KR20160097625A - Directly observed treatment system using smart pillbox and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart medicine dispenser capable of intelligently managing medication according to whether a door is opened or closed or withdrawing a medicine, and a direct medication management system and method using the smart medicine dispenser. And a medication schedule including a medication time, day of the week, and the number of medicines loaded in a smart medicine dispenser, which is connected to a smart medicine dispenser through a short distance wireless communication, A user terminal for generating an alarm according to a medication schedule and receiving a signal indicating whether a user is taken from a smart medicine dispenser, and a smart medicine dispensing information and medication schedule from a user terminal, The medication condition is checked based on the use detection signal Include medication management server to manage the power.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a direct drug administration system and method using a smart medicine dispenser,

The present invention relates to a system and a method for informing a medication time using a smart medicine dispenser, and directly managing medication through the medication time.

It is expected that long-term medication will increase as the age of aging becomes more and more. In the case of certain diseases, medication should be taken for a lifetime and in some cases thorough medication management is necessary.

Originally, medication time should be medicated at certain time intervals depending on the ingredients of the medication and duration of medication, but it is very troublesome to keep medication time in the present society. Therefore, according to the general rhythm of the general public, after the weather, before meals, after meals, before bedtime, etc. are prescribed to be prescribed.

However, it is not easy to keep even 2 or 3 times a day prescribed medication time, especially when going out, it is not easy to take medicine without forgetting and to take medication according to appointed time.

In addition, when the patient goes out and misses the medication or misses the predetermined medication time, the medication effect is lowered, and the medication may be abused after the prescribed medication period.

In order to solve such a problem, there has been used a method in which patients set an alarm on their terminal and take an appropriate medicine when an alarm occurs, but in the conventional method, only a pure alarm is provided, It is impossible to manage the correct taking history. Furthermore, it has not been possible to provide follow-up measures in the case of not taking the drug.

Related prior art documents include Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2013-0008931 (title of invention: a vial indicating the time of administration, published on Jan. 23, 2013).

The present invention provides a smart medicine dispenser that can alarm the medication time and manage the medication according to whether the door is opened or closed or withdraws the medicine, and provides a system and a method that enable direct medication management using the smart medicine dispenser have.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a direct medication management system and method considering convenience of users by providing real time recording through an app at a user terminal in order to register information on medication to be taken in a smart medicine dispenser.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for managing a direct medication using a smart medicine dispenser, the smart medicine dispenser comprising: a smart dispenser for loading a medicine to be taken and sensing whether the user is taking the medicine; A medication schedule including medication time, day of week, and number of medications is set for the medicine loaded in the smart medicine dispenser through short-range wireless communication, generates an alarm according to the prescribed medication schedule, A user terminal for receiving a signal indicating whether or not the user is taking a drug; And a medication administration server for receiving and registering information on the smart medicine dispenser and the medication schedule from the user terminal, checking a medication state based on a user's use detection signal received from the user terminal, and managing the history .

Meanwhile, the smart medicine dispenser according to the present invention comprises: a storage space provided for storing medicine to be taken; A short range communication module for communicating with a user terminal through the short range wireless communication; At least one sensing module for detecting whether or not the door of the storage space is opened or closed or sensing whether the door is about to be drawn out from the storage space; And a control module for transmitting a user detection signal to the user terminal in response to reception of a medication time alarm according to an alarm occurrence from the user terminal through the local communication module, through the at least one sensing module do.

Meanwhile, a method of managing a direct-use medication according to the present invention comprises the steps of: a user terminal accessing a smart dispenser through short-range wireless communication; Setting a medication schedule including the medication time, day of the week, and the number of medications loaded in the smart medicine dispenser by the user terminal; Generating a medication time alarm according to a medication schedule set by the user terminal; The user terminal transmits the medication time alarm to the smart medicine dispenser, and in response thereto, receiving a medicine dispensation detection signal of the user sensed through the at least one sensing module from the smart medicine dispenser; Delivering a medicine taking-off detection signal received by the user terminal to a medicament administration server; And the medication administration server checks the medication state based on the medication-taking-or-notifying signal and manages the history according to the medication schedule.

