JP2008192096A - Information monitoring device, information monitoring system, information monitoring method and information management program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information monitoring device, an information monitoring system, an information monitoring method and an information monitoring program devised to monitor the action of a protected person while suppressing restrictions on a protector's time. <P>SOLUTION: The information monitoring device comprises an area information storage means for storing area information including safe area information indicating a safe area and dangerous area information indicating a dangerous area for the protected person set beforehand; a position information receiving means for receiving position information indicating a present position transmitted from a position information acquiring device which the protected person has; a determining means for determining which of the safe area, the dangerous area and any other area the protected person is in based on the position information and area information; and a position information notifying means for notifying a terminal of a protector of the protected person of the determined result according to the determined result obtained by the determining means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information monitoring apparatus that monitors the position of a guardian such as a deaf person or a child, an information monitoring method using the information monitoring apparatus, an information monitoring program that operates by being incorporated in an information processing apparatus, and an information monitoring system About.

  Today, an information monitoring system that acquires and provides location information of a place where a guardian such as a deaf person or a child is currently in use is commercialized.

  FIG. 20 is an image diagram showing an example of a conventional information monitoring system. This information monitoring system includes mobile phones 41, 42, and 43 equipped with a GPS (Global Positioning System) function, a management center 40 having a server device 400 that manages position information acquired by the GPS function in a database 401, It is composed of mobile phones 44, 45, and 46 as terminals for parents who inquire the server device 300 of the management center for current location information. The terminal for the guardian is not limited to the mobile phone, and may be a personal computer for the guardian.

  According to the information monitoring system shown in FIG. 20, a cell phone equipped with a GPS function is assigned an identification number to a guardian such as a deaf person or a child. The number of Id-1 is given to the person carrying the mobile phone 41, and the number Id-2 is given to the person carrying the mobile phone 42 in the same manner. The number of Id-3 is given to the person to be protected. And by making these protected persons (Id-1 to Id-3) carry the above-mentioned mobile phones, the locations where the protected persons are present regularly and automatically from these mobile phones 41, 42, 43. Is transmitted to the server device 400 of the management center 40. The server device 400 receives the position information. In the database 401 in the server device 400, the latitude and longitude of the current position and the address obtained based on the latitude and longitude for each identification number of the person to be protected. Manage. When the guardian makes an inquiry to the management center 40 using the guardian's mobile phone, the location information of the current location can be known. Such a service is very convenient for a family with a long life or a long working time for a young child to play alone in an urban co-working family.

  However, it is possible for a deceased or a child to leave a safe place without permission without knowing it, and to enter a dangerous place. Frequent inquiry to the management center must be continued, resulting in a problem of increasing time constraints.

  In addition to the information monitoring system technology, there have been proposed devices and systems for knowing positional information of persons to be protected such as deaf persons and children (for example, Patent Documents 1 to 3).

  According to the technique disclosed in Patent Literature 1, a portable terminal having a GPS function is carried by a person to be protected, and position information obtained by the GPS function is constantly transmitted to a management center having a server device. The management center monitors whether or not the guardian is approaching the dangerous area for the guardian who has been determined in advance. If necessary, the guardian can inquire on the terminal screen by contacting the management center website. The action trajectory of the guardian can be displayed on the electronic map. In this case, when approaching the protected area, the alarm warning display blinks on the screen, and the guardian can know that the protected person has approached the dangerous area.

  However, even in this technology, in order to prevent the guardian from approaching the dangerous area, the guardian must check frequently on the homepage screen of the management center, and the time constraint is too large. The problem arises.

  Further, according to the technology disclosed in Patent Document 2, using a mobile phone having a Bluetooth function capable of short-range communication, which is composed of a parent device and a child device, the person to be protected carries the child device. Let the parent carry the phone. In this case, the master unit and the slave unit always communicate with each other by radio to confirm the existence of each other. When communication is interrupted due to the distance between each other, alarm information is notified to the master unit. Thereby, when a child (protected person) leaves a parent (guardian) at an amusement park or the like, the parent can immediately notice and prevent the child from getting lost.

  However, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 is effective in a place where there are a large number of people such as an amusement park. For example, when the behavior of a deaf person (protected person) is to be managed, There is a problem that it is necessary to always be near the deaf person and the time constraint is too large.

  Further, according to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 3, a portable terminal having a GPS function is carried by a person to be protected, and position information obtained by the GPS function is constantly transmitted to a management center having a server device. . In the management center, if the guardian does not leave the monitoring area even after a predetermined time has elapsed, the guardian is warned.

  For example, when a skier (guardian) falls down due to injury at a ski resort (monitoring area), the manager (guardian) can quickly know and deal with it.

  However, when the user is out of the surveillance area and cannot move, this system has a problem that the warning information is not notified to the administrator.

JP 2002-329294 A JP 2003-233877 A JP 2006-221661 A

  In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides an information monitoring device, an information monitoring system, an information monitoring method, and information in which a device capable of monitoring a guardian's behavior while suppressing time constraints of the guardian is provided. The purpose is to provide a monitoring program.

The information monitoring apparatus of the present invention that achieves the above object is
An information monitoring device for monitoring preset position information,
Area information storage means for storing area information including safe area information representing a safe area for the protected person and dangerous area information representing a dangerous area;
Position information receiving means for receiving position information representing the current position transmitted from the position information acquisition device possessed by the protected person;
A determination means for determining whether the protected person is in a safe area, a dangerous area, or any other area based on the position information and the area information;
In accordance with the determination result obtained by the determination means, there is provided position information notification means for notifying the determination result to the guardian's terminal of the person to be protected.

