JP2001266266A - Emergency reporting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an emergency reporting device capable of performing an original function that an emergency message is generated in emergency by enabling even a person who falls down to press down a reporting switch. SOLUTION: This device is provided, at its upper and lower parts, with reporting switches for emergency capable of generating the emergency message AL to prescribed contact addresses 6 and 8 by being pressed down in emergency. Upper reporting switches 1Q1 and 2Q1 are pressed down by a standing person, and lower reporting switches 1Q2 and 2Q2 are pressed down by the person who has fallen down.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an emergency notification device, and more particularly to an emergency notification device provided with two emergency communication switches.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, by detecting an accident of an elderly person in a bathroom or a toilet quickly and automatically reporting the accident, the elderly person can live a life with peace of mind and give a sense of security to their families. There is an emergency notification device as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 4, for example, in a house 50 in which an elderly person lives, a terminal unit 52 is provided on a wall such as a bathroom or a toilet, and the terminal unit 52 is wired or connected to a report unit 51 installed in a living room or the like. Connected wirelessly.

[0004] With this configuration, for example, when an elderly person enters a bathroom, the terminal unit 52 detects the same via a sensor and notifies the notification unit 51 to notify the notification unit 51.
Restarts the bathroom timer and sets a predetermined time.

If the terminal unit 52 in the bathroom does not detect any change within the set time,
When the abnormality is regarded as abnormal, the reporting unit 51 automatically reports the abnormality to a predetermined report destination, for example, a fire department.

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, the conventional emergency notification device (FIG. 4) is provided with emergency contact switches 52A and 51A so that an elderly person can make a manual notification when he or she feels abnormal, instead of the automatic notification described above. Is provided.

[0008] For example, when an elderly person feels abnormal in the bathroom, pressing the communication switch 52A of the terminal unit 52 installed in the bathroom immediately sends an emergency report to the fire department via the report unit 51. It has become.

However, the conventional terminal unit is a desk-top type as shown in FIG. 5, and has a structure in which it is extremely difficult to press the contact switch 52A when an elderly person falls down.

For example, if the elderly person feels abnormal, but the elderly person can stand, the contact switch 5 shown in FIG.
It is possible to press 2A, but if you fall to the floor,
The hand cannot be extended to the contact switch 52A, and it is apparently impossible to press it when it is in a collapsed state.

As a result, in the structure of the conventional communication switch 52A (FIG. 5), the emergency notification device cannot perform its original function, and in some cases, the elderly may die.

[0012] An object of the present invention is to provide an emergency notification device capable of exhibiting the original function of issuing an emergency notification in the event of an abnormality by enabling a contact switch to be pressed by a fallen person.

[0013]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, provides an emergency communication in which an emergency call AL is issued to predetermined contacts 6 and 8 when pressed when an abnormality occurs. Switches are provided on the upper and lower parts, and the upper communication switches 1Q1, 2Q1 are pressed when a person is standing,
The lower contact switches 1Q2 and 2Q2 are pressed when a person falls down.

According to the configuration of the present invention, for example, even if an elderly person is in the bathroom and feels abnormal and falls down on the floor, the lower contact switch 2Q2 closest to the fallen elderly person can be pressed. An emergency call AL is immediately issued to the predetermined contacts 6 and 8 via the report unit 1.

For this reason, an emergency notification device is provided which can exhibit the original function of issuing an emergency notification in the event of an abnormality by allowing a contact switch to be pressed even by a fallen person.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described by way of embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall view showing the configuration of the present invention. Connected to contacts.

The above-mentioned emergency notification device includes a notification unit 1 and a terminal unit 2, both of which are connected by wire or wirelessly.

The notification unit 1 is installed in a living room or the like, and the terminal unit 2 is installed in a private room such as a bathroom or toilet, or in a corridor or stairs.

The notification unit 1 and the terminal unit 2 are both provided with communication switches 1Q1, 2Q1 and 1Q
2, 2Q2 are provided.

The contact switch is an emergency switch which, when depressed at an abnormal time, issues an emergency call AL to the predetermined contacts 6, 8.

For example, taking the terminal unit 2 as an example, FIG.
As shown in (1), the terminal unit 2 is mounted on a wall 7 such as a bathroom, and a communication switch 2Q1 is provided at an upper portion of the terminal unit 2 and a communication switch 2Q2 is provided at a lower portion thereof.

