JP2006164207A - Security system and security method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To collate position information acquired by using position search service with a life area of a target elderly person or a specified area such as a school route of a pupil registered in advance, and if the information deviates from the area, immediately give an alarm and provide information for an emergency contact point of a protector or like. <P>SOLUTION: By the position search service, position information about each user is acquired and recorded periodically in a specified time zone and at specified time intervals to determine a moving route, and is compared with an area preset for each user to recognize an abnormal behavior route in an early stage and give an alarm. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention provides a location search provided by a telecommunications carrier or the like that can obtain user location information by displaying the coordinates of latitude and longitude by searching the location of GPS or PHS terminals held by elderly people or children. Using the service, the user's location information is acquired and recorded in latitude and longitude coordinate values, and collated with pre-registered areas such as living areas and school routes to detect lost children and kidnappings early and prevent accidents The present invention relates to a monitoring system and a monitoring method that can be connected.

  Currently, when a senior citizen gets lost or a child is kidnapped, a location search service that searches for the location of the location search terminal held by the target user and provides location information is provided by the telecommunications carrier. Widely done.

However, according to the above technique, the position is searched only when it is found that the child has been lost or kidnapped, so it is not effective for risk prevention or early protection.
Therefore, the present invention always records the location information obtained by using the location search service at regular intervals, and the pre-registered living area of the target elderly person, the school route of school children, etc. The task is to collate with the designated area, and if it is out of the area, immediately issue a warning and provide information to emergency contacts such as parents.

The present invention for solving the above problems has the following configuration.
User monitoring system composed of a server that records and collates the location information of users acquired using location search services using GPS and PHS terminals provided by communication carriers, etc. with coordinate values of latitude and longitude The previous server has a user name registered in advance, a user registration number for obtaining location information, a specified time zone and a time interval for connecting to an external location search service to obtain location information. , The normal living space of the user is displayed with coordinate values of latitude and longitude, and the rectangular area range set and emergency contact information are registered, and the latitude and longitude coordinate numbers obtained from the external location search service are displayed A file that records the position information and the time at that time, a file that collates the recorded position information and the set area range, and the position information of the user as a result of the collation A warning is displayed when the user is outside the designated area range of the set user, and the detailed movement route is grasped by acquiring and recording and displaying position information at a higher frequency thereafter. A watch system (Claim 1).

  In the previous server, several time zones are set in advance according to the frequency for acquiring the location information for each user, for example, from 07:00 to 09:00 and from 12:00 to 17:00 The time zone for leaving school (A time zone) connects to the location search service every 10 minutes to obtain location information, and the time zone from 09:00 to 12:00 and from 17:00 to 21:00 (B time zone) Is connected to a location search service every hour, acquires location information, records the location information acquired with the time at that time as latitude and longitude coordinate values, and sets a period during which this processing is not performed. The watching system according to claim 1 (claim 2).

  In the previous server, for each user, a normal living space of the user is set in advance as a rectangular area range surrounded by coordinate values of latitude and longitude, and the recorded information is checked against the recorded position information. If the coordinate value of the north latitude of the recorded location information is larger or smaller than the coordinate value of the north latitude of the set region space, or the coordinate value of the east longitude of the recorded location information is greater than the coordinate value of the east longitude of the set region space or The monitoring system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a warning is displayed in the case of being small (Claim 3).

  The previous server is characterized in that when a warning is displayed, the location information is acquired and recorded by connecting to a location search service at an increased frequency in order to grasp the movement route of the user in more detail. The monitoring system according to claim 1 or 2 (claim 4).

  3. The watching system according to claim 2, wherein the previous server clears the recorded position information after a predetermined period (Claim 5).

  In the previous server, a rectangular area range in which the normal living space of the user is surrounded by latitude and longitude coordinate values is set in advance for each user, and the time interval registered in the pre-registered time zone If the coordinate value of the north latitude of the recorded location information is greater than or less than the coordinate value of the north latitude of the set area space or the coordinate value of the east longitude A monitoring method characterized in that a warning is displayed when larger or smaller, and the position information is acquired and displayed at a higher frequency thereafter (claim 6).