  According to the information monitoring apparatus of the present invention, first, the area information storage means stores area information including safe area information representing a safe area for the protected person and dangerous area information representing a dangerous area. Yes. And the position information showing the present position of the position information acquisition apparatus itself which a to-be-protected person has is acquired, and this position information is transmitted to an information monitoring apparatus. Then, in the information monitoring apparatus, the position information is received by the position information acquisition unit. Then, the determination means determines whether the protected person is in a safe area, a dangerous area, or another area based on the position information and the area information. Then, the position information notification means notifies the determination result to the guardian's terminal of the person to be protected in accordance with the determination result obtained by the determination means. A mobile phone with a GPS function corresponds to an example of a position information acquisition device according to the present invention.

  Therefore, the guardian knows that the guardian is currently in a safe area, a dangerous area, or any other area. For example, when the information monitoring device determines that the protected person is in a dangerous area, the determination result is notified to the terminal of the guardian. As a result, the guardian can save the trouble of constantly observing and is not restricted by time.

  Moreover, in this invention, the area | region which monitors a guardian is divided into three types, a safe area, a dangerous area, and other areas. By such division, various services can be provided. For example, when a guardian such as a child plays near his home, safe places include places such as schools, parks and open spaces. On the other hand, dangerous places include high-traffic boulevards, near factories, condominiums under construction, and places with prohibited signboards. There are also places that do not belong to safe or dangerous places. Therefore, when the safety of the place where the child plays is roughly divided into three cases, there are three types such as “danger”, “safety”, and “does not belong to either”. This classification is not limited to playing, but, for example, when shopping from home to a store, “danger”, “safety”, and “does not belong to either” depending on directions. Therefore, it is possible to make more flexible judgment than the alternative judgment of “safety” and “danger”, and it is possible to monitor the person to be protected according to the characteristics of the region.

  In the information monitoring apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the safe area and the dangerous area are areas predetermined for each person to be protected.

  Thereby, a safe area and a dangerous area can be registered in advance for the guardian. Then, other areas that do not belong to the safe area or the dangerous area are automatically registered, and the guardian can save the trouble of selecting and registering other areas.

  In the information monitoring apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the position information is information including a longitude and a latitude of the place where the protected person is present.

  Thereby, the position of the person to be protected can be recognized more accurately.

In the information monitoring apparatus of the present invention, the position information receiving means stores the received position information of the person to be protected,
It is preferable to further include an entry / exit management means for managing the entry / exit of the guardian to / from the safe area or the dangerous area based on the positional information that changes in time.

  According to the above configuration, the entry / exit management means manages information on whether the protected person has entered or exited the safe area or the dangerous area based on time-related positional information. be able to.

  By doing in this way, for example, even if a to-be-protected person leaves a safe area, it is not possible to notify the guardian immediately, but can be notified when entering a dangerous area. Furthermore, when leaving the safe area and heading to the dangerous area, it is possible to prevent intrusion into the dangerous area by notifying in advance.

In the information monitoring apparatus of the present invention, the location information receiving means stores the date and time information in association with the received location information of the protected person,
A stay time calculating means for calculating a stay time in which the guardian stays at the same place based on the position information and the date and time information each time the position information of the guardian is received;
When the calculated staying time exceeds a predetermined staying time, the staying time exceeding means for notifying the guardian's terminal of the guardian who has exceeded the staying time is further provided. Is preferred.

  According to the above configuration, the stay status storage unit receives the location information of the protected person and stores the stay start date and time. Subsequently, the stay time calculation means calculates the stay time staying at the same place every time the position information of the protected person is received. Then, the staying time excess means notifies the guardian of the person who has exceeded the stayable time to that effect.

  Thereby, for example, when a deaf person does not move from the same place for a certain period of time, the guardian is notified that some problem has occurred not only in the dangerous area but also in the safe area.

  In the information monitoring apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the stayable time is set to be shortened or extended according to an input from a guardian to the information monitoring apparatus.

  By doing in this way, stayable time can be changed according to a to-be-protected person's action pattern. For example, the safety of the guardian can be improved by shortening the stayable time in the dangerous area and extending the stayable time in the safe area.

Here, the information monitoring system of the present invention that achieves the above object is a mobile terminal used by a guardian, a terminal used by a guardian, and an information monitoring device that monitors position information, connected via a network. And comprising
The mobile terminals used by the above-mentioned guardians are
It includes position information acquisition means for acquiring position information of the current position and transmitting it to the information monitoring device,
The information monitoring device
Area information storage means for storing area information including safe area information representing a safe area for the protected person and dangerous area information representing a dangerous area;
Position information receiving means for receiving the position information transmitted from the portable terminal of the protected person;
A judging means for judging whether the protected person is in a safe area, a dangerous area, or any other area based on the position information and the area information;
In accordance with the determination result obtained by the determination means, a position information notification means for notifying the determination result to the terminal of the guardian of the protected person,
The devices used by the above parents are
A position information receiving unit that receives the determination result from the position information notifying unit of the information monitoring apparatus.

  According to the information monitoring system of the present invention, first, the information monitoring device includes, in the area information storage means, safe area information representing a safe area for the protected person and dangerous area information representing a dangerous area. Store regional information.

  Here, the position information acquisition means acquires the position information of the current position from the portable terminal used by the person to be protected and transmits it to the information monitoring apparatus. And a positional information receiving means receives the positional information showing the present position transmitted from the portable terminal which a to-be-protected person has. Then, based on the position information and the area information, the determination unit determines whether the protected person is in a safe area, a dangerous area, or any other area. Then, the position information notification means notifies the determination result to the guardian's terminal of the person to be protected in accordance with the determination result obtained by the determination means.

  And in the terminal which the said guardian uses, the notification of the said determination result is received from the said positional information notification means of the said information monitoring apparatus in a positional information reception part.

  In this way, an information monitoring system is provided that is devised to monitor the actions of the guardian while suppressing the time constraint of the guardian.

Here, in the information monitoring system of the present invention that achieves the above object, the portable terminal is
An incoming call switching setting section for switching the setting of manual incoming call or automatic incoming call,
When the incoming call switching setting unit is set to automatic incoming call when an incoming call occurs, it is preferable to include an automatic incoming call reception unit that automatically performs incoming call processing.

