JP2005222249A - Dynamic information distribution system, distribution device used therefor and dynamic information distribution method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dynamic information distribution technology capable of distributing the information of proper contents to a proper distribution destination at a proper time. <P>SOLUTION: This dynamic information distribution system has: a situation detection device 2 detecting a situation of a detection target; a situation transmission device 3 transmitting situation information including at least the situation detected by the situation detection device 2, and detection information including detection time information and detection device identification information through at least one of cable communication and wireless communication; and a distribution device 10 receiving the detection information transmitted by the situation transmission device 3, detecting a change of the situation in the detection target on the basis of the received detection information, dynamically determining the distribution destination and the distribution contents corresponding thereto according to the change of the situation and the detection device identification information when detecting the change of the situation, and transmitting the corresponding distribution contents to each distribution destination. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a dynamic information distribution system, a distribution apparatus used therefor, and a dynamic information distribution method.

  Recently, with the rapid development of information-related technologies, dynamic information distribution has been performed in various fields. For example, in a map information browsing service via the Internet (see, for example, Patent Document 1), when a user inputs location-related information such as an address and a telephone number using a terminal device, the server that receives the information corresponds to the input information. Map information centered on the position is dynamically created and transmitted to the user terminal.

  There is also known a technique for selecting and distributing information suitable for a distribution destination from a lot of provision information and advertisement information based on registered or input personal information or the like (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

  However, in the conventional dynamic information distribution technology, information distribution is not performed unless there is registration or input of a service user, or even if information distribution is performed automatically thereafter, regardless of the user's situation, Even if it is distributed at one-sided timing from the service provider side, or the distribution content is dynamically determined, the content is almost fixed because it is based on the registration information, or the service regardless of the situation of the user There has been a problem that the delivery content is unilaterally determined by the provider.

For this reason, conventional technologies are appropriate when appropriate, such as information on crime prevention / disaster prevention, information on natural phenomena / environment, information on health / care, traffic information, etc. It was difficult to distribute to the appropriate distribution destination by contents.
Japanese Patent No. 3454225 Japanese Patent No. 2976219

  Therefore, a main problem of the present invention is to provide a dynamic information distribution technique capable of distributing information with appropriate contents to an appropriate distribution destination at an appropriate time.

The dynamic information distribution system of the present invention that has solved the above problems is as follows.
<Invention of Claim 1>
A status detection device that detects the status of the detection target;
A situation transmitting apparatus that transmits at least one of wired communication and wireless communication, including situation information including a situation detected by the situation detection apparatus, detection time information, and detection apparatus identification information;
The detection information transmitted by the status transmission device is received, the change in the status of the detection target is detected based on the received detection information, and when the status change is detected, the status change and the detection device identification information A distribution device that dynamically determines a distribution destination and distribution content corresponding to the distribution destination and transmits the corresponding distribution content to each distribution destination;
A dynamic information distribution system comprising:

<Invention of Claim 2>
The distribution device comprises a distribution control server and a database server,
The database server has distribution destination information in which history information that associates at least status information, detection time information, and detection device identification information with at least distribution destination identification information, distribution destination type information, destination information, and a distribution method. And at least the delivery rule information associated with the delivery reference information and the delivery range, and the delivery template information associated with at least the delivery reference information and the template information, respectively,
The distribution control server (A) stores the received detection information in the database server as the history information, and (B) includes the same detection device identification information as the reception information for each reception, and also includes reception information. When the history information including the latest detection time information in time is selected from the database server, the received status information is compared with the status information included in the selected history information, and (C) when there is a change Alternatively, if the change amount is calculated by the comparison and the change amount is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the distribution range corresponding to the distribution standard information corresponding to the received situation information is selected from the database server, and the distribution range corresponds to this distribution range. Select the template information including the delivery destination type to be sent from the database server, and embed the detection information received in this template for delivery information for each delivery destination type. The distribution destination type included in the distribution destination information created or selected from the database server on the basis of the detection device identification information that received the distribution destination information corresponding to the acquired distribution range while using the template information itself as the distribution information And corresponding distribution information is transmitted according to the destination information and distribution method included in the distribution destination information.
The dynamic information distribution system according to claim 1.

<Invention of Claim 3>
The situation detection device is at least one of a crime prevention detection device, an environmental situation detection device, a natural phenomenon situation detection device, a disaster prevention situation detection device, a health situation detection device, a care situation detection device, and a traffic situation detection device. Or the dynamic information delivery system of 2 description.

<Invention of Claim 4>
The distribution destination includes at least the detection target itself or its related parties, a person who has an interest in the change in the status of the detection target, the competent authority to be notified in relation to the detection target and the situation, and arbitrarily registered contact information. The dynamic information distribution system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

<Invention of Claim 5>
It consists of a distribution control server and a database server.
The database server has distribution destination information in which history information that associates at least status information, detection time information, and detection device identification information with at least distribution destination identification information, distribution destination type information, destination information, and a distribution method. And at least the delivery rule information associated with the delivery reference information and the delivery range, and the delivery template information associated with at least the delivery reference information and the template information, respectively,
The distribution control server receives (A) status information, detection time information, and detection device identification information transmitted from the outside, and stores the received detection information in the database server as the history information. ) For each reception, history information including the same detection device identification information as the reception information and including the detection time information nearest to the reception information is selected from the database server, and the received situation information and selection are selected. (C) When there is a change or when the change amount is calculated by the comparison and the change amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the received situation information is applicable. The distribution range corresponding to the distribution standard information to be selected is selected from the database server, and the template information including the distribution destination type corresponding to this distribution range is selected from the database server. Select and embed the detection information received in this template to create distribution information for each distribution destination type or use the template information itself as distribution information, and the identification of the detection device that has received the distribution destination information corresponding to the acquired distribution range Selected from the database server based on the information, and configured to transmit the distribution information corresponding to the distribution destination type included in the distribution destination information according to the destination information and distribution method included in the distribution destination information.
A distribution apparatus in a dynamic information distribution system characterized by the above.

