JP2003348264A - Information system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive information system by which a family member of the object person of safety confirmation can confirm the action of the object person by means of a telephone set without through an emergency center. <P>SOLUTION: When a first detected good news is received from a human body detection sensor part 4, home equipment 1 collects and retains it. When a preset time comes, the equipment calls to the telephone number of a previously registered external telephone set 3. When a speech path is established between with the telephone set 3, the equipment converts the contents of detected information during a past fixed time nearest to the time to a voice message and sends it to a portable telephone set 4. Thus, the family member living at a remote place can regularly get to know the action of the object person of safety confirmation in his/her house H without a contract with a company such as the emergency center. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a notification system for confirming safety.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method for family members living far away to know the safety of an elderly person living alone, a contract is made with a contractor of an emergency center, the safety is checked by the emergency center, and the information is transmitted to the emergency center. There is a way to receive from.

[0003] In this case, a human body detection sensor unit is installed in each room in the home where the person whose safety is to be confirmed lives, or in an appropriate place in the activity area such as a corridor, and the detection information of this human body detection sensor unit is sent to the home at regular intervals. The information is stored in the device, and the stored information is periodically reported to the emergency center via a telephone line, or the home device is called from the emergency center, and the stored detection information is transferred. The behavior is estimated by estimating the behavior of the subject and confirming the safety, and informing the family of the subject of the safety of the confirmation.

In this case, not only a daily safety check but also a report button device carried by a person whose safety is to be checked is used in combination, and when the person operates the report button device in an emergency, a wireless signal using radio waves is used. Is transmitted from the notification button device to the in-home device, and the in-home device that receives the wireless signal of the emergency notification automatically provides a notification to the emergency center to provide an emergency notification service for notifying the occurrence of an emergency.

[0005]

As described above, when an emergency call system is set up by contracting with a company such as an emergency center, a high contract fee is required and a monthly fee is required. There's a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and a family member can confirm the behavior of a person whose safety is to be confirmed by telephone without going through an emergency center. To provide.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a human body detection sensor unit installed at a plurality of appropriate places belonging to an activity range of a monitored person's house,
A memory for collecting and storing detection information corresponding to the human body detection of each human body detection sensor unit, telephone terminal means for calling a telephone number of an external telephone registered in advance at a preset time, When a call path is established between the telephone and the telephone terminal means by a call, a control means for performing a process of reading detection information stored in the memory during a predetermined past time immediately before the time; A home device having voice output means for converting the content of the information into a voice message and transmitting the voice message to the telephone via the telephone terminal means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, when an incoming call is received from a telephone corresponding to a telephone number registered in advance, the telephone terminal transmits the telephone from the telephone after establishing a communication path. PB that monitors incoming PB signals
The control means includes a function of determining a time indicated by the PB signal received by the PB signal monitor and an installation location of the human body detection sensor, and a detection function corresponding to the determined time and the installation location. A function of reading information from the memory and converting and generating a voice message corresponding to the detection information by the voice output means, and transmitting a voice message converted and generated from the voice output means to the telephone in response to the detection information. It is characterized by doing.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable, battery-driven notification button device for transmitting a button operation signal as a wireless signal when the notification button is operated in an emergency. A receiving unit for receiving a button operation signal from the notification button device; and receiving the button operation signal from the notification button device, the telephone device corresponding to a telephone number registered in advance. Means for making an emergency call with a telephone corresponding to the telephone number by calling the terminal means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the notification button device further comprises a power supply monitoring means for monitoring a state of a battery power supply, and a power supply indicating that the battery power supply has run out and that the capacity has been restored after the capacity run out. Battery power monitoring means for transmitting information to the in-home device by a wireless signal, wherein the in-home device monitors commercial power supplied as operating power based on the power information received by the receiving unit, Mail generating means for generating information based on the content of the received power supply information, comprising: means for transmitting information to the management server having a telephone terminal function through the telephone terminal means; Communication means for transmitting the generated e-mail to a mail address registered in advance.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments.