According to the present invention, the medication time can be alarmed through the smart medicine dispenser, and it is possible to confirm whether the medication is used intelligently according to whether the door is opened or closed or withdrawal, so that it is possible to accurately manage whether the actual user took the medicine at the prescribed medication time.

In addition, the present invention enables real-time recording through the app when registering information on medicines to be taken in a smart medicine dispenser, and simultaneously provides medication time and history information through an app, thereby maximizing convenience , Thereby making it easy to directly manage medicines.

In addition, the intelligent smart medicine dispenser of the present invention has an effect of being able to carry out the medication history management in connection with the user terminal when the smart medicine dispenser and the user terminal exist within a range where mutual communication is possible. Therefore, it is possible to take it without missing the medication time even when going out.

Further, in order to perform smart medication history management through the smart medicine dispenser of the present invention, battery power consumption is required because continuous power supply is required. Normally, a sleep mode is used and a door is opened, It is activated in an active mode to drive the sensing module, thereby significantly reducing battery consumption.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a direct-use medication management system using a smart medicine dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a smart cash dispenser applied to a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a view showing the appearance of a smart cash dispenser applied to a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a database structure managed in a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a smart cash dispenser according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the smart cashbox according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering a medication schedule in a smart medicine dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 are overall flowcharts for explaining a direct medication management method using smart medicines according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is an exemplary screen of a user interface for confirming the state of medication for one week.
11 is an exemplary screen of a user interface for registering a medication schedule in a smart medicine room.
FIG. 12 is an exemplary screen of a user interface for confirming the battery remaining amount of the smart medicine container.
13 is an exemplary screen of a user interface for statistically confirming the dosing history.

It is noted that the technical terms used herein are used only to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the invention. Also, the technical terms used herein should be interpreted in a sense that is generally understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless otherwise defined in this specification, and it should be understood that an overly comprehensive It should not be construed as a meaning or an overly reduced meaning.

Also, the singular forms "as used herein include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the term "comprising" or "comprising" or the like should not be construed as necessarily including the various elements or steps described in the specification, Or may be further comprised of additional components or steps.

Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the present embodiment, the smart pillbox is a medicine that helps the medicine to be delivered on time, beyond the original function of simply storing the medicine, and can be used in a hospital, pharmacy, caregiver, (History) of the patient, and the like.

The present embodiment discloses a configuration in which a user can directly perform Directly Observed Treatment (DOT) by using the smart medicine dispenser.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a direct-use medication management system using a smart medicine dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The direct drug administration system according to the embodiment of the present invention may be implemented by including a smart medicine dispenser 100, a user terminal 200, and a medication administration server 300.

The smart medicine dispenser 100 stores the medicine to be taken and stores it, and real-time senses whether or not the user takes the medicine.

In addition, the smart medicine dispenser 100 may store a schedule (hereinafter referred to as a medication schedule) related to a product name, a pharmaceutical company, a medication time, a day of the week, the number of times, and the like, and may generate a self alarm according to the medication schedule . In this case, the smart medicine dispenser 100 can alarm the medication time according to the pre-stored medication schedule in addition to the general function of storing the medication, and can detect whether the actual medication has been taken in response thereto.

The smart dispenser 100 includes one or more sensing modules for sensing whether the user is taking or not. One or more sensing modules may sense whether the door of the smart cash dispenser 100 is opened or closed or whether the medicine is withdrawn from the smart cash dispenser 100. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

In addition, in the smart medicine dispenser 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, when an alarm is generated according to the medication schedule in the user terminal 200, the smart medicine dispenser 100 receives whether or not the alarm is generated, To the terminal 200. In addition, the smart cashbox 100 may count the time at which the alarm is generated or not, and may further warn the user when a predetermined time has elapsed from the time of reception. The warning method can display a warning by itself by turning on the light emitting module of the smart cash dispenser 100 or by transmitting a warning message to the user terminal 200 to alert the user to the smart cash dispenser 100 or the user terminal 200 ) May be used.

