JP2007164336A - Burglary notification system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a burglary notification system for facilitating sufficient countermeasures to burglary. <P>SOLUTION: This burglary notification system for notifying the burglary of a compact vehicle such as a two-wheeled vehicle is provided with terminal equipment installed in a compact vehicle for detecting the burglary of the compact vehicle based on the status information of the compact vehicle, and for transmitting the preliminarily set information unique to the compact vehicle by a short range radio signal; a repeater system for receiving the short range radio signal from the terminal equipment, and for converting the signal into a signal for a public telephone line, and for transmitting it; and a monitoring device for receiving the signal for the public telephone line transmitted from the repeater system, and for recognizing information unique to the compact vehicle from the signal, and for notifying the portable telephone of the compact vehicle user associated with the information unique to the compact vehicle of the burglary in a predetermined format. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a theft notification system.

  Some bicycles in recent years have high added value such as those using high-grade materials and those equipped with an assist mechanism, and sufficient antitheft measures are desired. In response to such demands, various antitheft measures for two-wheeled vehicles such as bicycles have been studied (see the following patent document).

JP-A-2004-178383 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-300453 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-185171

  By the way, there is a lock as the simplest method for countermeasures against theft. In addition to mechanical types, there are electronic types as well, but even if the lock is simply attached, there was no countermeasure if the bicycle was carried with the bicycle. In addition, there is a system in which a bicycle user carries a predetermined receiver, and when a vibration is applied to the bicycle, an alarm on the receiver side sounds and informs the user of the abnormality, but the operating range is relatively narrow and sufficient. It was not a countermeasure.

  In view of such problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a theft notification system for carrying out sufficient theft countermeasures.

In order to solve the above problems, the theft notification system of the present invention is configured as follows. That is,
A system for notifying theft of small vehicles such as motorcycles,
A terminal device that is installed in the small vehicle, detects theft of the small vehicle based on the state information of the small vehicle, and transmits information specific to the small vehicle set in advance by a short-range wireless signal;
A relay device that receives a short-range wireless signal from the terminal device, converts the signal into a signal for a public telephone line, and transmits the signal;
A signal for a public telephone line transmitted from the relay device is received, information specific to the small vehicle is recognized from the signal, and the mobile phone of the small vehicle user associated with the information specific to the small vehicle is received. And a monitoring device for notifying theft in a predetermined format.

  According to the present invention, a theft is detected by a terminal device installed in a small vehicle such as a two-wheeled vehicle, and this is transmitted to the relay device using a short-range wireless signal. The relay device transmits the received signal as a public telephone line signal to the monitoring device, and the monitoring device notifies the user's mobile phone of theft from information unique to the small vehicle contained in the signal. Accordingly, it is possible to immediately notify the small vehicle theft. Note that a small vehicle such as a two-wheeled vehicle is a vehicle that can be moved by human power, such as a bicycle, a motorcycle, a motorized (assisted) bicycle, a wheelchair, and a tricycle. The public telephone line includes a line for a mobile phone.

  The terminal device of the theft notification system having the above-described configuration is based on any of vibrations of the small vehicle, movement of the small vehicle from a predetermined area, and an abnormality of a lock installed on the small vehicle as the state information. It is good also as what detects a theft. By doing so, it is possible to appropriately detect the theft of a small vehicle.

  The terminal device of the theft notification system having the above-described configuration includes a vibration sensor that starts detecting vibration of the small vehicle in a locked state in conjunction with locking of the lock of the small vehicle, and detects the theft by the sensor. It is good to do. By doing so, it is possible to detect theft as well as locking the lock.

  The monitoring device of the theft notification system having the above-described configuration may perform the theft notification by voice or electronic mail. By doing so, the functions of the existing mobile phone can be fully utilized.

  In the theft notification system having the above-described configuration, the monitoring device further presents a countermeasure against the theft as an option together with the theft notification to the mobile phone, and the small vehicle user who received the theft notification receives the theft A means for receiving a countermeasure selected using a mobile phone, and transmitting a signal obtained by adding information specific to the small vehicle to the countermeasure to the relay apparatus, the relay apparatus receiving a signal from the monitoring apparatus; , Having means for converting into a short-range wireless signal to be exchanged with the terminal device and transmitting the signal, and the terminal device receives the short-range wireless signal from the relay device and matches or does not match the specific information In the case where they match, it may be provided with a means for performing a predetermined alarm to the outside based on the countermeasures included in the signal.

