JP2000132770A - Abnormality message system and abnormality detecting method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an abnormality message system and an abnormality detecting method which quickly and surely detect and notify the abnormality of a person in a house. SOLUTION: A bathroom timer 5 is reset with a five-minute set time by such a manner that a reset signal comes from an intra-bathroom sensor unit 8 when a person, etc., moves in the bathroom. A toilet timer 6 is reset with a ten-minute set time by such a manner that a reset signal comes from a toilet sensor unit 14 when a person, etc., moves in the toilet. A normal timer 7 is reset with a 120-minute set time by such a manner that a reset signal arrives from a living room sensor unit 20 when a person, etc., moves in the living room. When the time of any of the timers 5 to 7 is up, an abnormality message is notified to a prearranged message destination through a public line.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the detection and notification of abnormalities in a house.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The elderly living alone are increasing due to the nuclear family and the declining birthrate. If you live alone, you may be sick or injured at home. In such a case, there is a method of making a telephone call or contacting the emergency button to notify the abnormality to the outside. However, if you cannot contact yourself due to sudden illness or the like, you need a device that automatically detects and notifies you of abnormalities.

Therefore, door sensors, human sensors, and the like are attached to various places in a house, and when none of the sensors work for a certain period of time, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred, and an abnormality report is issued to the outside.

[0004]

However, the conventional method has the following problems.

In order to detect an abnormality as soon as possible, it is necessary to increase the number of sensors. In addition, if the elderly do not move, it is not clear whether they are abnormal or normal. For example, if it is assumed that the user has been sleeping for 6 hours as the fixed time, the time is set to the fixed time. In this case, in the worst case, the notification is made after 6 hours.

The present invention has been made under such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an abnormality notification system and an abnormality detection method capable of quickly and reliably detecting and reporting an abnormality of a person in a house. Is what you do.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, an abnormality notification system is provided with the following (1) to (1).
As in (11), the abnormality detection method is configured as in (12) below.

(1) A dedicated timer corresponding to one sensor, a general-purpose timer corresponding to a plurality of sensors, and a plurality of sensors arranged at different places in a house to detect a motion of a person or the like at the place. And an abnormality reporting means for reporting an abnormality to a predetermined location, and when one of the plurality of sensors detects a movement, one of the timers corresponding to the sensor that has detected the movement, An abnormality notification system, comprising: a control unit that drives the abnormality notification unit when the time is up when at least one of the timers expires, resetting at a set time specific to the sensor that has detected the movement.

(2) The abnormality notification system according to (1), wherein the dedicated timer is a timer corresponding to the sensor disposed in a bathroom.

(3) The abnormality notification system according to (1), wherein the dedicated timer is a timer corresponding to the sensor arranged on a tray.

(4) In the abnormality notification system according to (1), the dedicated timer is a timer corresponding to the sensor disposed in a bathroom and a timer corresponding to the sensor disposed in a toilet. .

(5) In the abnormality notification system according to any one of (1) to (4), the general-purpose timer corresponds to the sensors arranged in a living room and a bedroom, respectively. .

(6) In the abnormality notification system according to any one of (1) to (4), the general-purpose timer is provided in each of a bathroom entrance, a toilet entrance, a living room, a corridor, a staircase, and a bedroom. An abnormality notification system corresponding to the sensor.

(7) In the abnormality notification system according to any one of (2), (3) and (4), when there are a plurality of bathrooms and toilets, sensors for each bathroom and toilet, An abnormality notification system including a dedicated timer corresponding to each sensor.

(8) In the abnormality notification system according to any one of (2), (3), and (4), the general-purpose timer is provided at the entrance of the bathroom or at the sensor disposed at the entrance of the bathroom. An abnormality notification system corresponding to the arranged sensor.

(9) In the abnormality notification system according to (1) to (8), the house is a two-family house,
The abnormality notification system, wherein the predetermined location is a location of a family living together.

(10) The abnormality reporting system according to any one of (1) to (9), further comprising a communication device main body and a plurality of sensor units, wherein the communication device main body includes the dedicated timer, the general-purpose timer, An abnormality notification system including the control unit, wherein each of the plurality of sensor units includes one of the plurality of sensors.

(11) In the abnormality reporting system according to any one of the above (1) to (9), the control means determines the correspondence between each timer and each sensor by an identification code assigned to each sensor. An abnormality notification system to determine.

(12) A step of detecting the movement of a person or the like in the house, a step of resetting a timer every time the movement is detected in this step, and an abnormality of the person in the house is determined by time-up of the timer. Detecting the abnormality.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples of an abnormality notification system.

[0021]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of an "abnormality notification system".
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of FIG. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of a notification device disposed in a living room or the like, 8 denotes a sensor unit in a bathroom disposed in a bathroom, 11 denotes a sensor unit in a bathroom entrance disposed in a bathroom entrance, 14 denotes a toilet sensor unit disposed in a toilet, 17 Is a toilet doorway sensor unit arranged at a toilet doorway, 20 is a living room sensor unit arranged in a living room, 23 is a corridor sensor unit arranged in a corridor,
26 is a staircase sensor unit arranged on the stairs, and 29 is a bedroom sensor unit arranged in the bedroom.

