JP2000353289A - Information providing method, its implementation device, and recording medium for recording its processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notify an object person of danger without depending upon a seeing eye dog, a neighbor, or a general pedestrian by providing a means which sends a danger alarm signal and a means which receives the danger alarm signal and warns the object person that the object person is approaching a dangerous place. SOLUTION: A position acquiring process part 211 measures the current position of the object person by a GPS receiver 205 and sends the measured current position to monitor equipment 300. A danger alarm process part 210 checks whether or not the danger alarm signal for notifying the object person of a dangerous place when the object person approaches the dangerous place is received from the monitor equipment 300. When the current position of the object person is approaching the dangerous are, a vibrator 207 is placed in operation to let the object person know that the object person is approaching the dangerous place through vibration. Further, a voice output device 206 is placed in operation to output a voice message indicating that the object person is approaching the dangerous place.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information providing system for providing information about a target person to the target person, and particularly to a person who has a very poor visual acuity such as a visual impairment or a person who cannot judge whether the place is dangerous. The present invention relates to a technology that is effective when applied to an information providing system that provides information on dangerous places such as stairs, pedestrian crossings, and railroad crossings.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a subject such as a person who has very poor visual acuity such as visual impairment or a person who cannot judge whether there is a dangerous place,
To prevent injuries from entering dangerous places such as stairs, pedestrian crossings, and railroad crossings, the subject may use a guide dog or give announcements about the danger from speakers near the subject. Such a method is adopted.

[0003]

The conventional method of providing information to a subject using a guide dog has a problem that the number of guide dogs is very limited, so that not all subjects can use the guide dog. In addition, when using danger announcements, there is a problem that announcements from speakers can be annoying noise to nearby residents and general pedestrians, and there is no problem for subjects with hearing impairment. is there. An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a technique capable of notifying a target person of danger without relying on a guide dog, a nearby resident or a general pedestrian.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides an information providing system for providing information about a subject to the subject.
When the target approaches a dangerous place, the target is notified of the danger. In the present invention, a danger warning transmitter that transmits a danger warning signal for notifying the target person of the danger place is installed at the danger place, and the target receiving the information receives the danger warning signal. Carry a subject-carrying device that warns the subject that he is approaching a dangerous place.

A danger warning transmitter installed in a dangerous place transmits a danger warning signal that can be received only in the vicinity of the danger place. When approaching the place, it receives the danger warning signal from the danger warning transmitter installed there, activates the vibrator built into the portable equipment of the subject, and outputs a warning message from the audio output device. Warning the subject that they are approaching a dangerous place.

According to the present invention, a monitoring device for transmitting a danger warning signal for notifying the target person of a dangerous place is installed in the monitoring center, and the present position of the target person is monitored, and the target person is placed in a dangerous place. When approaching, a danger warning signal may be transmitted from the monitoring device to the target person-carrying device.

That is, the subject-carrying device carried by the subject acquires the current position of the subject under predetermined conditions and transmits the current position to the monitoring device. The monitoring device installed in the monitoring center receives the current position of the subject and sends a danger warning signal to the portable device when the subject is approaching a dangerous place.

[0008] When the danger warning signal is received from the monitoring device, the subject-carrying device operates the vibrator built in the subject-carrying device or outputs a warning message from an audio output device, thereby causing a danger. Warn the subject that they are approaching a suitable location.

As described above, according to the information providing system of the present invention, when a subject approaches a dangerous place, the subject is notified of the danger, so that the subject is not dependent on a guide dog, a nearby resident or a general pedestrian. It is possible to inform a person of danger.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An information providing system according to an embodiment for warning a subject that the subject is approaching a dangerous place will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the information providing system of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing system of the present embodiment includes a danger warning transmitter 100, a target person-carrying device 200, and a monitoring device 300.

The danger warning transmitter 100 is a device that constantly transmits a danger warning signal for informing a target person of a dangerous place. The target person carrying device 200 is a device that receives the danger warning signal and warns the target person that he is approaching a dangerous place. The monitoring device 300 is a device that monitors the current position of the target person and transmits the danger warning signal when the target person approaches a dangerous place. Danger warning transmitter 10
0 indicates the control device 101, the memory 102, and the input device 1
03 and a transmitting device 104.

The control device 101 includes a danger alarm transmitter 100
This is a device that controls the entire operation. The memory 102 is a storage device that stores various processing programs and data for controlling the operation of the entire danger warning transmitter 100. The input device 103 is a device for inputting an operation instruction such as whether to transmit the danger warning signal. The transmission device 104 is a device that transmits the danger warning signal.