  According to such a theft notification system, the terminal device is operated in accordance with an instruction from the mobile phone side of the user who has received the notification of the theft of the small vehicle. That is, the terminal device gives a predetermined warning according to an instruction from the mobile phone. Therefore, there is an effect as a theft countermeasure.

  The terminal device of the theft notification system having the above-described configuration may include a circuit that emits a predetermined electronic sound as means for performing the alarm. By sounding such an electronic sound, the abandonment of the small vehicle is abandoned, and an effect as a theft countermeasure is produced.

Hereinafter, in order to further clarify the operations and effects of the present invention described above, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples in the following order.
A. Outline configuration of theft notification system:
B. Theft notification processing:
C. Alarm processing:
D. Variation:

A. Outline configuration of theft notification system:
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of a theft notification system as an embodiment of the present invention. This system notifies the user of the fact of theft of a small vehicle such as a two-wheeled vehicle. In this embodiment, a case where the present invention is applied to a bicycle as a small vehicle will be described. In addition, it is good also as what applies to other vehicles which can move manually, such as a motorcycle, a wheelchair, and a tricycle.

  As shown in the figure, this system 10 mainly includes a terminal device 20 built in a lock 12 of a bicycle 11, a relay device 30 installed in a bicycle parking lot where the bicycle 11 is placed, and a signal from the relay device 30. It consists of a monitoring device 40 that accepts it.

  The terminal device 20 mainly includes a theft detection unit 23 that detects a predetermined state of the bicycle 11, a short-distance transmission / reception unit 25 that exchanges short-distance wireless signals with the relay device 30, and an alarm unit 27 that sounds an alarm at a predetermined timing. , A control unit 28 that is electrically connected to each unit and controls the entire terminal device 20 is provided.

  The theft detection unit 23 includes a vibration sensor that detects vibration generated in the bicycle 11 in a parked state. The vibration sensor operates by supplying power from the battery 21 via the switch 22 and the control unit 28 that are turned on in conjunction with the operation of locking the lock 12. That is, while the bicycle 11 is parked (in a locked state), vibration of the bicycle is detected by a weak current. The theft detection unit 23 determines “theft” by detecting vibrations greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold that occur in a bicycle during theft.

  The short-distance transmission / reception unit 25 includes a transmission circuit and a reception circuit that perform wireless communication with low power, and exchanges predetermined signals using specific low-power radio. Upon receiving the electrical signal from the theft detection unit 23, the control unit 28 issues an output command to the short-range transmission / reception unit 25. Receiving this, the short-range transmission / reception unit 25 transmits a predetermined signal to the relay device 30. The predetermined signal includes an ID number as information unique to the bicycle. The ID number is set in advance for each bicycle (that is, for each terminal device 20).

  The alarm unit 27 includes a speaker, a voice IC that stores a predetermined warning sentence, a circuit that outputs an electronic sound, and the like, and receives an instruction from the control unit 28 at a predetermined timing to sound an alarm. The process using the alarm unit 27 will be described later in the alarm process.

  The relay device 30 mainly includes a short-distance transmission / reception unit 32 that exchanges short-distance radio signals with the terminal device 20 and a signal conversion unit that performs signal conversion for transmitting information between the terminal device 20 and the monitoring device 40. 33, a transmission / reception unit 34 that exchanges signals with the monitoring device 40, and a control unit 35 that is electrically connected to each unit and controls the entire relay device 30.

  Similar to the short-range transceiver 25 of the terminal device 20, the short-range transceiver 32 includes a transmission / reception circuit that uses specific place power radio. The short-range transmission / reception unit 32 of the relay device 30 that has received the predetermined signal from the terminal device 20 outputs the predetermined signal to the control unit 35.

  The signal conversion unit 33 includes a circuit that converts a signal used for specific low-power radio and a signal for a public telephone line to each other. For example, it receives an instruction from the control unit 35 that has received a predetermined signal from the terminal device 20, and converts the predetermined signal into a signal for a public telephone line. That is, in this embodiment, a signal for a public telephone line is used for communication between the relay device 30 and the monitoring device 40. A predetermined infrastructure such as a telephone line network can be used by signal conversion by the relay device 30. The signal for the public telephone line includes a signal that can be exchanged with a mobile phone, and is, for example, a packet signal.

  The transmission / reception unit 34 includes a transmission circuit and a reception circuit that exchange signals for the public telephone line with the monitoring device 40, and exchanges signals in response to commands from the control unit 35.