<Invention of Claim 6>
The situation detection device detects the situation to be detected,
Receiving status information including the status detected by this status detection device, detection information including detection time information, and detection device identification information by the distribution device via at least one of wired communication and wireless communication,
The distribution device detects a change in the status of the detection target based on the received detection information, and when detecting the change in the status, the distribution device responds to the distribution destination according to the change in the status and the detection device identification information. Dynamically determine the delivery content and send the corresponding delivery content to each delivery destination.
A dynamic information delivery method characterized by the above.

  The main point of the present invention is that a change in the situation is detected based on the situation information detected by the situation detection device, the detection time information, and the detection device identification information, and the distribution destination and the distribution contents are dynamically changed according to the change in the situation. It is in place to decide appropriately. By adopting such a configuration, for example, the following new dynamic distribution system becomes possible.

  That is, consider a case where an intrusion detection device is installed in the site and in the house as the situation detection device. In this case, when the security device detects illegal intrusion, the information is transmitted to the distribution device. Based on the received detection information, the distribution device determines that the situation has changed, that is, the detection target house of the detection device has changed from a state without entry to a state with entry. At this time, if the received information has contents such as intrusion into the premises but no intrusion into the house, the distribution device, for example, as the distribution destination according to the contents, for example, the house Not only the residents but also neighbors who are likely to be intruded next time are selected, and appropriate distribution contents different for each distribution destination are distributed by telephone, FAX, e-mail or the like. Also, if the received information is that there is a house intrusion, select not only the resident and neighbor of the house but also the police as the delivery destination according to the content, and appropriate different for each delivery destination for each Contact the contents.

  Thus, for example, information on crime prevention / disaster prevention, information on natural phenomena / environment, information on health / nursing care, information on traffic, etc. Thus, it becomes possible to deliver to an appropriate delivery destination with an appropriate content at an appropriate time.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
<System configuration example>
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example 1 of a dynamic information distribution system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral IS denotes various communication networks (for example, the Internet, WAN, LAN, telephone network (fixed telephone network, form telephone). In addition to those capable of two-way communication such as a network), those capable of one-way communication are also included.

  As described above, the present invention is based on the premise that the situation of a detection target is detected, and the detection target includes ground structures such as buildings, houses, and roads, subway stations, underground malls, tunnels, and the like. In addition to the structure, it can be any arbitrary point including a mountain top, the seabed, etc., and it can also be a living body such as a person, animals and plants, an unmanned or manned vehicle, an aircraft, a robot, or the like.

  In the present invention, the situation detection device 2 is used to detect the situation of these detection targets. The status detection device 2 can be installed or mounted on the detection target itself according to the detection target, and can be installed as far away from the detection target as possible. The situation detection device 2 can be appropriately selected according to the type of detection target, the situation to be detected, and the contents of distribution. For example, examples shown in Table 1 below can be given.

  Information detected by the situation detection device 2 is transmitted to the situation transmission device 3. The status transmission device 3 is not particularly limited as long as it can perform wired or wireless communication with the distribution device 10 to be described later, but is not limited to a personal computer or a dedicated terminal having an equivalent function (for example, a home server) POS terminal) can be preferably used. As a transmission method, an automatic response communication by telephone (including a mobile phone, the same applies hereinafter), a communication method in which information is transmitted by FAX and information is read by OCR, e-mail or other communication using the Internet is used. be able to. For this reason, the status transmission device 3 can incorporate or externally install a network interface, a FAX modem, and other communication devices 5.

  When the situation detection device 2 outputs an analog signal and the situation transmission device 3 is a digital device, either one of the devices is equipped with an AD conversion interface, or an AD conversion device is interposed between the two devices. Can be made. As described above, the status detection device 2 and the status transmission device 3 can be connected by wired or wireless communication via a dedicated or general-purpose interface and, if necessary, a dedicated or general-purpose receiving device 4.

  In the present invention, it is preferable to connect a plurality of situation detection apparatuses 2 to one situation transmission apparatus 3 to unify situation transmission. However, depending on the functions of the situation detection apparatus 2, it may be difficult to unify the situation transmission. If necessary, a plurality of status transmission devices 3 can be used. In this case, the status detection device 2 and the transmission device 3 may be used on a one-to-one basis, or the detection device 2 may be divided into groups and different transmission devices 3 may be used for each group.