  According to the above configuration, the incoming call switching setting unit of the mobile terminal has a function of switching the setting of manual incoming call or automatic incoming call, whereby the incoming call automatic accepting unit has the incoming call switching setting when an incoming call occurs. When the setting of the part is automatic incoming call, incoming call processing is automatically performed.

  In this way, even if a deaf person panics and forgets to operate the incoming call on the mobile terminal, he can immediately talk to the guardian.

Here, the information monitoring method of the present invention that achieves the above object is an information monitoring method in which a computer monitors position information,
A position information receiving step for receiving position information representing the current position transmitted from the position information acquisition device possessed by the protected person;
Based on the location information and the pre-set and stored area information including safe area information representing a safe area for the protected person and dangerous area information representing a dangerous area, the protected person Judgment process to determine whether it is in an area, a dangerous area, or any other area,
A position information notification step of notifying the determination result to the terminal of the guardian of the person to be protected according to the determination result obtained in the determination step.

  According to the information monitoring method of the present invention, in the position information receiving step, the position information indicating the current position transmitted from the position information acquisition apparatus possessed by the person to be protected is received. Subsequently, based on the local information including the safe area information representing the safe area for the protected person and the dangerous area information representing the dangerous area, which are set and stored in advance in the determination step, Is in a safe area, a hazardous area, or any other area. Then, in the position information notification step, according to the determination result obtained by the determination means, the determination result is notified to the guardian's guardian's terminal.

  In this way, an information monitoring method is provided in which a device for monitoring the actions of the guardian is performed while suppressing the time constraint of the guardian.

Here, the information monitoring program of the present invention that achieves the above object includes a position information receiving unit that receives position information indicating a current position transmitted from a position information acquiring apparatus possessed by the guardian to the information monitoring apparatus,
Based on the location information and the pre-set and stored area information including safe area information representing a safe area for the protected person and dangerous area information representing a dangerous area, the protected person A means of judging whether it is in an area, a dangerous area, or any other area,
According to the determination result obtained by the determination means, a position information notification means for notifying the determination result to the terminal of the guardian of the protected person is realized.

  In this way, an information monitoring program is provided that is devised to monitor the actions of the protected person while suppressing the time constraint of the guardian.

  According to the present invention, there is provided an information monitoring device, an information monitoring system, an information monitoring method, and an information monitoring program that have been devised to be able to monitor the actions of a guardian while suppressing the time constraint of the guardian. Provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, an information monitoring apparatus that operates based on the information monitoring program of the present invention, an information management method of the present invention that is executed by the information processing apparatus, and an information monitoring system will be described. In the following description, an information monitoring apparatus according to the present invention will be described by taking as an example a server apparatus that is connected to the Internet and mainly manages current position information of protected persons such as children and deaf persons.

[Constitution]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of the system. An information monitoring system 100 according to the present embodiment is composed of a server device 1, 1 a, a mobile phone 2 for a guardian, a mobile phone 3 for a guardian, a personal computer 4 for a guardian, and a base station 5. Connected with. Here, the to-be-protected person's mobile phone 2 corresponds to an example of the mobile terminal according to the present invention. Further, the guardian's mobile phone 3 and the guardian's computer 4 correspond to an example of a terminal according to the present invention. The base station 5 and the Internet 6 correspond to an example of a network according to the present invention.

<Server device>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the server apparatus shown in FIG. The server device 1 is provided with a server device CPU (Central processing Unit) 10 and a server device storage unit 11 as main components. The server device CPU 10 comprehensively controls the operation of the server device 1. The server device CPU 10 incorporates an information monitoring program according to an embodiment of the present invention, so that the position information receiving unit 100, the region information storage unit 101, the entry / exit management unit 102, the determination unit 103, the position information A notification unit 104, a stay time calculation unit 105, and a stay time excess notification unit 106 are constructed. In FIG. 1, the server device 1 a is also illustrated, but the server device 1 a has the same configuration as the server device 1 and represents that the server device 1 a is distributed in each region. That is, the management company that manages the server device owns a plurality of server devices, but in the following embodiments, the server device 1 will be used for the description.

  Further, in the server device storage unit 11, four types of databases such as a guardian management DB (Database) 110, a safe / risk area management DB 111, a guardian stay status management DB 112, and an electronic map information DB 113 are formed. Is done.

  The location information receiving unit 100 receives location information (latitude, longitude) representing the current location of the person to be protected from the mobile phone 2 of the person to be protected via the network, and stores it in the above-mentioned person to be protected management DB 111. (Position information receiving means).

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information in the guardian management DB. As shown in FIG. 3, the guardian management DB 110 has a guardian ID (Identification), a guardian contact information, a safe area moving event, a dangerous area moving event, and a current position (for each protected person). Data of five items such as longitude and latitude are managed. Here, the protected person ID is identification information for identifying the protected person, and is given by the protected person management DB 110 and registered in the item of the protected person ID.

  The parent contact information item is an item for registering the guardian's e-mail address. The safe area movement event item is for registering the presence or absence of notification when the protected person leaves the safe area, and the dangerous area movement event item is for when the protected person enters the dangerous area. This item registers the presence or absence of notification. The parent contact information, the safe area movement event item, and the dangerous area movement event item are registered by the guardian accessing the homepage of the management company that manages the server device 1. The item of current position is an item for recording position information (longitude, latitude) transmitted after the protected person turns on the power of the mobile phone 2 and starts the action. In FIG. 3, the item at the current position is blank, but this figure shows a state in which other items other than the item at the current position are set by the guardian first.

