JP2009238021A - Relief support system and monitoring device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a relief support system useful for support of relief activity after an earthquake occurrence by collecting information as to whether evacuation is made to a predetermined evacuation place before principal motion of the earthquake arrives, and to provide a monitoring device. <P>SOLUTION: The relief support system includes the monitoring device provided in a monitoring target facility and a center device connected to the monitoring device through a communication network, wherein the monitoring device includes a receiving means for receiving earthquake information through the communication network, a first sensor for detecting the presence of persons other than persons in the evacuation place within the monitoring target facility, a second sensor for detecting the presence of persons within the evacuation place, and a transmitting means for transmitting detection information of the first and second sensors to the center device through the communication network at a time prior to a prescribed time of arrival of the principal motion of the earthquake obtained from the earthquake information, and the center device determines an evacuation situation in the monitoring target facility on the basis of the detection information of the first and second sensors received through the communication network. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a rescue support system that collects evacuation conditions in a facility to be monitored and supports rescue when an earthquake occurs.

In recent years, services that receive emergency earthquake information based on emergency earthquake bulletins delivered by the Japan Meteorological Agency through dedicated receivers have begun to spread.
Earthquake early warning is an earthquake that occurs when a P-wave is detected by a seismometer near the epicenter, and the epicenter, magnitude (magnitude), and S-wave (major motion) are predicted based on this observation data. The arrival time and predicted seismic intensity are immediately estimated and distributed as emergency earthquake alerts via the Internet.
Conventionally, in the event of a disaster such as an earthquake or tsunami, before the earthquake occurs, the center device can be connected to the home gateway via the Internet before the earthquake occurs in order to grasp the presence of people in the house and grasp safety information. On the other hand, a safety confirmation system has been proposed in which a reply request signal is transmitted, and the home gateway detects the presence / absence of a person in the house by a human sensor and transmits a human body presence / absence signal to the center device. (For example, see Patent Document 1)

JP 2007-134874 A

When a direct earthquake occurs, the main motion arrives in a short time after receiving the earthquake early warning, so there may be no room for people in the house to evacuate outside. So, you will evacuate urgently to a place where you can avoid falling objects (for example, under a sturdy table) in your house. If you can find out if it is, it will be useful for rescue operations after the earthquake.
In the safety confirmation system shown in Patent Document 1, it is possible to confirm whether or not a person remains inside the building at the time of the initial tremor of the earthquake and after the occurrence of the disaster, but before the person reaches the main motion of the earthquake. I can't tell if I was able to evacuate to an indoor evacuation site.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problem, and collects information on whether or not an evacuation has been performed at a predetermined evacuation site before the main motion of the earthquake arrives. An object of the present invention is to provide a rescue support system and a monitoring device that can be used to support rescue activities of children.

  In order to achieve the above object, a rescue support system according to the present invention includes a monitoring device provided in a monitoring target facility, and a center device connected to the monitoring device through a communication network, and the monitoring device includes the communication network. Obtained by receiving the earthquake information via the first sensor, a first sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a person in the monitored facility, a second sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a person in the evacuation site, and the earthquake information. Transmission means for transmitting the detection information of the first and second sensors to the center device via the communication network a predetermined time before the arrival time of the main motion of the earthquake, Based on detection information of the first sensor and the second sensor, an evacuation situation in the monitoring target facility is determined.

  Thereby, it is possible to grasp at the external rescue support center whether or not the person in the monitored facility has been evacuated to the evacuation site before the occurrence of the main motion of the earthquake.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the center device evacuates to an evacuation place when the first sensor does not detect a person and the second sensor receives information indicating that a person has been detected. If the first sensor detects a person and the second sensor receives information that the second sensor does not detect a person, there is no person who has evacuated to the evacuation site and escaped. If it is determined that there is a person who has been delayed and the first sensor and the second sensor have received information indicating that a person has been detected, it is determined that there are persons who have been evacuated at the evacuation site, but there are persons who have been delayed. To do.

  As a result, it can be determined whether all the members have been evacuated to the evacuation site, whether they have not been evacuated, or whether only some people have been evacuated.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the monitoring device has an unmanned mode set when the monitored facility is unmanned and an attended mode set when the monitored facility is manned as the operation mode. When the unattended mode is set, the monitoring device transmits unattended mode information to the center device upon receiving the earthquake information.

  As a result, when the operation mode of the monitoring device installed in the monitoring target facility is set to an unattended mode such as an unattended warning set mode, information indicating that the monitoring target facility is unattended is sent to the rescue support center. Can be sent. In the unattended mode, it is not necessary to determine the evacuation status based on the sensor information, so the load on the monitoring device and the center device can be reduced.

