number of turning over and the sleeping posture of the infant.

FIG. 6A is a schematic block diagram of an infant care device 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6B is a schematic diagram of an infant care device 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B. In an embodiment of the present invention, the infant care device can be implemented in the form of an infant care device 300, which is arranged adjacent to the crib 30 and can be used to detect the body temperature of the infant. Results, sweat detection results, sleep posture detection results, and turning times detection results. The infant care device 300 includes a sensing module 310 and an analyzing module 320 . Compared with the sensing module 210 in the infant care device 200, the sensing module in the infant care device 300 is implemented by a sensing module 310, including physical sensing units 311a-311d, a second processing unit 313, and an indication Units 315a-315d. In this embodiment, the physical sensing unit 311a is, for example, a temperature sensor disposed on the forehead of an infant to sense temperature and obtain the first temperature sensing result; the physical sensing unit 311b is, for example, disposed on a diaper of an infant The humidity sensor on the top is used to sense the humidity and obtain the second sensing result of the humidity; the physical sensing unit 311c is, for example, a pressure sensor arranged on the back of the infant to sense the first pressure and obtain the second result of the first pressure. 3. Sensing result: The physical sensing unit 311d is, for example, a pressure sensor disposed on the infant's chest, to sense the second pressure and obtain a fourth sensing result of the second pressure. In this embodiment, the second processing unit 313 is coupled to the physical sensing units 311a-311d, and is preset with temperature thresholds, humidity thresholds, and first pressures corresponding to temperature, humidity, first pressure, and second pressure. The variable threshold value of the threshold value and the second pressure threshold value. The second processing unit 313 can be, for example, a micro-controller (micro-controller), an embedded controller (embedded controller), a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU) or similar components, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Similarly, the physical sensing units 311a-311d, the second processing unit 313, and the indicating unit 315 included in the sensing module 310 in this embodiment may be included in different chips and implemented by different circuits during implementation. Composed, or jointly included in the same chip and composed of the same circuit, the present invention is not limited here.

In this embodiment, the indicating units 315a-315d are respectively wired to the physical sensing units 311a-311d, and the indicating units 315a-315d will obtain the sensing results obtained by the physical sensing units 311a-311d and the second The variable thresholds preset by the processing unit 313 correspond to the switching states to present corresponding indication patterns. Specifically, in this embodiment, the indicating units 315 a - 315 d are, for example, four LED lights located at the end of the crib 30 . The second processing unit 313 compares the first sensing result with the temperature threshold and switches the state of the indicating unit 315a according to the comparison result; the second processing unit 313 compares the second sensing result with the humidity threshold and switches the indicating unit 315b according to the comparison result state; the second processing unit 313 compares the third sensing result with the first pressure threshold and switches the state of the indicating unit 315c according to the comparison result; and the second processing unit 313 compares the fourth sensing result with the second pressure threshold and according to The comparison result switches the state of the indicating unit 315d as an indicating mode of the indicating units 315a-315d. The components and functions of the analysis module 320 are the same as those of the analysis module 220 , and will not be repeated here.

The following uses the infant care device 300 as an example to illustrate the steps of the infant care method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 5 again, in step S501 , the physical sensing units 311 a - 311 d of the sensing module 310 respectively sense environmental variables to obtain corresponding sensing results. In this embodiment, the physical sensing unit 311a will sense the current temperature and obtain the current temperature as the first sensing result; the physical sensing unit 311b will sense the current humidity and obtain the current humidity as the second sensing result; The physical sensing unit 311c senses the pressure and obtains the first pressure as the third sensing result; the physical sensing unit 311d senses the pressure and obtains the second pressure as the fourth sensing result. In step S503 , the second processing unit 313 compares and analyzes the sensing result with the corresponding preset variable threshold. In this embodiment, the second processing unit 313 is preset with, for example, a temperature threshold, a humidity threshold, a first pressure threshold, and a second pressure threshold as variable thresholds.

