IP Library Granted Patent US 12,239,590
Granted Patent B2
US 12,239,590 · App. 17/739,207 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Nursing bed system and nursing bed posture changing device

Inventor: Yasuhiko Hashimoto (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
A61G7/015A61B5/749A61G7/018G06N20/00
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Patent No.
US 12,239,590
App. No.
17/739,207
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nursing bed system includes a nursing bed and a nursing bed posture changing device. The nursing bed posture changing device includes care recipient data acquiring circuitry that acquires care recipient data containing at least one of voice data of a care recipient who lies on the nursing bed, and image data obtained by imaging the care recipient, bed posture information generating circuitry that generates bed posture mode information according to a demand by the care recipient based on the care recipient data, and posture changing circuitry that changes the posture of the nursing bed based on the bed posture mode information.

Claims (48)

1. A nursing bed posture changing device that changes a posture of a nursing bed, the nursing bed being changeable of the shape of a floor of the bed, and/or a posture related to an angle of the entire bed, the device comprising:

care recipient data acquiring circuitry that acquires care recipient data containing at least one of voice data of a care recipient who lies on the nursing bed, and image data obtained by imaging the care recipient;

bed posture information generating circuitry that generates bed posture mode information according to a demand by the care recipient based on the care recipient data; and

posture changing circuitry that changes the posture of the nursing bed based on the bed posture mode information,

wherein the bed posture information generating circuitry includes:

care recipient demand feature quantity extracting circuitry that extracts a demand feature quantity by which the care recipient's demand is characterized, from the care recipient data;

a memory that stores a plurality of kinds of demands of the care recipient, and the bed posture mode information for identifying the posture of the nursing bed associated with each of the plurality of kinds of demands; and

generating circuitry that reads the bed posture mode information associated with the care recipient's demand corresponding to the demand feature quantity extracted by the care recipient demand feature quantity extracting circuitry, from the memory,

wherein the bed posture information generating circuitry further includes demand identifying circuitry that identifies the care recipient's demand based on a given specific rule from the demand feature quantity,

wherein the care recipient data further includes time data indicative of time at which at least one of the voice data and the image data is generated, and

wherein the demand identifying circuitry identifies the care recipient's demand based on the demand feature quantity and the time data corresponding thereto.

2. The nursing bed posture changing device of claim 1 , further comprising:

operational information acquiring circuitry that acquires operational information when the posture of the nursing bed is operated by a care worker corresponding to the care recipient's demand; and

bed posture mode information updating circuitry that updates the bed posture mode information stored in the memory so as to be associated with the demand, according to the operational information acquired by the operational information acquiring circuitry.

3. The nursing bed posture changing device of claim 1 , wherein the bed posture information generating circuitry has a learned model learned with a large number of teaching data in which input data containing the care recipient data or processed data thereof is associated with output data containing bed posture mode information according to the care recipient's demand, and

wherein the bed posture information generating circuitry includes machine learning classifying circuitry that derives the output data corresponding to the input data to be recognized using the learned model.

4. The nursing bed posture changing device of claim 3 , wherein the input data includes a demand feature quantity by which the care recipient's demand extracted from the care recipient data is characterized.

5. The nursing bed posture changing device of claim 4 , further comprising:

teaching data acquiring circuitry that acquires the large number of teaching data, each comprised of a combination of input data containing the care recipient data or processed data thereof and output data containing bed posture mode information according to the care recipient's demand, the output data being a correct answer to the input data; and

machine learning circuitry that establishes the machine learning classifying circuitry that associates the input data with the output data by using the large number of teaching data.

6. A nursing bed system, comprising:

a nursing bed changeable of the shape of a floor of the bed, and/or a posture related to an angle of the entire bed; and

the nursing bed posture changing device of claim 1 .

7. The nursing bed system of claim 6 , further comprising at least one of a microphone that generates the voice data and a camera that generates the image data.

8. A nursing bed posture changing device that changes a posture of a nursing bed, the nursing bed being changeable of the shape of a floor of the bed, and/or a posture related to an angle of the entire bed, the device comprising:

means for acquiring care recipient data that acquires care recipient data containing at least one of voice data of a care recipient who lies on the nursing bed, and image data obtained by imaging the care recipient;

means for generating bed posture information that generates bed posture mode information according to a demand by the care recipient based on the care recipient data; and

means for changing posture that changes the posture of the nursing bed based on the bed posture mode information,

wherein the means for generating bed posture information includes:

means for extracting care recipient demand feature quantity that extracts a demand feature quantity by which the care recipient's demand is characterized, from the care recipient data;

a memory that stores a plurality of kinds of demands of the care recipient, and the bed posture mode information for identifying the posture of the nursing bed associated with each of the plurality of kinds of demands; and

means for reading that reads the bed posture mode information associated with the care recipient's demand corresponding to the demand feature quantity extracted by the means for extracting care recipient demand feature quantity, from the memory,

wherein the means for generating bed posture information further includes means for demand identifying that identifies the care recipient's demand based on a given specific rule from the demand feature quantity,

wherein the care recipient data further includes time data indicative of time at which at least one of the voice data and the image data is generated, and

wherein the means for demand identifying identifies the care recipient's demand based on the demand feature quantity and the time data corresponding thereto.

9. The nursing bed posture changing device of claim 8 , further comprising:

means for acquiring operational information that acquires operational information when the posture of the nursing bed is operated by a care worker corresponding to the care recipient's demand; and

that updates the bed posture mode information stored in the memory so as to be associated with the demand, according to the operational information acquired by the means for acquiring operational information.

10. The nursing bed posture changing device of claim 8 , wherein the means for generating bed posture information has a learned model learned with a large number of teaching data in which input data containing the care recipient data or processed data thereof is associated with output data containing bed posture mode information according to the care recipient's demand, and

wherein the means for generating bed posture information includes means for machine learning classifying that derives the output data corresponding to the input data to be recognized using the learned model.

11. The nursing bed posture changing device of claim 10 , wherein the input data includes a demand feature quantity by which the care recipient's demand extracted from the care recipient data is characterized.

12. The nursing bed posture changing device of claim 11 , further comprising:

means for acquiring teaching data that acquires the large number of teaching data, each comprised of a combination of input data containing the care recipient data or processed data thereof and output data containing bed posture mode information according to the care recipient's demand, the output data being a correct answer to the input data; and

means for machine learning that establishes the means for machine learning classifying that associates the input data with the output data by using the large number of teaching data.

13. A nursing bed system, comprising:

a nursing bed changeable of the shape of a floor of the bed, and/or a posture related to an angle of the entire bed; and

the nursing bed posture changing device of claim 8 .

14. The nursing bed system of claim 13 , further comprising at least one of a microphone that generates the voice data and a camera that generates the image data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2022
From: HASHIMOTO, YASUHIKO
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060513/0388 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-202765 · Nov 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020041592 · Nov 6, 2020
Related Publication 20220257441A1 · Aug 18, 2022
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