JP2002016726A - Emergency information notice system, emergency information notice method, emergency information notice program and emergency information service server - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an emergency information notice method/system that can quickly cope with it when a user of a mobile terminal encounters an emergency. SOLUTION: The emergency information notice system is provided with a mobile terminal A that acquires position information of a current position, transmits the position information as data, and transmits an emergency signal on the occurrence of emergency, a position information service server B that receives the position information data sent from a mobile terminal via a network N and outputs the position information data on request, and an emergency information service server C that acquires the position information data of the mobile terminal outputting the emergency signal from the position information service server when receiving the emergency signal and transmits the emergency information data including the position information data of the mobile terminal to a notice destination set to each mobile terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an emergency information notification system, an emergency information notification method, an emergency information notification program, and an emergency information service server for notifying a predetermined organization when a user of a mobile terminal falls into an emergency. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, global positioning systems (Globa)
l Positioning System: GPS)
And simplified mobile phone system (Personal Han)
Techniques for measuring the position of a mobile terminal using a Dyphone System (PHS) have been actively studied.
In addition, the provision of services utilizing the terminal location information by these methods has been started. Specifically, advanced emergency information utilizing terminal location information, such as emergency call services for preventing stalking, emergency call services for elderly people who are sick, and mobile tracking services for preventing accidents caused by wandering elderly people A service system is being considered.

One example of a conventional emergency information service system utilizing terminal location information is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-040195.
No., published in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. In this apparatus, when an emergency button is pressed on the PHS terminal, the security center device is notified to confirm the position information and record the surrounding voice.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional system has the following problems. That is, in providing the emergency information service system, it is assumed that the report destinations to be contacted differ depending on the user. It is also assumed that even the same user may have different report destinations depending on the type of emergency condition. For example, if the report destination is a hospital or the like, the contents that can be handled and the business hours vary from hospital to hospital, so it is necessary to select and contact a hospital suitable for each user. However, in the case of the conventional system, it is difficult to respond to the above detailed demands of the user, and there is a problem that an emergency call can be made only to a uniform report destination. In such a case, the notification may be transferred from the report destination to another report destination, and the response may be delayed.

[0005] On the other hand, in the conventional system, a response is started in response to an emergency message from a mobile terminal. However, in the case of guarding a wandering elderly person, it is undesirable because the person himself does not intend. There are cases such as moving to a place or dangerous place. In this case, there is a possibility that emergency contact may not be possible or impossible due to unintended behavior of the person, and a response to such a case may be delayed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an emergency information notification system, an emergency information notification method, and an information processing method capable of promptly responding to an emergency state of a user of a mobile terminal. An object of the present invention is to provide an emergency information notification program and an emergency information service server.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in an emergency information notification system according to the present invention, while acquiring position information of a current position and transmitting it as position information data, A mobile terminal that transmits an emergency signal in an emergency, a location information service server that receives location information data transmitted from the mobile terminal via a network, and outputs the location information data in response to a request, When receiving the location information data of the mobile terminal that has output the emergency signal from the location information service server, the emergency information including the location information data of the mobile terminal for a destination set for each mobile terminal. And an emergency information service server for transmitting data.

[0008] It is preferable that the emergency information service server includes a report destination database for associating the mobile terminal with the report destination, and selects a report destination according to the report destination database. In this case, the report destination database may correspond to the mobile terminal and one report destination, and the report destination database may correspond to the mobile terminal and a plurality of report destinations, The emergency information service server may include a selection unit that selects one report destination from the plurality of report destinations according to a predetermined condition.

In the latter case, the selecting unit selects the nearest report destination based on the position of the mobile terminal at the time of selecting the report destination, or selects the nearest report destination based on the time at the time of selecting the report destination. It is preferable to select a report destination that can respond to the time or select a report destination that can respond to the emergency content based on the emergency content selected by the user of the mobile terminal.

[0010] On the other hand, when the emergency information service server receives an emergency signal from a registrant associated with the user of the mobile terminal, the emergency information service server acquires location information data of the mobile terminal of the user from the location information service server. Then, emergency information data including position information data of the mobile terminal may be transmitted to the report destination.

A mobile terminal for periodically acquiring location information of the current location and transmitting the location information as location information data; a location information service server for receiving location information data transmitted from the mobile terminal via a network; By monitoring the location information data received by the location information service server,
When the location of the mobile terminal satisfies a predetermined condition, the location information data of the mobile terminal is obtained from the location information service server, and the location information of the mobile terminal is transmitted to a destination set for each mobile terminal. And an emergency information service server for transmitting emergency information data including data.

