JP2008183387A - Umbrella-mislaying prevention apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide umbrella-mislaying prevention apparatus which has an umbrella part which can open and close, an opening and closing means which opens and closes this umbrella part, and a sensor part which activates the opening and closing means, and solves the problem that the area of an umbrella storage space becomes vast although thing left behind are recognized by sensing the approach of human beings by the sensor part and by opening and closing the umbrella part. <P>SOLUTION: When putting an umbrella in the umbrella stand which prepares a locking mechanism that the general public uses, locking it by a key which is equipped with an IC chip, and finishing some business and coming out of a building, people who are passing through a gate notices that they forget their umbrella, umbrella-mislaying is prevented since people go to the umbrella stand to take the umbrella, carrying away of the key which is equipped with the IC chip is prevented, and the management and posttreatment of a lost umbrella can be eliminated because radio communication with the IC chip is performed and a voice generation part vocalizes a given message such as, for example, "You forget your umbrella. " and the like when you forget putting the umbrella in the umbrella stand and pass through the gate. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an umbrella placement forgetting prevention device that prevents an umbrella from being left behind on an umbrella stand provided with a locking mechanism.

  A conventional left-behind prevention device includes an umbrella part that can be opened and closed, an opening and closing means that opens and closes the umbrella part, and a sensor part that drives the opening and closing means, and the opening and closing means includes a motor and the umbrella by the motor. And a crank mechanism that opens and closes the part, and the umbrella part opens and closes by sensing the approach of a human by the sensor part (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Hereinafter, a conventional forgotten object prevention apparatus will be described. In facilities used by an unspecified large number of people, by installing it in a place that can be seen by the public, visually remind the user of things left behind and bring them closer to the user. Since the umbrella part automatically opens and closes, it is possible to clearly evoke the user through the memory and visual sense that he / she has carried the umbrella, effectively removing the umbrella's forgotten items without relying solely on the user's own attention. In addition, by reviving the memory that the user has carried the umbrella, it becomes possible to trigger the individual's attention to portable items other than the umbrella. This will lead to the full prevention of forgotten items in portable items.
JP 2005-143568 A

  The conventional thing-left-behind prevention device described above is a device that automatically opens and closes the umbrella portion when the user approaches, so that the user can clearly evoke through the memory and sight of carrying the umbrella. , Department stores, restaurants, venues, theaters, hospitals, and other facilities that are used by an unspecified number of people, it is difficult to establish a place where a large area of lost-item prevention devices opened by multiple umbrellas brought by multiple people can be placed It is. In addition, even if the umbrella part automatically opens and closes because of the memory and vision of the user, it is difficult to clearly evoke the memory that the umbrella has been carried if it is seen in some performance level. is there.

  The present invention is intended to solve the problems of the conventional configuration, and prevents the forgetting of the umbrella locked in place on the umbrella stand and the loss of the key that is taken away when the umbrella is forgotten. It is intended to prevent and eliminate management and post-processing of misplaced umbrellas.

In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus for preventing umbrella forgetting according to the present invention is used for locking an umbrella stand provided with a locking mechanism, and includes a key for wirelessly communicating information, and an antenna for wirelessly communicating with the key. And a warning unit including a transmission / reception unit that transmits and receives information with the antenna, a data processing unit that processes data of the information, and a control unit that controls each unit based on the processed data.

  In addition, an umbrella-forgetting prevention device according to the present invention includes an IC chip mounted key for wirelessly communicating information, a gate provided with an antenna for wireless communication with the IC chip mounted on the key, and the gate A sound generation circuit for generating sound when a person in the vicinity of the gate holds the key having the IC chip based on information wirelessly communicated when a person approaches the vicinity; and the sound generation circuit And a voice generation unit for issuing a predetermined message in response to a signal from.

  In addition, the umbrella-forgetting prevention apparatus according to the present invention includes a human body sensor that detects a human body in the vicinity of the gate or the gate, and when the human body sensor detects a human body, based on the detection information, the vicinity of the gate The wireless communication between the antenna provided at the gate and the key is performed by recognizing that a person is present.

  In addition, when the umbrella stand is provided with a plurality of locking mechanisms, the umbrella stand-forgetting prevention device according to the present invention includes a display unit in each locking mechanism, and the information wirelessly communicated by the key is included in the plurality of locking mechanisms. The control unit provided in the warning unit includes identification information for identifying one locking mechanism to be locked by the key, and the display provided in the one locking mechanism is based on the identification information wirelessly communicated by the antenna. The part is displayed in such a manner that it can be identified from a display part provided in another locking mechanism.

The effect | action by the said problem-solving means is as follows. In other words, an umbrella is placed on an umbrella stand provided with a locking mechanism used by an unspecified number of people such as department stores, restaurants, venues, theaters and hospitals, and locked with a key equipped with an IC chip. When entering the building, exiting the building after completing the requirements, forgetting to place the umbrella on the umbrella stand and mounting the IC chip when passing the gate with the IC chip mounted key A voice generation circuit that performs wireless communication between a key and an antenna, and a control unit provided in a warning unit generates a voice when a person who passes based on the result of wireless communication has a key equipped with an IC chip The person who is passing the gate has forgotten the umbrella in order to make the voice generator utter a predetermined message, for example, “Forgot the umbrella”, by controlling the signal from the voice generation circuit. Take an umbrella on an umbrella stand Go to prevent the misplacement of the umbrella in order to prevent the taking away of the key that was equipped with an IC chip, it is possible to eliminate the management and post-processing of misplaced umbrella.