  The area information storage unit 101 stores area information including safe area information representing a safe area for a protected person and dangerous area information representing a dangerous area in the safe / dangerous area management DB 111 for each protected person. . In the present embodiment, the guardian accesses the server device 1 via the Internet, searches the electronic map information DB 113 for the area where the guardian is to be managed, and sets the safe area and the dangerous area. Then, it is registered in the safe / dangerous area management DB 111 (area information storage means). Specifically, it is as follows.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of electronic map information representing a safe area and a dangerous area. The guardian refers to the electronic map 20 of the electronic map information DB 113 that appears on the display screen of the guardian's mobile phone 3 or the guardian's personal computer 4, and surrounds the area to be designated as a safe area or a dangerous area with a rectangle. Set with. For example, as shown by arrows in the figure, the upper left and lower right locations of the square are designated, so that the area surrounded by the broken line is designated as a safe area or a dangerous area. In addition, the method of specifying the safe area and the dangerous area is an example, and is not limited to this method. For example, if one point on the electronic map is selected, a range within a radius of several meters is designated as the safe area or the dangerous area. May be specified. On the electronic map, places such as schools, parks, and plazas may be designated as safe areas, or high-traffic boulevards, near factories, condominiums under construction, and places with signboards that are prohibited from entry may be designated as dangerous areas.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of information in the safety / risk area management DB. As shown in FIG. 5, the safety / risk area management DB 111 includes five items such as a guardian ID, a first coordinate, a second coordinate, a region type, and a detection result for each guardian. Composed. The first coordinate represents the coordinate of the rectangular A point (upper left) that divides the safe area and the dangerous area surrounded by the broken line shown in FIG. 4, and the second coordinate is the B point that is diagonal to the A point. It represents the coordinates (lower right). A safe area and a dangerous area are identified from the first coordinates and the second coordinates. The area type item is an item for setting the area derived from the first coordinate and the second coordinate to be safe or dangerous for each protected person ID. The detection result item is an item indicating whether or not the guardian has moved, and is an item recorded when the information monitoring program is actually operating. Details will be described in the description of the operation.

  Also, the entry / exit management unit 102 shown in FIG. 2 manages the entry / exit of the protected person to / from the safe area or the dangerous area based on the position information of the protected person, which changes in time (in / out management means) . For entry / exit management, the position information (longitude, latitude) of the person to be protected is converted into the position information of the XY coordinates on the electronic map. A case of entering or exiting an area is detected by a change in position information of XY coordinates on the electronic map. And a detection result is recorded on the item of the detection result of safe and dangerous area DB111 shown in FIG.

  Further, the determination unit 103 uses the detection result of the safety / dangerous area DB 111 recorded by the entry / exit management unit 102 and the current position information of the protected person in the protected person management DB (Database) 110 to protect the protected person. It is determined whether the person is in a safe area, a dangerous area, or any other area (determination means). The position information notification unit 104 notifies the guardian's mobile phone 3 and computer 4 by e-mail when the person to be protected is in a dangerous area as a determination result (position information notification means). The notification by e-mail is merely an example, and is not limited to e-mail.

  Further, the stay time calculation unit 105 stores the date and time information in association with the position information of the protected person received in the protected person stay status management DB 112, and each time the position information of the protected person is received, the position information and Based on the date and time information, the staying time during which the guardian stays in the same place is calculated and recorded in the guardian stay status management DB 112 (staying time calculating means). Hereinafter, a specific description will be given with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of information in the guardian stay status management DB. Each person to be protected is composed of five items such as a person to be protected, current position information (longitude, latitude), longest stayable time, current position stay start time, and stay duration. The item of the longest stayable time is an item for setting a time during which the guardian can stay in the same place in advance. In addition, the current position stay start time item represents the start time at which the stay started at a predetermined location for each person to be protected, and the stay duration item has the guardian staying at the same place. Represents time. In FIG. 6, the items of current position information (longitude, latitude), current position stay start time, and stay duration are left blank. Indicates the set state.

  Here, the stay time calculation unit 105 calculates the stay time from the current position stay start time and the time of the date and time information received this time when the guardian is in the same place from the position information of the guardian, Record in the duration item.

  In addition, when the stay duration excess notification unit 106 shown in FIG. 2 exceeds the predetermined longest stayable time shown in FIG. 6, the stay time excess notification unit 106 notifies the guardian's mobile phone 3 or computer 4 of the fact. (Residence time excess notification means).

<Mobile phone for guardian>
The mobile phone for a guardian shown in FIG. 1 has a function of downloading and obtaining an information monitoring program according to an embodiment of the present invention from a homepage of a management company having the server device 1.

  FIG. 7 shows the internal configuration when the information monitoring program is incorporated in the CPU of the mobile phone for the guardian. Here, the location information acquisition unit 200, the incoming call switching setting unit 201, and the incoming call automatic setting unit 202 are constructed by incorporating an information monitoring program into the CPU 20.

  The mobile phone 2 has a GPS function, and the position information acquisition unit 200 notifies the server apparatus 1 of the position information acquired by the GPS function via the network (position information acquisition means). The incoming call switching setting unit 201 switches the setting of manual incoming call or automatic incoming call. The incoming call automatic setting unit 202 automatically executes incoming call processing when the incoming call switching setting unit 201 is set to automatic incoming call when an incoming call occurs. By providing such an incoming call switching setting unit 201 and an automatic incoming call setting unit 202, even if the user gets lost and panics and forgets to operate the mobile terminal, the setting of the incoming call switching setting unit 201 If you set to automatic call, you can talk with parents immediately.

<Cell phone for parents>
A cellular phone 3 for a guardian shown in FIG. 1 has a function of downloading and obtaining an information monitoring program according to an embodiment of the present invention from a homepage of a management company having the server device 1.

