JP2012117887A - Wake-up system, wake-up device, server device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wake-up system capable of properly waking a user up.SOLUTION: A server device 1 comprises: a time determining part 103 for determining whether or not a time which a server-side time acquiring part 102 has acquired reaches a transmission time; and a time setting information transmitting part 104 for reading time setting information which sets a wake-up time stored in a time setting information storing part 101 and transmitting it to a wake-up device 2 when the time which the server-side time acquiring part 102 has acquired reaches the transmission time. The wake-up device 2 comprises: a wake-up time setting part 203 for setting a time which the time setting information receiving part 202 has received and the time setting information transmitted from the server device 1 shows to the wake-up time; a wake-up time determining part 205 for determining whether or not a time which a time acquiring part 201 has acquired reaches a time which the wake-up time setting part 203 has set; and an output part 206 for outputting wake-up information when a wake-up time determining part 205 determines that the time which the time acquiring part 201 has acquired reaches the wake-up time.

Description

  The present invention relates to a system including an alarm device such as an alarm clock.

  As a conventional alarm device, for example, a clock unit that measures time, an alarm time setting unit that sets an alarm time, a time coincidence detection unit that detects whether the time and the alarm time match, and an alarm time When an alarm sound storage unit for storing an alarm sound signal for informing, a speech speed conversion unit for performing a speech speed conversion process for changing a speech speed of the alarm sound signal, and a time coincidence detection unit detect a match, There has been known an alarm clock having a speaker that reproduces and outputs an alarm sound signal subjected to speech speed conversion processing (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2008-267964 (first page, FIG. 1 etc.)

  However, in the conventional wake-up system, if the user forgets to set the wake-up time, the alarm wake-up output is not performed, and as a result, the user can wake up at a desired time. There was a problem of disappearing.

  An alarm system of the present invention is an alarm system including a server device and an alarm device, and the server device includes a time setting information storage unit that stores time setting information that is information for setting an alarm time, A server-side time acquisition unit that acquires information, a time determination unit that determines whether or not the time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit is a transmission time that is a predetermined time, and a time determination unit that sets the transmission time A time setting information transmission unit that reads the time setting information stored in the time setting information storage unit and transmits the time setting information to the wake-up device when it is determined that the wake-up device acquires time information. A time setting information receiving unit that receives time setting information transmitted from the server device, and a time indicated by the time setting information received by the time setting information receiving unit. The alarm time setting unit to be set, the alarm time determination unit that determines whether the time acquired by the time acquisition unit has reached the time set by the alarm time setting unit, and the alarm time determination unit is determined to have become the alarm time In this case, the alarm system includes an output unit that outputs alarm information that is information for alarming.

  With this configuration, time setting information is transmitted from the server device at a transmission time specified in advance, and the alarm time is set at the time indicated by the time setting information, so that forgetting to set the alarm time can be eliminated. Can wake up properly.

  In the alarm system of the present invention, in the alarm system, the alarm device further includes a user time setting reception unit that receives user time setting information, which is information for setting an alarm time by the user, and the alarm time setting unit includes: When the time setting reception unit receives the user time setting information, the time indicated by the user time setting information is set as the wake-up time, and when the wake-up time is not set, the time received by the time setting information reception unit This is an alarm system that sets the time indicated by the setting information as an alarm time.

  With this configuration, when the user does not set the wake-up time, the wake-up time is set at the time indicated by the time setting information transmitted from the server device. Forgetting to set the alarm time can be eliminated while giving priority.

  Further, the alarm system of the present invention is an alarm system comprising a server device and an alarm device in the alarm system, wherein the alarm device sets a time acquisition unit for acquiring time information and a user alarm time The user time setting reception unit that receives user time setting information that is information to be received, the alarm time setting unit that sets the time indicated by the user time setting information received by the user time setting reception unit to the alarm time, and the time acquisition unit Alarm time determination unit that determines whether or not the alarm time is the time set by the alarm time setting unit, and alarm information that is information for alarm when the alarm time determination unit determines that the alarm time is When the alarm time is set by the output unit that outputs the alarm and the alarm time setting unit, the alarm time is A set information transmission unit that transmits set information that is set information to the server device, and a setting reminder information reception that receives setting remind information that is information that prompts the user to set the alarm time transmitted from the server device. And a setting dunning output unit that performs an output for prompting the user to set the alarm time according to the setting dunning information received by the setting dunning information receiving unit, and the server device receives the set information. And a set determination unit for determining whether or not the set information receiving unit has received the set information, and a setting dunning information when the set determination unit determines that the set information has not been received. An alarm system comprising: a setting reminder information transmission unit that transmits to an alarm device.

  With this configuration, when the wake-up time is not set in the wake-up device, it is possible to prompt the user to set the wake-up time, and to reduce forgetting to set the wake-up time.

  Further, the alarm system of the present invention is the alarm system, wherein the alarm device has an alarm operation time set by the alarm operation setting unit that receives an output stop operation that is an operation for stopping the output of alarm information by the user, and an alarm time setting unit. The time information acquisition unit that acquires the set time information that is the information of the output and the stop operation time information that is the information of the time when the output stop operation is received, the set time information that is acquired by the time information acquisition unit, and the stop operation time information And a time information transmitting unit that transmits to the server device, the server device receiving a set time information and a stop operation time information transmitted from the alarm device, and a time information Time information storage unit for storing information received by the reception unit, and time information storage for storing information received by the time information reception unit in the time information storage unit A further alarm systems with and.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to grasp the user's wake-up state by confirming the set time of the wake-up time or grasping the state of the stop operation for the output of the wake-up information on the server device side.

  The alarm system of the present invention is an alarm system comprising a server device and an alarm device in the alarm system, wherein the server device stores time setting information that is information for setting an alarm time. An information storage unit, a server-side time acquisition unit that acquires time information, a server-side alarm time determination unit that determines whether or not the time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit has reached the time indicated by the time setting information, When the server-side wake-up time determination unit determines that the time indicated by the time setting information has been reached, output for transmitting output instruction information, which is information for instructing output of wake-up information, which is information for wake-up, to the wake-up device And an instruction information transmitting unit, wherein the alarm device receives an output instruction information transmitted from the server device, and outputs an output instruction information receiving unit. An output unit for outputting the alarm information which is information for alarm in response to an output instruction information indicates information receiving unit accepts a alarm system comprising a.

  With this configuration, the alarm device outputs alarm information according to the output instruction information transmitted from the server device at the alarm time, thereby eliminating the troublesomeness of setting the alarm time.

  Further, the alarm system of the present invention is the alarm system, wherein the alarm device includes a user status information acquisition unit for acquiring user status information, which is information indicating a user status after the output unit outputs the alarm information, and a user status A user status information transmission unit that transmits the user status information acquired by the information acquisition unit to the server device, and a warning output that is information for instructing output of the warning information that is information for the warning transmitted from the server device A warning output instruction receiving unit that receives the instruction information, and the output unit further outputs the warning information when the warning output instruction receiving unit receives the warning output instruction information. The user status information receiving unit that receives the user status information transmitted from the alarm device and the user status information are used to determine whether or not the user has woken up. The wake-up determination unit, and the wake-up determination unit further includes a wake-up output instruction transmission unit for transmitting the caution output instruction information to the wake-up device when the user determines that the user has not woken up. .

  With this configuration, it is possible to automatically recognize a user who does not get up after outputting the alarm information and output information for calling attention to get up.

  In the alarm system of the present invention, in the alarm system, the alarm device has a battery as a drive power source, and the alarm device acquires the remaining battery power information that is information indicating the remaining battery power. An amount acquisition unit; and a remaining battery amount transmission unit that transmits the remaining battery amount information acquired by the remaining battery amount acquisition unit to the server device, wherein the server device transmits the remaining battery amount transmitted from the alarm device. When the remaining battery level information receiving unit that receives the information and the remaining battery level indicated by the remaining battery level information is less than a predetermined value, a warning is given to one or more destinations specified in advance. The alarm system further includes a battery warning transmission unit that transmits information to be transmitted.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily take measures against the battery exhaustion by transmitting the remaining amount of the battery to a desired transmission destination other than the alarm device such as the user or the server administrator. For example, it is possible to purchase a replacement battery on the way back to a room with a wake-up device or the like by transmitting information that warns that the battery has run out to the mobile phone of the user who is out.

  According to the alarm system or the like according to the present invention, the alarm can be appropriately performed.

Block diagram of alarm system in embodiment 1 of the present invention The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the server apparatus of the alarm system The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the alarm device 2 of the alarm system Conceptual diagram of the alarm system The figure which shows the time setting management information of the alarm system The figure which shows the setting time information management table of the alarm system The figure which shows the stop operation time information management table of the same alarm system The figure which shows the example of a display of the user status information of the alarm system FIG. 9A shows image information when the user of the alarm system is sleeping (FIG. 9A), and FIG. 9B shows image information after the user gets up (FIG. 9B). The figure which shows the battery warning transmission destination management information of the alarm system The figure which shows an example of the email which the battery warning transmission part 112 of the alarm system transmits Block diagram of alarm system in embodiment 2 of the present invention Flowchart for explaining the operation of the server device of the alarm system Flowchart for explaining the operation of the alarm device of the alarm system The figure which shows the set information management table of the alarm system The figure which shows the example of a display of the setting reminder information of the alarm system Block diagram of alarm system in embodiment 3 of the present invention The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the server apparatus of the alarm system Flowchart showing the operation of the alarm device of the alarm system The figure which shows an example of the time setting management information of the alarm system The figure which shows an example of a structure of the computer system in each embodiment of this invention

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an alarm system and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, description may be abbreviate | omitted again.

(Embodiment 1)
In the present embodiment, a description will be given of an alarm system in which an alarm time of an alarm device is set based on time setting information transmitted from a server device.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an alarm system 1000 in the present embodiment.

  The alarm system 1000 includes a server device 1 and one or more alarm devices 2. However, in FIG. 1, in order to simplify the description, a case where there is one alarm device 2 is described as an example.

  The server device 1 includes a time setting information storage unit 101, a server-side time acquisition unit 102, a time determination unit 103, a time setting information transmission unit 104, a time information reception unit 105, a time information storage unit 106, a time information storage unit 107, a wake-up A determination unit 109, a user status information reception unit 108, a warning output instruction transmission unit 110, a battery remaining amount information reception unit 111, and a battery warning transmission unit 112 are provided.

  The alarm device 2 includes a time acquisition unit 201, a time setting information reception unit 202, an alarm time setting unit 203, an alarm time storage unit 204, an alarm time determination unit 205, an output unit 206, a user time setting reception unit 207, and a stop operation reception unit. 208, time information acquisition unit 209, time information transmission unit 210, user status information acquisition unit 211, user status information transmission unit 212, alert output instruction reception unit 213, remaining battery level acquisition unit 214, remaining battery level transmission unit 215, A battery 216 and an imaging unit 220 are provided.

  The server device 1 and the one or more alarm devices 2 are connected to each other via a network such as the Internet so that data can be transmitted and received. The connection to the network may be a wireless connection or a wired connection. However, a communication means, a communication system, etc. between the server apparatus 1 and the wake-up apparatus 2 are not ask | required.

  The time setting information storage unit 101 stores time setting information that is information for setting an alarm time. The wake-up time is, for example, the time at which wake-up is performed. The alarm time may be considered as the time at which information for alarm is output. The time setting information includes at least information on the time when the alarm is performed. The time setting information may further include information such as date, day of the week, and period. For example, the time setting information is information such as “Monday to Friday: 6:10 am”. However, the data structure of time setting information does not matter. The time setting information stored in the time setting information storage unit 101 may be, for example, information accumulated via a network or the like by a user who is a wake-up target, or an administrator of the server device 1 or a wake-up target. The information accumulated by the user's manager or the like may be used. For example, the time setting information may be individually prepared for a plurality of users. For example, the time setting information storage unit 101 stores time setting information in association with the user ID. However, time setting information common to a plurality of users may be prepared.

