KR102925595B1 - Standby screen information provision system based on image code - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for providing standby screen information based on an image code according to an embodiment comprises: a display device that generates a capture screen that captures a standby screen and reads characters indicating a standby state from the capture screen;
A management server that receives a character indicating the waiting state from the display device, creates a page using the character indicating the waiting state, and issues an image code including connection information for accessing the page; and
It may include a waiting terminal that scans the image code and provides the page to the waiting person by accessing the page through the connection information.

Description

Standby screen information provision system based on image code

The present invention relates to a system for providing standby screen information based on an image code, and more specifically, to a system for providing standby screen information based on an image code, which provides a method for effectively checking standby screen information through a standby terminal in addition to a display device.

Hospitals are typically crowded and crowded with patients and medical staff. University hospitals, in particular, are particularly congested due to the large number of patients and staff. To address this, hospitals use in-hospital monitors to share waiting times and encourage users to navigate accordingly.

However, monitors installed in hospitals are typically limited in size. The larger the hospital, the more difficult it is to read the names of those waiting on the monitors, which are displayed in small fonts. In such cases, patients often miss their turn even when it's their turn, resulting in embarrassing situations.

The present invention is derived to solve the above-mentioned problem, and its purpose is to enable patients waiting to access the waiting information more easily and conveniently and not to miss the information by allowing the waiting information displayed on the display device provided in the hospital to also be displayed through the waiting terminal held by the patients waiting.

In particular, the purpose is to prevent the data transmission speed of the treatment waiting information generated and transmitted in real time from slowing down when transmitted from the display device to the management server by configuring the treatment waiting information to be composed of characters read from the captured screen rather than the image itself, which is a captured screen generated in real time, and to reduce costs when transmitting data since the image itself is not transmitted.

Additionally, the purpose is to provide customized pages that take into account the user's type when providing them to the user by reconstructing the page based on the read characters.

The purpose of the present invention is to enable each display device, which outputs different waiting information for treatment, to be reproduced through a waiting terminal, particularly when there are display devices installed throughout a hospital.

A system for providing standby screen information based on an image code according to an embodiment comprises: a display device that generates a capture screen that captures a standby screen and reads characters indicating a standby state from the capture screen;

A management server that receives a character indicating the waiting state from the display device, creates a page using the character indicating the waiting state, and issues an image code including connection information for accessing the page; and

It may include a waiting terminal that scans the image code and provides the page to the waiting person by accessing the page through the connection information.

The above page is a multiple page,

The above management server,

Each of the plurality of pages can be generated by considering the type of the person waiting using characters indicating the waiting state.

The above waiting person type may represent any one of adults, seniors, color blind people, and children.

The above management server,

If the above-mentioned waiting person type indicates that he or she is elderly, a corresponding page among the plurality of pages can be created by enlarging and processing the character indicating the waiting state to a size that is a predetermined multiple of the preset average size and inserting it into a pre-stored template.

The above management server,

If the type of the above-mentioned person indicates that he or she is color blind, the character indicating the above-mentioned waiting state may be processed into a preset average size and inserted into a pre-stored template, and the colors of the components constituting the pre-stored template may be processed into colors suitable for the color blind person to generate a corresponding page among the plurality of pages.

The above management server,

If the type of the above-mentioned person is a child, a character indicating the above-mentioned waiting state can be overlaid on an animated image to generate a corresponding page among the plurality of pages.

The above management server,

Issue multiple image codes including connection information for connecting to each of the multiple pages above,

The above connection information is,

It may correspond to an identifier of the above display device and an identifier indicating the type of the above waiting person.

The characters indicating the above waiting status are:

It may include at least one of the following: treatment room number, medical staff name, personal information of patients waiting for treatment, expected waiting time, number of patients waiting, personal information of each patient waiting, type of treatment for each patient waiting, and treatment order.

According to the present invention, the waiting information displayed on the display device provided in the hospital is also displayed through the waiting terminal held by the waiting person, thereby enabling the waiting person to access the waiting information more easily and conveniently and not miss the information.

In particular, by configuring the waiting information for treatment to be composed of characters read from a captured screen rather than an image itself, which is a captured screen generated in real time, when transmitting from a display device to a management server, the data transmission speed of the waiting information for treatment generated and transmitted in real time is not slowed down, and since the image itself is not transmitted, there is an effect of reducing costs during data transmission.

Additionally, the page can be reconstructed based on the read characters to provide a customized page that takes into account the user's type when providing the page to the user.

