Remote care service technique, care recipient monitoring terminal for use in the technique, and program for use in the terminal
First Claim
1. In a system comprising a center equipment capable of connecting with a communication network and a home subsystem which is provided in each home of a plurality of care recipients remote from the center equipment, each home subsystem comprising a wireless terminal having a radio communication capability and disguised as an article such as gives a good impression to the care recipient and relay means for relaying a communication between the wireless terminal and the center equipment, a method of providing care service to each of the care recipients, comprising the steps, executed by each wireless terminal, of:
- judging whether the care recipient is normal in health condition from an interaction with the care recipient; and
in response to a judgment that the care recipient is abnormal, sending an abnormality report to the center equipment through the relay means to cause the center equipment to dispatch emergency men to the care recipient'"'"'s home.
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Abstract
A remote care service system comprises the care center (attended by a care worker), a first-aid center, and the plurality of home subsystems, each comprising a relay terminal and at least one wireless care recipient monitoring terminal disguised as an attachment-arousing and/or familiar article. The care and first-aid centers and the wireless terminals are accessible to a communication network such as the Internet. The relay terminal relays a communication between an associated wireless terminal and the center equipment. The wireless terminal tries an interactive communication with the care recipient by using a predetermined phrase to judge whether the care recipient is normal. If not, then the wireless terminal sends an abnormality report to the first-aid center, which responsively dispatches emergency men to the care recipient'"'"'s home. Judgment the care recipient'"'"'s health condition interactively with the care recipient enhances the reliability of the judgment.
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1. In a system comprising a center equipment capable of connecting with a communication network and a home subsystem which is provided in each home of a plurality of care recipients remote from the center equipment, each home subsystem comprising a wireless terminal having a radio communication capability and disguised as an article such as gives a good impression to the care recipient and relay means for relaying a communication between the wireless terminal and the center equipment, a method of providing care service to each of the care recipients, comprising the steps, executed by each wireless terminal, of:
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judging whether the care recipient is normal in health condition from an interaction with the care recipient; and
in response to a judgment that the care recipient is abnormal, sending an abnormality report to the center equipment through the relay means to cause the center equipment to dispatch emergency men to the care recipient'"'"'s home. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A care recipient monitoring device for use in a remote care service system comprising a center equipment capable of connecting with a communication network and a home subsystem which is provided in each home of a plurality of care recipients remote from the center equipment to provide care service to each of the care recipients, wherein the care recipient monitoring device is included in each home subsystem which further comprises relay means for relaying a communication between the care recipient monitoring device and the center equipment, the care recipient monitoring device comprising:
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means, constituting an enclosure of the care recipient monitoring device, for disguising the care recipient monitoring device as an article such as gives a good impression to the care recipient;
radio means for effecting a radio communication with the relay means;
judging means for judging whether the care recipient is normal through interaction with the care recipient; and
reporting means, responsive to a judgment that the care recipient is abnormal, for sending an abnormality report to the center equipment through said radio means and the relay means so as to cause the center equipment to dispatch emergency men to the care recipient'"'"'s home. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13)
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12. A computer program recorded on a computer-readable medium and designed to operate a computerized device so as to provide a care service to a care recipient in a home remote from a center equipment in cooperation with a relay terminal installed in the home, wherein the relay terminal relays a communication between the computerized device and the center equipment which are linked with a communication network, the center equipment serves a multiplicity of care recipients and the computerized device comprises:
- computer means for controlling the entirety of the computerized device;
radio means for effecting a radio communication with the relay terminal;
speech recognizing means for recognizing a speech uttered by the care recipient; and
speech synthesizing means responsive to a code from said computer means for outputting one of predetermined synthesized speech associated with said code, the computer program comprising the steps of;
through said speech synthesizing means and said speech recognizing means, judging whether the care recipient is normal in health condition from an interaction with the care recipient; and
in response to a judgment that the care recipient is abnormal, sending an abnormality report to the center equipment through said radio means and the relay terminal to cause the center equipment to dispatch emergency men to the care recipient'"'"'s home.
- computer means for controlling the entirety of the computerized device;
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