JP2019215703A - Control system and notification method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a technique which suppresses occurrence of erroneous output.SOLUTION: A first acquisition section 510 acquires a used amount of at least one of electricity, gases and tapped water in a region where a resident lives. An output section 516 outputs notification information in a case where the used amount acquired in the first acquisition section 510 meets predetermined conditions. A second acquisition section 512 acquires going-out information indicating going-out of the resident. The output section 516 outputs no notification information even if the used amount acquired in the first acquisition section 510 meets the predetermined conditions in a case where it is determined that the resident is under going-out based on the going-out information acquired in the second acquisition section 512.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present disclosure relates to a control system and a notification method for watching a resident.

  A life monitoring system is provided as various services for the elderly households. This detects an abnormality that occurs in the home of the person being watched over, such as an elderly person, and notifies the service user. For example, an in-home monitoring device is provided in the home of the watching target, and the watching center collects and manages the living information from the in-home watching device, and distributes the information as watching life information to a terminal used by the watching person (for example, see Patent Reference 1).

JP-A-2004-287770

  For example, if the change in the amount of electricity used in the home of the watching target is small, it is determined that an abnormality in the home of the watching target has been detected, and the watching life information is distributed. However, if the resident of the watching target person's house goes out, even if no abnormality has occurred, the change in the amount of electricity used is small, and the watching life information is distributed. For the watcher who has received the watch life information, it is necessary to confirm the visit of the watch target person's house. In other words, the trouble of the watching person increases, and access to the watching target person's house is performed. It is preferable that these occurrences are small.

  The present disclosure has been made in view of such a situation, and an object thereof is to provide a technique for suppressing occurrence of erroneous output.

  In order to solve the above problems, a control system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first acquisition unit that acquires at least one of electricity, gas, and water in an area where a resident lives, and a first acquisition unit. And a second acquisition unit that acquires the out-of-home information that indicates that the resident is out when the usage amount acquired in the step satisfies a predetermined condition. The output unit is configured to output the notification information even when the usage amount acquired by the first acquisition unit satisfies a predetermined condition, when the resident is determined to be out based on the outside information acquired by the second acquisition unit. No output.

  Another embodiment of the present disclosure is a notification method. This method includes a step of obtaining at least one of electricity, gas, and water usage in an area where a resident lives, and a step of outputting notification information when the obtained usage satisfies a predetermined condition. A step of acquiring out-of-home information indicating that the resident is out, and, when the resident is determined to be out based on the acquired out-of-home information, the notification information even if the acquired usage amount satisfies a predetermined condition. Non-outputting.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described components and any conversion of the expression of the present disclosure between a method, an apparatus, a system, a computer program, or a recording medium on which the computer program is recorded are also effective as aspects of the present disclosure. is there.

  According to the present disclosure, occurrence of erroneous output can be suppressed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a watching system according to the first embodiment. 2 is a flowchart showing an output procedure by the control system of FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a determination procedure by the control system of FIG. 1. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a watching system according to a second embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a watching system according to a third embodiment.

(Example 1)
Before specifically describing an embodiment of the present disclosure, an outline of the present embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment, when an abnormality is detected in a house in which a resident such as an elderly person lives (hereinafter, referred to as “target house”), a house in which the relative of the resident or the owner of the target house lives (hereinafter, “house”) Monitoring system). The control system installed in the target house acquires at least one usage of electricity, gas and water in the target house, and sends notification information to the network when a change in the usage is smaller than a threshold. A server device is connected to the network, and the server device receives notification information from the control system. Upon receiving the notification information, the server device checks the watching house and transmits the notification information to the notification device installed in the watching house via the network. Upon receiving the notification information, the notification device notifies the owner or the like of the occurrence of the abnormality.