  One relay device 30 having such a configuration is installed in a bicycle parking lot, parked in the bicycle parking lot, and performs short-range wireless communication with a plurality of bicycles equipped with the terminal device 20.

  The monitoring device 40 mainly includes a transmission / reception unit 42 that exchanges signals with the relay device 30, a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, a control unit 45 that controls the entire monitoring device 40, and a predetermined storage area. Storage unit 46 and the like.

  Similar to the transmission / reception unit 34 of the relay device 30, the transmission / reception unit 42 includes a transmission circuit and a reception circuit that exchange signals for public telephone lines.

  The storage unit 46 includes a nonvolatile storage area, and stores various processing programs such as a theft notification process and a warning process, which will be described later, and a database of information on a user who uses the system 10. Such a processing program is read and executed by the CPU of the control unit 45 at a predetermined timing.

  The database stored in the storage unit 46 is associated with, for example, the user's name, mobile phone number, mobile phone mail address, bicycle ID number, and the like.

  In such a system 10, when a user's A bicycle 11 is stolen in a bicycle parking lot, the ID number transmitted from the terminal device 20 is transmitted to the monitoring device 40 via the relay device 30. The monitoring device 40 identifies the user from the ID number, and the identified user A's mobile phone is notified of the theft. Such a series of processes is called a theft notification process.

  Here, the structure of the mobile phone will be briefly described. The mobile phone 50 is mainly composed of a control unit 56 for controlling the whole, a transmission / reception unit 51 having an antenna, a liquid crystal screen display unit for displaying e-mails, telephone numbers and the like. 52, a general mobile phone including an operation unit 53 including a plurality of buttons for inputting a telephone number and mail characters, a microphone 54, a speaker 55, and the like. In this embodiment, when theft occurs, an email is transmitted to the user's mobile phone. Hereinafter, the theft notification process will be described.

B. Theft notification processing:
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the entire system showing the flow of the theft notification process. This process is executed by the control unit of each device using a bicycle theft as a trigger.

  When the theft is detected by the terminal device 20, the terminal device 20 transmits an ID number, which is unique information of the bicycle 11, using the specific low-power radio (step S200). After the signal transmission for a predetermined time, the terminal device 20 returns to the return state and enters a standby state.

  The relay device 30 receives the signal transmitted from the terminal device 20 (step S210), and converts this signal into a public telephone line signal (step S220). The converted signal includes an ID number.

  The relay device 30 transmits the signal (converted signal) converted into the signal for the public telephone line to the monitoring device 40 (step S230). After the transmission is completed, the relay device 30 returns to return and enters a standby state.

  The monitoring device 40 receives the signal transmitted from the relay device 30 (step S240). The monitoring device 40 recognizes the bicycle ID number from the received signal, refers to the database, and searches for information on the mobile phone of the bicycle user who has been stolen (step S250).

  The monitoring device 40 transmits a mail in a predetermined format describing the theft to the user's mobile phone specified by the search (step S260). Thereafter, the monitoring device 40 returns to return and enters a standby state.

  The user's mobile phone 50 receives the mail from the monitoring device 40 (step S270), receives the instruction by the predetermined operation of the user, and displays the mail content on the display unit 52 (step S280). Upon receiving an instruction by a predetermined operation of the user who confirmed the mail content, the mobile phone 50 ends the mail display, returns to the return, and enters a normal standby state.

  According to the above-described theft notification process, it is possible to immediately notify the theft to the mobile phone of the bicycle user who is being stolen. The user who has received the theft notification can take various actions.

  The theft detection is performed by the terminal device 20 and transmitted to the relay device 30. Since both exchange signals within a predetermined area such as a bicycle parking lot, it is possible to cope with transmission of low power. That is, since the terminal device 20 can be operated with a low-power battery, a practical system can be constructed.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the mail content transmitted from the monitoring device 40. As shown in the figure, the content of the email displayed on the display unit 52 of the mobile phone 50 indicates that the bicycle has been stolen (abnormal) and options for countermeasures.

  As options of countermeasures, for example, “alarm activation” that sounds an electronic sound from the alarm unit 27 of the terminal device 20 installed on the bicycle, several types of warning text, “report to security company”, and the like are prepared. The user uses the buttons on the operation unit 53 of the mobile phone 50 to select a countermeasure. It is possible to select multiple countermeasures.

  For example, when “Notify to security company” of option 5 is selected and transmitted to the monitoring device 40, the monitoring device 40 identifies the installation location of the relay device 30 that has transmitted the theft signal, and sends it to the security company. Notify this. The security company that receives the notification rushes to that location.