FIG. 2 shows a system configuration of one embodiment. This system is a public telephone network 2a, a public telephone network 2a through a telephone line 2 in a house H of a person (such as an elderly person living alone) whose safety is to be confirmed.
Further, the home device 1 connected to the mobile communication network 2b and the home H
A human body detection sensor unit 4 consisting of a pyroelectric sensor installed at an appropriate place within the action range of the person to be checked, such as a living room, a toilet, a corridor, an entrance, etc., is used as home equipment. The basic configuration is a configuration in which a telephone 3 such as a mobile telephone owned by a family of a person or a fixed telephone capable of notifying a number is added.

The basic configuration further includes a pendant-type notification button device 5 carried by the person whose safety is to be confirmed, a battery power source such as the notification button device 5 and the human body detection sensor unit 4, and a backup battery power source of the home device 1. The system according to the present embodiment includes a configuration in which the management server 6 installed at the management center A of the service company performing the maintenance is added.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the in-home device 1 includes a telephone terminal unit 10 serving as telephone terminal means connected to the telephone line 2 and a telephone number of a telephone to which detection information to be described later is transmitted. There is a table for storing the telephone number of the report destination of the battery exhaustion information and the telephone number of the telephone set permitted to read out the detection information from outside, and for changing the information indicated by the PB signal string sent from the other telephone set. In addition, registration of time data and the like when periodically transmitting the detection information content of the human body detection sensor unit 4 collected and stored in the memory 18 to a telephone of a report destination as a voice message, and furthermore, detection of the installed human body A memory 11 for registering installation location data associated with the identification ID of the sensor unit 4, an operation / display unit 12 for registering the telephone numbers and commands and displaying registered contents, etc. Speech circuit 13 which constitutes a call means
And a microphone MIC and a speaker SP, a wireless receiving unit 14 for receiving a wireless signal that transmits a radio wave transmitted from the notification button device 5 and the human body detection sensor unit 4, and an antenna A
T1, a CPU unit 15 that controls each unit and performs signal processing,
A power supply unit 16 for generating a DC power supply from the commercial power supply AC to each unit in the home device 1; a backup battery power source BT and a battery power source BT for temporarily securing the operation of the home device 1 in the event of a power failure of the commercial power source AC Of the commercial power supply A supplied to the power supply 16
And a power monitoring unit 17 for monitoring a power failure / recovery of the power supply C, and a capacity capable of sufficiently storing the latest 24 hours (1 day) of the detection information sent from each human body detection sensor unit 4. A voice output unit 1 for converting the content of detection information read out from the memory 18 by the CPU unit 15 into a voice message by voice synthesis under the control of the CPU unit 15 and outputting the voice message to the telephone terminal unit 10
9, and a fixed telephone 8 can be connected to the telephone terminal unit 10.

As shown in FIG. 2B, the telephone terminal unit 10 includes a line I / F unit 10a and a PB signal monitor unit 10b. The line I / F unit 10a has a function of transmitting a destination telephone number transmitted by a number notification to the CPU unit 15 when an incoming call is received from the outside, and a function of making a call from the CPU unit 15 or closing the destination of the destination telephone number upon authentication. A function of closing a line when there is a connection control signal, and transmitting a dial number consisting of a PB signal under the control of the CPU unit 15 when making a call;
A voice message from the voice output unit 19 is transmitted to the telephone line 2 when the voice communication path is established, and a voice signal received through the telephone line 2 is output to the voice communication circuit 13 and the voice signal 13 is output.
and a function of inputting the audio signals of k. Also P
The B signal monitoring unit 10b monitors a PB signal sequence transmitted through the established communication path, and
This is for sending to the U section 15, and the CPU section 15 determines the content of the instruction from the partner telephone based on the code formed of the PB signal sequence.

The human body detecting sensor units 4 installed at various places include:
As shown in FIG. 3, a sensor element 40 composed of a pyroelectric sensor
A power supply unit 41 composed of a battery power supply of the human body detection sensor unit 4, a power supply monitoring unit 43 for monitoring the battery capacity of the power supply unit 41, and a detection signal of a predetermined format when the sensor element 40 detects a human body. CP for performing a process of converting the information into information, and a process of converting the signal into a predetermined format of battery exhaustion information when the battery exhaustion signal from the power supply monitoring unit 43 is received.
Upon receiving the detection information converted by the CPU unit 44 from the CPU unit 44, the U unit 44 transmits a wireless signal consisting of an electric wave together with the identification ID set in the human body detection sensor unit 4 under the control of the CPU unit 44. Upon receiving the battery exhaustion information from the CPU 44, the wireless transmitter 45 and the antenna AT2 transmit the identification ID under the control of the CPU 44, and the memory 46 for registering the setting data of the identification ID. And an operation unit 43 for registering data in the memory 46.

