KR20190067686A - Method and device for taking medicine - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for managing medication management is disclosed. Wherein the wearable device communicates with the wearable device when the wearable device approaches the wearable device within a distance capable of communicating with the wearable device, when the wearable device is in an out-of-the-box event, Wherein the wearable device senses the event, and the wearable device receives a detection signal indicating that the event is generated from the mouthpiece, and after the wearable device receives the sense signal, When detecting that the wearable device has moved by 90 degrees or more, the wearable device includes displaying on the display of the wearable device that the user has medicated the medicine.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001]

An embodiment according to the concept of the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for managing medicines, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for informing a patient of a medicament more accurately.

The conventional medication management method was to judge whether the patient's medication was used by simply using a sensor of a medicine bottle, whether the cover of the medicine bottle was opened, or whether the weight of the medicine bottle was reduced. However, there was a case in which the patient accidentally opened the cover of the medicine dispenser, or did not correctly remember whether another event occurred after opening the medicine dispenser (for example, an event receiving a telephone call) and taking the medicine. In addition, the weight of the medicine bottle may be reduced by accidentally dropping the medicine. Therefore, there is a need for a method for the patient to more accurately recognize the medication.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for recognizing a medication more accurately to a patient.

The medication management method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of communicating the wearable device with the wearable device when the wearable device approaches within a distance capable of communicating with the wearable device, A sensor attached to the medicine container senses the event, the wearable device receives a detection signal indicating that the event is generated from the medicine container, and after the wearable device receives the detection signal, When the sensor of the wearable device detects that the wearable device has moved 90 degrees or more, the wearable device may display on the display of the wearable device that the user has medicated the drug.

According to the embodiment, when the sensor of the wearable device senses that the wearable device has moved by 90 degrees or more, the other sensor of the wearable device uses the brightness of the inner periphery of the wearer's wrist, Determining whether the user drinks water, and whether the user has medicated the medicine.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the medicinal-drug management method includes: storing the number of times the user wears the wearable device; Determining a user's habits according to the stored number of doses; And when the user does not fill the predetermined number of times according to the dosing habit, the wearable device may display a message on the display of the wearable device that the user has not taken the medicine at all.

The wearable device wearable on the wearer's wrist according to an embodiment of the present invention is capable of communicating with a display for displaying information, a medicine dispenser, and a communication for receiving a detection signal from the medicine dispenser, A first sensor for sensing movement of the user's wrist, and a second sensor for receiving the sensing signal and, when the first sensor senses that the wearable device has moved 90 degrees or more, And a processor for controlling the display of the medication.

According to an embodiment, the wearable device further includes a second sensor that recognizes that the wearable device accesses the user, and after the wearable device receives the sense signal, Upon recognizing access to the user, the processor may control the display to display that the user has medicated the medication.

The method and apparatus for medication management according to the embodiment of the present invention can detect the movement of the wearable device after recognizing that the wearable device is out of the medicine dispenser and more accurately inform the patient about the medication.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to more fully understand the drawings recited in the detailed description of the present invention, a detailed description of each drawing is provided.
1 shows a block diagram of a system including a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 shows a block diagram of the wearable device shown in Fig.
Fig. 3 is an exemplary diagram showing an example in which the user shown in Fig. 1 takes a medicine. Fig.
Fig. 4 is another exemplary diagram showing an example in which the user shown in Fig. 1 takes a medicine. Fig.
FIG. 5 is an exemplary view showing an example in which the user shown in FIG. 1 drinks water.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

It is to be understood that the specific structural or functional descriptions of embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein are only for the purpose of illustrating embodiments of the inventive concept, But may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

Embodiments in accordance with the concepts of the present invention are capable of various modifications and may take various forms, so that the embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail herein. It should be understood, however, that it is not intended to limit the embodiments according to the concepts of the present invention to the particular forms disclosed, but includes all modifications, equivalents, or alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms are intended to distinguish one element from another, for example, without departing from the scope of the invention in accordance with the concepts of the present invention, the first element may be termed the second element, The second component may also be referred to as a first component.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between. Other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to" should be interpreted as well.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises ", or" having ", and the like, specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a part or a combination thereof, , Steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof, as a matter of principle.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning of the context in the relevant art and, unless explicitly defined herein, are to be interpreted as ideal or overly formal Do not.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a system including a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the wearable device shown in FIG.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a system 100 includes a wearable device 10 and a dispenser 20.

