JP2002041633A - System for monitoring illegal waste dumping - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To conveniently and economically provide a system in which even a person unfamiliar with the actual condition of a region can easily patrol and monitor illegal waste dumping, record images, voices and a document, etc., linked with the positional information of the site and the information of the illegal waste dumping and unitarily monitor/manage the information of the illegal waste dumping. SOLUTION: Illegal waste dumping watchmen 20 and 21 entrusted form an autonomous body, etc., patrol and monitor places 1-5 subjected to illegal waste dumping in a mountainous area, a river area, a farming area, etc. The watchmen 20 and 21 carry portable terminals 22 and 23 in such the case which can perform data input of the image, voice and text of the condition, etc., of illegal waste dumping with an inputting means and on which a positional information acquiring means capable of acquiring positional information at the time. The terminal 22 sequentially records data input in the form in which the positional information of the positional information acquiring means is added to the input data when the data input is performed. The data recorded in memories 35 and 26 are stored in a database device 30 for monitoring of an illegal waste dumping monitoring center 31 and unitarily monitored/managed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for monitoring illegal dumping, in which a person who is not familiar with the local situation can easily monitor the illegal dumping while traveling. The ability to collect information and collectively collect information so that countermeasures against illegal dumping can be planned, and also to automatically make emergency calls, etc., to centrally monitor and manage information related to illegal dumping. The present invention relates to an illegal dumping system that can easily and economically provide a comprehensive system capable of carrying out wastewater treatment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conventional illegal dumping monitoring method.

[0003] Here, 1 is an illegally dumped place 1,
2 is a place where illegal dumping is performed 2 and 3 is a place where illegal dumping is performed 3 and 4 is a place where illegal dumping is performed 4 and 5 is a place where illegal dumping is performed Illegal dumping observers B, 8 are notes A for writing the status of illegal dumping, 9 are notebooks B for writing the status of illegal dumping, 10 is the patrol route of the illegal dumping monitor A6, and 11 is the illegal dumping monitor B7. And 12 indicate an illegal dumping monitoring center.

In the current monitoring of illegal dumping, an illegal dumping monitor commissioned by a local government or the like regularly patrols and monitors areas where there is a large amount of illegal dumping to prevent an increase in illegal dumping. Is what you do. FIG. 6 shows the situation, and the illegal dumping observer A6 periodically performs patrol monitoring along the patrol route shown in FIG.
The state of each patrol point is written in the form.

[0005]

However, in recent years, in particular, in recent years, monitoring of illegal dumping has been commissioned to people of other industries, and monitoring has been carried out. Increasingly, and in recent years, illegal dumping tends to occur in increasingly sophisticated and remote areas, and there has been a problem that surveillance cannot be performed as desired.

[0006] Further, when an instruction to suddenly investigate a certain place is given, there is another problem that it takes time to rush to a certain place because the place to be investigated is unknown.

Further, in order to manage the information recorded in the form of a memo or the like, it is necessary to input the information to a computer after the patrol is completed, and the information and the position information are stored by the patrol member. There was also a problem that there was uncertainty about the information because it was linked.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a system for monitoring illegal dumping, which enables even a person who is not familiar with the actual situation of the area to easily monitor the illegal dumping. By accumulating information in a unified way, we can plan illegal dumping, etc.
Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide a simple and economical comprehensive illegal dumping monitoring system capable of centrally monitoring and managing information on illegal dumping by automatically making an emergency call or the like.

[0009]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs the following means.

One of the means is a portable terminal for collecting and recording illegal dumping data carried by an illegal dumping observer during patrol, and an illegal dumping monitor for accumulating illegal dumping data recorded by the portable terminal. A system comprising a database device, wherein the portable terminal has an input unit for illegal dumping data including at least one of an image, a voice, and a sentence, and a position information acquiring unit, and receives illegal dumping data from the input unit. The position information acquired by the position information acquiring means is added to the input illegal dumping data when the occurrence occurs, and the illegal dumping data is recorded in the portable terminal based on the position information. The illegal dumping monitoring system is characterized in that the illegal dumping data is sequentially accumulated.

Alternatively, the portable terminal has wireless communication means for transmitting / receiving the illegal dumping data to which the location information is added to / from an illegal dumping monitoring center which manages the illegal dumping monitoring database device. This is an illegal dumping monitoring system.

Alternatively, the portable terminal displays the current position information of the illegal dumping observer by displaying the map information display function means and the position information obtained from the position information acquisition means so as to overlap the map information display. And a function means for displaying an illegal dumping.