  Furthermore, the monitoring device according to the present invention receives earthquake information via a communication line, a first sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a person in the facility to be monitored, a second sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a person at the evacuation site. And the evacuation situation in the monitored facility based on the detection information of the first and second sensors before the arrival time of the main motion of the earthquake obtained from the earthquake information received by the receiving means. A determination unit configured to determine; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a determination result to an external center device via a communication line.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to determine the evacuation situation and notify the outside of the evacuation situation in the monitoring device provided in the monitoring target facility.

  According to the rescue support system of the present invention, the center device provided in the rescue support center can grasp the evacuation situation in the monitored facility before the occurrence of the main motion of the earthquake, and preferentially after the occurrence of the earthquake. It is possible to identify the facilities that should be confirmed and rescued.

  Further, according to the monitoring device of the present invention, it is possible to notify an external center device or the like of the evacuation status in the monitored facility before the occurrence of the main motion of the earthquake.

Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a rescue support system according to the present invention.
In the rescue support system, a monitoring device 2 installed in a user's dwelling unit or the like serving as a monitoring target facility 1, a remote monitoring center 3, a center device 41 of a rescue support center 4, and an emergency earthquake bulletin distribution server 5 are communication networks. It is arranged to be able to communicate via the network 6.

  The facility 1 to be monitored is provided with an evacuation place 11 for urgent evacuation when an earthquake occurs. The evacuation site 11 is, for example, a place where the body can be protected from falling furniture such as an earthquake shelter or a sturdy table.

  The network 6 is composed of a public telephone network and an Internet network, and communication is performed by appropriately selecting each communication unit. In the present embodiment, the network type, communication protocol, switching facility, Internet service provider facility, and the like use general techniques, and thus will not be described in detail. In addition, as IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) becomes widespread, the network environment will be different. For this point, network technology in the era of implementation may be adopted as appropriate.

  The monitoring device 2 is arranged at an appropriate place inside / outside the dwelling unit that becomes the monitoring target facility 1, the controller 21 that monitors whether there is an abnormality in the monitoring target facility 1, the communication device 22 that connects the controller 21 and the network 6. It is comprised from the various sensors 23A-23F etc. which were made.

The disaster prevention sensor 23 </ b> A is a smoke detector or a heat detector that detects a fire abnormality in the monitored facility 1.
The security sensor 23B is a magnet sensor or the like that detects the opening / closing of a door disposed at an appropriate location inside / outside the monitoring target facility 1.
The occupant sensor 23C is, for example, an infrared sensor that detects a human body with infrared rays emitted by a person in the monitoring target facility 1. The occupant sensor 23C does not detect a person inside the evacuation site 11.
The emergency button 23D is a notification button operated by the user in an emergency.
The equipment sensor 23E detects an abnormality in equipment such as an air conditioner or a water heater.
The evacuation site sensor 23F is installed in the evacuation site 11 and detects a person in the evacuation site 11.
Each of the various sensors 23 is assigned a unique ID number, and the detection signal transmitted from the various sensors 23 to the controller 21 includes this ID number.

  When the controller 21 detects an abnormality that has occurred in the monitored facility 1, the controller 21 transmits information on the abnormality to the monitoring center 3 via the network 6.

  When the communication device 22 receives the earthquake early warning from the emergency earthquake bulletin distribution server 5 via the network 6, the communication device 22 transmits it to the controller 21 and transmits the security mode and sensor detection information received from the controller 21 to the rescue support center 4.

  The center device 41 provided in the rescue support center 4 is connected to the monitoring device 2 via the network 6, and the evacuation situation in the monitored facility 1 based on the detection information and mode information of the sensors 23C and 23F received from the monitoring device 2. Determine. The result of the determination is appropriately displayed on a display provided in the center device 41, or provided to each related organization such as a security company, a fire department, an emergency, and the police.

Next, the monitoring device 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.
The monitoring device 2 includes a controller 21 that monitors whether there is an abnormality in the monitored facility 1, a communication device 22 that is connected to the network 6, and sensors that are arranged at appropriate locations inside / outside the dwelling unit that becomes the monitored facility 1. It is comprised from 23A-23F etc.

<Controller>
The controller 21 includes a communication unit 211, a sensor I / F 212, a storage unit 213, an operation display unit 214, and a control unit 215.
The communication unit 211 is a communication interface that connects the controller 21 and the monitoring center 3 and the controller 21 and the communication device 22. The controller 21 and the communication device 22 are LAN connected.