  In addition, when a human body sensor for detecting a human body is installed in the vicinity of the gate and the human body sensor detects the human body, the IC recognizes that the person is passing through the gate and the IC is provided from the antenna provided on the gate. When the key information is inquired to the chip and the IC chip returns the key information, and the person passing through the gate has the key with the IC chip mounted thereon, the control unit provided in the warning unit outputs the voice. In order to control the sound generation circuit to be generated and cause the sound generation unit to utter a predetermined message, for example, “Forgot your umbrella” by the signal from the sound generation circuit, a person passing through the gate You can notice that you forgot.

  In addition, since a display unit that displays the location of the umbrella relative to the key on which the IC chip is mounted is provided in the locking mechanism of the umbrella stand, a person who has forgotten the umbrella can easily find the location of the umbrella. I can do it.

  As described above, it is possible to prevent the forgetting of the umbrella locked in the umbrella stand, the loss of the key taken away when the umbrella is forgotten, and the management and post-processing of the lost umbrella.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
When an unspecified number of people use facilities such as department stores, restaurants, venues, theaters and hospitals, the umbrella 1 brought in the rain is placed on the umbrella stand 3 provided with the locking mechanism 2 and attached to the locking mechanism 2. Forgetting that the umbrella 1 is placed on the umbrella stand 3 when it is locked with the key 5 with the IC chip 4 mounted, enters the facility with this key 5 and exits the facility after completing the requirements. When passing the gate 6 with the key 5 equipped with the chip 4, the IC chip 4 and the antenna 11 perform wireless communication, and the person who has passed based on the information result of the wireless communication mounted the IC chip 4. When the key 5 is held, the control unit 15 provided in the warning unit 7 controls the sound generation circuit 8 that generates sound, and a predetermined message, for example, is sent to the sound generation unit 9 by a signal from the sound generation circuit 8. Messages like “I forgot my umbrella” When the person passing the gate 6 notices that he / she has forgotten the umbrella 1 and goes to the umbrella stand 3 to pick up the umbrella 1 of the locking mechanism 2 opposite to the key 5 having the IC chip 4 mounted thereon. The display unit 10 that displays the location of 1 lights up or flashes, displays the position of the locking mechanism 2, and a person who forgets the umbrella 1 easily finds the location of the umbrella 1 placed on the umbrella stand 3. The umbrella 5 brought home is taken home and the key 5 on which the IC chip 4 is mounted is returned to a predetermined position of the locking mechanism 2.

  The key 5 on which the IC chip 4 is mounted is one in which the position information of the locking mechanism 2 is recorded on the IC chip 4. The IC chip 4 may be of a built-in power supply type, but here the antenna 11 provided on the gate 6 is used. A passive type that extracts power source energy from radio waves radiated by the

  The type of radio used between the IC chip 4 and the antenna 11 provided on the gate 6 is a 5.8 GHz band called DSRC (dedicated narrow-band radio communication), or BT (Blue Tooth). Of course, the 4 GHz band is suitable, and the short range of the radio wave is suitable, but it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to this.

  The gate 6 may be made inconspicuous by embedding a gate-shaped structure in a wall, or may be composed of only the antenna 11 installed on the ceiling. Such a gate 6 is installed at an entrance or the like.

  The human body sensor 12 can be realized by a conventionally known device such as an infrared sensor that detects body temperature and an optical sensor that detects light blocking / reflecting by an object on the optical axis. The human body sensor 12 is installed in the gate 6 so as to operate when a person passes through the gate 6.

  The warning unit 7 is configured by a computer, and a transmission / reception unit 13 that performs wireless communication between the IC chip 4 and the antenna 11 provided in the gate 6, and a data processing unit 14 that collates information obtained by wireless communication. When the transmitter / receiver 13 is instructed to start the wireless communication and the notification is necessary from the collation result of the data processing unit 14, the voice generating circuit 8 that generates the voice is operated to transmit the signal to the voice generating unit 9. And a control unit 15 that controls a display unit 10 that is provided on the locking mechanism 2 of the umbrella stand 3 to be turned on or blinked, and a predetermined message, for example, “forgetting the umbrella” is notified.

  The display unit 10 includes a lamp, an LED, and the like. When a person passing through the gate 6 forgets the umbrella 1, the display unit 10 turns on or flashes to notify the position of the umbrella 1 of the umbrella stand 3.

  It is assumed that a person has entered the gate 6. The human body sensor 12 operates to notify the warning unit 7 that the human body 16 has been detected. The control unit 15 of the warning unit 7 instructs the transmission / reception unit 13 to start wireless communication. A signal for inquiring information about whether or not it is passing through the gate 6 is transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 13 via the antenna 11 provided on the gate 6 while holding the key 5 on which the IC chip 4 is mounted. This signal is emitted into the gate 6.