  Note that the monitoring device 40 refers to a predetermined database for specifying the installation location of the relay device 30. FIG. 4 is an example of a database showing the correspondence between the relay device and the installation location. The monitoring device 40 exchanges a public telephone line signal with the relay device 30 and recognizes from which relay device 30 the signal is transmitted from all over the country. Where the relay device 30 is installed can be recognized by referring to the database shown in FIG.

  The above is a case where the countermeasure option 5 is selected, but when another option is selected, a process of giving a predetermined instruction to the terminal device 20 installed on the bicycle is performed. This processing is called alarm processing and will be described below.

C. Alarm processing:
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the entire system showing the flow of alarm processing. This process is executed by the control unit of each device at a timing when a predetermined option is selected from the countermeasures against theft described above.

  When the user selects an option for a predetermined countermeasure and presses the transmission button of the mobile phone 50, the mobile phone 50 transmits the selected number to the monitoring device 40 (step S500), returns to the return, and waits. It becomes.

  The monitoring device 40 receives the signal of the selected number information (step S510), and adds the ID number to this signal (step S520). The monitoring device 40 refers to the database shown in FIG. 1 and identifies the ID number from the mobile phone number, mail address, and the like.

  The monitoring device 40 that has generated a new signal including the number selected as a countermeasure against theft and the ID number transmits the signal to the relay device 30 (step S530), returns to the return, and enters a standby state. .

  The relay device 30 receives the newly generated signal (step S540) and converts it into a signal for exchanging with the terminal device 20 (step S550). The converted signal includes a countermeasure selection number and an ID number.

  The relay device 30 transmits the converted signal to the terminal device 20 (step S560), returns to return, and enters a standby state.

  Each terminal device 20 installed in a plurality of bicycles placed at the bicycle parking lot receives a signal transmitted from the relay device 30 (step S570).

  Each terminal device 20 (control unit 28) determines whether or not the ID number included in the received signal matches its own ID number (step S575). If it is determined in step S575 that they do not match, the process returns to the return state and enters a standby state.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S575 that they match, the selected number (countermeasure) included in the received signal is read, and the type of alarm is selected based on this (step S580).

  Subsequently, the terminal device 20 having the same ID number operates the alarm unit 27 corresponding to the selected alarm type (step S590), returns to the return, ends the process, and enters a standby state.

  For example, if the number 1 shown in FIG. 3 is selected, a high-volume electronic sound is emitted from the terminal device 20 of the bicycle 11 to inform the surroundings of theft of the bicycle. If the number 2 is selected, a warning message “Surveillance camera has photographed” is issued from the terminal device 20.

  According to the alarm processing described above, the alarm of the terminal device 20 can be activated by an instruction from the user's mobile phone that has received the theft notification. As a result, bicycle theft is abandoned, and an effect as a theft countermeasure is achieved.

D. Variation:
Although various embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and it goes without saying that various configurations can be adopted without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  In the present embodiment, the theft detection is performed based on the vibration of the bicycle. However, the theft detection may be performed based on the movement of the bicycle from a predetermined area or an abnormality in the lock. Furthermore, it is good also as what detects a theft using the human sensitive sensor etc. which detect the heat emitted from a human body.

  For example, when detecting theft by movement from a predetermined area of a bicycle, a wireless IC tag is used. In this case, a relay device 30 equipped with a wireless IC tag reader is disposed at the entrance / exit of the bicycle parking lot instead of the short-distance transmitting / receiving unit 32. The terminal device 20 includes a wireless IC tag as the theft detection unit 23. In such a system, when the bicycle on which the terminal device 20 is installed is stolen and leaves the bicycle parking lot, the relay device 30 reads the bicycle ID number with the wireless IC tag reader, and uses this ID number as a signal for a public telephone line. And transmitted to the monitoring device 40. That is, the theft can be determined by moving the bicycle.

  Moreover, the abnormality of a lock should just detect the cutting | disconnection of a wire, if it has a mechanism in which a switch is turned ON by destruction of a lock, or if it is a wire type lock.

  In this embodiment, several types of warnings issued from the terminal device are set in advance and can be selected from the mobile phone, but this is a system in which a bicycle user who has been stolen warns directly from the mobile phone. May be.