  In this way, it is possible to grasp signs of kidnapping of elderly children and school children at an early stage with a simple configuration and to help prevent accidents and solve them quickly by following the action path (claim 1). For example, while acquiring the position of a school attending school that has a terminal for position search on a regular basis (Claim 2), a warning is displayed immediately when the location departs from a pre-registered school route ( Claim 3), contact emergency contact information such as parents. When the guardian cannot secure a child or when the speed of movement is clearly abnormal, contact the police to request protection, but at that time, the frequency is increased (for example, every 3 minutes), and location information is acquired, recorded, and displayed. By doing so, the movement route of the child can be understood in time series and effective for early protection (claim 4). Also, by clearing the recorded position information for a predetermined period, for example, in units of one week, it is possible to reduce the load on the server.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of the monitoring system of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of each file included in the server 1 in FIG.
First, the watching system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 1, the monitoring system of the present invention records the position information of a user acquired by using a position search service using a GPS or PHS terminal provided by a telecommunications carrier or the like as coordinate values of latitude and longitude. It consists of a server to check.
A server is generally composed of an operator such as a CPU, a temporary storage device such as a memory, a storage device such as a hard disk, and a display device such as a display, and has a built-in timetable information via a telephone line or the Internet. A computer system comprising communication means such as a modem for interconnecting with a location search service provided by a communication company or the like.

The server's hard disk, which is a storage device, is connected to the operating system for operating the computer and the location search service provided by the telecommunications carrier automatically according to the time set for each user. A system that acquires and records information, a system that collates the recorded location information with the registered regional range for each user, and displays a warning if the result of verification is outside the registered regional range, and then increases the frequency. A system for acquiring and recording and displaying position information by connecting to a position search system and a file to be described later are stored in a rewritable manner.

The user's location information acquired and recorded is collated with a preset area range of the user as follows. In the previous server, for each user, the normal life space of the user is registered in advance as a rectangular area range surrounded by the coordinate values of latitude and longitude, and the recorded information is checked against the recorded position information. If the coordinate value of the north latitude of the recorded location information is greater than or less than the coordinate value of the north latitude of the registered location space, or the coordinate value of the east longitude of the location space where the recorded east longitude coordinate value of the location information is registered If it is larger or smaller, it is determined that it is out of the designated area range.

  The present invention is a system for watching a user by constantly checking the position of the user regularly with such a configuration. If the user goes out of the pre-registered area, a warning will be issued immediately.

  For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 2, the server has registered user names, user registration numbers for obtaining location information, frequency and time zone discrimination for obtaining location information, and normal living space for each user. A database file F1 in which a rectangular area range in which latitude and longitude coordinate values are displayed is registered, a file F2 that records position information displayed by latitude and longitude coordinate values obtained by the position search service, and a time at that time, and a record File F3 for collating the registered location information with the registered area range, and a file for displaying a warning when the location information of the user is outside the registered area range of the registered user as a result of the collation F4 has a file F5 for acquiring location information at a higher frequency when a warning is issued.

The watching method of this invention is demonstrated based on FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the watching method of the present invention.
First, the server searches for a file of a user who is a customer, and confirms whether or not the current time is in a period unnecessary for the user. If the process is not required, the process ends and the next customer file is searched. If it is during the period when processing is required, the current time is a time period A (for example, from 07:00 to 09:00 and 12:12) with a short time interval for connecting to the location search service registered in the user's file. It is checked whether or not it corresponds to the time zone from 10:00 to 17:00). When it corresponds to the A time zone (YES), the latest search time of the file recorded in the past by connecting to the location search service and acquiring the location information is collated with the current time. If the time interval between the current time and the latest time does not exceed the time interval A time (for example, 10 minutes) designated in the A time zone, the process returns to the start.

  If the time A is exceeded (YES), the user's location information is acquired by connecting to the location search service, and recorded in the corresponding file for each user as latitude / longitude coordinate value information.

Proceed to the process.