That is, the same emergency communication switch is used,
Provided at the top and bottom.

The upper contact switch 2Q1 is designed to be pushed downward from above when the elderly person is standing.

The lower contact switch 2Q2 is pushed from the front to the rear wall 7 when the elderly falls down.

Alternatively, a string 9 may be attached to the lower contact switch 2Q2 as shown, and the string 9 may be pulled when the elderly person falls down.

The communication switches 2Q1, 2Q2
And the brightness of the surrounding case 3 are 3 or more, so that even an elderly person having a cataract can immediately know where the contact switches 2Q1, 2Q2 are attached. is there.

That is, among the three elements of color consisting of hue, saturation and lightness, the hue is a hue such as red and blue, the saturation is the degree of vividness of the color, and the lightness is the degree of the color. The degree of brightness.

For example, comparing red and blue, the two are distinctly different in terms of hue, in terms of saturation the image looks more vivid if one degree is higher than the other, and the brightness appears brighter if one degree is higher than the other. .

Of these three factors, in general, a person with a cataract can quickly and clearly distinguish the two colors based on lightness, which is the degree of color brightness.

Therefore, in the present invention, as described above, the lightness difference between the colors of the communication switches 2Q1 and 2Q2 and the color of the surrounding case 3 is set to 3 or more, so that even if the person has a cataract, 2Q2 can be found immediately.

Also, ordinary people generally use such a lightness or a hue that is more hue than the saturation as a reference.
The two colors can be distinguished most quickly and clearly.

For this reason, for example, the communication switch 2Q1,
2Q2 is made red and the surrounding case 3 is made blue, so that the communication switches 2Q1 and 2Q2 are more noticeable from the surroundings so that ordinary people can easily understand.

On the other hand, the communication units 1Q1 and 1Q2, 2Q1 and 2
In addition to Q2, cancel switches 1G and 2G are provided.

Taking the terminal unit 2 as an example, the cancel switch 2G is provided at the center of the case 3 as shown in FIG. 2, and an emergency call is issued by pressing the contact switches 2Q1 and 2Q2. When it is desired to cancel the emergency call, the emergency call is pushed from the front toward the rear wall 7.

In the present invention, the difference in brightness between the color of the cancel switch 2G and the color of the surrounding case 3 is set to 3 or more, and the cancel switch 2G has a special shape, for example, a round shape (FIG. 2). ) It has a square shape (FIG. 3).

As for the cancel switch 2G, after pressing the contact switches 2Q1 and 2Q2, after a certain period of time, for example, from the speaker of the terminal unit 2, press the XX-shaped switch to cancel the emergency call. An announcement specifying the shape of the switch is made.

As a result, if a normal person sees, for example, a square-shaped switch, it is known that the switch is the cancel switch 2G.
Press the cancel switch 2G.

Even if a blind person hears this announcement, if the switch is a square switch just by touching it, it can be understood that the switch is the cancel switch 2G.

Thus, even a blind person can easily recognize the cancel switch 2G, and press the cancel switch 2G when necessary to cancel the emergency call AL.

Furthermore, since the brightness difference between the color of the cancel switch 2G and the color of the surrounding case 3 is 3 or more, it is understood that the contour of the cancel switch 2G is, for example, a square even for a person with cataract. .

Therefore, even a person with a cataract can easily understand the shape of the cancel switch 2G based on the brightness difference with respect to the case 3, and press the cancel switch 2G when necessary to cancel the emergency call AL.

On the other hand, when the contact switches 2Q1 and 2Q2 are pressed, the fact that the contact is being made is given by voice, for example, "I am in contact now" from the speaker.

In this case, a preset dialect is used for the voice, and words familiar to the elderly are used.

For example, dialects of various places are stored in a memory constituting the terminal unit 2 so that they can be selected and set in advance.

Then, the communication switches 2Q1, 2Q2
When is pressed, for example, the preset dialect is voice-synthesized via a voice synthesis unit, and is transmitted from the speaker.

Further, the sound is made to gradually increase, and when the elderly person is, for example, a person who cannot hear well,
Even if the user falls sick while taking a shower in the bathroom and falls down, the user can clearly hear the voice.

The operation of the present invention having the above configuration will be described below.

(1) Operation when a fallen person makes an emergency call.