As shown in the figure, each sensor unit has a reflection type optical sensor 10, 13, 16, 1 for detecting the movement of a person or the like.
9, 22, 25, 28, 31, and a transmitter 9, 1 for transmitting an identification code (hereinafter, referred to as ID) of each sensor and a reset signal to the main body 1 of the notification device in accordance with the motion detection by the sensor.
2, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27 and 30. A signal from each unit to the communicator body 1 is sent by wireless communication.

The main body 1 of the communication device is provided with each sensor unit 8, 1
Receiving unit 2 for receiving IDs and reset signals from 1, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, auto dial unit 3 for dialing a preset destination via a public line, and bathroom timer 5, the toilet timer 6, the normal timer 7, and the corresponding timer based on the ID from the receiving unit 2, the timer is reset by a reset signal, and the timers 5, 6, and 7 are timed up (exceeding the set time). And a time-out) and a control unit 4 for notifying the notification destination when the time is up.

The operation of the system of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing of this flow is performed by the control unit 4
This is performed by a CPU (not shown). Prior to the description using the flowchart, the ID of each sensor and the set time of each timer will be described.

I of the sensor 10 of the bathroom sensor unit 8
D is N1, the sensor 13 of the bathroom entrance sensor unit 11
ID is N2, the sensor 16 of the toilet sensor unit 14
ID is N3, ID of the sensor 19 of the toilet entrance sensor unit 17 is N4, ID of the sensor 22 of the living room sensor unit 20 is N5, and sensor 2 of the corridor sensor unit 23
The ID of 5 is N6, and the sensor 28 of the staircase sensor unit 26
Is N7, and the ID of the sensor 31 of the bedroom sensor unit 29 is N8.

The bathroom timer 5 is reset to the set time of 5 minutes by the reset signal of N1, and the toilet timer 6
Is reset for 10 minutes by the reset signal of N3. The normal timer 7 has a reset signal of N2 for 30 minutes, a reset signal of N4 for 30 minutes, a reset signal of N5 for 120 minutes, and a reset signal of N6 for 1 minute.
It is reset to 0 minutes, 5 minutes by the reset signal of N7, and 420 minutes by the reset signal of N8.

The set time can be changed as appropriate.
In particular, the bathroom and toilet are places where the elderly and the like are likely to fall down, so the setting time is shortened so that abnormalities can be detected quickly. In the case of a living room, since the user watches TV or falls asleep, there is no movement, so the set time is lengthened. Corridor,
The set time for detecting the next place after passing through the stairs may be short.

As described above, by changing the set time of the timer according to the place where the motion is detected, the time from when the abnormality occurs to when the abnormality is detected can be shortened.

When the power of the main body 1 is turned on, necessary initialization is performed in step 1 (abbreviated as S1 in FIG. 2; the same applies hereinafter), and the process proceeds to step 2 to have reset signals from each sensor unit. Step 3 when there is a reset signal
Move to the step to determine the ID assigned to the reset signal,
In accordance with N1 to N8, the process proceeds to steps 4 to 11 shown in the figure, and each timer is reset at the set time shown in the figure. In step 12, the bathroom timer 5 is stopped assuming that the bathing is finished, and in step 13, the toilet timer 6 is stopped assuming that the toilet is finished.

Thereafter, the operation proceeds to step 14, and if the time of the bathroom timer 5 has expired, the operation proceeds to step 17 to dial a predetermined report destination and make a necessary abnormality report. If the bathroom timer 5 has not timed out in step 14, the process proceeds to step 15. Toilet timer 6 in step 15
If the time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step 17 and the above-described processing is performed. If the time of the toilet timer 6 has not expired in step 15, the process proceeds to step 16. Step 1
If the normal timer 7 has timed out in step 6, the process proceeds to step 17 and the above-described operation is performed. If the normal timer 7 has not timed out in step 16, step 18
Move to

If there is a reset signal in step 18, the process proceeds to step 3, and thereafter, the processes in steps 3 to 18 are repeated. If there is no reset signal, the process proceeds to step 14 and the processes of steps 14 to 18 are performed.

In this way, it is possible to quickly detect and report an abnormality of a person in the house.

For example, in an elderly couple's household, the husband may enter the bathroom while his wife is taking a bath. However, as described above, monitoring is performed by independent timers. .

For example, when an elderly person lives alone and another person is not at home, only one timer is required, but a friend is coming to play and taking a bath during that time. In this case, when the elderly person is taking a bath, the set time of the timer is 5 minutes, but when a friend is detected by, for example, a living room sensor unit, the set time is 2 hours, and the detection of an abnormality of the elderly person is performed. Will be delayed.