At this time, the smart cashbox 100 and the user terminal 200 are connected through short-range wireless communication.

Near field communication includes Near Field Communication (NFC), WiFi, WiFi Direct, bluetooth, zigbee, and the like. The short-range wireless communication may include a wireless access point (AP) for mediating a wireless connection between the smart cashbox 100 and the user terminal 200. For example, Wi-Fi communication includes Wi-Fi AP, and Bluetooth may include Bluetooth AP. Therefore, it is possible to perform short-range communication within a certain distance around the wireless connection device.

Exceptionally, WiFi Direct does not require a separate wireless connection because it can directly connect to other devices and send and receive data wirelessly.

In the case of short-range wireless communication using Bluetooth, Bluetooth is relatively inexpensive and consumes less power than other technologies and can be applied to small-sized devices. Recently, Bluetooth low energy (BLE) (aka "beacon") method which is a Bluetooth 4th generation (Bluetooth 4.0) has been introduced, which is called low power next generation LAN which minimizes battery consumption.

In the present embodiment, a Bluetooth low power scheme can be applied as the most preferable short-range wireless communication.

In addition, the smart cash dispenser 100 can confirm the remaining amount of the battery required for short-range wireless communication and sensing, and alert the user terminal 200 by transmitting a charge request message when the remaining capacity is insufficient.

Meanwhile, the user terminal 200 according to the present embodiment sets an administration schedule (medication time, day of week, number of times, etc.) for the medicines loaded in the smart medicine dispenser 100 and generates an alarm according to the medication schedule. For the setting, the user terminal 200 can use the medication reminder application (application) by installing and executing the installed app.

The user terminal 200 generates an alarm through the app and transmits a medication time alarm to the smart medicine dispenser 100 in response to the occurrence of the alarm. Thereafter, the user may receive a signal from the smart medicine dispenser 100 to determine whether the user has been taken or not according to the actual medication schedule. Here, the medication time alarm may be a signal for requesting the user to receive the detection signal of whether or not the user has taken the medication 100, rather than the function of the alarm. The function of the alarm can also be included if necessary.

In addition, the user terminal 200 can transmit the medication schedule set through the medication reminder application to the smart medicine dispenser 100, and can provide the self medication remedy through the smart medicine dispenser 100.

In addition, the user terminal 200 can manage the connection with the smart cash dispenser 100 periodically. In particular, when a medication time alarm due to an alarm occurrence is transmitted to the smart medicine dispenser 100, transmission may be failed due to a disconnection from the smart medicine dispenser 100. In this case, the user terminal 200 can search for devices of the smart cashbox 100 located in the short range wireless communication range and attempt to access the smart cashbox 100 searched. When the connection is established, the user terminal 200 retransmits a medication time alarm to the smart medicine dispenser 100 to which the smart medicine dispenser 100 is connected, thereby continuously interlocking with the smart medicine dispenser 100.

The medication administration server 300 synchronizes the medication-related information in real time with the user terminal 200 and manages the medication history.

To this end, the medication administration server 300 receives the information on the smart medicine dispenser 100 and the medication schedule from the user terminal 200, registers the medication schedule in the database, and receives a user's use detection signal from the user terminal 200 Based on the medication check status and manage the history.

For example, FIG. 4 shows the structure of a database managed by the medication administration server 300. And stores and manages the login information and personal information of the users through the membership registration, and manages the dose information and the history information for each user. The history information of the use can be classified into weekly, monthly, yearly, and the like, thereby providing statistical data of the medication history to each user. The statistical data can be presented in a graph form that is easy to see at a glance as shown in FIG.