  Note that the user ID described here may be any information as long as it is information that can be identified by a user who uses one or more alarm devices 2. For example, the user ID may be a user employee number, a mobile phone number, a mail address, or the like, or a value arbitrarily set by the user. The user ID is managed in association with the alarm device 2 used by the user indicated by the user ID, for example. For example, the user ID of each user may be stored in the alarm device 2 used by each user. Further, management may be performed using management information having a user ID and identification information of the alarm device 2 in association with each other. The identification information of the wake-up device 2 is, for example, the manufacturing number, MAC address, IP address, etc. of the wake-up device 2. Moreover, you may use the identification information of the alarm device 2 which a user utilizes as a user ID.

  The server-side time acquisition unit 102 acquires time information. For example, the server-side time acquisition unit 102 may include a clock that acquires information on the current time as needed. In addition, by receiving time information transmitted from an external NTP (Network Time Protocol) server, etc. via a network, etc. at a predetermined timing or trigger, the current time information can be acquired as needed. Also good. The server-side time acquisition unit 102 is realized by a clock, for example. Moreover, you may implement | achieve by the communication means for receiving the information of time.

  The time determination unit 103 determines whether or not the time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit 102 has reached a transmission time that is a predetermined time. The transmission time is, for example, time information indicating a timing at which time setting information is transmitted to the alarm device 2. The transmission time is usually a time before the time indicated by the time setting information described above. For example, the transmission time may always be a fixed time, or may be a time that differs for each day of the week. For example, the time determination unit 103 reads and acquires the transmission time stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown). Further, the time determination unit 103 may dynamically acquire the transmission time from the time indicated by the time setting information described above. For example, the time determination unit 103 may acquire, as the transmission time, a time obtained by subtracting a predetermined time from the alarm time indicated by the time setting information described above. For example, the time determination unit 103 may determine whether or not the time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit 102 matches the transmission time, and may determine that the transmission time has been reached if they match. Alternatively, it is determined whether or not the time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit 102 is either coincident or late with respect to the transmission time, and when it is first determined that it is coincident or late It may be determined that the transmission time has come. This also applies to the determination of whether or not the time designated in advance described below has been reached. For example, when there are a plurality of alarm devices 2 associated with the user ID, the time determination unit 103 determines whether the time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit 102 is the transmission time for each user. You may make it judge. In this case, different transmission times may be used for each user.

  When the time determination unit 103 determines that the transmission time has come, the time setting information transmission unit 104 reads the time setting information stored in the time setting information storage unit 101 and transmits it to the alarm device 2 via a network or the like. To do. When there are a plurality of alarm devices 2, for example, information that manages the user ID associated with the time setting information in association with the address information indicating the transmission destination of the alarm device 2 used by each user is not illustrated. The address information associated with the user ID of the user determined to have reached the transmission time is acquired from this information so as to be stored in advance in a storage medium or the like, and the time is set in the alarm device 2 indicated by the address information. Information may be transmitted.

  The time information receiving unit 105 receives the set time information and the output stop time information transmitted from the alarm device 2. The time information receiving unit 105 may receive, for example, the set time information and the output stop time information transmitted from the alarm device 2 in association with the user ID of the user who uses the alarm device 2. The set time information and the output stop time information will be described later. Note that the time information receiving unit 105 may receive only one of the set time information and the output stop time information. Further, the time information receiving unit 105 does not need to receive the set time information and the output stop time information at the same time.

  The time information storage unit 106 stores information received by the time information reception unit 105, that is, set time information and output stop time information. However, only one of the set time information and the output stop time information may be stored. The time information storage unit 106 may store the set time information and the output stop time information in association with the user ID received together with these.

  The time information accumulation unit 107 accumulates the information received by the time information reception unit 105, that is, the set time information and the output stop time information in the time information storage unit 106. For example, when the time information receiving unit 105 receives the set time information and the output stop time information associated with the user ID, the time information storage unit 107 stores these information in association with the received user ID. To do.

  The user status information receiving unit 108 receives user status information transmitted from the alarm device 2. The user status information is information indicating the user status acquired by the wake-up device 2 after the wake-up time, for example. For example, the user state information is image information taken by the alarm device 2. The image information may be a still image or a moving image. For example, when an imaging unit (not shown) of the wake-up device 2 is arranged toward the periphery of the user's sleeping position, the captured image information is information of an image captured around the user's sleeping position. Further, for example, when an imaging unit (not shown) of the alarm device 2 is arranged to face the user at bedtime, the captured image information is information of an image captured of the user. The user status information may be information output by a sensor that detects a moving object installed in the alarm device 2. Sensors that detect moving objects are, for example, sensors that detect the difference between the surface temperature in a warning area, such as so-called passive sensors, and the far-infrared rays radiated from the surface of the human body. For example, a light projecting / receiving sensor for detecting reflected light. A sensor for detecting a moving object is a known technique such as a security sensor. The information output by the sensor is, for example, information indicating whether or not a moving object has been detected within the detection area of the sensor.

  When there are a plurality of wake-up devices 2, the user state information receiving unit 108 receives, for example, user state information associated with the user ID.

  The wakeup determination unit 109 determines whether or not the user has woken up using the user state information received by the user state information reception unit 108. Hereinafter, an example of determination processing when the received user state information is image information and information indicating sensor output will be described.

  For example, when the user status information received by the user status information reception unit 108 is image information, the wake-up determination unit 109 compares the image indicated by the user status information with the image at the time of the user's going to bed. It is determined whether or not has been woken up. As a specific example, image information of the user's sleeping bed taken by the alarm device 2 at the time of user's sleeping and after the user's getting up is stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown) of the server device 1. . Then, the alarm device 2 captures image information of the user's bed after outputting alarm information to be described later, and transmits this image information to the server device 1 as user status information. The composition of the user status information image is preferably the same as the composition of the image indicated by the image information stored in the server device 1 in advance. Then, the image indicated by the user status information is compared with the image at bedtime and the image after waking up stored in advance, and it is determined which image the image indicated by the user status information is closer to. And it is judged that it is in the state at the time of imaging | photography of the image judged that the user is near. For example, if it is determined that the image indicated by the user status information is close to the image captured at bedtime, it is determined that the user has not woken up. If it is determined that the image is close to the image taken after getting up, it is determined that the user is getting up. Note that whether the image indicated by the user status information is closer (similar) to the image at bedtime or the image after waking up is detected by, for example, a so-called shape recognition function from each image. The determination is made based on whether or not the shapes are similar to each other, or the determination of the similarity of images disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 9-270082, for example. Further, by extracting a vector indicating the feature amount of each image and machine learning the vector, similarity may be determined, or similarity may be determined from a distance between vectors indicating the feature amount.

  Note that the image captured by the alarm device 2 does not have to be an image of a sleeping bed, for example, an image captured by the alarm device 2 of a user's location at the time of alarm, such as an image captured in a bedroom. There may be.

  In addition, when the user state information is associated with the user ID, it is preferable that the image information used for the comparison is image information captured by the alarm device 2 associated with the same user ID.

  In addition, when the user status information received by the user status information receiving unit 108 is, for example, information indicating a detection result output by a sensor that detects a moving object, the information indicating that the user status information has detected a moving object. If it is information indicating that a moving object has been detected, it is determined that the user has woken up, and if it is not information indicating that a moving object has been detected, it is determined that the user has not woken up. . This is because if the sensor detects a moving object, it is assumed that the user has woken up and moved more than the sensor can detect.If the sensor does not detect a moving object, the user is asleep and the user's movement This is because the sensor is considered to be smaller than the level detectable by the sensor.

  Note that the determination process of the wake-up determination unit 109 may be other than the process described above. Further, even if the user status information received by the user status information receiving unit 108 is information other than the above-described user status information, the process according to the user status information may be performed.

  The alert output instruction transmission unit 110 transmits alert output instruction information, which is information for instructing an alert output, to the wake-up device 2 when the wake-up determination unit 109 determines that the user has not woken up. The alert output instruction information is, for example, information that instructs the alarm device 2 to perform an output that alerts the user to wake up. It may be thought of as a command that causes a warning output. The alert output instruction information is stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown), for example. For example, the alert output instruction transmission unit 110 transmits the alert output instruction information to the alarm device 2 indicated by the user ID associated with the user state information received by the user state information receiving unit 108.

  The battery remaining amount information receiving unit 111 receives battery remaining amount information transmitted from the alarm device 2. The battery remaining amount information is information indicating the remaining amount of the battery serving as the power source of the alarm device 2. For example, the battery remaining amount information is a value indicating the remaining amount of the battery in percentage or a value indicating the remaining driveable time of the alarm device 2. In addition, since the battery voltage usually decreases as the remaining battery level decreases, the remaining battery level information may be a value indicating the battery voltage. The battery remaining amount information receiving unit 111 may receive the remaining battery amount information transmitted in association with the user ID.

  When the remaining battery level indicated by the remaining battery level information is less than a predetermined value, the battery warning transmitting unit 112 transmits battery warning information to one or more predetermined destinations. . For example, the battery warning transmission unit 112 compares the value of the remaining battery level indicated by the remaining battery level information with a threshold value regarding the remaining battery level stored in a storage medium (not shown) in advance, so that the remaining battery level is smaller than the threshold When it becomes, the information which warns of a battery exhaustion is transmitted. The information that warns that the battery has run out is information such as an image or text that warns that the battery has run out. For example, text information such as “The battery level is low. The battery needs to be replaced.” The one or more transmission destinations specified in advance are, for example, transmission destinations associated with the alarm device 2 that is the transmission source of the battery calculation information. The transmission destination designated in advance is preferably a device other than the wake-up device 2, for example. The transmission destination designated in advance is, for example, a mobile phone or a computer used by the user of the alarm device 2 that is the transmission source of the remaining battery level information (that is, the user indicated by the user ID received together with the remaining battery level information) A server administrator of the server device 1 or an administrator's mobile phone or computer that manages users in a company or the like. Further, it may be a telephone or a facsimile. Information such as a mail address and a telephone number indicating a transmission destination designated in advance is stored in, for example, a storage medium (not shown). When there are a plurality of alarm devices 2, information such as a mail address and a telephone number indicating a destination specified in advance is stored in a storage medium (not shown) in association with a user ID that uses the alarm device 2, for example. Thus, when transmitting warning information, information indicating the transmission destination corresponding to the user ID received together with the remaining battery information may be read from this storage medium or the like.

  The alarm device 2 is a device having a function for alarming. The alarm device 2 is, for example, an alarm clock. Further, it may be an apparatus such as a cellular phone having a wake-up function or an AV device such as a television set. The wake-up function is a device that outputs wake-up information to be described later, for example, at a wake-up time that is a predesignated time. Here, as an example, a case will be described in which the alarm device 2 is information that operates using the battery 216 as an operating power source.

  The time acquisition unit 201 acquires time information. The configuration and the like of the time acquisition unit 201 are the same as those of the server-side time acquisition unit 102 described above, and thus description thereof is omitted here.

  The time setting information receiving unit 202 receives time setting information transmitted from the server device 1.

  The alarm time setting unit 203 sets the time indicated by the time setting information received by the time setting information receiving unit 202 as the alarm time. The wake-up time is, for example, a time at which wake-up information described later is output. Setting the wake-up time may be considered as accumulating wake-up time information, which is information for setting the wake-up time, in the wake-up time storage unit 204 described later. The alarm time information is information having at least alarm time information. The alarm time setting unit 203 acquires, for example, alarm time information included in the time setting information, and accumulates the acquired alarm time information in an alarm time storage unit 204 described later as information for setting the alarm time.