  The sensor I / F 212 is a communication interface that receives detection signals from various sensors 23 (23A, 23B, 23C, 23D, 23E, and 23F).

  The storage unit 213 stores sensor information in which sensor types and sensor installation positions are associated with each ID number of each sensor 23.

The operation display unit 214 is a switch that selects and sets “unmanned warning set mode”, “manned warning set mode”, and “warning release mode” as the security mode of the monitoring device 2.
“Unmanned alert set mode” means that the surveillance facility 1 is unmanned and the security sensor 23B or the occupant sensor 23C detects an abnormality of the surveillance facility 1 to notify the monitoring center 3 of an intrusion abnormality. Mode. This “unmanned warning set mode” is the “unattended mode” of the operation mode of the present invention.
The “manned warning set mode” is a security mode in which the monitoring target facility 1 is manned and when the security sensor 23B detects an abnormality, the monitoring center 3 is notified of an intrusion abnormality.
“Warning cancellation mode” refers to a security mode in which the monitored facility 1 is manned and does not report an abnormality even if the security sensor 23B or the occupant sensor 23C detects it.
The “manned warning set mode” and the “warning release mode” are the “manned mode” of the operation mode of the present invention.
The detection signals from the disaster prevention sensor 23A, the emergency button 23C, and the equipment sensor 23D are notified of abnormality in any of the security modes of “unmanned warning set mode”, “manned warning set mode”, and “warning release mode”. .

The operation display unit 214 also includes a liquid crystal display, a speaker, and a buzzer, and performs a security mode, operation guidance, an alarm, an announcement, and the like.
Furthermore, a speaker 24 is provided at the evacuation site 11 to guide evacuation by voice.

The control unit 215 is realized by a CPU, a memory, and the like, and controls each unit of the controller 21 according to various programs stored in the memory.
In normal times when the earthquake early warning is not received, the control unit 215 receives the detection signals from the various sensors 23A to 23F, and determines whether or not there is an abnormality in comparison with the current mode and the sensor information in the storage unit 213. .
That is, when the control unit 215 receives a detection signal from any of the various sensors 23A to 23F when the unmanned warning set mode and the manned warning set mode are set, the control unit 215 determines that an abnormality has occurred and the warning release mode is set. When a detection signal is received from any of the disaster prevention sensor 23A, the emergency button 23C, and the equipment sensor 23D, it is determined that there is an abnormality.
When the control unit 215 determines that an abnormality has occurred, the control unit 215 transmits an abnormality signal indicating the abnormality to the monitoring center 3 from the communication unit 211.

  When the emergency earthquake warning is received from the communication device 22, the control unit 215 is set to the evacuation support mode, and the operation display unit 214 performs the time until the main motion of the earthquake arrives and the evacuation warning as described later. Further, the detection information of the occupant sensor 23 </ b> C and the evacuation site sensor 23 </ b> F in the monitoring target facility 1 is collected and transmitted to the communication device 22.

<Communication device>
Next, the communication device 22 will be described with reference to FIG.
The communication device 22 is a communication device that is roughly configured from a communication unit 221, a storage unit 222, and a control unit 223 and is connected to the Internet network of the network 6.
The control unit 223 is realized by a CPU, a memory, and the like, and controls each unit of the communication device 22 according to various programs stored in the memory.

  The communication unit 221 is a communication interface that connects the communication device 22 to the network 6 and the controller 21. The network 6 to which the communication device 22 is connected is an Internet network, and the communication device 22 is connected to the rescue support center 4 and the emergency earthquake bulletin distribution server 5 via the Internet network.

  The storage unit 222 includes a ROM / RAM, a hard disk drive (HDD), and the like, and stores the IP address of the communication device 22 assigned by a provider or the like.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, the structure of the center apparatus 41 which comprises the rescue assistance center 4 is demonstrated.
The center device 41 includes a database unit 411, a display unit 412, a control unit 413, and a communication unit 414. The communication unit 414 communicates with the communication device 22 via the network 6.

  The database unit 411 includes information on the monitored facility 1, the controller 21, the communication device 22, and the user, that is, the name, address, telephone number, identification number of the controller 21, the IP address of the communication device 22, and usage. The name of each person is stored and managed in association with each other.

  The control unit 413 determines the evacuation situation in the monitoring target facility 1 based on the sensor detection information and the security mode information received from the communication device 22, and determines the necessity of rescue, priority order, and the like based on the determination result.