As shown in FIG. 4, the notification button device 5 includes an operation unit 50 including an operation button for notifying and registering data in the memory 54, which will be described later, and when the notification button of the operation unit 50 is pressed. A radio transmission unit 51 and an antenna AT3 for transmitting the button operation signal as a wireless signal composed of radio waves,
When there is a button operation output of the notification button of the operation unit 50, the wireless transmission unit 5
A CPU unit 53 for performing control and signal processing such as transmitting a button operation signal of a predetermined format by controlling the notification button device 1;
Memory 54 that stores setting data such as the identification ID of the
And a power supply unit 55 composed of a battery power supply for supplying power to each unit in the notification button device 5, and a power supply monitoring unit for monitoring that the capacity of the power supply unit 55 has been cut or restored until just before the operation of the power supply unit 55 can no longer be guaranteed. And a unit 56.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the management server 6 provided in the management center A includes a telephone terminal unit 60 composed of a CTI board connected to the in-home device 1 of each subscriber home H through the public telephone network 2a. A computer unit 61 having a mailer function by executing a mailer program serving as a mail generating means for generating an e-mail based on information on a power supply state described later received from the home device 1 through the telephone terminal unit 60; And a communication unit 62 as a communication means for transmitting the generated e-mail to the mail address of the telephone 3 composed of a mobile telephone or a predetermined mail address previously associated with the user via the Internet 7. It consists of a personal computer.

Thus, in the system of this embodiment, the home H
When a human body is detected by each of the human body detection sensors 4 installed in the inside, the detection information is transmitted to the home device 1. Under the control of the CPU unit 15, the in-home device 1 stores the received detection information in the memory 1 together with the identification data and the reception time data.
8. Collect and accumulate. Then, when the time of the periodic notification registered in the memory 11 (this time is a time registered corresponding to a time zone in which the person whose safety is to be confirmed is at home H) is registered in the memory 11, An instruction is sent to the line I / F unit 10a of the telephone terminal unit 10 to make a call to the telephone number of the report destination registered in 11. The line I / F unit 10a performs off-hook processing, closes the line, and then generates and transmits a PB signal sequence corresponding to the telephone number. Here, if the report destination is the telephone 3, the public telephone network 2
a, the telephone 3 is called through the mobile communication network 2b,
When it is detected that the communication path has been established with the telephone 3, the CPU unit 15 detects, based on the time data, the detection information of each human body detection sensor unit 4 received, for example, in the past hour last from the time. After reading, from the data of the installation location of each human body detection sensor unit 4 corresponding to the identification ID and the time information of the corresponding detection information, for example, "I was in the living room at ... hour ... minute""... The voice output unit 19 is controlled so as to generate a voice message such as “I was at the toilet at the hour ... minute”. As a result, the voice output unit 19 generates a predetermined voice message and sends it to the telephone 3 through the established communication path. The family who owns the telephone 3 can know the behavior of the safety target person in the past hour from the present time by this voice message.

In this periodic voice message reporting process, the line I / F unit 10a releases the line after a time period in which a command from the telephone 3 to be described later is received after the reporting of all the detection information in the time period is completed. Is performed by performing an on-hook process (end-call process).
If the telephone 3 goes on-hook halfway, the call termination process is performed at that point and the notification process is terminated.