In this case, the emergency information service server includes an activity range database storing the activity range information data of the mobile terminal, and a comparing unit that compares the location of the mobile terminal with the activity range information data corresponding to the mobile terminal. Are preferably provided. Specifically, the comparing unit determines that the position of the mobile terminal satisfies the predetermined condition when the mobile terminal goes out of the predetermined range indicated in the corresponding position information data, or It is preferable that when the mobile terminal enters a predetermined range indicated by the position information data, the mobile terminal determines that the position of the mobile terminal satisfies a predetermined condition.

[0013] The emergency information service server may include a charging unit that charges a user of the mobile terminal every time emergency information data is transmitted to a report destination.

Further, in the emergency information notifying method according to the present invention, a first step of receiving an emergency signal from a mobile terminal, and the location information data transmitted from the mobile terminal when the emergency signal is received. A second step of acquiring the location information data from a location information service server that receives and outputs the information, and a third step of transmitting emergency information data to a report destination set for each mobile terminal. The method is characterized in that:

The third step includes a selecting step of selecting a report destination according to a report destination database that associates the mobile terminal with the report destination, and a transmitting step of transmitting emergency information data to the report destination. Preferably, it is a method. In this case, the selecting step may select a report destination according to a report destination database that associates the mobile terminal with one report destination, and the selecting step may include the mobile terminal and a plurality of report destinations. One report destination may be selected from the plurality of report destinations according to a predetermined condition according to a report destination database relating the report destination. In the latter case, the selecting step includes selecting the nearest report destination based on the position of the mobile terminal at the time of selecting the report destination, or determining the time based on the time at the time of selecting the report destination. It is preferable to select a report destination that can respond to the emergency content based on the emergency content selected by the user of the mobile terminal. Of course, other conditions may be set to select a report destination.

Further, a fourth step of receiving an emergency signal from a registrant associated with the user of the mobile terminal, and acquiring the location information data of the mobile terminal of the user when the emergency signal is received. It is also preferable that the method further includes a fifth step and a sixth step of transmitting emergency information data including the location information data of the mobile terminal to the report destination after the third step. In this case, it is preferable that not only the registrant can be notified of the emergency call from the mobile terminal, but also that the registrant can confirm the position of the mobile terminal.

In another aspect of the emergency information notification method according to the present invention, location information on the mobile terminal in a location information service server that receives and stores location information data periodically transmitted from the mobile terminal is provided. A seventh step of monitoring data, an eighth step of determining whether the location information data of the mobile terminal satisfies a predetermined condition, and a step of determining the latest condition from the location information service server when it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied. A ninth step of acquiring location information data, and a tenth step of transmitting emergency information data including location information data of the mobile terminal to a report destination set corresponding to the mobile terminal, A method characterized by comprising:

In this case, the eighth step includes:
It is determined whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied by comparing the activity range information data corresponding to the mobile terminal in the activity range database storing the activity range information data for each mobile terminal with the location information data of the mobile terminal. Is preferred. In this case, the eighth step is to determine that the position of the mobile terminal satisfies the predetermined condition when the mobile terminal comes out of the predetermined range indicated by the corresponding position information data, It is preferable to determine that the position of the mobile terminal satisfies the predetermined condition when the mobile terminal comes within the predetermined range shown in the data. In addition, it goes without saying that other conditions for comparing the action range information data and the position information data may be set.

Further, an emergency information notification program according to the present invention is characterized by causing a computer to execute each step of the emergency information notification method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

Further, in the emergency information service server of the present invention, an emergency signal receiving unit for receiving an emergency signal from a mobile terminal, and a location information data transmitted from the mobile terminal when the emergency signal is received. A location information acquisition unit that acquires the location information data from a location information service server that receives and outputs the location information service server; and an emergency information transmission that sends the emergency information data to a destination for each mobile terminal user registered in the destination database in advance. And a unit.

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First Embodiment of an emergency information notification system, an emergency information notification method, an emergency information notification program, and an emergency information service server according to the present invention are shown in FIGS.
2, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 to 16, and a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one configuration example of the emergency information notification system of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the stored contents of the user database. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the storage contents of the report destination database. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the emergency information notification system of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of another example of the storage contents of the report destination database. 6 to 10 are explanatory diagrams of other examples of the storage contents of the report destination database. Figure 1
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing another configuration example of the emergency information system of the present invention. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of the contents stored in the registrant database.

In FIG. 1, the emergency information notification system comprises:
It comprises a mobile terminal A, a location information service server B, an emergency information service server C, and an emergency response organization server D installed at the emergency response organization that is the report destination. As another report destination, there is a registrant terminal F held by a registrant who is related to the user of the mobile terminal A. That is,
In this embodiment, there are two types of notification destinations: emergency response organizations such as hospitals and police agencies, and registrants who are related to mobile terminal users. The institution server D is installed, and the registrant is the registrant terminal F
Hold.