  The display unit 412 displays the evacuation status of the monitored facility 1 determined by the control unit 413, the rescue priority order, and the like on the display.

<Description of operation>
Hereinafter, the operation of the rescue support system according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing of the monitoring device 2, that is, the communication device 22 and the controller 21 when the communication device 22 receives the earthquake early warning.
When the communication device 22 receives the emergency earthquake bulletin from the emergency earthquake bulletin distribution server 5 via the network 6, the communication device 221 sends the emergency earthquake bulletin to the controller 21 via the LAN.
When the communication unit 211 receives emergency earthquake warning information from the communication device 22 (step S001), the control unit 215 of the controller 21 sets the operation mode to the evacuation support mode. (Step S002)

  The control unit 215 reads and determines the current security mode stored in the storage unit 213 (step S003). If the control unit 215 is set to the “unmanned security set mode”, the control unit 215 is unmanned along with the identification information of the monitoring target facility 1. Is sent from the communication unit 211 to the rescue support center 4 via the communication device 22. (Step S004)

If the current security mode stored in the storage unit 213 is set to “warning release mode” or “manned warning set mode”, the inside of the monitored facility 1 is manned, so the speakers constituting the operation display unit 214 The evacuation warning will be given by voice and the scale of the earthquake and the time until the earthquake will be displayed on the LCD. (Step S005)
Further, a sound for guiding evacuation is output from a speaker 24 installed in a predetermined evacuation site 11 (for example, a shelter or a sturdy table).

  A user who listens to an evacuation warning by voice from the controller 21 or the speaker 24 evacuates outdoors if there is room to evacuate outside from the time until the occurrence of the main movement, but indoors if there is no time allowance. Evacuate to the evacuation site 11 provided in

Then, when a predetermined time before the time when the main motion obtained from the earthquake early warning occurs, for example, 3 seconds before (step S006), the occupant sensor 23C and the evacuation site 11 installed in the monitored facility The detection information of the installed evacuation site sensor 23F is collected (step S007), and transmitted to the rescue support center 4 from the communication unit 211 via the communication device 22 together with the identification information of the monitored facility 1. (Step S008)
Here, the sensor detection information to be transmitted includes information indicating the ID, installation location, and type of the detected sensor.

Next, the operation of the center device 41 will be described with reference to FIG.
In the center device 4, when the unmanned information or the sensor detection information transmitted from the communication device 22 is received by the communication unit 414 (step S101), the control unit 413, in accordance with the determination table shown in FIG. The evacuation situation and rescue priority are determined (steps S102 to S103).
That is, in the detection information of the sensor, if the occupant sensor 23C other than the evacuation place 11 detects and the evacuation place sensor 23F is not detected, all of the evacuation places 11 cannot evacuate and check for rescue or safety. Is determined to be necessary, and the rescue priority is set to “high”.
Next, if the occupant sensor 23C other than the evacuation site 11 detects and also detects the evacuation site sensor 23F, some people could not evacuate to the evacuation site 11, but some people It is determined that the person has been evacuated and can confirm safety and rescue by that person, and the rescue priority is set to “medium”.
Next, if the occupant sensor 23C other than the evacuation site 11 is not detected and the evacuation site sensor 23F detects it, it is determined that all the members in the monitored facility 1 have evacuated to the evacuation site, and rescue is given priority. The degree is “low”.
Furthermore, if neither the occupant sensor 23C other than the evacuation site 11 nor the evacuation site sensor 23F detects it, it is determined that the evacuation is performed outdoors, and the rescue priority is set to “low”.

If unattended information is received from the communication device 22, it is determined that there is no need for rescue.
In the center apparatus 41, the information of the monitoring target facility is displayed on the display unit 412 in the order of rescue priority determined for each monitoring target facility 1 (step S104).

  In the first embodiment described above, the determination of the evacuation situation in the monitoring target facility 1 is performed by the center device 41 installed in the rescue support center 4. However, as another embodiment, the evacuation situation is determined by the monitoring device. A second embodiment performed at 2 will be described.

  The configuration of the monitoring device 2 is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment except that the determination table of FIG. 7 described in the center device 41 is stored in the storage unit 213.

