JP2007172439A - Housing complex monitoring device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically indicate, without imposing a burden on a caretaker, whether a resident, when absent, is just out or staying out overnight. <P>SOLUTION: A time difference between the time when locking is detected by a locking detection part 1 and the preset time is set as the set time period for a third timer 5 by a time setting part 7. The resident's presence in room is indicated when locking is detected or when there is detection by a life sensor 2 after detection of locking. The resident's outing is indicated when locking from outside is detected. The resident's staying out overnight is indicated when the time period without detection by the life sensor 2 after detection of locking is longer than the set time period. Thereby a caretaker can easily distinguish just outing from staying out overnight when a resident is absent. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an apartment monitoring apparatus in an apartment house where many elderly people live.

  Conventionally, with the progress of the nuclear family and the like, the number of houses where only elderly people live is increasing. In addition, collective housing is known in which rooms in which such elderly people live are collected and managed by a manager's room or the like.

In such a housing complex, the movement of a resident in the room is detected by a sensor or the like, and when the time that cannot be detected by the sensor exceeds a predetermined time, it is determined that the resident has an abnormality and an alarm is issued. An apartment housing monitoring device is known (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A 61-279221

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, it is detected that the switch provided on the door of the front door has been operated and moved out (the infrared sensor remains in the residence even if the switch is operated). If a resident is out, it is a short-term outing such as returning to the room within the same day, such as in the vicinity, or a long-term outing such as a trip. There was a problem that it was impossible to determine whether it was a typical outing.

By the way, there is known a technique for setting whether a resident is in an occupancy state, an absence state, or an overnight state by an administrator operating a living information monitoring board (for example, Patent Document 2). ).
JP 2001-28633 A

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 2, since it is determined by the manager whether the resident is out or staying outside, the manager is burdened with the operation or the manager forgets the operation. There was a problem that it was not possible to make an appropriate judgment when it was done. In addition, since the resident's decision to go out and stay overnight is based on self-reporting by the resident, the administrator cannot make an appropriate decision without such a report, and the resident is in the room. There is a problem that it becomes impossible to set whether the user is in an absent state or in an overnight state.

  The present invention was made to solve such a problem. When a resident is absent, it is possible to determine whether the absence is outing or staying without burdening the administrator. The purpose is to display automatically.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the present invention, the locking detection unit that detects the locking from the outside of the room detects the time difference between the time when the locking from the outside is detected and the preset time. When the lock from the outside of the room is not detected and when the detection by the life sensor that detects the movement of the human body after detecting the lock from the outside is detected Displayed as occupancy, displayed as going out when locking from outside is detected, and displayed as staying out when the time not detected by the life sensor is more than the set time after detecting locking from outside I have to.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, when it is detected that the lock from the outside is detected, it is displayed as going out, and when the set time has elapsed since the detection of lock from the outside, it is displayed as overnight. A person can easily distinguish between going out and staying when the resident is absent. Therefore, the burden on the manager is eliminated.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the apartment house monitoring apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the apartment monitoring apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a lock detection unit 1, a life sensor 2, a first timer 3 (corresponding to a life timer in the claims), a second timer 4 ( (Corresponding to the life timer of the claims), third timer 5 (corresponding to the locking timer of the claims), clock 6, time setting unit 7, determination unit 8, display unit 9, alarm unit 10 It is prepared for. The determination unit 8 includes an in-room / outing / overnight determination unit 8a and an abnormality determination unit 8b.

  The locking detection unit 1 detects the locking of the entrance door from the outside of the room when the resident goes out. Here, locking from the outside of the room is distinguished from locking from the inside of the room. Moreover, the locking detection part 1 outputs a locking signal, when the locking from the outside is detected. The life sensor 2 detects the movement of the human body in the room, and is composed of, for example, a passive sensor.

  The first timer 3 measures time, and starts counting time when the movement of the human body is detected by the life sensor 2 when no locking signal is input from the locking detection unit 1. When the movement of the human body is not detected again by the life sensor 2 within a preset time (corresponding to the first predetermined time in the claims), the first timer 3 displays the first time up. Output a time-up signal. On the other hand, when the movement of the human body is detected again by the life sensor 2 within a preset time, the first timer 3 is reset and starts counting again. However, when a locking signal is input, the first timer 3 stops operating.

  The second timer 4 measures time, and outputs a locking signal to the determination unit 6 described later when the locking signal is input from the locking detection unit 1. Further, the second timer 4 starts timing when the movement of the human body is detected by the life sensor 2 when the locking signal is input from the locking detection unit 1. Here, the second timer 4 starts timing and stops outputting the locking signal. When the movement of the human body is not detected again by the life sensor 2 within a preset time (corresponding to the second predetermined time in the claims), the second timer 4 displays the second time indicating the time up. Output a time-up signal. On the other hand, when the movement of the human body is detected again by the life sensor 2 within a preset time, the second timer 4 is reset and starts counting again. However, when the locking signal is not input, the second timer 4 stops its operation.