The mobile terminal A is a portable information communication terminal, and a mobile phone is used in the present embodiment. When the mobile terminal A performs information communication with the location information service server B or the emergency information service server C, the mobile terminal A performs wireless communication to the mobile phone base station E, and the mobile terminal A transmits the location information service server B or the emergency information service server. Connections up to C are made via a public communication network N corresponding to a network. Also,
The emergency information service server C and the emergency response agency server D are also connected to each other by the public communication network N. The location information service server B and the emergency information service server C may be connected to each other via a public communication network N. However, both servers are often installed in the same place, and the public communication network N Is directly connected without passing through the public communication network N, since the exchange of information can be performed at a higher speed than through direct connection. The registrant terminal F may be a mobile phone like the mobile terminal A,
A fixed type such as an AX terminal may be used as long as it can transmit and receive data to and from the emergency information service server C.

The mobile terminal A is provided with a position information transmitting section 1 and an emergency signal transmitting section 2. The position information transmitting unit 1 obtains position information of the current position of the mobile terminal A and transmits the position information as position information data S3. Specifically, the global positioning system (Global P)
It is configured with a receiving device of an Positioning System (GPS). The position information transmitting unit 1 obtains position information from the GPS in response to a request from a position information receiving unit 3 of a position information service server B described later, and uses the obtained position information as position information data S3. Send to Note that the time required to acquire the location information is
When acquiring position information continuously, it can be performed within a few seconds, but when acquiring occasionally at predetermined intervals,
Because it takes time to capture GPS satellites,
For example, about 1 minute is required. Also, since a large number of mobile terminals A are connected to this system, each mobile terminal A has an individual identification number in order to identify each mobile terminal A. Then, the individual identification number is used by being embedded in the position information data transmitted to the position information service server B and the emergency signal S1 transmitted to the emergency information service server C.

The emergency signal transmitting section 2 transmits an emergency signal S1 when an emergency button (not shown) provided on the housing of the mobile terminal A is operated. Specifically, the emergency signal transmitting unit 2 transmits the emergency signal S1 to the emergency signal receiving unit 6 of the emergency information service server C described later. The emergency signal S1 is issued in an emergency such as when the user of the mobile terminal A is likely to be involved in a stalking action, or when his / her condition suddenly worsens while moving outdoors.

The location information service server B is a server device connected to the public communication network N as described above, and includes a location information receiving unit 3 and a location information output unit 4. The location information service server B performs information communication with the mobile terminal A via the public communication network N, and acquires location information data S3.

In response to a request from the position information output unit 4, the position information reception unit 3 requests the position information transmission unit 1 of the mobile terminal A to transmit the position information data. This is input to the position information output unit 4.

The position information output unit 4 obtains position information data S3 from the position information receiving unit 3 in response to a request by a position information output request signal S2 from a position information request unit 7 of the emergency information service server C described later. The position information data S3 input from the information receiving unit 3 is output to the position information acquiring unit 8 of the emergency information service server C. Note that the location information data acquired from the mobile terminal A and the location information data output to the emergency information service server C may have different data formats or may have the same data format. If the two data formats are different, the location information service server B may change the data format as appropriate and output. For example, mobile terminal A and location information service server B
Is the raw data acquired from the GPS system, and the positional information service server B transmits the raw data to the emergency information service server C.
The data may be converted into a data format that is easy for the user to handle.

The emergency information service server C is a server device connected to the public communication network N as described above, and includes a report destination database 5a, a user database 5b, an emergency signal receiving unit 6, a position information requesting unit 7, It comprises a position information acquisition unit 8, an emergency information transmission unit 9, and a selection unit 11,
Specifically, it is composed of a computer and a program executed by the computer. Emergency information service server C
Receives the emergency signal S1 from the mobile terminal A, and transmits to the emergency response agency server D the emergency of the mobile terminal A and its location information data as emergency information data S4.

The emergency signal receiving unit 6 receives the emergency signal S1 transmitted from the emergency signal transmitting unit 2 of the mobile terminal A, and outputs the emergency signal S1 to the position information requesting unit 7 and the emergency information transmitting unit 9. Is what you do. When receiving the emergency signal S1 from the emergency signal receiving unit 6, the position information request unit 7 outputs a position information output request signal S2 for requesting output of position information data to the position information output unit 4 of the position information service server B. The emergency signal receiving unit 6 transmits a confirmation signal S5 to the mobile terminal A in order to confirm that the emergency signal S1 has been received. The confirmation signal S5 may be character information or fixed audio information.
In the present embodiment, character information is transmitted, and the fact that it has been received is displayed on a display unit (not shown) of mobile terminal A.