  The alarm time setting unit 203 may set the time indicated by the user time setting information as the alarm time when the user time setting reception unit 207 described later receives the user time setting information.

  When inputting the user time setting information, authentication data such as a user ID and a password is input and transmitted to the server device 1 to perform user authentication for identity verification in the server device 3. Thus, the user time setting information may be set, or the user time setting information may be deleted or changed only when authentication is permitted. Further, when the authentication is not permitted, the user may be allowed to register authentication data for new user registration, and the user may be authenticated as a regular user after the registration is completed. The user authentication may be any authentication such as authentication using a password, fingerprint authentication, voiceprint authentication, iris authentication, or the like. The authentication data is, for example, a combination of a user ID and a password, a user fingerprint, a user voice, a user iris, or the like.

  Further, the alarm time setting unit 203 sets the time indicated by the user time setting information as the alarm time when the user time setting reception unit 207 (to be described later) receives the user time setting information, and the time setting information reception unit When the time setting information is received by the time setting information 202 and the alarm time is not set, the time indicated by the time setting information received by the time setting information receiving unit 202 may be set as the alarm time. For example, when the time setting information receiving unit 202 receives the time setting information, the alarm time setting unit 203 determines whether information for setting an alarm time is stored in the alarm time storage unit 204 described later. If it is determined that it is stored, the time indicated by the received time setting information is not set as the wake-up time. If it is determined that the information for setting the wake-up time is not stored in the wake-up time storage unit 204, the wake-up time for setting the time indicated by the time setting information received by the time setting information receiving unit 202 as the wake-up time Information may be stored in the alarm time storage unit 204. When the alarm time information is associated with information such as date and day of the week, when determining whether the alarm time has already been set, it is associated with the same date and day of week information. It may be determined whether or not information for setting the alarm time is stored.

  The alarm time storage unit 204 stores alarm time information that is information for setting an alarm time.

  The alarm time determination unit 205 determines whether or not the time acquired by the time acquisition unit 201 has reached the time set by the alarm time setting unit 203. The wake-up time set by the wake-up time setting unit 203 is, for example, the time indicated by the wake-up time information stored in the wake-up time storage unit 204. The alarm time determination unit 205 compares the time acquired by the time acquisition unit 201 with the alarm time set by the alarm time setting unit 203, and determines whether or not the time acquired by the time acquisition unit 201 is an alarm time. Judging. This comparison is the same as the determination of whether or not the time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit 102 performed by the time determination unit 103 described above has become a transmission time designated in advance, and the description thereof is omitted here.

  The output unit 206 outputs alarm information that is information for alarm when the alarm time determination unit 205 determines that the alarm time has come. The alarm information may be any output that can give some stimulus for alarm to the user's sense. The alarm information is, for example, information such as alarm sound, vibration, blinking light, character strings or images stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown), and the output of alarm information is the output of these information. is there. The alarm sound is output from, for example, a speaker. Further, the vibration is output by vibrating a vibrating body attached to the alarm device 2. Further, the blinking of light is output by repeatedly turning on and off a light or the like attached to the alarm device 2. Further, the output of the character string or image is performed by displaying the character string or image on a monitor or the like (not shown). The output of the alarm information may be an output of an image and sound from a television, an output of sound from audio, lighting of an illumination, or the like.

  The output unit 206 further outputs the alert information when the alert output instruction receiving unit 213 (described later) receives the alert output instruction information. The alert information is, for example, information similar to the alarm information. However, the alarm sound, the type of vibration, the blinking pattern of light, the information such as the output character string and image may be different from the alarm information.

  Note that after the output unit 206 outputs the alarm information, the alarm device 2 may delete the alarm time information stored in the alarm time storage unit 204 corresponding to the output alarm information.

  The user time setting reception unit 207 receives user time setting information that is information for setting a wake-up time by the user. The alarm time setting information is information including at least a set time. The alarm time setting information may further include information such as date and day of the week.

  User time setting information can be received by receiving information input from an input device such as a keyboard, mouse, or touch panel, receiving information transmitted via a wired or wireless communication line, optical disk, magnetic disk, semiconductor memory, etc. It is a concept including reception of information read from a recording medium. The input means for the alarm time setting information may be anything such as a numeric keypad, keyboard, mouse, dial, or menu screen.

  The stop operation reception unit 208 receives an output stop operation that is an operation to stop the output of the alarm information by the user. The output stop operation is, for example, an operation for stopping the alarm sound, an operation for stopping the vibration of the alarm device 2, or an operation for terminating the display of the character string or image on the monitor or the like. The input means for the output stop operation may be anything such as a button, numeric keypad, keyboard, mouse, or menu screen.

  The time information acquisition unit 209 acquires set time information, which is information on the wake-up time set by the wake-up time setting unit 203, and stop operation time information, which is information on the time when the output stop operation is accepted.

  The time information acquisition unit 209 acquires set time information indicating the wake-up time each time the wake-up time setting unit 203 sets the wake-up time, for example. The time information acquisition unit 209 may acquire set time information including information on whether or not the setting is made so that the wake-up information is output at the set wake-up time.

  Further, the time information acquisition unit 209 acquires information indicating the time when the stop operation reception unit 208 has received the output stop operation from the time acquisition unit 201 as the stop operation time information, for example.

  Note that the time information acquisition unit 209 may acquire only one of the set time information and the stop operation time information.

  The time information transmission unit 210 transmits the set time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit 209 and the output stop time information to the server device 1. Further, the time information transmission unit 210 may transmit the user ID of the user of the alarm device 2 in association with the set time information and the stop operation time information, for example. Note that the time information transmission unit 210 may transmit only one of the set time information and the output stop time information. Further, the set time information and the output stop time information need not be transmitted simultaneously.

  The user status information acquisition unit 211 acquires user status information that is information indicating the user status after the output unit 206 outputs the wake-up information. For example, as described above, the user state information is image information captured by the imaging unit 220 or the like attached to the alarm device 2 or information output by a sensor that detects a moving object attached to the alarm device 2. The user state information acquisition unit 211 may include an imaging unit for acquiring user state information, a sensor that detects a moving object, or the like inside, or may be provided outside. In the present embodiment, an example in which alarm device 2 includes imaging unit 220 will be described. Note that when a sensor or the like is used, a sensor may be provided instead of the imaging unit 220. The user state information acquisition unit 211 acquires user state information after outputting the alarm information. The user status information acquisition unit 211 acquires user status information that is image information, for example, by performing imaging with the imaging unit 220. In addition, the user state information acquisition unit 211 may acquire information output from a sensor (not shown), for example. The sensor output may be sequentially stored in a storage medium (not shown) until the user status information acquisition unit acquires it. The user state information acquisition unit 211 may determine after the output of the alarm information. For example, the time point when the alarm information is output from the output unit 206 may be detected, and the time point after the detected time point may be determined as after the output. Further, it may be determined that the time after the alarm time is after output.

  The user status information transmission unit 212 transmits the user status information acquired by the user status information acquisition unit 211 to the server device 1. For example, the user status information transmission unit 212 may transmit the user status information in association with the user ID of the user who uses the alarm device 2.

  The alert output instruction receiving unit 213 receives alert output instruction information that is information for instructing output of alert information that is information for alert transmitted from the server device 1.

  The remaining battery level acquisition unit 214 acquires remaining battery level information that is information indicating the remaining level of the battery 216 that is the operating power supply. The battery remaining amount information may be any information as long as it indicates the remaining amount of the battery as a result. The battery remaining amount information is information indicating the remaining amount of the battery, for example, as a percentage, the remaining operable time of the alarm device 2, and the like. Further, the remaining battery information may be information indicating the value of the output voltage of the battery 216. The remaining battery level acquisition unit 214 may acquire the remaining battery level information in any manner. The battery remaining amount acquisition unit 214 acquires battery remaining amount information from the output voltage of the battery 216, for example. Since the process of acquiring information indicating the remaining battery level is a known technique, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The remaining battery level transmission unit 215 transmits the remaining battery level information acquired by the remaining battery level acquisition unit 214 to the server device 1. For example, the remaining battery level transmission unit 215 may transmit the remaining battery level information in association with the user ID of the user who uses the alarm device 2.

  The battery 216 is used as a drive power source for the alarm device 2. The battery 216 may be a rechargeable battery such as a lithium ion battery, or may be a non-chargeable battery such as a so-called dry battery.

  The imaging unit 220 captures a subject and acquires image information. The image to be captured may be a still image or a moving image. The imaging unit 220 is a camera, for example. Note that the imaging unit 220 may be provided in the user state information acquisition unit 211. In addition, as the imaging unit 220, an imaging unit outside the alarm device 2 may be used. When the user state information acquisition unit 211 acquires the output of the sensor as user state information, a sensor that detects a moving object or the like may be used instead of the imaging unit 220.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the server device 1 of the alarm system 1000. The operation will be described below with reference to FIG. Here, a case where a plurality of time setting information is stored in the time setting information storage unit 101 in association with each user ID will be described as an example. Also, address management information, which is information in which a plurality of user IDs are associated with address information (for example, IP address) of the alarm device 2 used by each user, is stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown). It is assumed that it has been accumulated.

  (Step S201) The server-side time acquisition unit 102 acquires the current time. The minimum unit of time does not matter. For example, the time is acquired in seconds.

  (Step S202) The time determination unit 103 substitutes 1 for a counter n.

  (Step S203) The time determination unit 103 acquires the transmission time corresponding to the nth user ID. The time setting information corresponding to the nth user ID is read from the time setting information storage unit 101, and a time obtained by subtracting a predetermined time from the time indicated by the read time setting information is the timing at which the time setting information is transmitted. It is acquired as the transmission time to determine whether or not there is.

  (Step S204) The time determination unit 103 determines whether or not the time acquired in step S201 matches the transmission time acquired in step S203. If they match, the process proceeds to step S205, and if they do not match, the process proceeds to step S206. The coincidence here may include an error specified in advance.

  (Step S205) The time setting information transmitting unit 104 reads time setting information corresponding to the nth user ID and transmits the time setting information to the alarm device 2 corresponding to the nth user ID. For example, the address information of the wake-up device 2 corresponding to the nth user ID is acquired from the above-described address management information or the like, and the time setting information is transmitted to the wake-up device 2 using this address information.

  (Step S206) The time determination unit 103 increments the value of the counter n by 1.

  (Step S207) The time determination unit 103 determines whether or not the time setting information associated with the nth user ID is stored in the time setting information storage unit 101. If stored, the process returns to step S203, and if not stored, the process proceeds to step S208.

  (Step S208) The time information receiving unit 105 determines whether or not the set time information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S209. If not received, the process proceeds to step S210.

  (Step S209) The time information storage unit 107 stores the set time information received in step S208 in the time information storage unit. For example, when the set time information associated with the user ID is received in step S208, the time information storage unit 107 stores the set time information in association with the user ID. Then, the process returns to step S201.

  (Step S210) The time information receiving unit 105 determines whether or not output stop time information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S211, and if not received, the process proceeds to step S212.

  (Step S211) The time information storage unit 107 stores the output stop time information received in Step S210 in the time information storage unit. For example, when the output stop time information associated with the user ID is received in step S210, the time information accumulation unit 107 accumulates the set time information in association with the user ID. Then, the process returns to step S201.

  (Step S212) The user status information receiving unit 108 determines whether user status information has been received. For example, the user status information receiving unit 108 determines whether user status information associated with the user ID has been received. If user status information has been received, the process proceeds to step S213, and if not received, the process proceeds to step S215.

  (Step S213) The wake-up determination unit 109 determines whether or not the user has woken up using the user status information received in step S212. For example, when the user status information is image information obtained by photographing a sleeping area, this image information is stored in advance in association with the user ID associated with the user status information received in step S212. The image information is compared with the image information after getting up, and it is determined whether or not the user has got up. If it is determined that the user has woken up, the process returns to step S201. If it is determined that the user has not woken up, the process proceeds to step S214.