Subsequently, in step S505, the second processing unit 313 switches the states of the indicating units 315a-315d according to the sensing results obtained by the physical sensing units 311a-311d and the preset corresponding variable thresholds. In order to make the indicating units 315a-315d present corresponding indicating forms. In this embodiment, the second processing unit 313 compares the current temperature acquired by the physical sensing unit 311 a with a preset temperature threshold. If the current temperature is greater than the temperature threshold, the second processing unit 313 will turn on the LED light as the indicating unit 315a; if the current temperature is not greater than the temperature threshold, the second processing unit 313 will turn off the LED light as the indicating unit 315a. By a similar method, the second processing unit 313 can respectively switch the states of the indicating units 315b-315d, and the same process will not be repeated here.

In step S507, the image sensing unit 321 acquires images including the indicating units 315a-315d. In this embodiment, the first processing unit 323 can set the image sensing unit 321 to capture the image of the LED light as the indicating unit 315 at a fixed time interval. Here, the fixed time interval is set according to requirements, and it can be, for example, 10 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes or other arbitrary time intervals, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In step S509 , the first processing unit 323 can analyze the image acquired by the image sensing unit 321 to generate an analysis result. In this embodiment, the image captured by the image sensing unit 321 includes LED lights as the indicating units 315 a - 315 d. The first processing unit 323 analyzes whether the indicating unit 315a in the image is turned on. If the first processing unit 323 analyzes that the indicating unit 315a in the image is not turned on, it means that the sensed current temperature is not greater than the temperature threshold, so the current temperature is generated and The first analysis result of not being too high; if the indicating unit 315a in the image analyzed by the first processing unit 323 has been turned on, it means that the current sensed temperature is greater than the temperature threshold, thus generating the first analysis result of the current temperature being too high. In this embodiment, the first analysis result is a body temperature detection result. The first processing unit 323 analyzes whether the indication unit 315b in the image is turned on. If the first processing unit 323 analyzes that the indication unit 315b in the image is not turned on, it means that the sensed current humidity is not greater than the humidity threshold, so the current humidity is generated and The second analysis result of not being too high; if the first processing unit 323 analyzes the indication unit 315b in the image has been turned on, it means that the sensed current humidity is greater than the humidity threshold, thus generating the second analysis result of the current humidity being too high. In this embodiment, the humidity sensor of the physical sensing unit 311b is located on the diaper of an infant, so the second analysis result in this embodiment is the urine wetness detection result.

In this embodiment, the pressure sensor as the physical sensing unit 311c is, for example, disposed on the back of the infant, and can be used to generate a sleep posture detection result. For example, the first processing unit 323 analyzes whether the indication unit 315c in the image is turned on. If the first processing unit 323 analyzes that the indication unit 315c in the image is not turned on, it means that the sensed first pressure is not greater than the first pressure threshold, Then generate the third analysis result of not sleeping on the stomach; if the indicating unit 315c in the image analyzed by the first processing unit 323 has been turned on, indicating that the sensed first pressure is greater than the first pressure threshold, then the third analysis result of sleeping on the stomach is generated . In this embodiment, the third analysis result is a sleep posture detection result.

In this embodiment, the pressure sensor serving as the physical sensing unit 311d is, for example, disposed on the chest of an infant, and can cooperate with the physical sensing unit 311c to generate the detection result of turning times. For example, if it is assumed that an infant turns over once, the pressure detected by the pressure sensor on the chest and the pressure sensor on the back will be exchanged. In this way, the first processing unit 323 can count the number of continuous images obtained by the image sensing unit 321 in a specific time interval (for example, five hours), respectively, the indicating unit 315c and the indicating unit 315d in the two adjacent images The number of times of state exchange occurs, so as to generate the detection result of turning times as the fourth analysis result. In another embodiment, the first processing unit 323 can also count the occurrences of the indication unit 315c and the indication unit 315d in every interval of n images in a plurality of consecutive images obtained by the image sensing unit 321 in a specific time interval. The number of state swaps is used to generate the detection result of turning times as the fourth analysis result, and n is a positive integer.