  Upon receiving the notification of the occurrence of the abnormality, the owner or the like checks the state of the resident by visiting the target house or the like. If the notification of the occurrence of the abnormality is erroneous, these confirmation operations are useless, so it is preferable that the error of the notification of the occurrence of the abnormality be small. In order to reduce erroneous notification of occurrence of abnormality, it is effective to suppress erroneous output of notification information. For example, if the resident is out of the target house, the notification information should not be transmitted even if the usage change is smaller than the threshold. In order to realize such processing, it is possible to provide a human sensor in the target house and detect whether the resident is out or at home with the human sensor. However, if the occupant sensor erroneously detects that the user is out of the office despite the fact that the resident is at home, the information is not transmitted in a situation where the notification information must be transmitted. Therefore, it is also required to determine with high accuracy whether the user is out of the office or at home.

  To cope with this, the control system according to the present embodiment executes the following processing. An operation interface that can be operated by a resident is installed in the target house, and the resident transmits the operation interface when going out or returning home. The operation interface outputs out-of-home information by an out-of-home operation and outputs home return information by an out-of-home operation. When the change in the usage amount is smaller than the threshold value, the control system determines that the user is out of home if the outgoing information is acquired, and does not output the notification information. On the other hand, if the change in the usage amount is smaller than the threshold value, the control system determines that the resident is at home if the return information is acquired, and outputs the notification information even if the resident is determined to be out.

  FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the watching system 1000. The watching system 1000 includes a target house 100, a network 200, a server device 300, and a watching house 400. The target house 100 includes an electricity usage detection sensor 110, a gas usage detection sensor 112, a water usage detection sensor 114, an operation interface 116, a device 118, a communication device 120, and a control system 500. An acquisition unit 510, a second acquisition unit 512, a control unit 514, and an output unit 516 are included. Watching home 400 includes a notification device 410. The target house 100 itself and the watching house 400 itself may be excluded from the watching system 1000.

  The target house 100 is a house in which a resident such as an elderly person to be watched lives. The target house 100 may be a detached house or an apartment house. The electricity usage detection sensor 110 is a sensor that detects the electricity usage in the target house 100. A known technique may be used to detect the amount of electricity used. For example, the amount of electricity used per unit time such as 30 minutes is detected. The gas usage detection sensor 112 is a sensor that detects the usage of gas in the target house 100, and the water usage detection sensor 114 is a sensor that detects the usage of water in the target home 100. A known technique may be used for these, but in these cases, the same detection as that performed by the electric usage detection sensor 110 may be performed.

  The first acquisition unit 510 is connected to the electricity usage detection sensor 110, the gas usage detection sensor 112, and the water usage detection sensor 114. The first acquisition unit 510 determines at least one of the amount of electricity used from the electricity usage detection sensor 110, the amount of gas usage from the gas usage detection sensor 112, and the amount of water usage from the water usage detection sensor 114. To get one. That is, the first acquisition unit 510 acquires at least one of electricity, gas, and water used in the target house 100, which is the area where the resident lives. When the first acquisition unit 510 acquires only the electricity usage from the electricity usage detection sensor 110, the gas usage detection sensor 112 and the water usage detection sensor 114 may not be included in the watching system 1000. The first acquisition unit 510 outputs the acquired usage amount to the control unit 514.

  The operation interface 116 is installed in the target house 100 and can be operated by a resident. The operation interface 116 includes, for example, a “warning button” and a “release button”. The resident presses the security button to start security by the security company when going out, and the resident presses the release button to release security by the security company when returning home. A known technique may be used for these buttons, alert processing, and release processing, and a description thereof will be omitted. Here, pressing the “alert button” corresponds to notifying the resident of going out, and pressing the “release button” corresponds to notifying the resident of returning home. Therefore, the operation interface 116 accepts the input of out-of-home information indicating that the resident is going out by pressing the “alert button”, and the return-home information indicating that the resident is going home by pressing the “release button”. Accept the input of. That is, the resident can input out-of-home information or return home information into the operation interface 116.