  (Step S214) The alert output instruction transmission unit 110 transmits the alert output instruction information to the alarm device 2 associated with the user ID associated with the user state information received in Step S212. You may make it transmit simply to the alarm device 2 used as the transmission source of user status information. Then, the process returns to step S201.

  (Step S215) The battery remaining amount information receiving unit 111 determines whether or not battery remaining amount information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S216. If not received, the process returns to step S201.

  (Step S216) The battery warning transmitter 112 determines whether or not the value indicated by the remaining battery level information received in step S215 is smaller than a threshold value specified in advance. If the value is small, the process proceeds to step S217. If the value is not small, the process returns to step S201.

  (Step S <b> 217) The battery warning transmission unit 112 transmits information that warns that the battery has run out to the alarm device 2 that is a transmission source of the remaining battery information. Then, the process returns to step S201.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 2, the server side time acquisition unit 102 may acquire the time continuously in parallel with other processes.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 2, the process is terminated by powering off or a process termination interrupt.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the alarm device 2 of the alarm system 1000. Hereinafter, the operation will be described with reference to FIG. Here, it is assumed that alarm system 1000 has a plurality of alarm devices 2, and a user ID of the user of alarm device 2 is stored in a storage unit (not shown) in alarm device 2.

  (Step S301) The time acquisition unit 201 acquires the current time. The minimum unit of time does not matter. For example, the time is acquired in seconds.

  (Step S <b> 302) The alarm time determination unit 205 determines whether alarm time information indicating the alarm time set by the alarm time setting unit 203 is stored in the alarm time storage unit 204. If stored, the process proceeds to step S303. If not stored, the process proceeds to step S307.

  (Step S303) The wake-up time determination unit 205 determines whether or not the time indicated by the wake-up time information stored in the wake-up time storage unit 204 matches the current time acquired in step S301. If they match, the process proceeds to step S304, and if they do not match, the process proceeds to step S305. The coincidence here may include an error specified in advance.

  (Step S304) The output unit 206 outputs alarm information. Then, the process returns to step S301.

  (Step S305) The stop operation reception unit 208 determines whether alarm information is being output. If it is outputting, it will progress to step S306, and if it is not outputting, it will progress to step S310.

  (Step S306) The stop operation reception unit 208 determines whether or not an operation for stopping the output of the alarm information is received. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S307, and if not accepted, the process proceeds to step S310.

  (Step S307) The output unit 206 stops outputting the alarm information.

  (Step S308) The time information acquisition unit 209 acquires output stop time information indicating the current time acquired in the immediately preceding step S301.

  (Step S309) The time information transmission unit 210 transmits the output stop time information acquired in Step S310 to the server device 1 in association with the user ID. Then, the process returns to step S301.

  (Step S310) The user time setting reception unit 207 determines whether user time setting information has been received. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S311. If not accepted, the process proceeds to step S314.

  (Step S311) The wake-up time setting unit 203 sets the time indicated by the user time setting information received in step S310 as the wake-up time. Here, alarm time information whose alarm time is the time indicated by the user time setting information is accumulated in alarm time storage unit 204.

  (Step S312) The time information acquisition unit 209 acquires set time information indicating the alarm time set by the alarm time setting unit 203 in step S311.

  (Step S313) The time information transmission unit 210 transmits the set time information acquired in Step S312 to the server device 1 in association with the user ID. Then, the process returns to step S301.

  (Step S314) The time setting information receiving unit 202 determines whether or not time setting information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S315. If not received, the process proceeds to step S318.

  (Step S315) The wake-up time setting unit 203 sets the time indicated by the time setting information received in step S314 as the wake-up time. Here, alarm time information having the time indicated by the time setting information as an alarm time is stored in alarm time storage unit 204.

  (Step S316) The time information acquisition unit 209 acquires set time information indicating the alarm time set by the alarm time setting unit 203 in step S315.

  (Step S317) The time information transmission unit 210 transmits the set time information acquired in Step S316 to the server device 1 in association with the user ID. Then, the process returns to step S301.

  (Step S318) The user state information acquisition unit 211 determines whether it is time to acquire user state information. For example, when the timing to acquire after a predetermined time has elapsed since the stop operation for the alarm information is determined, it is determined whether or not the current time matches the time when the predetermined time has elapsed, If they match, it is determined that it is time to acquire, and if they do not match, it is determined that it is not time to acquire. If it is the acquisition timing, the process proceeds to step S319, and if it is not the acquisition timing, the process proceeds to step S321. The coincidence here may include an error specified in advance.

  (Step S319) The user status information acquisition unit 211 acquires user status information. For example, the imaging unit 220 is controlled to acquire image information that is user state information. Or the information which shows the presence or absence of the newest moving body which the sensor which is not illustrated detects.

  (Step S320) The user status information transmission unit 212 transmits user status information to the server device 1. Then, the process returns to step S301.

  (Step S321) The alert output instruction receiving unit 213 determines whether alert output instruction information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S322. If not received, the process proceeds to step S323.

  (Step S322) The output unit 206 outputs alert information. Note that the output of the alert information is automatically stopped after being output for a certain time, for example. Then, the process returns to step S301.

  (Step S323) The remaining battery level acquisition unit 214 determines whether it is time to acquire remaining battery level information. For example, the time is counted, and it is determined that it is the timing to acquire every time the count value reaches a predetermined time. If it is the time to acquire, the process proceeds to step S324, and if it is not the time to acquire, the process returns to step S301.

  (Step S324) The battery remaining amount acquisition unit 214 acquires battery remaining amount information indicating the remaining battery amount of the battery 216.

  (Step S325) The battery remaining amount transmitting unit 215 transmits the remaining battery amount information acquired in Step S324 to the server device 1 in association with the user ID. Then, the process returns to step S301.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 3, the process in which the time acquisition unit 201 acquires the time may be continuously performed in parallel with other processes.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 3, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process is terminated.

  Hereinafter, a specific operation of alarm system 1000 in the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of the alarm system 1000. In this specific example, the alarm device 2 is assumed to be an alarm clock connected to a network such as the Internet. It is assumed that the alarm device 2 is disposed on the bedside, for example. Here, a case where the alarm system 1000 includes N alarm devices 2 (N is an integer of 2 or more) will be described. In the figure, the first alarm device 2 is shown as an alarm device 2-1, the N-th alarm device 2 is shown as an alarm device 2-N, and the like. However, the alarm device 2 may be one. Each alarm device 2 is assumed to store the user ID of the user of the alarm device 2 in a storage medium (not shown).

  First, it is assumed that the user A enters the bed in the bedroom where the alarm device 2-1 storing the user ID “A001” is installed, and goes to bed without setting the alarm time.

  FIG. 5 is time setting management information for managing time setting information stored in the time setting information storage unit 101 of the server device 1. The time setting management information has one or more records having information of items “user ID”, “time setting information”, and “transmission time”. “User ID” corresponds to a user ID set in each alarm device 2. “Time setting information” is time setting information. Here, the time setting information is information indicating the time set as the wake-up time, and the minimum unit of time is minutes. The “transmission time” is a transmission time indicating the time at which the time setting information is transmitted. Here, the “transmission time” is automatically set to a time obtained by subtracting 6 hours, which is a predetermined time, from the time indicated by the corresponding “time setting information”. It shall be set.

  In the server device 1, the server-side time acquisition unit 102 sequentially acquires the current time. Then, the time determination unit 103 sequentially compares the current time sequentially acquired by the server side time acquisition unit 102 with the value of “transmission time” of each record of the time setting management information shown in FIG. Repeat the process to detect records.

  Here, for example, assuming that the current time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit 102 is “22:30”, only the “transmission time” of the record whose “user ID” of the time setting management information is “A001” is obtained. It is “22:30” and it is determined that the times coincide.

  Therefore, the time setting information transmission unit 104 reads “4:30”, which is the time setting information, from the record whose “user ID” is “A001” from the time setting information storage unit 101, and the user ID “A001”. Is transmitted to the alarm device 2 corresponding to. For example, transmission destination management information for managing the address information of each alarm device 2 and the user ID of the user of each alarm device 2 in association with each other in a storage medium (not shown) in the server device 1 is stored in advance. Thus, “http: //201.178.2...” Or the like corresponding to the user ID “A001” is acquired from the transmission destination management information, and read out to the alarm device 2 indicated by the address information. The time setting information “4:30” is transmitted. This address information is assumed to be address information of the alarm device 2-1 having the user ID “A001” installed in the bedroom of the user A.

  The time setting information reception unit 202 of the alarm device 2-1 receives the time setting information “4:30” transmitted from the server device 1. Upon reception, the alarm time setting unit 203 determines whether alarm time information has already been stored in the alarm time storage unit 204. Here, since the user A goes to bed without setting the wake-up time, the wake-up time information is not stored in the wake-up time storage unit 204. Therefore, the alarm time setting unit 203 sets “4:30”, which is the time indicated by the received time setting information, as the alarm time. Specifically, alarm time information indicating the time “4:30” is stored in the alarm time storage unit 204.

  Since the wake-up time is set, the time information acquisition unit 209 acquires set time information indicating the time “4:30” set as the wake-up time by the wake-up time setting unit 203. Here, it is assumed that the acquired set time information is “4:30”. Then, the time information transmission unit 210 transmits the set time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit 209 to the server device 1 in association with the user ID “A001” stored in the alarm device 2.

  When the time information receiving unit 105 of the server device 1 receives the set time information, the time information accumulating unit 107 converts the set time information into the user ID associated with the set time information and the received date and time information. The time information is stored in the time information storage unit 106 in association with each other.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a set time information management table for managing set time information stored in the time information storage unit 106.

  The time acquisition unit 201 of the alarm device 2-1 sequentially acquires the current time. The alarm time determination unit 205 matches the current time sequentially acquired by the time acquisition unit 201 with the alarm time set by the alarm time setting unit 403, that is, the time indicated by the alarm time information stored in the alarm time storage unit 204. The determination process of whether or not is repeated.

  Here, for example, it is assumed that the current time acquired by the time acquisition unit 201 is “4:30”, and the alarm time information stored in the alarm time storage unit 204 is displayed by the alarm time determination unit 205. Assume that it is determined that the time coincides with the indicated time “4:30”. That is, it is assumed that the alarm time determination unit 205 determines that the current time has become the alarm time.

  The output unit 206 outputs alarm information. Here, an alarm sound is output from the speaker 41 provided in the alarm device 2-1.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the stop operation reception unit 208 has received a user's alarm information output stop operation. For example, if the user presses the stop button 42 or the like of the alarm device 2-1, the stop operation reception unit 208 receives an output stop operation. Thereby, it is determined that the stop operation receiving unit 208 has received the output stop operation. Since the stop operation reception unit 208 has received the output stop operation, the output unit 206 stops outputting the alarm information. And the time information acquisition part 209 acquires the information which shows the present time which stopped outputting from the time acquisition part 201 as stop operation time information. If the current time at the time of acquisition is “4:31”, stop operation time information indicating “4:31” is acquired. Then, the time information transmission unit 210 transmits the stop operation time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit 209 to the server device 1 in association with the user ID “A001” stored in the alarm device 2.

  When the time information receiving unit 105 of the server device 1 receives the stop operation time information, the time information accumulating unit 107 displays the stop operation time information with the user ID associated with the stop operation time information and the received date and time. The information is stored in the time information storage unit 106 in association with the information.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a stop operation time information management table for managing stop operation time information stored in the time information storage unit 106.

