The present disclosure relates to an indoor radar device, an indoor event detecting system and a method thereof. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an indoor radar device, an indoor event detecting system and a method thereof for the conditions that are not suitable for using image detection.
When deaths occur in confined spaces such as public toilets, most cases are due to sudden dizziness, heart failure and other factors. This is due to failure to detect in time in the confined space, so the golden rescue time is missed.
Given the above, for the confined spaces that are not suitable for image detection, such as toilet rooms, bathrooms, or dressing rooms, there is an urgent need to develop a device, system and method that can detect events or health conditions of people in the confined spaces to avoid regrets.
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an indoor radar device includes a housing outer surface, which includes at least one mounting surface and an upper inclined surface. The mounting surface is configured to be connected to an indoor surface of a room. The upper inclined surface is configured to inclinedly face a ceiling of the room. An upper inclined angle between the upper inclined surface and a floor of the room is between 15 degrees and 85 degrees.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, an indoor radar device is configured to be connected to an indoor surface of a room and includes a radar unit, an emergency notification unit and a housing outer surface. The radar unit includes a first antenna array, which includes at least two antennas. The two antennas are arranged along a direction from a floor to a ceiling of the room. A distance between the two antennas is 0.5 times a wavelength (i.e., one half of a wavelength), and the wavelength is between 0.001 mm and 12 mm. The emergency notification unit coupled to the radar unit. The housing outer surface includes a radar outer surface and an emergency notification outer surface. The radar outer surface corresponds to the radar unit, and the emergency notification outer surface corresponds to the emergency notification unit and is configured to be triggered by a detected target in the room to notify an emergency state.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, an indoor event detecting system includes at least one indoor radar device, at least one door-closed sensing device and a control center. The at least one indoor radar device is configured to be disposed on at least one indoor surface of at least one room and includes at least one housing outer surface, which includes an upper inclined surface. The at least one door-closed sensing device is configured to be disposed in the at least one room. The control center is wiredly or wirelessly communicatively connected to the at least one indoor radar device and the at least one door-closed sensing device. The indoor event detecting system is configured to: detect whether a door of the room starts to be in a door-closed state operated inside the room by the door-closed sensing device; perform an occupancy detection to determine whether there is a detected target in the room and determine whether an overtime occupancy condition is satisfied by the indoor radar device when it is detected that the door starts to be in the door-closed state; perform a vital sign detection to determine whether a dangerous condition is satisfied by the indoor radar device when it is detected that the door starts to be in the door-closed state; and determine that an indoor dangerous event exists in the room and generate an alarm when at least one of the overtime occupancy condition and the dangerous condition is satisfied.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, an indoor event detecting method includes: detecting whether a door of a room starts to be in a door-closed state operated inside the room by a door-closed sensing device disposed in the room; performing an occupancy detection to determine whether there is a detected target in the room and determine whether an overtime occupancy condition is satisfied by an indoor radar device when it is detected that the door starts to be in the door-closed state, wherein the indoor radar device includes a housing outer surface, which includes an upper inclined surface; performing a vital sign detection to determine whether a dangerous condition is satisfied by the indoor radar device when it is detected that the door starts to be in the door-closed state; and determining that an indoor dangerous event exists in the room and generate an alarm when at least one of the overtime occupancy condition and the dangerous condition is satisfied.
The present disclosure can be more fully understood by reading the following detailed description of the embodiment, with reference made to the accompanying drawings as follows:
Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to the drawings. For the sake of clarity, many practical details will be explained together in the following statements. However, it should be understood that these practical details should not be used to limit the present disclosure. That is, these practical details are not necessary in embodiments of the present disclosure. In addition, for the sake of simplifying the drawings, some commonly used structures and components are shown in the drawings in a simple schematic manner; and repeated components may be represented by the same numbers.
In addition, the terms first, second, etc. are used herein to describe various elements or components, these elements or components should not be limited by these terms. Consequently, a first element or component discussed below could be termed a second element or component. Moreover, the combination of components in the present disclosure is not a combination that is generally known, conventional or customary in this field. The components themselves being or being not common knowledge cannot be used to determine whether the combination relationship can be easily completed by a person skilled in the technical field.