  The third timer 5 measures time and starts measuring time when a lock signal is input from the lock detection unit 1. And when the input of a locking signal does not stop within the setting time set by the time setting part mentioned later, the 3rd timer 5 outputs the 3rd time-up signal which shows time-up. On the other hand, when the input of the locking signal is stopped within the set time, the third timer 5 is reset and stops timing.

  When receiving a lock signal from the lock detection unit 1, the clock 6 outputs current time information indicating the current time at that time. Note that the timepiece 6 does not have to record the current time in minute units such as one minute or one second like a normal timepiece. For example, the current time may be recorded in units of one hour.

  The time setting unit 7 presets a time for determining that the resident is staying outside. Here, the time for determining that the resident is staying outside is a time when the resident who is going out has a low possibility of returning home, for example, midnight. In addition, when the current time information is input from the clock 6, the time setting unit 7 calculates a time difference between the current time and a preset time. Specifically, the current time is subtracted from a preset time. Then, the time setting unit 7 outputs the obtained time difference to the third timer 5 as a set time.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 2, when the time preset in the time setting unit 7 is 1 am, and the current time input from the clock 6 is 3 pm, the set time is 10 hours. . When the current time input from the clock 6 is 11:00 am, the set time is 14 hours. When the current time input from the clock 6 is 6 pm, the set time is 7 hours. In such a case, when the set time is too short, the set time may be set to a predetermined time because there is a tradeoff with the non-detection time of the human body by the life sensor 2.

  The determination unit 8 is a health / abnormality in the room occupant / outing / overnight determination unit 8a that determines whether the resident in the room is in the room, out of the house, or staying out. And an abnormality determination unit 8b for determining that a resident has occurred (the resident has stopped moving). When the locking signal is not input from the second timer 4, the occupancy / outing / overnight determination unit 8a outputs an occupancy signal indicating that the occupant is in the room. When a lock signal is input from the second timer 4, the occupancy / outing / overnight determination unit 8a outputs an outing signal indicating that no resident is present in the room. When a third time-up signal is input from the third timer 5, the occupancy / outing / overnight determination unit 8a indicates that the resident is not in the room for a long time. Outputs overnight signal.

  When the first time-up signal is input from the first timer 3, the abnormality determination unit 8b outputs an abnormality signal indicating that a resident in the room has a health abnormality. When the second time-up signal is input from the second timer 4, the abnormality determination unit 8b outputs an abnormality signal indicating that a resident in the room has a health abnormality.

  The display unit 9 is installed in an administrator room or the like, and displays the occupant's occupancy / outing / overnight stays in an identifiable manner. Specifically, the display unit 9 is configured by a liquid crystal display or the like, and displays a room number and a display indicating stay / outing / overnight. In addition, the display part 9 may be comprised by the light emitting diode etc. which show in-room / outing / overnight arranged near the room number.

  The alarm unit 10 is installed in a manager's room or the like, and issues an alarm indicating that a resident has a health abnormality. When the alarm unit 10 issues an alarm, the room number corresponding to the display unit 9 may be displayed.

  Next, the operation of the apartment house monitoring apparatus and the apartment house monitoring method according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the apartment house monitoring apparatus and the apartment house monitoring method according to the present embodiment. First, the lock detection unit 1 checks whether or not lock from the outside is detected (step S1). When the lock detection unit 1 determines that no external lock is detected (NO in step S1), the occupancy / outing / overnight determination unit 8a does not input a lock signal from the second timer 4, The occupancy signal is output, and the display unit 9 displays occupancy (step S2).

  In this state, it is examined by the life sensor 2 whether or not the movement of the human body is detected (step S3). If no movement of the human body is detected by life sensor 2 (NO in step S3), the process returns to step S1. On the other hand, when the movement of the human body is detected by life sensor 2 (YES in step S3), first timer 3 starts measuring time (step S4). Then, the process jumps to step S9.

  On the other hand, when the lock detection unit 1 determines that the external lock is detected (YES in step S1), the lock detection unit 1 outputs a lock signal to the third timer 5 and the timepiece 6. Then, the time setting unit 7 determines the set time based on the time difference between the locked time (current time) and the preset time (step S5).

  Since the occupancy / outing / overnight determination unit 8a receives the locking signal from the second timer 4, it outputs the outing signal, the display unit 9 displays the outing, and the third timer 5 displays the locking signal. Is started (step S6). And it is investigated by the life sensor 2 whether the motion of the human body was detected (step S7). If the movement of the human body is detected by life sensor 2 (YES in step S7), second timer 4 starts measuring time (step S8). Then, the process jumps to step S9.

  In step S9, the life sensor 2 checks whether or not the movement of the human body is detected again. When the movement of the human body is detected by life sensor 2 (YES in step S9), life sensor 2 resets first timer 3 (step S10). Then, the process returns to step S4. On the other hand, when the movement of the human body is not detected by life sensor 2 (NO in step S9), abnormality determination unit 8b determines whether the time measured by first timer 3 or second timer 4 has exceeded a predetermined time. (Step S11).