  The user status information acquisition unit 211 of the alarm device 2-1 repeats the determination of whether or not it is time to acquire user status information. Here, assuming that the timing for acquiring the user status information is designated in advance 5 minutes after the alarm time, the user status information acquisition unit 211 stores the current time acquired by the time information acquisition unit 209 as the alarm time. It is determined whether the time indicated by the wake-up time information stored in unit 204 matches the value obtained by adding 5 minutes. Here, since the stored alarm time information is “4:30”, the user state information acquisition unit 211 sequentially determines whether or not the current time is “4:35”. Here, if the current time becomes “4:35”, which is a transmission time designated in advance, the user status information acquisition unit 211 acquires user status information.

  Here, the user state information acquisition unit 211 controls the imaging unit 220 included in the alarm device 2-1, and captures a still image of the bed used by the user located in front of the imaging unit 220 of the alarm device 2 at bedtime. Let Here, it is assumed that the imaging unit 220 is a still camera including an imaging element such as a CCD or a CMOS. Then, the captured still image is acquired as user state information. Note that the user state information acquisition unit 211 may or may not have the imaging unit 220. Moreover, you may make it use the imaging part 220 outside the alarm device 2-1.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a still image that is user state information acquired by the user state information acquisition unit 211.

  The user status information transmission unit 212 transmits the user status information acquired by the user status information acquisition unit 211 as illustrated in FIG. 8 to the server device 1 in association with the user ID “A001”.

  In a storage medium (not shown) of the server device 1, each user ID and image information of a still image of a bed at the time of sleeping of the user taken by the alarm device 2 having each user ID by controlling the imaging unit 220 and the like are stored. Assume that image information of a still image of a bed after the user wakes up is stored in association with each other.

  When the user status information receiving unit 108 of the server device 1 receives the user status information as shown in FIG. 8 transmitted from the alarm device 2-1 in association with the user ID “A001”, The user ID “A001” associated with the received user status information is acquired, and the user's sleep stored in a storage medium or the like that is associated with the acquired user ID “A001” and associated with the user ID The image information at the time and after waking up is read out.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the image information when the user goes to bed (FIG. 9A) and an example of the image information after the user wakes up (FIG. 9B).

  Then, the wake-up determination unit 109 performs a shape recognition process to automatically determine which received user state information is closer to the read image information. For example, contour extraction is performed based on the level difference between pixels from each image information, and the contour obtained from the user state information, the contour acquired from the user's sleeping image information, and the image information after the user wakes up The contour obtained from the user state information is compared with the contour obtained from the image information at the time of the user's sleeping, or the contour obtained from the image information after the user wakes up. To do. Instead of performing contour extraction, it is possible to determine which image information the user status information is similar to by detecting the skin color or the like from each image information and comparing the amount and ratio of the skin color. . Note that a process for determining similarity between image information, a process for determining similarity between contours using feature points, and the like are well-known techniques, and a detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  Here, if it is determined that the image information at the time of going to bed is closer as a result of the determination, the wake-up determination unit 109 determines that the user has not yet woken up. Therefore, the alert output instruction transmission unit 110 transmits alert output instruction information to the alarm device 2-1 indicated by the user ID “A001”. The address information of the alarm device 2-1 corresponding to the user ID “A001” can be acquired using the transmission destination management information as described above. For example, the cancellation alert output instruction information here is a command for causing the output unit 206 to output a larger alarm sound as the alert information than the alarm sound that is the alarm information output at the alarm time for a predetermined time. Suppose that

  When the alert output instruction receiving unit 213 of the alarm device 2-1 receives the alert output instruction information transmitted from the server device 1, the output unit 206 performs alert output according to the alert output instruction. . Here, a larger alarm sound than the alarm sound output at the alarm time is output for a predetermined time, for example, 30 seconds. This makes it possible to wake up a user who has fallen asleep after the wake-up time.

  The battery remaining amount acquisition unit 214 of the alarm device 2-1 acquires information on the remaining amount of the battery 216 at a timing specified in advance. For example, the predesignated timing may be every predesignated time interval such as every other hour, or every time when a predesignated time has elapsed after the output of the alarm information by the output unit 206. It may be. Here, the remaining amount of the battery is expressed, for example, as a percentage (%) when the battery is not used. Here, for example, it is assumed that the remaining battery level is “15%”. Then, the remaining battery level information acquired by the wake-up device 2-1 is transmitted to the server device 1 by the remaining battery level transmission unit 215.

  When the battery level information receiving unit 111 of the server device 1 receives the battery level information, the battery warning transmission unit 112 reads a threshold value “20%” relating to the battery level stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown), It is determined whether or not the remaining battery level indicated by the received remaining battery level information is smaller than “20%”. Here, since the remaining amount indicated by the remaining battery amount information is “15%”, which is smaller than the threshold value, the battery warning transmitting unit 112 preliminarily associates the information indicating that the battery is exhausted with the user ID “A001”. Send to the specified destination.

  FIG. 10 shows battery warning transmission destination management information for managing a transmission destination of information for warning of battery exhaustion. The battery warning transmission destination management information is stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown). The battery warning transmission destination management information has items of “user ID” and “transmission destination”. “User ID” corresponds to the user ID stored in the alarm device 2. “Transmission destination” is address information indicating a transmission destination of information for warning of battery exhaustion, and is assumed to be a mail address here.

  The battery warning transmission unit 112 acquires all the information of “transmission destination” of the record whose “user ID” of the battery warning transmission destination management information illustrated in FIG. 10 is “A001”. Then, the acquired “transmission destination” is designated as the transmission destination address of the e-mail, and information that warns that the battery has run out is transmitted. Here, for the information that warns that the battery has run out, the user ID “A001” is inserted at a predesignated location in the information of the character string that warns of running out of the battery stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown). This is an e-mail having the character string obtained in this way as transmission contents. For example, it is assumed that the transmission content is “The battery level of the wake-up device used by Mr. A001 has decreased. Please replace it as soon as possible”. The transmission destination email address is, for example, the email address of the mobile phone of the user A, the email address of the administrator who manages the server device 1, or the email address of the manager at the workplace of the user A. Thus, the user A can be warned of the battery exhaustion by e-mail, and the user A can also wake up the user A at the wake-up time due to the battery running out of the alarm device 2-1. It is possible to inform about potential risks to work due to inability.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an email transmitted by the battery warning transmission unit 112.

  Note that after the information that warns that the battery has run out is once transmitted, it may be determined whether or not to transmit the information that warns that the battery has run out, using a threshold that is further lowered. Or after transmitting once, you may make it not judge whether the information which warns of a battery exhaustion is transmitted during the period designated previously.

  Here, in the above description, the case where the user has not set the wake-up time has been described, but the case where the setting is performed will be described below. For example, it is assumed that the user A performs an operation for setting an alarm time on the alarm device 2-1 by pressing a button or the like (not shown) before the time setting information is transmitted from the server device 1. For example, the user time setting reception unit 207 receives user time setting information for setting the time “6:20” as the wake-up time by the operation of the user A.

  When the user performs an operation such as setting a wake-up time on the alarm device 2-1, the user ID is received so that the user ID of the user who uses the alarm device 2-1 is accepted. The ID may be stored in a storage medium (not shown) of the alarm device 2-1. Further, this user ID may be transmitted to the server apparatus 1 in association with various information transmitted from the alarm device 2-1 as appropriate. Also, the user who has set the alarm time so that the user ID input when performing an operation such as setting the alarm time is displayed on the display screen of the alarm device 2-1, etc., is "user A". You may make it show that it is. This display of the user ID may be maintained until another user ID is input, which is input when another user sets the wake-up time. By doing in this way, it becomes possible to identify which user has set the alarm time currently set in the alarm device 2-1, and the alarm device 2-1 is shared by a plurality of people. In some cases, it is possible to eliminate a setting error of the wake-up time. For example, when this alarm device 2-1 is applied to an alarm clock or the like of a hotel or the like, it is possible to determine whether the alarm time set by the previous guest or the alarm time set by the current guest from the display of the user ID. it can.

  The alarm time setting unit 203 sets the time indicated by the user time setting information received by the user time setting reception unit 207 as the alarm time. Specifically, the alarm time setting information indicating the time indicated by the user time setting information is accumulated in the alarm time storage unit 204. For example, when alarm time setting information has already been accumulated, it may be overwritten with newly received alarm time setting information.

  For example, when the time setting information receiving unit 202 receives the time setting information transmitted from the server device 1, the wake-up time setting unit 203 determines whether or not the wake-up time information is stored in the wake-up time storage unit 204. The alarm time is set to the time indicated by the time setting information only when the information is not stored. Subsequent processing for transmitting the set time information and the like is the same as when the user has not set the wake-up time, and the description thereof is omitted here.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the time setting information is transmitted from the server device 1 at the transmission time specified in advance, and the alarm time is set at the time indicated by the time setting information. Forgetting etc. can be eliminated, and alarming can be performed appropriately.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the set time information and the stop operation time information are accumulated in the server device 1. For example, by accumulating the set time information, the server device 1 can determine whether or not the wake-up time is correctly set in the wake-up device 2, and the wake-up time can be managed centrally. Become. It is also possible to manage the change of the alarm time. For example, it becomes possible to know when and who changed the wake-up time. Further, when the set time information includes information indicating whether or not the alarm information can be output, it can be determined whether or not the alarm time setting is valid. Further, for example, by storing the stop operation time information in the server device 1, it is possible to manage the history of the time when the alarm was stopped. For example, by using such history information, it is possible to confirm the validity of the set alarm time. Further, by analyzing the tendency of time until the alarm is stopped for each user, it is possible to determine whether or not to set the alarm time to a time earlier than the actual time to wake up.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the user has woken up after outputting the wake-up information using the user state information. If the user has not woken up, the alert information can be output. It is possible to prevent the user from going to bed again after getting up.

(Embodiment 2)
The alarm system 2000 according to the present embodiment is configured such that, in the alarm system 1000 described in the above embodiment, instead of transmitting the time setting information from the server device 1, the alarm time is not set in the alarm device 4. The device 3 causes the alarm device 4 to output information that prompts the user to set the alarm time.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram of alarm system 2000 in the present embodiment.

  The alarm system 2000 includes a server device 3 and an alarm device 4.

  The server device 3 includes a set information reception unit 301, a set determination unit 302, a set reminder information transmission unit 303, a time information reception unit 105, a time information storage unit 106, a time information storage unit 107, a user status information reception unit 108, A wake-up determination unit 109, a warning output instruction transmission unit 110, a battery remaining amount information reception unit 111, and a battery warning transmission unit 112 are provided.

  The alarm device 4 includes a time acquisition unit 201, an alarm time setting unit 403, an alarm time storage unit 204, an alarm time determination unit 205, an output unit 206, a set information transmission unit 407, a setting reminder information receiving unit 408, and a setting reminder output unit. 409, user time setting reception unit 207, stop operation reception unit 208, time information acquisition unit 209, time information transmission unit 210, user state information acquisition unit 211, user state information transmission unit 212, alert output instruction reception unit 213, battery A remaining amount acquisition unit 214, a battery remaining amount transmission unit 215, a battery 216, and an imaging unit 220 are provided.

  In the server device 3, a time information receiving unit 105, a time information storing unit 106, a time information accumulating unit 107, a user state information receiving unit 108, a wake-up determination unit 109, a caution output instruction transmission unit 110, and a battery remaining amount information receiving unit 111. The battery warning transmission unit 112 has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  In the alarm device 4, the time acquisition unit 201, the alarm time storage unit 204, the alarm time determination unit 205, the output unit 206, the user time setting reception unit 207, the stop operation reception unit 208, the time information acquisition unit 209, and the time information transmission unit 210. The user status information acquisition unit 211, the user status information transmission unit 212, the alert output instruction reception unit 213, the remaining battery level acquisition unit 214, the remaining battery level transmission unit 215, the battery 216, and the imaging unit 220 are described above. Since the configuration is the same as that of Embodiment 1, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The set information reception unit 301 receives the set information transmitted from the alarm device 4. The set information is information indicating that the alarm time is set in the alarm device 4. In the case where the alarm system 2000 includes a plurality of alarm devices 4, the set information reception unit 301 may receive, for example, set information associated with the user ID of the user who uses the alarm device 4. . The received set information is stored in a storage medium (not shown) in association with the user ID, for example.