2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a smart cash dispenser applied to a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a view showing the appearance of a smart cash dispenser applied to a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 3, the smart medicine container 100 having a square shape is shown, but the smart medicine container 100 may be formed in various shapes such as a cylindrical shape.

However, the smart medicine dispenser 100 is provided with a storage space for storing medicines to be taken, and includes a door 100a for loading and discharging medicines into the storage space, and an opening / closing means for opening and closing the door 100a 100b and an LED indicator lamp 100c for visually displaying an alarm. The opening and closing means 100b may be provided in a sliding manner or may be provided so as to be capable of being folded or opened by a handle.

The smart cash dispenser 100 includes a wireless local area communication module 110, a battery 120, a charging module 130, a storage module 140, a control module 150, a light emitting module 160, (170, 180), and a timer (190).

The short-range wireless communication module 110 connects the communication with the user terminal through short-range wireless communication. The short-range wireless communication module 110 may be directly connected to the user terminal or may be connected to the user terminal through a wireless connection device (not shown). The short range wireless communication can use the Bluetooth low power method.

The battery 120 supplies power for driving the short-range wireless communication module 110, the light emitting module 160, and one or more sensing modules 170 and 180. The battery 120 is connected to an external power button via a power switch, and can control power supply by turning on and off the power button.

The charging module 130 has a connection jack 100d for charging the battery 120 and for connecting an external power source for charging.

The light emitting module 160 is a display means for visually generating an alarm by lighting the light. The number of the light emitting modules 160 may be one or two or more, and the number of the light emitting modules 160 may be classified according to the status. Alternatively, the color of light may be displayed separately.

For example, you can have two red and green LEDs and blink the green LED at a slow rate 30 minutes before the medication time. During charging, the red LED is continuously lit, and if the power is connected after charging, the green LED can be continuously lit. When connected to Bluetooth, you can turn on the green LED to blink every 3 seconds. In addition, when the remaining battery level is low, the red LED is turned on to blink once every 3 seconds, and when the door (100a in FIG. 3) of the smart medicine container 100 is opened, the green LED is turned on to display the status.

One or more sensing modules (170, 180) sense whether the door is opened or closed or detect whether the door is about to be drawn out from the storage space. This is to detect whether or not the actual user took the medicine.

Specifically, the door opening / closing sensing module 170 senses whether the door of the smart cashbox 100 is open or closed. For example, the sliding type door can be sensed according to the operation of the sliding means (100b in FIG. 3), and the folding type door can be detected according to whether or not the stopper is engaged.

The weak withdrawal sensing module 180 senses whether or not the medicine loaded in the smart medicine container 100 is withdrawn by using a photosensor or a weight sensor. For example, the photosensor is located at the entrance of the storage space and can detect whether or not the medicine is discharged from the entrance. The weight sensor detects the weight of the storage space, and can check whether the medicine is discharged as the weight value decreases. If the total weight value falls below the threshold value, the medicine sensor may be required to load the medicine.

The control module 150 receives a medication time alarm according to an alarm occurrence from the user terminal through the local communication module 110 when an alarm is generated by the user terminal and responds to the medication time alarm by receiving one or more sensing modules 170 and 180 And transmits a detection signal indicating whether or not the user has been taken.

When the control module 150 receives information on the medication schedule from the user terminal, the control module 150 stores the medication schedule information in the storage module 140 and controls the alarm module to generate an alarm in accordance with the stored medication schedule. Therefore, even if there is no user terminal, the medication schedule can be stored for at least several days, so that the medication management can be directly performed through the smart medicine dispenser 100 alone.

In addition, the control module 150 drives the timer 190 and counts the reception time of the medication time alarm received from the user terminal. If the user does not receive the medicine medication detection signal for a predetermined time from the reception time, The module 160 may be turned on to warn further. Or a vibration module, so that the vibration module can warn the user through vibration module instead of the light emitting module 160. [

The control module 150 may operate normally in a sleep mode and activate a sleep mode to an active mode when receiving a medication time alarm from the user terminal to thereby control the operation of the at least one sensing module 170, .