Subsequently, in step S511, the notification unit 325 may send a notification signal according to the analysis result generated by the first processing unit 323 in step S509. In this embodiment, the notification unit 325 is, for example, a wireless network device. If the first processing unit 323 generates an analysis result of high temperature, high humidity or lying prone, the notification unit 325 can send a notification signal to the mobile device owned by the caregiver including the wireless network device. In addition, the first processing unit 323 may send the fourth analysis result, that is, the detection result of turning times, to the mobile device including the wireless network device owned by the caregiver once at a specific time interval (for example, five hours). Alternatively, the first processing unit 323 can also set the notification condition as required, and when the analysis result meets the notification condition, the notification unit 325 sends the analysis result as a notification signal to the mobile device owned by the caregiver including the wireless network device.

In the foregoing embodiments, the indicating unit 315 is, for example, four LED lights including indicating units 315a-315d, which are respectively switched on and off corresponding to the physical sensing units 311a-311d to present corresponding indicating states, and the first processing unit 323 Whether or not each LED is turned on is analyzed to generate an analysis result. Similarly, the above-mentioned LED lamps can be replaced with any type of light-emitting device depending on the requirements of use, such as an LED lamp capable of emitting visible light, an infrared LED lamp capable of emitting invisible light, or other types of light-emitting devices. Not limited here. On the other hand, depending on the computing capability of the second processing unit 313 , the instruction unit 315 can also be implemented in other ways. For example, the second processing unit 313 can control different combinations of the duration and frequency of each light-emitting device switching on and off according to the sensing results as indication patterns. The first processing unit 323 can not only analyze whether each LED light is turned on, but also can be used to analyze the indications presented by the above-mentioned various light emitting devices to generate analysis results. In addition to the light-emitting device, the indicating unit 315 may be, for example, a display unit including at least one seven-segment display, which presents a corresponding indicating state by displaying different numbers, and the image sensing unit 311 receives the information from the image sensing unit 311 through the first processing unit 323 The digits displayed on the seven-segment display are analyzed in the obtained images to generate analysis results.

For another example, the second processing unit 313 can generate corresponding two-dimensional barcodes or other recognizable images according to all the sensing result codes, and the indicating unit 315 can be, for example, a liquid crystal display or other types of displays for displaying the corresponding Two-dimensional barcodes or other recognizable images as instructions. At this time, the first processing unit 323 can, for example, use two-dimensional barcode reading software to interpret the two-dimensional barcode in the image obtained by the image sensing unit 311 to generate an analysis result, or use the image analysis function to analyze the image sense. The identifiable image obtained by the measurement unit 311 is used to identify information in the image to generate an analysis result. In other words, the present invention does not limit the manner of presenting the indication pattern according to the sensing result, and the first processing unit will analyze the image corresponding to the presentation manner of the indication pattern according to the image obtained by the image sensing unit to obtain Analyze the results.

It is worth mentioning that, in the foregoing embodiments, the variable threshold value corresponding to a single environmental variable (for example, temperature) is one (for example, 38 degrees Celsius). However, the present invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, there may be 2 or more variable thresholds corresponding to a single environmental variable, and at the same time, the indicating unit may also have more switchable states to present More indicative forms. In other words, although the correspondence between environmental variables and variable thresholds in the foregoing embodiments is one-to-one, in other embodiments, the correspondence between environmental variables and variable thresholds may also be one-to-many or many To many.

