CN110349299B

CN110349299B - Information processing method, information processing apparatus, and information processing system

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Publication number: CN110349299B
Application number: CN201910256740.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 山冈胜; 松尾三纪子
Original assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corp of America
Current assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corp of America
Priority date: 2018-04-03
Filing date: 2019-04-01
Publication date: 2022-12-20
Anticipated expiration: 2039-04-01
Also published as: JP2019185189A; JP7037418B2; CN110349299A

Abstract

The invention provides an information processing method, an information processing device and an information processing system which can simultaneously achieve quick response to first aid and maintain high confidentiality level. A biological information receiving unit (211) that acquires biological information of a subject person in a house and position information indicating the position of the subject person; a safety confirmation determination unit (231) that determines whether safety confirmation of the subject person is required based on the biological information; an emergency signal transmission unit (212) which, when it is determined that the safety confirmation of the subject person is required, refers to the storage unit (22) and transmits an emergency signal for requesting the safety confirmation of the subject person, including the position of the subject person, to the terminal device of at least one departure candidate located in the vicinity of the position of the subject person indicated by the acquired position information; a password issuance request signal transmission unit (215) transmits, to the key management device, a password issuance request signal for requesting issuance of a password for unlocking the electronic lock by at least one candidate.

Description

Information processing method, information processing apparatus, and information processing system

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an information processing method, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing system for requesting a candidate to check whether or not a target person in a house is safe.

Background

Sudden cardiac death due to cardiac abnormality is more frequent than death within one hour after the onset of the disease, and is expected to increase in the future with the increase in the number of elderly people. The discovery of cardiac arrest particularly in homes presents difficulties, for example, the survival rate after cardiac arrest in homes is said to be much lower than in marathon procedures.

Furthermore, even if a rescuer is detected as a cardiac arrest by a person in a home, it is difficult for the rescuer to enter his home because the home is locked.

For example, patent document 1 discloses a security check system that receives an emergency signal output from a vital sign sensor based on an abnormality in health of a subject person in a house, and notifies the abnormality in health of the subject person, the location of a mobile phone information terminal of the subject person, and a terminal of a predetermined manager outside the house of the emergency password for unlocking the door by an e-mail.

However, the above-described conventional techniques cannot promptly meet emergency response while maintaining a high security level, and further improvement is required.

Prior art documents

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2015-158892

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing method, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing system that can achieve both quick response to emergency and maintenance of a high security level.

An information processing method according to an aspect of the present invention causes a computer to acquire biological information of a target person in a house and position information indicating a position where the target person is located; determining whether or not to confirm the safety of the subject person based on the acquired biological information; transmitting an emergency signal including the position of the target person and requesting a safety confirmation of the target person to the terminal device owned by at least one presence candidate located in the vicinity of the position of the target person indicated by the acquired position information, with reference to a storage unit that stores contact information indicating contact ways of the terminal devices owned by the respective presence candidates and position information indicating positions of the respective presence candidates in association with each other, in a case where it is determined that the safety confirmation of the target person is necessary; a password issuance request signal for requesting issuance of a password for unlocking the electronic lock by the at least one departure candidate is transmitted to a key management device for managing the password for unlocking the electronic lock installed in the door entering the house.

According to the present invention, quick response to emergency and maintenance of a high security level can be achieved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information processing system according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a structure of a biological information measuring device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a server according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a terminal device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a key management device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of an electronic lock device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the biological information measuring apparatus according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the server according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the terminal device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the key management device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the electronic lock device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information processing system according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a camera according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 14 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a server according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 15 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the server according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Detailed Description

(basic knowledge of the invention)

The above-described conventional safety confirmation system includes a receiving unit that receives an emergency signal output from the vital sign sensor to a subject person in the house based on an abnormality in health, and an emergency response unit that changes a normal mode set to a normal mode to an emergency mode for urging confirmation of safety of the subject person in the house based on the received emergency signal. The emergency response unit includes a lock unit and a notification unit. And a lock unit that opens the door lock based on the 1 st identification code (normal-use password) in the normal mode and based on the 2 nd identification code (emergency password) different from the 1 st identification code in the emergency mode. The notifying unit notifies the terminal of a predetermined administrator outside the house of an abnormality in the health of the subject person, the location of the mobile information terminal of the subject person, and the emergency password by an electronic mail via the mobile network. Accordingly, the manager who received the e-mail and the rescuer who is entrusted by the manager can unlock the lock portion shifted to the emergency mode.

In this conventional security confirmation system, the terminal that notifies the administrator of the emergency password only by email can ensure a high security level, but the administrator cannot promptly respond to the emergency when it is difficult for the administrator to confirm the email.

In order to effectively implement emergency handling, for example, a plurality of administrators such as firefighters, nurses, and emergency personnel may be registered in the security check system, and when the emergency password is notified to the terminals of the plurality of registered administrators, the plurality of administrators know the emergency password, which lowers the security level.

Thus, in the conventional art, it is difficult to satisfy both quick emergency response and maintenance of a high privacy level.

In order to solve the above problem, an information processing method according to an aspect of the present invention causes a computer to acquire biological information of a subject person in a house and position information indicating a position where the subject person is located; determining whether or not to confirm the safety of the subject person based on the acquired biological information; transmitting an emergency signal including the position of the target person and requesting a confirmation of the safety of the target person to the terminal device owned by at least one presence candidate located in the vicinity of the position of the target person indicated by the acquired position information, with reference to a storage unit that stores contact information indicating contact information of terminal devices owned by the respective presence candidates and position information indicating positions of the respective presence candidates in association with each other, in a case where it is determined that the confirmation of the safety of the target person is necessary; a password issuance request signal for requesting issuance of a password for unlocking the electronic lock by the at least one departure candidate is transmitted to a key management device for managing the password for unlocking the electronic lock installed in the door entering the house.

According to this configuration, biological information of the target person in the house and position information indicating the position where the target person is located are acquired. Based on the acquired biological information, it is determined whether or not it is necessary to confirm the safety of the subject person. When it is determined that the safety confirmation of the subject person is required, a storage unit that stores contact information indicating contact ways of terminal devices owned by a plurality of presence candidates and position information indicating positions of the plurality of presence candidates in association with each other is referred to, and an emergency signal that includes a position of the subject person and requests the safety confirmation of the subject person is transmitted to a terminal device owned by at least one presence candidate located in the vicinity of the position of the subject person indicated by the acquired position information. A password issuance request signal for requesting issuance of a password for unlocking an electronic lock by at least one exit candidate is transmitted to a key management device for managing the password for unlocking the electronic lock installed in a door to an entrance of a house.

Therefore, since the terminal device owned by at least one presence candidate located in the vicinity of the location of the subject person whose security is to be confirmed is transmitted with the location including the subject person and the emergency signal for requesting the confirmation of the security of the subject person, the at least one presence candidate can be quickly present to the location of the subject person whose security is to be confirmed.

The information processing method may further include receiving at least one presence enabled signal indicating a location where the at least one presence candidate can be present in the target person, the signal being transmitted from the terminal device of the at least one presence candidate that can be present in the location of the target person; further, based on the received at least one signal that can be present, determining one of the at least one candidate as a present to the residence; further, a decision notification signal for notifying that the terminal device of the decided one panelist is determined to be the panelist is transmitted; the transmission of the password issuance request signal transmits the password issuance request signal for requesting the one-place candidate to issue the password for unlocking the electronic lock to the key management device.

According to this configuration, it is possible to receive at least one availability signal indicating a location where at least one availability candidate can be present to the target person, the signal being transmitted from the terminal device of at least one availability candidate that can be present to the location of the target person. One of the at least one presence candidate may be determined as a presence to the home based on the received at least one availability signal. A decision notification signal for notifying the terminal device of the decided one panelist is transmitted. When the password issuance request signal is transmitted, a password issuance request signal for requesting an issuing candidate to issue a password for unlocking the electronic lock is transmitted to the key management device.

Therefore, since one of the at least one presence candidate is determined as the presence of the person who is present in the house and the determined one presence candidate requests the issue of the password for unlocking the electronic lock, the number of the presence candidates to which the password is transmitted can be reduced, and the security level can be further improved.

Further, the information processing method may be configured to receive, from the terminal device of the determined one-position departure candidate, an arrival notification signal for notifying that the one-position departure candidate has arrived at the location of the subject person; further, the contact information of the terminal device of the decided one presence candidate is transmitted to the key management device in a case where the arrival notification signal is received.

According to this configuration, the terminal device of the determined one of the candidates receives the arrival notification signal for notifying that the one of the candidates has arrived at the position of the target person. When the arrival notification signal is received, the contact information of the terminal device of the determined one candidate is transmitted to the key management device.

Therefore, after the one candidate arrives at the position of the target person, the password is transmitted to the terminal device of the one candidate, and therefore, the security level can be further improved.