  The set determination unit 302 determines whether the set information reception unit 301 has received the set information. The set determination unit 302 receives set information corresponding to user IDs of a plurality of users who respectively use the plurality of alarm devices 4 included in the alarm system when the alarm system 2000 includes a plurality of alarm devices 4. You may make it judge whether it is finished. There is no limitation on the timing, trigger, or the like at which the set determination unit 302 makes a determination. For example, the set determination unit 302 performs a determination process at a determination time that is a time at which a predetermined determination is performed. Further, the set determination unit 302 determines whether or not the set information associated with each user ID has been received at a predetermined determination time for each of the plurality of user IDs. Also good. Moreover, you may make it perform a determination process with respect to several user ID at the same timing, respectively.

  The set reminder information transmission unit 303 transmits the set reminder information to the alarm device 4 when the set judgment unit 302 judges that the set information has not been received. In the case where the alarm system 2000 has a plurality of alarm devices 4, for example, the setting reminder 302 transmits the set reminder information to the alarm device 4 corresponding to the user ID determined not to have received the preset information. The setting reminder information is information for prompting the user of the alarm device 4 to set an alarm time, for example. The setting reminder information is information including, for example, character string and image information that prompts the setting, and an instruction to output such information. Further, it may be information instructing to output an alarm, vibration, light, display, or the like for prompting the setting. The setting reminder information may be stored in advance in, for example, a storage medium (not shown).

  The alarm time setting unit 403 sets the time indicated by the user time setting information received by the user time setting reception unit 207 as the alarm time. The wake-up time setting unit 403 has the same configuration and function as the configuration and function for setting the time indicated by the user time setting information received by the user time setting receiving unit 207 of the wake-up time setting unit 203 to the wake-up time. The detailed description is omitted here.

  The set information transmission unit 407 transmits to the server device 3 set information that is information indicating that the alarm time has been set when the alarm time setting unit 403 sets the alarm time. As long as the set information is information indicating that it has been set, it is not necessary to include alarm time information. In the case where the alarm system 2000 includes a plurality of alarm devices 4, the set information transmission unit 407 may transmit, for example, set information associated with the user ID of the user who uses the alarm device 4. . The set information may be a user ID. The user ID and the identification information of the alarm device 4 may be stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown) of the alarm device 4, for example.

  The setting reminder information receiving unit 408 receives setting reminder information that is information prompting the user to set an alarm time transmitted from the server device 3.

  The setting reminder output unit 409 performs output for prompting the user to set the alarm time according to the setting reminder information received by the setting reminder information receiving unit 408. This may be considered to be an output prompting input of user time setting information. For example, when the received setting reminder information is information including character string and image information that prompts the user to set the wake-up time and an instruction to output these information, the setting reminder output unit 409 displays these character strings and images. The information of is output. Further, for example, when the received setting reminder information is information for instructing the alarm time to prompt the user to set the alarm time or to output vibration, light, display, or the like, the alarm or vibration indicated by the instruction is displayed. And output such as light and display

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the server device 3 of the alarm system 2000. Hereinafter, the operation will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 13, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2 indicate the same or corresponding steps.

  (Step S1300) The set determination unit 302 acquires a predetermined determination time. The determination time is information indicating a time at which determination processing is performed to determine whether or not setting reminder information is to be transmitted to one or more alarm devices 4 included in alarm system 2000. For example, the time information is stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown). For example, it is assumed that it is stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown).

  (Step S1301) The set determination unit 302 determines whether or not the current time acquired in step S201 matches the previously specified determination time acquired in step S1300. If they match, the process proceeds to step S1302, and if they do not match, the process proceeds to step S1305.

  (Step S1302) The set determination unit 302 substitutes 1 for a counter n.

  (Step S1303) The set determination unit 302 includes the set information associated with the nth user ID in the set information associated with the user ID received by the set information reception unit 301. Determine whether or not. The nth user ID is an nth user ID among user IDs respectively associated with one or more alarm devices 4 included in the alarm system 2000. The user ID associated with each of the one or more alarm devices 4 included in the alarm system 2000 is, for example, stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown) in the server device 3 and may be appropriately acquired from here. . If there is, the process proceeds to step S1305, and if not, the process proceeds to step S1304.

  (Step S1304) The setting reminder information is transmitted to the alarm device 4 used by the user indicated by the nth user ID. Then, the process proceeds to step S1305.

  (Step S1305) The set determination unit 302 increments the value of the counter n by 1.

  (Step S1306) The set determination unit 302 determines whether there is an nth user ID. If there is, the process returns to step S1303. If not, the process proceeds to step S1307.

  (Step S1307) The set information reception unit 301 determines whether or not the set information associated with the user ID has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S1308. If not received, the process proceeds to step S208.

  (Step S1308) The set information receiving unit 301 stores the received set information in association with a user ID in a storage medium (not shown). Then, the process returns to step S201.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 13, the process is terminated by powering off or a process termination interrupt.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the alarm device 4 of the alarm system 2000. Hereinafter, the operation will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 14, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 3 indicate the same or corresponding steps.

  (Step S1401) The set information transmission unit 407 transmits the set information in association with the user ID. Then, the process returns to step S301.

  (Step S1402) The setting dunning information receiving unit 408 determines whether or not the setting dunning information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S1403. If not received, the process proceeds to step S318.

  (Step S1403) The setting reminder output unit 409 performs an output prompting the user to set the alarm time according to the setting reminder information received in step S1402. Then, the process returns to step S301.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 14, the process is terminated by powering off or a process termination interrupt.

  Hereinafter, a specific operation of alarm system 2000 in the present embodiment will be described. The conceptual diagram of the alarm system 2000 is the same as FIG.

  Similar to the specific example of the first embodiment, when the user A performs an operation for setting the alarm time on the alarm device 4, the user time setting reception unit 207 receives the user time setting information. The alarm time setting unit 403 sets the time indicated by the user time setting information as the alarm time.

  Here, the set information transmission unit 407 stores the set information, which is information indicating that the wake-up time has been set, in the storage medium (not shown) of the wake-up device 4 and the user ID “A001” of the user A. Are transmitted to the server apparatus 3 in association with each other.

  The set information receiving unit 301 of the server device 3 receives the set information associated with the user ID “A001”. The received set information is stored in a storage medium (not shown) in association with the user ID “A001” by the set information receiving unit 301.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a set information management table for managing the set information accumulated by the set information receiving unit 301. The set information management table has items of “user ID” and “setting”. “User ID” is a user ID. Here, it is assumed that a user ID of a user who uses one or more alarm devices 4 included in alarm system 2000 is stored in advance in each record. “Setting” is an item indicating set information. If the value is “1”, the set information has been received. If the value is “0”, the set information has been received. Indicates no. The default value is “0”, and here, the set information receiving unit 301 has the same user ID as the user ID associated with the received set information in the set information management table. Changing the value of “setting” to “1” corresponds to the setting information receiving unit 301 storing the setting information in association with the user ID. From FIG. 15, it is understood that the alarm time is not set in the alarm device 4 corresponding to the user IDs “A002” and “A006”, and the set information is not transmitted from these alarm devices 4. .

  The set determination unit 302 of the server device 3 reads the determination time stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown), and determines whether or not the current time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit 102 has reached the determination time. Repeat the decision. For example, it is assumed that the determination time is “21:00”.

  Here, for example, it is assumed that the current time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit 102 is “21:00” and coincides with the determination time.

  The set determination unit 302 determines whether or not the “setting” value of each user ID in the set information management table shown in FIG. 15 is a value “1” indicating that the set information has been received. Judge sequentially. If the value is not “1”, the set reminder information transmitting unit 303 transmits the set reminder information to the alarm device 4 corresponding to the user ID. The process of acquiring address information of the alarm device 4 corresponding to the user ID is the same as the process described in the specific example of the first embodiment. For example, in FIG. 15, since the value of “setting” of the records having the user IDs “A002” and “A006” is not the value “1” indicating that the set information has been received, The setting reminder information is transmitted to the corresponding alarm device 4.

  For example, the setting reminder information receiving unit 408 of the alarm device 4 used by the user whose user ID is “A002” receives the setting reminder information transmitted from the server device 3. Then, since the setting reminding information receiving unit 408 has received the setting reminding information, the setting reminding output unit 409 of the alarm device 4 used by the user whose user ID is “A002” displays the setting reminding information. For example, the setting reminder output unit 409 displays a reminder message such as “Please set the alarm time” on the display screen of the alarm device 4.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the setting reminder information.

  The specific example of the operation other than this is the same as the specific example of the first embodiment, and the description is omitted here.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the set information is not transmitted from the alarm device 4, the server device 3 can transmit the setting reminder information and cause the alarm device 4 to output the prompting information. Therefore, when the wake-up time for the wake-up device 4 is not set, the user can be prompted to set the wake-up time, and forgetting to set the wake-up time can be prevented.

  In the present embodiment, the set time information may be used as the set information. In this case, the set information transmission unit 407 and the set information reception unit 301 may be omitted, and the set determination unit 302 transmits the setting reminder information depending on whether the set time information is received. You may make it judge whether or not.

(Embodiment 3)
In the alarm system 3000 according to the present embodiment, in the alarm system described above, the alarm device 6 outputs alarm information according to an instruction transmitted from the server device 5 at the alarm time set in the server device 5. Is.

  FIG. 17 is a block diagram of an alarm system 3000 according to the present embodiment.

  The alarm system 3000 includes a server device 5 and an alarm device 6.

  The server device 5 includes a time setting information storage unit 101, a server side time acquisition unit 102, a server side alarm time determination unit 503, an output instruction information transmission unit 504, a time information reception unit 105, a time information storage unit 106, and a time information storage unit. 107, a wake-up determination unit 109, a user status information reception unit 108, a caution output instruction transmission unit 110, a battery remaining amount information reception unit 111, and a battery warning transmission unit 112.

  The alarm device 6 includes an output instruction information reception unit 601, an output unit 602, a stop operation reception unit 208, a time information acquisition unit 209, a time information transmission unit 210, a user state information acquisition unit 211, a user state information transmission unit 212, an alert An output instruction receiving unit 213, a remaining battery level acquisition unit 214, a remaining battery level transmission unit 215, a battery 216, and an imaging unit 220 are provided.

  Since the server device 5 has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment except for the server side alarm time determination unit 503 and the output instruction information transmission unit 504, detailed description thereof is omitted here. In the present embodiment, the time information acquisition unit 209 does not need to acquire the set time information, and the time information transmission unit 210 does not need to transmit the set time information.

  Further, the alarm device 6 has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment except for the output instruction information receiving unit 601 and the output unit 602, and therefore detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The server-side wake-up time determination unit 503 determines whether or not the time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit 102 has reached the time indicated by the time setting information. The determination as to whether or not the time indicated by the time setting information has come is the same as the determination regarding the time performed by the time determination unit 103 described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

  For example, when the alarm system 3000 includes a plurality of alarm devices 6, the server-side alarm time determination unit 503 corresponds to the user IDs of a plurality of users who respectively use the alarm devices 4 included in the alarm system 3000. It may be determined whether the time indicated by the time setting information is the time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit 502.

