Display device and display method for monitored-person monitoring system, and monitored-person monitoring system

• US 10,360,781 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2016
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Inventors: Noda, Atsuhiro, Yamashita, Masanori, Tsuji, Aki
• Primary Examiner(s): Rushing, Mark S
• Application Number:
  US15/561,864
• Publication Number:
  US 20180122207A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,238 Days
• Field of Search: 3408704
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2505/00 Evaluating, monitoring or diagnosing in the context of a particular type of medical care
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0507 using microwaves or terahertz waves
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1115 Monitoring leaving of a patient support, e.g. a bed or a wheelchair
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1117 Fall detection
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7465 Arrangements for interactive communication between patient and care services, e.g. by using a telephone network telemetry of measured physiological signal A61B5/0002
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/748 Selection of a region of interest, e.g. using a graphics tablet
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 12/00 Accommodation for nursing, e.g. in hospitals, not covered by groups A61G1/00 - A61G11/00, e.g. trolleys for transport of medicaments or food service or tea-tables, trolleys or wagons A47B31/00; Prescription lists
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/20 Displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0208 Combination with audio or video communication, e.g. combination with "baby phone" function
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0294 Display details on parent unit
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/04 using a single signalling line, e.g. in a closed loop
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A display device in a monitored-person monitoring system according to the present invention is a device for a monitored-person monitoring system in which each of a plurality of monitored persons is sensed and the plurality of monitored persons is monitored, the device receiving and displaying monitoring information on the monitored person. While a monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on a certain monitored person among the plurality of monitored persons is displayed, even if the monitoring information on another monitored person who is different from the certain monitored person is received, the display of the monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the certain monitored person is continued as long as a predetermined input manipulation has been accepted.

Claims

1. A display device for a monitored-person monitoring system in which each of a plurality of monitored persons as a monitoring target is sensed and the plurality of monitored persons is monitored, the display device receiving and displaying monitoring information on the monitored person, and comprising:

a communicator that performs communication;

a display that performs display;

an input that accepts an input manipulation; and

a display processor that, upon receiving a monitoring information communication signal containing the monitoring information in the communicator, displays the monitoring information contained in the monitoring information communication signal in the display, wherein

while a monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on a certain monitored person among the plurality of monitored persons is displayed, even if the monitoring information communication signal containing the monitoring information on another monitored person who is different from the certain monitored person among the plurality of monitored persons is received, the display processor continues the display of the monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the certain monitored person as long as a predetermined input manipulation has been accepted in the input;

if the predetermined input manipulation has not been accepted, the display processor shifts the display in the display from the monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the certain monitored person to the other monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the other monitored person; and

the monitoring information display screen can accept an input manipulation of a user intention to take action against a certain monitored person.

2. The display device for a monitored-person monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein

the display processor displays a different monitoring information reception display expressing reception of the monitoring information on the other monitored person on the monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the certain monitored person.

3. The display device for a monitored-person monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein

if there is second monitoring information at a time before first monitoring information corresponding to a first monitoring information display screen, the display processor causes the display screen display storage to store the first monitoring information display screen and a second monitoring information display screen expressing the second monitoring information while associating the screens with each other in a chronological order, and if there is third monitoring information at a time after the first monitoring information corresponding to the first monitoring information display screen, the display processor causes the display screen storage to store the first monitoring information display screen and a third monitoring information display screen expressing the third monitoring information while associating the screens with each other in the chronological order, and

if there is the second monitoring information while the first monitoring information display screen is displayed in the display, the display processor displays a first different monitoring information reception display expressing reception of the second monitoring information on one end of the first monitoring information display screen, and if there is the third monitoring information while the first monitoring information display screen is displayed in the display, the display processor displays a second different monitoring information reception display expressing reception of the third monitoring information on the other end of the first monitoring information display screen.

4. The display device for a monitored-person monitoring system according to claim 3, wherein

upon accepting a predetermined second input manipulation, which is different from the predetermined input manipulation, in the input, the display processor shifts the display from the first monitoring information display screen to the monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information corresponding to the different monitoring information reception display in accordance with the second input manipulation.

5. The display device for a monitored-person monitoring system according to claim 4, wherein

the second input manipulation is at least one of flick, tap, and moving the whole display device.

6. The display device for a monitored-person monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising a mode controller that sets a standby mode to wait for an input manipulation after a predetermined period after end of accepting the predetermined input manipulation.

7. The display device for a monitored-person monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein

upon accepting the predetermined input manipulation in the input, the display processor displays a currently-considering screen expressing that a user of the display device is considering whether to take action for the monitored person.