Next, the operation of the monitoring device 2 in the second embodiment will be described.
In the operation shown in FIG. 8, the operations in steps S201 to S207 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

In step S208, the control unit 215 determines the evacuation status in each monitoring target facility 1 according to the determination table shown in FIG.
That is, if the occupant sensor 23C other than the evacuation site 11 detects and the evacuation site sensor 23F does not detect, it is determined that all of the evacuation sites 11 cannot evacuate and need to be rescued or checked for safety. The rescue priority is “high”.
Next, if the occupant sensor 23C other than the evacuation site 11 detects and also detects the evacuation site sensor 23F, some people could not evacuate to the evacuation site 11, but some people It is determined that the person has been evacuated and can confirm safety and rescue by that person, and the rescue priority is set to “medium”.
Next, if the occupant sensor 23C other than the evacuation site 11 is not detected and the evacuation site sensor 23F detects it, it is determined that all the members in the monitored facility 1 have evacuated to the evacuation site, and rescue is given priority. The degree is “low”.
Furthermore, if neither the occupant sensor 23C other than the evacuation site 11 nor the evacuation site sensor 23F detects it, it is determined that the evacuation is performed outdoors, and the rescue priority is set to “low”.

  Next, the control unit 215 transmits the evacuation status and rescue priority information together with the identification information of the monitoring target facility 1 from the communication unit 211 to the rescue support center 4 via the communication device 22. (Step S209)

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the communication device 22 and the controller 21 are described as being configured separately. However, the communication device 22 and the controller 21 may be configured to communicate with each other, and of course, they are integrated. It may be configured. In the case of an integral configuration, the cost can be reduced by configuring the communication device 22 and the controller 21 such as a control unit, a communication unit, and a storage unit to share common hardware.

  Moreover, although each said embodiment demonstrated the example which uses the monitoring apparatus 2 for a security system, it can also be set as not only this but the home gateway apparatus provided for household appliance control, for example.

Furthermore, in each said embodiment, although the sensor which detects a human body was installed in the evacuation place 11, it may be a switch which a person operates, for example.
In addition, although the speaker 24 is provided at the evacuation site to guide the evacuation by voice, in addition to this, an evacuation guide light, a flashlight, etc. are installed to guide the position of the evacuation site by light. May be.

  According to each embodiment described above, when an emergency earthquake warning is issued, immediately before the main motion of the earthquake occurs, by detecting the presence or absence of a person other than the evacuation site at the monitored facility, The user's evacuation situation can be determined.

The block diagram which shows the rescue assistance system of this invention The figure which shows the structure of the controller 21 The figure which shows the structure of the communication apparatus 22 The figure which shows the structure of the center apparatus 41 Flow chart showing the operation of the monitoring device 2 Flow chart showing operation of center device 41 The figure which shows the judgment table of evacuation situation The flowchart which shows operation | movement of other embodiment of the monitoring apparatus 2.

Explanation of symbols

1 Monitoring Facility 2 Monitoring Device 21 Controller 22 Communication Device 3 Monitoring Center 4 Rescue Support Center 41 Center Device 5 Emergency Earthquake Warning Distribution Server 6 Network

Claims (4)

A monitoring device provided in the facility to be monitored;
A center device connected to the monitoring device via a communication network;
The monitoring device
Receiving means for receiving earthquake information via the communication network;
A first sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a person outside the evacuation site in the monitored facility;
A second sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a person in the evacuation site;
Transmission means for transmitting the detection information of the first and second sensors to the center device via the communication network a predetermined time before the arrival time of the main motion of the earthquake obtained from the earthquake information;
The center device is
A rescue support system, characterized in that an evacuation situation in the monitored facility is determined based on detection information of the first sensor and the second sensor received via a communication network. The center device is
When the first sensor does not detect a person and the second sensor receives information indicating that a person has been detected, it is determined that evacuation to the evacuation site has been completed,
When the first sensor detects a person and the second sensor receives information that the person is not detected, there is no person who could evacuate at the evacuation site and there was a person who was late Judgment,
When the first sensor and the second sensor receive information that a person has been detected, it is determined that there is a person who has evacuated in the evacuation site but a person who has been delayed. 1 rescue support system. Furthermore, the monitoring device can set, as operation modes, an unmanned mode set when the monitored facility is unmanned and a manned mode set when the monitored facility is manned.
3. The rescue support system according to claim 1, wherein when the unattended mode is set, the monitoring device transmits unattended mode information to the center device when the earthquake information is received. A monitoring device provided in a monitoring target facility,
A first sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a person outside the evacuation site in the monitored facility;
A second sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a person in the evacuation site;
Receiving means for receiving earthquake information via a communication line;
Determination means for determining an evacuation situation in the monitored facility based on detection information of the first and second sensors before a predetermined time before the arrival time of the main motion of the earthquake obtained from the earthquake information received by the reception means. When,
A monitoring apparatus comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit a determination result to an external center apparatus via the communication line.

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