Upon receiving the position information data S3 from the position information output unit 4 of the position information service server B, the position information acquisition unit 8 outputs the position information data S3 to the emergency information transmission unit 9. The emergency information transmitting unit 9 receives the emergency signal S1 from the emergency signal receiving unit 6 and
When the position information data S3 is received from the device, emergency information data S4 is generated from the individual identification number embedded in the emergency signal S1 and the position information data S3. Then, the emergency information transmitting unit 9 transmits the emergency information data S4 to the report destination selected by the selecting unit 11 via the public communication network N.

The selecting section 11 selects a report destination based on the report destination database 5a and the user database 5b. In the user database 5b, as shown in FIG.
The user, the individual identification number of the mobile terminal of the user, and the monitoring items of the user are stored in association with each other. For example, in FIG. 2, “XX Taro” is the individual identification number “1”
The mobile terminal is used, and “internal medicine” is registered as a service type which is a type of the emergency call service desired to be used. On the other hand, the report destination database 5a stores an individual identification number and a report destination in association with each other. For example, in FIG. 3, the individual identification numbers “1”, “4”, “5”
The mobile terminal “8” is associated with “Clinic A”. Then, the selection unit 11 selects a report destination corresponding to the individual identification number embedded in the emergency signal S1, and notifies the location information acquisition unit 8 of the address and the like of the report destination. In FIG. 3, a public or private emergency response organization such as a hospital or a police station is registered as a report destination.

The emergency response agency server D is separate from the location information service server B and the emergency information service server C. Further, the location information service server B and the emergency information service server C are installed in a service providing company or the like that provides an emergency information service, whereas the emergency response agency server D is a security company, a police agency, or a hospital. And other emergency response agencies.

The emergency response agency server D has an emergency information receiving unit 10. The emergency information receiving unit 10 receives the emergency information data S 4 from the emergency information transmitting unit 9 of the emergency information service server C. It is to alert. Specifically, the emergency information receiving unit 10 transmits the emergency information data S4
Is received, the contents are analyzed, the user of the mobile terminal A is specified from the individual identification number, and the location of the mobile terminal A is specified from the position information data S3. Then, the emergency information receiving unit 1
Reference numeral 0 performs an alerting operation such as displaying the user's name and location on a monitor (not shown), outputting voice from a speaker (not shown), or outputting a paper from a printing device (not shown).

Next, the operation of the emergency information notification system configured as described above from the time when the mobile terminal A transmits the emergency signal S1 to the time when the emergency response agency server issues an alarm will be described with reference to FIG. explain.

First, when a user falls into an emergency,
When the user operates an emergency button (not shown), the emergency signal transmission unit 2 of the mobile terminal A transmits the emergency signal S1 to the emergency signal reception unit 6 of the emergency information service server C via the wireless communication and the public communication network N. Transmit (Steps S101, S1
02). The emergency signal receiving unit 6 outputs the emergency signal S1 to the position information requesting unit 7, and the position information requesting unit 7 receives this and outputs a position information output request signal S2 to the position information output unit 4 of the position information server 4. . The position information output unit 4 receives the position information data S3 from the mobile terminal A via the position information receiving unit 3, and outputs the position information data S3 to the position information acquisition unit 8. As a result, the position information acquisition unit 8 sets the position information data S
3 is obtained (step S103). On the other hand, the selection unit 11
Selects the report destination corresponding to the individual identification number embedded in the emergency signal S1 from the report destination database 5a, and notifies the location information acquisition unit 8 of the address and the like of the selected report destination (step S104). Then, the emergency information transmitting unit 9 of the emergency information service server C generates the emergency information data S4 including the individual identification number of the mobile terminal A embedded in the emergency signal S1 and the position information data S3. The data is transmitted to the corresponding organization server D (step S105). Upon receiving the emergency information data S4 (step S106), the emergency information receiving unit 10 of the emergency response agency server D analyzes the content, identifies the user of the mobile terminal A from the individual identification number, and uses the location information data. The location of the mobile terminal A is specified. Then, the emergency information receiving unit 10 displays a user's name, location, and the like on a monitor (not shown), outputs a voice from a speaker (not shown), or outputs a paper from a printing device (not shown). I do.

In the emergency information notification system configured as described above, by registering a report destination for each mobile terminal A, an emergency system that meets the needs of a plurality of users can be realized by a single system. A report can be made.

By the way, in the present embodiment, the individual identification number and the report destination are stored in association with each other as the report destination database 5a. However, as shown in FIG. The service type may be stored in association with the service type. In this case, the individual identification number of the user database 5b and the report destination of the report destination database 5a are associated with each other via the service type. Therefore, the selection unit 11 first extracts a service type corresponding to the individual identification number embedded in the emergency signal S1 from the user database 5b, and selects a report destination corresponding to the extracted service type from the report destination database 5a. .