  The status transmission device 3 transmits the detection information transmitted from the status detection device according to the control program. For this reason, the status transmission device 3 has a built-in nonvolatile storage device or medium such as a hard disk or ROM in the component device, or has an external storage device accessible via a network or other interface. The control program stored there is read out and executed. As this transmission control flow, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, it is possible to periodically receive detection information from the situation detection device 2 and transmit it sequentially or in a fixed amount. When the status transmission device 3 receives the detection information from the detection device 2, the status transmission device 3 converts the received information into an appropriate form, for example, a status type and a status level, and adds detection device identification information and detection time information to the status information. And it transmits to the delivery apparatus 10 mentioned later as a series of detection information which matched these.

  The distribution device 10 is not particularly limited as long as it exhibits the function of the present invention. However, considering application to a large-scale system, the distribution device 10 is preferably composed of a distribution control server 11 and a database server 12. These servers may be configured on a single hardware, or may be divided into a plurality of hardware for each function. For ease of application and management, as shown in the figure, the distribution control server 11 and the database server 12 are configured by separate computers, and connected to the Internet, WAN, LAN, VPN, etc. via network interfaces, It is preferable that the distribution control server can access the database server to add, update, and select predetermined data.

  The distribution apparatus 10 receives the detection information from the status transmission apparatus 3, and dynamically determines and transmits the distribution destination and distribution contents. For this transmission / reception, the devices constituting the distribution control server 11 are equipped with transmission / reception devices such as a network interface, fax modem, TA, etc. and transmission / reception programs. It can be set as the structure to do. When using e-mail or fax, the mail server 13 or fax server 14 can be configured on another computer or a dedicated machine. When performing telephone communication, an automatic telephone notification device 15 can be separately installed, and communication can be performed by controlling this through a network or a dedicated connection. Further, the distribution control server 11 performs dynamic information distribution according to the distribution control program. For this reason, the distribution control server 11 has a non-volatile storage device or medium such as a hard disk or ROM in its constituent device, or has an external storage device accessible via a network or other interface. The control program stored there is read out and executed.

  Further, the database server 12 is not limited to a relational database, and a hierarchical type, a network type, various post-relational types, and the like can also be used.

  A specific form using the distribution control server 11 and the database server 12 can be determined as appropriate within the scope of the present invention. For example, the form described below can be adopted. That is, the database server 12 constructs a database having the following table structure.

<History table>
This is a table for recording detection information as one record one by one, and can be composed of, for example, the following fields.
・ History ID number (primary key)
・ Detection device ID number ・ Detection time ・ Situation type ・ Situation level (measured value or multi-stage value)
<Destination table>
This is a table for recording information related to the delivery destination, and can be composed of, for example, the following fields.
・ Destination ID number (primary key)
・ Destination type (detection target itself or related parties, persons who have an interest in the change in the status of the detection target, the competent authorities to be notified in relation to the detection target and the situation, arbitrarily registered contact information, etc. be able to)
・ Name or name ・ Address ・ Telephone number ・ FAX number ・ E-mail address ・ Mobile phone number ・ Website address ・ Distribution method ・ Related detection device ID
<Distribution rule table>
It is a table that defines the correspondence between the situation type and level and the distribution range, and can be configured by the following fields, for example.
・ Distribution rule ID number (primary key)
・ Distribution criteria (conditions for determining the distribution range)
・ Distribution range (distribution destination type range and stakeholder ID range)
<Template table>
It is a table that defines the correspondence between the delivery destination type and the fixed part of the delivery content, and can be configured by the following fields, for example.
・ Template ID number (primary key)
・ Distribution criteria ・ Destination type ・ Template data <Detection device identification information table>
It is a table that defines a correspondence relationship between a detection device and a position or a detection target serving as a reference of a distribution range, and can be configured by the following fields, for example.
・ Detector ID number (primary key)
・ Destination ID
・ Detection device address (when there is no delivery destination ID corresponding to the address)
-Name or name of the detection device administrator (if there is no distribution destination ID corresponding to the detection device)

  In this case, as the control program of the distribution control server 11, for example, a dynamic distribution execution program according to the control flow shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 can be used. That is, the distribution control server 11 receives the detection information from the status transmission device 3 periodically (or at any time depending on the case). This communication method can be appropriately determined according to the combination of the distribution control server 11 and the status transmission device 3 as described above. For example, the status transmission device 3 can be directly connected to the distribution control server 11 by dial-up or the like, and the detection information can be directly passed to the control program. The detection information is transmitted to the mail server 13 or the FAX server 14, and the distribution control server 11 can access these reception servers 13 and 14 according to the control program to receive mails and read the detection information.

  When receiving the detection information, the distribution control server 11 accesses the database server 12 and adds the received information to the history table as a new record. Note that the new addition of this record can also be performed after the processing related to information distribution described later is completed.

  In addition, the distribution control server 11 compares the latest record with each reception. That is, a record including the detection device ID number included in the detection information and including the detection time information closest to the received detection time information is selected from the history table, and the status of the reception detection information common to the situation types The level is compared with the status level of the selected record, and as a result, the presence or absence of a change is detected. In this case, depending on the situation type, for example, when the situation level is in two stages, with or without change, it can be changed when there is a difference by comparison, and the situation level is a measured value or multiple stages. In some cases, a difference is calculated for comparison, and a change amount is calculated. When the change amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, it can be determined that there is a change. As a result of the comparison, when there is no change, waiting for reception of detection information or processing of next reception information is performed.