  The second acquisition unit 512 is connected to the operation interface 116. The second obtaining unit 512 obtains information from the operation interface 116, for example, out-of-home information or returning home information. These are information entered by the resident. The second acquisition unit 512 outputs the out-of-home information to the control unit 514 when the out-of-home information is acquired, and outputs the return home information to the control unit 514 when the out-of-home information is acquired.

  The control unit 514 receives the usage amount from the first acquisition unit 510. When the usage amount satisfies a predetermined condition (hereinafter, referred to as “notification condition”), control unit 514 estimates that the resident may have an abnormality. The notification condition is a case where a change in the usage amount per unit time is smaller than a threshold value. For example, the control unit 514 calculates the absolute value of the difference in the continuous time zone with respect to the usage amount per unit time. Since the absolute value of the difference corresponds to a change in the usage amount, control unit 514 compares this with a threshold value. The notification condition corresponds to a case where the use state of electricity or the like is left as it is when the resident falls. When the usage does not satisfy the notification condition, that is, when it is estimated that there is no abnormality in the target house 100, the control unit 514 continues to receive the usage from the first acquisition unit 510 and compares the usage with the notification condition. To continue.

  On the other hand, when the usage amount satisfies the notification condition, that is, when it is estimated that the target house 100 has an abnormality, the control unit 514 determines whether the resident is out or at home. When the second acquisition unit 512 has not acquired the outing information, the control unit 514 determines that the resident is at home. On the other hand, when the second acquisition unit 512 acquires the outing information, the control unit 514 determines that the resident is out. Further, when it is determined that the resident is out of the office and the second acquisition unit 512 has acquired the return-to-home information, the control unit 514 determines that the resident is at home. The control unit 514 determines the output of the notification information if the resident is at home, and determines the non-output of the notification information if the resident is out. When determining to output the notification information, the control unit 514 instructs the output unit 516 to output the notification information.

  The output unit 516 outputs notification information when receiving an instruction from the control unit 514. The notification information is information for notifying the occurrence of an abnormality in the target house 100, and includes identification information for identifying the target house 100. That is, the output unit 516 outputs the notification information when the usage amount satisfies the notification condition and the resident is determined to be at home. On the other hand, even if the usage amount satisfies the notification condition, the output unit 516 does not output the notification information when the resident is determined to be out. The output unit 516 does not output the notification information unless the usage amount satisfies the notification condition.

  The communication device 120 is connected to the network 200 and has a communication function corresponding to the network 200. The communication function is also provided in a server device 300 and a notification device 410 described later. When receiving the notification information from the output unit 516, the communication device 120 transmits the notification information to the server device 300 via the network 200. The server device 300 is connected to the network 200 and receives notification information from the communication device 120 via the network 200. The server device 300 stores in advance the correspondence between the identification information of the target house 100 and the address of the watching house 400 in which the owner who should be notified of the abnormality in the target house 100 lives, such as the owner.

  The server device 300 extracts the identification information from the broadcast information, and specifies an address associated with the extracted identification information. The server device 300 generates notification information for notifying an owner or the like of an abnormality in the target house 100 with the specified address as a destination. The server device 300 transmits the notification information to the notification device 410 via the network 200. Even if the server device 300 receives the notification information, a process that does not transmit the notification information may be executed if another predetermined condition is satisfied. Here, description of such processing is omitted.

  The watching house 400 is a house where the relative of the resident in the target house 100 or the owner of the target house 100 lives. The watching house 400 may be a management company that manages the target house 100. Notification device 410 is a communication device arranged in watching house 400, and is connected to network 200. Upon receiving the notification information from the server device 300 via the network 200, the notification device 410 notifies the owner or the like of the occurrence of the abnormality in the target house 100 by voice or display.