FIG. 7A is a schematic block diagram of an infant care device 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7B is a schematic diagram of an infant care device 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B. In an embodiment of the present invention, the infant care device can be implemented in the form of an infant care device 400, which is arranged adjacent to the crib 40 and can be used to detect the body temperature of the infant. result. The infant care device 400 includes a sensing module 410 and an analyzing module 420 . Compared with the sensing module 210 in the infant care device 200, the sensing module in the infant care device 400 is implemented with a sensing module 410, including a physical sensing unit 411, a second processing unit 413, and an indication unit 415a , indicating unit 415b. In this embodiment, the physical sensing unit 411 is, for example, a temperature sensor disposed on the forehead of an infant to sense temperature and obtain a temperature sensing result. In this embodiment, the second processing unit 413 is coupled to the physical sensing unit 411 and can be preset with a plurality of temperature thresholds, for example, three temperature thresholds of 37 degrees Celsius, 38 degrees Celsius and 39 degrees Celsius. In this way, the temperature can be divided into four temperature ranges: not greater than 37 degrees Celsius, greater than 37 degrees Celsius and not greater than 38 degrees Celsius, greater than 38 degrees Celsius and not greater than 39 degrees Celsius, and greater than 39 degrees Celsius. The second processing unit 213 can be, for example, a micro-controller (micro-controller), an embedded controller (embedded controller), a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU) or similar components, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Similarly, the physical sensing units 411a-411d, the second processing unit 413, the indicating unit 415a, and the indicating unit 415b included in the sensing module 410 in this embodiment may be respectively included in different chips during implementation. Different circuits, or the same circuit contained in the same chip, the present invention is not limited here.

In this embodiment, the indicating unit 415a and the indicating unit 415b are wiredly coupled to the second processing unit 413, and the indicating unit 415a and the indicating unit 415b will be based on the sensing result obtained by the physical sensing unit 411 and the second processing The temperature threshold value preset by the unit 413 is used to correspond to the switching state to present a corresponding indication pattern. Specifically, in this embodiment, the indicating unit 415a and the indicating unit 415b are, for example, two LED lamps, and the individual switching states of the two LEDs can generate four different states for switching. The second processing unit 413 can obtain the temperature sensing result from the temperature sensor as the physical sensing unit 411, and compare the obtained sensing result with three preset temperature thresholds, and then control the switching according to the comparison result The indication unit 415a and the indication unit 415b are in one of four states. The composition and function of the analysis module 420 are the same as those of the analysis module 220 , and will not be repeated here.

The following uses the infant care device 400 as an example to illustrate the steps of the infant care method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 5 again, in step S501 , the physical sensing unit 411 of the sensing module 410 senses environmental variables to obtain corresponding sensing results. In this embodiment, the temperature sensor as the physical sensing unit 411 senses the current temperature and obtains the current temperature as the sensing result. In step S503 , the second processing unit 413 compares and analyzes the sensing result with a preset variable threshold. In this embodiment, for example, the second processing unit 413 presets temperature thresholds of 37 degrees Celsius, 38 degrees Celsius and 39 degrees Celsius as variable thresholds.

Subsequently, in step S505, the second processing unit 413 will switch the state of the indicating unit 415 according to the sensing result obtained by the physical sensing unit 411 and the corresponding variable threshold so that the indicating unit 415 presents a corresponding indication appearance. In this embodiment, the second processing unit 413 compares the current temperature acquired by the physical sensing unit 411 with three preset temperature thresholds to determine the temperature range in which the current temperature is located. If the current temperature is not greater than 37 degrees Celsius, the second processing unit 413 will turn off the LED lights as the indicating unit 415a, indicating unit 415b; if the current temperature is greater than 37 degrees Celsius and not greater than 38 degrees Celsius, the second processing unit 413 will turn on the indicating unit 415a, and turn off 415b; if the current temperature is greater than 38 degrees Celsius and not greater than 39 degrees Celsius, then the second processing unit 413 will simultaneously turn on the indicating unit 415a and indicating unit 415b; if the current temperature is greater than 39 degrees Celsius degree, the second processing unit 413 turns off the indicating unit 415a, and turns on the indicating unit 415b.

