JP2006171922A - Alarm device and alarm system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively prevent a recurrence of an affair on the peripheral of a place wherein the affair such as an accident or a disaster occurred in the past. <P>SOLUTION: In this alarm system, information related to the affair is transmitted to a central management device 4 from an information terminal 4 via the Internet N2, and the information is transmitted to an alarm device 2 installed to an electric pole P installed on the periphery of the affair occurrence place via a dedicated network N1. When detecting approach of a person or an object by a proximity sensor 21, the alarm device 2 transmits alarm contents by a transmitter 23. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an alarm device and an alarm system for preventing a recurrence of an incident by issuing an alarm when a person or the like approaches a place where an incident such as an accident or a disaster has occurred in the past. The present invention relates to an alarm device and an alarm system that issue an alarm from a power pole installed in the vicinity.

  In a company where employees work or perform work outside the company or work around sales as daily work, it can be said that employees always have a risk of encountering traffic accidents and disasters. On the other hand, when a traffic accident occurs, companies are not only suffering from economic losses due to damages and damages to management materials, but also a lot of injuries to employees, soaring insurance premiums, and deterioration in corporate image. Suffer losses. For this reason, companies in which employees work outside the company make various in-house efforts to reduce and even eliminate traffic accidents and disasters at work.

For example, collect information on business accidents and disasters that occurred in the past, create statistical materials, and develop recurrence prevention measures based on these materials, or employees leave for work or sales, etc. At the morning meeting before the meeting, measures such as giving safety guidance based on measures to prevent recurrence are taken. A safety management support system for utilizing information such as accidents that occurred in the past by a statistical technique is also known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). This safety management support system includes a safety database in which information on accidents and accident countermeasures are stored, and a form database in which forms for statistically plotting data are stored. Then, the necessary data is read from the safety database by the retrieval means, and the data is charted according to the format selected from the format database.
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  By the way, formulating preventive measures is an indispensable matter for preventing recurrence of accidents, etc. It is not possible to make employees aware of these preventive measures and implement thorough preventive measures through safety guidance. It can be said that this is an important and effective means for preventing accidents. In addition, in the safety management support system as described in Patent Document 1 above, in order to investigate the cause of an accident or to examine a recurrence prevention measure by charting information such as accidents that have occurred in the past. Will help.

  However, just making employees aware of measures to prevent recurrence and thoroughly implementing them through safety guidance or the like may result in low or less effective prevention of accidents. For example, since recurrence prevention measures are general and abstract matters, they are not appropriate prevention measures according to each work site, etc., or safety guidance and recurrence prevention measures are implemented (for example, safety designation) Implementation) may become routine and ruined, and employees may become less aware of their caution and eventually prevent recurrence prevention. As a result, there is a possibility that similar accidents may reoccur without taking advantage of lessons learned in the past. Moreover, there is a possibility that the accident will recur in the same place where the accident has occurred in the past. This is because there are factors that cause accidents and the like in such places, and appropriate recurrence prevention measures for such factors are not formulated and implemented as described above.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an alarm device and an alarm system capable of effectively preventing recurrence of an incident around a place where an incident such as an accident or a disaster has occurred in the past.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is an alarm device attached to a utility pole installed around an incident occurrence place where an incident such as an accident or a disaster occurred in the past. A proximity sensor for detecting the approach of the sensor, an information memory for storing information including information on the alarm in the information about the incident that occurred in the vicinity of the utility pole to which the alarm device is attached, and a transmission means for transmitting the information. When a person or an object is detected by this, at least alarm content is transmitted by a transmitting means.
(Function)
When a person or object approaches the vicinity of the incident, the alarm content is transmitted by an alarm device attached to the nearby power pole. As a result, attention is alerted in real time to the approaching person or the like.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the alarm device according to the first aspect of the present invention, the alarm device has an input means for inputting information to be stored in the information memory.
(Function)
Since the information related to the incident can be added and updated by the input means, an alarm is transmitted based on the latest information, and the recurrence of the latest incident can be prevented.

The invention according to claim 3 is an alarm system for issuing an alarm when a person or an object approaches the vicinity of an incident occurrence place where an incident such as an accident or a disaster has occurred in the past, and is attached to a utility pole. A proximity sensor that detects the approach of a person or an object, an information memory that stores information, a transmission device that transmits information, a warning device that has a reception device that receives information, and information related to an incident that includes warning content, An incident database stored in association with the utility pole number of the utility pole installed around the incident occurrence location, and a central management device having a transmission means for transmitting information to the alarm device are connected via a communication network, The information corresponding to the telephone pole number is sent to the alarm device attached to the telephone pole of the telephone pole number by the transmission means of the central management device, and the proximity sensor of this alarm device sends a person or object When it is detected, it is characterized in that transmits at least warning content by the originating unit.
(Function)
Information such as the alarm content to be sent from the alarm device and the alarm device (electric pole) that should send the alarm are centrally managed and controlled by the central management device, so depending on the incident content, the situation of the incident location, etc. A proper and flexible warning system can be established.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the alarm system according to the third aspect, an information terminal having an input means for inputting information about an incident and a transmission means for transmitting the input information, It is characterized by being connected to a central management device via
(Function)
Since the information input to the information terminal is transmitted to the central management device via the communication network, an alarm is issued based on the latest and most information by receiving a lot of information from multiple information terminals as needed be able to.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the alarm device or the alarm system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the information on the incident includes a measure for preventing the recurrence of the incident. When an object or an object is detected, a measure for preventing recurrence is transmitted by a transmitting means.
(Function)
When a person approaches, a measure to prevent the recurrence of the incident is transmitted, so that the approaching person knows the measure to prevent the recurrence and can approach the place to effectively prevent the recurrence of the incident.

A sixth aspect of the present invention is the alarm device or the alarm system according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the transmission means of the alarm device transmits information as a voice.
(Function)
Since the information is transmitted by voice, the approaching person can immediately understand the contents of the alarm and can effectively prevent the recurrence of the incident.

A seventh aspect of the present invention is the alarm device or the alarm system according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the transmission means of the alarm device transmits information as a radio wave signal.
(Function)
Since information is transmitted by radio signals, wireless communication to mobile phones, car navigation devices, etc. is possible, and processing of received information by these devices, for example, indicating the alarm device (electric pole) that has been transmitted on the map Etc., and the warning effect is enhanced.

  According to the present invention, when a person or an object approaches the vicinity of the incident occurrence location, the alarm content is transmitted from the alarm device, and attention is drawn in real time. Can pay. In addition, the alarm device stores information about the incident that occurred around the utility pole to which the alarm device is attached, and the contents of the alarm for the incident are transmitted. Will be an appropriate and effective warning that can avoid the incident. In addition, the alert content and the like are transmitted by approaching the vicinity of the incident occurrence place, and the attention is drawn, so that the attention consciousness does not fade as in the safety guidance. As a result, lessons learned from past incidents are utilized, and the recurrence of similar incidents is effectively prevented.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on the illustrated embodiments.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an alarm system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The alarm system 1 includes an alarm device 2 attached to the utility pole P, a central management device 3 that centrally manages and controls collection, storage, and transmission of information related to the incident, and transmits information related to the incident to the central management device 3. And the information terminal 4 to be configured. In the present embodiment, the alarm device 2 and the central management device 3 are capable of mutual data communication via the dedicated line network N1 (communication network), and the central management device 3 and the information terminal 4 are connected to the Internet N2. Mutual data communication is possible via (communication network).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the alarm device 2 receives a proximity sensor 21 that detects the approach of a person or an object, an information memory 22 that stores information, a transmitter 23 (transmitting means) that transmits information, and information received. A transmitter / receiver 24 (receiving means, input means), a power source (not shown), and a control unit 25 for controlling them. The proximity sensor 21 may be any sensor such as an infrared sensor, a heat ray sensor, or a microwave Doppler sensor as long as it can detect the approach of a person or an object. In the information memory 22, information transmitted from the central management device 3 is stored. In addition to the information memory 22, an audio memory is provided in the control unit 25. That is, the control unit 25 is provided with a voice recording / reproducing LSI, and a buffer memory in the LSI becomes a voice memory, and voice information (voice message) transmitted from the central management device 3 is stored (recorded). ing. The transmitter 23 includes a speaker, and outputs audio information in the audio recording / reproducing LSI. A private network N1 is connected to the transmitter / receiver 24 so that mutual data communication with the central management device 3 is possible. Information (data) received by the transmitter / receiver 24 is stored in an information memory via the control unit 25. 22 and the buffer memory of the voice recording / reproducing LSI.

  The central management device 3 has an incident database 31 that stores information on incidents that have occurred in the past, and communication means (including transmission means) with the alarm device 2 and the information terminal 4, and mainly uses the Internet N2. The information from the information terminal 4 is received as a server via the server, the information is stored in the incident database 31, and the information is transmitted to the alarm device 2 via the dedicated line network N1. The incident database 31 has a data structure as shown in FIG. 3, and an ID 311 (identification symbol) is attached to each telephone pole number 312, and the incident location 313, alarm contents 314, prevention of recurrence are associated with the telephone pole number 312. Measure 315, case details 316, and other information 317 are stored. Here, the utility pole number is a unique number assigned to the utility pole. The utility pole and the utility pole number have a one-to-one correspondence, and generally consists of a sign and a number (for example, “Imaizumi 150”). Has been. The utility pole number 312 stores the utility pole number assigned to the utility pole P installed around the incident occurrence location 313, and a plurality of utility pole numbers 312 are assigned to one incident (incident occurrence location 313). May be assigned. When a plurality of incidents occur around the same utility pole, a plurality of IDs 311 are assigned to the same utility pole number 312. The incident location 313 stores the address where the incident occurred, and the alarm content 314 stores the fact of the incident and the content of the incident. The recurrence prevention measure 315 stores measures and precautions for preventing the recurrence of similar incidents, and the incident details 316 stores the incident occurrence date and time, the outline of the incident, and the like. In addition to business traffic accidents and disasters that occurred within the same company, the incident database 31 also stores traffic accidents and other incidents outside the same company.

  In addition to the incident database 31, the central management device 3 has a utility pole database. In this utility pole database, the installation address, longitude, and latitude of each utility pole are stored for each utility pole number. The utility pole number or the installation address, longitude, and latitude of the utility pole can be searched from the utility pole number. Further, information such as whether or not the alarm device 2 is attached to the utility pole is stored in the utility pole database for each utility pole number. Further, the central management device 3 includes a text-to-speech-synthesizer speech synthesizer, and the speech synthesizer can synthesize Japanese text data (voice conversion).

  The information terminal 4 includes input means for inputting information related to the incident and communication means (including transmission means), and is a terminal such as a personal computer equipped with a modem. Further, when inputting information related to an incident, an input format 41 similar to the storage format of the incident database 31 described above is defined as shown in FIG. That is, an information source 411 for inputting information on an information provider, an incident occurrence location 412, an alarm content 413, a recurrence prevention measure 414, an incident detail 415, and other information 416 are input. Information on the incident is transmitted from the information terminal 4 to the central management device 3 via the Internet N2.

  Next, the processing flow and alarm operation of the alarm system 1 having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, when an incident such as a traffic accident or a business disaster occurs, an information provider regarding the incident inputs information regarding the incident to the information terminal 4 (step S1), and transmits the information to the central management device 3. (Step S2). This transmission information is received by the central management apparatus 3 via the Internet N2 (step S3), and the utility pole number of the utility pole installed around the incident occurrence location is acquired from this information (step S4). That is, based on the utility pole database of the central management device 3, the corresponding utility pole number is searched and acquired from the address of the incident occurrence location 412 included in the received information. At this time, the acquired utility pole number is a utility pole number of a utility pole installed within a certain distance from the incident occurrence location 412, and one or more utility pole numbers are obtained. Next, the received information is stored in the memory area of the ID assigned to the acquired utility pole number (step S5). Specifically, the information source 411 is stored in the other information 317, the incident occurrence location 412, the alarm content 413, the recurrence prevention measure 414, the incident details 415, and the other information 416 are the incident occurrence location 313, the alarm, respectively. It is stored in the contents 314, the recurrence prevention measure 315, the case details 316, and other information 317.

  Subsequently, whether or not the alarm device 2 is attached to the utility pole P corresponding to the utility pole number is searched based on the utility pole database (step S6), and if the alarm device 2 is attached, it corresponds. Information is transmitted to the alarm device 2 (step S8). Here, the information to be transmitted is an alarm content 314, a recurrence prevention measure 315, and an incident detail 316 together with a transmission command and the like. The alarm content 314 and the recurrence prevention measure 315 are synthesized by a voice synthesizer, Information is transmitted to the alarm device 2. On the other hand, when the alarm device 2 is not attached, information is transmitted (step S8) after the alarm device 2 is attached (step S7). That is, when the attachment process to the corresponding power pole P is completed, a completion signal is transmitted from the alarm device 2 to the central management device 3, and information is transmitted in response to the completion signal.

  This transmission information is received by the alarm device 2 via the dedicated line N1 (step S9). As described above, the reception information includes the audio information (alarm content 314 and the recurrence prevention measure 315) in the control unit 25. The information is stored in the voice recording / reproducing LSI, and other information is stored in the information memory 22 (step S10). Thereafter, when a person or an object approaches the utility pole P to which the alarm device 2 that receives and stores the information is attached and is detected by the proximity sensor 21 (step S11), the voice is transmitted through the speaker in the transmitter 23. The audio information in the recording / reproducing LSI, that is, the alarm content 314 and the recurrence prevention measure 315 are transmitted (step S12).

  For example, when a traffic accident occurs, the accident information is transmitted from the information terminal 4 to the central management device 3, and the information is attached from the central management device 3 to the utility pole P installed around the accident site. It is transmitted to the alarm device 2 that has been set. Then, when people approach the vicinity of the accident site, the alert content is voice information such as `` where and when, when a traffic accident occurred, and a child was drawn ''. The road around the site is very crowded, so pedestrians, especially children, should be careful with the car. ”Or“ The area around the site has a poor outlook and children may jump out. And so on.

  And by sending out such alert contents and recurrence prevention measures, the approaching person can know the contents of incidents that occurred in the vicinity (in real time), and is alerted. . In addition, since a warning by voice is transmitted, the approaching person can immediately understand the contents of the warning and the like, and can pay close attention when passing through the place where the incident occurred. Furthermore, since measures to prevent the recurrence of the incident are also sent out, people approaching can know the measures to prevent recurrence and then approach the location to effectively avoid the incident. In this way, since the alarm device 2 transmits the alarm contents regarding the incident that occurred in the vicinity of the utility pole P to which the alarm device 2 is attached, the incident can be avoided for those who pass through the place. It is an appropriate and effective warning. In addition, the alert content and the like are transmitted by approaching the vicinity of the incident occurrence place, and the attention is drawn, so that the attention consciousness does not fade as in the safety guidance. As a result, lessons learned from past incidents are utilized, and the recurrence of similar incidents is effectively prevented.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the alarm content 413 and the recurrence prevention measure 414 transmitted from the information terminal 4 are transmitted from the alarm device 2 as the alarm content 314 and the recurrence prevention measure 315 as they are. For this reason, the alarm content 413 and the recurrence prevention measure 414 by the information provider who is familiar with the incident are transmitted to the person approaching as it is, and the recurrence of the incident is further prevented. For example, when the police is an information provider, an appropriate recurrence prevention measure 414 for preventing recurrence of the incident is provided, and the recurrence prevention effect is further enhanced. Moreover, in recent years, when reporting incidents to the police, a reporting system has been introduced in which if the telephone pole number around the incident location is communicated, the incident site can be immediately identified and the time to the site can be reduced. is there. For this reason, by combining (using in combination) such a notification system with this alarm system 1, it is possible to issue an alarm based on a large amount of the latest information and appropriate measures to prevent a recurrence, and the recurrence of similar incidents as soon as possible. And it becomes possible to prevent effectively. Depending on the case content, information provider, etc., the alarm content 413 from the information terminal 4 and the recurrence prevention measure 414 are processed (changed) by the central management device 3, and the processed content is transmitted from the alarm device 2. You may make it do.

  In the present alarm system 1, the alarm contents 314 to be transmitted from the alarm device 2 and the alarm device 2 (electric pole P) to which an alarm is to be transmitted are centrally managed and controlled by the central management device 3, An appropriate and flexible alarm system can be established according to the contents of the incident and the situation of the incident occurrence location. For example, if it is necessary to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents over a wider area, in step S4 described above, the distance range should be widened so that more telephone pole numbers can be acquired from the address where the incident occurred. Thus, the range in which the alarm is transmitted can be widened. In addition, by acquiring multiple telephone pole numbers for one incident and changing the alarm contents 313 and the recurrence prevention measures 315 according to the distance from the incident occurrence location, the alarm to the approaching person is gradually increased. It is possible to effectively call attention and vigilance.

  Furthermore, since this alarm system 1 is a system in which information from the information terminal 4 is transmitted to the central management device 3 via the Internet N2, a large amount of information can be obtained from a plurality of information terminals 4 at any time. A variety of alarms can be transmitted based on the latest and much information. That is, as described above, the incident database 31 stores not only business traffic accidents and disasters that occurred within the same company, but also traffic accidents and other incidents outside the same company. For this reason, attention can be raised in response to many incidents to prevent the recurrence of the incidents, and the alarm system 1 is useful for people outside the same company. For example, when an incident occurs where a bear often appears and is attacked at a certain location, the information is transmitted from the information terminal 4 to the central management device 3 to be installed around the appearance location. The alarm content or the like is transmitted to the alarm device 2 attached to the utility pole P. When a person approaches the area of the haunting place, the warning information is, for example, voice information such as "Because a bear has appeared in this area, and when a person has been attacked by a bear, please be cautious." As a measure to prevent recurrence, voice information such as “If you have a bear, please go back slowly” can be sent.

  By the way, in this embodiment, the alarm device 2 and the central management device 3 are connected via the dedicated line network N1, and the central management device 3 and the information terminal 4 are connected via the Internet N2. Of course, other communication networks such as a network may be used. In addition, in the state where the alarm device 2 is attached to the utility pole P, information related to the incident is transmitted to the alert device 2. After the information is stored in the alert device 2, the alert device 2 is changed to the utility pole P. You may make it attach. That is, the information memory 22 of the alarm device 2 and the voice recording / reproducing LSI store information related to the incident that occurred around the utility pole P to which the alarm device 2 is attached, and the alarm device 2 is attached to the corresponding utility pole P. Also good. As a result, each time an incident occurs, the alarm network can be expanded sequentially, and initial investment can be pushed. In addition, when a new incident occurs in the vicinity of the utility pole P to which the alarm device 2 has already been attached, information related to the new incident is stored in the information memory 22 and the voice recording / reproducing LSI, thereby creating a new incident. An alarm corresponding to can be transmitted.

  In the present embodiment, the alarm content or the like is transmitted as a voice, but both a voice signal and a radio signal may be transmitted as a radio signal. As a result, wireless communication (transmission) to a mobile phone, a car navigation device, or the like is possible, and the received information can be processed by these devices, so that the alarm effect can be enhanced. For example, when the car navigation device receives a radio signal from the alarm device 2, the alarm device that is transmitted by the travel position display function (a function for displaying the position of the host vehicle on the map) provided in the car navigation device 2 (electric pole P) can be indicated on the travel map, and the incident details 316 and the like can be displayed on the monitor. As a result, the location of the incident occurrence location can be confirmed on the map, the details of the incident can be known, and similar incidents can be further avoided.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an alarm system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an alarm device in an alarm system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The data block diagram of the case database in the alarm system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The input format from the information terminal in the alarm system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows the processing flow of the alarm system which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Alarm system 2 Alarm device 21 Proximity sensor 22 Information memory 23 Transmitter (transmitting means)
24 Transceiver (Receiving means, input means)
25 Control unit 3 Central management device 31 Incident database 4 Information terminal P Telephone pole N1 Dedicated line network (communication network)
N2 Internet (communication network)

Claims (7)

An alarm device attached to a utility pole installed around the place where an incident such as an accident or disaster occurred in the past,
A proximity sensor that detects the approach of a person or an object, an information memory that stores information including information about an alarm in relation to an incident that has occurred around a utility pole to which the alarm device is attached, and a transmission means that transmits the information. And
When a person or an object is detected by the proximity sensor, at least the alarm content is transmitted by the transmission means.
An alarm device characterized by that. Input means for inputting information to be stored in the information memory;
The alarm device according to claim 1. An alarm system that emits an alarm when a person or object approaches the area where an incident such as an accident or disaster occurred in the past,
A proximity sensor that is attached to a power pole and detects the approach of a person or an object; an information memory that stores information; a transmission unit that transmits the information; and an alarm device that includes a reception unit that receives the information;
A central management device having an incident database for storing information relating to an incident including alarm contents in association with a telephone pole number of a utility pole installed around the incident occurrence location, and a transmission means for transmitting the information to the alarm apparatus. ,
Connected via a communication network,
The information corresponding to the utility pole number is transmitted to the alarm device attached to the utility pole of the utility pole number by the transmission means of the central management device, and a person or an object is detected by the proximity sensor of the alert device. When transmitting, at least the warning content is transmitted by the transmission means,
An alarm system characterized by that. An information terminal having an input means for inputting information related to the incident and a transmission means for transmitting the input information is connected to the central management device via a communication network.
The alarm system according to claim 3. The information on the incident includes a measure for preventing the recurrence of the incident, and when the person or object is detected by the proximity sensor of the alarm device, the measure for recurrence is transmitted by the transmitting means.
The alarm device or alarm system according to claim 1, wherein the alarm device is an alarm system. The transmission means of the alarm device transmits the information as a voice,
The alarm device or alarm system according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The transmission means of the alarm device transmits the information as a radio signal,
The alarm device or alarm system according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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