In the information processing method, the presence-enabled signal may include a time-to-arrival time at which the presence candidate arrives at the position of the target person, and the determination of the one presence candidate may determine, as the presence, the one presence candidate whose time-to-arrival time is the shortest among the at least one presence candidate who transmits the presence-enabled signal.

With this configuration, the presence signal can include a scheduled arrival time at which the presence candidate arrives at the position of the target person. The decision of one person who is a candidate for appearing determines, as a person who is a candidate for appearing whose arrival time is the shortest among at least one person who is a candidate for appearing whose signal is available for appearing is sent.

Therefore, since the first exit candidate that arrives earliest is present at the position of the target person, a more rapid emergency response can be performed.

In the information processing method, the determination of the one-digit presence candidate may be performed by determining, as the presence person, the one-digit presence candidate whose distance between the position of the presence candidate and the position of the target person is shortest among the at least one presence candidate transmitting the presence enable signal.

According to this configuration, when determining a present candidate, the present candidate whose distance between the position of the present candidate and the position of the target person is the shortest among the at least one present candidate from which the present signal is transmittable is determined as the present person.

Therefore, the one-digit exit candidate closest to the position of the target person can enter and exit to the position of the target person, and thus a more rapid emergency response can be performed.

In the information processing method, it may be determined whether the subject person is in the house, the emergency signal may be transmitted, and the emergency signal may not be transmitted when it is determined that the subject person is not in the house.

With this configuration, whether or not the subject person is present in the house is determined. If it is determined that the subject person is not present in the house, the emergency signal is not transmitted.

Therefore, since the emergency signal is not transmitted when the subject person is not present in the house, it is possible to reliably confirm whether or not the subject person is present in the house.

In the information processing method, it may be determined whether or not the subject person is present in the house and whether or not confirmation of the safety of the subject person is necessary, and when it is determined that the subject person is not present in the house, it may be determined whether or not confirmation of the safety of the subject person is necessary.

With this configuration, whether or not the subject person is present in the house is determined. The determination as to whether or not the safety of the subject person is required is not made when it is determined that the subject person is not present in the house.

Therefore, when the subject person is not present in the house, it is not determined whether or not the safety of the subject person needs to be checked, and therefore the safety can be reliably checked only when the subject person is present in the house.

In the information processing method, an image in which the living body information is captured in the house may be acquired from a camera provided in the house, the living body information may be acquired from a living body information measuring device which is provided in the house and which measures the living body information in a non-contact manner, and it may be determined whether the subject person is present in the house, or it may be determined that the subject person is not present in the house when the acquired image does not include the subject person and the living body information is not measured by the living body information measuring device.

According to this configuration, an image of the inside of the house is acquired from a camera provided in the house. The biological information is acquired from a biological information measuring device that is installed in a home and that measures biological information in a non-contact manner. The determination of whether or not the subject person is present in the house determines that the subject person is not present in the house when the subject person is not included in the acquired image and the biological information is not measured by the biological information measuring device.

Therefore, when the target person is not included in the image captured by the camera and the biological information is not measured, it is determined that the target person is not present in the house, and therefore it is possible to more reliably determine that the target person is not present in the house.

An information processing apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention includes: an acquisition unit that acquires biological information of a target person in a house and position information indicating a position where the target person is present; a determination unit that determines whether or not it is necessary to confirm the safety of the target person based on the acquired biological information; a storage unit that stores contact information indicating contact information of the terminal devices owned by the plurality of presence candidates and position information indicating positions of the plurality of presence candidates in association with each other; a 1 st transmitting unit that, when it is determined that the confirmation of the safety of the target person is necessary, transmits an emergency signal including the position of the target person to the terminal device owned by at least one presence candidate located near the position of the target person indicated by the acquired position information with reference to the storage unit and requests the confirmation of the safety of the target person; and a 2 nd transmission unit that transmits a password issuance request signal requesting the at least one panelist to issue the password for unlocking the electronic lock, to a key management device that manages the password for unlocking the electronic lock installed in the door that enters the house.

With this configuration, the biological information of the target person in the house and the position information indicating the position where the target person is located are acquired by the acquisition unit. The determination unit determines whether or not the safety of the subject person needs to be confirmed based on the acquired biological information. When it is determined that the confirmation of the safety of the subject person is necessary, the first transmitting unit refers to a storage unit that stores contact information indicating contact manners of terminal devices owned by the plurality of presence candidates and position information indicating positions of the plurality of presence candidates in association with each other, and transmits an emergency signal for requesting the confirmation of the safety of the subject person including the position of the subject person to a terminal device owned by at least one presence candidate located in the vicinity of the position of the subject person indicated by the acquired position information. A2 nd transmission unit transmits a password issuance request signal requesting issuance of a password for unlocking an electronic lock by at least one candidate to a key management device for managing a password for unlocking the electronic lock installed in a door of a house.

Therefore, since the terminal device owned by at least one presence candidate located in the vicinity of the location of the subject person whose security is to be confirmed is transmitted with the emergency signal for requesting the confirmation of the security of the subject person including the location of the subject person, the at least one presence candidate can be quickly present to the location of the subject person whose security is to be confirmed.

An information processing system according to another aspect of the present invention is an information processing system including a biological information measuring device, an information processing device, a terminal device, a key management device, and a lock device, wherein the biological information measuring device includes: a biological information measuring unit that measures biological information of a target person in a home; a position measuring unit that measures position information indicating a position where the target person is located; a transmission unit that transmits the measured biological information and the measured positional information to the information processing device, the information processing device including: a receiving unit that receives the biological information and the position information transmitted by the biological information measuring device; a determination unit that determines whether or not it is necessary to confirm the safety of the target person based on the received biological information; a storage unit that stores contact information indicating contact information of the terminal devices owned by the plurality of presence candidates and position information indicating positions of the plurality of presence candidates in association with each other; a 1 st transmitting unit that, when it is determined that the confirmation of the safety of the target person is necessary, transmits an emergency signal including the position of the target person to the terminal device owned by at least one presence candidate located near the position of the target person indicated by the acquired position information with reference to the storage unit and requests the confirmation of the safety of the target person; a 2 nd transmission unit that transmits a password issuance request signal requesting issuance of the password for unlocking the electronic lock by the at least one departure candidate to a key management device that manages a password for unlocking the electronic lock installed in a door that enters the house, the terminal device including: a 1 st receiving unit that receives the emergency signal transmitted by the information processing apparatus; a 1 st presentation unit that presents the position of the target person included in the emergency signal received by the 1 st reception unit; a 2 nd reception unit that receives the password transmitted by the key management device; a 2 nd presentation unit that presents the password received by the 2 nd reception unit, the key management device including: a 1 st receiving unit that receives the password issuance request signal transmitted from the information processing apparatus; a password issuing unit that issues the password for unlocking the electronic lock; a 1 st transmitting unit that transmits the password issued by the password issuing unit to the terminal device of the at least one presence candidate; a 2 nd receiving unit that receives the password transmitted from the lock device; a determination unit that determines whether or not the password received by the 2 nd reception unit matches the password issued by the password issuance unit; a 2 nd transmitting unit that transmits a result of the determination by the determining unit to the lock device, the lock device including: the electronic lock; a password input acceptance unit for accepting the password input by one of the at least one outgoing candidate; a transmission unit that transmits the password received by the password input reception unit to the key management device; a reception unit that receives the determination result transmitted from the key management device; and an unlocking unit configured to unlock the electronic lock when the determination result received by the receiving unit is a determination result that the password received by the password input receiving unit and the password issued by the password issuing unit match.

