JP2014123203A - On-road smoking monitoring system and cigarette - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system capable of automatically issuing a warning to a person who is smoking on a road in an on-road smoking prohibition area.SOLUTION: An on-road smoking management system 1 comprises: a cigarette 2 which includes a heat sensing unit 21 for sensing heat in accordance with firing, and an RFID unit 20 for, when operating in response to receiving a carrier wave for RFID, writing data showing a heat sensing result acquired from the heat sensing unit 21 in a memory and then wirelessly transmitting the data stored in the memory in response to receiving an instruction for reading the data; and a warning control device 3 which includes warning control means 30 for, when a reader writer 31 receives data, confirming the data received by the reader writer 31 and then, when the data shows the fact that heat is sensed, causing warning means 32 to issue a predetermined warning message.

Description

  The present invention is an invention for preventing smoking in a road non-smoking area defined by the local government according to the road smoking ban regulations.

  Road smoking becomes a social problem, and people who smoke or smoke don't want to smoke. The street smoking ban regulations (walking cigarettes) that set a street smoking ban that legally prohibits street smoking The number of local governments is increasing.

  As one of the problems caused by smoking on the street, there is a cigarette litter that illegally dumps cigarette butts on the roadside, and an invention that can prevent the littering of cigarettes has already been disclosed (Patent Document 1).

  In the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1, when a storage medium such as RFID is built in a cigarette filter and a purchaser purchases cigarettes with a vending machine using a cigarette purchase card (taspo), On the vending machine side, a process of writing the personal ID stored in the purchase card into the cigarette storage medium is executed. If the personal ID is written in the cigarette storage medium, the purchaser who has littered the cigarette can be identified by reading the personal ID from the littered cigarette butts.

JP 2005-332060 A

  The problem caused by street smoking is not only littering of cigarettes but also street smoking such as walking cigarettes. For this reason, in the local government, surveillance staff patrol the street smoking cessation area and carry out activities to call attention to those who smoke on the street in the street smoking cessation area. Since some local governments have established regulations, it is desirable to be able to automatically issue warnings to people smoking in a non-smoking area on the street.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a system capable of automatically issuing a warning to a person smoking on the road in a road smoking cessation area, and a cigarette necessary for this system.

  1st invention which solves the subject mentioned above is a road smoking monitoring system comprised at least from the cigarette which an individual possesses, and the alarm device installed in a non-smoking area.

  The cigarette according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a heat sensing unit that senses heat accompanying combustion so that the burning of tobacco can be detected, and transmits the heat sensing result of the heat sensing unit from the heat sensing unit. An RFID unit is provided that wirelessly transmits data stored in the memory when a data read command is received after the data indicating the obtained heat sensing result is written in the memory.

  In addition, the alarm device according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a reader / writer that constantly transmits a carrier wave for RFID so that an alarm can be transmitted when the heat sensing unit of the cigarette senses heat, and an alarm message. After transmitting a data read command using the reader / writer and the alarm means for transmitting the data, the data received by the reader / writer is confirmed, and if this data indicates the detection of heat, a predetermined alarm message is displayed. Alarm control means for transmitting to the alarm means is provided.

  Furthermore, the second invention is an invention in which the RFID part of the cigarette is adapted to cope with the lack of the heat sensing part caused by the burning of the cigarette in the first invention. When a heat sensing result cannot be obtained from the sensing unit, data indicating the absence of the heat sensing unit is written in a memory, and the alarm control means of the alarm device detects heat or the data according to the data received by the reader / writer. When the absence of the heat sensing unit is indicated, a predetermined warning message is transmitted to the warning means.

  Further, the third invention is an invention in which the warning message can be changed according to the number of smoking violations in the first invention or the second invention, and the road smoking monitoring system of the third invention is an individual ID. A smoking violation management device that stores an individual name and the number of smoking violations in association with each other, and the RFID part of the cigarette stores a personal ID of the purchaser.

  3rd invention WHEREIN: The said alarm control means of the said alarm device transmits personal ID to the said smoking violation management apparatus, when the personal ID is contained in the data which the said reader / writer received, The said smoking violation management apparatus When the smoking violation management device receives a personal ID from the warning device, the smoking violation management device increments the number of smoking violations associated with the personal ID, and then increments smoking. If the number of violations is less than the specified number, an alarm message not including the individual name is transmitted to the alarm device, and if the incremented number of smoking violations is greater than the specified number, an alarm message including the individual name is transmitted to the alarm device.