If the user wishes to listen to the voice message repeatedly, a command for a repetition instruction can be sent by operating the numeric keypad of the telephone set 3 during the reception time period. That is, when a predetermined instruction command is input by a ten-key operation according to a predetermined procedure, a PB signal sequence corresponding to the operation is transmitted to the in-home device 1 via the communication path. This PB
The signal sequence is extracted by the PB signal monitoring unit 10b in the telephone terminal unit 10 and sent to the CPU unit 15, and the CPU unit 15
The previous detection information is read out again from the memory 18 in response to the instruction command indicated by the signal sequence, and the audio output unit 1 is read out as described above.
9 to send the message to the destination telephone 3 as a voice message. In other words, the information can be reconfirmed in the case where the user cannot hear the information. by the way,
When a message corresponding to the detection information is not sent at all in a regular report, or when a voice message indicates that no detection information has been received from other places after receiving the detection information from, for example, a toilet. In this case, it is considered that an abnormality has occurred in the person, and in this case, an instruction for confirming the content of the detection information that is further advanced by a predetermined time can be given by operating the ten keys of the telephone 3. In other words, when an instruction command for reading a further past time zone and the designation content of the time zone are input by a ten-key operation in a predetermined procedure, a PB signal sequence corresponding to the operation is transmitted to the in-home device 1 via the communication path. The sending process is sent. Then, similarly to the above, the PB signal sequence is extracted by the PB signal monitoring unit 10b in the telephone terminal unit 10, sent to the CPU unit 15, and sent to the CPU unit 15.
Reads out the detection information in the past specified time zone from the memory 18 in response to the command and information indicated by the PB signal sequence, and sends it as a voice message from the voice output unit 19 to the destination telephone 3 in the same manner as described above. It does the processing.

Thus, the safety target person can know the action before the period of the regular notification, and the time when the human body detection sensor unit 4 at the entrance sends the detection information is the reception of the last detection information. If it is found, it is determined that the person whose safety is to be confirmed is out, and even if there is no detection information in the regular notification, it can be relieved. Further, when there is no detection information in the periodic report, and when the detection information received last before that is of the human body detection sensor unit 4 of the toilet, it can be determined that the user has fallen in the toilet. Furthermore, it is possible to send a command to specify the installation location as well as the time zone.
The U unit 15 reads out the detection information of the human body detection sensor unit 4 at the predetermined installation place in the designated time zone, and performs a process of sending it as a voice message to the telephone 3 through the voice output unit 19 in the same manner as described above. The above-described operation corresponds to a periodic report. However, if the user wants to know the behavior of the safety target person at any time, the telephone number corresponding to the telephone line 2 to which the in-home device 1 is connected. In response to this, a call is made from a telephone having a telephone number registered in advance (a fixed telephone or a mobile telephone may be used as long as the telephone can notify the number). By sending the same, all the detection information in an arbitrary time zone or the detection information in a predetermined time zone of the human body detection sensor unit 4 installed at a predetermined location can be sent as a voice message.

That is, the line I / F unit 1 of the telephone terminal unit 10
0a, when there is an incoming call, the destination telephone number data sent by the number notification is passed to the CPU unit 15, and the CPU unit 15 determines whether or not this telephone number matches the telephone number registered in the memory 11. And if they match, the line I / F unit 10a is closed. Then, the CPU section 15 captures the PB signal sequence sent after the communication path is established via the PB signal monitoring section 10b,
A process of judging an instruction command and designation contents indicated by the signal sequence, reading corresponding detection information from the memory 18 based on the judgment result, and transmitting the same as a voice message to the destination telephone via the voice output unit 19 as described above. I do. In this case, an instruction to monitor the current state in real time is also possible. This allows the family to know the activity history of the safety confirmation target person at any time. When there is an incoming call, a telephone number for which no telephone number has been registered by the number notification, or if there is no number notification, the line I / F unit 10a provides a pseudo tone to the fixed telephone 8 after the line is closed. A ringer signal is sent to generate a ring tone, and if there is an off-hook on the fixed telephone 8, the telephone 8
To the telephone line 2 and the fixed telephone 8 during standby.
Is off-hook, the telephone line 2
The fixed telephone 8 has a function of connecting to the fixed telephone 8 so that a call can be made from the fixed telephone 8 so that a normal telephone call using the fixed telephone 8 can be performed.

In the system of this embodiment, when an emergency report signal is transmitted by pressing the report button of the operation unit 50 of the report button device 5, the home device 1 receiving the emergency report signal registers in advance. When a call is made to a telephone number and a communication path is established with the telephone having the telephone number, for example, the telephone 3 owned by the family in FIG. 1, the occurrence of an emergency is reported by voice message. ing. That is, when receiving the emergency call signal, the CPU unit 15 controls the line I / F unit 10a of the telephone terminal unit 10 to make a call to the telephone number registered as the emergency call destination, and the communication path is established. Then, a voice message indicating an emergency call is generated by the voice output unit 19 and sent to the telephone 3 of the emergency call destination, thereby notifying the occurrence of an emergency. When the person confirming the safety can move to the installation location of the in-home device 1, a hands-free call using the microphone MIC and the speaker SP is also possible.