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Furthermore, the indoor radar device 100 may be configured for detecting whether the detected target satisfies a fall condition, and a distance d1 between the indoor radar device 100 and the floor 979 may be less than or equal to 90 cm. Therefore, the fall detection of the indoor radar device 100 is not required to consider the standing posture and is only required that the detected life signal returned close to the floor 979 belongs to the falling posture or the lying posture. Thus, the indoor radar device 100 does not need to use machine learning algorithms for the fall detection, so as to save costs and be suitable for various room sizes and configurations.
Furthermore, the indoor radar device 200 is configured to be connected to the indoor surfaces 977, 978 of the room 900 and further includes a radar unit 230 and an emergency notification unit 240. The radar unit 230 includes a first antenna array 220, which includes at least two antennas (not shown in drawings). The two antennas are arranged along a direction from the floor 979 to the ceiling of the room 900. A distance (center-to-center distance) d2 between the two antennas is 0.5 times a wavelength, and the wavelength is between 0.001 mm and 12 mm. The emergency notification unit 240 is coupled (electrically and communicatively connected) to the radar unit 230. The housing outer surface 210 includes a radar outer surface 236 and an emergency notification outer surface 246. The radar outer surface 236 corresponds (is disposed correspondingly) to the radar unit 230, and the emergency notification outer surface 246 corresponds to the emergency notification unit 240 and is configured to be triggered by pressuring or contacting of a detected target in the room 900 to notify an emergency state. Therefore, by reducing the number of devices in the room 900, the popularity rate of the indoor radar device 200 is increased.
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The radar unit 230 includes a first antenna array 220, and the radar outer surface 236 includes a first emitting surface 211. The first antenna array 220 is adjacent to the first emitting surface 211, the first emitting surface 211 is configured to be closer to the floor 979 than the upper inclined surface 215 thereto, and the first emitting surface 211 is configured to be located at an extension direction from the upper inclined surface 215 to the floor 979 and perpendicular to the floor 979. Therefore, when the indoor radar device 200 needs to be installed at a slightly lower position, both the radar detection accuracy and the usability of the emergency notification unit 240 can be achieved.
The emergency notification unit 240 is configured to be physically connected to a part of the radar unit 230 away from the floor 979. The upper inclined surface 215 is located on the emergency notification outer surface 246. Therefore, the configuration design of the indoor radar device 200 is advantageous in improving the radar detection accuracy, and the detected person can easily access the emergency notification outer surface 246 when needed. Furthermore, the emergency notification unit 240 may include a movable component to provide the detected target or the user with fine-tuning of the installation height.
In addition, after adjusting (not shown in drawings), the first emitting surface 211 may be configured to inclinedly face the floor 979, and a first angle between the first emitting surface 211 and each of the mounting surfaces 213, 214 may be between 5 degrees and 75 degrees. Moreover, the mentioned first angle may be between 5 degrees and 40 degrees. Therefore, when the indoor radar device 200 needs to be installed at a slightly higher position, both the radar detection accuracy and the usability of the emergency notification unit 240 can be achieved.
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In detail, the room 900 may be one of a toilet room, a bathroom and a dressing room, and is not limited thereto. Therefore, the indoor event detecting system 300 can be applied to a closed space that is not suitable for image detection due to factors such as taking off clothes and a single person is staying therein. In addition, the indoor event detecting system 300 can be used alone or in combination with an imaging system in a space suitable for image detection. Specifically, the room 900 in
The indoor event detecting system 300 may further include an emergency notification unit 340 configured to be disposed in the room 900. The control center 360 is wiredly or wirelessly communicatively connected to the indoor radar device 100, the door-closed sensing device 350 and the emergency notification unit 340. The wiredly communicative connection may refer to a communicative connection via a protocol of Ethernet, Internet of Things, CAN, UART, LIN or RS485, the wirelessly communicative connection may refer to a communicative connection via a protocol of WIFI, BLE, ASK/FSK or LoRa, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Furthermore, the control center 360 may be directly communicatively connected to the indoor radar device 100, the door-closed sensing device 350 and the emergency notification unit 340, respectively. Alternatively, the control center 360 may be directly communicatively connected to the indoor radar device 100, and the control center 360 is indirectly communicatively connected to the door-closed sensing device 350 and the emergency notification unit 340 via the indoor radar device 100.