  In this case, the user who knows the theft receives a predetermined warning message from the mobile phone. The monitoring device 40 which is a call destination transmits a signal carrying the bicycle ID number together with the audio signal to the relay device 30. The relay device 30 that has received this signal converts it into a signal for specific low-power wireless communication and transmits it. The terminal device at the bicycle parking lot receives the signal, confirms its own ID number, and the terminal device 20 with the matching ID number restores the voice signal and outputs a warning message. Such a system can be realized by providing such functions to the signal conversion unit 33, the control unit 35 of the relay device 30, and the control unit 28 of the terminal device 20. By doing so, the user can warn directly by voice.

  In this embodiment, the theft notification is made by e-mail, but the theft notification may be made by voice.

  It is also possible to detect a stolen bicycle after notifying the user of the fact of the theft using such a theft notification system. For example, a bicycle is provided with a GPS receiver in addition to a terminal device, and a GPS reception signal (referred to as a GPS signal) is transmitted to a mobile phone base station. This GPS signal includes the bicycle ID number. The base station that has received this signal transmits the signal to the monitoring device. Receiving this, the monitoring device calculates the current position of the bicycle from the GPS signal, and notifies the bicycle user's mobile phone from the ID number. By doing this, you can find a bicycle after the theft.

  Further, a monitoring camera may be installed in the relay device, and when a theft is detected, an image of a bicycle parking lot may be taken and recorded. In this case, the relay device is provided with a camera and a recording unit, and the ID number of the stolen bicycle is transmitted from the relay device to the monitoring device, and the image is also transmitted. The monitoring device transmits an image to the user's mobile phone identified from the ID number. By doing so, the user can check the picture of the theft site with a mobile phone.

It is explanatory drawing which shows schematic structure of the theft notification system as an Example of this invention. It is a flowchart of the whole system which shows the flow of a theft notification process. It is an example of the mail content transmitted from the monitoring apparatus. It is an example of the database which shows the correspondence of a relay apparatus and an installation place. It is a flowchart of the whole system which shows the flow of an alarm process.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... System 11 ... Bicycle 12 ... Lock 20 ... Terminal device 21 ... Battery 22 ... Switch 23 ... Theft detection part 25 ... Short distance transmission / reception part 27 ... Alarm part 28 ... Control part 30 ... Relay device 32 ... Short distance transmission / reception part 33 ... Signal conversion unit 34 ... transmission / reception unit 35 ... control unit 40 ... monitoring device 42 ... transmission / reception unit 45 ... control unit 46 ... storage unit 50 ... mobile phone 51 ... transmission / reception unit 52 ... display unit 53 ... operation unit 54 ... microphone 55 ... speaker 56 ... Control unit

Claims (6)

A system for notifying theft of small vehicles such as motorcycles,
A terminal device that is installed in the small vehicle, detects theft of the small vehicle based on the state information of the small vehicle, and transmits information specific to the small vehicle set in advance by a short-range wireless signal;
A relay device that receives a short-range wireless signal from the terminal device, converts the signal into a signal for a public telephone line, and transmits the signal;
A signal for a public telephone line transmitted from the relay device is received, information specific to the small vehicle is recognized from the signal, and the mobile phone of the small vehicle user associated with the information specific to the small vehicle is received. A theft notification system comprising: a monitoring device that notifies theft in a predetermined format. The theft notification system according to claim 1,
The terminal device is a theft notification system that detects theft based on any of vibrations of the small vehicle, movement of the small vehicle from a predetermined area, and an abnormality of a lock installed on the small vehicle as the state information. The theft notification system according to claim 1,
The said terminal device is equipped with the vibration sensor which starts the detection of the vibration of the said small vehicle in the locked state in conjunction with locking of the said small vehicle lock, The theft notification system which detects the said theft with the said sensor. The theft notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The monitoring device is a theft notification system in which the theft notification is performed by voice or electronic mail. The theft notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:
The monitoring device presents a countermeasure against the theft as an option together with a theft notification to the mobile phone, accepts the countermeasure selected by the small vehicle user who has received the theft notification using the mobile phone, Means for transmitting a signal with information specific to the small vehicle added to the countermeasure to the relay device;
The relay device has means for converting a signal from the monitoring device into a short-range wireless signal to be exchanged with the terminal device and transmitting the signal.
The terminal device receives a short-range wireless signal from the relay device and determines whether the unique information matches or does not match. A theft notification system comprising means for issuing an alarm. The theft notification system according to claim 5,
The said terminal device is a theft notification system provided with the circuit which rings a predetermined electronic sound as a means to perform the said alarm.

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