The wearable device 10 refers to a device that can be worn on the wrist of the user 30. [ For example, the wearable device 10 may be attached to the wrist of the user 30 in a watch type. The wearable device 10 includes a display 11, a communication module 13, a first sensor 15, and a processor 16. The display 11 displays information to be provided to the user 10. For example, time, or a text message may be provided to the user via the display 11. Here, the user 30 is a patient wearing the wearable device 10 on the wrist and taking the medicine 27.

The wearable device 10 and the mouthpiece 20 can communicate with each other. The wearable device 10 may include a communication module 13 for communicating with the canister 20. The communication module 13 means a modem chip capable of communication. The wearable device 10 and the mouthpiece 20 can communicate with each other through short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth.

The dispenser 20 is a container for storing the dispenser 27. The dispenser 20 includes a communication module 21 and a sensor 23. The communication module 21 enables communication with the wearable device 10. The sensor 23 attached to the canister 20 is moved from the canister 20 to the canister 27 when the user 30 opens the lid 25 of the canister 20 and takes the medicine 27 out of the canister 20. [ Can be detected. The sensor 23 may be an infrared sensor or an ultrasonic sensor. The communication module 21 of the medicine dispenser 20 transmits to the wearable device 10 a detection signal indicating that an event that the medicine 27 has come out of the medicine dispenser 20 has occurred.

The wearable device 10 receives the detection signal indicating that the event is generated through the communication module 13. [

Fig. 3 is an exemplary diagram showing an example in which the user shown in Fig. 1 takes a medicine. Fig.

1 to 3, the user 30 must move his / her hand 90 degrees or more with respect to the elbow in order to take the medicine 27. That is, when the user 30 moves the hand 90 degrees or more to take the medicine 27, the wearable device 10 moves 90 degrees or more. The first sensor 15 of the wearable device 10 senses that the wearable device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more when the user 30 moves his hand 90 degrees or more to take the medicine 27. [ The first sensor 15 may be a gyro sensor or an acceleration sensor. The first sensor 15 may transmit the first sensor signal to the processor 16 when the wearable device 10 senses that the wearable device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more, And recognizes that the wearable device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more in accordance with the first sensor signal.

The processor 16 receives a detection signal indicating that the medicine 27 has been removed from the medicine dispenser 20. When the first sensor 15 detects that the wearable device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more, To display that the user 30 has medicated the medication (27). When the wearable device 10 does not receive the detection signal or after a predetermined time (for example, one hour) after receiving the detection signal, the wearable device 10 judges that the user 30 has taken medicine 27 It does not recognize. That is, the wearable device 10 does not recognize that the wearable device 10 has taken the medicine 27 by simply moving the wearable device 10 by 90 degrees or more. The wearable device 10 must first receive the detection signal that the user 30 senses that the medicine 27 has come out of the medicine dispenser 20 in order to recognize that the medicine 27 is medicated. Then, the first sensor 15 of the wearable device 10 must detect that the wearable device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more.

The wearable device 10 can inform the user 30 of the medication more accurately.

The wearable device 10 may further include a second sensor 17 according to an embodiment. The second sensor 17 may be a proximity sensor. When the wearable device 10 receives the detection signal that senses that the medicine 27 has come out of the medicine dispenser 20 and then the second sensor 17 approaches the mouth of the user 30, 10) can recognize that the user 30 has taken medicine (27). Specifically, when the second sensor 17 approaches near the mouth of the user 30, the second sensor 17 may transmit a second sensor signal to the processor 16, And recognizes that the user 30 has taken the medicine 27 according to the two sensor signals.

Whether or not the second sensor 17 has approached the vicinity of the mouth of the user 30 can be determined when the distance between the second sensor 17 and the user 30 is smaller than a certain set distance.

When drug (27) is a drug related to depression, especially the method of drug administration is more important. Depression is affected by season and time. For example, it is easy for people to feel more depressed in autumn and winter than in summer. Also, it is easier to feel more depressed at night than at night. Severe depression can lead to suicide. Therefore, seasonal and date-specific databases (not shown) of people who commit suicide due to depression can be used for medication management methods. In the database, seasons and times in which suicide occurs most often due to depression can be extracted. For example, when the user 30 takes a large amount of medicine 27 (for example, five or more) in a specific period (December to April at 3 to 4 o'clock), the wearable device 10 senses it and immediately 30), or a 119 emergency message.

The first sensor 15 of the wearable device 10 receives the detection signal from the wearable device 10 that senses that the wearer has sensed the presence of the wearer 27, ) Has moved 90 degrees or more. When the wearable device 10 approaches the vicinity of the mouth of the user 30, the wearable device 10 then warns the user 30 that the second sensor 17 of the wearable device 10 is ready for medication (27) .

The wearable device 10 may further include a third sensor 18 according to an embodiment. The third sensor 18 may be an illuminance sensor. The third sensor 18 is located inside the wrist of the user 30.