8. The display device for a monitored-person monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising a display screen storage that stores a display screen, wherein

the display processor causes the display screen storage to store the monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the certain monitored person and the other monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the other monitored person while associating the screens with each other in the chronological order.

10. A monitored-person monitoring system comprising:

a display device; and

a sensing device that is connected to the display device so that communication with the display device is possible, senses each of a plurality of monitored persons as a monitoring target, and notifies a sensing result to the display device, wherein

the display device is the display device according to claim 1.

11. The display device for a monitored-person monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein

if there is second monitoring information at a time before first monitoring information corresponding to a first monitoring information display screen, the display processor causes the display screen display storage to store the first monitoring information display screen and a second monitoring information display screen expressing the second monitoring information while associating the screens with each other in a chronological order, and if there is third monitoring information at a time after the first monitoring information corresponding to the first monitoring information display screen, the display processor causes the display screen storage to store the first monitoring information display screen and a third monitoring information display screen expressing the third monitoring information while associating the screens with each other in the chronological order, and

if there is the second monitoring information while the first monitoring information display screen is displayed in the display, the display processor displays a first different monitoring information reception display expressing reception of the second monitoring information on one end of the first monitoring information display screen, and if there is the third monitoring information while the first monitoring information display screen is displayed in the display, the display processor displays a second different monitoring information reception display expressing reception of the third monitoring information on the other end of the first monitoring information display screen.

12. The display device for a monitored-person monitoring system according to claim 2, further comprising a mode controller that sets a standby mode to wait for an input manipulation after a predetermined period after end of accepting the predetermined input manipulation.

13. The display device for a monitored-person monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein

upon accepting the predetermined input manipulation in the input, the display processor displays a currently-considering screen expressing that a user of the display device is considering whether to take action for the monitored person.

14. The display device for a monitored-person monitoring system according to claim 2, further comprising a display screen storage that stores a display screen, wherein

the display processor causes the display screen storage to store the monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the certain monitored person and the other monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the other monitored person while associating the screens with each other in the chronological order, and while the monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the certain monitored person is displayed, if the monitoring information communication signal containing the monitoring information on the other monitored person is received and the predetermined input manipulation has not been accepted, the display processor shifts the display in the display from the monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the certain monitored person to the other monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the other monitored person.

15. A monitored-person monitoring system comprising:

a display device; and

a sensing device that is connected to the display device so that communication with the display device is possible, senses each of a plurality of monitored persons as a monitoring target, and notifies a sensing result to the display device, wherein

the display device is the display device according to claim 2.

16. The display device for a monitored-person monitoring system according to claim 3, further comprising a mode controller that sets a standby mode to wait for an input manipulation after a predetermined period after end of accepting the predetermined input manipulation.

17. The display device for a monitored-person monitoring system according to claim 3, wherein

upon accepting the predetermined input manipulation in the input, the display processor displays a currently-considering screen expressing that a user of the display device is considering whether to take action for the monitored person.

18. The display device for a monitored-person monitoring system according to claim 3, further comprising a display screen storage that stores a display screen, wherein

the display processor causes the display screen storage to store the monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the certain monitored person and the other monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the other monitored person while associating the screens with each other in the chronological order.

19. A monitored-person monitoring system comprising:

a display device; and

a sensing device that is connected to the display device so that communication with the display device is possible, senses each of a plurality of monitored persons as a monitoring target, and notifies a sensing result to the display device, wherein

the display device is the display device according to claim 3.

20. The display device for a monitored-person monitoring system according to claim 4, further comprising a mode controller that sets a standby mode to wait for an input manipulation after a predetermined period after end of accepting the predetermined input manipulation.

9. A display method for a monitored-person monitoring system in which each of a plurality of monitored persons as a monitoring target is sensed and the plurality of monitored persons is monitored, the display method receiving monitoring information on the monitored person and displaying the information on a display device, and comprising:

accepting an input manipulation; and

upon reception of a monitoring information communication signal containing the monitoring information in a communicator that performs communication, displaying the monitoring information contained in the monitoring information communication signal in a display that performs display, wherein

while a monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on a certain monitored person among the plurality of monitored persons is displayed, even if the monitoring information communication signal containing the monitoring information on another monitored person who is different from the certain monitored person among the plurality of monitored persons is received, the display of the monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the certain monitored person is continued in the displaying as long as a predetermined input manipulation has been accepted in the accepting;

if the predetermined input manipulation has not been accepted, the display processor shifts the display in the display from the monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the certain monitored person to the other monitoring information display screen expressing the monitoring information on the other monitored person; and

the monitoring information display screen can accept an input manipulation of a user intention to take action against a certain monitored person.