The danger alarm transmitter 100 has a danger alarm transmission processor 110. Danger warning transmission processing unit 110
Is a processing unit that transmits a signal that can be received only in the vicinity of the dangerous place as a danger warning signal for notifying the target person of the dangerous place.

A program for causing the danger warning transmitter 100 to function as the danger warning transmission processing unit 110 is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM and executed. The recording medium for recording the program may be a recording medium other than the ROM.

The target person carrying device 200 includes a control device 201
, A memory 202, a transmission / reception device 203, a body motion sensor 204, a GPS receiver 205, and a voice output device 206
And a vibrator 207.

The control device 201 includes the target person carrying device 200.
This is a device that controls the entire operation. The memory 202 is a storage device that stores various processing programs and data for controlling the operation of the entire portable device 200. The transmission / reception device 203 is a communication device such as a mobile phone that transmits and receives the danger warning signal and information on the current position to and from other devices.

The body motion sensor 204 is a sensor for detecting the operation status of the subject. The GPS receiver 205 is a GPS
This is a device that receives signals from satellites and measures the current position. The sound output device 206 is a device that outputs, by voice, a warning message indicating that the target person is approaching a dangerous place. The vibrator 207 is a device that transmits vibration that the target person is approaching a dangerous place.

The target person-carrying device 200 includes a danger warning processing unit 210, a position acquisition processing unit 211, and a state grasping processing unit 212.

The danger warning processing section 210 is a processing section that receives a danger warning signal for notifying the target person of a dangerous place and warns the target person that the target person is approaching the dangerous place. The position acquisition processing unit 211 is a processing unit that acquires the current position of the subject from the GPS receiver 205 and transmits the current position to the monitoring device 300. The state grasping processing unit 212 is a processing unit that acquires the operation status of the subject from the body motion sensor 204 and transmits the acquired status to the monitoring device 300.

The danger alarm processing unit 2
10, position acquisition processing unit 211 and state grasp processing unit 212
It is assumed that a program for functioning as is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM and executed. The recording medium for recording the program may be a recording medium other than the ROM.

The monitoring device 300 includes a control device 301,
Memory 302, receiving / transmitting device 303, input device 304
, Display device 305, map information / danger information storage unit 30
6.

The control device 301 is a device for controlling the operation of the monitoring device 300 as a whole. The memory 302 is a storage device that stores various processing programs and data for controlling the operation of the entire monitoring device 300. Receiving and transmitting device 30
Reference numeral 3 denotes a device that transmits and receives the danger warning signal, information on the current position, and the like to and from the target person-carrying device 200.

The input device 304 is a device for inputting an operation instruction to the monitoring device 300. The display device 305 is a device that displays the current position of the monitored person together with the map and the position of the dangerous place. Map information / danger information storage unit 3
Reference numeral 06 denotes a storage device that stores map information to be displayed on the display device 305 and danger information indicating the position of a dangerous place.

The monitoring device 300 includes a monitoring processor 31
0 and a danger warning transmission processing unit 311.

The monitoring processing unit 310 is a processing unit that monitors the current position of the subject and instructs the danger warning transmission processing unit 311 to transmit a danger warning signal when the subject approaches a dangerous place. The danger warning transmission processing unit 311 transmits a danger alarm signal to notify the target person of the danger place to the target person carrying device 200 in accordance with an instruction from the monitoring processing unit 310 when the target approaches the dangerous place. This is a processing unit.

A program for causing the monitoring device 300 to function as the monitoring processing unit 310 and the danger warning transmission processing unit 311 is recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, stored on a magnetic disk or the like, and then loaded into a memory. Shall be executed. The recording medium for recording the program may be a recording medium other than the CD-ROM.

FIG. 2 shows a danger alarm transmitter 100 according to this embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of FIG. Step 20
At 1, the danger warning transmission processing unit 110 reads a setting indicating whether or not to transmit a danger warning. In step 202,
It is determined whether or not it is set to transmit a danger warning, and if the setting is performed, the process proceeds to step 203, and a danger warning signal for notifying the target person of the danger location is provided near the danger location. Transmits a signal that can only be received by.

FIG. 3 shows a portable device 200 of the present embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of FIG. Step 30
In step 1, the danger warning processing unit 210 checks whether there is a received signal. If there is a received signal, the process proceeds to step 302; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 304.

In step 302, it is checked whether the received signal is a signal from the monitoring device 300. If the received signal is a signal from the monitoring device 300, step 3 is executed.
Proceeding to step 12, if the received signal is not a signal from the monitoring device 300, proceeding to step 303.

In step 312, it is checked whether or not the content received in step 301 is the same as the content received so far. If not, the process proceeds to step 313.
If they are the same, the process proceeds to step 303. Step 3
In step 13, after the received content is set in the memory 202, the process proceeds to step 303.