As described above, the emergency call is made directly from the user, the safety confirmation target person, to the family without the intervention of the emergency call center. On the other hand, the power management of the notification button device 5 of the in-home device 1 and the human body detection sensor unit 4 in the normal state is performed as follows. For example, when the power monitoring unit 17 of the home device 1 detects a power failure of the commercial power supply AC, the CPU unit 15 of the home device 1 reads the telephone number of the management center A registered in the memory 11 in response to the detection, A call is made through the telephone terminal unit 10. With this call, a call signal is sent to the telephone terminal unit 60 of the management server 6 of the management center A through the public telephone network 2a, and when a call response is received from the telephone terminal unit 60, a communication path is established. .

The operation of the home device 1 at the time of the power failure is operated by the backup battery power source BT.
Is a commercial power supply AC supplied to the home device 1 in addition to the call processing.
The telephone terminal unit 10 is controlled so that a code signal composed of a PB signal sequence indicating the power outage is transmitted from the telephone terminal unit 10.
The CPU 61 of the management server 6 that has received the code signal via the communication path and the telephone terminal unit 60 transmits a confirmation code indicating that the code signal has been received to the in-home device 1 via the communication path. At the same time, in the management server 6, the CPU 61
The telephone terminal unit 60 performs the call termination process under the control of, and in response, the home device 1 also performs the call termination process. Next, the CPU section 61 of the management server 6 decodes the received code signal and generates an e-mail corresponding to the content. If the code signal indicates that the commercial power supply is stopped, for example, an e-mail with the text "Power failure or power outlet disconnected. Please check." Is read from a database (not shown) corresponding to the in-home device 1 that has transmitted the e-mail, and the generated e-mail is transmitted to the Internet 7 through the communication unit 62 to this e-mail address. If the mobile phone has a mail address set here, the mail is sent to the mail server on the side of the mobile communication network 2b through the Internet 7, and the incoming call is notified to the telephone 3 through the mobile communication network 2b. . The owner of the telephone 3 who knows the incoming call performs an operation of receiving mail to receive an e-mail,
Check its contents. Then, processing such as visiting the home H of the safety confirmation target person is performed according to the confirmed contents. Of course, if the destination is an e-mail address given by an Internet connection company, etc., regular e-mail reception processing using a personal computer mailer,
The e-mail can also be confirmed by detecting the incoming call of a mailer of a personal computer constantly connected to the Internet 7.