  As described above, in order to determine with high accuracy whether the user is out of the house or at home, the watching system 1000 uses out-of-home information or return-home information input by a resident through an operation. The input of the out-of-home information or the return-to-home information is made by pressing the alert button or the release button. However, operation by a resident is required. The following processing may be executed in the watching system 1000 in order to make the resident actively perform such an operation. The control unit 514 measures the number of times that the second acquisition unit 512 has acquired the out-of-home information or the return home information (hereinafter, referred to as a “first number”) during a predetermined period such as one month or one month. Alternatively, the control unit 514 measures the number of times that the notification information is not output based on the outside information while the usage amount satisfies the notification condition (hereinafter, referred to as “second number”). The control unit 514 generates information including at least one of the measured first number and the second number (hereinafter, referred to as “report information”). The control unit 514 transmits the report information including the identification information to the server device 300 via the network 200.

  The server device 300 receives the report information. Server device 300 determines the rent of the resident based on at least one of the first number and the second number included in the report information. For example, the server device 300 determines a rent that becomes cheaper as at least one of the first number and the second number increases. Therefore, the report information can be said to be information for determining the rent of the resident.

  Until now, the input of out-of-home information or return-to-home information has been made by pressing an alert button or a release button. However, the server device 300 may provide a schedule application program (hereinafter, referred to as a “schedule”), and the out-of-home information or the return-to-home information may be input based on the schedule input in the schedule. The resident's schedule is input to the schedule using a terminal device such as a smartphone or a personal computer connected to the server device 300 via the network 200. Here, the input of the schedule is artificially performed by a resident or a relative. The provision of the schedule may be performed by a server device different from the server device 300 and connected to the network 200.

  The second acquisition unit 512 accesses the server device 300 via the communication device 120 and the network 200, and acquires the schedule of the resident of the target house 100. For example, identification information is used to acquire the schedule of the resident of the target house 100. The second obtaining unit 512 obtains the time of the scheduled start point or the time returned a predetermined time before the time as the outing information, and calculates the time of the scheduled end point or the time advanced a predetermined time after the time. Get as return information. Generally, such out-of-home information and return-to-home information can be acquired earlier than actual out-of-home and return-to-home information. Therefore, watching system 1000 may execute the following processing using such out-of-home information and return-to-home information.

  The control unit 514 receives out-of-home information or return home information from the second acquisition unit 512. The control unit 514 controls the device 118 installed in the target house 100 based on the out-of-home information or the return home information received from the second acquisition unit 512. For example, when the device 118 is an air conditioner, the control unit 514 turns off the power of the air conditioner at the time indicated by the outside information, or turns on the power of the air conditioner at the time indicated by the return information. May be. Here, power off / on may be performed before the time elapses, or may be performed after the time elapses. The device 118 is not limited to an air conditioner.

  A subject of an apparatus, system, or method in the present disclosure includes a computer. When the computer executes the program, the main function of the apparatus, system, or method according to the present disclosure is realized. The computer includes a processor that operates according to a program as a main hardware configuration. The processor may be of any type as long as the function can be realized by executing the program. The processor is configured by one or more electronic circuits including a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) or an LSI (Large Scale Integration). The plurality of electronic circuits may be integrated on one chip or provided on a plurality of chips. The plurality of chips may be integrated into one device, or may be provided in a plurality of devices. The program is recorded on a non-transitory recording medium such as a ROM, an optical disk, or a hard disk drive that can be read by a computer. The program may be stored in advance in a recording medium, or may be supplied to the recording medium via a wide area communication network including the Internet.

  The operation of the watching system 1000 having the above configuration will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an output procedure by the control system 500. The first acquisition unit 510 acquires the usage amount (S10). If the used amount satisfies the notification condition in the control unit 514 (Y in S12) and the resident is not out (N in S14), the output unit 516 outputs the notification information (S16). If the control unit 514 does not satisfy the notification condition (N in S12) or if the resident is out (Y in S14), the output unit 516 does not output the notification information, and the process ends. You.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a determination procedure by the control system 500. When the second acquisition unit 512 acquires out-of-home information (Y in S50) and does not acquire return-to-home information (N in S52), the control unit 514 determines that the resident is out (S54). When the second acquisition unit 512 does not acquire the out-of-home information (N in S50) or acquires the return information (Y in S52), the control unit 514 determines that the resident is at home (S56).