  A fourth aspect of the invention is the invention according to any one of the first to third aspects of the invention, wherein the alarm device can confirm that data has been received from the RFID part of the cigarette. The RFID unit stores a product code indicating the cigarette, and the alarm control unit of the alarm device stops processing if the product code included in the data received by the reader / writer is not a product code indicating the cigarette. It is characterized by doing.

  A fifth invention is a cigarette necessary for the road smoking monitoring system according to the first invention, and the cigarette operates by receiving a heat sensing part for sensing heat accompanying combustion and a carrier wave for RFID. And an RFID unit that wirelessly transmits the data stored in the memory when a data read command is received after the data indicating the heat sensing result obtained from the heat sensing unit is written in the memory.

  Further, in a sixth aspect based on the fifth aspect, the RFID part of the cigarette writes data indicating a lack of the heat sensing part in a memory when a heat sensing result cannot be obtained from the heat sensing part. It is characterized by.

  Thus, according to the above-described invention, it is possible to provide a system that can automatically issue a warning to a person who smokes on the road in the on-road non-smoking area, and a cigarette that is necessary for this system.

The figure explaining the structure of the road smoking monitoring system concerning embodiment. The block diagram of the tobacco of this embodiment. The figure explaining operation | movement of a cigarette. The figure explaining the burning condition of a tobacco, and the flag written in memory. The block diagram of an alarm device and a smoking violation management apparatus. The figure explaining operation | movement of an alarm device. The figure explaining an alarm transmission process.

  From this, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described. The following description is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, but is provided to aid understanding.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a road smoking monitoring system 1 according to the present embodiment. The road smoking monitoring system 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 is a system developed to automatically monitor road smoking in a road smoking cessation area designated by the road smoking ban regulations established by local governments. It comprises at least a cigarette 2 having a sensing function and an RFID function, and an alarm device 3 having a function of wirelessly communicating with the cigarette 2 and a function of transmitting an alarm. In FIG. 1, the alarm device 3 is described as one unit. However, when the present invention is implemented, a plurality of alarm devices 3 are installed on the road in the non-smoking area on the road.

  Further, in the road smoking monitoring system 1 according to the present embodiment, a purchase card necessary for purchasing the cigarette 2 with the vending machine 6 is stored so that the purchaser who has purchased the cigarette 2 can be identified from the cigarette 2. A smoking violation management device 4 that stores an individual name and the number of smoking violations in association with the personal ID that is being used is included, and the alarm device 3 and the smoking violation management device 4 are connected via a network 5.

  First, the cigarette 2 included in the road smoking monitoring system 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the cigarette 2 of the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the cigarette 2.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the cigarette 2 according to the present embodiment includes a heat sensing unit 21 that senses heat accompanying combustion, and a heat sensing obtained from the heat sensing unit 21 when activated by receiving a carrier wave for RFID. When data indicating the result is written in the memory and then a data read command is received, the RFID unit 20 is provided that wirelessly transmits the data stored in the memory.

  In FIG. 2, the RFID unit 20 is incorporated in the filter so that the RFID unit 20 remains at least in the cigarette 2 even after the cigarette 2 has been sucked. Further, a heat sensing unit 21 is provided at the tip of the cigarette 2 so that it can sense that the cigarette 2 is burning, and the RFID unit 20 and the heat sensing unit 21 are connected by a copper wire 23.

  There are various methods for detecting the heat associated with the burning of the cigarette 2. For example, a thermistor whose resistance value decreases as the temperature rises can be used as the heat sensing unit 21. When the thermistor is used for the heat sensing unit 21, the heat sensing unit 21 is a circuit that determines the presence or absence of combustion using the current flowing through the thermistor. In this case, when the current flowing through the thermistor is equal to or greater than the specified value, the heat sensing unit 21 determines that the tobacco 2 has ignited and the temperature has increased.

  By configuring as illustrated in FIG. 2, the heat sensing unit 21 can sense the combustion of the tobacco 2 after the cigarette 2 is lit until the combustion of the tobacco 2 proceeds to the location of the heat sensing unit 21. However, if the burning of the tobacco 2 exceeds the location of the heat sensing unit 21, the heat sensing unit 21 is lost from the tobacco 2.

  Therefore, until the burning of the tobacco 2 proceeds to the position of the heat sensing unit 21, the heat sensing result obtained from the heat sensing unit 21 becomes data indicating either heat sensing or heat non-sensing. In addition, if the combustion of the tobacco 2 exceeds the location of the heat sensing unit 21, an effective heat sensing result cannot be obtained from the heat sensing unit 21.

  The RFID unit 20 of the cigarette 2 is realized by a circuit similar to a general-purpose RFID, and the RFID unit 20 of the present embodiment performs the operation of FIG.