  When the situation changes as a result of the comparison, a record including a delivery standard corresponding to the received situation type and situation level is searched from the delivery rule table, and a delivery range is selected. In this example, the distribution range includes a distribution destination type range and a stakeholder ID range, so that it is possible to dynamically select distribution contents and a distribution destination.

  That is, subsequently, the distribution control server 11 selects, from the template table, template information that includes a distribution destination type corresponding to the selected distribution range and includes distribution reference information corresponding to the received status information, and has received this template. The detection information is directly or processed to generate distribution information for each embedded distribution destination type. For example, based on the detection device ID included in the received detection information, the detection device identification information such as the detection device location address and the name or name of the detection target is selected from the detection device identification information table. Along with the type and status level, the text information can be embedded in the template to be text information suitable for the delivery destination. By preparing a template for each distribution destination type, for example, details of distribution to the detection target itself or its related parties and information on the competent authorities to be notified are detailed, but some of the information for neighboring residents, etc. It is possible to create flexible and appropriate distribution information such as omitting information. In the present invention, information other than detection information can also be embedded in the distribution information.

  While creating the distribution content, a distribution destination corresponding to the acquired distribution range is selected from the distribution destination table based on the received detection device identification information. For example, when the distribution range is a neighbor, a region, or a specific regional jurisdiction, a neighbor, a region, or a regional jurisdiction (such as a police station) can be selected based on the detection device location address. In the case of this example, if the distribution range is an interested person or an arbitrary registrant (for example, a security company, etc.) and the address cannot be selected as a reference, the related detection device identification information corresponding to the received detection device identification information This can be dealt with by selecting a distribution destination including (relationship device ID of the distribution destination table) from the distribution destination table.

  The distribution control server 11 acquires the distribution destination type, distribution method (e-mail, telephone, etc.) and destination information (e-mail address, telephone number, etc.) included in the selected distribution destination, and the acquired distribution destination type and The matching distribution information is transmitted according to the distribution method and destination information. The distribution information is received by the computer 20, PDA (personal personal digital assistant) 21, mobile phone 22, fax machine 23, fixed phone 24, etc., and the receiver can view the contents.

  At the time of transmission, the distribution control server 11 transmits predetermined information including the distribution contents to a transmission device such as the mail server 13, the fax server 14, and the automatic telephone notification device 15 according to a predetermined method. Send the delivery contents to the delivery destination. The distribution destination can be a specific distributor such as e-mail or telephone, or can be a website such as a bulletin board. In this case, the corresponding web server 16 is dynamically selected. , You can also send (up or post) the dynamically determined distribution content.

  After the information distribution is executed, the detection information is waited to be received or the next received information is processed. Of course, the above-described detection information reception process, comparison process, distribution destination selection process, distribution content creation process, and transmission process can be appropriately performed in parallel.

  The system of the present invention can be configured to perform registration / update / deletion processing of history information or the like in a control program or as a separate program. In other words, the system example 1 can be configured to perform record registration / update / deletion processing for the history table, distribution destination table, distribution rule table, template table, and detection device identification information table in the database server. . This operation is performed when the detection device 2 is newly installed or removed, when there is an application for a distribution destination, when a new rule or template is registered when a new type of information distribution is performed, etc. Can be used on the administrative side.

  Further, when newly registering a delivery destination applicant, the system administrator may perform the registration, but the applicant himself / herself can also be configured to automatically register through a website (including a mobile site). Such registration means can be constructed in the same manner as e-mail magazines and mailing lists. For example, in the above system example, for the web server 16 installed on the network, a website that can access the database 12 is constructed using a script language such as CGI or PHP, and only the registration / deletion processing of the distribution destination table. Can also be possible.

  The control program in the distribution control server 11 can be created in an appropriate language. However, considering the use of the database server 12 as in the above system, a web base using a server side script language such as CGI or PHP. It is preferable to configure as a system.

  Next, a more specific form using the above system example will be described taking various information distribution services for life support as an example. FIG. 5 shows an outline of a system common to the following application examples 1 to 3. Reference numeral IN indicates the Internet, reference numeral FT indicates a fixed telephone network, and reference numeral PT indicates a mobile telephone network.

<Application example 1: Fire information distribution service>
In this example, indoor sensors including smoke detection sensors, infrared sensors, ultraviolet sensors, and indoor temperature sensors are installed in the respective rooms of the houses A, B. In addition, outdoor sensors including a rain sensor, a wind force measurement sensor, and an outdoor humidity sensor are installed outside the room, for example, a garden, a veranda, a roof, a garage, and the like. The situation detection apparatus 2 is comprised by these.

  Moreover, the home server 30 is installed in each house as a status transmission apparatus. The home server 30 can be constituted by a dedicated machine or a general-purpose machine such as a personal computer. The home server 30 is connected so as to be able to communicate with the indoor and outdoor sensors 2 via a dedicated or general-purpose interface and a dedicated or general-purpose receiving device as necessary.

  The home server 30 reads and executes the transmission control program from the built-in storage device. As a result, the detection information is periodically received from each sensor 2, and the received information is converted into the status type and the status level for each detection device as shown in Table 3, and the detection device ID, the detection time are included in this status information. Information is added, and a series of detection information associated with the information is transmitted to a distribution apparatus 10 to be described later by e-mail in a predetermined format.