  According to this embodiment, if the resident is determined to be out based on the out-of-home information input by the resident, even if the usage amount satisfies the notification condition, the notification information is not output. Can be suppressed. In addition, since occurrence of erroneous output is suppressed, it is possible to suppress erroneous notification of occurrence of an abnormality in the target house 100 to the owner or the like. In addition, since it is suppressed that the occurrence of an abnormality in the target house 100 is erroneously notified to the owner or the like, the trouble required for the user to confirm can be reduced. In addition, since it is suppressed that the occurrence of an abnormality in the target house 100 is erroneously notified to the owner or the like, the opportunity for the owner to enter the target house 100 can be reduced.

  Further, if the resident is determined to be at home based on the return home information, the notification information is output when the usage amount satisfies the notification condition, so that the owner can be notified of the occurrence of an abnormality in the target house 100. Also, since the first acquisition unit 510 is connected to the sensor, it is possible to acquire the usage amount from the sensor. In addition, since the output unit 516 is connected to the server device 300 via the network 200, the output information can be output to the server device 300. In addition, since the second obtaining unit 512 obtains information from the operation interface 116, the second input unit 512 can obtain information input by a resident. Further, since the device 118 is controlled based on the out-of-home information or the home return information, the convenience of the resident of the target house 100 can be improved.

  Further, since information for determining the rent of the resident is output according to the number of times that the out-of-home information or the return-to-home information has been acquired, it is possible to encourage the resident to actively enter the out-of-home information or the return-to-home information. In addition, since the information for determining the rent of the resident is output according to the number of times that the notification information is not output based on the outing information, the resident is encouraged to input the outing information or returning home information. be able to.

  The outline | summary of 1 aspect of this indication is as follows. The control system 500 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first acquisition unit 510 that acquires at least one of electricity, gas, and water in an area where a resident lives, and a usage amount acquired by the first acquisition unit 510. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, an output unit 516 that outputs notification information and a second obtaining unit 512 that obtains outing information indicating that the resident is out are provided. When the resident is determined to be out of the office based on the out-of-home information obtained by the second obtaining unit 512, the output unit 516 may output the usage amount obtained by the first obtaining unit 510 even if a predetermined condition is satisfied. The broadcast information is not output.

  The second acquisition unit 512 acquires return information indicating that the resident has returned home, and the output unit 516 uses the return information acquired by the second acquisition unit 512 when the resident is determined to be out. If it is determined that the resident is at home, the notification information is output when the usage amount acquired by the first acquisition unit 510 satisfies a predetermined condition.

  The first acquisition unit 510 may acquire a usage amount from a sensor that detects at least one of electricity, gas, and water, and the output unit 516 may output notification information to the server device 300.

  The second obtaining unit 512 obtains information from an operation interface 116 that can be operated by a resident, and the resident can input out-of-home information or return home information to the operation interface 116.

  A control unit 514 that controls devices installed in the area where the resident lives may be further provided based on the out-of-home information or the return home information obtained by the second obtaining unit 512.

  The output unit 516 includes at least (i) the number of times that the second acquisition unit 512 has acquired the out-of-home information or the return-to-home information, and (ii) the number of times that the output unit 516 has not output the notification information based on the out-of-home information. According to one, information for determining the rent of the resident is output.

  Another embodiment of the present disclosure is a notification method. This method includes a step of obtaining at least one of electricity, gas, and water usage in an area where a resident lives, and a step of outputting notification information when the obtained usage satisfies a predetermined condition. A step of acquiring out-of-home information indicating that the resident is out, and, when the resident is determined to be out based on the acquired out-of-home information, the notification information even if the acquired usage amount satisfies a predetermined condition. Non-outputting.