The indoor surface 978 may be the wall surface of the room 900 or the surface in the room 900 being not parallel to the floor 979. The indoor radar device 100 further includes the first antenna array 120, and the housing outer surface 110 further includes the first emitting surface 111. The first antenna array 120 is adjacent to the first emitting surface 111, the first emitting surface 111 is configured to face the heart 800 of the detected target, and the distance d1 between the indoor radar device 100 and the floor 979 may be greater than 70 cm. Therefore, it is advantageous in improving the accuracy of the vital sign detection. Furthermore, the distance d1 between the indoor radar device 100 and the floor 979 may be greater than 70 cm and less than or equal to 90 cm, so that a single indoor radar device 100 can simultaneously achieve the purposes of the vital sign detection and the fall detection, thereby saving costs and reducing system complexity.
The door 980 includes a driving side 985 and an open side 986. The door-closed sensing device 350 may include a first sensing element 351 and a second sensing element 352. The first sensing element 351 is configured to be disposed on an upper end 987 of the open side 986, the second sensing element 352 is configured to be disposed on the indoor surface 978, and the first sensing element 351 and the second sensing element 352 are configured to detect a distance between each other. When the door 980 is in the door-closed state, the first sensing element 351 and the second sensing element 352 are disposed adjacent to each other. Therefore, the door-closed sensing device 350 is advantageous in not occupying the space of the room 900 and not hindering the movement of the detected target. Specifically, the door-closed sensing device 350 may be a Hall effect, infrared (IR) or microelectromechanical sensing device, the door 980 may be a pivoting door or a sliding door, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
A door lock assembly 983 of the room 900 includes a first lock element 981 and a second lock element 982. The first lock element 981 is disposed on the open side 986, and the second lock element 982 is disposed on the indoor surface 978.
In addition, after adjusting (not shown in drawings), the door-closed sensing device 350 may be configured to be disposed at at least one of the first lock element 981 and the second lock element 982 to detect whether the door 980 is in the door-closed state. For example, the first sensing element 351 may be configured to be disposed inside or on a surface of the first lock element 981, the second sensing element 352 may be configured to be disposed inside or on a surface of the second lock element 982, and the first sensing element 351 and the second sensing element 352 are configured to detect the distance between each other or the movement of the lock tongue. Therefore, integrating the door-closed sensing device 350 into the first lock element 981 and the second lock element 982 helps to improve the convenience of installing the indoor event detecting system 300.
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The door-closed sensing device 450 includes a first sensing element 451 and a second sensing element 452. The first sensing element 451 is configured to be disposed on an upper end 987 of the open side 986, the second sensing element 452 is configured to be disposed on the indoor surface 978, and the first sensing element 451 and the second sensing element 452 are configured to detect a distance between each other. When the door 980 is in the door-closed state, the first sensing element 451 and the second sensing element 452 are disposed adjacent to each other.
The second sensing element 452 and the indoor radar device 100 are integrated into an apparatus 453. When the door 980 is in the door-closed state, the apparatus 453 is adjacent to the upper end 987 of the open side 986. Therefore, it helps to improve the convenience of installing the indoor event detecting system 400.
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A number of the indoor surfaces 977, 978 is two. The indoor surfaces 977, 978 form a corner. The indoor radar device 200 is disposed on the corner and includes the radar unit 230 and the emergency notification unit 240, which is configured to be triggered by the detected target in the room 900 to notify an emergency state. The emergency notification unit 240 is physically connected to a part of the radar unit 230 away from the floor 979. Therefore, the installation position of the indoor radar device 200 can avoid affecting the activities of the detected target in the room 900 and provide installation convenience.