In addition, when the door of the storage space is manually opened or closed by the user's operation, the control module 150 activates the sleep mode to the active mode to drive one or more sensing modules 170 and 180 .

Particularly, the control module 150 can reduce the power consumption of the battery 120 by turning off the power of the battery 120 in the sleep mode and applying the power of the battery 120 in the active mode.

In addition, the control module 150 can check the weight of the storage space based on the signals sensed through the one or more sensing modules 170 and 180. Accordingly, the control module 150 determines whether the load is weak according to the weight, and transmits the load request message to the user terminal when the load is required.

The operation of the smart medicine dispenser 100 will be described in detail as follows.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a smart cash dispenser according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, drug information and medication schedule can be inputted and set for the medicine loaded in the smart medicine dispenser 100 (S101). At this time, the set information of the weak medicine and the medication schedule are set in the user terminal, and may be directly set in the smart medicine dispenser 100 if necessary.

Thereafter, the smart medicine dispenser 100 receives a medication time alarm for an alarm generated according to a predetermined medication schedule from the user terminal (S102).

In response, the smart dispenser 100 senses whether it is taking medicines through one or more sensing modules 170, 180.

For example, the smart cashbox 100 can detect whether the door of the storage space is opened or closed through the door opening / closing sensing module 170 (S103).

Alternatively, the smart medicine dispenser 100 may detect whether medicine is taken out from the storage space through the weak withdrawal sensing module 180 (S104).

The above sensing steps (S103 and S104) may be performed sequentially as shown in the figure, but they may be performed in only one process depending on the presence or absence of the sensing module, or independently of each other, .

As a result of detection, when a sensing signal is received from one of the sensing modules 170 and 180 by the control module 150 of the smart medicine container 100, the control module 150 controls the operation of the smart medicine container 100, And transmits it to the user terminal (S105, S106).

On the other hand, if the control module 150 of the smart medicine dispenser 100 does not receive a sensing signal from any one of the sensing modules, the timer 190 is counted to count the reception time of the medication time alarm received from the user terminal (S107) .

As a result of counting, if the control module 150 of the smart medicine dispenser 100 has elapsed a certain period of time from the reception time, an alarm may be generated to warn that the medication is not performed (S108).

Accordingly, the smart medicine dispenser 100 basically transmits a medicine taking detection signal sensed through one or more sensing modules when an alarm according to a medication schedule is generated from a user terminal in cooperation with a user terminal, If no detection signal is received through the alarm, the medication time is elapsed.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a smart cashbox according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In the first step, the medicine to be taken in the smart medicine dispenser 100 may be loaded and the medicine information and medication schedule may be inputted and set for the loaded medicine (S201). This setting is based on that the user terminal performs the setting. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

When the setting is completed, the smart cashbox 100 enters a sleep mode and operates in a standby state (S202) unless there is a special event. In the sleep mode, the smart medicine container 100 cuts off the power supply to the internal battery 120.

Thereafter, when the door of the smart cashbox 100 is opened by the user's operation, the smart cashbox 100 is activated in the active mode in the current sleep mode (S203, S204).

Alternatively, the smart cash dispenser 100 may activate the active mode in the current sleep mode in response to receiving the medication time alarm for the alarm generated according to the medication schedule from the user terminal.

Then, the smart cashbox 100 activates one or more sensing modules 170 and 180 by applying power to the battery 120 (S205).

Thereafter, the smart medicine dispenser 100 may detect whether the medicine is taken out through one or more sensing modules 170 and 180 (S206). The weak withdrawal can be detected through the weak withdrawal sensing module. For example, a photo sensor, a weight sensor, or the like may be used as the weak extraction sensing module.