In step 303, it is checked whether the received signal is a signal from the danger warning transmitter 100. If the received signal is not a signal from the danger warning transmitter 100, the process proceeds to step 304.

At step 304, the position acquisition processing section 211
Measures the current position of the subject using the GPS receiver 205, and in step 305,
Obtained from the PS receiver 205 and transmitted to the monitoring device 300.

In the processing of steps 304 and 305, the state grasping processing section 212 measures the movement state of the subject by the body movement sensor 204, acquires the measured movement state from the body movement sensor 204, and After grasping the situation of whether the person is moving or has stopped due to falling to the place, the state of the subject may be transmitted to the monitoring device 300.

In step 306, the danger warning processing section 210
Checks whether there is data received from the monitoring device 300. If there is data received from the monitoring device 300, the process proceeds to step 307. If there is no data received from the monitoring device 300, the process proceeds to step 301. Return.

In step 307, it is checked whether or not a danger warning signal for notifying the subject of the dangerous place when the subject approaches the dangerous place has been received from the monitoring device 300. If the vehicle is approaching the dangerous area, the process proceeds to step 308.

In step 308, the vibrator 207
To vibrate to inform the subject that the subject is approaching a dangerous place. In step 309, the sound output device 206 is operated, and a warning message indicating that the target person is approaching a dangerous place is output by sound.

At step 310, the position acquisition processing section 211
Measures the current position of the subject using the GPS receiver 205, and in step 311, the measured current position is
Obtained from the PS receiver 205 and transmitted to the monitoring device 300.

In the processing of steps 310 and 311, the state grasping processing section 212 measures the operation state of the subject using the body movement sensor 204, acquires the measured operation state from the body movement sensor 204, and performs monitoring. The state of the target person may be transmitted to the equipment 300.

When the process of step 311 is completed, the process returns to step 307, and the danger alarm processing unit 210 checks whether or not the danger alarm signal from the monitoring device 300 is continuously received. If the signal stops and it is determined that the current position of the subject is not approaching the dangerous area, the process proceeds to step 317.

In step 317, the operation of the vibrator 207 is stopped. In step 318, the operation of the audio output device 206 is stopped.

Further, as a result of checking whether or not the received signal is a signal from the danger alarm transmitter 100 in step 303, if the received signal is a danger alarm signal from the danger alarm transmitter 100, the process proceeds to step 314. .

In step 314, vibrator 207
To vibrate to inform the subject that the subject is approaching a dangerous place. In step 315, the sound output device 206 is operated, and a warning message indicating that the target person is approaching a dangerous place is output by sound.

In step 316, the danger warning transmitter 10
It is checked whether or not the reception of the danger warning signal from 0 is continued. If the reception of the danger warning signal is continued, the process returns to step 314 to continue warning the target person.

If the reception of the danger warning signal from the danger warning transmitter 100 has been interrupted in step 316, the flow advances to step 317. In step 317, the vibrator 20
7, the operation of the audio output device 20 is stopped at step 318.
After stopping the operation of Step 6, the process returns to Step 301.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the monitoring device 300 of this embodiment. In step 401, the monitoring processing unit 310 receives the current position of the subject from the portable device 200 of the subject, and executes steps 402 to 404.
Then, the received current position of the subject is displayed on the display device 305 together with the map and the position of the dangerous place.

In step 405, it is checked whether the received current position of the subject is approaching a dangerous place. If the subject is approaching a dangerous place, step 40 is performed.
Go to step 6; if the subject is not approaching a dangerous place, go to step 407.

In step 406, the monitoring processing unit 310 instructs the danger warning transmission processing unit 311 to transmit a danger warning signal, and the danger warning transmission processing unit 311 transmits the danger warning signal to the portable device 200 of the subject. Step 407
Then, the danger warning signal is stopped by the danger warning transmission processing unit 311.
And the transmission of the danger warning signal by the danger warning transmission processing unit 311 is stopped.

In step 401, information indicating the state of the subject together with the current position of the subject is transmitted to the subject carrying device 200.
If the subject stops in a step 405 while approaching a dangerous place, it is determined that there is a possibility that the subject has fallen to the place due to a sudden attack or the like, and a nearby observer (at the station) In the case of a platform, it may be notified to station staff.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of the danger alarm operation of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the danger warning transmitter 100 installed at a railroad crossing always transmits a danger warning signal for notifying a target person of a danger place. When approaching the crossing, the subject carrying device 200 receives the danger warning signal transmitted from the danger warning transmitter 100, operates the vibrator 207, etc., and warns the subject that they are approaching a dangerous place. I do.