  Said

If it does not correspond to the A time zone in the process of, does it correspond to the B time zone (for example, the time zone from 09:00 to 12:00 and 17:00 to 21:00) with a long time interval connecting to the location search service? Check whether or not. If not, return to the start process.

  If it corresponds to the B time zone (YES), the location information is acquired by connecting to the location search service in the past and collated with the latest search time recorded. When the time interval between the current time and the latest time does not exceed the time interval B time (for example, 60 minutes) designated in the B time zone, the process returns to the start. If the time B is exceeded (YES), the location information of the user is obtained by connecting to the location search service, and is recorded in the corresponding file as the coordinate numerical value information of latitude and longitude.

Proceed to the process.

Next, the server collates the recorded position information with the area range set in the user's file, and displays a warning if it is outside the set area range (YES). When it is not outside the set area range (NO), the process returns to the start process.

  Since an emergency situation is assumed when a warning is displayed, the server frequently connects to the location search service after that (for example, every 3 minutes) to acquire, record, display, and verify location information. As a result, as long as the user is outside the set area range, this process is repeated until an instruction to stop the process is issued.

  As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the amount of data can be reduced by clearing such position information that is no longer needed by updating such a table every day. In addition, a period in which the process itself is not performed according to a change request from the user, a time zone (A time zone, B time zone) for acquiring location information, a time interval (A time, B time), and location information are collated. It is also within the scope of the present invention to change the area range set for this purpose.

It is the schematic which shows an example of the whole structure of the watching system of this invention. It is drawing which shows an example of each file which the server in FIG. 1 has. It is a block diagram which shows the watching system method of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Server 2 External location search service 3 Emergency contact information

Claims (6)

User monitoring system composed of a server that records and collates the location information of users acquired using location search services using GPS and PHS terminals provided by communication carriers, etc. with coordinate values of latitude and longitude The previous server has a user name registered in advance, a user registration number for obtaining location information, a specified time zone and a time interval for connecting to an external location search service to obtain location information. , A database file that displays the user's normal living space with latitude and longitude coordinate values and registered rectangular area ranges, and location information displayed with latitude and longitude coordinate numbers obtained from an external location search service A file for recording the time at that time, a file for collating the recorded position information with the set area range, and the position information of the user as a result of the collation are set. System watching, characterized in that a warn when outside the designated area range of the user, and displays and records the acquired position information to enhance the subsequent frequency file. In the previous server, several time zones are set in advance according to the frequency for acquiring the location information for each user, for example, from 07:00 to 09:00 and from 12:00 to 17:00 The time zone for leaving school (A time zone) connects to the location search service every 10 minutes (A time) and acquires location information. For example, the time zone from 09:00 to 12:00 and 17:00 to 21:00 In (B time zone), a position search service is connected every hour (B time) to acquire position information, and the position information acquired together with the time at that time is recorded as latitude and longitude coordinate values, and this watching process itself The watching system according to claim 1, further comprising: a file that can set a period during which no operation is performed. In the previous server, for each user, a normal living space of the user is set in advance as a rectangular area range surrounded by coordinate values of latitude and longitude, and the recorded information is checked against the recorded position information. It has a file that displays a warning when the north latitude coordinate value of the specified location information is larger or smaller than the north latitude coordinate value of the set regional space, or larger or smaller than the east longitude coordinate value The watching system according to claim 1 or 2. The previous server has a file for acquiring and recording location information by connecting to the location search service at an increased frequency in order to grasp the user's movement route in more detail when a warning is displayed. The watching system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein The monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein the previous server has a file for clearing the recorded position information after a predetermined period. In the previous server, a rectangular area range in which the normal life space of the user is surrounded by the latitude and longitude coordinate values is set in advance for each user, and the recorded information is checked against the recorded position information. The north latitude coordinate value of the recorded location information is larger or smaller than the north latitude coordinate value of the set region space, or the east longitude coordinate value of the recorded location information is greater than the east longitude coordinate value of the set region space Alternatively, a monitoring method, characterized by displaying a warning when it is small and then acquiring and displaying location information at a higher frequency.

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