In the case of using the photo sensor, the smart medicine dispenser 100 may check whether the medicine is taken or not from the signal sensed by the photosensor, and transmit the medication dose detection signal to the user terminal to request the update of the dosing history (S207, S208).

When the weight sensor is used, the smart medicine bottle 100 can check whether the medicine is being taken or not, from the signal detected by the weight sensor (S209). In the latter case, the smart cashier 100 may transmit a message requesting weak loading to the user terminal (S210).

If the smart cash dispenser 100 is activated in the active mode in the sleep mode by the medication time alarm received from the user terminal, the door opening / closing sensing module 170 as well as the weak withdrawing sensing module 180 are also driven And a process of detecting whether or not the medicine is taken may be performed through the two or more sensing modules.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering a medication schedule in a smart medicine dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the user terminal 200 executes an operation menu for connecting Bluetooth or short-range wireless communication, and searches for a device in the vicinity of the smart cashbox 100 (S301).

Then, the user terminal 200 searches for the smart cashboxes 100 existing within the short range wireless communication range and provides search results.

When there are a plurality of smart cash dispensers 100, the user terminal 200 can select one smart cash dispenser 100 and connect to the smart cash dispenser 100 or multiple smart cash dispensers 100.

When the user terminal 200 is connected to the smart cash dispenser 100 through the above process, data for medication management can be transmitted / received through short-range wireless communication (S302).

Thereafter, the user terminal 200 executes the medication reminder app installed in the terminal (S303). The medication reminder app can be downloaded from the management server or application server and can be downloaded and installed beforehand. And can go through the membership process to use the service.

Thereafter, the user terminal 200 sets a medication type and a medication schedule for medicines loaded in the smart dispenser 100 through the medication reminder app (S304).

Then, the user terminal 200 can set an alarm schedule according to the medication schedule through the medication alert program (S305).

For example, FIG. 12 shows a screen of a user interface for setting up a medication schedule and an alarm schedule in the medication reminder app. This setting screen allows you to set the medication start date and medication end date, day setting (take daily or specific day), medication frequency and alarm time (vibration, bell, 5 minutes before taking, 10 minutes before taking medication) Etc.).

If the user terminal 200 requests setting registration, the user terminal 200 completes registration of the final setting through the medication reminder app, and transmits the medication schedule set according to the additional selection to the smart medicine dispenser 100 (S306).

Hereinafter, an overall method of direct medication management using a smart medicine dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 8, in the initial preparation steps S1 and S2, the user terminal 200 sets a medication type and medication schedule for medicines loaded in the smart medicine dispenser 100, And can request registration to the dosing management server 300. At this time, the identification information of the smart cash dispenser 100 may also be registered together with the smart cash dispenser 100 to be registered.

When the setting is completed, in a next step S3, while the smart cash box 100 does not generate a special operation event, the power supply of the battery is interrupted to operate in a sleep mode in which unnecessary operation is not performed.

In step S4, the user terminal 200 counts a prescribed medication schedule through the medication reminder application. When the medication time comes, an alarm is generated through the medication reminder application to notify the user of the medication time.

Thereafter, in step S5, the user terminal 200 transmits a medication time alarm according to the occurrence of an alarm to the smart medicine dispenser 100, thereby requesting detection of whether or not medication of the actual user is performed.

Then, in the next step S6, the smart cash dispenser 100 activates the sleep mode to the active mode and allows power supply of the battery by the medication time alarm received from the user terminal 200. [

In the next step S7, the smart cashbox 100 drives one or more sensing modules by power supply.

In the next step S8, the smart medicine dispenser 100 senses whether or not the user takes medicine through one or more sensing modules.

Then, in step S9, the smart medicine dispenser 100 transmits to the user terminal 200 a detection signal indicating whether or not the medicine is taken, through the at least one sensing module. At this time, the medicine consumption detection signal may be a signal for detecting whether the door is opened or closed through the door opening / closing sensing module, or may be a signal for detecting whether medicine is taken out from the storage space of the smart medicine dispenser.