(Example 2)
Next, Example 2 will be described. As in the first embodiment, the second embodiment also relates to a watching system that notifies a watching house when an abnormality is detected in the target house. In the first embodiment, the control system is disposed in the target house. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, the control system is included in the server device. Here, it demonstrates centering on the difference with Example 1. FIG.

  FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the watching system 1000. The watching system 1000 includes a target house 100, a network 200, a server device 300, and a watching house 400. The target house 100 includes an electricity usage detection sensor 110, a gas usage detection sensor 112, a water usage detection sensor 114, an operation interface 116, a device 118, a communication device 120, and a control device 130. The server device 300 includes a communication unit 310 and a control system 500. Watching home 400 includes a notification device 410. Here, the target house 100 itself and the watching house 400 itself may be excluded from the watching system 1000.

  The control device 130 is installed in the target house 100 and is connected to the electricity usage detection sensor 110, the gas usage detection sensor 112, and the water usage detection sensor 114. The control device 130 controls at least one of the amount of electricity used from the electricity usage detection sensor 110, the amount of gas usage from the gas usage detection sensor 112, and the amount of water usage from the water usage detection sensor 114. get. The control device 130 generates information including the acquired usage amount (hereinafter, referred to as “usage information”). The control device 130 outputs the usage information to the communication device 120. The control device 130 is connected to the operation interface 116 and acquires information, for example, out-of-home information or return home information, from the operation interface 116. The control device 130 outputs the out-of-home information or the return home information to the communication device 120. The usage information, the outing information, and the return home information include identification information for identifying the target house 100.

  Upon receiving the usage information from the control device 130, the communication device 120 transmits the usage information to the server device 300 via the network 200. Further, upon receiving the out-of-home information or the return-to-home information from the control device 130, the communication device 120 transmits the out-of-home information or the return-to-home information to the server device 300 via the network 200.

  The communication unit 310 of the server device 300 is connected to the network 200 and has a communication function corresponding to the network 200. When receiving the usage information from the communication device 120 via the network 200, the communication unit 310 outputs the usage information to the first acquisition unit 510 (not shown) of the control system 500. Further, when receiving communication information or returning information from communication device 120 via network 200, communication section 310 outputs information or returning information to a second acquisition section 512 (not shown) of control system 500. Subsequent processing by the control system 500 is the same as in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted. However, the output unit 516 (not shown) of the control system 500 outputs notification information to the server device 300. The output procedure and the determination procedure by the control system 500 in the server device 300 are the same as those in FIGS.

  According to the present embodiment, since the control system 500 is included in the server device 300, the degree of freedom of the configuration can be improved.

Example 3
Next, Example 3 will be described. The third embodiment also relates to a watching system that notifies a watching house when an abnormality in the target house is detected, as in the past. In the first embodiment, the control system is disposed in the target house, and in the second embodiment, the control system is included in the server device. On the other hand, in the third embodiment, the control system is dispersedly arranged in the target house 100 and the server device 300. Here, it demonstrates centering on the difference from before.

  FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the watching system 1000. The watching system 1000 includes a target house 100, a network 200, a server device 300, and a watching house 400. The target house 100 includes an electricity usage detection sensor 110, a gas usage detection sensor 112, a water usage detection sensor 114, an operation interface 116, a device 118, a communication device 120, a control device 130, a first acquisition unit 510, and a second acquisition. Unit 512 is included. The server device 300 includes a communication unit 310, a control unit 514, and an output unit 516. Watching home 400 includes a notification device 410. Here, the target house 100 itself and the watching house 400 itself may be excluded from the watching system 1000.

