COMMUNICATION WALL PANEL, NURSING CARE SYSTEM HAVING COMMUNICATION WALL PANEL, AND CONFERENCE SYSTEM HAVING COMMUNICATION WALL PANEL

• US 20130321565A1
• Filed: 08/09/2013
• Published: 12/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: University of Tsukuba
• Original Assignee: University of Tsukuba
• Inventors: SANKAI, Yoshiyuki
• Application Number:
  US13/963,054
• Publication Number:
  US 20130321565A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.08
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1113 Local tracking of patients, e.g. in a hospital or private home
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

A communication wall panel includes an interior panel member to be attached to a room as an interior wall material thereof; an information obtaining part provided in the interior panel member and configured to obtain information associated with a person in the room; a notification part provided in the interior panel member and configured to notify the person in the room of information; a communication part provided in the interior panel member and configured to perform communication with a server installed in a location other than the room; and a control part provided in the interior panel member and configured to control the information obtaining part and the notification part. The communication part is configured to transmit information obtained from the information obtaining part to the server and to output information transmitted from the server to the notification part.

Claims

1. A nursing care system, comprising:

an interior panel member to be attached to a room of a care recipient as an interior wall material of the room;

an information obtaining part provided in the interior panel member and configured to obtain image information and audio information associated with the care recipient in the room;

a notification part provided in the interior panel member and configured to notify the care recipient in the room of image information and audio information from outside the room;

a communication part provided in the interior panel member and configured to perform communication;

a control part provided in the interior panel member and configured to control the information obtaining part and the notification part; and

a server configured to receive, from the communication part, the image information and the audio information associated with the care recipient obtained from the information obtaining part, and to transmit the received image information and the audio information associated with the care recipient to a terminal installed in a location separate from the room.

2. The nursing care system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a connector member to be connected to a connector provided in the room, the connector member being provided on the interior panel member,

wherein the communication part is configured to be connected to the server in a communicable manner through the connector member and the connector.

3. The nursing care system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

a plurality of cables connected to the connector member, the information obtaining part, the notification part, the communication part, and the control part, the cables being provided on a backside of the interior panel member.

4. The nursing care system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information obtaining part comprises at least one of an image capturing part configured to capture a digital image of the room, a sound detection part configured to detect a sound in the room, and a temperature detection part configured to detect a temperature in the room.

5. The nursing care system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the notification part comprises at least one of a display unit configured to display image information transmitted from the server and a loudspeaker configured to output audio information transmitted from the server.

6. A conference system, comprising:

an interior panel member to be attached to a room of each of a plurality of conference participants as an interior wall material of the room;

an information obtaining part provided in the interior panel member and configured to obtain image information and audio information associated with a first one of the conference participants in the room;

a notification part provided in the interior panel member and configured to notify the first one of the conference participants in the room of image information and audio information associated with a second one of the conference participants;

a communication part provided in the interior panel member and configured to perform communication;

a control part provided in the interior panel member and configured to control the information obtaining part and the notification part; and

a server configured to receive, from the communication part, the image information and the audio information associated with the first one of the conference participants obtained from the information obtaining part, and to transmit the image information and the audio information associated with the second one of the conference participants to the communication part.

7. The conference system as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

a connector member to be connected to a connector provided in the room, the connector member being provided on the interior panel member,

wherein the communication part is configured to be connected to the server in a communicable manner through the connector member and the connector.

8. The conference system as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

a plurality of cables connected to the connector member, the information obtaining part, the notification part, the communication part, and the control part, the cables being provided on a backside of the interior panel member.

9. The conference system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the information obtaining part comprises at least one of an image capturing part configured to capture a digital image of the room, a sound detection part configured to detect a sound in the room, and a temperature detection part configured to detect a temperature in the room.

10. The conference system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the notification part comprises at least one of a display unit configured to display image information transmitted from the server and a loudspeaker configured to output audio information transmitted from the server.