As another embodiment, the location of the report destination is stored in the report destination database 5a.
The selecting unit 11 may select the nearest report destination based on the position of the mobile terminal A at the time of selecting the report destination. FIG. 6 shows an example in which the report destination is an emergency response organization, and the emergency response organization corresponds to the position represented by longitude and latitude. FIG. 7 shows an example in which the report destination is a registrant related to the user, and the registrant who is the report destination, the individual identification number, and the position are stored in association with each other. The reason why the individual identification number is made to correspond to the registrant is that only the user who is related to the registrant is notified. In the case of the example of FIG. 7, the user with the individual identification number “1” has two registrants “XX Jiro” and “Yoko Yoko”. Mobile terminal A within
The one with the shorter distance from is selected as the report destination. Specifically, the selection unit 11 selects the nearest report destination from the report destination database 5a with reference to the position information data S3 received by the emergency information transmission unit 9. However, when the data stored in the report destination database 5a is a list of registrants, the nearest report destination is selected from the registrant data corresponding to the individual identification number. When the registrant is notified, the registrant has the registrant terminal F.
Is sent.

As another embodiment, the reportable time of the report destination is stored in the report destination database 5a,
The selecting unit 11 may select the report destination based on the time at the time of selecting the report destination. FIG. 8 is an example in the case where the report destination is an emergency response organization, and the emergency response organization corresponds to the communicable time. In the case of FIG. 8, if the notification is made on Wednesday, “B police station” or “C general hospital” is to be selected. In this case, if conditions for the service type are separately provided, the selection unit 1 selects one in consideration of the conditions, and if there are no other conditions, selects a higher-ranking item in the list. FIG. 9 shows an example in which the report destination is a registrant related to the user, and the registrant who is the report destination and the communicable time are stored in association with each other. The reason why the individual identification number is made to correspond to the registrant is that only the user who is related to the registrant is notified. In the case of the example of FIG. 9, the individual identification number “1”
User has two registrants, "XX Jiro" and "Yoko Yoko", so in the event of an emergency, select a report destination whose current time is within the communicable time of the two. I do. However, when the data stored in the report destination database 5a is a list of registrants, a report destination is selected from registrant data corresponding to the individual identification number. When the registrant is notified, the registrant has the registrant terminal F, and the emergency information data S4 is transmitted to the registrant terminal F.

In another embodiment, the mobile terminal A
When transmitting the emergency signal S1, the user operates the mobile terminal A to select a service type corresponding to the emergency content, and the selecting unit 11 selects the service type selected by the user of the mobile terminal A. The report destination that can correspond to the service type may be selected based on the service type. When the report destination is an emergency response organization, the report destination database 5a stores data in which the report destination is associated with the service type as shown in FIG. When the report destination is a registrant, as shown in FIG. 10, the registrant, the individual identification number, and the service type are stored in association with each other in the report destination database 5a. For example, when the data stored in the report destination database 5a is a list of registrants, and the user having the mobile terminal A with the individual identification number “1” becomes ill, the mobile terminal A is used. By selecting the service type “sick” and pressing an emergency button (not shown), the selection unit 11 is a registrant corresponding to the individual identification number “1” and the service type is “sick”. ○ Jiro ”is selected as the report destination.

As another embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, a registrant database 5c is provided to associate the user's mobile terminal A with the registrant, and the emergency information service server C When the emergency signal S1 is received from the registrant terminal F of the registrant related to the user of the mobile terminal A, the location information data S3 of the mobile terminal A of the user is acquired from the location information service server B, The emergency information data S4 including the position information data S3 of the mobile terminal A may be transmitted to the report destination. Specifically, the selection unit 11 extracts a corresponding individual identification number from the registrant name that transmitted the emergency signal S1, and selects a report destination corresponding to the individual identification number from the report destination database 5a. For example, FIG.
In the case of example 2, when the emergency signal S1 is transmitted from “XX Jiro” to the emergency information service server C, the selection unit 11 responds to “XX Jiro” based on the storage content of the registrant database 5c. Upon obtaining that the individual identification number of the mobile terminal A is "1", a notification destination corresponding to the individual identification number "1" is selected from the notification destination database 5a. In this case,
At the request of the third party registrant “XX Jiro”, emergency information data is transmitted to the report destination, and an emergency response is made to the user of the mobile terminal A.

In the present embodiment, the network is the public communication network N. However, it is needless to say that the network may be a closed communication network connected by a dedicated line.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing another configuration example of the emergency information notification system of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the emergency information notification system of the present invention. 15 and 16 are explanatory diagrams of the storage contents of the activity range database. Note that FIG.
In FIG. 16 to FIG. 16, the same reference numerals are given to the same parts as those of the emergency information notification system and the method thereof described in the first embodiment, and the detailed description of the same parts is omitted. .