  The distribution device 10 is installed and managed by an information distribution service provider. The distribution device 10 includes a distribution control server 11, a database server 12, a mail server 13, and an automatic telephone notification device 15 constructed on the same or separate computers. The distribution control server 11 can access the database server 12 to add, update, and select predetermined data, access the mail server 13 to send and receive mail, and control the automatic telephone notification device 15. It is configured as possible. For this purpose and for dynamic information distribution according to the present invention, the distribution control server 11 reads and executes a control program stored in a storage device built in the component apparatus.

  The database server 12 has the above-described table structure, and in particular, the distribution rule table and the template table have the structures shown in Tables 4 and 5 below.

  The distribution apparatus 10 configured as described above performs the following processing. That is, the distribution control server 11 periodically accesses the mail server 13 and receives an e-mail transmitted from each house A, B,. Then, the detection information is acquired from the received electronic mail, and the database server 12 is accessed, and the received detection information is added to the history table as a new record. Thus, the status of each house consisting of smoke presence / absence, infrared amount, ultraviolet light amount, indoor temperature, rain presence / absence, wind power value, outdoor minimum humidity is periodically accumulated.

  In addition to the new record addition process, the distribution control server 11 compares the received detection information with the latest record as described above. Specifically, the situation type “smoke” and the situation level “none” in the received detection information are compared with the situation level “no” of the latest record in which the situation type is smoke, and the situation type “ Comparison of the order of the status type, such as “flame” and its status level “infrared amount z%” and the status level “infrared amount y%” of the latest record whose status type is flame. To do.

  When the situation type is a multi-step or continuous numerical value, a difference is calculated for comparison, and a change amount is calculated. When the change amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, it can be determined that there is a change. This predetermined value can be determined as appropriate, and can be incorporated in the control program in advance, or stored in the database server 12 as a table corresponding to the situation type, and read as necessary. . As a result of the comparison, when there is no change, waiting for reception of detection information or processing of next reception information is performed.

  As a result of the comparison, when a change occurs in the situation, the distribution destination and the distribution content are dynamically determined and automatic transmission is performed. Now, the status type and status level included in the detection information transmitted from the house A to the distribution control server 11 are “smoke, yes; room temperature, 42 ° C .; infrared amount, 0%; ultraviolet amount, 0%; rain, None; Wind power, 3; Minimum outdoor humidity, 50% "(Comma indicates field delimiter, semicolon indicates record delimiter, and so on.) The status type and status information of the most recent record selected from the database server Is “smoke, no; indoor temperature, 24 ° C .; infrared amount, 0%; ultraviolet amount, 0%; rain, no; wind force, 3; minimum outdoor humidity, 50%”. In this case, there is a change in the situation types “smoke” and “room temperature”, so information distribution is executed.

  That is, the distribution control server 11 accesses the database server 12, searches the distribution rule table for a record that includes the distribution standard corresponding to the reception detection information, and selects a distribution range. In this case, a rule with an ID of 1 is searched, and the corresponding place resident and the responsible fire department are selected as the distribution range. Next, the distribution control server 11 accesses the database server 12 again, the distribution range is the corresponding place resident or the responsible fire department, and includes the distribution standard corresponding to the received situation information, that is, the template information with ID 1 is used as the template. Selection is made from the table, and the detection information received in this template is directly or processed to create distribution information for each embedded distribution destination type. In the table, “?” Indicates a portion where information is embedded (hereinafter the same), and the detection device location is detected from the detection device identification information table based on the detection device ID included in the received detection information as necessary. Detection device identification information such as an address and a name or name of a detection target is selected, and this is embedded in a template together with a detection time, a status type, and a status level, and appropriate text information is created for each distribution destination.

  The distribution control server 11 creates distribution contents as described above, selects a distribution destination corresponding to the acquired distribution range, and executes distribution. Specifically, based on the received detection device ID, the detection device location address is selected from the detection device identification information table, and the corresponding location resident and the responsible fire department are distributed to the distribution destination type included in the distribution range. Search from the table, select the delivery destination type, delivery method (e-mail, telephone, etc.) and destination information (e-mail address, telephone number, etc.) included in the relevant delivery destination, and delivery that matches the selected delivery destination type Information is transmitted according to the distribution method and destination information. At the time of transmission, the distribution control server 11 transmits predetermined information including the distribution contents to a transmission device such as the mail server 13 and the automatic telephone notification device 15 according to a predetermined method. Send the delivery contents to the destination. After the information distribution is executed, the detection information is waited to be received or the next received information is processed.

  Thus, from the distribution control server 11 via e-mail, landline phone 24, and mobile phone 22, the resident a in the corresponding place says “<< Fire is generated> smoke is generated in your home, and the room temperature becomes 42 ° C. or higher. The information “Immediately, please confirm, respond to initial fire extinguishing, etc.” is sent to the responsible fire department via “e-mail” location: A Home, situation: smoke detection, indoor temperature 42 ° C. or higher, no flame detected.