The door-closed sensing device 550 includes a first sensing element 551 and a second sensing element 552. The first sensing element 551 is configured to be disposed on an upper end 987 of the open side 986, the second sensing element 552 is configured to be disposed on the indoor surface 978, and the first sensing element 551 and the second sensing element 552 are configured to detect a distance between each other. When the door 980 is in the door-closed state, the first sensing element 551 and the second sensing element 552 are disposed adjacent to each other.
The indoor radar device 200 may be configured for detecting whether the detected target satisfies the fall condition, and the distance d1 between the indoor radar device 200 and the floor 979 is less than or equal to 90 cm. Moreover, the fall detection is not required to consider the standing posture and is only required that the detected life signal returned close to the floor 979 belongs to the falling posture or the lying posture, thereby not needing to use conventional fall recognition algorithms, such as convolutional neural networks (CNN) or recursive neural networks (RNN) to calculate characteristic values for classifying, so that it helps to save model training time and can be applied to various room sizes and configurations. Furthermore, for considering sitting and lying down postures, lives, such as cats and dogs, which usually move around on the ground, are excluded. Table 1 below shows the data corresponding to the first angle between the first emitting surface 211 and each of the mounting surfaces 213, 214 being 37.5 degrees (not shown in drawings) after the first emitting surface 211 of the indoor radar device 200 in the indoor event detecting system 500 is adjusted, while the detected target faces away from the indoor radar device 200, which is the most difficult to detect, is used as the harshest scenario. As shown in Table 1, cats and dogs can be identified through heart rate, and whether the detected target is a human can be accurately identified, so there is no need to classify and establish a parent database.
In addition, the indoor event detecting system according to the present disclosure may include a control center and the configurations of the radar devices and door-closed sensing devices of the rooms 900 of at least two in the third to fifth embodiments.
In detail, the indoor event detecting method 600 may include a step 610. The step 610 includes communicatively pairing the indoor radar device 100 and the control center 360, and the indoor radar device 100 and the control center 360 are wirelessly connected via at least one of a frequency division multiplexing manner and a time division multiplexing manner. Therefore, it can prevent multiple indoor radar devices 100 in multiple rooms 900, respectively, from interfering with each other. Specifically, when there are multiple indoor radar devices 100 in the indoor event detecting system 300, the wireless communication unit of each of the indoor radar devices 100 has a specific identification code (ID), thereby communicating with the control center 360 to perform the aforementioned pairing, detecting loss of connection or multi-mode configuration. In addition, when it has been not detected that the door 980 starts to be in the door-closed state operated inside the room 900 in the step 620, the indoor radar device 100 can be in a standby polling or continuous detection mode.
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Performing the vital sign detection of the step 640 may include performing at least one of steps 642, 644, 646. The step 642 includes performing a posture detection, which includes detecting whether a detected target stationary condition is satisfied and whether a fall condition is satisfied based on at least five sampling points by the indoor radar device 100, which is a posture detection result. The step 644 includes performing a heart rate detection, which includes detecting a heart rate related to a time to determine whether an abnormal heart rate condition is satisfied, which is a heart rate detection result. The step 646 includes performing a respiration detection, which includes detecting a respiration rate related to the time to determine whether an abnormal respiration condition is satisfied, which is a respiration detection result. The indoor event detecting method 600 may further include a step 654, which includes sending (transmitting) the heart rate and the respiration rate to the control center 360 by the indoor radar device 100 and storing the heart rate and the respiration rate in the control center 360. The step 652 includes determining whether the dangerous condition is satisfied based on corresponding at least one of the posture detection result, the heart rate detection result and the respiration detection result in the steps 642, 644, 646, respectively. The step 660 includes determining whether the indoor dangerous event exists in the room 900 based on whether at least one of the overtime occupancy condition and the dangerous condition is satisfied. Therefore, for example, in a normal quiet state, the normal respiration rate of an adult is usually between 12 times/minute and 20 times/minute, and the steady-state baseline of the current detected target can be calculated in the early stage. Changes in accelerated breathing and shallow breathing may be manifestations of anxiety. Prolonged deep breathing may be manifestations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), COVID-19, or asthma. The abnormal respiration conditions in the step 646 of the indoor event detecting method 600 may include accelerated breathing, shallow breathing, prolonged deep breathing, slowing down or stopping of breathing. In addition, when the heart rate and/or the respiration is abnormal, the distance d2 between the antennas 121r, 122r of the first antenna array 120 being 0.5 times the wavelength and at least five sampling points captured for the detected target are conducive to accurately detect whether a fall exist in the step 642.