Thereafter, in step S10, the user terminal 200 transmits a medicine-use-detection signal received from the smart medicine dispenser 100 to the medicine-dispensing management server 300 to update the medication history according to the medication schedule to synchronize the information in real time.

On the other hand, in step S5, the user terminal 200 may fail to transmit the medication time alarm due to connection disconnection from the smart medicine dispenser 100.

In this case, in step S11 as shown in FIG. 9, the user terminal 200 performs device search to see if there is a smart cashbox 100 existing within the peripheral short range wireless communication range.

In the next step S12, if there is a smart cash dispenser 100 in the vicinity, the user terminal 200 attempts to access the smart cash dispenser 100.

When the connection of the short-range wireless communication between the user terminal 200 and the smart medicine dispenser 100 is completed in the following steps S13 and S14, the user terminal 200 retransmits the medication time alarm to the smart medicine dispenser 100 to which the user terminal 200 is connected, It is possible to manage such that the connection state with the server 100 is continuously maintained.

10 is an exemplary screen of a user interface for confirming the state of medication for one week.

By real-time management of medication through the above-described composition and method, it is possible to easily check the current medication state and the state of medication for a week at a glance in the medication reminder app. Then, when the A menu is selected, the screen is switched to the slide submenu, and each function can be performed by selecting the medication history statistical analysis, setting, device status, and the like from the submenu. When the setting menu is selected, the setting screen is guided as shown in FIG. 11, and a medication related schedule can be set on the setting screen.

When the device status menu is selected, as shown in FIG. 12, the battery remaining amount information of the smart dispenser is guided and it is possible to judge whether or not the battery is charged.

When the medication history statistical analysis menu is selected, a graph screen showing the history of taking the medication, such as week, month, and year, is displayed as shown in FIG.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the present invention, and various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the specification of the present invention are not intended to limit the present invention. The scope of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all the techniques within the scope of equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

100: smart cash dispenser 200: user terminal
300: medication administration server 110: short-range wireless communication module
120: battery 130: charging module
140: storage module 150: control module
160: light emitting module 170: door opening / closing sensing module
180: weak withdrawal sensing module 190: timer
100a: Door 100b: Sliding means
100c: LED indicator

Claims (18)