  When the human body 16 entering the gate 6 holds the key 5, the IC chip 4 in the key 5 is driven by the energy of the received signal, and the information recorded in the key 5 is answered in response to the inquiry. To do. Information recorded on the key 5 received by the antenna 11 provided in the gate 6 is sent from the transmission / reception unit 13 to the data processing device 14 and collated.

  As a result of the collation, the data processing unit 14 of the warning unit 7 determines that the human body 16 passing through the gate 6 has the key 5 on which the IC chip 4 is mounted. If the human body 16 does not have the key 5 and does not reply to the inquiry, it is considered that the human body 16 that has entered the gate 6 does not have the key 5. The data processing unit 14 determines that the passing human body 16 does not have the key 5 on which the IC chip 4 is mounted.

  When the data processing unit 14 of the warning unit 7 determines that the passing human body 16 has the key 5 with the IC chip 4 mounted thereon, the control unit 15 activates the audio generation circuit 8 that generates audio, and the signal is transmitted as audio. A message is transmitted to the generation unit 9 and a predetermined message, for example, “I forgot my umbrella” is uttered.

  When the data processing unit 14 of the warning unit 7 determines that the passing human body 16 has the key 5 on which the IC chip 4 is mounted, the control unit 15 displays the display provided on the locking mechanism 2 of the umbrella stand 3. The LED of the unit 10 is blinked. The display unit 10 is not limited to blinking of the LED, but may be in any form as long as the locking mechanism 2 corresponding to the key 5 can be distinguished from other locking mechanisms 2 such as lighting and message display.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the umbrella 1 is forgotten by the gate 6 when the umbrella 1 is forgotten in the umbrella stand 3 has been described. However, the umbrella stand 3 is provided at the end of the gate 6, and the umbrella of the umbrella stand 3 is provided. As a precaution, a voice message may be issued so that 1 is not forgotten.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the voice message is issued as a warning for preventing forgetting the umbrella, but the warning for preventing forgetting the umbrella is not limited to this. Alternatively, a visual message may be displayed by the image display device.

  Furthermore, the key 5 does not need to have the IC chip 4 and may have, for example, an RFID. The key 5 can have various transmission / reception functions, but may have a function of actively transmitting by itself. In this case, the transmission / reception unit 13 that performs wireless communication with the antenna 11 provided in the gate 6 may have only a reception function and wait for transmission information from the key 5. In this case, the key 5 does not necessarily have a reception function.

  Further, the exchange of wireless communication with the key 5 is not limited to the case where the communication with the gate structure such as the gate 6 is performed. In this case, it goes without saying that not only the structure but also the arrangement position thereof is not limited as long as it is in the vicinity of the exit of the building and other ranges that can realize the function of the present invention.

  The human body sensor 12 can also be provided in the vicinity of the exit of the building, but in particular, it may be provided inside the building, for example, slightly in front of the exit of the building, so that the human body can be detected sufficiently prior to wireless communication.

  It is a block diagram of the umbrella placement forgetting prevention apparatus which shows one Embodiment of this invention.   It is a whole perspective view which shows an example of the umbrella stand which concerns on this invention.   It is a whole perspective view which shows an example of the umbrella holding | maintenance locking mechanism which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Umbrella, 2 Locking mechanism, 3 Umbrella stand, 4 IC chip, 5 Key, 6 Gate, 7 Warning part, 8 Voice generation circuit, 9 Voice generation part, 10 Display part, 11 Antenna, 12 Human body sensor, 13 Transmission / reception part, 14 data processing unit, 15 control unit, 16 human body

Claims (4)

A key used for locking an umbrella stand provided with a locking mechanism and wirelessly communicating information;
An antenna for wireless communication with the key;
A warning unit including a transmission / reception unit that transmits and receives information with the antenna, a data processing unit that processes data of the information, and a control unit that controls each unit based on the processed data;
An umbrella-forgetting prevention device characterized by comprising: A key that carries an IC chip and wirelessly communicates information;
A gate provided with an antenna for performing wireless communication with the IC chip mounted on the key;
When a person approaches the vicinity of the gate, when a person near the gate holds the key with the IC chip based on information wirelessly communicated, a sound generation circuit that generates sound,
A sound generating unit for issuing a predetermined message by a signal from the sound generating circuit;
The umbrella-forgetting prevention device according to claim 1, comprising:   A human body sensor that detects a human body is installed in the vicinity of the gate or in the vicinity of the gate, and when the human body sensor detects a human body, based on this detection information, it is recognized that there is a person in the vicinity of the gate and is provided in the gate. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein wireless communication between the antenna and the key is performed. When a plurality of locking mechanisms are provided on the umbrella stand, each locking mechanism has a display unit,
The information wirelessly communicated by the key includes identification information for identifying one locking mechanism locked by the key among the plurality of locking mechanisms, and the control unit provided in the warning unit is wirelessly communicated by the antenna. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display unit provided in the one locking mechanism is displayed in a manner that can be identified from the display unit provided in another locking mechanism based on the identification information. .

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