Performing the vital sign detection of the step 640 may include performing at least one of steps 642, 644, 646, 648. The step 648 includes determining whether a ratio change value is greater than a ratio change threshold, which is a ratio change result, and the ratio change value is a change value varied with the time of a ratio of the heart rate to the respiration rate. The step 652 includes determining whether the dangerous condition is satisfied based on corresponding at least one of the posture detection result, the heart rate detection result, the respiration detection result and the ratio change result. The step 660 includes determining whether the indoor dangerous event exists in the room 900 based on whether at least one of the overtime occupancy condition and the dangerous condition is satisfied. Therefore, in a normal quiet state, the heart rate is between 60 beats/minute and 100 beats/minute, and the respiration rate is between 12 times/minute and 20 times/minute, so the ratio of the heart rate to the respiration rate usually shows a certain (nearly fixed) ratio. Sudden abnormal changes in the ratio of the heart rate to the respiration rate may indicate potential problems, such as heart failure, which is characterized by shortness of breath and rapid heartbeat, or myocardial infarction, which is characterized by rapid breathing and irregular heartbeat. The ratio change threshold in the step 648 of the indoor event detecting method 600 helps to detect the aforementioned situations in which rescue intervention may be required.
The indoor dangerous event may correspond one of a plurality of danger levels. The danger levels include an intervention level and an aggravation level. The aggravation level may be that the life signal of the detected target in the room 900 disappears or the emergency notification unit 340 is triggered. The indicator light 366 of the control center 360 is configured to correspondingly show a plurality of indication states respectively based on the danger levels. The indicator light 366 can be an LED indicator light. A first color can be displayed correspondingly to the intervention level, and a second color can be displayed correspondingly to the aggravation level. The alarm in the step 670 includes showing one of the indication states by the indicator light 366. The indoor event detecting method 600 may further include steps 672, 674. When it is determined that the indoor dangerous event exists in the room 900, the steps 672, 674 may further be performed. The step 672 includes displaying a rescue route, which includes a route from a first aid equipment to the room 900, by at least one of the display 365 of the control center 360 and a mobile device of a rescuer. The step 674 includes packing the heart rate and the respiration rate being stored into a vital sign data by the control center 360 for the rescuer to obtain from the at least one of the control center 360 and the mobile device, so as to assist medical staff in making rescue decisions. Therefore, the first aid equipment can include a first aid kit and an AED (automated external defibrillators). When the control center 360 introduces the location positioning of the first aid equipment, the rescue route can be planned based on the location of the nearest first aid equipment.
The indoor event detecting method 600 may further include steps 680, 682. The step 680 includes detecting whether a water tank 998 in the room 900 satisfies an abnormal water leakage condition by the indoor radar device 100, and the room 900 is the toilet room. In the step 680, the indoor radar device 100 may detect once every time interval (e.g., 30 minutes). When the water leakage condition is satisfied in the step 680, the step 682 is performed. The step 682 includes determining that the water tank 998 is in a water leakage state, and notifying the control center 360 may be further performed. Therefore, the indoor event detecting method 600 is advantageous in providing broader event detection for the room 900.
Although the present disclosure has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain embodiments thereof, other embodiments are possible. Therefore, the spirit and scope of the appended claims should not be limited to the description of the embodiments contained herein.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present disclosure without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present disclosure cover modifications and variations of this disclosure provided they fall within the scope of the following claims.
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| 113129730 | Aug 2024 | TW | national |
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 63/615,798, filed Dec. 29, 2023 and Taiwan Application Serial Number 113129730, filed Aug. 8, 2024, which are herein incorporated by reference.
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| 63615798 | Dec 2023 | US |