  FIG. 8 shows the internal configuration when the information monitoring program is incorporated in the CPU of the parental mobile phone. Here, the position information receiving unit 300 is constructed by incorporating an information monitoring program into the CPU 30. The location information receiving unit 300 receives a notification from the location information notification unit 104 that the protected person is in a dangerous area, or the protected person sets in advance the stay time of the same place from the stay time excess notification unit 106. You will be notified by e-mail that you have exceeded the specified time. After accepting these notifications, the guardian's mobile phone 3 issues a warning by a ringing tone. When the guardian accesses the home page of the server device via the network, the current position of the guardian appears on the electronic map on the display screen. Thereby, the guardian can know that the guardian is in a dangerous state, and can take subsequent actions.

<Computer for parent>
The guardian computer 4 shown in FIG. 1 has the function of downloading and obtaining the information monitoring program according to an embodiment of the present invention from the homepage of the management company having the server device 1, as with the guardian mobile phone 3. The guardian computer 4 also has a position information receiving unit (not shown) constructed by incorporating an information monitoring program into the CPU. When the notification is received from the location information notification unit 104 or the stay time excess notification unit 106 by e-mail, the location information reception unit sounds an alarm sound from the computer and notifies the guardian. Then, when the guardian accesses the home page of the server device via the network in the same manner as the guardian's mobile phone 3, the current position of the guardian appears on the electronic map on the display screen. Thereby, the guardian can know that the guardian is in a dangerous state, and can take subsequent actions.
[Operation]
Next, the operation of the information monitoring system will be described.

  FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the operation of the entire system. Here, the position information is transmitted to the server device 1 from the person to be protected who is using the cell phone 2 for the person to be protected (hereinafter simply referred to as “cell phone 2”). A sequence in which the determination result is transmitted to the parental mobile phone 3 (hereinafter simply referred to as “mobile phone 3”) will be described. Further, in order to make the story easy to understand, it is assumed that the location information is notified twice from the mobile phone 2 to the server device 1 at time intervals in the sequence.

  First, when a person to be protected turns on the power of the mobile phone 2 and starts using the mobile phone 2, the GPS function is activated, and the location information (the location of the person to be protected from the artificial satellite (not shown)) ( Longitude and latitude are acquired (step S100). Then, this position information is automatically transmitted to the server device 1 via the base station 5 and the Internet (step S101). The processing of step S100 and step S101 corresponds to the position information acquisition step according to the present invention. The position information includes information on the person to be protected ID and is automatically transmitted at a predetermined time interval. Then, in the server device 1, the position information receiving unit 100 shown in FIG. 2 receives the position information (Step S102, position information receiving step). Then, the server device 1 records position information (longitude, latitude) in the item of current position information in the protected person management DB 110 shown in FIG. 3 (step S103).

  Subsequently, when a predetermined time elapses, the mobile phone 2 acquires position information (longitude, latitude) of the location where the guardian is currently present (step S104), and automatically sends this position information to the server device 1. Transmit (step S105). In the server apparatus 1, as in steps S <b> 102 and S <b> 103, the position information receiving unit 100 receives position information (step S <b> 106, position information receiving process), and the position information (in the current position information item in the guardian management DB 110) Longitude and latitude are recorded (step S107). Next, the entrance / exit management unit 102 shown in FIG. 2 performs safe area entrance / exit management (step S108). Specifically, the following procedure is performed.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an example of processing for performing safety / risk area entry / exit management of the entry / exit management unit. FIG. 10A shows the information in the protected person management DB and the information in the safety / dangerous area management DB after the process of step S103 shown in FIG. 9 is performed. FIG. 10B shows the information in the guardian management DB and the information in the safety / dangerous area management DB after the processing in step S107 shown in FIG. 9 is performed.

  FIG. 11 is an image diagram in which safe areas and dangerous areas managed by the safe / hazardous area management DB are displayed on an electronic map. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing routine in which the entry / exit management unit performs safe area entry / exit management. The processing routine in which the entrance / exit management unit performs safe area entrance / exit management is started when position information is registered in the protected person management DB. In the protected person management DB of FIG. 10A, first, the current position is recorded for each protected person.

  When the current position is recorded, the entry / exit management unit 102 refers to the record in each column of the guardian management DB 110 (step S200). Next, the presence / absence of notification setting is determined in the item of safe area movement event (step S201). If the notification setting has not been made (step S201: No), this processing routine ends without doing anything. This means that no checks are made for safe area movements. When the notification setting is made (step S201: Yes), the following processing is performed. Here, as shown in FIG. 10A, the Id-1 protected person in the item of the protected person ID is set to be notified, so the record of the protected person of Id-1 is selected. Subsequently, the record of the protected person of Id-1 in the safety / dangerous area management DB 111 is referred to (step S202). In this case, three records of the protected person of Id-1 are selected.

  Next, one record is selected in which the area type of the protected person of Id-1 in the safety / dangerous area management DB 111 is a safe area. Then, based on the current position information and safe area information of the guardian management DB 110, within the range of the safe area A (safe area derived from (x11, y11) and (x12, y12)) shown in FIG. It is checked whether or not the position information (longitude, latitude) of the person to be protected exists (step S203). If the determination result indicates that the position information (longitude, latitude) of the protected person does not exist within the safe area (step S204: Yes), “false” is written in the detection result column. On the other hand, in the case of a determination result indicating that the position information (longitude, latitude) of the protected person exists in the safe area (step S204: No), “true” is written in the detection result column (step S207). ). Here, the detection result “true” means that the person to be protected is in the safe area A, and the detection result “false” means that the person is not in the safe area A.

  And, for all the records in which the area type of the record of the protected person of Id-1 in the safety / dangerous area management DB 111 is safe, the position information of the protected person of Id-1 exists in the safe area It is checked whether or not the determination process has been performed. If all the checks have not been completed (step S206: Yes), the process returns to step S202. When all checks are completed (step S206: No), the processing routine in which the entrance / exit management unit 102 shown in FIG.