[0013] Alternatively, the portable terminal is a wireless communication means for receiving a command issued from the illegal dumping monitoring center to go to a new location other than the currently patroled illegal dumping monitoring position; And a display function means for displaying a new place as target position information and assisting an illegal dumping supervisor in patrol.

[0014] Alternatively, the portable terminal is a system for monitoring illegal dumping, wherein the portable terminal has a function for making an emergency report to an organization which controls illegal dumping when the site of illegal dumping is sighted.

Alternatively, the means for making an emergency call includes:
When an emergency call is required outside the wireless communication area and an illegal dumping supervisor enters the communicable area, the emergency call is automatically made based on a call enable signal. It is a monitoring system.

Alternatively, the portable terminal can switch an input screen or input software according to the patrol monitoring task when the illegal dumping supervisor also serves another patrol monitoring task. This is a system for monitoring illegal dumping.

According to the present invention, illegal dumping in areas such as mountainous areas, riverbeds, and rural areas is patrolly monitored by people assigned to illegal dumping monitors such as environmental patrols on behalf of local governments. In the system, the illegal dumping observer can input data such as images, voices, texts, etc. regarding the status of illegal dumping by the input means, and mount the position information obtaining means capable of obtaining position information, thereby realizing the data. The most characteristic feature is that when an input occurs, a portable terminal capable of sequentially recording the position information of the position information acquisition means in a format added to the input data is carried around. As a result, patrol monitoring can be performed even when the geography of the patrol area is not bright,
Significantly different from the prior art.

Further, in the present invention, all information on illegal dumping such as images, sounds, texts, etc. obtained at each patrol site is stored in a state linked to the position information from which the respective information was obtained. The point that the accuracy of information is greatly improved is significantly different from the conventional technology.

Further, in the present invention, since the data can be stored by utilizing the illegal dumping information and the positional information inputted at each patrol site as they are, the work is greatly reduced in that the work can be greatly reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, information on illegal dumping such as images, sounds, texts and the like and its positional information are sequentially stored in the portable terminal by an illegal dumping monitoring center or an illegal dumping center which manages the database for monitoring illegal dumping. By adding a wireless communication means so as to be able to transmit and receive to and from a regulatory body, when an illegal dumping site is found, an emergency call can be made immediately, which greatly differs from the prior art in that environmental crimes can be prevented.

[0021]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

Here, 1 is an illegally dumped place 1,
2 is an illegal dumping place 2, 3 is an illegal dumping place 3, 4 is an illegal dumping place 4, 5 is an illegal dumping place 5, 20 is an illegal dumping supervisor A, 21 is Illegal dump monitor B, 22 is a mobile terminal A for monitoring illegal dumping,
23 is a portable terminal B for monitoring illegal dumping, 24 is a memory card A for a portable terminal whose contents have been cleared, 25 is a memory card A for a portable terminal storing data collected during patrol, 26
Is the mobile terminal memory card B, 27 whose contents have been cleared.
Is a memory card B for a portable terminal storing data collected during the patrol, 28 is a patrol route of the illegal dumping supervisor A, 29
Is an illegal dumping observer B's patrol route, 30 is a database device for monitoring illegal dumping, 31 is an illegal dumping monitoring center, 3
2 indicates a GPS satellite, and 33 indicates a radio wave signal for positioning.

In the case of the present embodiment, the illegal dumping supervisors A20 and B21 carry out patrol monitoring by carrying portable terminals 22 and 23 capable of inputting images, sounds and text information. Further, the location information of each place is stored in the portable terminal 22,
It can be obtained by receiving at least three or more positioning radio signals 33 from the GPS satellites 32 mounted on 23. Further, when performing the patrol monitoring, when leaving the illegal dumping monitoring center 31, the portable terminal memory cards A24 and B26 whose contents have been cleared are transferred to the portable terminal 2
2 and 23. When monitoring each point (for example, 1, 2, 3, or 4, 5), the mobile terminal 2
Information is input into the memory cards A24 and B26.
And sequentially recorded together with the position information. Further, when the patrol is completed, the portable terminal memory cards A25 and B27 storing the data collected during the patrol are returned to the illegal dumping monitoring center 31, and the collected / recorded data is used as an illegal dumping monitoring database device. 30.

In this embodiment, since information such as images, sounds, and text data is always stored in a form in which position information is added, highly accurate information can be collected.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing a second embodiment according to the present invention.

Here, reference numeral 34 denotes a mobile phone, 35 denotes a signal transmission path using the mobile phone, and 36 denotes an illegal dumping control organization such as police. Note that elements having the same reference numerals as in FIG. 1 are the same as those in FIG.