FIG. 4 is a view showing another example in which the user shown in FIG. 1 takes the medicine and FIG. 5 is an example showing the example in which the user shown in FIG. 1 drinks water.

When the user 30 takes the pill 27, the user 30 generally drinks water to pass the medicine 27, so that the user should distinguish between the operation of drinking water and the operation of taking medicine 27 .

4 and 5, it can be seen that the position of the wrist of the user 30 changes when the user 30 drinks water and when he or she takes the medicine 27.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 4, when the user 30 is taking the medicine 27, the wrist of the user 30 is facing the body. Therefore, when the third sensor 18 of the wearable device 10 is located inside the wrist of the user 30, the third sensor 18, which is an illuminance sensor, is used to determine whether the user 30 drinks water, (27) is taken. Referring to FIG. 4, when the user 30 takes the medicine 27, the inside of the wrist of the user 30 faces the body, so that the shadow of the user 30, Lt; / RTI > Therefore, the brightness of the inner periphery of the wrist of the user 30 is changed by the shadow. That is, the inner periphery of the wrist of the user 30 becomes darker.

5, the inside of the wrist of the user 30 does not face the body of the user 30 when the user 30 drinks water. When the user 30 drinks water, the inside of the wrist of the user 30 is directed to the outside of the body of the user 30, 30), there is no shadow around the inside of the wrist. Therefore, the brightness of the inner periphery of the wrist of the user 30 does not change.

There is a possibility that the user 30 may erroneously judge that the user 30 is taking the medicine 27 despite the user 30 drinking water when judging whether or not to take the medicine only by the movement of the wearable device 10. However, by using the third sensor 18 as the illumination sensor, it is possible to more accurately determine whether the user 30 is medicinal.

5, when the user 30 drinks water, the inside of the wrist of the user 30 does not face the body of the user 30, so the ambient illuminance does not change. Therefore, the measured change value of the third sensor 18 as the illuminance sensor is smaller than a certain value. The third sensor 18 may transmit a third sensor signal having a value of '0' to the processor 16 when the measurement change value of the third sensor 18 as the illuminance sensor is smaller than a certain value. The measurement change value is a measurement value obtained by measuring the brightness of the surroundings by the third sensor 18 as the illumination sensor before recognizing that the wearable device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more and the measurement value when the wearable device 10 is moving 90 degrees or more And the third sensor 18 measures the brightness of the surrounding area. According to an embodiment, the third sensor 18, which is an illuminance sensor, measures only the ambient brightness and transmits the measured sensor value to the processor 16. The processor 16 calculates the measured change value, Can be compared with an arbitrary value.

The processor 16 recognizes that the wearable device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more and then receives the third sensor signal from the third sensor 18 to determine that the user 30 has drunk the water. The processor 16 may determine whether the user 30 is medicated more accurately by receiving the third sensor signal after recognizing that the wearable device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more. The processor 16 detects that the first sensor 15 detects that the wearable device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more and the third sensor signal that the measurement change value of the third sensor 18 is smaller than a certain value, The processor 16 controls the display 11 to display on the display 11 a message informing the user 30 that the user has drank water. The processor 16 may determine that the user 30 has not taken the medicine 27 but has drank water according to the third sensor signal even though the wearer device 10 has recognized that the wearable device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more have.

The first sensor 15 recognizes that the wearable device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more and recognizes that the second sensor 17 has approached the vicinity of the mouth of the user 30, The processor 16 displays on the display 11 a message informing the user 30 that the user 30 has drank water when the processor 16 receives a third sensor signal that the measured change value of the user 30 is less than a certain value (11).

4, since the inside of the wrist of the user 30 faces the body of the user 30 when the user 30 takes the medicine 27, The illuminance of the inside of the wrist of the user 30 to which the sensor is attached becomes dark. When the user 30 takes the medicine 27, the third sensor 18, which is the illuminance sensor, measures the ambient brightness before the wearable device 10 recognizes that the wearable device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more, The measured change value, which is the difference from the measured value of the ambient light measured by the third sensor 18 after recognizing that the device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more, It will be bigger. When the user 30 is taking the drug 27, the measured change value will be greater than any value. The third sensor 18 transmits a third sensor signal having a value of '1' to the processor 16 when the measurement change value of the third sensor 18 as the illuminance sensor is larger than a certain value. The processor 16 may determine whether the user 30 is medicated more accurately by receiving the third sensor signal after recognizing that the wearable device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more.