  The output instruction information transmission unit 504 is an output instruction that is information for instructing output of alarm information that is information for alarm when the server side alarm time determination unit 503 determines that the time indicated by the time setting information has come Information is transmitted to one or more alarm devices 6. The output instruction information includes, for example, a command for causing the alarm device 6 to output alarm information. The output instruction information may include alarm information to be output, information for controlling the alarm information, and the like. For example, an alarm sound sound file of alarm information may be included. Moreover, you may have the information which designates the tempo etc. of the vibration output as alarm information. For example, the output instruction information transmission unit 504 determines, for each time setting information for each user ID, whether or not the current time is the time indicated by the time setting information. The output instruction information may be transmitted to the alarm device 6 used by the user indicated by the user ID associated with the setting information.

  The output instruction information receiving unit 601 receives the output instruction information transmitted from the server device 5.

  The output unit 602 outputs alarm information, which is information for alarming, according to the output instruction information received by the output instruction information receiving unit 601. For example, the output unit 602 executes an instruction included in the output instruction information and outputs the output instruction information. Also, for example, when the output instruction information includes alarm information to be output or information for controlling alarm information, the alarm information is output or the alarm information is controlled and output as indicated by the information for controlling alarm information. It may be. For example, an alarm sound indicated by an audio file included in the output instruction information is output, or vibration is output at a tempo corresponding to information specifying the vibration tempo indicated by the output instruction information. Note that other configurations and functions of the output unit 602, for example, configurations and functions for outputting alert information are the same as those of the output unit 206 of the first embodiment, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted here. To do.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the operation of the server device 5 of the alarm system 3000. Hereinafter, the operation of the server device 5 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 18, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2 indicate the same or corresponding steps.

  (Step S1801) The server-side wake-up time determination unit 503 substitutes 1 for a counter n.

  (Step S1802) The server-side alarm time determination unit 503 acquires time setting information corresponding to the nth user ID from the time setting information storage unit 101. The nth user ID is, for example, the nth user ID among the user IDs of users who use one or more alarm devices 6 included in the alarm system 3000.

  (Step S1803) The server-side wake-up time determination unit 503 determines whether or not the time acquired in step S201 matches the time indicated by the time setting information acquired in step S1802. If they match, the process proceeds to step S1804, and if they do not match, the process proceeds to step S1805.

  (Step S1804) The output instruction information transmitting unit 504 transmits the output instruction information to the alarm device 6 corresponding to the nth user ID.

  (Step S1805) The server-side wake-up time determination unit 503 increments the value of the counter n by 1.

  (Step S1806) The server side alarm time determination unit 503 determines whether or not the time setting information associated with the nth user ID is in the time setting information storage unit 101. If there is, the process returns to step S1802, and if not, the process proceeds to step S210.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 18, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process ends.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the operation of the alarm device 6 of the alarm system 3000. Hereinafter, the operation of the alarm device 6 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 19, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 3 indicate the same or corresponding steps.

  (Step S1901) The output instruction information receiving unit 601 determines whether or not output instruction information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S1902. If not received, the process proceeds to step S305.

  (Step S1902) The output unit 602 outputs wake-up information according to the output instruction information received in step S1901. Then, the process returns to step S1901.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 19, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process ends.

  Hereinafter, a specific operation of alarm system 3000 in the present embodiment will be described. The conceptual diagram of the alarm system 3000 is the same as FIG.

  FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of time setting management information for managing time setting information stored in the time setting information storage unit 101. This time setting management information is obtained by eliminating the item “transmission time” in the time setting management information shown in FIG.

  The server-side wake-up time determination unit 503 of the server apparatus 3 uses the server-side time acquisition unit 102 to indicate the time indicated by each time setting information associated with the user ID managed by the time setting management information illustrated in FIG. The process of determining whether or not the current time is sequentially acquired is repeated.

  For example, if the current time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit 102 is “5:00”, the server-side alarm time determination unit 503 uses the time managed by the time setting management information illustrated in FIG. The setting information is sequentially read for each user ID, and the server-side time acquisition unit 102 repeats the process of determining whether the time indicated by the read time setting information matches the current time “5:00”. Thus, for example, it is assumed that the time “5:00” indicated by the time setting information associated with the user ID “A003” is determined to match the current time.

  The output instruction information transmitting unit 504 transmits the output instruction information to the alarm device 6 corresponding to the user ID “A003” associated with the time setting information determined to match. The process of acquiring address information of the alarm device 4 corresponding to the user ID is the same as the process described in the specific example of the first embodiment. It is assumed that the output instruction information transmitted here is a command for causing the alarm device 6 to output alarm information that is an alarm sound.

  The output instruction information receiving unit 601 of the alarm device 4 used by the user corresponding to the user ID “A003” receives the output instruction information transmitted from the server device 5. Then, the output unit 602 outputs wake-up information according to the received output instruction information. Here, an alarm sound is output according to the output instruction information.

  The specific example of the operation other than this is the same as the specific example of the first embodiment, and the description is omitted here.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the server device 5 transmits the output instruction information to the alarm device 6 at the time set by the time setting information, and the alarm device 6 that has received the output instruction information outputs the alarm information. By doing so, the wake-up information can be output at the time set in the time setting information stored in the server device 5. Thereby, the alarm time of one or more users can be centrally managed. For example, it is possible to easily grasp the wake-up time of each user by looking at the time setting information obtained and stored in the server device 5.

  In each of the above embodiments, when a single alarm device is shared by a plurality of users, the alarm device 4 and the user IDs of one or more users who use the alarm device 4 are managed in association with each other. Thus, the alarm time and the like may be managed for each user. In such a case, for example, in the wake-up system of the second embodiment, the server device 3 transmits the wake-up setting reminder information to the one wake-up device 4, and the wake-up device after a predesignated time. When the user set time information is not input to the server device 3, the server device 3 acquires each time set information corresponding to each user ID associated with each wake-up device 4, and the time indicated by each time set information. Each time, the output instruction information may be sequentially transmitted to one alarm device 4 in the same manner as in the third embodiment to output alarm information. In this case, the configuration similar to that of the third embodiment is appropriately added to the alarm system of the second embodiment. For example, when one alarm device 4-1 is shared by five users whose user IDs are “user A” to “user E”, the user time setting information is not set in the alarm device 4-1. In this case, the server device 3 causes the alarm device 4-1 to output alarm setting reminder information, and after a certain time, for example, time setting information of “user A” to “user E” as shown in FIG. The output instruction information may be transmitted to the alarm device 4-1 at each time indicated. Thereby, for example, the wake-up information is transmitted from the wake-up device 4-1, for example, but the user who is currently using the wake-up device 4-1 is one of “user A” to “user E”. Even a user can be surely woken up at a time that is considered appropriate for the user.

  In each of the above embodiments, the case where the alarm device is an alarm device using a battery as a power source has been described. However, in the present invention, the alarm device obtains electric power from a normal power outlet or the like. May be. However, in this case, processing relating to the remaining battery level is not necessary, and the configuration of the alarm device or the server device for performing such processing can be omitted.

  In each of the above embodiments, the time setting information storage unit 101, the time information storage unit 106, the alarm time storage unit 204, and the alarm time determination unit 205 are preferably non-volatile recording media, but are volatile. It can also be realized with a recording medium.

  In addition, the time determination unit 103, the time information storage unit 107, the wakeup determination unit 109, the alarm time setting unit 203, the user state information acquisition unit 211, the remaining battery level acquisition unit 214, the set determination unit 302, and the server side alarm time determination The unit 503 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. These processing procedures are usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  In addition, the time setting information transmission unit 104, the time information reception unit 105, the user state information reception unit 108, the alert output instruction transmission unit 110, the remaining battery level information reception unit 111, the battery warning transmission unit 112, and the time setting information reception unit 202 , Time information transmission unit 210, user state information transmission unit 212, alert output instruction reception unit 213, remaining battery level transmission unit 215, set information reception unit 301, set reminder information transmission unit 303, set information transmission unit 407, The setting reminder information receiving unit 408, the output instruction information transmitting unit 504, and the output instruction information receiving unit 601 are usually realized by wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by broadcasting means. Note that these may or may not include a communication device.

  Further, the output unit 206, the setting reminder output unit 409, and the output unit 602 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a speaker. Note that these can be realized by output device driver software or output device driver software and an output device.

  Further, the stop operation reception unit 208 and the user time setting reception unit 207 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a numeric keypad or a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, and the like.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, it goes without saying that two or more communication means (such as an information transmission unit) existing in one apparatus may be physically realized by one medium.

  In addition, the software which implement | achieves the server apparatus of the alarm system in each said embodiment and an alarm device is the following programs.

  That is, this program is a program for causing a computer to function as a server device of an alarm system including a server device and an alarm device, and stores time setting information that is information for setting an alarm time. The computer that can access the information storage unit determines whether or not the server-side time acquisition unit that acquires time information and the time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit have reached a transmission time that is a predetermined time. When the time determination unit and the time determination unit determine that the transmission time has come, the time setting information stored in the time setting information storage unit is read and transmitted to the alarm device for functioning as a time setting information transmission unit. It is a program.

  A program for causing a computer to function as an alarm device of an alarm system including a server device and an alarm device, the computer acquiring the time information, and an alarm transmitted from the server device A time setting information receiving unit that receives time setting information that is information for setting a time; an alarm time setting unit that sets the time indicated by the time setting information received by the time setting information receiving unit to an alarm time; and a time acquisition unit Is the information for alarm when the alarm time determination unit determines whether the alarm time is the time set by the alarm time setting unit, and when the alarm time determination unit determines that the alarm time is It is a program for functioning as an output unit that outputs alarm information.

  In addition, a program for causing a computer to function as an alarm device of an alarm system including a server device and an alarm device, the computer sets a time acquisition unit that acquires time information and an alarm time by a user The user time setting reception unit that receives the user time setting information that is information, the alarm time setting unit that sets the time indicated by the user time setting information received by the user time setting reception unit to the alarm time, and the time acquisition unit Alarm time determination unit that determines whether or not the time has reached the time set by the alarm time setting unit, and alarm information that is information for alarming when the alarm time determination unit determines that the alarm time has been reached When the output section to output and the alarm time setting section set the alarm time, Set information transmission unit for transmitting set information, which is information indicating that is set to the server device, and set reminder information for receiving setting reminder information, which is information for prompting the setting of the alarm time transmitted from the server device This is a program for functioning as a setting reminder output unit that performs an output for prompting the user to set an alarm time according to the setting reminder information received by the receiver and the reminder setting information.

  The set information is a program for causing a computer to function as a server device of an alarm system including a server device and an alarm device, and is information indicating that the alarm time is set in the alarm device The set information receiving unit that receives the received information, the set information receiving unit that determines whether the set information has been received, and the set determination unit determines that the set information has not been received. This is a program for functioning as a setting reminder information transmission unit that transmits the setting reminder information, which is information prompting the user to set the alarm time, to the alarm device.

  Further, a program for causing a computer to function as a server device of an alarm system including a server device and an alarm device, the time setting information storage unit storing time setting information which is information for setting an alarm time A server-side time acquisition unit that acquires time information for an accessible computer, and a server-side alarm time determination unit that determines whether the time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit is the time indicated by the time setting information When the server-side alarm time determination unit determines that the time indicated by the time setting information has been reached, the server-side alarm time determination unit transmits output instruction information, which is information for instructing output of alarm information, which is information for alarm, to the alarm device. A program for causing an output instruction information transmission unit to function.

  A program for causing a computer to function as an alarm device of an alarm system including a server device and an alarm device, wherein the computer outputs alarm information that is alarm information transmitted from the server device. To function as an output instruction information receiving unit that receives output instruction information that is instructing information, and an output unit that outputs alarm information that is alarm information according to the output instruction information received by the output instruction information receiving unit It is a program.

  In the program, the functions realized by the program do not include functions that can be realized only by hardware. For example, a function that can be realized only by hardware such as a modem or an interface card in an acquisition unit that acquires information or an output unit that outputs information is not included in the function realized by the program.