The emergency information notification system and method thereof according to the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 13 to 16 are different from the emergency information notification system and method thereof described in the first embodiment, and are characterized. Has the following configuration.

That is, the position information transmitting unit 1 of the mobile terminal A periodically obtains the position information of the current position and outputs the position information data S
6 and the emergency information service server C monitors the location information data S6 received by the location information service server, and when the location of the mobile terminal A satisfies the predetermined condition, the mobile terminal A A location information data S
6 is acquired from the location information service server B, and the emergency information data S6 including the location information data S6 of the mobile terminal A is transmitted to the destination set in the emergency information transmission unit 9 for each mobile terminal A.
4 is provided. Furthermore,
The emergency information service server C is provided with an activity range database 5d storing the activity range information data of the mobile terminal A. In the action range database 5d, an actionable area, a non-actionable area, and the like are set for each mobile terminal A. For example, in FIG. 15, the user “XX Taro” is “Latitude 35.6001” and “Longitude 135.600.
"1 radius" and "0.5km radius" are set as inactive areas, and the user "XX Hanako"
Is set as a non-action area with a radius of 0.3 km centered on "latitude 35.5001" and "longitude 135.7001". The immovable area is a place that is not appropriate as a user's action range, such as a pond, a lake, or a forest. Also, in FIG. 16, the user “XX Taro” is “latitude 35.6000” and “longitude 135.600”.
"0 km" and "radius 2 km" are set as the actionable area. Similarly, user "xx Hanako" has "radius 35.5000" and "longitude 135.7000" and "radius 3km" as the center. It is set as an actionable area. In the action-possible area, an appropriate place is set as a user's action range, for example, around the user's home. Then, the user's action range can be set by appropriately combining the actionable area and the non-actionable area as shown in FIGS.

More specifically, the comparing unit 12 refers to the activity range database 5d, when the mobile terminal A goes out of the predetermined range indicated in the corresponding activity range information data, or when the mobile terminal A When entering the predetermined range shown in the information data, the emergency information transmitting unit 9 sends the emergency information data S
4 is transmitted. That is, the comparison unit 12 causes the emergency information transmission unit 9 to transmit the emergency information data S4 when the mobile terminal A enters the inoperable area or exits the operable area.

Next, the operation of the emergency information notification system configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. The description of the operations equivalent to those of the first embodiment will be omitted, and the characteristic portions of the present embodiment will be described.

First, the mobile terminal A periodically obtains the position information of the current position and transmits it as position information data S6, and the position information service server B sequentially receives the position information data S6 ( Step S201).
The comparing unit 12 of the emergency information service server C sequentially monitors the position information data S6 received by the position information service server B, and compares the position information data S6 with the action range database 5.
d is compared with the action range information data corresponding to the mobile terminal A stored in d (step S202). Then, when the mobile terminal A enters or exits the inoperable area, the comparing unit 12 causes the emergency information transmitting unit 9 to transmit the emergency information data S4 (step S203), and the emergency response organization The server D receives the emergency information data S4 (Step S204). When the mobile terminal A does not enter the inoperable area and does not exit from the inoperable area,
Waiting for transmission of the next position information data S6, the same operation is repeated from step S201.

In the above emergency information notification system,
If the user of the mobile terminal A moves to an area that is not appropriate as the user's action range even though the user of the mobile terminal A does not intend to do so, the user is notified. There is an advantage that an emergency response can be performed without waiting for S1.

[Third Embodiment] FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the emergency information notification system of the present invention.
FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the emergency information notification system of the present invention. In FIG. 17, the same parts as those of the emergency information notification system and the method thereof described in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the detailed description of the same parts is omitted. I do.

The emergency information notification system and its method according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 17 are different from the emergency information notification system and its method described in the first embodiment described above in that they have the following features. It is a structure of.

That is, the emergency information service server C:
Each time the emergency information data S4 is transmitted to the report destination, the mobile terminal A
And a charging unit 13 for charging the user. Specifically, the billing unit 13 counts the number of transmissions of the emergency information data S4 to the report destination for each mobile terminal A, and the count is reflected in the cost paid for providing the emergency information service. Is done. The step of increasing the count value of the number of transmissions by "1" in the charging unit 13 may be performed before or after the transmission of the emergency information data S4 to the report destination. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. This is performed after the emergency information service server C transmits the emergency information data S4 to the report destination (step S10).
7).

In the emergency information notification system configured as described above, the fee is charged each time the emergency information data S4 is transmitted to the report destination. Is possible.

The first to third embodiments are merely examples of the embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. Further, the configurations described in each embodiment can be combined. In particular, the report destination database 5a and the user database 5b have been described in various ways, but of course, these may be used in combination.