In step S507, the image sensing unit 421 acquires an image including the indicating unit 415a and the indicating unit 415b. In this embodiment, the first processing unit 423 can set the image sensing unit 421 to capture the images of the LED lights serving as the indicating unit 415 a and the indicating unit 415 b at fixed time intervals. Here, the fixed time interval is set according to requirements, and it can be, for example, 10 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes or other arbitrary time intervals, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In step S509 , the first processing unit 423 can analyze the image acquired by the image sensing unit 421 to generate an analysis result. In this embodiment, the image captured by the image sensing unit 421 includes two LED lights as the indicator unit 415a and the indicator unit 415b, and the first processing unit 423 analyzes the indication patterns presented by the two LED lights in the image to determine Determine the current temperature range. For example, if the first processing unit 423 analyzes that the two LED lights as the indicating unit in the image are not turned on, then the analysis result that the current temperature is not greater than 37 degrees Celsius is generated; if the first processing unit 423 analyzes the indicating unit 415a in the image If the indicating unit 415b has been turned on while it is not turned on, an analysis result indicating that the current temperature is greater than 39 degrees Celsius is generated. In this embodiment, the analysis result is the body temperature detection result of the infant.

Subsequently, in step S511, the notification unit 425 may send a notification signal according to the analysis result generated by the first processing unit 423 in step S509. In this embodiment, the notification unit 425 is, for example, a wireless network device. The first processing unit 423 may set the current temperature to be greater than 38 degrees Celsius as a notification condition. In this way, when the analysis result is that the current temperature is greater than 38 degrees Celsius and not greater than 39 degrees Celsius, or one of the two temperature ranges greater than 39 degrees Celsius, the first processing unit 423 can send a notification through the notification unit 425 Analyze the results to a mobile device owned by the caregiver including a wireless network device. In addition, the first processing unit 423 can also be set to send the analysis result to the mobile device including the wireless network device owned by the caregiver through the notification unit 425 no matter what the analysis result is at a specific time interval (for example, five hours).

It is worth mentioning that the sensing module 410 in this embodiment uses two LED lights as indicating units to provide four different states to present four indicating states, however, the present invention is not limited here Presentation methods of various indication forms. In other embodiments, the four indication patterns can also be represented by four LED lamps as indication units to respectively represent one of the four indication manners, or four indicator lights with different colors can be used as indication units presented. In addition, similarly, the indicating unit 415 is, for example, any type of light emitting device capable of emitting visible light or invisible light, a display unit including at least one seven-segment display, a liquid crystal display or other types of displays.

For example, when the indicating unit 415 is a display unit including a seven-segment display, it includes a plurality of variable thresholds corresponding to environmental variables (eg, temperature). The seven-segment display can correspondingly present one of the indication patterns (for example, numbers 0 to 9) according to the sensing results and variable thresholds. At this time, the first processing unit 423 can analyze the numbers displayed on the seven-segment display from the image acquired by the image sensing unit 411 to generate an analysis result.

For another example, the second processing unit 413 can encode and generate corresponding two-dimensional barcodes or other recognizable images according to the sensing results and variable threshold values, and the indicating unit 415 can also be, for example, a liquid crystal display or other types of displays. , for displaying a corresponding two-dimensional barcode or other recognizable images as an indication. At this time, the first processing unit 423 can, for example, use two-dimensional barcode reading software to interpret the two-dimensional barcode in the image captured by the image sensing unit 411 to generate an analysis result, or use the image analysis function to analyze the image sense. The identifiable image obtained by the detection unit 411 is used to identify information in the image to generate an analysis result. In other words, as long as the second processing unit can analyze or recognize the images obtained by the image sensing unit, the present invention does not limit the presentation methods of various indication aspects.

It is worth mentioning that the arrangement and location of the infant care device provided by the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the arrangement and location shown in the schematic diagrams shown in the foregoing embodiments. For example, the sensing module of the baby care device can be set on the body of the baby or any position where environmental variables are desired to be sensed, and the analysis module of the baby care device can be set on an image that can obtain the sensing module any position. In other words, as long as the sensing module of the infant care device can sense environmental variables, and the analysis module can acquire and analyze images including the indications of the sensing module, the present invention does not limit the actual installation location of the infant care device. and ways.