In this embodiment, the portable telephone 34 is linked to the portable terminal 22 so that an emergency call can be made when an illegal dumping site is found. It is possible to notify the illegal dumping enforcement agency 36 such as the police by a radio signal (35). As a result, it is possible to shorten the number of emergency calls and to reduce the
Since the current position information can be transmitted, the time to rush to the site can be greatly reduced.

In the above-described embodiment, a mobile phone has been described as an example of a wireless communication apparatus. However, a public service such as a PHS or a satellite phone can be used.
It goes without saying that a similar effect can be obtained by using the A radio or the private radio network.

In the above-described embodiment, the memory card is used as a recording medium. However, similar effects can be obtained by using a floppy (registered trademark) disk (registered trademark), a removable magnetic disk device, or the like. Needless to say.

Further, the portable terminal sequentially stores, via the wireless communication means, information on illegal dumping, such as images, voices, and text data to which positional information has been added, in the database device 30 for monitoring illegal dumping. It is also possible to transmit and receive to an illegal dumping monitoring center 31 which manages the illegal dumping monitoring database device 30.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration diagram of a portable terminal according to the present invention.

Here, 40 is an image input device, 41 is a voice input device, 42 is a text input device, 43 is a GPS receiver, 44 is a GPS antenna, 45 is a position information adding device for image data, and 46 is a voice information input device. A position information adding device 47; a position information adding device 47 for text data;
Denotes a data input / output device, 49 denotes a memory card, 50 denotes a mobile phone transmitting / receiving device, and 51 denotes a mobile phone antenna.

This corresponds to the portable terminal 22 shown in FIGS.
2 shows the internal configuration blocks of FIG. Images, audio,
The flow of adding location information to information input to the site, such as a text, and storing the information is shown.

FIG. 4 is a system configuration diagram showing a third embodiment according to the present invention.

Here, reference numeral 37 denotes a mobile phone, 38 denotes a signal transmission path using the mobile phone, and 39 denotes an area where the mobile phone can talk. Elements having the same reference numerals as in the previous figure are the same as those in the previous figure.

In this embodiment, when an emergency call is required outside the radio communication area and the illegal dumping supervisor 20 enters the communicable area 39, the illegal dumping control organization is automatically activated based on the call enable signal. 36 shows a situation where an emergency call is made.

Although there are many places where illegal dumping is not possible in areas where radio waves do not reach, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to enter the communicable area 39 and to make an automatic notification, so that the notification time is greatly reduced. Can be shortened.

In order to sequentially accumulate information on illegal dumping, such as images, voices, and text data to which positional information is added, in the database 30 for monitoring illegal dumping, it is necessary to manage the database 30 for monitoring illegal dumping. Also in the case of transmitting / receiving to the dumping monitoring center 31, when an emergency call is required outside the wireless communication area and the illegal dumping monitor 20 enters the communicable area 39, the illegal dumping is automatically performed based on the call enable signal. It is possible to make an emergency call to the monitoring center 31 in the same manner as described above.

FIG. 5 is a system configuration diagram showing a fourth embodiment according to the present invention.

Here, 52 is a natural observation point A, 53
Indicates a natural observation point B, and 54 indicates a natural observation route. Elements having the same reference numerals as in the previous figure are the same as those in the previous figure.

In this embodiment, the illegal dumping supervisor 20
However, in the case where another patrol monitoring operation such as natural observation is also performed, a plurality of patrol monitoring operations are performed by the same observer. In addition to monitoring illegal dumping 1, 2, and 3, it monitors the natural observations 52 and 53 in a cyclical manner, and uses a portable terminal 22 that can switch input screens or input software according to the information to be collected. To use. This makes it possible to improve the efficiency of the patrol work.

Although not shown, the portable terminal 22
Has a map information display function, and has a position information acquisition device 4
By displaying the information obtained from 3 in an overlapping manner, it is possible to provide a function capable of displaying the current position information of the illegal dumping supervisor 20, and it is possible to easily monitor an unfamiliar area.

Further, from the illegal dumping monitoring center 31,
A command is sent to the illegal dumping observer 20 during the patrol via wireless communication, and the target position information is displayed on the portable terminal 22. It is also possible to assist.

[0045]

As described above, according to the present invention, an illegal dumping monitor such as an environmental patrol is entrusted by a local government to an illegal dumping rampant in a mountainous area, a riverbed, a rural area, or the like. In a system in which patrols are carried out by people assigned to the illegal dumping, the illegal dumping observer has a position information acquiring means capable of inputting data such as images, sounds, texts, etc., and acquiring positional information on the situation of illegal dumping. The greatest feature is that when a data input occurs, a portable terminal capable of sequentially recording the position information of the position information acquisition means in the form of the data added to the data is carried and carried around.