[0057]

The emergency information notification system, the emergency information notification method, the emergency information notification program, and the emergency information service server according to the present invention are configured as described above.
In the described invention, the mobile terminal acquires the position information of the current position and transmits it as position information data, transmits an emergency signal in an emergency, and transmits the position information service server and the position transmitted from the mobile terminal. Receiving the information data via a network, outputting the location information data in response to a request, and, when the emergency information service server receives the emergency signal, the location information data of the mobile terminal that has output the emergency signal. The emergency information data including the location information data of the mobile terminal is transmitted to the report destination set for each mobile terminal, obtained from the information service server, so that the report is immediately sent to the report destination corresponding to the user of the mobile terminal. Therefore, when the user of the mobile terminal is in an emergency state, it is possible to quickly respond.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the emergency signal is received, the location information data is obtained from a location information service server which receives and outputs the location information data transmitted from the mobile terminal. Then, the emergency information data is transmitted to the report destination set for each mobile terminal, so that the report is immediately sent to the report destination corresponding to the user of the mobile terminal, and thus the user of the mobile terminal is in an emergency state. In this case, it is possible to respond quickly.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a report destination is selected according to a report destination database that associates the mobile terminal with the report destination, and emergency information data is transmitted to the report destination. Therefore, when the user of the mobile terminal enters an emergency state, it is possible to promptly respond to the report destination corresponding to the user.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a report destination is selected according to a report destination database that associates the mobile terminal with one report destination, so that a user who always uses a fixed report destination is selected. In this case, it is possible to quickly select a report destination, and thus to quickly respond to an emergency of the user of the mobile terminal.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, one report destination is selected from the plurality of report destinations according to predetermined conditions in accordance with a report destination database that associates the mobile terminal with a plurality of report destinations. This allows the user to notify the most suitable contact according to the time of the emergency, so that when the user of the mobile terminal is in an emergency, it is possible to quickly respond.

In the invention according to claim 6, since the nearest report destination is selected based on the position of the mobile terminal at the time of selecting the report destination, the dispatcher can quickly arrive from the report destination. Therefore, when the user of the mobile terminal is in an emergency state, it is possible to quickly respond.

In the invention according to the seventh aspect, a report destination that can correspond to the time is selected based on the time at the time of selecting the report destination. This also has the effect of being able to respond promptly when a user of the mobile terminal is in an emergency, being notified to a reportable destination.

In the invention according to claim 8, a report destination that can respond to the emergency content is selected based on the emergency content selected by the user of the mobile terminal. This allows a report to be sent directly to a report destination that can respond directly without being forwarded from one report destination to another report destination. This has the effect of being able to respond quickly.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, an emergency signal is received from a registrant associated with a user of the mobile terminal,
When the emergency signal is received, the location information data of the user's mobile terminal is acquired, and emergency information data including the location information data of the mobile terminal is transmitted to the report destination. This makes it possible to quickly respond to a request from a registrant who cares about the safety of the user.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the location information data relating to the mobile terminal in the location information service server which receives and stores the location information data periodically transmitted from the mobile terminal is monitored, and It is determined whether the location information data of the terminal satisfies a predetermined condition, and when it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the latest location information data is obtained from the location information service server, and is set corresponding to the mobile terminal. Since the emergency information data including the location information data of the mobile terminal is transmitted to the reporting destination, it is possible to promptly respond when the user unintentionally makes a specific movement. .

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, the action range information data corresponding to the mobile terminal in the action range database storing the action range information data for each mobile terminal and the position information data of the mobile terminal are stored. By comparison,
Since it is determined whether or not the predetermined condition is satisfied, it is possible to promptly respond to each user when the user unintentionally makes a specific movement.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, when the mobile terminal goes out of the predetermined range indicated by the corresponding position information data, it is determined that the position of the mobile terminal has satisfied the predetermined condition. When the user unintentionally goes out of a predetermined range such as a daily life zone, the user can respond quickly.

According to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, when the mobile terminal enters the predetermined range indicated by the corresponding position information data, it is determined that the position of the mobile terminal has satisfied the predetermined condition. When a user unintentionally enters a predetermined range, such as a forest or a city center, it is possible to quickly respond.

According to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that each step of the emergency information notification method according to any one of the first to eleventh aspects can be embodied as a program and executed by a computer. .