The above description is for the case of a power outage of the commercial power supply AC supplied to the home device 1. The power supply monitoring unit 17 detects that the power outage has been restored, and the PB indicating the power supply information is displayed.
When a code signal composed of a signal sequence is transmitted from the in-home device 1 to the management server 6, the management server 6 performs the above-described processing, decodes the code signal, and sends the corresponding electronic mail (for example, I confirmed the power. "
Is generated, and the electronic mail is transmitted to a predetermined mail address through the Internet 7 to notify the family of the power recovery. When the power monitoring unit 17 of the in-home device 1 detects that the backup battery power supply BT has run out of capacity due to deterioration or the like, a code signal composed of a PB signal sequence is sent through the in-home device through the same processing as described above. 1 to the management server 6. In response, the management server 6 responds to the corresponding electronic mail (for example, “home device 1
Has run out of batteries. please check. Is generated, and the electronic mail is transmitted to a predetermined mail address via the Internet 7. At this time, it is assumed that the commercial power supply AC is normally supplied. Then, the family who has received the e-mail visits the safety confirmation target person's home H and makes a backup battery power source B of the home device 1.
Replace T. When the power supply monitoring unit 17 detects that the capacity of the battery power supply BT has been restored by this replacement, the in-home device 1 sends a code signal indicating the restoration of the PB signal sequence from the in-home device 1 through the same processing as described above. It is transmitted to the management server 6. In response to this, the management server 6 generates a corresponding e-mail (for example, a message stating that the battery power has been restored) through the same processing as described above, and sends this e-mail to a predetermined mail address. To the family via the Internet 7 to notify the family that the capacity of the power supply BT has been restored. Further, the power monitoring unit 5 of the notification button device 5
6 and the power monitoring unit 43 of the human body detection sensor unit 4 detects that the power supply unit 55 or the power supply unit 41, which is a battery power supply, has run out of capacity, or that the capacity has been restored after battery replacement, and uses the detected content as power supply information. When the information is transmitted to No. 1, the same processing as that described above is performed based on the information. That is, when the power supply unit 55 or the power supply unit 41 runs out of capacity, a code signal including a PB signal sequence corresponding to the power supply unit is transmitted to the management server 6. The management server 6 that has received the code signal performs the same processing as described above, and the e-mail (for example, the battery of the notification button device (or the human body detection sensor unit) has run out. Please confirm. " ) Is generated, and the electronic mail is transmitted to a predetermined mail address via the Internet 7. The family receiving this e-mail instructs the safety confirmation target person's house H to visit or exchange the safety confirmation target person for the power supply unit 55 of the notification button device 5 or the power supply unit 41 of the human body detection sensor unit 4. When the battery power is exchanged and power information indicating that the capacity of the battery power has been restored is transmitted from the notification button device 5 to the home device 1, the home device 1 performs the same processing as described above to the corresponding PB. A code signal composed of a signal sequence is transmitted from home device 1 to management server 6. In response to this, the management server 6 generates a corresponding e-mail (for example, a message "Confirmed that the battery power has been restored.") Through the same processing as described above, and converts this e-mail into a predetermined e-mail. The information is transmitted to the address via the Internet 7 to inform the family that the battery power capacity has been restored.

The detection level of the battery power shortage of the notification button device 5 and the human body detection sensor unit 4 is set to a level at which the minimum capacity for operation can be ensured, and the notification operation of the power information is guaranteed. I have. In this way, the power status of the in-home device 1, the notification button device 5, and the human body detection sensor unit 4 can be notified to the family of the safety confirmation target person via the management center A as an e-mail, and from the contents of the e-mail, Even if there is a power failure, it can be determined that the safety confirmation target person is currently traveling and has turned off the power for that. Also, when the person to be checked for safety while traveling is taking out the notification button device 5, there is no notification of the battery capacity exhaustion from the notification button device 5 in the in-home device 1, so the unnecessary e-mail from the management server 6 is transmitted. No transmission. In this manner, it is possible to determine whether or not the family needs to visit the safety confirmation target person's house H based on the content of the e-mail, so that there is no needless step and the battery power can be reliably replaced. Maintenance can be performed by the family itself or the safety confirmation target person who has received instructions from the family. Therefore, the cost paid by the management center A is lower than in the case where the emergency call center is used.
The management server 6 of the management center A may periodically access the home device 1 to transfer the power information collected by the home device 1.