According to this configuration, the biological information of the target person in the house is measured by the biological information measuring unit of the biological information measuring device. Position information indicating the position of the target person is measured by a position measuring unit of the biological information measuring apparatus. The measured biological information and the measured positional information are transmitted to the information processing device by the transmission unit of the biological information measuring device. The biological information and the positional information transmitted from the biological information measuring device are received by the receiving unit of the information processing device. The determination unit of the information processing device determines whether or not the safety of the subject person needs to be confirmed based on the received biological information. A storage unit of an information processing device stores contact information indicating contact information of terminal devices owned by a plurality of presence candidates and position information indicating positions of the plurality of presence candidates in association with each other. When it is determined that the safety check of the target person is necessary, the 1 st transmitting unit of the information processing apparatus refers to the storage unit and transmits an emergency signal including the position of the target person to request the safety check of the target person to a terminal apparatus owned by at least one presence candidate located in the vicinity of the position of the target person indicated by the acquired position information. A password issuance request signal for requesting at least one candidate to issue a password for unlocking an electronic lock is transmitted from a 2 nd transmission unit of an information processing device to a key management device for managing the password for unlocking the electronic lock installed in a door of a house. The emergency signal transmitted from the information processing apparatus is received by the 1 st receiving unit of the terminal apparatus. A1 st presentation unit of the terminal device presents the position of the subject person included in the emergency signal received by the 1 st reception unit. The password transmitted by the key management device is received by the 2 nd receiving unit of the terminal device. The password received by the 2 nd receiving unit is presented by the 2 nd presenting unit of the terminal device. The 1 st receiving unit of the key management device receives the password issuance request signal transmitted from the information processing device. A password for unlocking an electronic lock is issued by a password issuing unit of a key management device. The password transmitted by the password issuing unit is transmitted to the terminal device of at least one candidate by the 1 st transmission unit of the key management device. The password transmitted from the lock device is received by the 2 nd receiving unit of the key management device. The judgment unit of the key management device judges whether or not the password received by the 2 nd reception unit matches the password issued by the password issuance unit. The 2 nd transmission unit of the key management device transmits the judgment result of the judgment unit to the lock device. The password input receiving unit of the lock device receives a password input by one of the at least one panelists. The lock device transmits the password received by the password input receiving unit to the key management device. The judgment result transmitted from the key management device is received by the receiving unit of the lock device. When the judgment result received by the receiving unit is a judgment result that the password received by the password input receiving unit and the password issued by the password issuing unit match, the electronic lock is unlocked by the unlocking unit of the lock device.

Therefore, since the emergency signal for requesting the confirmation of the security of the subject person including the position of the subject person is transmitted to the terminal device owned by at least one presence candidate located in the vicinity of the position of the subject person requiring the confirmation of the security, the at least one presence candidate can be rapidly present to the position of the subject person requiring the confirmation of the security, and since the at least one presence candidate requests the issuance of the password for unlocking the electronic lock, the number of people to be transmitted to the presence candidate of the password can be reduced, and both a rapid emergency response and a high security level can be maintained.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The following embodiments are merely examples embodying the present invention, and are not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention.

(embodiment 1)

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information processing system according to embodiment 1 of the present invention. The information processing system shown in fig. 1 includes a biological information measuring device 1, a server 2, a terminal device 3, a key management device 4, and an electronic lock device 5.

The biological information measuring device 1 is, for example, a smart watch, and is attached to the body of a subject person in a house. The biological information measurement device 1 measures biological information of a target person in a house.

The server 2 is an example of an information processing apparatus, and requests a candidate to check whether or not a target person in a house is safe. The server 2 is connected to the biological information measuring device 1, the terminal device 3, and the key management device 4 via a network 6 so as to be able to communicate with each other. The network 6 is, for example, the internet.

The terminal device 3 is, for example, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a tablet computer, or a personal computer, and receives various information from the server 2 and transmits various information to the server 2. The candidate uses the terminal device 3.

The key management device 4 manages a password for unlocking the electronic lock. The key management device 4 is communicably connected to the server 2, the terminal device 3, and the electronic lock device 5 via the network 6. The password is represented by a combination of numbers from 0 to 9, for example.

The electronic lock device 5 is installed in a door of an entrance of a house of a person to be checked for security. The electronic lock device 5 receives an input of a password, and unlocks the electronic lock when the input password matches a password registered in advance.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a biological information measuring apparatus according to embodiment 1 of the present invention. The biological information measuring device 1 shown in fig. 2 includes a biological information measuring unit 11, a positional information measuring unit 12, a control unit 13, and a communication unit 14.

The biological information measuring unit 11 is, for example, various sensors and measures biological information of a target person. The biological information measuring unit 11 measures biological information of the target person at predetermined time intervals. The biological information is, for example, at least one of blood flow, heart rate, pulse rate, brain wave, blood pressure, biological gas, respiration, and body temperature of the subject person.

The positional information measuring unit 12 is, for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) and measures positional information of the biological information measuring device 1, that is, positional information of the location of the subject person. In addition, the position information is expressed by, for example, latitude and longitude.

The control unit 13 is, for example, a CPU (central processing unit) and controls the entire biological information measuring apparatus 1.

The communication unit 14 transmits the biological information measured by the biological information measurement unit 11 and the positional information measured by the positional information measurement unit 12 to the server 2. The communication unit 14 periodically transmits the biological information and the position information to the server 2 at predetermined time intervals (for example, at 1 second intervals). At this time, the communication unit 14 transmits identification information for identifying the person to be checked for safety together with the biological information and the position information.

Although the information processing system according to embodiment 1 includes the contact-type biological information measuring device 1, it may include a non-contact-type biological information measuring device 1. The non-contact biological information measuring device 1 measures a pulse wave of a target person in a house in a non-contact manner using, for example, a Doppler Sensor (Doppler Sensor) or the like, and detects a heart rate and a heart rate variation of the target person.

In embodiment 1, the communication unit 14 transmits the position information measured by the position information measuring unit 12 to the server 2, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the position information of the house may be stored in advance in a storage unit, not shown, and the communication unit 14 may transmit the position information read from the storage unit to the server 2. In this case, the position information indicates the position of the house of the target person, and may be input to the biological information measurement device 1 in advance by the target person. This eliminates the need for the position information measuring unit 12, and simplifies the structure of the biological information measuring apparatus 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a server according to embodiment 1 of the present invention. The server 2 shown in fig. 3 includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23.

The communication unit 21 includes a biological information receiving unit 211, an emergency signal transmitting unit 212, a presence enabled signal receiving unit 213, a determination notification signal transmitting unit 214, a password issuance request signal transmitting unit 215, an arrival notification signal receiving unit 216, and a contact information transmitting unit 217. The storage unit 22 is, for example, a semiconductor memory, and includes a registrant DB (database) 221. The control unit 23 is, for example, a CPU, and includes a safety confirmation determination unit 231, an emergency notification unit 232, and a panelist determination unit 233.

The biological information receiving unit 211 acquires biological information of a target person in a house and position information indicating a position where the target person is present. The biological information receiving unit 211 receives the biological information and the position information transmitted by the biological information measuring apparatus 1.

The safety confirmation determining unit 231 determines whether or not the safety confirmation of the target person is necessary based on the biological information acquired by the biological information receiving unit 211. When the biological information is, for example, the heart rate, the safety check determining unit 231 determines whether or not the heart rate is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value. When determining that the heart rate is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold value, the safety check determining unit 231 determines that the safety check of the subject person is necessary, and when determining that the heart rate is higher than the predetermined threshold value, the safety check determining unit 231 determines that the safety check of the subject person is not necessary.

The method of confirming safety based on biological information is not limited to the above, and whether safety confirmation is necessary or not may be determined by determining whether or not the heart of the safety confirmation target person is stopped using other biological information.

The registrant DB221 stores contact information indicating contact information of the terminal devices 3 owned by the respective presence candidates and position information indicating positions of the respective presence candidates in association with each other. The candidate for departure is, for example, a nurse, an emergency responder, or the like, and registers contact information of the terminal device 3 owned by the candidate in advance. The contact information is, for example, the address of an email. Further, the location information of the departure candidate may be registered together with the contact information. The departure candidate registers the address or area of a place where the candidate normally exists as position information. The location information may indicate the location of the candidate who is present in each time slot, such as day and night. Further, the contact information may be information (for example, an IP address) for identifying the terminal apparatus 3.

Further, the terminal device 3 of the candidate may periodically measure the position information and transmit the measured position information to the server 2. The communication unit 21 of the server 2 may receive the position information transmitted from the terminal apparatus 3, and store the received position information in the registrant DB221 in association with the contact information of the terminal apparatus 3 of the transmission source. In this case, the real-time location information of the presence candidate and the contact information may be stored in correspondence with each other, so that the location of the presence candidate may be determined more accurately.

When the safety confirmation determination unit 231 determines that the safety confirmation of the subject person is required, the emergency notification unit 232 refers to the registered person DB221 in the storage unit 22, and transmits an emergency signal including the position of the subject person to request the safety confirmation of the subject person to the terminal device 3 owned by at least one presence candidate located in the vicinity of the position of the subject person indicated by the acquired position information.

Here, when the safety confirmation determining unit 231 determines that the safety confirmation of the target person is necessary, the emergency notifying unit 232 refers to the registrant DB221 in the storage unit 22 and specifies at least one presence candidate located near the position of the target person indicated by the acquired position information. The emergency notifying unit 232 specifies at least one candidate who is present within a predetermined distance from the position of the safety confirmation target person. The predetermined distance is, for example, 1km. That is, the emergency notification unit 232 specifies at least one candidate who is within a circle having a predetermined radius around the position of the safety confirmation target person. The emergency notification unit 232 extracts the contact information corresponding to each of the identified at least one candidate from the registrant DB221, and instructs the emergency signal transmission unit 212 to transmit the emergency signal to the terminal apparatus 3 corresponding to the extracted contact information.