According to the fifteenth aspect of the present invention, the emergency signal receiving unit receives the emergency signal from the mobile terminal, and when the emergency signal is received, the position information acquiring unit transmits the position transmitted from the mobile terminal. Since the location information data is acquired from the location information service server that receives and outputs the information data, and the emergency information transmission unit transmits the emergency information data to the report destination of each mobile terminal user registered in the report destination database in advance, Therefore, the notification is immediately made to the report destination corresponding to the user of the mobile terminal, and thus, when the user of the mobile terminal is in an emergency state, it is possible to quickly respond.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one configuration example of an emergency information notification system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of storage contents of a user database.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of storage contents of a report destination database.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the emergency information notification system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of another example of the storage contents of a report destination database.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of another example of the storage contents of a report destination database.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of another example of the storage content of a report destination database.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of another example of the storage content of the report destination database.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of another example of the storage content of the report destination database.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of another example of the storage content of the report destination database.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing another configuration example of the emergency information notification system of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of storage contents of a registrant database.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing another configuration example of the emergency information notification system of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the emergency information notification system of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of storage contents of an activity range database.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of storage contents of an activity range database.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing another configuration example of the emergency information notification system of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the emergency information notification system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A mobile terminal B location information service server C emergency information service server D emergency response agency server 1 location information transmission unit 2 emergency signal transmission unit 3 location information reception unit 4 location information output unit 5a report destination database 5b user database 5c registrant Database 6 Emergency signal receiving unit 7 Position information requesting unit 8 Position information acquiring unit 9 Urgent information transmitting unit 10 Urgent information receiving unit 11 Selection unit 12 Comparison unit

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Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A mobile terminal for acquiring position information of a current position and transmitting the acquired position information as position information data, transmitting an emergency signal in an emergency, and receiving position information data transmitted from the mobile terminal via a network. A location information service server that outputs the location information data in response to a request, and when the emergency signal is received, obtains location information data of the mobile terminal that output the emergency signal from the location information service server, and moves An emergency information notification system, comprising: an emergency information service server that transmits emergency information data including location information data of the mobile terminal to a report destination set for each terminal. 2. A first step of receiving an emergency signal from a mobile terminal, and a location information service server that receives and outputs location information data transmitted from the mobile terminal when the emergency signal is received. An emergency information notification method, comprising: a second step of acquiring location information data; and a third step of transmitting emergency information data to a report destination set for each mobile terminal. 3. The third step includes a selecting step of selecting a report destination according to a report destination database that associates the mobile terminal with the report destination, and a transmitting step of transmitting emergency information data to the report destination. 3. The emergency information notification method according to claim 2, wherein: 4. The emergency information notification method according to claim 3, wherein the selecting step selects a report destination according to a report destination database that associates the mobile terminal with one report destination. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting step selects one report destination from the plurality of report destinations according to a predetermined condition according to a report destination database that associates the mobile terminal with a plurality of report destinations. 3. The emergency information notification method described in 3. 6. The emergency information notification method according to claim 5, wherein the selecting step selects the nearest report destination based on the position of the mobile terminal at the time of selecting the report destination. 7. The emergency information notification method according to claim 5, wherein the selecting step selects a report destination that can correspond to the time based on a time at the time of selecting the report destination. 8. The emergency information notification method according to claim 5, wherein the selecting step selects a report destination that can respond to the emergency content based on the emergency content selected by the user of the mobile terminal. 9. A fourth step of receiving an emergency signal from a registrant associated with a user of the mobile terminal, and acquiring the location information data of the mobile terminal of the user when the emergency signal is received. The method according to claim 10, further comprising a fifth step and a sixth step of transmitting emergency information data including the location information data of the mobile terminal to the report destination after the third step. The emergency information notification method according to any one of claims 2 to 8. 10. A seventh step of monitoring location information data related to the mobile terminal in a location information service server that receives and stores location information data transmitted periodically from the mobile terminal, and location information of the mobile terminal. An eighth step of determining whether the data satisfies a predetermined condition, a ninth step of obtaining the latest position information data from the position information service server when it is determined that the data satisfies the predetermined condition, A tenth step of transmitting emergency information data including the location information data of the mobile terminal to a correspondingly set report destination. 11. The eighth step is to compare the activity range information data corresponding to the mobile terminal in the activity range database storing the activity range information data for each mobile terminal with the position information data of the mobile terminal. 11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising: determining whether a predetermined condition is satisfied.
The described emergency information notification method. 12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of determining that the position of the mobile terminal satisfies a predetermined condition when the mobile terminal comes out of a predetermined range indicated by the corresponding position information data. The emergency information notification method according to claim 11, wherein 13. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of determining that the position of the mobile terminal satisfies a predetermined condition when the mobile terminal is within a predetermined range indicated by the corresponding position information data. The emergency information notification method according to claim 11, wherein 14. An emergency information notification program for causing a computer to execute each step of the emergency information notification method according to any one of claims 2 to 13. 15. An emergency signal receiving unit that receives an emergency signal from a mobile terminal, and a location information service server that receives and outputs location information data transmitted from the mobile terminal when the emergency signal is received. An emergency, comprising: a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information data; and an emergency information transmission unit that transmits emergency information data to a report destination for each mobile terminal user registered in advance in a report destination database. Information service server.