  If the first timer 3 or the second timer 4 determines that the predetermined time or more has not elapsed (NO in step S11), the process of step S11 is repeated. On the other hand, when it is determined by first timer 3 or second timer 4 that a predetermined time or more has elapsed (YES in step S11), determination unit 8 starts from first timer 3 or second timer 4. The first time-up signal or the second time-up signal is input, and the abnormality determination unit 8b outputs an abnormality signal indicating that a resident in the room has a health abnormality. The alarm unit 10 inputs an abnormal signal and issues an alarm (step S12).

  If the life sensor 2 does not detect the movement of the human body in step S7, it is determined whether or not the time measured by the third timer 5 has passed the set time set by the time setting unit 7 or not. The outing / overnight determination unit 8a checks (step S13). When the occupancy / outing / overnight determination unit 8a determines that the time measured by the third timer 5 has not exceeded the set time (NO in step S13), the process of step S13 is repeated. On the other hand, when the occupancy / outing / overnight determination unit 8a determines that the time measured by the third timer 5 has exceeded the set time (YES in step S13), the determination unit 8 determines that the third timer 5 The third time-up signal is input, and the occupancy / outing / overnight determination unit 8a outputs the overnight signal. Then, the display unit 9 displays the overnight stay (step S14).

  In this state, it is checked whether or not the lock detecting unit 1 has detected unlocking from the outside (step S15). This is equivalent to the fact that the lock detection unit 1 stops detecting lock from the outside. If unlocking detection unit 1 does not detect unlocking from the outside (NO in step S15), the process of step S15 is repeated. On the other hand, when unlocking detection unit 1 detects unlocking from the outside (YES in step S15), the process returns to step S1.

  As described above in detail, according to the present embodiment, the time setting unit detects the time difference between the time when the lock detection unit 1 that detects the lock from the outside of the room detects the lock from the outside and the preset time. 7 is a set time measured after the lock detection unit 1 detects lock from the outside. The occupancy / outing / overnight determination unit 8a determines whether the occupancy is out of the room when the lock from the outside of the room is not detected or when the living sensor 2 detects the movement of the human body after detecting the lock from the outside If it is determined and the lock from the outside is detected, it is determined that the user has gone out, and the third time when the time not detected by the life sensor 2 after the detection of the lock from the outside is equal to or longer than the set time by the time setting unit 7 When it is determined by the timer 5, it is determined that it is a night stay. The display unit 9 displays these determination results.

  As a result, when the lock from the outside is detected, it is displayed as going out, and when the set time has elapsed since the detection of lock from the outside, it is displayed as overnight, so the manager is absent from the resident. In this case, going out and staying out can be easily distinguished. Therefore, the burden on the manager is eliminated.

  In the above-described embodiment, the first timer 3 and the second timer 4 are provided separately, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the first timer 3 and the second timer 4 may be shared. Thereby, the number of parts of the apartment house monitoring device by this embodiment can be reduced.

  In the above-described embodiment, the display unit 7 and the alarm unit 8 are included in the apartment house monitoring device, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, you may make it utilize the display part and alarm part which are used for apparatuses other than an apartment monitoring apparatus.

  In addition, the said embodiment is only what showed the example in implementation in implementing this invention, and, as a result, the technical scope of this invention should not be interpreted limitedly. In other words, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the spirit or main features thereof.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is useful for an apartment house monitoring apparatus in an apartment house where many elderly people live.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the apartment housing monitoring apparatus by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the setting time by the apartment housing monitoring apparatus of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the apartment monitoring apparatus and the apartment monitoring method by this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Locking detection part 2 Life sensor 3 1st timer 4 2nd timer 5 3rd timer 6 Clock 7 Time setting part 8 Judgment part 8a In-room / outing / overnight judgment part 8b Abnormality judgment part 9 Display part 10 Alarm part

Claims (2)

A life sensor that detects the movement of the human body in the room;
A locking detection unit for detecting that the room is locked from the outside;
A clock that outputs the current time as time information;
A locking timer for measuring the time after the locking detection unit detects locking from the outside, and
A time setting unit that acquires time information when the locking detection unit detects external locking from the clock, and sets a time difference between the time and a preset time in the locking timer as a set time;
When the lock detection unit does not detect external lock, and when there is detection by the life sensor during measurement by the lock timer, it is determined that the user is in the room, and the lock detection unit detects external lock Occupancy / outing / overnight determination unit that determines that the person is outing when the time not detected by the life sensor is equal to or longer than the set time during measurement by the locking timer;
In accordance with the determination result by the occupancy / outing / overnight determination unit, a display unit for displaying any of occupancy, outing, and overnight;
Apartment housing monitoring device with A life timer for measuring the time when the life sensor is not detected;
Even if the time measured by the life timer is equal to or longer than the first predetermined time when the life sensor detects the movement of the human body after the lock detection unit detects the lock from the outside, the life sensor remains in the human body. The time measured by the life timer after the life sensor detects the movement of the human body in a state where the movement sensor is not detected, and the lock detection unit does not detect the external lock, is a second predetermined time or more. Even if the life sensor does not detect the movement of the human body, an abnormality determination unit that determines an abnormality,
The apartment housing monitoring device according to claim 1, comprising:

Images