  Further, the computer that executes this program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

  An example of the external appearance of the computer that executes the program and realizes the server device according to each of the above embodiments is similar to the external appearance of the server device 1 shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 4, for example. Also, the alarm device according to each of the above embodiments may have the same appearance as the server device 1 of FIG. The above-described embodiment can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed on the computer hardware.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a computer system 900 that realizes the server devices 1, 3, 5 and the alarm devices 2, 4, 6, etc. of the alarm system according to the above embodiments. 21, a computer system 900 includes an optical disk drive 905 such as a CD-RW (Compact Disk Rewritable) drive, a computer 901 including an FD (Floppy (registered trademark) Disk) drive 906, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, and a monitor. 904. In addition to the optical disk drive 905 and the FD drive 906, the computer 901 is connected to an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 911, a ROM 912 for storing a program such as a boot-up program, and the MPU 911, and temporarily receives an application program instruction. And a RAM (Random Access Memory) 913 that provides temporary storage space, a hard disk 914 that stores application programs, system programs, and data, and a bus 915 that interconnects the MPU 911, ROM 912, and the like. The computer 901 may include a network card (not shown) that provides connection to the LAN.

  Programs that cause the computer system 900 to execute the functions of the server devices 1, 3, 5 and the alarm devices 2, 4, 6 of the wake-up system according to the above-described embodiment are a USB memory 927, a CD-ROM, and a CD-RW , DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, or other optical disk 921 or FD 922, inserted into optical disk drive 905 or FD drive 906, and transferred to hard disk 914. Alternatively, the program may be transmitted to the computer 901 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 914. The program is loaded into the RAM 913 when executed. The program may be loaded directly from the optical disc 921, the FD 922, or the network.

  The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third-party program that causes the computer 901 to execute functions such as the information processing system according to the above-described embodiment. The program may include only a part of an instruction that calls an appropriate function (module) in a controlled manner and obtains a desired result. How the computer system 900 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the alarm system according to the present invention is suitable as an alarm system in which alarm information is output at an alarm time, and is particularly useful as an alarm system or the like in which it is difficult to forget to set an alarm time.

1, 3, 5 Server device 2, 4, 6 Alarm device 41 Speaker 42 Stop button 101 Time setting information storage unit 102 Server time acquisition unit 103, 503 Time determination unit 104 Time setting information transmission unit 105 Time information reception unit 106 Time Information storage unit 107 Time information storage unit 108 User status information reception unit 109 Wake-up determination unit 110 Warning output instruction transmission unit 111 Battery remaining amount information reception unit 112 Battery warning transmission unit 201 Time acquisition unit 202 Time setting information reception unit 203, 403 Alarm time setting unit 204 Alarm time storage unit 205 Alarm time determination unit 206, 602 Output unit 207 User time setting reception unit 208 Stop operation reception unit 209 Time information acquisition unit 210 Time information transmission unit 211 User state information acquisition unit 212 User state information Transmitter 213 Caution Emergence output instruction reception unit 214, 214 Battery remaining amount acquisition unit 215 Battery remaining amount transmission unit 216 Battery 220 Imaging unit 301 Set information reception unit 302 Set determination unit 303 Setting prompt information transmission unit 407 Set information transmission unit 408 Setting prompt Information reception unit 409 Setting reminder output unit 503 Server side alarm time determination unit 504 Output instruction information transmission unit 601 Output instruction information reception unit 1000, 2000, 3000 Alarm system

Claims (15)

An alarm system comprising a server device and an alarm device,
The server device
A time setting information storage unit for storing time setting information which is information for setting an alarm time;
A server-side time acquisition unit that acquires time information;
A time determination unit that determines whether or not the time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit has become a transmission time that is a predetermined time;
A time setting information transmission unit that reads out the time setting information stored in the time setting information storage unit and transmits the time setting information to the alarm device when the time determination unit determines that the transmission time has come;
The alarm device
A time acquisition unit for acquiring time information;
A time setting information receiving unit for receiving time setting information transmitted from the server device;
An alarm time setting unit for setting the time indicated by the time setting information received by the time setting information receiving unit to an alarm time;
An alarm time determination unit for determining whether or not the time acquired by the time acquisition unit has reached the time set by the alarm time setting unit;
An alarm system comprising: an output unit that outputs alarm information that is information for alarm when the alarm time determination unit determines that the alarm time has come. The alarm device
A user time setting reception unit that receives user time setting information, which is information for setting a user alarm time,
When the user time setting reception unit receives the user time setting information, the alarm time setting unit sets the time indicated by the user time setting information as the alarm time, and when the alarm time is not set The wake-up system according to claim 1, wherein the wake-up time is set to a time indicated by the time setting information received by the time setting information receiving unit. An alarm system comprising a server device and an alarm device,
The alarm device
A time acquisition unit for acquiring time information;
A user time setting accepting unit for accepting user time setting information which is information for setting an alarm time by a user;
An alarm time setting unit for setting the time indicated by the user time setting information received by the user time setting reception unit to an alarm time;
An alarm time determination unit for determining whether or not the time acquired by the time acquisition unit has reached the time set by the alarm time setting unit;
An output unit that outputs alarm information that is information for alarm when the alarm time determination unit determines that the alarm time has come;
A set information transmitting unit for transmitting set information, which is information indicating that the alarm time is set, to the server device when the alarm time setting unit sets the alarm time;
A setting dunning information receiving unit for receiving setting dunning information which is information for urging to set an alarm time transmitted from the server device;
In accordance with the setting reminder information received by the setting reminder information receiving unit, a setting reminder output unit that performs an output prompting the user to set the alarm time,
The server device
A set information receiving unit for receiving the set information;
A set determination unit for determining whether or not the set information reception unit has received the set information;
An alarm system comprising: a setting reminder information transmitter configured to transmit the set reminder information to the alarm device when the preset judger determines that the preset information has not been received. The alarm device
A stop operation accepting unit that accepts an output stop operation that is an operation to stop the output of the alarm information by the user;
A time information acquisition unit that acquires set time information that is information of an alarm time set by the alarm time setting unit and stop operation time information that is information of a time when the output stop operation is received;
A time information transmission unit that transmits the set time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit and the stop operation time information to the server device;
The server device
A time information receiving unit for receiving the set time information transmitted from the alarm device and the stop operation time information;
A time information storage unit in which information received by the time information reception unit is stored;
The alarm system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a time information storage unit that stores information received by the time information reception unit in the time information storage unit. An alarm system comprising a server device and an alarm device,
The server device
A time setting information storage unit for storing time setting information which is information for setting an alarm time;
A server-side time acquisition unit that acquires time information;
A server-side alarm time determination unit that determines whether or not the time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit has reached the time indicated by the time setting information;
When the server-side alarm time determination unit determines that the time indicated by the time setting information has been reached, the server-side alarm time determination unit transmits output instruction information, which is information for instructing output of alarm information, which is information for alarm, to the alarm device. An output instruction information transmitting unit for performing,
The alarm device
An output instruction information receiving unit for receiving output instruction information transmitted from the server device;
An alarm system comprising: an output unit that outputs alarm information, which is information for alarming, according to the output instruction information received by the output instruction information receiving unit. The alarm device
A user status information acquisition unit that acquires user status information, which is information indicating a user status after the output unit outputs the wake-up information;
A user status information transmission unit that transmits the user status information acquired by the user status information acquisition unit to a server device;
A caution output instruction receiving unit that receives caution output instruction information that is information for instructing output of caution information that is information for caution transmitted from the server device, and
The output unit further outputs the alert information when the alert output instruction receiving unit receives the alert output instruction information,
The server device
A user status information receiving unit that receives user status information transmitted from the alarm device, and using the user status information, a wakeup determination unit that determines whether the user has woken up;
The wake-up determination unit further includes a caution output instruction transmission unit that transmits caution output instruction information to the alarm device when the user determines that the user has not woken up. Or the alarm system described. The alarm device has a battery as a driving power source,
The alarm device
A battery remaining amount acquisition unit for acquiring battery remaining amount information which is information indicating the remaining amount of the battery;
A battery remaining amount transmitting unit that transmits the remaining battery amount information acquired by the battery remaining amount acquiring unit to the server device;
The server device
A battery level information receiving unit for receiving battery level information transmitted from the alarm device;
A battery warning transmitter that transmits information for warning of battery exhaustion to one or more destinations specified in advance when the battery level indicated by the battery level information is less than a predetermined value; The alarm system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising: The server apparatus which comprises the alarm system in any one of Claims 1-7. The alarm device which comprises the alarm system in any one of Claims 1-7. A program for causing a computer to function as a server device of an alarm system including a server device and an alarm device,
A computer accessible to a time setting information storage unit in which time setting information that is information for setting an alarm time is stored,
A server-side time acquisition unit that acquires time information;
A time determination unit that determines whether or not the time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit has become a transmission time that is a predetermined time;
A program for functioning as a time setting information transmission unit that reads out the time setting information stored in the time setting information storage unit and transmits it to the alarm device when the time determination unit determines that the transmission time has come . A program for causing a computer to function as an alarm device of an alarm system including a server device and an alarm device,
Computer
A time acquisition unit for acquiring time information;
A time setting information receiving unit for receiving time setting information which is information for setting an alarm time transmitted from the server device;
An alarm time setting unit for setting the time indicated by the time setting information received by the time setting information receiving unit to an alarm time;
An alarm time determination unit for determining whether or not the time acquired by the time acquisition unit has reached the time set by the alarm time setting unit;
A program for functioning as an output unit that outputs alarm information, which is information for alarm, when the alarm time determination unit determines that the alarm time has come. A program for causing a computer to function as an alarm device of an alarm system including a server device and an alarm device,
Computer
A time acquisition unit for acquiring time information;
A user time setting accepting unit for accepting user time setting information which is information for setting an alarm time by a user;
An alarm time setting unit for setting the time indicated by the user time setting information received by the user time setting reception unit to an alarm time;
An alarm time determination unit for determining whether or not the time acquired by the time acquisition unit has reached the time set by the alarm time setting unit;
An output unit that outputs alarm information that is information for alarm when the alarm time determination unit determines that the alarm time has come;
A set information transmitting unit for transmitting set information, which is information indicating that the alarm time is set, to the server device when the alarm time setting unit sets the alarm time;
A setting dunning information receiving unit for receiving setting dunning information which is information for urging to set an alarm time transmitted from the server device;
A program for functioning as a setting reminder output unit that performs an output prompting the user to set a wake-up time according to the set reminder information received by the set reminder information receiving unit. A program for causing a computer to function as a server device of an alarm system including a server device and an alarm device,
Computer
A set information receiving unit for receiving set information which is information indicating that the alarm time is set in the alarm device;
A set determination unit for determining whether or not the set information reception unit has received the set information;
A program for functioning as a setting reminder information transmitting unit for transmitting setting reminder information, which is information prompting to set a wake-up time, to the alarm device when the set judger determines that the set information has not been received. A program for causing a computer to function as a server device of an alarm system including a server device and an alarm device,
A computer accessible to a time setting information storage unit in which time setting information that is information for setting an alarm time is stored,
A server-side time acquisition unit that acquires time information;
A server-side alarm time determination unit that determines whether or not the time acquired by the server-side time acquisition unit has reached the time indicated by the time setting information;
When the server-side alarm time determination unit determines that the time indicated by the time setting information has been reached, the server-side alarm time determination unit transmits output instruction information, which is information for instructing output of alarm information, which is information for alarm, to the alarm device. A program for causing the output instruction information transmission unit to function. A program for causing a computer to function as an alarm device of an alarm system including a server device and an alarm device,
Computer
An output instruction information receiving unit that receives output instruction information that is information for instructing output of alarm information that is information for alarm transmitted from the server device;
A program for functioning as an output unit that outputs alarm information, which is information for alarming, in accordance with output instruction information received by the output instruction information receiving unit.

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