  Next, the situation type and situation level included in the detection information transmitted from the same house A to the distribution control server 11 are “smoke, yes; indoor temperature, 53 ° C .; infrared amount, 50%; ultraviolet ray amount, 0%; If rain, no; wind power, 3; outdoor minimum humidity, 50% ", the situation type" infrared amount "has changed compared to the most recent record, and it is assumed that the flame has risen (ultraviolet ray amount) It is assumed that the flame is small because there is no change in information), and information distribution is executed again. In this case, the distribution control server 11 accesses the database server 12, and since the ID in the rule table corresponds to the distribution standard of 2, the distribution range is determined as the corresponding place resident, jurisdiction fire department and neighbor resident, and ID2, 6 from the template table. , 9 template information is selected to create distribution contents, and distribution destinations corresponding to the corresponding location resident, jurisdiction fire department and neighbor resident are selected from the distribution destination table, and for each distribution destination as described above. Distribute information.

  On the other hand, the situation type and the situation level included in the detection information transmitted from another house B to the distribution control server 11 are “smoke, yes; room temperature, 53 ° C .; amount of infrared rays, 50%; %; Rain, no; wind, 6; minimum outdoor humidity, 30% ", and the status type and status information of the most recent record selected from the history table of the database server 12 is" smoke, no; indoor temperature, 24 ° C; infrared " Amount, 0%; UV amount, 0%; rain, none; wind power, 6; minimum outdoor humidity, 30% ", because there is a change in the status type" smoke "and" indoor temperature ". Will be executed. However, in this case, there is no rainfall, there is a lot of wind, and there is a risk of spreading fire because it is under dry climatic conditions.

  In such a case, since the distribution control server 11 accesses the database server 12 and corresponds to the distribution standard of ID 4 in the rule table, the distribution range is different from the case in the house A described above, and the distribution range is set to the corresponding place resident, jurisdiction fire station and neighboring house. It decides that it is a resident, selects the template information with IDs 4, 8, and 11 from the template table, creates the distribution content, and further selects the distribution destination corresponding to the corresponding location resident, the jurisdiction fire station and the neighbor resident from the distribution destination table. In the same manner as described above, information is distributed to each distribution destination.

  As can be seen from this form, the present invention combines the detection device 2 and the distribution device 10, dynamically determines the distribution destination and distribution contents based on information detected by the detection device 2, and performs distribution. It is characterized in that it can be delivered to an appropriate delivery destination with an appropriate content at an appropriate time when a situation occurs.

<Application Example 2: Security Information Distribution Service>
In this example, an infrared sensor for human detection is installed in the premises of each house, an opening / closing detection sensor is installed in the opening of a house window, door, etc., and the glass surface of the glass window is made of glass. A destruction detection sensor is installed, and an infrared sensor for human detection is installed in the house. These security sensors constitute the situation detection apparatus 2 in FIG. Since the home server 30, the distribution device 10, and other device configurations are the same as those in the first application example, description thereof is omitted.

  The home server 30 periodically receives detection information from each sensor 2, converts the received information into a status type and a status level for each detection device as shown in Table 6, and includes the detection device ID, Detection time information is added, and a series of detection information associated with the detection time information is transmitted to a delivery apparatus 10 described later by an e-mail in a predetermined format.

  The database server 12 constituting the distribution apparatus 10 has the above-described table structure. In particular, the distribution rule table and the template table have the structures shown in Tables 7 and 8 below.

  The distribution apparatus 10 configured as described above performs the following processing. That is, the delivery control server 11 periodically accesses the mail server 13 to receive e-mails sent from the respective houses A, B... To a predetermined address, and records the received detection information in the history table as new records. As described above, the latest record recorded in the history table is read, and the read information is compared with the received detection information. In the case of this application example, for example, in the received detection information, the status type “presence / absence of person on site” and its status level “none”, and the status level “N / A” of the latest record whose status type is the presence / absence of person on site As in the comparison with “”, the comparison is performed in the order of the situation type, and the presence or absence of the change is detected. As a result of the comparison, when there is no change, waiting for reception of detection information or processing of next reception information is performed.

  As a result of the comparison, when a change occurs in the situation, the distribution destination and the distribution content are dynamically determined and automatic transmission is performed. Now, the situation type and situation level included in the detection information transmitted from the house A to the distribution control server 11 are “presence / absence of person on the site; existence; opening / closing of the opening / closing; presence / absence of glass breakage; The status type and status information of the latest record selected from the database server 12 is “presence / absence of person on site, open / closed, closed / open / closed; presence / absence of glass breakage; If the status type is “presence / absence of no person”, there is a change in the situation type “presence / absence of person in the site”, so information distribution is executed.

  At the time of information distribution, the distribution control server 11 accesses the database server 12, searches the distribution rule table for a record including a distribution criterion corresponding to the reception detection information, and selects a distribution range. In this case, the rule whose ID is 1 is searched, and the corresponding place resident and the neighbor resident are selected as the distribution range. Next, the distribution control server 11 accesses the database server 12 again, the distribution range is the corresponding location resident or neighbor resident, and includes the distribution criteria corresponding to the received situation information, that is, the template information with IDs 1 and 5 Is selected from the template table, and the detection information received in this template is directly or processed to create distribution information for each embedded distribution destination type.

  On the other hand, the distribution control server 11 selects a distribution destination corresponding to the acquired distribution range and executes distribution. The specific method is the same as in Application Example 1.

  Thus, from the distribution control server 11 via e-mail, landline phone 24, and mobile phone 22, the inhabitant “a” may have an intruder in the premises of your house.・ Please send a response. ”Neighbors will be informed that there may be an intruder on the grounds of the next door. Your home may also be damaged. Please check and respond. ”Is sent.

