JP2009245072A - Safety confirmation system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a safety confirmation system, capable of determining presence or absence of a person in a house using security mode information set in a monitoring device before a principal shock reaches to display the presence or absence to the outdoors. <P>SOLUTION: The system includes the monitoring device provided at a monitoring target facility and a display device connected to the monitoring device. The monitoring device includes a receiving unit for receiving earthquake information via a communication network; a storage unit storing, as operation modes, an uninhabited mode that is set when the monitoring target facility is uninhabited and an inhabited mode that is set, when the monitoring target facility is inhabited; and a controller that determines necessity of the safety confirmation, on the basis of the operation mode stored in the storage unit and outputs the determined result to the display device, responsive to reception of the earthquake information by the receiving unit. The display device includes a display unit for displaying the need for the safety confirmation in the monitoring target facility, on the basis of the output from the monitoring device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  In the present invention, when an earthquake occurs, there is a possibility that there is a person inside the facility such as a house, and it is necessary to make safety confirmation, or there is no person inside the facility, so there is no need to confirm safety It is related with the safety confirmation system which enabled it to identify from the exterior of a facility.

In recent years, services that receive emergency earthquake information based on emergency earthquake bulletins delivered by the Japan Meteorological Agency through dedicated receivers have begun to spread.
Earthquake early warning is an earthquake that occurs when a P-wave is detected by a seismometer near the epicenter, and the epicenter, magnitude (magnitude), and S-wave (major motion) are predicted based on this observation data. The arrival time and predicted seismic intensity are immediately estimated and distributed as emergency earthquake alerts via the Internet.
In the past, in the event of a disaster such as an earthquake or tsunami, before the earthquake occurred, the center device connected to the home gateway of the home via the Internet in order to know the presence of people in the home and grasp the safety information. On the other hand, a safety confirmation system has been proposed in which a reply request signal is transmitted, the home gateway detects the presence or absence of a person in the house by a human sensor, and transmits a human body presence / absence signal to a center device. (For example, see Patent Document 1)

JP 2007-134874 A

In the safety confirmation system shown in Patent Document 1, the presence / absence of a person in the house is detected by a human sensor, but the human sensor cannot detect a person due to the blind spot of a fallen furniture or the like, for example. There is also. That is, in the safety confirmation system shown in Patent Document 1, if the human sensor does not detect a person, the center apparatus does not take a rescue action because there is no person in the house.
In addition, safety confirmation and rescue activities immediately after an earthquake are often performed by neighbors, but from outside the house, there is a possibility that there is a possibility that there is a person in the house or that there is no person. If it can be identified, the safety confirmation / rescue activity can be effectively performed on the house that needs to be rescued without performing unnecessary confirmation work.
However, the safety confirmation system shown in Patent Document 1 is not displayed outside the house, but provides safety information from an external center device to a mobile phone or the like after an earthquake occurs.
In the confused situation after the earthquake, it is difficult to use it for rescue operations by neighbors.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and determines the presence or absence of a person in the house using the security mode information set in the monitoring device before the main motion of the earthquake arrives. An object of the present invention is to provide a safety confirmation system that can be displayed outdoors.

  In order to achieve the above object, a safety confirmation system according to the present invention includes a monitoring device provided in a facility to be monitored and a display device connected to the monitoring device, and the monitoring device is connected via a communication network. A receiving unit that receives earthquake information, and an unmanned mode set when the monitored facility is unmanned and an attended mode set when the monitored facility is manned as operation modes When the earthquake information is received by the storage unit and the reception unit, control for determining whether or not safety confirmation is necessary based on the operation mode stored in the storage unit and outputting the result to the display device The display device includes a display unit that displays the necessity of safety confirmation in the monitored facility based on an output from the monitoring device.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the safety confirmation necessity information displayed on the display device is confirmed in the monitoring facility when the operation mode stored in the storage unit is set to the manned mode. It is information indicating that it is necessary, and is information indicating that confirmation in the monitoring facility is not required when the operation mode stored in the storage unit is set to the unattended mode.

  Thereby, when an earthquake occurs, the presence or absence of a person in the house can be determined using the security mode information set in the monitoring device, and can be displayed outdoors.

  Furthermore, in the safety confirmation system of this invention, Preferably, the said display apparatus has a visible display part, and is installed in the place which can be visually recognized from the outside of the said monitoring object facility.

  In such a configuration, it is possible to visually recognize the necessity of safety confirmation at the facility from the outside of the monitored facility.

