Information providing apparatus, information providing method and information providing system

Abstract

An information providing apparatus for providing information of a user who uses a bed placed in a facility, includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: collect image data indicating temperatures on the bed and temperatures around the bed from an acquisition device, the image data being acquired by the acquisition device, detect a location of the user by detecting, based on the collected image data, a given temperature within a predetermined range of temperature in consecutive subareas provided by dividing one or more detection areas preset on the bed and around the bed, and send the information of the user to a predetermined notification destination, upon detecting a preset pattern of a change of the given temperature in the detected consecutive subareas.

What is claimed is 
     
         1 . An information providing apparatus for providing information of a user who uses a bed placed in a facility, the information providing apparatus comprising:
 a memory; and   a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:   collect image data indicating temperatures on the bed and temperatures around the bed from an acquisition device, the image data being acquired by the acquisition device,   detect a location of the user by detecting, based on the collected image data, a given temperature within a predetermined range of temperature in consecutive subareas provided by dividing one or more detection areas preset on the bed and around the bed, and   send the information of the user to a predetermined notification destination, upon detecting a preset pattern of a change of the given temperature in the detected consecutive subareas.   
     
     
         2 . The information providing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the one or more detection areas are arranged on the bed and around the bed, and   the processor is further configured to send the information of the user to the notification destination, upon detecting the preset pattern of the change of the given temperature in detected consecutive subareas that extends from one detection area to another detection area.   
     
     
         3 . The information providing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the one or more detection areas includes a fall detection area for detecting the user who uses the bed falling out of the bed and a caution area for detecting a possibility of the user falling out of the bed, the processor is further configured to stop sending the information of the user to the notification destination, upon detecting the preset pattern of the change of the given temperature in detected consecutive subareas that extends from the fall detection area to the caution area. 
     
     
         4 . The information providing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to manage association information that associates the preset pattern of the change of the given temperature in the detected consecutive subareas with a notification description of the preset pattern of the change, and
 wherein the information of the user includes the notification description that corresponds to the preset pattern of the change of the given temperature in the detected consecutive subareas.   
     
     
         5 . The information providing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the information of the user includes one or more pieces of image data collected within a predetermined period of time before the preset pattern of the change of the given temperature is detected. 
     
     
         6 . The information providing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the facility is a medical facility or a nursing facility, and   the notification destination is a nurse call system compatible with the facility.   
     
     
         7 . The information providing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the information of the user includes information for identifying at least one of the bed, a position at which the bed is placed, the acquisition device, and the user. 
     
     
         8 . An information providing method for providing information of a user who uses a bed placed in a facility, the information providing method comprising:
 collecting image data indicating temperatures on the bed and temperatures around the bed from an acquisition device, the image data being acquired by the acquisition device,   detecting a location of the user by detecting, based on the collected image data, a given temperature within a predetermined range of temperature in consecutive subareas provided by dividing one or more detection areas preset on the bed and around the bed, and   sending the information of the user to a predetermined notification destination, upon detecting a preset pattern of a change of the given temperature in the detected consecutive subareas.   
     
     
         9 . An information providing system for providing, by a plurality of information providing apparatuses, information of a user who uses a bed placed in a facility, the information providing system comprising;
 a memory; and   a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:   collect image data indicating temperatures on the bed and temperatures around the bed from an acquisition device, the image data being acquired by the acquisition device;   detect a location of the user by detecting, based on the collected image data, a given temperature within a predetermined range of temperature in consecutive subareas provided by dividing one or more detection areas preset on the bed and around the bed; and   send the information of the user to a predetermined notification destination, upon detecting a preset pattern of a change of the given temperature in the detected consecutive subareas.