  The same applies to other cases. For example, the situation type and the situation level included in the detection information transmitted from the house A to the distribution control server 11 are “presence / absence of person on site, no; opening / closing of opening part; If there is a change to “with / without glass breakage; presence / absence of people in the house, presence / absence”, the rule with ID 4 and the templates with IDs 4, 8, and 11 are selected, and the inhabitants, neighbors and jurisdictions Appropriate information is distributed to the police station.

<Application example 3: Sales promotion information distribution service>
In recent years, products and services are displayed in consideration of weather and the like when providing products and services. The present invention can also be applied to distribution of information useful for such sales promotion. Hereinafter, an application example to sales promotion of beer will be described.

  In this example, a rain sensor, an atmospheric pressure measurement sensor, an outdoor temperature sensor, an outdoor humidity sensor, and a solar radiation sensor are installed outside each house, for example, in a garden, a veranda, a roof, a garage, and the like. These weather-related sensors constitute the situation detection device 2 in FIG. Since the home server 30, the distribution device 10, and other device configurations are the same as those in the first application example, description thereof is omitted.

  The home server 30 periodically receives detection information from each sensor 2, converts the received information into a status type and a status level for each detection device as shown in Table 9, and includes the detection device ID, Detection time information is added, and a series of detection information in which these are associated with each other is transmitted to a distribution device (to be described later) by e-mail in a predetermined format.

  The database server 12 constituting the distribution apparatus 10 has the above-described table structure. In particular, the distribution rule table and the template table have the structures shown in Tables 10 and 11 below.

  The distribution apparatus 10 configured as described above performs the following processing. That is, the delivery control server 11 periodically accesses the mail server 13 to receive e-mails sent from the respective houses A, B... To a predetermined address, and records the received detection information in the history table as new records. And the received detection information is compared with the latest record as described above. In the case of this application example, for example, the situation type “rain” in the received detection information and the situation level “none” are compared with the situation level “none” of the latest record in which the situation type is rain. A comparison is made in order to detect the presence or absence of a change. As a result of the comparison, when there is no change, waiting for reception of detection information or processing of next reception information is performed.

  As a result of the comparison, when a change occurs in the situation, the distribution control server 11 dynamically determines a distribution destination and distribution contents and performs automatic transmission. Now, the situation type and situation level included in the detection information transmitted from the house A to the delivery control server 11 are “rain, no; atmospheric pressure, high; temperature, high; humidity, high; If the status type and status information of the most recent record selected from the database server are “rain, presence; atmospheric pressure, low; temperature, high; humidity, high; solar radiation, low”, the status type “rain”, “barometric pressure” And since there is a change in “amount of solar radiation”, information distribution is executed.

  At the time of information distribution, the distribution control server 11 accesses the database server 12, searches the distribution rule table for a record including a distribution criterion corresponding to the reception detection information, and selects a distribution range. In this case, a rule with an ID of 1 is searched, and an individual, a merchant, a restaurant, or a transportation facility in the same area as the house A is selected as a distribution range. Next, the distribution control server 11 accesses the database server 12 again, is in the same area as the house A, is an individual, a merchant, a restaurant, or a transportation facility, and further determines a distribution standard corresponding to the received status information. Including, that is, template information with IDs of 1, 5, 8, and 10 is selected from the template table, and the detection information received in this template is directly or processed to create distribution information for each embedded distribution destination type.

  On the other hand, the distribution control server 11 selects a distribution destination corresponding to the acquired distribution range. The basic flow is the same as Application Examples 1 and 2, but this example is sales promotion information, and is not limited to the corresponding resident, but the information is distributed to the entire region of the weather condition. Specifically, a detection device location address is selected from the detection device identification information table based on the received detection device ID, and based on this and the delivery destination type included in the delivery range, the same area and an individual Select from a distribution destination table that is a merchant, restaurant, or transportation, and perform distribution.

  Thus, from the distribution control server 11 via e-mail or telephone, “Today beer index is 100%! Great beer day! Those who want to drink beer deliciously, miss today! Is sent to the merchant, saying, “Today, the beer index is 100%! It ’s a good beer day. Beer sales are expected to grow significantly more than usual. ”Is recommended,” and the restaurant is told, “Today, the beer index is 100%! It ’s a good beer day. The number of beer orders is expected to grow significantly. We recommend that you consider inventory checking, purchasing arrangements, and upstream installations. ”The transportation system says,“ Today, the beer index is 100%! Use of transportation will increase late at night. There are expected. We recommend consideration of arrangements such as the personnel. "Information that is sent.

  The same applies to other cases. For example, the situation type and the situation level included in the detection information transmitted from the house A to the distribution control server are “rain, presence; atmospheric pressure, low; temperature, low; humidity, low; If the amount is changed to “small,” the rule with ID 4 and the template with ID 4 are selected, and information with appropriate contents is distributed to individuals in the same area.

<Others>
In the above example, each information distribution system is individually configured to facilitate understanding, but a common distribution device distributes different types of information such as fire information, crime prevention information, and sales promotion information. Can be configured.

  Even if the distribution device is shared or not, general-purpose sensors required for distributing multiple types of information such as temperature sensors, humidity sensors, and rain sensors should be used in common. Can do.