In particular, the present invention enables each display device installed in various locations within a hospital to output different waiting information from each display device, and to reproduce each piece of information through a waiting terminal.

According to the present invention, when linking a display device to a waiting terminal, a process for linking with a separate external server is not required, thereby bringing about great economic and time-related advantages.

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of a standby screen information providing system based on an image code according to an embodiment.
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a management server (1) according to an embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of a standby screen information provision system based on an image code according to an embodiment.
FIGS. 4 to 6 are drawings referenced to explain the operation of a standby screen information provision system based on an image code according to an embodiment.

The following detailed description of the present invention refers to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate specific embodiments in which the present invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the present invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention, while different from each other, are not necessarily mutually exclusive. For example, specific shapes, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Furthermore, it should be understood that the positions or arrangements of individual components within each disclosed embodiment may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the following detailed description is not intended to be limiting, and the scope of the present invention is defined only by the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled, if properly described. Like reference numerals in the drawings designate the same or similar functionality throughout the several aspects.

For reference, in each flowchart of the present invention, each step is an example, and the present invention can be applied in the same/similar manner even when each order is changed and/or combined differently.

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of a standby screen information providing system based on an image code according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, a waiting screen information provision system based on an image code according to an embodiment may be configured to transmit and receive data between a management server (1), a waiting terminal (2), and a display device (3).

The waiting terminal (2) is a terminal possessed by a waiting patient who visits a hospital, registers, and waits for treatment or examination. For example, it may be a terminal capable of any type of wired/wireless communication, such as a smartphone or tablet.

The waiting terminal (2) may include a control unit (not shown) that controls the overall function of the waiting terminal (2) and a user interface unit (not shown) that outputs the processing result of the control unit (not shown) and provides it to the user.

The waiting terminal (2) can scan an image code through an image recognition device (e.g., camera, not shown) and/or an app, read out data stored in the image code through a control unit (not shown), and execute a command corresponding to the read out data.

According to an embodiment, the waiting terminal (2) can scan an image code and access the page through the connection information to provide the waiting person with a page including the waiting information.

Depending on the embodiment, the image code may be printed (inserted) in code format in an offline document within the hospital, or may be output in advance through the initial screen of the display device (3).

The management server (1) can perform wired/wireless communication with the waiting terminal (2) and/or multiple display devices (3, 31 to 3n).

The display device (3) may include all types of electronic devices including a display, such as a smart TV or PC, to generate a waiting screen and output it through a display unit (not shown) to provide a waiting screen including treatment waiting information to a patient waiting to be examined or treated at a hospital.

The display device (3) may include a control unit (not shown) and a storage unit (not shown) that control the overall functions of the display device (3).

The control unit (not shown) can create a capture screen that captures the standby screen and read characters indicating the standby state from the capture screen.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a management server (1) according to an embodiment, and the management server (1) may include a control unit (11) and a storage unit (12) that control the overall operation of the management server (1).

The control unit (11) can receive a character indicating a standby state from the display device (3), create a page using the character indicating the standby state, and issue an image code including access information for accessing the page.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of a standby screen information provision system based on an image code according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the display device (3) transmits a request message for issuing each identifier to the management server (1) (s1), the management server (1) can issue and store an identifier for each display device (3) (s2), and transmit the issued identifier to the display device (3).

According to an embodiment, when a request message for issuing an identifier of a display device (3) is received from each of a plurality of display devices (3), an identifier can be issued and transmitted to each of the plurality of display devices (3).

For example, the identifier of the display device (3) may include an ID (PARAM1=A01, PARAM2=A02,,,, PARAMn=A0n) for identifying each display device (3).

The display device (3) can create a capture screen by capturing the standby screen output through the display unit (not shown), and read characters indicating the standby state (e.g., treatment standby state) from the capture screen and transmit them to the management server (1) (s3).

According to an embodiment, the waiting screen may include waiting information for treatment, which is composed of at least one of a treatment room number, a medical staff member's name, personal information of a patient waiting for treatment (e.g., name, etc.), an expected waiting time, the number of patients waiting, personal information of each patient waiting (e.g., name, etc.), information on the type of treatment for each patient waiting, and a treatment order.

The display device (3) can generate a capture screen in real time, and the capture screen can be generated in the form of a still image such as JPEG or PNG.

The display device (3) can read characters indicating a standby state from the captured screen based on OCR technology.

When the display device (3) transmits the characters read to the management server (1), the management server (1) can create a page using the characters indicating the read standby status (s4).

The management server (1) can create a page by inserting a character indicating a read waiting state into a previously stored template.

Depending on the embodiment, the page may include a web page and/or an app page.

The characters indicating the waiting status read above may include at least one of the following: a treatment room number, a medical staff member's name, personal information of a patient waiting for treatment, an expected waiting time, the number of patients waiting, personal information of each patient waiting, the type of treatment for each patient waiting, and the treatment order.

According to an embodiment, the management server (1) can generate multiple pages each by considering the type of the person waiting using a character indicating the read waiting status.

Depending on the embodiment, the type of the person waiting may indicate whether the person waiting is an adult, an elderly person, a person with color vision deficiency, or a child. That is, with information regarding the type of the person waiting in advance stored, the management server (1) can generate different pages (for each type of person waiting) corresponding to the type of the person waiting using characters indicating the read waiting status.

For example, as shown in Fig. 6, the management server (1) can create a page corresponding to an adult as in (a), a page corresponding to an elderly person as in (b), a page corresponding to a color blind person as in (c), and a page corresponding to a child as in (d).

According to an embodiment, the management server (1) can generate each app page in an appropriate size by considering the size of the screen of the user interface section (not shown) of the smartphone so that each page can be provided in a valid form when provided through the app of the waiting terminal (2), which is a smartphone.

In some embodiments, a page corresponding to an adult can be generated by processing characters representing a read waiting state into a preset average size and inserting them into a pre-stored template.

According to an embodiment, a page corresponding to the elderly may be generated by enlarging characters indicating a read waiting status to a predetermined multiple (e.g., 3 times) of a preset average size and inserting the characters into a pre-stored template. In this case, according to an embodiment, only some characters among the characters indicating a read waiting status (e.g., number of patients waiting, personal information of patients waiting for treatment, etc.) may be processed to a predetermined multiple of the preset average size, and the remaining characters (e.g., treatment room number, medical staff name, etc.) may be processed to a predetermined average size and inserted into a pre-stored template.

Accordingly, the present invention configures information that the elderly person is already aware of without having to check the waiting screen while waiting for treatment (i.e., information of relatively low importance) to be of an average size, and configures information that requires checking the waiting screen to accurately grasp the waiting status (i.e., information of relatively high importance) to be several times larger than the average size, thereby generating a page in which the size of letters varies depending on the importance of the information, thereby efficiently providing important information to the elderly person even considering the limited size of the screen of the user interface unit (not shown) of the waiting terminal (2).

According to an embodiment, a page corresponding to a color blind person can be created by processing characters representing a readable waiting state into a preset average size and inserting them into a pre-stored template, and processing the colors of components constituting the pre-stored template into colors suitable for a color blind person.

That is, if the color of the component that constitutes the previously saved template was originally green, as in (a) and (b), the page can be created by changing the color of the component to blue.

Accordingly, the present invention enables even color-blind patients to clearly check waiting information for treatment.

In some embodiments, a page corresponding to a child may be generated in the form of an animated image overlaid with characters representing the read waiting state.

According to an embodiment, a page can be created by processing characters indicating a waiting state into a preset average size and configuring an animated image as a background screen.

In this case, the animated image can include a character object, and the page can be created by overlaying the personal information of each person waiting among the characters indicating the waiting status on the character object. In other words, by overlaying the relatively most important personal information of each person waiting among the characters indicating the waiting status on the character object, the most important information can be easily and prominently identified.

Accordingly, the present invention enables children waiting to be clearly informed of the waiting period, while at the same time providing an interesting element that helps them endure the boredom caused by waiting for treatment.

The management server (1) can issue an image code containing connection information for accessing a page (s5).

Image codes can be a general term for codes consisting of two-dimensional or more graphical objects. For example, these image codes can include QR codes, PDF417, Datamatrix, Maxi codes, and colorzip codes.

According to an embodiment, the management server (1) issues a plurality of image codes including connection information (e.g., URL) for connecting to each of a plurality of pages, and the connection information may correspond to an identifier of the display device and an identifier indicating the type of the waiting person.

Referring to FIG. 5, a plurality of image codes (QR code 1, QR code 2, QR code 3, QR code 4) each including connection information (a) corresponding to an identifier (PARAM 1 = A01) of a display device (31) and an identifier (PARAM 2 = 1) indicating a general adult waiting person, connection information (b) corresponding to an identifier (PARAM 1 = A01) of a display device (31) and an identifier (PARAM 2 = 2) indicating an elderly waiting person, connection information (c) corresponding to an identifier (PARAM 1 = A01) of a display device (31) and an identifier (PARAM 2 = 3) indicating a color-blind waiting person, and connection information (d) corresponding to an identifier (PARAM 1 = A01) of a display device (31) and an identifier (PARAM 2 = 4) indicating a child waiting person can be issued. That is, a plurality of different QR codes to be placed around one and the same display device (31) can be issued.