When the first sensor 15 recognizes that the wearable device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more and the measured change value of the third sensor 18 is larger than a certain value, And controls the display 11 to display a message indicating that the user 30 has taken medication. That is, the wearable device 10 includes the plurality of sensors 15, 17, and 18 so that the wearable device 10 can inform the user 30 more accurately of the medication.

According to the embodiment, the first sensor 15 senses that the wearable device 10 has moved 90 degrees or more, recognizes that the second sensor 17 has approached the vicinity of the mouth of the user 30, When the processor 16 receives the third sensor signal that the measured change value of the user 18 is greater than a certain value, the processor 16 displays on the display 11 a message indicating that the user 30 has taken the medication, As shown in Fig.

In addition, the wearable device 10 may further include a light 19 according to the embodiment. The light 19 is used by the third sensor 18, which is an illuminance sensor, to measure the brightness even when the ambient light is dark. The light 19 is automatically turned on when the third sensor 18, which is the illuminance sensor, can not measure the brightness. The case where the third sensor 18 can not measure the brightness means that the surroundings are dark and there is no illumination.

The user 30 may need to take several drugs at once instead of one. The user 30 may take several medicines at once, or may take medicines several times. Taking medicines in a plurality of times means that the user 30 takes each of the medicines one by one.

The wearable device 10 needs to distinguish this user's habit of taking. For example, when the user 30 takes medicines in divided doses, he or she may forget some medicines and not take them. In order to know the taking habits of the user 30, the wearable device 10 has to take the number of times of medicine and the water to judge whether the user 30 eats a plurality of medicines at one time, Store the number of times. The wearable device 10 can determine the taking habits of the user 30 according to the number of doses. For example, when the user 30 continuously stores only the number of times of medication and the number of times of drinking one water for one week, the wearable device 10 recognizes that the user 30 is taking the medicine all at once. On the other hand, when the user 30 continuously stores only the number of medication times and the number of times of drinking one time of water each week for one week, the wearable device 10 can take the medication by the user 30 several times . The wearable device 10 may calculate an average of the number of doses of the user 30 so that the wearable device 10 can determine the dosing habits of the user 30 according to the embodiment. For example, when the average number of times of taking the user is three, the wearable device 10 recognizes that the user 30 takes the medicine in a plurality of times.

When the wearable device 10 recognizes that the user 30 is taking the medicine several times, the processor 16 does not fill the display 11 if the user 30 does not fill the predetermined number of times and drinks water And controls the display 11 to display a message that it has not been completed. For example, the message may be "I have not taken all the medication yet." A third sensor 18, which is an illuminance sensor, may be used for recognizing the action of the user 30 drinking water.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 6, when the wearable device 10 approaches within a distance capable of communicating with the mouth, the wearable device 10 and the mouthpiece 20 communicate with each other (S10). The communication module 13 of the wearable device 10 and the communication module 21 of the mouthpiece 20 enable this communication.

When the event that the medicine 27 comes out of the medicine dispenser 20 occurs in the medicine dispenser 20, the sensor 23 attached to the medicine dispenser 20 senses the event. The communication module 21 of the medicine dispenser 20 transmits a detection signal indicating that the event is generated to the wearable device 10.

The wearable device 10 receives a detection signal indicating that the event is generated from the mouthpiece 20 (S20).

 When the wearable device 10 recognizes that the wearable device 10 has moved by 90 degrees or more after the first sensor 15 of the wearable device 10 receives the detection signal, (30) displays on the display (11) of the wearable device (10) that the medication (27) has been used (S30).

The dosing management method of the wearable device 10 may be programmed in the form of an application downloadable from the Internet.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

100: system; 20: Drinking cans;
10: wearable device; 21; Communication module;
11: display; 23; sensor;
13; Communication module; 25: cover;
15: a first sensor; 27: about;
16: processor;
17: second sensor;
18: third sensor;
19: Light;

Claims (2)

Communicating the wearable device with the wearable device when the wearable device approaches within a distance capable of communicating with the wearable device;
Wherein the sensor attached to the medicine bottle senses the event when an event occurs in which the medicine is out of the medicine bottle, and the wearable device receives a detection signal indicating that the event is generated from the medicine bottle; And
When the sensor of the wearable device detects that the wearable device has moved 90 degrees or more after the wearable device receives the detection signal, the wearable device displays on the display of the wearable device that the user has medicated the drug And administering the medicament. A wearable device that can be worn on a wearer's wrist,
A display for displaying information;
A communication module capable of communicating with a dispenser and receiving a detection signal from the dispenser indicating that a dispensing event has occurred from the dispenser;
A sensor for detecting movement of the wrist of the user; And
And a processor for controlling the display to display on the display that the user has taken the medication when the sensor detects that the wearable device has moved 90 degrees or more.

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