For example, suppose that an elderly person is in the bathroom (FIG. 1) and feels abnormal and tries to make an emergency call, but falls to the floor.

In this case, the contact switch 2Q below the terminal unit 2 installed in the bathroom is close to the fallen elderly person.
2.

(1) -A Pressing operation of the communication switch.

When the elderly person's eyes are healthy, if the red contact switch 2Q2 is found and pressed immediately (FIG. 2), the pressing is notified to the notification unit 1 (FIG. 1). The notification unit 1 issues an emergency notification AL to predetermined contacts 6 and 8.

Therefore, according to the present invention, there is provided an emergency notification device which enables the contact switch to be pressed even by a fallen person, and can exhibit the original function of issuing an emergency notification when an abnormality occurs.

If the elderly person has a cataract, for example, the brighter contact switch 2Q2 whose brightness difference from the color of the case 3 is 3 or more is found and pressed immediately, as in the above case. Then, the emergency notification AL is issued from the notification unit 1 to the predetermined contacts 6 and 8.

If the elderly person cannot see the eyes, the shape of the communication switch 2Q2 and the mounting location (for example, the lower part of the communication switch 2Q2 is rounded (FIG. 2)) are changed in advance (for example, the communication switch 2Q2 is It is attached to the lower part of case 3 (FIG. 2).

Therefore, an elderly person who cannot see is able to press the communication switch 2Q2 regardless of the hue and the brightness difference, whereby the notification unit 1 similarly sends the predetermined contact information 6 and 8 to the predetermined contact information. An emergency call AL is issued.

When the contact switch 2Q2 is depressed in this way, the fact that the contact is being made is transmitted by a voice using a preset dialect, which is a familiar word for the elderly. , Very relieved.

Further, since this sound gradually increases, even if the elderly person does not hear well, or falls sick when taking a shower in the bathroom, the sound falls without stopping and the shower does not stop. Even when the user is noisy, the above-mentioned voice can be clearly heard, and this point is also relieved.

(1) -B Operation for canceling the emergency call AL.

Then, the elderly person who fell on the floor once pressed the contact switch 2Q2, but soon returned to his mood,
If you want to cancel the emergency call AL, cancel switch 2
Press G.

[0061] In this case, following the voice of "I'm contacting now" when the contact switch 2Q2 is pressed,
Voices such as "Press the square switch to cancel an emergency call" are issued.

Therefore, when the eyes of the elderly are healthy, the operator can see the square switch (FIG. 3) as the cancel switch 2G, and immediately presses the cancel switch 2G to cancel the emergency call AL. It is.

When the elderly person cannot see the eyes, the user can touch it with his / her hand and know that the switch is a square switch. Therefore, if the cancel switch 2G is pressed immediately, the emergency call AL is canceled.

Further, if the elderly person has a cataract, the cancel switch 2G
It can be seen that the outline of is a square, and by pressing the cancel switch 2G immediately, the emergency call AL is canceled.

(2) Operation when a standing person makes an emergency call.

For example, it is assumed that an elderly person is in the bathroom (FIG. 1) and feels abnormal and tries to make an emergency call, but the elderly person is still standing.

In this case, it is close to a standing elderly person
It is a communication switch 2Q1 on the upper part of the terminal unit 2 installed in the bathroom.

(2) -A Pressing operation of the communication switch.

If the elderly person's eyes are healthy, the red upper contact switch 2Q1 is found (for example, FIG. 3). If the elderly person has a cataract, the color of the case 3 is changed. Find the bright upper contact switch 2Q1 based on the lightness difference of

If the contact switch 2Q1 is pressed immediately, the report unit 1 will send a predetermined contact address 6,8.
, An emergency call AL is issued.

Further, when the elderly person cannot see the eyes, the shape of the communication switch 2Q2 and the mounting location (for example, the communication switch 2Q1 whose upper part is rounded (FIG. 3)) are changed in advance (for example, the communication switch 2Q1 is It is attached to the upper part of case 3 (FIG. 3).

Therefore, an invisible elderly person can press the communication switch 2Q1 regardless of the hue and the brightness difference, and similarly, the notification unit 1 can contact the predetermined contact information 6 or 8 with the contact information. An emergency call AL is issued.