In order to prevent this, in the present embodiment, independent timers 5 and 6 are prepared correspondingly to a bathroom and a toilet, which are particularly private rooms where an accident easily occurs. That is, three types of bathroom timer, toilet timer, and normal timer are provided. Bathroom timer 5 sets 5 minutes with the sensor unit in the bathroom,
The timer 5 is stopped by the sensor unit 11 at the entrance of the bathroom, and the normal timer 7 is set to 30 minutes. The toilet timer 6 is set at 10 minutes by the toilet sensor unit 14, the timer 6 is stopped by the sensor unit 17 at the entrance of the toilet, and the normal timer 7 is set at 30 minutes.

In the case of bathrooms and toilets, a sensor provided at the entrance / exit usually sets a normal timer to 30 when entering.
It is reset at a set time of minutes and can monitor the entire time since entering the bathroom or toilet. In this way, for example, an abnormality can be detected even when the window is vacant, the towel is shaken by the wind, and a sensor in the bathroom or the tray issues a reset signal.

In this manner, an abnormality of a person in the house can be reliably detected and reported.

When a plurality of bathrooms and toilets are provided, a pair of a timer and a sensor dedicated to each bathroom or toilet can be prepared to reliably detect an abnormality in each bathroom or toilet.

Instead of reporting an abnormality to a predetermined report destination via a public line, an abnormality report may be made using an interphone or the like. For example, if a family member lives in a two-family house, the You may make it notify an abnormality by interphone.

Further, an alarm may be issued from the main body of the notification device during the notification. Further, the communication from the sensor to the main body of the alarm device is not limited to the wireless communication, but may be a wired communication or a carrier communication using an indoor distribution line.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to detect and report abnormalities of people in the house promptly and reliably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 control unit 5 bathroom timer 6 toilet timer 7 normal timer 10, 16, 22, 31 optical sensor

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Ryuichi Aida 3-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masaaki Sakurai 3-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Date Inside the Signal Corporation (72) Inventor Masatoshi Hata 3-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nihon Signal Inside (72) Inventor Daisuke Ohata 3-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nihon Signal Inside (72) Inventor Makoto Sunaba 3-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nihon Signal Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 2G065 AB22 BA01 BC22 BC31 BC35 BD06 DA20 5C087 BB09 BB12 DD03 DD24 EE15 EE18 FF01 FF04 FF17 FF23 FF24 GG11 GG30 GG35 GG45 GG70 GG83 5K101 KK13 LL14 MM04 MM06 RR12 TT03

Claims (12)

[Claims] A dedicated timer corresponding to one sensor;
A general-purpose timer corresponding to a plurality of sensors, a plurality of sensors arranged at different places in the house to detect movement of a person or the like at the place, an abnormality reporting unit for reporting an abnormality to a predetermined location, When one of the sensors detects the movement, one of the timers corresponding to the sensor that detected the movement is reset at a setting time specific to the sensor that detected the movement, An abnormality notification system comprising: a control unit that drives the abnormality notification unit when at least one of the timers times out. 2. The abnormality notification system according to claim 1, wherein the dedicated timer is a timer corresponding to the sensor disposed in a bathroom. 3. The abnormality notification system according to claim 1, wherein said dedicated timer is a timer corresponding to said sensor arranged on a tray. 4. The abnormality notification system according to claim 1, wherein the dedicated timer is a timer corresponding to the sensor arranged in a bathroom and a timer corresponding to the sensor arranged in a toilet. Error reporting system. 5. The abnormality notification system according to claim 1, wherein the general-purpose timer corresponds to the sensors arranged in a living room and a bedroom, respectively. Error reporting system. 6. The abnormality notification system according to claim 1, wherein the general-purpose timer is connected to the sensors arranged in a bathroom entrance, a bathroom entrance, a living room, a corridor, a staircase, and a bedroom. An abnormality notification system that is compatible. 7. The abnormality notification system according to claim 2, wherein when there are a plurality of bathrooms and toilets, sensors for each bathroom and toilet, and sensors An abnormality notification system comprising a dedicated timer corresponding to each. 8. The abnormality notification system according to claim 2, wherein the general-purpose timer is disposed at an entrance of the bathroom or at the sensor disposed at an entrance of the bathroom. An abnormality notification system corresponding to the sensor. 9. The abnormality notification system according to claim 1, wherein the house is a two-family house, and the predetermined location is a location of a family living together. 10. The abnormality notification system according to claim 1, further comprising a communication device main body and a plurality of sensor units, wherein the communication device main body includes the dedicated timer, the general-purpose timer, and the control unit. Means, and each of the plurality of sensor units has one of the plurality of sensors. 11. The abnormality notification system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit determines the correspondence between each of the timers and each of the sensors by an identification code assigned to each of the sensors. An abnormality notification system characterized by the following. 12. A step of detecting movement of a person or the like in a house, a step of resetting a timer each time movement is detected in this step, and detecting an abnormality of a person in the house by time-up of the timer. Performing an abnormality detection.