To sum up, the sensing module of the infant care device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can present different indication patterns corresponding to the sensing results of different environmental variables, and the analysis module can obtain information including the above indication patterns. image, and analyzing the indicated aspect in the acquired image to generate an analysis result. Therefore, by using the infant care device and the infant care method provided by the embodiments of the present invention, the caregiver can directly know the current environmental state of the infant through the indication state presented by the sensing module. In addition, the sensing module that needs to be close to the environment of infants and young children does not need to be equipped with equipment with wireless transmission functions, which can prevent infants from being exposed to electromagnetic waves generated by wireless transmission equipment. At the same time, it can also take into account the health of infants and young children.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above with the embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, this The scope of protection of the invention should be determined by the appended claims.

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1. An infant care device, characterized in that, comprising: A sensing module, which senses environmental variables and presents corresponding indication patterns according to the environmental variables; and Analysis modules, including: an image sensing unit to obtain an image including the indication; and The first processing unit is coupled to the image sensing unit and analyzes the image to generate an analysis result. 2. The infant care device according to claim 1, wherein the sensing module comprises: a physical sensing unit, which senses the environmental variable to obtain a corresponding sensing result; a second processing unit, coupled to the physical sensing unit, and a variable threshold is preset in the second processing unit, wherein the variable threshold corresponds to the environmental variable; and The indication unit is coupled to the second processing unit, and presents the corresponding indication pattern according to the sensing result and the corresponding variable threshold. 3. The infant care device according to claim 1, wherein the analysis module further comprises: A notification unit, coupled to the first processing unit, sends a notification signal according to the analysis result. 4. The infant care device according to claim 1, wherein the sensing module includes a humidity test paper, and the environmental variable includes humidity. 5 . The baby care device according to claim 2 , wherein the indicating unit comprises a light emitting diode. 6. The infant care device of claim 2, wherein the physical sensing unit includes a humidity sensor, and the environmental variable includes humidity. 7. The infant care device according to claim 2, wherein the physical sensing unit comprises a temperature sensor, and the environmental variable comprises temperature. 8. The infant care device according to claim 2, wherein the physical sensing unit comprises a pressure sensor, and the environmental variable comprises pressure. 9. An infant care method, characterized in that it is applicable to an infant care device, and the infant care method comprises: Sensing environmental variables, and presenting corresponding indication patterns according to the environmental variables; obtaining an image including the indicated aspect; and The images are analyzed to generate analysis results. 10. The infant care method according to claim 9, characterized in that the step of sensing the environmental variable and presenting the corresponding indication pattern according to the environmental variable comprises: sensing the environmental variable to obtain a corresponding sensing result; comparing the sensing result to a variable threshold, wherein the variable threshold corresponds to the environmental variable; and According to the sensing result and the corresponding variable threshold, the corresponding indication pattern is presented. 11. The infant care method according to claim 9, further comprising: A notification signal is sent according to the analysis result. 12. The infant care method according to claim 9, characterized in that the step of sensing the environmental variables comprises sensing humidity with humidity test paper, wherein the analysis results include urine wetness detection results and sweat detection at least one of the results. 13. The infant care method according to claim 10, characterized in that the step of sensing the environmental variables comprises sensing humidity with a humidity sensor, wherein the analysis results include urine wetness detection results and sweat detection at least one of the results. 14 . The infant care method according to claim 10 , wherein the step of sensing the environmental variable includes sensing temperature by a temperature sensor, wherein the analysis result includes a body temperature detection result. 15 . 15. The infant care method according to claim 10, characterized in that the step of sensing the environmental variables includes sensing pressure with a pressure sensor, wherein the analysis results include sleep posture detection results and turning times detection at least one of the results.