  Further, in the above example, for easy understanding, the distribution rule and the template are also configured in a simple manner. However, a more advanced and complicated configuration such as weighting according to the situation type may be employed.

  The present invention is suitable for dynamic distribution of information on crime prevention / disaster prevention, information on weather / environment, etc., information on health / care, traffic information, etc. The present invention is not limited, and can be applied to the distribution of any other information.

It is a schematic diagram of a system configuration example. FIG. FIG. FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the system configuration example of the application examples 1-3.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Dynamic information delivery system, 2 ... Situation detection apparatus, 3 ... Situation transmission apparatus, 4 ... Reception apparatus, 5 ... Communication apparatus, 10 ... Delivery apparatus, 11 ... Delivery control server, 12 ... Database server, 13 ... Mail server , 14 ... Fax server, 15 ... Automatic telephone reporting device, 16 ... Web server, 20 ... Computer, 21 ... PDA, 22 ... Mobile phone, 23 ... Fax machine, 24 ... Fixed phone, 30 ... Home server, IS ... Various communications Network, IN ... Internet, FT ... Fixed telephone network, PT ... Mobile phone network.

Claims (6)

A status detection device that detects the status of the detection target;
A situation transmitting apparatus that transmits at least one of wired communication and wireless communication, including situation information including a situation detected by the situation detection apparatus, detection time information, and detection apparatus identification information;
The detection information transmitted by the status transmission device is received, the change in the status of the detection target is detected based on the received detection information, and when the status change is detected, the status change and the detection device identification information A distribution device that dynamically determines a distribution destination and distribution content corresponding to the distribution destination and transmits the corresponding distribution content to each distribution destination;
A dynamic information distribution system comprising: The distribution device comprises a distribution control server and a database server,
The database server has distribution destination information in which history information that associates at least status information, detection time information, and detection device identification information with at least distribution destination identification information, distribution destination type information, destination information, and a distribution method. And at least the delivery rule information associated with the delivery reference information and the delivery range, and the delivery template information associated with at least the delivery reference information and the template information, respectively,
The distribution control server (A) stores the received detection information in the database server as the history information, and (B) includes the same detection device identification information as the reception information for each reception, and also includes reception information. When the history information including the latest detection time information in time is selected from the database server, the received status information is compared with the status information included in the selected history information, and (C) when there is a change Alternatively, if the amount of change is calculated by comparison and the amount of change is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the distribution range corresponding to the distribution standard information corresponding to the received status information is selected from the database server, and the distribution range Select template information from the database server that includes the delivery destination type and the delivery criteria information that corresponds to the received status information, and receive this template. The detection information is embedded and the distribution information for each distribution destination type is created or the template information itself is used as the distribution information, and from the database server based on the detection device identification information that has received the distribution destination information corresponding to the acquired distribution range. Selecting and transmitting the distribution information corresponding to the distribution destination type included in the distribution destination information according to the destination information and the distribution method included in the distribution destination information,
The dynamic information distribution system according to claim 1.   The situation detection device is at least one of a crime prevention detection device, an environmental situation detection device, a natural phenomenon situation detection device, a disaster prevention situation detection device, a health situation detection device, a care situation detection device, and a traffic situation detection device. Or the dynamic information delivery system of 2 description.   The distribution destination includes at least the detection target itself or its related parties, a person who has an interest in the change in the status of the detection target, the competent authority to be notified in relation to the detection target and the situation, and arbitrarily registered contact information. The dynamic information distribution system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. It consists of a distribution control server and a database server.
The database server has distribution destination information in which history information that associates at least status information, detection time information, and detection device identification information with at least distribution destination identification information, distribution destination type information, destination information, and a distribution method. And at least the delivery rule information associated with the delivery reference information and the delivery range, and the delivery template information associated with at least the delivery reference information and the template information, respectively,
The distribution control server receives (A) status information, detection time information, and detection device identification information transmitted from the outside, and stores the received detection information in the database server as the history information. ) For each reception, history information including the same detection device identification information as the reception information and including the detection time information nearest to the reception information is selected from the database server, and the received situation information and selection are selected. (C) When there is a change or when the change amount is calculated by the comparison and the change amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the received situation information is applicable. The distribution range corresponding to the distribution standard information to be selected is selected from the database server, and the template information including the distribution destination type corresponding to this distribution range is selected from the database server. Select and embed the detection information received in this template to create distribution information for each distribution destination type or use the template information itself as distribution information, and the identification of the detection device that has received the distribution destination information corresponding to the acquired distribution range Selected from the database server based on the information, and configured to transmit the distribution information corresponding to the distribution destination type included in the distribution destination information according to the destination information and distribution method included in the distribution destination information.
A distribution apparatus in a dynamic information distribution system characterized by the above. The situation detection device detects the situation to be detected,
Receiving status information including the status detected by this status detection device, detection information including detection time information, and detection device identification information by the distribution device via at least one of wired communication and wireless communication,
The distribution device detects a change in the status of the detection target based on the received detection information, and when detecting the change in the status, the distribution device responds to the distribution destination according to the change in the status and the detection device identification information. Dynamically determine the delivery content and send the corresponding delivery content to each delivery destination.
A dynamic information delivery method characterized by the above.

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