The emergency notification unit 232 may extract at least one candidate present at a distance 1 from the person to be checked for safety from the registrant DB 221. When there is no departure candidate within the 1 st distance from the safety confirmation target person, the emergency notification unit 232 may extract at least one departure candidate located within the 2 nd distance longer than the 1 st distance from the registered person DB 221.

The emergency signal transmitting unit 212 transmits an emergency signal to the terminal device 3 owned by at least one candidate who is located near the position of the safety confirmation target person.

The presence signal reception unit 213 receives at least one presence signal indicating the location of the person to be checked, which is transmitted from the terminal device 3 of at least one presence candidate who can be present at the location of the person to be checked. The terminal device 3 that has received the emergency signal presents the location of the person to be checked for safety to the candidate person and accepts input as to whether the person can be present at the location of the person to be checked for safety. When the position where the person can be present to the safety confirmation target person is input, the terminal device 3 transmits a present availability signal to the server 2.

The panelist determination section 233 determines one of the at least one panelist candidates as the panelist present at the home of the safety confirmation target person based on the at least one presence enabled signal received by the presence enabled signal reception section 213. Here, the presence signal may include a predetermined time period until the presence candidate arrives at the position of the safety check target person. The panelist determination section 233 determines as the panelist the one panelist whose arrival time is shortest among the at least one panelist who transmitted the presentable signal.

The panelist determination unit 233 may determine, as the panelist, the one candidate whose distance between the position of the panelist candidate and the position of the safety confirmation target person is the shortest among the at least one candidate who has transmitted the presence enable signal. The panelist determination unit 233 may calculate respective routes from the terminal device 3 that transmitted at least one panelist who can present the signal to the position of the safety confirmation target person with reference to the map information, and determine the one panelist who arrives the earliest in the case of the calculated route by walking as the panelist.

The presence signal may include means for moving a candidate for presence such as walking or a car. In this case, the panelist determination section 233 may calculate respective routes from the terminal device 3 that transmitted at least one panelist who can present the presence signal to the position of the safety confirmation target person with reference to the map information, and determine as the panelist the one panelist who arrives the earliest when the calculated route is moved by the movement means of the panelist.

The decision notification signal transmitting unit 214 transmits a decision notification signal for notifying that the terminal apparatus 3 has been decided as the panelist, to the one candidate panelist decided by the panelist deciding unit 233.

The password issuance request signal transmission unit 215 transmits a password issuance request signal for requesting issuance of a password for unlocking the electronic lock by the one-position panelist determined by the panelist determination unit 233, to the key management device 4 that manages the password for unlocking the electronic lock installed in the home door of the security check target person.

The arrival notification signal receiving unit 216 receives an arrival notification signal for notifying that one candidate has arrived at the position of the security check target person from the terminal device 3 of the determined one candidate.

When the arrival notification signal is received by the arrival notification signal receiving unit 216, the contact information transmitting unit 217 transmits the contact information of the terminal apparatus 3 of one candidate determined by the panelist determining unit 233 to the key management apparatus 4.

In embodiment 1, the server 2 receives at least one availability signal transmitted from the terminal device 3 of at least one availability candidate, determines one of the at least one availability candidates as an availability based on the received at least one availability signal, and transmits a password issuance request signal requesting issuance of a password for unlocking the electronic lock by the determined one availability candidate. The server 2 may determine one of the at least one presence candidate as the presence without receiving the at least one presence enable signal. The password issuance request signal transmitter 215 may transmit, to the key management device 4, a password issuance request signal requesting issuance of a password for unlocking the electronic lock by at least one candidate who is located near the position of the security check target person.

The arrival notification signal receiving unit 216 may receive an arrival notification signal for notifying that one candidate has arrived at the position of the safety check target person from the terminal device 3 of the candidate who has arrived at the earliest position among the at least one candidate who has transmitted the emergency signal. Further, the contact information transmitting unit 217 may transmit the contact information of the terminal apparatus 3, which is a candidate for departure, to the key management apparatus 4 when the arrival notification signal is received by the arrival notification signal receiving unit 216.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a terminal device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention. The terminal device 3 shown in fig. 4 includes a communication unit 31, a control unit 32, an input reception unit 33, and a display unit 34.

The communication unit 31 includes an emergency signal receiving unit 311, an available presence signal transmitting unit 312, a determination notification signal receiving unit 313, an arrival notification signal transmitting unit 314, and a password receiving unit 315. The control unit 32 is, for example, a CPU, and includes a display control unit 321.

The input receiving unit 33 is, for example, a touch panel, a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, and receives information input by a candidate. The display unit 34 is, for example, a liquid crystal display device, and displays various kinds of information presented to the candidate.

The emergency signal receiving section 311 receives an emergency signal transmitted by the server 2.

The display control unit 321 presents the position of the target person included in the emergency signal received by the emergency signal receiving unit 311. When the emergency signal receiving unit 311 receives the emergency signal, the display control unit 321 presents the position of the person to be checked for safety to the candidate, and causes the display unit 34 to display a departure confirmation screen for allowing the candidate to confirm whether the person to be checked for safety can be departed from the site. The departure confirmation screen includes, for example, a position of the person to be checked for safety, a button for inputting whether the person to be checked for safety can be departed from the screen, and an input field for inputting a predetermined arrival time until the candidate person for departure arrives at the position of the person to be checked for safety.

The input reception unit 33 receives an input of whether the candidate can be presented to the position of the person to be checked for safety. The input reception unit 33 also receives an input of a predetermined time until the presence candidate input by the presence candidate reaches the position of the safety check target person. The candidate person enters whether the person can be present at the position of the person to be checked whether the person is present or not and the predetermined time until the person reaches the position of the person to be checked whether the person is present in the presence confirmation screen displayed on the display unit 34.

The presence-enabled signal transmitting unit 312 transmits to the server 2a presence-enabled signal indicating whether the presence candidate can be present at the position of the person to be checked for safety.

The decision notification signal receiving unit 313 receives a decision notification signal for notifying that the person has been decided as the panelist from the server 2. The determination notification signal receiving unit 313 also receives an undetermined notification signal for notifying that the person is not determined as the panelist from the server 2.

The display control unit 321 notifies the candidate to the house who has been determined to have arrived at the home of the person to be checked for safety. When the determination notification signal receiving unit 313 receives the determination notification signal, the display control unit 321 causes the display unit 34 to display a determination notification screen for notifying the panelist who has been determined to be present in the house of the person to be checked for safety.

When the decision notification signal receiving unit 313 receives the non-decision notification signal, the display control unit 321 causes the display unit 34 to display a non-decision notification screen for notifying the candidate of presence that the candidate is not decided as the presence at the house of the person to be checked for safety.

Then, the display control unit 321 displays a decision notification screen for notifying the presence candidate who has been decided to be present in the house of the safety check target person, and then displays an arrival input screen for inputting the position of the safety check target person at which the presence candidate person has arrived. The arrival input screen includes a button for inputting that the departure candidate has arrived at the position of the security confirmation target person.

The input reception unit 33 receives an input of the presence candidate who has reached the position of the safety check target person. When the candidate arrives at the position of the person to be checked for safety, a button for inputting that the candidate has arrived at the position of the person to be checked for safety is pressed on the arrival input screen.

The arrival notification signal transmitting unit 314 transmits an arrival notification signal for notifying that the candidate has arrived at the position of the safety confirmation target person to the server 2. The arrival notification signal transmitting unit 314 transmits the arrival notification signal to the server 2 when the input receiving unit 33 inputs that the candidate has arrived at the position of the security check target person.

The password receiving unit 315 receives the password transmitted from the key management device 4.

The display control unit 321 presents the password received by the password receiving unit 315. The display control unit 321 causes the display unit 34 to display the password received by the password receiving unit 315.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a key management device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention. The key management device 4 shown in fig. 5 includes a communication unit 41 and a control unit 42.

The communication unit 41 includes a password issuance request signal reception unit 411, a contact information reception unit 412, a password transmission unit 413, a password reception unit 414, and a determination result transmission unit 415. The control unit 42 is, for example, a CPU, and includes a password issuing unit 421 and a password determining unit 422.

The password issuance request signal reception unit 411 receives the password issuance request signal transmitted from the server 2.

The password issuing unit 421 issues a password for unlocking the electronic lock of the electronic lock device 5. The password issued by the password issuing unit 421 is a one-time password that is valid only once. The password issuing unit 421 issues a password different from a password normally used by the target person to unlock the electronic lock. The password issuing unit 421 generates a password based on a predetermined algorithm.

The contact information receiving unit 412 receives the contact information of the terminal apparatus 3 of one candidate who appears, which is transmitted from the server 2.

The password transmitting unit 413 transmits the password issued by the password issuing unit 421 to the terminal device 3 of the candidate based on the contact information received by the contact information receiving unit 412.

The password receiving unit 414 receives the password transmitted from the electronic lock device 5. The password transmitted by the electronic lock device 5 is a password input by a person who is a candidate for appearing.

The password determination unit 422 determines whether or not the password input by the one candidate who is received by the password reception unit 414 matches the password issued by the password issuance unit 421.

The determination result transmitting unit 415 transmits the determination result of the password determining unit 422 to the electronic lock device 5. The determination result transmitting unit 415 transmits an unlocking signal for unlocking the electronic lock to the electronic lock device 5 as a determination result when the password determining unit 422 determines that the input password matches the password issued by the password issuing unit 421. When the password determination unit 422 determines that the input password does not match the password issued by the password issuance unit 421, the determination result transmission unit 415 transmits a password mismatch signal for notifying that the password input by the candidate is incorrect, as the determination result, to the electronic lock device 5.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of an electronic lock device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention. The electronic lock device 5 shown in fig. 6 includes a communication unit 51, a control unit 52, a password input reception unit 53, and an electronic lock 54.

The communication unit 51 includes a password transmission unit 511 and a determination result reception unit 512. The control unit 52 is, for example, a CPU, and includes a lock control unit 521.

The password input reception unit 53 is an operation button including a numeric keypad, for example, and receives a password input by a person who is a subject living in a house and a password input by one of at least one candidate. A candidate inputs the password displayed on the terminal device 3 to the password input reception unit 53. In addition, the password used by the occupant is different from the password used by a candidate.

The electronic lock 54 is provided in a door of an entrance of a house of a person to be checked for security, and is locked or unlocked based on a control signal from the lock control unit 521.

The password transmission unit 511 transmits the password received by the password input reception unit 53 to the key management device 4.

The determination result receiving unit 512 receives the determination result transmitted from the key management device 4. The judgment result receiving unit 512 receives, as a judgment result, either an unlock signal for unlocking the electronic lock or a password mismatch signal for notifying a password error input by a candidate as a judgment result from the key management device 4.

The lock control unit 521 unlocks the electronic lock 54 when the determination result received by the determination result receiving unit 512 indicates that the password received by the password input reception unit 53 matches the password issued by the password issuance unit 421. That is, when the determination result receiving unit 512 receives the unlock signal, the lock control unit 521 unlocks the electronic lock 54.

In addition, when the determination result received by the determination result receiving unit 512 indicates that the password received by the password input receiving unit 53 does not match the password issued by the password issuing unit 421, the lock control unit 521 notifies the one-place candidate of an input password error. That is, when the determination result receiving unit 512 receives the password mismatch signal, the lock control unit 521 notifies the one-position candidate of the input password error without unlocking the electronic lock 54. When the password is wrong, the user may notify the user using a display unit not shown, or may notify the user using a speaker not shown.

The key management device 4 may store a password input by the resident in advance in a storage unit (not shown). The key management device 4 may determine whether or not the password transmitted by the password transmission unit 511 matches a password previously input by the resident and stored in the storage unit, and may transmit the determination result to the electronic lock device 5. The lock control unit 521 may unlock the electronic lock 54 when the determination result received by the determination result receiving unit 512 indicates that the password received by the password input receiving unit 53 matches the password registered in advance in the key management device 4.

The electronic lock device 5 may store a password input by the resident in advance in a storage unit (not shown). In this case, the lock control unit 521 may determine whether or not the password received by the password input reception unit 53 matches the password registered in advance in the storage unit. Then, the lock control unit 521 may unlock the electronic lock 54 when determining that the password accepted by the password input acceptance unit 53 matches the password registered in the storage unit in advance. Further, the password transmission unit 511 may transmit the received password to the key management device 4 when the lock control unit 521 determines that the password received by the password input reception unit 53 does not match the password registered in the storage unit in advance.

Also, the electronic lock 54 may be automatically locked when the door is closed. The electronic lock 54 may be locked by receiving a password input by the occupant.

Next, an operation of the information processing system according to embodiment 1 will be described.

First, in step S1, the biological information measuring unit 11 of the biological information measuring apparatus 1 measures biological information of the safety check target person.

Next, in step S2, the position information measuring unit 12 measures position information indicating the current position of the biological information measuring device 1.

Next, in step S3, the communication unit 14 transmits the biological information measured by the biological information measurement unit 11 and the positional information measured by the positional information measurement unit 12 to the server 2. Then, the process returns to step S1.

First, in step S11, the biological information receiving unit 211 of the server 2 acquires the biological information and the positional information transmitted from the biological information measuring device 1.

Next, in step S12, the safety confirmation determining unit 231 determines whether or not the safety confirmation of the target person is necessary based on the biological information acquired by the biological information receiving unit 211. Here, if it is determined that the confirmation of the safety of the subject person is not necessary (no in step S12), the process returns to step S11.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the safety check of the target person is necessary (yes in step S12), in step S13, the emergency notifying unit 232 refers to the registered person DB221 of the storage unit 22 and specifies at least one presence candidate located in the vicinity of the position of the safety check target person indicated by the position information acquired by the biological information receiving unit 211. The emergency notifying part 232 extracts the contact information corresponding to each of at least one candidate who is present, which is determined by the emergency notifying part 232, from the registrant DB 221.

Next, in step S14, the emergency signal transmitting unit 212 transmits an emergency signal to the terminal apparatus 3 corresponding to the contact information extracted by the emergency notifying unit 232.

Next, in step S15, the presence enable signal receiving unit 213 receives the presence enable signal indicating the location of the candidate person whose presence can be confirmed to the security level, which is transmitted from the terminal device 3 of the candidate person whose presence can be confirmed to the location of the security level.

Next, in step S16, the panelist determination unit 233 determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the transmission of the emergency signal. The panelist determination unit 233 measures the elapsed time from the transmission of the emergency signal. The predetermined time is, for example, 30 seconds, and a relatively short time such as, for example, 1 minute or less is preferable because it is necessary to respond quickly. Here, if it is determined that the predetermined time has not elapsed (no in step S16), the process returns to step S15. The present-availability-signal receiving unit 213 receives the present-availability signal transmitted from the terminal apparatus 3 of the one less present candidate until a predetermined time elapses from the transmission of the emergency signal.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the predetermined time has elapsed (yes in step S16), in step S17, the panelist determination unit 233 determines one of the at least one panelist candidates as the panelist present to the house of the security confirmation target person based on the at least one availability signal received by the availability signal reception unit 213. The panelist determination section 233 determines, as the panelist, the one panelist who has reached the shortest scheduled time among the at least one panelist who transmitted the presentable signal.

Next, in step S18, the decision notification signal transmitting unit 214 transmits a decision notification signal for notifying that the terminal apparatus 3 has been decided as the panelist to the terminal apparatus 3 that is decided as the candidate of the panelist by the panelist deciding unit 233.

Next, in step S19, the decision notification signal transmitting unit 214 transmits an undetermined notification signal for notifying that the terminal apparatus 3 has not decided as a person who can go out to the terminal apparatus which has transmitted the remaining candidates who are not decided as a person who can go out to the terminal apparatus which has transmitted the at least one person who can go out to the terminal apparatus.

Next, in step S20, the password issuance request signal transmission unit 215 transmits to the key management apparatus 4 a password issuance request signal requesting issuance of a password for unlocking the electronic lock by the one-digit candidate determined by the panelist determination unit 233.

Next, in step S21, the arrival notification signal receiving unit 216 receives an arrival notification signal for notifying that the one candidate has arrived at the position of the security check target person from the terminal device 3 of the determined one candidate. The arrival notification signal receiving unit 216 waits until the arrival notification signal is received.

The panelist determination unit 233 may measure the elapsed time from the transmission of the decision notification signal and determine whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the transmission of the decision notification signal. Further, when the arrival notification signal has not been received until the predetermined time has elapsed, the panelist determination section 233 may determine, as the panelist, one panelist out of the remaining panelists other than the panelist who transmitted the determination notification signal.

Next, in step S22, the contact information transmitting unit 217 transmits the contact information corresponding to the one presence candidate determined by the presence determining unit 233 to the key management device 4. Then, the process returns to step S11.

In embodiment 1, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention may be applied to a case where the present invention determines, as the present person, one present candidate among at least one present candidate based on at least one present enabling signal received by the present enabling signal receiving unit 213. For example, when the presence enabled signal is received from a plurality of presence candidates, the presence determining unit 233 may determine, as the presence, the presence candidate having the shortest arrival time and the presence candidate having the shortest arrival time among the plurality of presence candidates. Accordingly, even when one of the candidates cannot travel to the house of the subject person for some reason, the other candidates can travel to the house of the subject person, and thus it is possible to cope with an accident.

In embodiment 1, the password issuance request signal transmission unit 215 transmits the password issuance request signal to the key management apparatus 4 before receiving the arrival notification signal, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the password issuance request signal may be transmitted to the key management apparatus 4 when receiving the arrival notification signal. Further, although the password issuance request signal and the contact information are transmitted separately in embodiment 1, the present invention is not limited to this, and the password issuance request signal transmission unit 215 may transmit the password issuance request signal including the contact information.

In embodiment 1, when it is determined that the safety check of the subject person is necessary, the emergency notification unit 232 refers to the registrant DB221 in the storage unit 22 and identifies at least one exit candidate located near the position of the safety check subject person indicated by the position information acquired by the biological information receiving unit 211, but the present invention is not limited to this, and when it is determined that the safety check of the subject person is necessary, the communication unit 21 may transmit information on the safety check subject person including the name and telephone number of the safety check subject person to a terminal device used by the administrator. The terminal device used by the administrator receives information on the person to be checked for safety and prompts the administrator that the information on the person to be checked for safety has been received.

Then, the manager calls the person to be checked to determine whether or not the person is expected to leave the room. When a response is received that the candidate person is going to go out, or when the person is not on the phone, the manager inputs a security confirmation request instruction to the terminal device to notify that the person needs to be confirmed. The terminal device used by the administrator accepts an input of a security check request instruction from the administrator. When the security confirmation request instruction is input, the terminal device transmits a security confirmation request instruction signal to the server 2. Then, the server 2 receives the security check request instruction signal transmitted from the terminal device. Upon receiving the safety confirmation request instruction signal, the emergency notification unit 232 refers to the registrant DB221 in the storage unit 22 and identifies at least one presence candidate located near the position of the safety confirmation target person indicated by the position information acquired by the biological information receiving unit 211.

When a response is obtained that the candidate person is not expected to be present, the manager inputs a security confirmation unnecessary instruction to the terminal device to notify that the security confirmation of the subject person is not necessary. The terminal device used by the administrator accepts input of an instruction not required for security confirmation by the administrator. When the security check non-necessity instruction is input, the terminal device transmits a security check non-necessity instruction signal to the server 2. Then, the server 2 receives the security check non-necessity indication signal transmitted from the terminal device. When the safety confirmation non-necessity indication signal is received, the emergency notifying part 232 does not determine at least one presence candidate.

First, in step S31, the emergency signal receiving unit 311 of the terminal device 3 receives the emergency signal transmitted from the server 2.

Next, in step S32, the display control unit 321 presents the position of the person to be checked for safety to the candidate, and causes the display unit 34 to display a departure confirmation screen for accepting the input of whether the candidate can be departed from the position of the person to be checked for safety and the predetermined time until the candidate arrives at the position of the person to be checked for safety.

Next, in step S33, the input reception unit 33 receives the presence/absence availability of the presence candidate input by the presence candidate at the position of the safety/absence confirmation target person, and the arrival scheduled time at which the presence candidate arrives at the position of the safety/absence confirmation target person.

Next, in step S34, the control unit 32 determines whether the candidate can be present at the position of the safety check target person. That is, the control unit 32 determines whether or not the candidate has entered a position where the candidate can be presented to the person to be checked for safety on the presentation confirmation screen displayed on the display unit 34.

Here, when it is determined that the presence candidate cannot be present at the position of the person to be checked for safety, that is, when the presence candidate has input the position of the person to be checked for safety (no in step S34), the process is terminated.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the presence candidate can be present at the position of the person to be checked for safety, that is, when the presence candidate has input the position of the person to be checked for safety (yes in step S34), in step S35, the presence enable signal transmission unit 312 transmits to the server 2a presence enable signal indicating that the presence candidate can be present at the position of the person to be checked for safety.

Next, in step S36, the decision notification signal receiving unit 313 receives, from the server 2, a decision notification signal for notifying that the person is decided as the panelist or an undetermined notification signal for notifying that the person is not decided as the panelist. That is, the candidate receives the determination notification signal when the candidate is determined as a panelist, and receives the undetermined notification signal when the candidate is not determined as a panelist.

Next, in step S37, the control unit 32 determines whether or not the decision notification signal is received by the decision notification signal receiving unit 313.

Here, when it is determined that the decision notification signal has not been received, that is, when it is determined that the non-decision notification signal has been received (no in step S37), in step S38, the display control unit 321 causes the display unit 34 to display a non-decision notification screen for notifying the presence candidate who has not been decided to be present at the house of the person to be checked for safety, and the other presence candidates who have been decided to be present.

On the other hand, when determining that the decision notification signal has been received (yes in step S37), in step S39, the display controller 321 causes the display unit 34 to display a decision notification screen for notifying the candidate who has decided to go out to the position of the person to be checked for safety.

Then, it is confirmed that the candidate person determined as the person to be presented moves to the position of the person to be checked for safety. After the decision notification screen is displayed, the display control unit 321 displays an arrival input screen for letting the candidate enter the position of the person to be checked for safety. The input reception unit 33 receives an input of the presence candidate who has reached the position of the safety check target person.

Next, in step S40, the arrival notification signal transmitting unit 314 transmits an arrival notification signal for notifying that the candidate has arrived at the position of the security check target person to the server 2.

Next, in step S41, the password reception unit 315 receives the password transmitted from the key management device 4. The password is a password for unlocking an electronic lock for unlocking a door of a house of a person to be authenticated.

Next, in step S42, the display control unit 321 causes the display unit 34 to display the password received by the password receiving unit 315. The candidate who sees the password displayed on the display unit 34 inputs the password to the electronic lock device 5.

In embodiment 1, the server 2 may transmit only the determination notification signal to the terminal apparatus 3 and may not transmit the non-determination notification signal to the terminal apparatus 3. In this example, the display control unit 321 may measure an elapsed time from the transmission of the present enable signal. When it is determined in step S37 that the decision notification signal has not been received, the display control unit 321 may determine whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the start enable signal was transmitted. Here, when it is determined that the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S36. On the other hand, when determining that the predetermined time has elapsed, the display control unit 321 causes the display unit 34 to display the undetermined notification screen.

First, in step S51, the password issuance request signal reception unit 411 of the key management device 4 receives the password issuance request signal transmitted from the server 2.

Next, in step S52, the password issuing unit 421 issues a password for unlocking the electronic lock of the electronic lock device 5 installed in the house of the person to be checked for security.

Next, in step S53, the contact information receiving unit 412 receives the contact information of the terminal apparatus 3 determined as a candidate for a panelist, which is transmitted from the server 2.

Next, in step S54, the password transmission unit 413 transmits the password issued by the password issuance unit 421 to the terminal device 3 of the candidate who is present corresponding to the contact information received by the contact information reception unit 412.

Next, in step S55, the password receiving unit 414 receives the password input by the candidate from the electronic lock device 5.

Next, in step S56, the password determination unit 422 determines whether or not the password input by the candidate who is present received by the password reception unit 414 matches the password issued by the password issuance unit 421.

Here, when it is determined that the input password matches the issued password (yes in step S56), the determination result transmitter 415 transmits an unlocking signal for unlocking the electronic lock to the electronic lock device 5 in step S57.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the input password does not match the issued password (no in step S56), in step S58, the determination result transmitting unit 415 transmits a password mismatch signal for notifying that the password input by the candidate is wrong to the electronic lock device 5. Then, the process returns to step S55.

In step S58, after the password mismatch signal is transmitted to the electronic lock device 5, the password determination unit 422 may determine whether the number of times the input password and the issued password are determined to be mismatched has reached a predetermined number of times. The storage unit, not shown, may store the issued password in association with the number of times the issued password is determined to be inconsistent. The prescribed number is, for example, 3 times. The processing may be terminated when the number of times of determining that the input password and the issued password are determined to be inconsistent reaches a predetermined number of times. If it is determined that the number of times the input password and the issued password are determined not to be in agreement is not equal to the predetermined number of times, the process may return to step S55. Accordingly, when the input of the password fails a predetermined number of times, the process is terminated.

The validity period may be set for the issued password. For example, the elapsed time from the issuance of the password or the elapsed time from the transmission of the issued password may be measured, and the issued password may be discarded when the elapsed time exceeds a predetermined time and it is not determined that the input password matches the issued password. The predetermined time is, for example, 1 minute. Accordingly, the security of the password can be improved.

In embodiment 1, the password transmission unit 413 transmits the password issued by the password issuance unit 421 to the terminal device 3, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the password transmission unit 413 may transmit the password issued by the password issuance unit 421 to the server 2. In this case, the contact information receiving unit 412 for receiving the contact information of the terminal apparatus 3 determined as the presence candidate of the presence is no longer necessary. The server 2 receives the password transmitted by the key management apparatus 4. When receiving the arrival notification signal, the server 2 transmits the password to the terminal device 3 of the candidate corresponding to the contact information. Accordingly, since the server 2 does not transmit the contact information to the key management apparatus 4, the security of the contact information can be improved.

First, in step S71, the password input reception unit 53 of the electronic lock device 5 receives the password input by the candidate.

Next, in step S72, the password transmission unit 511 transmits the password input by the candidate to the key management device 4.

Next, in step S73, the determination result receiving unit 512 receives an unlock signal or a password mismatch signal from the key management device 4.

Next, in step S74, the lock control unit 521 determines whether or not the determination result receiving unit 512 has received the unlocking signal. Here, when determining that the unlocking signal is received (yes in step S74), the lock control unit 521 unlocks the electronic lock 54.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the unlock signal has not been received, that is, if the password mismatch signal has been received (no at step S74), lock control unit 521 notifies the candidate of an error in the password input at step S76. Then, the process returns to step S71. Further, lock control unit 521 may display an image for notifying that the input password is incorrect on a display unit, not shown, or may output a sound for notifying that the input password is incorrect on a speaker, not shown.

In step S76, after notifying that the password input by the candidate has been incorrect, lock control unit 521 may determine whether or not the number of times the password mismatch signal has been received has reached a predetermined number of times. The storage unit, not shown, may store the issued password and the number of times the password mismatch signal is received. The prescribed number of times is, for example, 3 times. When it is determined that the number of times of reception of the password mismatch signal has reached the predetermined number of times, the process may be ended. If it is determined that the number of times the password mismatch signal has been received has not reached the predetermined number of times, the process may return to step S71. Accordingly, when the input of the password fails a predetermined number of times, the process is terminated.

In this way, since the terminal device 3 owned by at least one presence candidate located in the vicinity of the location of the subject person who needs the security confirmation transmits the emergency signal for requesting the security confirmation of the subject person including the location of the subject person, the at least one presence candidate can be quickly present to the location of the subject person who needs the security confirmation. Further, since at least one of the candidates requests the issuance of the password for unlocking the electronic lock, the number of candidates who issue the password can be reduced. As a result, both quick emergency response and maintenance of a high security level can be achieved.

(embodiment 2)

In embodiment 1, it is not particularly considered whether or not the safety confirmation target person performs the safety confirmation processing at home, but in embodiment 2, the safety confirmation processing is performed when the safety confirmation target person is at home.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the information processing system according to embodiment 2 of the present invention. The information processing system shown in fig. 12 includes a biological information measuring device 1, a server 2A, a terminal device 3, a key management device 4, an electronic lock device 5, and a camera 7. In embodiment 2, the same components as those in embodiment 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

The server 2A is communicably connected to the biological information measuring device 1, the terminal device 3, the key management device 4, and the camera 7 via the network 6.

The camera 7 is installed in the house of the person to be checked for safety and is used for photographing the inside of the house. The information processing system according to embodiment 2 may include not only one camera 7 but also a plurality of cameras 7.

Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a camera according to embodiment 2 of the present invention. The camera 7 shown in fig. 13 includes an image capturing unit 71, a control unit 72, and a communication unit 73.

The photographing section 71 photographs the inside of the house. The photographing section 71 performs photographing at predetermined time intervals (for example, 1 second intervals). The camera 7 is, for example, provided on the ceiling or on a wall of the room. The control unit 72 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the entire camera 7.

The communication unit 73 transmits the image captured by the image capturing unit 71 to the server 2A. In embodiment 2, the communication unit 73 transmits still images photographed at predetermined time intervals to the server 2A at predetermined time intervals (for example, at 1 second intervals), but the present invention is not limited to this, and may transmit moving images to the server 2A.

Fig. 14 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a server according to embodiment 2 of the present invention. The server 2A shown in fig. 14 includes a communication unit 21A, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23A.

The communication unit 21A includes a biological information receiving unit 211, an emergency signal transmitting unit 212, a presence enabled signal receiving unit 213, a determination notification signal transmitting unit 214, a password issuance request signal transmitting unit 215, an arrival notification signal receiving unit 216, a contact information transmitting unit 217, and an image receiving unit 218. The control unit 23A is, for example, a CPU, and includes a safety confirmation determination unit 231, an emergency notification unit 232A, a panelist determination unit 233, and a home determination unit 234.

The image receiving unit 218 acquires an image of the house from the camera 7.

The home determination unit 234 determines whether or not the person to be checked is in the house. The home determination unit 234 determines that the person to be checked for safety is not present in the home when the image acquired by the image receiving unit 218 does not include the person to be checked for safety and the biological information cannot be measured by the biological information measuring device 1. The home determination unit 234 determines that the person to be checked for security is present in the home when the image acquired by the image receiving unit 218 includes the person to be checked for security or when the biological information measuring device 1 is capable of measuring the biological information. The biological information measuring device 1 is, for example, a doppler sensor, and measures biological information in a non-contact manner.

The emergency notifying unit 232A does not transmit the emergency signal when it is determined that the person to be checked whether the person is present in the house. That is, even if the safety confirmation determining unit 231 determines that the safety confirmation of the target person is necessary, the emergency notifying unit 232A does not transmit the emergency signal unless it determines that the safety confirmation target person is not present in the house.

When the safety confirmation determination unit 231 determines that the safety confirmation of the subject person is required and the home determination unit 234 determines that the subject person is in the home, the emergency notification unit 232A refers to the registrant DB221 in the storage unit 22 and transmits an emergency signal for requesting the safety confirmation of the subject person including the position of the subject person to the terminal device 3 owned by at least one exit candidate located in the vicinity of the position of the subject person indicated by the acquired position information.

The processing of step S81 is the same as the processing of step S11 shown in fig. 8, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

Next, in step S82, the image receiving unit 218 acquires an image of the inside of the house of the person to be checked for safety captured by the camera 7.

Next, in step S83, the home determination unit 234 determines whether or not the safety check target person is present in the home based on the biological information received by the biological information receiving unit 211 and the image acquired by the image receiving unit 218. The home determination unit 234 determines that the safety confirmation target person is not present in the home when the image acquired by the image receiving unit 218 does not include the target person and the biological information cannot be measured by the biological information measuring device 1. The home determination unit 234 determines whether the target person is present in the house or not when the target person is included in the image acquired by the image receiving unit 218 or when the biological information can be measured by the biological information measuring device 1.

The home determination unit 234 may determine whether or not the person to be checked is present in the house based on only the image acquired by the image reception unit 218. That is, the home determination unit 234 may determine that the subject person is not present in the house when the subject person is not included in the image acquired by the image receiving unit 218. When the image acquired by the image receiving unit 218 includes the person to be checked for safety, the home determination unit 234 may determine that the person to be checked for safety is present in the house. The determination as to whether or not the safety check target person is included in the image is performed by collation with the face image of the safety check target person stored in advance in the storage unit 22.

Here, when it is determined that the person to be checked for safety is not in the house (no in step S83), the process returns to step S81.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the safety check target person is in the house (yes in step S83), in step S84, the safety check determining unit 231 determines whether or not the safety check of the target person is necessary based on the biological information acquired by the biological information receiving unit 211.

The processing in step S84 to step S94 is the same as the processing in step S12 to step S22 shown in fig. 8, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

In embodiment 2, the emergency notification unit 232A does not transmit the emergency signal when it is determined that the person to be checked is not in the house, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the safety check unit 231 may not determine whether or not the safety check of the person to be checked is necessary when it is determined that the person to be checked is not in the house. When the biological information measuring apparatus 1 measures biological information in a non-contact manner, the biological information measuring apparatus 1 cannot measure biological information if the safety check target person is not present in the home. Therefore, when the person to be checked for safety is not present in the house, it is not necessary to perform a process of determining whether or not the person to be checked for safety is required.

In embodiment 2, the information processing system may include a human body sensor that detects a human body by infrared rays, ultrasonic waves, or visible light, instead of the camera 7. In this case, the home determination unit 234 may determine whether or not the safety confirmation target person is present in the home based on the biological information received by the biological information receiving unit 211 and the detection result detected by the human detection sensor. The home determination unit 234 determines that the person to be checked for safety is not present in the home when the person is not detected by the person detection sensor and the biological information is not measured by the biological information measuring device 1. The home determination unit 234 determines that the safety confirmation target person is present in the home when a person is detected by the person detection sensor or when biological information is measured by the biological information measurement device 1.

Further, the home determination unit 234 may determine whether or not the safety check target person is present in the home when the biological information measuring device 1 is a non-contact sensor, and the home determination unit 234 may not determine whether or not the safety check target person is present in the home when the biological information measuring device 1 is a contact sensor.

Although the device of the present invention has been described above based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. Various modifications conceivable to the embodiment and embodiments constructed by combining constituent elements in different embodiments may be included in the scope of one or more embodiments of the present invention by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

In the above embodiments, each component is configured by dedicated hardware, but may be realized by executing a software program suitable for each component. Each component may be realized by causing a program execution unit such as a CPU or a processor to read a software program recorded in a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.

A part or all of the functions of the apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention can be typically realized as an LSI (Large Scale Integration) integrated circuit. Some or all of these functions may be formed into chips, or may be formed into chips including some or all of these functions. The integrated circuit is not limited to the LSI, and may be realized by a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor. An FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) which is Programmable after the LSI is manufactured or a reconfigurable processor which can reconfigure the connection and setting of circuit cells in the LSI may be used.

In addition, a part or all of the functions of the apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention may be realized by causing a processor such as a CPU to execute a program.

Moreover, the numbers used in the above are examples given for specifically explaining the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to these exemplified numbers.

The order in which the steps shown in the flowcharts are executed is merely an example given for specifically explaining the present invention, and may be an order other than the above, as long as the same effects can be obtained. Moreover, some of the above steps may be performed concurrently with (or in parallel with) other steps.

Further, various modifications within the scope of the conceivable modifications of the embodiments of the present invention by those skilled in the art are included in the present invention, as long as they do not depart from the gist of the present invention.

This application is based on Japanese patent application No.2018-071842, filed on 3.4.2018 with the present patent office, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Industrial applicability

The information processing method, the information processing apparatus, and the information processing system according to the present invention can satisfy both quick emergency response and maintenance of a high security level, and are of practical value as an information processing method, an information processing device, and an information processing system that request a candidate to go out to confirm whether or not a target person in a house is safe.

Claims

1. An information processing method for causing a computer to execute the steps of:

acquiring biological information of a subject person in a house and position information indicating a position where the subject person is located;

determining whether to confirm the safety of the target person based on the acquired biological information;

transmitting an emergency signal including the position of the target person and requesting a confirmation of the safety of the target person to the terminal device owned by at least one presence candidate located in the vicinity of the position of the target person indicated by the acquired position information, with reference to a storage unit that stores contact information indicating contact information of terminal devices owned by the respective presence candidates and position information indicating positions of the respective presence candidates in association with each other, in a case where it is determined that the confirmation of the safety of the target person is necessary;

receiving at least one availability signal indicating a location where the at least one availability candidate can be present at the subject person, the signal being transmitted by the terminal device of the at least one availability candidate that can be present at the location of the subject person;

determining one of the at least one presence candidate as a presence to the home based on the received at least one presence-enabled signal;

transmitting a decision notification signal for notifying that the panelist has been decided to the terminal device of the decided panelist;

transmitting a password issuance request signal requesting issuance of a password for causing the one-place candidate to unlock the electronic lock, to a key management device that manages the password for unlocking the electronic lock provided on the door that enters the house;

receiving an arrival notification signal for notifying that the one-appearing candidate has arrived at the position of the subject person from the terminal device of the decided one-appearing candidate;

and transmitting the contact information of the terminal device of the decided one presence candidate to the key management device, in a case where the arrival notification signal is received.

2. The information processing method according to claim 1, characterized in that:

the present-available signal contains a predetermined arrival time at which the present candidate arrives at the position of the subject person,

the one-place candidate determination means determines, as the person who is present, the one-place candidate whose arrival time is shortest among the at least one-place candidate who has transmitted the present availability signal.

3. The information processing method according to claim 1, characterized in that:

the determination of the one-place present candidate determines, as the present person, the one-place present candidate whose distance between the position of the present candidate and the position of the target person is the shortest among the at least one-place present candidate who has transmitted the present enabling signal.

4. The information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that:

further determining whether the subject person is in the residence,

the emergency signal is not transmitted when it is determined that the subject person is not present in the house.

5. The information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that:

further determining whether the subject person is in the residence,

the determination as to whether or not the safety of the subject person needs to be confirmed is not performed when it is determined that the subject person is not present in the house.

6. The information processing method according to claim 4, characterized in that:

further acquiring an image of the inside of the house from a camera provided in the house,

the acquisition of the biological information is performed by acquiring the biological information from a biological information measurement device that is installed in the home and that measures the biological information in a non-contact manner,

the determination of whether the subject person is present in the house determines that the subject person is not present in the house when the acquired image does not include the subject person and the biological information is not measured by the biological information measuring device.

7. The information processing method according to claim 5, characterized in that:

the acquisition of the biological information acquires the biological information from a biological information measuring device installed in the home and measuring the biological information in a non-contact manner,

8. An information processing apparatus characterized by comprising:

an acquisition unit that acquires biological information of a target person in a house and position information indicating a position where the target person is present;

a determination unit that determines whether or not the safety of the subject person needs to be confirmed based on the acquired biological information;

a storage unit that stores contact information indicating contact information of terminal devices owned by a plurality of presence candidates and position information indicating positions of the plurality of presence candidates in association with each other;

a 1 st transmitting unit that, when it is determined that the confirmation of the safety of the target person is required, refers to the storage unit, and transmits an emergency signal including the position of the target person to request the confirmation of the safety of the target person to the terminal device owned by at least one presence candidate located near the position of the target person indicated by the acquired position information;

a 1 st receiving unit configured to receive at least one presence enabled signal indicating a location where the at least one presence candidate can be present in the target person, the signal being transmitted from the terminal device of the at least one presence candidate that can be present in the target person;

a determination unit configured to determine one of the at least one presence candidate as a presence to the house based on the at least one presence-enabled signal;

a 2 nd transmitting unit configured to transmit a determination notification signal for notifying that the terminal device of the determined one panelist has been determined to be the panelist;

a 3 rd transmission unit that transmits a password issuance request signal for requesting, by the one-place candidate, issuance of a password for unlocking an electronic lock provided in a door that enters the house, to a key management device that manages the password for unlocking the electronic lock;

a 2 nd receiving unit configured to receive an arrival notification signal for notifying that the one presence candidate has arrived at the position of the target person, from the terminal device of the one presence candidate determined; and

and a 4 th transmitting unit that transmits the contact information of the terminal device of the determined one of the candidates to the key management device, when the arrival notification signal is received.

9. An information processing system, comprising: a biological information measuring device, an information processing device, a terminal device, a key management device, and a lock device,

the biological information measurement device includes:

a biological information measurement unit that measures biological information of a target person in a home;

a position measuring unit that measures position information indicating a position where the subject person is located; and (c) a second step of,

a transmission unit that transmits the measured biological information and the measured positional information to the information processing device,

the information processing device includes:

a 1 st receiving unit that receives the biological information and the position information transmitted by the biological information measuring device;

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not to confirm the safety of the target person based on the received biological information;

a 2 nd reception unit configured to receive at least one presence enabled signal indicating a location where the at least one presence candidate can be present in the target person, the presence enabled signal being transmitted from the terminal device of the at least one presence candidate that can be present in the target person;

a 3 rd transmitting unit that transmits a password issuance request signal requesting the one-place candidate to issue the password for unlocking the electronic lock, to a key management device that manages the password for unlocking the electronic lock installed in the door that enters the house;

a 3 rd receiving unit that receives an arrival notification signal for notifying that the one-position departure candidate has arrived at the location of the target person from the terminal device of the one-position departure candidate determined; and

a 4 th transmitting unit that transmits the contact information of the terminal device of the determined one of the candidates to the key management device when the arrival notification signal is received,

the terminal device includes:

a 1 st receiving unit that receives the emergency signal transmitted by the information processing apparatus;

a 1 st presentation unit configured to present a position of the target person included in the emergency signal received by the 1 st reception unit;

a 1 st transmitting unit that transmits the presence enable signal to the information processing apparatus;

a 2 nd receiving unit configured to receive the determination notification signal transmitted from the information processing apparatus;

a 2 nd transmission unit that transmits the arrival notification signal to the information processing apparatus;

a 3 rd receiving unit that receives the password transmitted by the key management device; and

a 2 nd presentation unit for presenting the password received by the 3 rd reception unit,

the key management device includes:

a 1 st receiving unit that receives the password issuance request signal transmitted from the information processing apparatus;

a password issuing unit that issues the password for unlocking the electronic lock;

a 2 nd receiving unit that receives the contact information transmitted by the information processing apparatus;

a 1 st transmission unit that transmits the password issued by the password issuance unit to the terminal device of the one-place candidate;

a 3 rd receiving unit for receiving the password transmitted from the lock device;

a determination unit that determines whether or not the password received by the 3 rd reception unit matches the password issued by the password issuance unit; and the number of the first and second groups,

a 2 nd transmitting unit that transmits the judgment result of the judging unit to the lock device,

the lock device is provided with:

the electronic lock;

a password input receiving unit for receiving the password input by one of the at least one outgoing candidate;

a transmission unit that transmits the password accepted by the password input acceptance unit to the key management device;

a receiving unit that receives the determination result transmitted by the key management device;

and an unlocking unit configured to unlock the electronic lock when the determination result received by the receiving unit is a determination result that the password received by the password input receiving unit and the password issued by the password issuing unit match.