At this time, each connection information and each page can be mapped in advance so that each page can be accessed through each connection information.

That is, an identifier indicating the type of the person waiting may be issued in one-to-one correspondence with each type of person waiting, and connection information may be issued in one-to-one correspondence with the identifier indicating the type of the person waiting and the identifier of the display device.

Afterwards, by scanning the image code on the waiting terminal (2) and accessing the page through the access information (s6), the waiting terminal (2) can provide the accessed page to the waiting terminal through the screen of the user interface unit (not shown).

That is, when an image code selected by a user from among multiple image codes is scanned at the user terminal (2), the user can access a corresponding page from among multiple pages through the connection information and provide the corresponding page to the user.

For example, referring to FIG. 4, when a plurality of QR codes are respectively arranged in a position adjacent to the display device (31) (e.g., the QR code is output on a separate auxiliary display device or inserted or attached on paper), and when QR code 2 is selected by the person waiting and scanned through the person waiting terminal (2), page (b) of FIG. 6 can be provided to the person waiting through the access information included in QR code 2.

The embodiments described above may be implemented in the form of program commands that can be executed by various computer components and recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may include program commands, data files, data structures, etc., either singly or in combination.

The program commands recorded on the computer-readable recording medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention or may be known and available to those skilled in the art of computer software.

Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROMs, RAMs, and flash memories. Examples of program instructions include not only machine language codes such as those generated by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to execute the processing according to the present invention, and vice versa.

Aspects of the present disclosure may take the form of a computer program product embodied entirely in hardware, entirely in software (including firmware, resident software, microcode, etc.), or in one or more computer-readable media having computer-readable program code embodied thereon.

The features, structures, effects, etc. described in the embodiments above are included in one embodiment of the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to that one embodiment. Furthermore, the features, structures, effects, etc. illustrated in each embodiment can be combined or modified to implement other embodiments by those skilled in the art. Therefore, the contents related to such combinations and modifications should be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.

In addition, although the above description focuses on examples, these are merely examples and do not limit the present invention. Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will appreciate that various modifications and applications not exemplified above are possible without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. For example, each component specifically shown in the examples can be modified and implemented. In addition, differences related to such modifications and applications should be interpreted as being included within the scope of the present invention defined in the appended claims.

Claims (8)

A display device that creates a capture screen by capturing a standby screen and reads characters indicating a standby state from the capture screen;
A management server that receives a character indicating the waiting state from the display device, creates a page using the character indicating the waiting state, and issues an image code including connection information for accessing the page; and
A waiting terminal that scans the image code and provides the page to the waiting person by accessing the page through the connection information;
The above page is a multiple page,
The above management server,
Generate each of the plurality of pages by considering the type of the person waiting using a character indicating the waiting state,
The above waiting person type represents one of adults, seniors, color blind people, and children.
If the type of the above-mentioned person waiting is an elderly person, the character indicating the waiting status is enlarged to a size multiple of a preset average size and inserted into a pre-stored template to generate a corresponding page among the plurality of pages, but the page is configured so that the size of the character differs depending on the importance of the information.
A system for providing standby screen information based on image code.
delete delete delete In paragraph 1,
The above management server,
If the type of the above-mentioned person indicates that he or she is color blind, the character indicating the above-mentioned waiting state is processed into a preset average size and inserted into a pre-stored template, and the color of the component constituting the pre-stored template is processed into a color suitable for the color blind person, thereby generating a corresponding page among the plurality of pages.
A system for providing standby screen information based on image code.
In paragraph 1,
The above management server,
If the type of the above-mentioned person waiting is a child, a character indicating the waiting state is overlaid on an animated image to generate a corresponding page among the plurality of pages.
A system for providing standby screen information based on image code.
In paragraph 1,
The above management server,
Issue multiple image codes including connection information for connecting to each of the multiple pages above,
The above connection information is,
Corresponding to the identifier of the above display device and the identifier indicating the type of the above waiting person,
A system for providing standby screen information based on image code.
In paragraph 1,
The characters indicating the above waiting status are:
Including at least one of the following: treatment room number, medical staff name, personal information of patients waiting for treatment, expected waiting time, number of patients waiting, personal information of each patient waiting, type of treatment for each patient waiting, and treatment order.
A system for providing standby screen information based on image code.