  Subsequently, in FIG. 10 (b), the entry / exit management unit 102 also performs safety for the information in the guardian management DB and the information in the safety / dangerous area management DB after the processing in step S108 shown in FIG. 9 is performed. A processing routine for performing regional entry / exit management is executed. The processing from step S200 to step S207 corresponds to step S108 of the safe area entrance / exit management processing shown in FIG. Although not shown in the sequence diagram here, when the safe area movement event is set to be notified, when the protected person leaves the safe area, the location information notification unit 104 shown in FIG. In addition, information about leaving the safe area will be notified by e-mail.

  Next, the entrance / exit management unit 102 shown in FIG. 2 performs dangerous area entrance / exit management (step S109 in FIG. 9). Specifically, the following procedure is performed.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing routine in which the entry / exit management unit performs dangerous area entry / exit management. The processing routine in which the entrance / exit management unit 102 performs dangerous area entrance / exit management is started when the entrance / exit management unit 102 ends the processing routine in which safe area entrance / exit management is performed.

  The entry / exit management unit 102 refers to records in each column of the guardian management DB 110 (step S300). Next, the presence / absence of notification setting is determined in the dangerous area movement event item (step S301).

  When the notification setting has not been made (step S301: No), this processing routine ends without doing anything. In this case, it means that the check is not performed for the movement in the dangerous area. For example, when the guardian is accompanied by the guardian, it means that the movement in the dangerous area is also under the control of the guardian, so that it is not necessary to notify it.

  On the other hand, when the notification setting is made (step S301: Yes), the following processing is performed. Here, as shown in FIG. 10A, in the item of the protected person ID, the protected persons of Id-1 and Id-2 are set to be notified, so that the protected persons of Id-1 and Id-2 are set. A parent record is selected. Note that the processing method of the Id-2 guardian is the same as the processing method of the guardian of Id-1, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  Subsequently, the record of the protected person of Id-1 in the safety / dangerous area management DB 111 is referred to (step S302). In this case, three records of the protected person of Id-1 are selected.

  Next, one record is selected in which the area type of the protected person of Id-1 in the safety / dangerous area management DB 111 is a dangerous area. Then, based on the current location information and safe area information in the guardian management DB 110, the risk is divided from the dangerous area C ((x31, y31) and (x32, y32) on the electronic map 21 shown in FIG. It is checked whether or not the position information (longitude, latitude) of the protected person exists within the range of (region) (step S303). If the determination result indicates that the position information (longitude, latitude) of the protected person is included in the dangerous area (step S304: Yes), “true” is written in the detection result column. On the other hand, if the determination result indicates that the position information (longitude, latitude) of the protected person is not in the dangerous area (step S304: No), “false” is written in the detection result column (step S307). Here, the detection result “true” means that the person to be protected is in the danger area C, and the detection result “false” means that the person is not in the danger area C.

  Then, it is determined whether or not the Id-1 guardian is in the dangerous area for all the records in which the area type of the record of the guarded person of Id-1 in the safety / dangerous area management DB 111 is dangerous. It is checked whether processing has been performed. If all checks have not been completed (step S306: Yes), the process returns to step S302. When all checks are completed (step S306: No), the processing routine in which the entrance / exit management unit 102 shown in FIG.

  Subsequently, in FIG. 10B, the entry / exit management unit 102 also provides information in the protected person management DB and information in the safety / dangerous area management DB after the processing in step S109 shown in FIG. 9 is performed. A processing routine for managing the dangerous area entrance / exit is executed. The processing from step S300 to step S307 corresponds to step S109 of the dangerous area entrance / exit management processing shown in FIG. The safe area entrance / exit management processing step S108 and the dangerous area entrance / exit management process step S109 are executed as described above, so that the guardian enters and exits the safe area or the dangerous area based on the positional information that changes in time. Finally, as shown in FIG. 10, information in the guardian management DB 110 and information in the safety / dangerous area management DB 111 are obtained.

  Next, the process of the determination unit 103 shown in FIG. 2 is performed (step S110 in FIG. 9). As described above, the process of the determination unit 103 determines whether the protected person is in a safe area, a dangerous area, or any other area. As this determination method, the determination unit 103 makes a determination by performing a logical OR operation on the value of the detection result item of the same record that changes in time in the safety / risk area management DB 111.

  In the present embodiment, “true” in the detection result of the safety / dangerous area management DB 111 indicates that the detection target area (safe area or dangerous area) exists, and “false” in the detection result indicates detection. This means that it does not exist in the target area (safe area or dangerous area). By calculating the logical sum described below, it is possible to make a flexible decision, such as whether the protected person has moved from a safe area to a dangerous area, or the safe area has been left but is not in a dangerous area. Protected persons can be monitored according to local characteristics. This will be specifically described below.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a logical sum operation. A logical sum is a logical operation indicating that at least one of a plurality of given propositions is true.

  FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing that it can be seen that the guardian has moved from the safe area to the dangerous area as a result of the logical sum calculation. FIG. 15A shows that at time X, there is a protected person (Id-1) in the safe area A on the electronic map 22 (the detection result is “true”), and the safe area B This indicates that there is no person to be protected in the dangerous area C (the detection result is “false” in both the safe area B and the dangerous area C). FIG. 15B shows that the guardian (Id-1) is present in the dangerous area C on the electronic map 22 at the time Y (the detection result is “true”). , B indicates that there is no person to be protected (the detection results are “false” in both safe areas A and B).

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the result of the logical sum operation on the detection result values shown in FIG. In the item of the safe area A, the result of the logical sum operation is “true”, indicating that the safe area has been moved. This means that since the protected person (Id-1) was present in the safe area A at time X, the protected person (Id-1) appeared in the area outside the safe area A at time Y. .