[0029]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the human body detection sensor units installed at a plurality of appropriate locations belonging to the activity range of the monitored person in the house and the detection information corresponding to the human body detection of each human body detection sensor unit are collected and stored. Memory, a telephone terminal means for calling a telephone number of an external telephone registered in advance at a preset time, and a call path between the telephone and the telephone terminal means by the call. Once established, the control means performs a process of reading the detection information stored in the memory in the past fixed time immediately before the time, converts the content of the read detection information into a voice message, and converts the content through the telephone terminal means. And an in-home device having an audio output means for sending to the telephone, so that the behavior of the person whose safety is to be confirmed at home can be performed at a remote location without contracting with a company such as an emergency center. Can be no family to know on a regular basis,
Therefore, the cost to be borne is low, and the detection information indicating the behavior of the safety confirmation target person is sent to the predetermined telephone by voice message through the telephone, so that there is no delay compared to when using e-mail etc. ,
This has the effect that it can be reliably transmitted to the family.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, when an incoming call is received from a telephone corresponding to a telephone number registered in advance, the telephone terminal transmits the telephone from the telephone after establishing a communication path. PB that monitors incoming PB signals
The control means includes a function of determining a time indicated by the PB signal received by the PB signal monitor and an installation location of the human body detection sensor, and a detection function corresponding to the determined time and the installation location. A function of reading information from the memory and converting and generating a voice message corresponding to the detection information by the voice output means, and transmitting a voice message converted and generated from the voice output means to the telephone in response to the detection information. Therefore, the family can know the behavior of the safety target person and the presence or absence of the behavior at a predetermined place at a desired time at any time, so that the status of the safety target person can be grasped at any time, and a high sense of security can be obtained. can get.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable, battery-driven notification button device for transmitting a button operation signal by a wireless signal when the notification button is operated in an emergency. A receiving unit for receiving a button operation signal from the notification button device; and receiving the button operation signal from the notification button device, the telephone device corresponding to a telephone number registered in advance. A means for making an emergency call with the telephone corresponding to the telephone number by making a call by the terminal means, so that even if an emergency condition occurs in the safety target person, it is possible to notify the family, It can also function as a simple emergency call system without making a contract with the center.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the notification button device further comprises a power supply monitoring means for monitoring a state of a battery power supply, and the power supply indicating that the battery power supply has run out and the capacity has been restored after the capacity run out. Battery power monitoring means for transmitting information to the in-home device by a wireless signal, wherein the in-home device monitors commercial power supplied as operating power based on the power information received by the receiving unit and receives the power. Mail generating means for generating information based on the content of the received power supply information, comprising: means for transmitting information to the management server having a telephone terminal function through the telephone terminal means; A communication means for transmitting the generated e-mail to a pre-registered e-mail address is provided, so that the family can go directly to the battery power status of the notification button device. Without it becomes possible to know the battery replacement time, the order can also prevent the emergency state loss report at the time of occurrence, etc., and expenses paid to skilled in the art that owns the management server because it is only the battery power management is also cheaper.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a system configuration diagram using the above home device. (B) is a block diagram of the telephone terminal unit of the above.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a human body detection sensor unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a notification button device according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 home equipment 2 telephone lines 2a Public telephone network 2b Mobile communication network 3 telephone 4 Human body detection sensor 5 Notification button device 6 Management server 7 Internet H house A management center

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A human body detection sensor unit installed at a plurality of suitable places belonging to an activity range of a monitored person's house, and a memory for collecting and storing detection information corresponding to human body detection of each human body detection sensor unit. Telephone terminal means for calling a telephone number of an external telephone registered in advance at the time when the telephone call is established. A control means for performing a process of reading the detection information stored in the memory at a predetermined time in the past, a voice which converts the content of the read detection information into a voice message, and transmits the voice message to the telephone via the telephone terminal means. A notification system, comprising: a home device having an output unit. 2. A PB signal monitor for monitoring a PB signal transmitted from a telephone after a call path is established, when a telephone call corresponding to a telephone number registered in advance is received. The control means has a function of determining the time indicated by the PB signal received by the PB signal monitoring unit and the installation location of the human body detection sensor unit, and the detection information corresponding to the determined time and the installation location. Having the function of converting the voice message read from the memory and corresponding to the detection information by the voice output means, and transmitting the voice message converted and generated from the voice output means to the telephone in response to the detection information. The notification system according to claim 1, wherein: 3. A portable type, comprising: a battery-driven notification button device for transmitting a button operation signal as a wireless signal when a notification button is operated in an emergency, wherein the in-home device includes a button from the notification button device. Receiving means for receiving an operation signal, and a telephone corresponding to the telephone number by calling the telephone terminal means for a telephone number registered in advance when receiving a button operation signal from the notification button device 3. A notification system according to claim 1, further comprising means for making an emergency notification between the notification system and the communication device. 4. A battery which is provided with a power supply monitoring means for monitoring the state of a battery power supply in the notification button device, and which transmits power supply information indicating a battery power shortage and a capacity recovery after the battery power shortage to the in-home device by a wireless signal. Power monitoring means, the home device monitors commercial power supplied as operating power by the power information received by the receiving unit, and receives the power information through the telephone terminal means to provide a telephone terminal function. Means for sending a call to a management server having the same; a mail generating means for generating an e-mail based on the content of the received power information; and a mail address for registering the generated e-mail in advance The communication system according to claim 3, further comprising a communication unit configured to transmit the notification to a destination.