When the upper communication switch 2Q1 is depressed in this way, as in the case of the above (1) -A, the fact that communication is being performed is determined by a voice using a preset dialect. Conveyed, this sound gradually grew,
For elderly people, the words are familiar and they can be heard clearly, providing a sense of security.

(2) -B Operation for canceling the emergency call AL.

Then, the standing elderly person once pressed the upper contact switch 2Q1, but soon after returning to the mood and wishing to cancel the emergency call AL, he also presses the cancel switch 2G.

In this case, there is only one cancel switch 2G unlike the communication switches 2Q1 and 2Q2, and the eyes are sound and the eyes are invisible by the same operation as in the case of (1) -B. Further, if the elderly person with cataract finds and presses the cancel switch 2G according to the respective criteria described above, the emergency call AL is canceled.

(3) In the case of normal automatic notification.

In the case of ordinary automatic notification, as in the past, for example, when an elderly person enters a bathroom (FIG. 1), the terminal unit 2 detects this via a sensor and notifies the notification unit 1, which informs the notification unit 1. Then, the bathroom timer is restarted and a predetermined time is set. If the terminal unit 2 in the bathroom does not detect any change within the set time, it is regarded as abnormal and the notification unit 1 The abnormality is automatically reported to predetermined report destinations 6 and 8.

When canceling this automatic notification,
It is necessary to press the cancel switch 2G (FIGS. 2 and 3), find the cancel switch 2G and press it based on the same operation as (1) -B or (2) -B described above.

[0080]

As described above, according to the present invention, the same contact switch is provided at the upper part and the lower part, so that even if the elderly feel abnormal and fall down on the floor, they are closest to the fallen elderly. The contact switch at the bottom can be pressed, so an emergency call is immediately sent to the designated contact via the reporting unit. There is an effect that an emergency notification device that can exhibit the original function of emitting a call is provided.

By providing a predetermined brightness difference between the color of the communication switch and the color of the case, even a person with cataract can easily find the communication switch, and the hue between the color of the communication switch and the color of the case. The effect of this is that ordinary people can easily find the communication switch. Furthermore, by making the shape of the cancel switch special, the blind switch can be identified by touching even a blind person with his / her hand. By voice, the person who is blind and those who have normal eyes can see the cancel switch, and there is a predetermined brightness difference between the color of the specially shaped cancel switch and the color of the case. Then, there is an effect that a cataract person can recognize the cancel switch based on the contour. On the other hand, when the contact switch is pressed, the person who pressed the contact switch is given a sense of security by giving a voice that he / she is in contact, and by using a dialect that is familiar with the voice, the elderly For the elderly, and the louder the sound, the older the elderly can't hear well, even if they fall down when taking a shower and the shower doesn't stop and it's noisy, the sound is clear There is an effect that can be heard.

[0082]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a conventional technique.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a problem of the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Report unit 1Q1 Upper communication switch 1Q2 Lower communication switch 1G Cancel switch 2 Terminal unit 2Q1 Upper communication switch 2Q2 Lower communication switch 2G Cancel switch 3 Case 4 Elderly residence 5 Public line 6 Family residence 7 Wall 8 Fire department 9 String

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Masaaki Sakurai 3-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nihon Signal Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 5K101 KK14 NN13 NN40

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An emergency contact switch is provided at the upper and lower parts for pressing an emergency call to a predetermined contact when it is pressed in an abnormal situation, and the upper contact switch is pressed when a person is standing and the lower contact switch is pressed. An emergency call device, wherein the switch is pressed when a person falls. 2. The emergency call device according to claim 1, wherein a predetermined brightness difference is provided between the color of the communication switch and the color of a case around the communication switch. 3. The emergency call device according to claim 2, wherein the brightness difference is 3 or more. 4. The emergency notification device according to claim 2, wherein the color of the communication switch and the color of the case are different in hue. 5. The emergency notification device according to claim 4, wherein the communication switch is colored red and the case is colored blue. 6. A cancel switch for canceling an emergency call by the contact switch is provided, and a predetermined brightness difference is provided between a color of the cancel switch and a color of a surrounding case. 3. The emergency notification device according to claim 2, wherein the emergency notification device has a special shape. 7. The emergency call device according to claim 6, wherein the brightness difference is 3 or more. 8. The emergency communication system according to claim 1, wherein when the communication switch is pressed, the user is informed of the communication by voice, and the voice uses a preset dialect, and the voice gradually increases. Notification device.