  In addition, in the item of the safe area B, the result of the logical sum operation is “false”, which means that it was originally not in the safe area B. Furthermore, in the dangerous area C item, the result of the logical sum is “true”, indicating that the dangerous area has been moved. This means that the protected person (Id-1) has moved to the dangerous area C at time Y because the protected person (Id-1) did not exist in the dangerous area C at time X. If the result of the logical sum is “false” in the dangerous area C item, this means that the guardian (Id-1) has moved out of the safe area A, but is in the dangerous area C. Means that you are in a non-safe area or a non-hazardous area.

  As described above, it has been exemplified that it is possible to determine whether or not the guardian is in the danger area by the operation of the logical sum. Therefore, referring back to FIG. 10 and FIG. The description of the processing of the determination unit in S110 will be continued.

  FIG. 17 is a processing routine of the determination unit started upon completion of the dangerous area entry / exit management step. First, in the safety / dangerous area management DB 111, the value of the item of the detection result of the same record that fluctuates in time is extracted (step S400), and the logical sum is calculated for the value of the item of the detection result (step S400). S401).

  Next, from the logical sum calculation result, the determination unit 103 determines whether the protected person has moved to the dangerous area (step S402). In the present embodiment, in FIG. 10, the result of the logical operation of the guardian (Id-1) is the same as the result shown in FIG. Therefore, since the determination result that the protected person (Id-1) has moved to the dangerous area is obtained (step S401: Yes), the process proceeds to step S403, where the position information notification unit 104 shown in FIG. Information indicating that the person has moved to the dangerous area is notified by e-mail to the cellular phone 3 of the guardian (location information notification step). Then, this processing routine ends.

  Also, in FIG. 10, the result of the logical operation of the guardian (Id-2) is partitioned from the safe area D ((x41, y41) and (x42, y42) on the electronic map 21 shown in FIG. Although it has left the (safe area) (the result of the logical operation is “true”), it has not moved to the dangerous area E (the dangerous area partitioned from (x51, y51) and (x52, y52)). The result of the logical operation is “false” (step S402: No), and nothing is notified to the guardian, and this processing routine is terminated. In this case, it means that the person to be protected (Id-2) is outside the safe area D, but is not in the safe area or the dangerous area, but in another area.

  Further, in FIG. 10, the result of the logical operation of the protected person (Id-3) is “false”, and at least the protected person (Id-3) is in the dangerous area F ((x61, y61) shown in FIG. ) And (dangerous areas demarcated from (x62, y62)) (step S402: No), and nothing is notified to the guardian, and this processing routine is terminated.

  In addition, when an e-mail is notified to the protector's mobile phone 3 that the mobile phone 3 of the guardian has moved to the dangerous area, the display screen of the mobile phone 3 displays the protector's (Id-) 3) is displayed indicating that the vehicle has moved to a dangerous area (step S112 in FIG. 9). By doing so, the guardian does not always need to monitor the guardian, and the time constraint is suppressed.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. A configuration different from that of the first embodiment will be described in detail. In the second embodiment, the location information receiving unit 100 shown in FIG. 2 stores the date and time information in association with the received location information of the protected person, and the stay time calculating unit 105 shown in FIG. Each time the position information is received, the staying time during which the guardian stays at the same place is calculated based on the position information and the date and time information. In this case, when the positional information before and after the time is the same, the time of the difference between the previous date and time information when the positional information was received and the current date and time information when received this time is calculated, and the time of the difference is calculated. Add to stay time. Then, when the calculated staying time exceeds a predetermined stayable time, the staying time excess notification unit 106 notifies the guardian's terminal of the protected person who has exceeded the staying possible time. This will be specifically described below.

  First, when a person to be protected turns on the power of the mobile phone 2 and starts using it, the mobile phone 2 has a GPS function activated, and the person to be protected is present from an artificial satellite (not shown) as in the first embodiment. Get location information (longitude, latitude). Then, this position information is automatically transmitted to the server device 1 via the base station 5 and the Internet. Note that the position information includes information on the person to be protected and the transmission date and time of the position information, and is automatically transmitted at a predetermined time interval. Then, in the server device 1, the position information receiving unit 100 shown in FIG. 2 receives the position information.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart of a processing routine started when the position information receiving unit receives position information. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of information in the guardian stay status management DB.

  First, the position information receiving unit 100 shown in FIG. 2 records the position information (longitude, latitude) and the current position stay start time in the guardian stay status management DB 112 for each guardian ID. Then, the calculation of the stay duration starts (step S500). Next, when the position information receiving unit 100 receives the position information after a predetermined time has elapsed, the position information that moves back and forth in time is compared for the protected person in the received position information (step S501). Here, when the guardian stays at the same place from the position information (step S502: Yes), the stay time is calculated from the current position stay start time and the time of the date and time information received this time to stay. It records in the item of duration (step S503).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the stay duration has exceeded the longest stayable time (step S504). When the stay continuation time exceeds the maximum stayable time (step S504: Yes), the staying time excess notification unit 106 shown in FIG. 2 informs the guardian's mobile phone 3 that the maximum stayable time has been exceeded. Notify me of information by e-mail. Then, this processing routine ends. On the other hand, when the stay continuation time does not exceed the longest possible stay time (step S504: No), this processing routine is ended.

  If it is determined in step S502 that the guardian has not stayed at the same place from the position information (step S502: No), the current position in the guardian stay status management DB 112 is newly moved. The current position stay start time is set to the time of the newly moved place. Furthermore, the stay duration is reset (step S506).

  In this way, if the guardian stays in the same place for longer than the maximum available time, the guardian will be notified, so if the guardian has something to do with the guardian Can also respond.

  As described above, there are provided an information monitoring device, an information monitoring system, an information monitoring method, and an information monitoring program that have been devised to be able to monitor the actions of the protected person while suppressing the time constraint of the guardian. .

  In the present invention, Example 1 and Example 2 have been described separately. However, the function of Example 2 is added to Example 1 to monitor the entrance and exit of the guardian's dangerous area and the maximum allowable stay time. Also good.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for an information monitoring apparatus that has been devised so that it can monitor the actions of a guardian while suppressing the time constraint of the guardian, and has industrial applicability.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of a system. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of the server apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the information in protected person management DB. It is a figure which shows an example of the electronic map information showing a safe area and a danger area. It is a figure which shows an example of the information in safe / risk area management DB. It is a figure which shows an example of the information in protected person stay condition management DB. This is an internal configuration when an information monitoring program is incorporated in the CPU of the mobile phone for a person to be protected. This is an internal configuration when an information monitoring program is incorporated in the CPU of a parental mobile phone. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of operation | movement of the whole system. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the process which performs safe and dangerous area entrance / exit management of the entrance / exit management part. It is the image figure which displayed on the electronic map the safe area and dangerous area which are managed by safe / dangerous area management DB. It is a flowchart showing an example of the processing routine in which an entrance / exit management part performs safe area entrance / exit management. It is a flowchart showing an example of the process routine in which an entrance / exit management part performs dangerous area entrance / exit management. It is a figure showing the operation of logical sum. It is explanatory drawing which shows that it can be understood that the to-be-protected person moved to the danger area by calculating the logical sum. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a result of a logical sum operation for the detection result values illustrated in FIG. 15. It is a processing routine of the determination part started upon completion of the dangerous area entry / exit management step. It is a flowchart of a processing routine started when a position information receiving unit receives position information. It is a figure which shows an example of the information of guardian stay condition management DB. It is an image figure which shows an example of the conventional information monitoring system.

Explanation of symbols

1, 1a, 400 Server device 2 Cell phone for guardian 3 Cell phone for guardian 4 Computer for guardian 5 Base station 6 Internet 10 CPU for server device
11 Server Device Storage Unit 12 Database 20, 30 CPU
20, 21, 22 Electronic map 40 Management center 41, 42, 43 Mobile phone 100 Location information receiving unit 101 Regional information storage unit 102 Entrance / exit management unit 103 Determination unit 104 Location information notification unit 105 Stay time calculation unit 106 Stay time excess notification unit 110 Protected person management DB
111 Safety / Dangerous Area Management DB
112 Protected person stay status management DB
113 Electronic map information DB
200 position information acquisition unit 201 incoming call switching setting unit 202 incoming call automatic setting unit 300 position information reception unit 401 database

Claims (10)

An information monitoring device for monitoring position information,
Area information storage means for storing area information including safe area information representing a safe area for a protected person and dangerous area information representing a dangerous area;
Position information receiving means for receiving position information representing the current position transmitted from the position information acquisition device possessed by the protected person;
Based on the position information and the area information, a determination unit that determines whether the protected person is in a safe area, a dangerous area, or any other area;
An information monitoring apparatus comprising: position information notification means for notifying a terminal of the guardian of the person to be protected of the determination result according to the determination result obtained by the determination means.   The information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the safe area and the dangerous area are areas predetermined for each person to be protected.   The information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position information is information including a longitude and a latitude of a place where the protected person is present. The position information receiving means stores the received position information of the protected person,
4. An entry / exit management means for managing entry / exit of the guardian to / from the safe area or the dangerous area based on the position information that changes in time. Item 1. The information monitoring apparatus according to item 1. The location information receiving means stores date and time information in association with the received location information of the protected person,
A stay time calculation means for calculating a stay time during which the guardian stays at the same place based on the position information and the date and time information each time the position information of the guardian is received;
When the calculated staying time exceeds a predetermined stayable time, the staying time excess notifying means for notifying the guardian's terminal of the guardian who has exceeded the stayable time is further provided The information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information monitoring apparatus is any one of claims 1 to 4.   6. The information monitoring apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the stayable time is set to be shortened or extended according to an input from a guardian to the information monitoring apparatus. A portable terminal used by a guardian connected by a network, a terminal used by a guardian, and an information monitoring device for monitoring location information;
The portable terminal used by the guardian is
A position information acquisition means for acquiring position information of a current position and transmitting the position information to the information monitoring device;
The information monitoring device includes:
Area information storage means for storing area information including safe area information representing a safe area for the protected person and dangerous area information representing a dangerous area;
Position information receiving means for receiving the position information transmitted from the portable terminal of the protected person;
Based on the position information and the area information, a determination means for determining whether the protected person is in a safe area, a dangerous area, or any other area;
In accordance with the determination result obtained by the determination means, the position information notification means for notifying the determination result to the terminal of the guardian of the protected person,
The terminal used by the guardian is
An information monitoring system comprising: a position information receiving unit that receives the notification of the determination result from the position information notifying unit of the information monitoring apparatus. The portable terminal is
An incoming call switching setting section for switching the setting of manual incoming call or automatic incoming call,
8. The information monitor according to claim 7, further comprising: an automatic incoming call reception unit that automatically performs incoming call processing when the incoming call switching setting unit is set to automatic incoming call when an incoming call occurs. system. An information monitoring method in which a computer monitors position information,
A position information receiving step for receiving position information representing the current position transmitted from the position information acquisition device possessed by the protected person;
Based on the position information, and pre-set and stored regional information including safe area information representing a safe area for the protected person and dangerous area information representing a dangerous area, the protected person Judgment process to determine whether it is in an area, a dangerous area, or any other area,
An information monitoring method comprising: a position information notification step of notifying the determination result obtained to the guardian's terminal of the person to be protected according to the determination result obtained in the determination step. Position information receiving means for receiving position information indicating the current position transmitted from the position information acquisition device possessed by the guardian to the information monitoring device;
Based on the position information, and pre-set and stored regional information including safe area information representing a safe area for the protected person and dangerous area information representing a dangerous area, the protected person A means of judging whether it is in an area, a dangerous area, or any other area,
An information monitoring program for realizing position information notification means for notifying the terminal of the guardian of the person to be protected of the determination result according to the determination result obtained by the determination means.

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