On the other hand, in a dangerous place where the danger warning transmitter 100 is not installed, such as a road that has deviated from a pedestrian crossing, the position acquisition processing unit 211 of the subject-carrying device 200 uses the GPS receiver Obtained from the device 205 and transmitted to the monitoring device 300, the monitoring device 300 monitors the current position of the target person, and sends a danger warning signal to the target person carrying device 200 when the target person approaches a dangerous place. I do. The target person-carrying device 200 receives the danger warning signal transmitted from the monitoring device 300, activates the vibrator 207 and the like, and warns the target person that he is approaching a dangerous place.

It is to be noted that the target person is warned that he is approaching a dangerous place, and that a warning message for nearby people is output by voice, and other processing is performed. May be notified that the subject is approaching a dangerous place.

As described above, according to the information providing system of this embodiment, when the subject approaches the dangerous place, the subject is notified of the danger. It is possible to inform the target person of the danger.

[0054]

According to the present invention, when a subject approaches a dangerous place, the subject is notified of the danger. Therefore, the danger can be notified to the subject without relying on a guide dog, a nearby resident or a general pedestrian. It is possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an information providing system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the danger warning transmitter 100 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the target person-carrying device 200 of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the monitoring device 300 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of a danger warning operation of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

100: danger warning transmitter, 200: target person's portable equipment, 3
00: monitoring equipment, 101: control device, 102: memory, 103: input device, 104: transmitting device, 110: danger warning transmission processing unit, 201: control device, 202: memory, 203: receiving / transmitting device, 204: Body motion sensor, 205
... GPS receiver, 206 ... Sound output device, 207 ... Vibrator, 210 ... Danger warning processing unit, 211 ... Position acquisition processing unit, 212 ... Status grasp processing unit, 301 ... Control device,
302: memory, 303: receiving / transmitting device, 304: input device, 305: display device, 306: map information / danger information storage unit, 310: monitoring processing unit, 311: danger warning transmission processing unit.

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An information providing method for providing information about a target person to a target person, the method comprising: transmitting a danger warning signal for notifying the target person of a dangerous place; Warning the target person that the person is approaching a dangerous place. 2. The information providing method according to claim 1, wherein a danger warning signal that can be received only near a dangerous place is transmitted. 3. The information providing method according to claim 1, wherein a danger warning signal is transmitted when the subject approaches a dangerous place. 4. An information providing system for providing information about a target person to a target person, a danger warning signal processing unit for transmitting a danger warning signal for notifying the target person of a dangerous place, and a danger warning signal processing unit. A danger warning processing unit that receives and warns the target person that the target person is approaching a dangerous place. 5. An information providing system for providing information about a target person to a target person, wherein a signal that can be received only near the dangerous place is transmitted as a danger warning signal for notifying the target person of a dangerous place. Danger alarm transmitter having a danger alarm transmission processing unit, and a target person carrying device having a danger alarm processing unit that receives the danger warning signal and warns the target person that the target is approaching a dangerous place An information providing system comprising: 6. An information providing system for providing information about a target person to a target person, wherein when the target person approaches a dangerous place, a danger warning signal for notifying the target person of the dangerous place is transmitted. A monitoring device having a danger warning transmission processing unit, a position acquisition processing unit that obtains the current position of the subject and transmits the same to the monitoring device, and receives the danger warning signal, and the target person approaches a dangerous place. An information providing system comprising: a target person-carrying device having a danger warning processing unit that warns the target person that the operation is being performed. 7. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as an information providing system for providing information about a target person to the target person. A danger alarm transmission processing unit for transmitting an alarm signal, and a program for receiving the danger warning signal and causing a computer to function as a danger alarm processing unit for warning the subject that the subject is approaching a dangerous place A recording medium on which is recorded. 8. A computer readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as an information providing system for providing information about a target person to the target person. As a warning signal, a danger warning transmitter having a danger warning transmission processing unit that transmits a signal that can be received only in the vicinity of a danger place, and receiving the danger warning signal, and the subject is approaching the danger place A recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to function as a target person-carrying device having a danger alarm processing unit that warns the target person of the fact. 9. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to function as an information providing system for providing information about the subject to the subject is provided when the subject approaches a dangerous place. A monitoring device having a danger warning transmission processing unit that transmits a danger warning signal for notifying the target person of a dangerous place; a position acquisition processing unit that obtains the current position of the target person and transmits the current position to the monitoring device; A program for receiving a danger warning signal and causing a computer to function as a target person-carrying device having a danger warning processing unit that warns the target person that the target person is approaching a dangerous place is recorded. Characteristic recording medium.