Therefore, the present invention has an advantage that the patrol monitoring can be performed even if the geography of the traveling region is not bright.

The present invention also provides an image obtained at each patrol site,
Since information such as voice and text are all stored in a state linked to the position information from which the respective information has been acquired, there is an advantage that the accuracy of the collected information is greatly improved.

Further, according to the present invention, since data can be stored by utilizing the information input at each patrol site as it is, there is an advantage that the operation can be greatly reduced.

Further, the present invention provides a radio communication system for transmitting and receiving information such as images, voices, and texts to and from the portable terminal to an illegal dumping monitoring center or an illegal dumping enforcement agency that manages the illegal dumping monitoring database device. A second feature is that the means is added.

Therefore, the present invention has an advantage that an environmental crime can be prevented because an emergency call can be made immediately when an illegal dumping site or the like is found.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a portable terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a system configuration diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a system configuration diagram showing a fourth embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a conventional illegal dumping monitoring system.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Illegal dumping place 1 2 ... Illegal dumping place 2 3 ... Illegal dumping place 3 4 ... Illegal dumping place 4 5 ... Illegal dumping place 5 20 ... Illegal dumping monitoring Member A 21: Illegal dumping monitor B 22: Illegal dumping monitoring mobile terminal A 23: Illegal dumping monitoring mobile terminal B 24: Memory card A25 for mobile terminal with cleared contents Save data collected during patrol Memory card for mobile terminal A 26 that has been cleared Memory card for mobile terminal B 27 whose contents have been cleared Memory card for mobile terminal B 28 that stores the data collected during the patrol 28 Illegal dumping monitor A's traveling route 29 Unlawful Tour route of dumping supervisor B 30 ... Database device for monitoring illegal dumping 31 ... Illegal dumping monitoring center 32 ... GPS satellite 33 ... Radio signal for positioning 34 ... Mobile phone 35 Signal transmission path using mobile phone 36 ... Illegal dumping control organization such as police 37 ... Mobile phone 38 ... Signal transmission path using mobile phone 39 ... Possible area of mobile phone 40 ... Image input device 41 ... Speech input device 42 ... Text input device 43 ... GPS receiver 44 ... GPS antenna 45 ... Position information adding device to image data 46 ... Position information adding device to audio data 47 ... Position information adding device to text data 48 ... Data input / output device 49 ... Memory card 50 … Mobile phone transmitting / receiving device 51… mobile phone antenna 52… natural observation point A 53… natural observation point B 54… natural observation route

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Tetsuro Mikazuki 2-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Within Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Taichi Kon 2-3-2, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo No. 1 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation F-term (reference)

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A portable terminal for collecting and recording illegal dumping data carried by an illegal dumping monitor during patrol, and an illegal dumping monitoring database device for storing illegal dumping data recorded by the portable terminal. Wherein the mobile terminal has an input unit for illegal dumping data including one or more of an image, a sound, and a sentence, and a position information obtaining unit,
When the illegal dumping data input from the input unit occurs, the position information acquired by the position information acquiring unit is added to the inputted illegal dumping data and recorded, and the illegal dumping monitoring database device includes the position information. Illegal dumping data recorded in the portable terminal based on the data is sequentially accumulated. 2. The portable terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a wireless communication unit for transmitting and receiving the illegal dumping data to which the location information is added to an illegal dumping monitoring center that manages the illegal dumping monitoring database device. The illegal dumping monitoring system according to claim 1. 3. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the map information display function means and the position information obtained from the position information acquisition means are displayed so as to overlap the map information display. 3. An illegal dumping monitoring system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a function unit for displaying a message. 4. The portable terminal includes: a wireless communication unit for receiving a command issued from the illegal dumping monitoring center to go to a new location other than the currently inspected illegal dumping monitoring position; The illegal dumping monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising display function means for displaying a new location as target position information and assisting the illegal dumping supervisor in patrol. 5. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the portable terminal has a function for making an emergency call to an organization that controls illegal dumping when the site of the illegal dumping is sighted. The illegal dumping monitoring system described in the section. 6. The emergency notification function means, wherein when an emergency call is required outside the wireless communication area and an illegal dumping supervisor enters the communicable area, the emergency call is automatically made based on a call enable signal. The illegal dumping monitoring system according to claim 5, wherein a notification is made. 7. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein said illegal dumping monitor is capable of switching an input screen or input software in accordance with said patrol monitoring work when said patrol monitor is also performing another patrol monitoring work. The illegal dumping monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein: