JP2006227860A - Notification system and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems wherein, because a person coming home cannot be specified and because notification is performed even if one is a thief in the case of transmission of a message from a message transmission device by turning-on of a television or unlocking of a lock of a gate door or an entrance, a recipient has to perform confirmation each time. <P>SOLUTION: This notification system has: a reading means 11 reading data of a non-contact information card 3A; a decision means 12 deciding whether the data read by the reading means 11 is right or not; and a homecoming notification means 26 notifying that a possessor of the non-contact information card 3A comes home when the decision means 12 decides that the data are right. By making the reading means 11 read the non-contact information card 3A in time of the homecoming, the person coming home is notified to a predetermined notification destination to accurately know the person coming home and time when the person comes home. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a notification system that uses a non-contact information card to notify a user when a user enters a house or room, or when a person outside the user enters, and a program therefor.

  As a conventional notification system, for example, there is a return notification device and a return notification method as shown in FIG. The example of this patent document 1 is demonstrated using FIG.

  In FIG. 4, it comprises a television 1, a power connection detection device 2, a message transmission device 3, a communication network 4, and a pager (registered trademark) 5.

  The operation will be described below. The receiver of the return message carries the pager (registered trademark) 5. The power connection detection device 2 monitors the power supply of the television 1. The power connection detection device 2 instructs the message transmission device 3 to transmit a message when the television is turned on. The message transmission device 3 transmits a message to the pager (registered trademark) 5 through the communication network 4. As a result, the pager (registered trademark) 5 sounds.

  As described above, the message receiver can know that the message receiver has come home because the power of the television 1 is turned on.

  This home notification device and method use a characteristic that even a child who cannot use a telephone or a pager (registered trademark) can do everyday things such as turning on the television. . Thus, the child can notify the guardian that he / she has returned home without learning how to use the communication device.

In addition, since the return notification device and this method use lifestyle, even if you forget to notify the notification of returning home, you will be automatically notified if you are living everyday. There is also an advantage of being.
JP 2001-156828 A

  However, in the above-described home return notification device and home return notification method, the state of the television power supply in the home is monitored, and a message is transmitted from the message transmission device when the television is turned on or the gate or entrance key is unlocked. However, although the receiver is notified of the return home, there is a possibility that the intruder has come home without knowing whether the returnee is a family member or an intruder such as a thief. In addition, there is a problem that even a family member cannot determine who is going home.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and is not limited to returning home, and whether it is an intruder when absent or not, whether it is a landlord of the room or a person related to the office, can easily and accurately determine and enter the room. It is an object of the present invention to provide a notification system capable of determining whether an intruder or not and a program thereof.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, a notification system for detecting entry into a room using a non-contact information card, the reading means for reading the data of the non-contact information card, and read by the reading means A determination means for determining whether the data is correct; an entry notification means for notifying that the owner of the non-contact information card has entered when the determination means determines normal; the determination result data and time determined by the determination means Entry data accumulation means for accumulating data, and exception person notifying means for notifying an exception person or a predetermined notifier when an exception occurs from the distribution of entrance time zones calculated from the entry data accumulation means. It was set as the structure provided.

  As a result, after the user with the non-contact information card enters the room, the non-contact information card is brought close to the reading means, so that the entrance time data and the determination result data are stored in the entrance data storage means. If an exception occurs from the distribution of the time of arrival calculated by the means, it will be notified to the exception person or a pre-determined notifier, and notification will be received that the person who has a contactless information card has entered the room Can be grasped easily.

  As described above, according to the present invention, a non-contact information card is used, the data of the non-contact information card is read in the house or room, the normal entrance time zone is grasped by the entrance data storage means, and an exception is made. If an exception does not enter the room even after the daily entry time has passed by notifying the exception person or a predetermined notifier, the exception person and the predetermined notifier confirm each other. can do. For example, in the case of notifying the entrance of the house (returning home), it is excellent in convenience that the notification can prompt the notification to the notifier who has decided safety in advance or the person who wants to notify.

  1st invention is the notification system which performs the entrance detection using a non-contact information card, Comprising: The reading means which reads the data of a non-contact information card, and determines whether the data read by the said reading means are correct A determination means; an entry notification means for notifying that the owner of the contactless information card has entered the room when the determination means determines normal; and an entry data storage for accumulating the determination result data and time data determined by the determination means Means, and an exception person notifying means for notifying an exception person or a pre-determined notifier when an exception occurs from the room time distribution calculated from the room data storage means, If you know the daily entry time zone by means, and if the time has passed outside that entry time zone, it will be judged that it is outside the normal schedule and the target person and the notification that has been decided in advance And thus to be notified to. If the target person does not enter the room even after the daily entry time, the target person and the notifier can confirm each other. For example, when notifying the entrance of the house (returning home), the notification indicates the safety. Can be urged to contact the notifier.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an unlocking / unlocking state input unit that captures an unlocking / unlocking signal of a lock device provided on a door, a reading unit that reads data of a non-contact information card, and the data read by the reading unit is correct. Determination means for determining whether or not there is an abnormality notification means for notifying the abnormality when the determination means does not make a normal determination within a certain time after the state of the locking / unlocking state input means changes. By reading the correct data of the non-contact information card within a certain time from the unlock signal of the lock state input means, it is possible to determine that the occupant is a legitimate registrant and unlocked, and the data of the non-contact information card It is possible to identify that an abnormal person has intruded when there is an abnormality or when there is no input, and to reliably know the abnormality notification means.

  According to a third invention, in the notification system according to any one of the first and second inventions, a non-contact information card is provided in the mobile phone, and reading means for reading the data of the non-contact information card is provided on the mobile phone. By providing the charger, after the user enters the room, the mobile phone is placed on the charger so that the data on the non-contact information card can be read by the reading means. Data can be read and the reading means can be operated by using the power source of the charger, so that the parts can be shared for use, which is excellent in productivity and economy.

  In particular, the fourth invention is a program for causing a computer to execute at least a part of the notification system according to any one of the first to third inventions. Since it is a program, it is possible to easily realize at least a part of the notification system of the present invention by cooperating hardware resources such as an electric / information device, a computer, and a server. In addition, the program can be distributed / updated and installed easily by recording on a recording medium or distributing the program using a communication line.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a notification system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As an example of entering the room, the case of returning home will be described.

  In FIG. 1, the use that has been registered in advance by causing the reading unit 11 to read the non-contact information card 3 </ b> A when the user returns home by the information reading unit 11 of the non-contact information card 3 </ b> A installed in the home 9 </ b> A. It is a notification system that confirms whether or not the person has returned home.

  The system configuration includes an IC tag 3 </ b> A that is a non-contact information card attached to the mobile phone 31 and a charger 1 </ b> A for charging the mobile phone 31. The wireless communication 4A communicates with the communication control device 2A, connects to the Internet network 6A via the ADSL modem router 5A, and communicates with the center device 7A and the mobile phone 8A outside the home.

  In addition to the charging function of the mobile phone 31, the charger 1A includes a reading unit 11 that reads information on the IC tag 3A, a determination unit 12 that determines whether data in the reading unit 11 is normal, and a wireless communication 4A in the house. It is comprised from the apparatus communication part 13 which communicates with the apparatus communication part 21 of 2 A of communication control apparatuses.

  The communication control device 2A includes a device communication unit 21 that performs wireless communication 4A with the charger 1A, a control unit 22 that controls each function, an external communication unit 23 that performs communication outside the home, and an address and user registered in the IC tag 3A. The registration means 24 for registering the information, the IC tag 3A determination result data 251 and the time data 252 are generated from the return time distribution, the exception determination means 253 for determining whether an exception has occurred, the determination result data 251 Return home data storage means 25 for storing the time data 252 and the data determined as exceptions by the exception determination means 253, and a mobile phone outside the home that has determined in advance who is the returnee from the normal data of the return home data storage means 25 Returning data notifying unit 261 for notifying 8A and who is the exception when the exception determining unit 253 of the returning home data storage unit 25 determines that an exception has occurred. Consists of returning home notification means 26. consisting exception's notification means 262 Metropolitan to be notified to the mobile phone 8A of the out-of-home, which had been decided in advance.

  Next, the operation and action of the notification system having such a configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information (address) of the IC tag 3A is read to the reading means 11 by connecting the mobile phone 31 equipped with the IC tag 3A to the charger 1A when the user returns home (flow chart S2), and the determination is made. If the data read from the reading means 11 by the means 12 is an error (error) or omission, whether the format of the message is abnormal, a message analysis is performed, and if the data matches the preregistered registrant data, If there is no mismatch or there is no data input, it is determined as abnormal (flow chart S3), and the determination result is sent from the equipment communication section 13 to the equipment communication section 21 of the communication control device 2A via the wireless communication 4A (flow chart S4).

  Next, when the determination processing of the IC tag 3A received by the device communication unit 21 matches the registrant data with the determination data of the IC tag 3A, the determination process is determined, and it is determined that there is no mismatch or no data input and an abnormality is determined. Sends a notification to a predetermined notifier (flow chart S5), and when it is determined to be normal, the return data storage means 25 stores it as determination result data 251. The time at the time of accumulation is accumulated as time data 252 together with the determination result data 251 and the determination result data 251 and the time data 252 are held in pairs (flow chart S6).

  The exception determination means 253 creates a return time distribution for each returnee from the stored data (flowchart S7), and sets a certain time period as a distribution condition. Determination is made (flow chart S8).

  Further, when the exception determining unit 253 determines an exception (flow chart S8), it is confirmed who is the exception person from the address of the IC tag 3A registered by the registration unit 24 and the user information, and the return notification unit 26 Is notified to the mobile phone 8A and the center device 7A that are the notification destinations determined in advance (flow chart S10).

  Also, from the determination result data 251, who has returned home is confirmed by the registration means 24, and notified to the mobile phone 8 </ b> A and the center device 7 </ b> A that are determined in advance by the return data notification means 261 (flowchart S <b> 9).

  At the time of notification, notification is made from the external communication unit 23 via the control unit 22 to the mobile phone 8A and the center device 7A via the ADSL modem router 5A via the Internet network 6A.

  Although the ADSL modem router 5A is used here, the same applies to optical communication. In-home communication is wireless communication, but the same applies to wired communication. Further, although the IC tag is used as the non-contact information card, the same applies to the IC card and the IC chip.

  Moreover, although the reading means 11, the determination means 12, and the apparatus communication part 13 were incorporated in the charger 1A, it may be installed as a single reading device.

  Further, when notifying the mobile phone 8A outside the home by the return home notification means 25, it is the same even if it is notified by e-mail, data is transmitted from the return home notification means 25 to the center device 7A, and the mobile phone 8A is sent to the center device 7A. The same notification can be easily made by inquiring from the user or confirming the notification content on the Web screen.

  Further, here, the description has been made as a notification system whether or not the user has returned home, but the present invention can be applied not only to the home but also to a system for notifying that the user has entered the office or the like in the office. The return data storage means 25 may be an entry data storage means, the return notification means 26 may be an entry notification means, and the return data notification means 261 may be an entry data notification means to determine whether a user has entered the room.

  For example, using a non-contact information card, the office reads the data of the non-contact information card, grasps the normal entrance time zone with the entrance data storage means, and if an exception occurs (late), If the exception person does not enter the room even after the daily entry time has passed by notifying the person who is late) or a predetermined notifier (supervisor), the exception person and the predetermined notifier must confirm each other. Can do.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 2 shows a configuration diagram of the notification system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 2, when the lock / unlock state of the lock lock device 10 </ b> A is grasped by the lock / unlock state input means 14, when the state changes from locking to unlocking, the user returns home within a certain time (for example, 2 minutes). Sometimes, by reading the non-contact information card to the reading means 11, it is confirmed whether or not the user who has been registered in advance has returned home, and the information of the non-contact information card is not input within a certain time or abnormal It is a notification system that determines whether it is normal or abnormal and notifies it.

  The configuration of the system is that the lock / unlock state input means 14 for inputting the lock / unlock signal (signal indicating locking or unlocking) of the lock device 10A in the charger 1B, the determination result of the lock / unlock state and the determination means 12 It is comprised from the abnormality notification means 15 which determines and notifies whether it is abnormal from. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  Next, the operation and action of the notification system configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The same step numbers as those in FIG. 3 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  The operation of the notification system is ascertained by the lock / unlock state input means 14 when the lock / unlock state of the lock apparatus 10A is detected, and when the state changes from locking to unlocking (flow chart S11), the determination means 12 within a predetermined time. Is compared with the information determination result of the non-contact information card (flow chart S12). After the state change from the locked state to the unlocked state in the unlocking state input unit 14 by the abnormality notifying unit 15, the determination unit 12 is normal within a certain time. If the judgment result is not obtained (data is analyzed for errors (errors) or omissions in the data, whether the format of the message is abnormal, and if it matches the registrant data registered in advance, normal or inconsistent Or, if there is no data input, it is determined as abnormal) (flow chart S3), and notification is made to the mobile phone 8A and the center device 7A outside the home via the communication control device 2A. Flowchart S4, S13).

  At the time of normal determination, the determination result is sent from the device communication unit 13 to the device communication unit 21 of the communication control device 2A via the wireless communication 4A (flow chart S4). Since subsequent operations and operations from flowcharts S5 to S10 are the same as those in the first embodiment, description thereof will be omitted.

  Here, the case where the lock state of the lock device 10A is set to the unlocked state has been described. However, when there are a plurality of lock devices, a plurality of lock / unlock signals are connected in series, and one of them is unlocked. Even when compared with the determination result of the determination means 12 in this case, the action and operation are the same.

  Note that the configuration diagram (FIGS. 1 and 2) of the notification system described in the present embodiment is an example, and is not limited to this as long as the function of the notification system is realized. For example, the charger and the communication control device may be integrated, or a determination unit included in the charger may be provided on the communication control device side. On the contrary, it is good also as a structure which equips the charger side with the registration means with which a communication control apparatus is provided, a return home data storage means, and a return home notification means.

  Here, the charger 1B has been described as having a reading means, a determining means, an unlocking state input means, an abnormality notification means, and a device communication unit. In the case of connecting to a stand device, the same applies to the stand device portion. The stand device is a device for easily placing the mobile phone when the mobile phone is charged, and the mobile phone is charged only by being placed on the stand device.

  Note that the means described in this embodiment causes hardware resources such as a CPU (or microcomputer), a RAM, a ROM, a storage / recording device, an electrical / information device including an I / O, a computer, a server, and the like to cooperate. You may implement with the form of a program. In the form of a program, new functions can be easily distributed / updated and installed by recording them on a recording medium such as magnetic media or optical media or distributing them via a communication line such as the Internet.

  As described above, if the present invention is used for notification of entering the home, it can be easily confirmed whether or not the family has returned home when the resident is absent. If not, you can be notified that you are not home. Furthermore, when an intruder who does not have a non-contact information card enters the home, the intruder can be accurately and easily detected by making the determination of the information card abnormal. This can be applied to applications such as entrance / exit management for buildings, factories, and security systems, as well as systems for home return history management and crime prevention.

Configuration diagram of notification system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention Configuration diagram of a notification system according to a second embodiment of the present invention The flowchart of the notification system of Embodiment 1 of this invention The flowchart of the notification system of Embodiment 2 of this invention Configuration diagram of a conventional notification system

Explanation of symbols

1A charger 3A IC tag (contactless information card)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Reading means 12 Judging means 14 Locking / unlocking state input means 15 Abnormality notification means 24 Registration means 25 Return home data storage means (room entry data storage means)
26 Home return notification means (room entry notification means)
261 Return data notification means (entrance data notification means)
262 Exception Person Notification Means 31 Mobile Phone

Claims (4)

A notification system that performs entry detection using a non-contact information card, a reading unit that reads data of the non-contact information card, a determination unit that determines whether the data read by the reading unit is correct, and the determination Entry means notifying that the owner of the contactless information card has entered the room when the means determines normal, entry data storage means for accumulating the determination result data and time data determined by the determination means, and the entry A notification system comprising: an exception notification means for notifying an exception person or a predetermined notification person when an exception occurs from the room time distribution calculated from the data storage means. Locking / unlocking state input means for capturing a locking / unlocking signal of a lock device provided on the door, reading means for reading data of a non-contact information card, and determination means for determining whether the data read by the reading means is correct And an abnormality notification means for performing abnormality notification when the determination means does not determine normality within a certain time after the state of the unlocking state input means changes. A contactless information card is provided in a mobile phone, and a reading means for reading data of the contactless information card is provided in the charger of the mobile phone, and the mobile phone is connected to the charger to connect the mobile phone to the mobile phone. The notification system according to claim 1, wherein data is read. The program for making a computer perform at least one part of the notification system of any one of Claim 1 to 3.

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