  Furthermore, in the safety confirmation system according to the present invention, preferably, the display device has an audible display unit and is installed at a location recognizable from outside the facility to be monitored.

  In such a configuration, it is possible to recognize by hearing the necessity of safety confirmation at the facility from outside the facility to be monitored.

  According to the safety confirmation system according to the present invention, the presence or absence of a person in the house is judged using the security mode information set in the monitoring device before the main motion of the earthquake arrives, and the safety confirmation is performed outdoors. Therefore, it is possible to effectively confirm the safety after the occurrence of the earthquake and rescue operations.

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a safety confirmation system according to the present invention.
The safety confirmation system 2 is installed in a user's dwelling unit or the like, which is a monitoring target facility 1, and is connected to a remote monitoring center 3, a rescue support center 4, and an emergency earthquake warning distribution server 5 via a network 6 which is a communication network. Has been.

  The network 6 is composed of a public telephone network and an Internet network, and communication is performed by appropriately selecting each communication unit. In the present embodiment, the network type, communication protocol, switching facility, Internet service provider facility, and the like use general techniques, and thus will not be described in detail.

  The safety confirmation system 2 includes a monitoring device 21 that monitors the occurrence of an abnormality in the monitoring target facility 1, a communication device 22 that connects the monitoring device 21 and the network 6, and information from the outside of the monitoring target facility 1 visually and audibly. The display device 23 is installed at a place where it can be confirmed, and various sensors 24A to 24E are arranged at appropriate places inside / outside the dwelling unit to be monitored facility 1.

The disaster prevention sensor 24 </ b> A is a smoke sensor or a heat sensor that detects a fire abnormality in the monitored facility 1.
The security sensor 24 </ b> B is a magnet sensor or the like that detects the opening / closing of a door disposed at an appropriate location inside / outside the monitoring target facility 1.
The occupant sensor 24 </ b> C is an infrared sensor that detects a human body with infrared rays emitted from a person inside the monitored facility 1 and outside the evacuation area.
The emergency button 24D is a notification button operated by the user in an emergency.
The equipment sensor 24E detects an abnormality in equipment such as an air conditioner or a water heater.

  When the monitoring device 21 detects an abnormality that has occurred in the monitored facility 1, the monitoring device 21 transmits information on the abnormality to the monitoring center 3 via the network 6.

  When the communication device 22 receives the earthquake early warning from the emergency earthquake bulletin distribution server 5 via the network 6, it transmits it to the monitoring device 21.

Next, each apparatus which comprises the safety confirmation system 2 is demonstrated using FIG.1, FIG2 and FIG.3.
<Monitoring device>
The monitoring device 21 includes a communication unit 211, a sensor I / F 212, a storage unit 213, an operation display unit 214, and a control unit 215.
The communication unit 211 is a communication interface that connects the monitoring device 21, the communication device 22, and the display device 23. The monitoring device 21, the communication device 22, and the display device 23 are connected by LAN.

  The sensor I / F 212 is a communication interface that receives detection signals from various sensors 24 (24A, 24B, 24C, 24D, 24E).

The operation display unit 214 is a switch that selects and sets “unmanned warning set mode”, “manned warning set mode”, and “warning release mode” as the security mode of the monitoring device 2.
“Unmanned alert set mode” means that the monitoring facility 3 is unmanned, and when the security sensor 24B or the occupant sensor 24C detects an abnormality in the monitoring facility 1, it reports to the monitoring center 3 as an intrusion abnormality. Mode. This “unmanned warning set mode” is the “unattended mode” of the operation mode of the present invention.
The “manned warning set mode” is a security mode in which the monitoring target facility 1 is manned and when the security sensor 24B detects an abnormality, the monitoring center 3 is notified of an intrusion abnormality.
“Warning cancellation mode” refers to a security mode in which the monitored facility 1 is manned and does not report an abnormality even if the security sensor 24B or the occupant sensor 24C detects it.
The “manned warning set mode” and the “warning release mode” are the “manned mode” of the operation mode of the present invention.
The detection signals from the disaster prevention sensor 24A, the emergency button 24C, and the facility sensor 24D are reported as abnormal in any of the security modes of “unmanned warning set mode”, “manned warning set mode”, and “warning release mode”. .

  The storage unit 213 stores the name, address, telephone number, identification number of the monitoring device 21 and the like of the monitoring target facility 1. In addition, the current security mode set in the operation display unit 214 is stored.

  The operation display unit 214 also includes a liquid crystal display, a speaker, and a buzzer, and performs a security mode, operation guidance, an alarm, an announcement, and the like.

The control unit 215 is realized by a CPU, a memory, and the like, and controls each unit of the monitoring device 21 according to various programs stored in the memory.
In normal times when the earthquake early warning is not received, when the control unit 215 receives the detection signals from the various sensors 24A to 24E, the control unit 215 determines whether there is an abnormality according to the current security mode stored in the storage unit 213. To do.
That is, when the control unit 215 receives the detection signal from any of the various sensors 24A to 24E when the “unmanned warning set mode” is set, the control unit 215 determines that an abnormality has occurred, and is set to the “manned warning set mode”. This is a security mode for notifying the monitoring center 3 of an abnormality when each sensor 24 except the occupant sensor 24C detects the abnormality.
When the “warning release mode” is set, if a detection signal is received from any one of the disaster prevention sensor 24A, the emergency button 24C, and the equipment sensor 24D, it is determined that there is an abnormality.
When the control unit 215 determines that an abnormality has occurred, the control unit 215 transmits an abnormality signal indicating the abnormality to the monitoring center 3 from the communication unit 211.

  When receiving the earthquake early warning from the communication device 22, the control unit 215 is set to the evacuation support mode, and the operation display unit 214 displays the time until the main motion of the earthquake arrives and the evacuation warning as will be described later. Further, it is determined whether or not it is necessary to confirm the safety of the person at the monitored facility 1, and the communication unit 211 outputs a safety confirmation necessity signal to the display device 23.

<Communication device>
Next, the communication device 22 will be described with reference to FIG.
The communication device 22 is a communication device that is roughly configured from a communication unit 221, a storage unit 222, and a control unit 223 and is connected to the Internet network of the network 6.
The control unit 223 is realized by a CPU, a memory, and the like, and controls each unit of the communication device 22 according to various programs stored in the memory.

  The communication unit 221 is a communication interface that connects the communication device 22 to the network 6 and the monitoring device 21. The network 6 to which the communication device 22 is connected is an Internet network, and the communication device 22 is connected to the rescue support center 4 and the emergency earthquake bulletin distribution server 5 via the Internet network.

  The storage unit 222 includes a ROM / RAM, a hard disk drive (HDD), and the like, and stores the IP address of the communication device 22 assigned by a provider or the like.

Next, the configuration of the display device 23 will be described with reference to FIG.
The display device 23 includes a communication unit 231, a storage unit 232, a display unit 233, a control unit 234, and a battery 235.

The communication unit 231 communicates with the monitoring device 21.
The storage unit 232 stores a display pattern of safety confirmation unnecessary information and safety confirmation request information displayed on the display unit 233.

  The control unit 234 is connected to the monitoring device 21 via the communication unit 231 and controls the display unit 233 according to the signal received from the monitoring device 21.

  The display unit 233 includes a liquid crystal display, an LED speaker, a buzzer, and the like, and displays the display pattern stored in the storage unit 232 by characters, light, sound, buzzer sound, and the like according to the control of the control unit 234.

  The battery 235 supplies power to each part of the display device 23 when commercial power is not supplied due to a power failure or the like at the time of an earthquake.

<Description of operation>
Hereinafter, the operation of the safety confirmation system according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing of the monitoring device 21 when the communication device 22 receives the earthquake early warning.
When the communication device 22 receives the emergency earthquake bulletin from the emergency earthquake bulletin distribution server 5 via the network 6, the communication unit 221 sends the emergency earthquake bulletin to the monitoring device 21 via the LAN.
When the communication unit 211 receives the emergency earthquake warning information (step S001), the control unit 215 of the monitoring device 21 sets the operation mode to the evacuation support mode. (Step S002)

  Next, the control unit 215 reads and determines the current security mode stored in the storage unit 213 (step S003). If the “unmanned security set mode” is set, the monitored facility 1 is unmanned. Therefore, information indicating that safety confirmation is unnecessary is sent from the communication unit 211 to the display device 23. (Step S004)

  If the current security mode stored in the storage unit 213 is set to “alert release mode” or “manned alarm set mode”, the main motion of the earthquake at the location of the facility will arrive based on the earthquake early warning The time and seismic intensity are calculated, the countdown display until the arrival time and the predicted seismic intensity are displayed on the liquid crystal display of the operation display unit 214, and a warning is given by voice. (Step S005)

  If the “warning release mode” or the “manned warning mode” is set, since the monitored facility 1 is manned, information indicating that safety confirmation is necessary is displayed from the communication unit 211 on the display device 23. To send. (Step S006)

Then, after the earthquake occurs, if the user in the monitored facility does not need to be rescued safely and performs a release operation on the operation display unit 214 of the monitoring device 21 (step S007), it is not necessary to confirm safety. Is transmitted from the communication unit 211 to the display device 23. (Step S008)
Note that the release operation is not limited to the case where the user himself / herself performs as described above. For example, the monitoring center 3 may perform the operation remotely via the network 6 after confirming the safety of the user.

Next, the operation of the display device 213 will be described with reference to FIG.
In the display device 23, when the communication unit 231 receives the safety confirmation unnecessary information transmitted from the monitoring device 21 (YES in step S <b> 101), the control unit 234 displays information indicating that the safety confirmation is not necessary on the display unit 233. To do. (Step S102)
As the display method, various display methods such as displaying characters such as “the building is unattended” on the liquid crystal display, turning on a blue light, or exposing the display board are possible.

When the safety confirmation unnecessary information from the monitoring device is not received (NO in step S101), when the safety confirmation request information is received (YES in step S104), the control unit 234 sends information indicating that the display unit 233 requests safety confirmation. Displayed (step S105).
For example, various display methods are possible such as displaying characters such as “Please rescue” on the liquid crystal display, turning on a red light, or exposing a red display board.

  After the information indicating that the safety confirmation is requested is displayed, the process returns to step S101, and the monitoring device 21 performs the release operation, and the safety confirmation request display state is maintained until the safety confirmation unnecessary information is received. When the safety confirmation unnecessary information is received from the monitoring device 21, the control unit 234 changes the display on the display unit 233 to display information indicating that the safety confirmation is unnecessary. (Step S102)

  In the above embodiment, the safety confirmation unnecessary information and the safety confirmation request information are transmitted and displayed only on the display device 23, but may be simultaneously transmitted to the external rescue support center 4 or the like. .

  In each of the above-described embodiments, an example in which the communication device 22 and the monitoring device 21 are configured separately has been described. However, the communication device 22 and the monitoring device 21 may be configured to be communicable, Of course, it may be configured integrally. In the case of an integral configuration, the cost can be reduced by configuring the communication device 22 and the monitoring device 21 to share common hardware such as a control unit, a communication unit, and a storage unit.

  According to the embodiment described above, when an emergency earthquake warning is issued, the presence / absence of a person in the monitored facility is determined based on the operation mode of the monitoring device installed in the monitored facility, and whether or not safety confirmation is required Can be displayed outside.

The block diagram which shows the safety confirmation system of this invention The figure which shows the structure of the monitoring apparatus 21 The figure which shows the structure of the communication apparatus 22 The figure which shows the structure of the display apparatus 23 Flowchart showing the operation of the monitoring device 21 Flowchart showing the operation of the display device 23

Explanation of symbols

1 Monitoring Facility 2 Safety Confirmation System 21 Monitoring Device 22 Communication Device 23 Display Device 3 Monitoring Device 4 Rescue Support Center 5 Earthquake Early Warning Distribution Server 6 Network

Claims (4)

A monitoring device provided in a monitoring target facility, and a display device connected to the monitoring device,
The monitoring device
A receiving unit for receiving earthquake information via a communication network;
As an operation mode, a storage unit that stores an unmanned mode that is set when the monitored facility is unmanned, and a manned mode that is set when the monitored facility is manned,
When receiving the earthquake information in the receiving unit, comprising a control unit for determining the necessity of safety confirmation based on the operation mode stored in the storage unit, and outputting the result to the display device,
The display device
A safety confirmation system, comprising: a display unit configured to display the necessity of safety confirmation in the monitored facility based on an output from the monitoring device.   The safety confirmation necessity information displayed on the display device is information indicating that confirmation in the monitoring facility is necessary when the operation mode stored in the storage unit is set to the manned mode. 2. The safety according to claim 1, wherein the information indicates that confirmation in the monitoring facility is not required when the operation mode stored in the storage unit is set to the unattended mode. Confirmation system.   The safety confirmation system according to claim 1, wherein the display device has a visible display unit and is installed at a place where the display device can be seen from outside the monitoring target facility. The safety confirmation system according to claim 1, wherein the display device has an audible display unit and is installed in a place that can be recognized from outside the monitoring target facility.

Images