A smart dispenser that loads the medicine to be taken and detects whether the user is taking the medicine;
A medication schedule including at least one of a medication time, a day of the week, and the number of medications stacked in the smart medicine dispenser through short-range wireless communication, generates an alarm according to the medication schedule, A user terminal for receiving a signal from a user; And
A medication administration server for receiving and registering information on the smart medication from the user terminal and the medication schedule and for checking a medication based on a user's use detection signal received from the user terminal,
A direct medication management system using smart medicines.
The method according to claim 1,
The Smart Cassette
Receiving the information on the medication schedule from the user terminal, storing the received information,
And a self-alarm is generated according to the medication schedule.
The method according to claim 1,
The smart canister,
A storage space provided for storing the medicine to be taken;
A short range communication module for communicating with the user terminal through the short range wireless communication;
At least one sensing module for detecting whether or not the door of the storage space is opened or closed or sensing whether the door is about to be drawn out from the storage space; And
A control module for transmitting a user detection signal to the user terminal via the at least one sensing module in response to receiving a medication time alarm according to an alarm occurrence from the user terminal through the local communication module,
Wherein the system comprises a smart medication management system.
The method according to claim 1,
The user terminal transmits a medication time alarm to the Smart Medic according to the occurrence of the alarm,
Wherein the smart medication management system searches for a Smart Medication device located in the short range wireless communication range when the transmission is failed and retries the medication time alarm by attempting to connect to the searched Smart Medication Counter.
A storage space provided for loading the medicine to be taken;
A short range communication module for communicating with a user terminal through the short range wireless communication;
At least one sensing module for detecting whether or not the door of the storage space is opened or closed or sensing whether the door is about to be drawn out from the storage space; And
A control module for transmitting a user detection signal to the user terminal via the at least one sensing module in response to receiving a medication time alarm according to an alarm occurrence from the user terminal through the local communication module,
A smart medication that includes.
6. The method of claim 5,
The control module
And receives and stores information on a medication schedule from the user terminal through the short-range wireless communication, and generates a self alarm according to the medication schedule.
6. The method of claim 5,
Further comprising a light emitting module for warning by lighting,
The control module,
A timer is activated to count the reception time of the medication time alarm received from the user terminal and to warn the light emitting module when there is no user's medication use detection signal for a predetermined period of time from the reception time As well.
6. The method of claim 5,
The control module includes:
And activating the sleep mode to an active mode when the door of the storage space is intentionally opened or closed or receiving a medication time alarm from the user terminal, And a controller for controlling the operation of the smart carton.
9. The method of claim 8,
Further comprising a battery for supplying power to the short distance communication module, the at least one sensing module, and the light emitting module,
Wherein the control module cuts off power of the battery in the sleep mode and applies power of the battery in the active mode.
6. The method of claim 5,
The control module includes:
Wherein the control unit checks the weight of the storage space based on a signal sensed by the at least one sensing module, determines whether the weight is weakly loaded, and transmits a weak loading request message to the user terminal when the weak loading is necessary. Smart medicines.
6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the short range wireless communication uses Bluetooth low energy (BLE).
Connecting a user terminal to a smart cash dispenser via short-range wireless communication;
Setting a medication schedule including the medication time, day of the week, and the number of medications loaded in the smart medicine dispenser by the user terminal;
Generating a medication time alarm according to a medication schedule set by the user terminal;
The user terminal transmits the medication time alarm to the smart medicine dispenser, and in response thereto, receiving a medicine dispensation detection signal of the user sensed through the at least one sensing module from the smart medicine dispenser;
Delivering a medicine taking-off detection signal received by the user terminal to a medicament administration server; And
Wherein the medication administration server checks the medication state based on the medication-taking-away detection signal and manages the history according to the medication administration schedule
A method for direct administration of medicines using smart medicines.
13. The method of claim 12,
In the step of setting the medication schedule by the user terminal,
Transmitting the medication schedule set by the user terminal to the smart medicine dispenser,
Storing the medication schedule received from the user terminal by the smart medicine dispenser in a storage module and generating a self alarm in accordance with the stored medication schedule
Wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the user terminal transmits the medication time alarm to the smart medicine dispenser,
Activating the sleep mode to an active mode when the Smart Cassette operates in a sleep mode and receiving the medication time alarm from the user terminal and driving one or more sensing modules in the Smart Cassette A method for direct administration of medicines using smart medicines.
15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the smart medicine dispenser is configured to shut off power to a battery supplying power to the one or more sensing modules in the sleep mode and to apply power to the battery when the smart medicine dispenser is in the active mode.
13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the user's medication dose detection signal is a signal for detecting whether the door is opened or closed through the at least one sensing module or a signal for detecting whether medicine is withdrawn from the smart medicine dispenser. Way.
13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the user terminal transmits the medication time alarm to the smart dispenser,
When a transmission failure occurs due to a disconnection between the user terminal and the smart cash dispenser,
Wherein the user terminal searches for a smart smartphone device located within the short range wireless communication range and tries to access the smart smartphone that is searched for and retransmits the smartphone smartphone to the connected smart smartphone. How to manage.
13. The method of claim 12,
After the user terminal transmits the medication time alarm to the smart medicine dispenser,
Wherein the Smart Counter counts the reception time of the medication time alarm and further warns the user when the medication clearance detection signal is not detected through the at least one sensing module for a predetermined period of time from the reception time, A method of direct medication management using smart medicines.

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