  The first acquisition unit 510 determines at least one of the amount of electricity used from the electricity usage detection sensor 110, the amount of gas usage from the gas usage detection sensor 112, and the amount of water usage from the water usage detection sensor 114. To get one. The first acquisition unit 510 generates information including the acquired usage amount (hereinafter, referred to as “usage information”). The first acquisition unit 510 outputs the usage information to the communication device 120. Here also, the usage information includes identification information for identifying the target house 100. The second obtaining unit 512 obtains information from the operation interface 116, for example, out-of-home information or returning home information. The second acquisition unit 512 outputs the out-of-home information or the return home information to the communication device 120. Also here, the out-of-home information and the return home information include identification information for identifying the target house 100.

  Upon receiving the usage information from the first acquisition unit 510, the communication device 120 transmits the usage information to the server device 300 via the network 200. Further, when receiving the out-of-home information or the return-to-home information from the second acquisition unit 512, the communication device 120 transmits the out-of-home information or the return-to-home information to the server device 300 via the network 200.

  When receiving the usage information from the communication device 120 via the network 200, the communication unit 310 of the server device 300 outputs the usage in the usage information to the control unit 514. When communication unit 310 receives out-of-home information or return home information from communication device 120 via network 200, communication unit 310 outputs out-of-home information or return home information to control unit 514. Subsequent processes by the control unit 514 and the output unit 516 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will not be repeated. However, the output unit 516 outputs notification information to the server device 300. The output procedure and the determination procedure by the control system 500 in the target house 100 and the server device 300 are the same as those in FIGS.

  According to the present embodiment, since the control system 500 is dispersedly included in the target house 100 and the server device 300, the degree of freedom of the configuration can be improved.

  The present disclosure has been described based on the embodiments. This embodiment is an exemplification, and it is understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to each of those components or combinations of processing processes, and such modifications are also within the scope of the present disclosure. .

  100 target house, 110 electricity usage detection sensor (sensor), 112 gas usage detection sensor (sensor), 114 water usage detection sensor (sensor), 116 operation interface (interface), 118 equipment, 120 communication device, 130 control Device, 200 network, 300 server device, 400 watching house, 410 notification device, 500 control system, 510 first acquisition unit, 512 second acquisition unit, 514 control unit, 516 output unit, 1000 monitoring system.

Claims (7)

A first acquisition unit that acquires at least one of electricity, gas, and water usage in an area where a resident resides;
An output unit that outputs notification information when the usage amount acquired by the first acquisition unit satisfies a predetermined condition;
A second acquisition unit that acquires outing information indicating that the resident is out,
The output unit, when the resident is determined to be out based on the outing information acquired in the second acquisition unit, the usage amount acquired in the first acquisition unit satisfies a predetermined condition Even, the notification information is not output,
Control system. The second acquisition unit acquires return information indicating that the resident has returned home,
The output unit, when the resident is determined to be out, if the resident is determined to be at home based on the return information acquired in the second acquisition unit, the first acquisition unit Outputting the notification information when the usage amount obtained in the step satisfies a predetermined condition,
The control system according to claim 1. The first acquisition unit acquires the usage amount from a sensor that detects the usage amount of at least one of electricity, gas, and water,
The output unit outputs notification information to a server device;
The control system according to claim 2. The second obtaining unit obtains information from an interface operable by the resident,
In the interface, the resident can input the out-of-home information or the return home information,
The control system according to claim 2. Based on the out-of-home information or the return-to-home information obtained by the second obtaining unit, a control unit that controls a device installed in an area where the resident lives.
The control system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, further comprising: The output unit includes:
(I) the number of times the second acquisition unit has acquired the out-of-home information or the return-to-home information,
(Ii) the number of times the output unit has not output the notification information based on the outing information;
Outputting information for determining a rent of said resident according to at least one of:
The control system according to any one of claims 2 to 5. Obtaining usage of at least one of electricity, gas and water in the area where the resident resides;
Outputting the notification information when the obtained usage amount satisfies a predetermined condition;
Acquiring outing information indicating that the resident is out,
When the resident is determined to be out based on the acquired out-of-home information, even if the acquired usage amount satisfies a predetermined condition, a step of not outputting the notification information,
Notification method provided with.

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