  When the antenna 22 connected to the RFID unit 20 receives the RFID carrier wave, the RFID unit 20 of the cigarette 2 operates with power supplied from the antenna 22 (S1). After executing the collision prevention procedure, the thermal sensing result is acquired from the thermal sensing unit 21 (S2).

  The RFID unit 20 of the cigarette 2 confirms the heat sensing result obtained from the heat sensing unit 21, and if the heat sensing result obtained from the heat sensing unit 21 indicates heat sensing, writes the heat sensing flag in the memory (S3a ) When the heat sensing result cannot be obtained from the heat sensing unit 21, the missing flag is written in the memory (S3b). Note that when the heat sensing result acquired from the heat sensing unit 21 indicates that heat is not sensed, the heat sensing flag and the missing flag are not written to the memory.

  Next, when the antenna 22 receives the data read command, the RFID unit 20 of the cigarette 2 transmits the data stored in the memory wirelessly using the antenna 22 connected to the RFID unit 20. (S4) This procedure ends.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the burning status of the cigarette 2 and the flags written in the memory. FIG. 4A shows a state before the cigarette 2 is ignited. Even if the RFID unit 20 operates in this state, there is no heat associated with the burning of the cigarette 2, and the heat sensing unit 21 also has the cigarette 2. Therefore, the heat sensing flag and the missing flag are not written to the memory.

  FIG. 4B shows a state immediately after the cigarette 2 is lit, and when the RFID unit 20 operates in this state, the heat sensing unit 21 is not missing from the cigarette 2 and the heat sensing unit 21 is not a cigarette. In order to sense the heat associated with the combustion of 2, only the heat sensing flag is written into the memory.

  FIG. 4C shows a state in which the combustion of the cigarette 2 has progressed to the vicinity of the filter. When the combustion of the cigarette 2 has progressed to the vicinity of the filter, the heat sensing unit 21 is missing from the cigarette 2, and in this state, When 20 is activated, the heat sensing result is not obtained from the heat sensing unit 21, and only the missing flag is written into the memory.

  The memory of the RFID unit 20 of the cigarette 2 can also include other information necessary for monitoring smoking in the non-smoking area on the road in addition to the data relating to the heat detection result (heat detection flag and missing flag). .

  For example, the purchaser's personal ID can be stored in the memory of the RFID unit 20 of the cigarette 2 so that the purchaser can be identified from the cigarette 2. If the individual ID of the purchaser can be stored in the RFID unit 20, the number of times of smoking in the road smoking cessation area can be managed for each individual, and an alarm according to the number of smoking in the road smoking cessation area can be transmitted.

  The personal ID of the purchaser is stored in the RFID unit 20 of the cigarette 2 purchased by the purchaser when the purchaser purchases the cigarette 2 with the vending machine 6 as in the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1. be able to. For example, the vending machine 6 illustrated in FIG. 1 reads the personal ID from a purchase card possessed by the purchaser when the purchaser purchases the cigarette 2 in units of boxes, and the RFID portion of the cigarette 2 possessed by the purchaser. A process of writing a personal ID in each 20 is performed.

  In recent years, since the number of products to which RFID is attached is increasing, the product code indicating the cigarette 2 can be stored in the memory of the RFID unit 20 of the cigarette 2. If the product code indicating the cigarette 2 is stored in the memory of the RFID unit 20 of the cigarette 2, the alarm device 3 can determine whether data has been received from the cigarette 2. The product code indicating the cigarette 2 can be stored in the memory of the RFID unit 20 at the manufacturing stage of the cigarette 2.

  From here, the alarm device 3 installed in the road non-smoking area designated by the road smoking prohibition regulations established by the local government and the smoking violation management device 4 connected to the alarm device 3 via the network 5 will be described. .

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the alarm device 3 and the smoking violation management device 4. As shown in FIG. 5, the alarm device 3 uses the reader / writer 31 that constantly transmits a carrier wave for RFID, alarm means 32 (for example, a speaker) that transmits an alarm message, and data using the reader / writer 31. After the reading command is transmitted, the data received by the reader / writer 31 is confirmed, and if this data indicates that heat is detected or the heat sensing unit 21 is missing, the alarm control 32 sends a predetermined alarm message. Means 30 are provided.

  The smoking violation management device 4 includes a personal DB (DataBase) 41 that stores a personal name and the number of smoking violations in association with a personal ID, and a smoking violation management means 40 that manages the number of smoking violations for each individual.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the alarm device 3. The reader / writer 31 of the alarm device 3 constantly transmits a carrier wave for RFID with a strength that does not affect the human body, and when the reader / writer 31 executes a predetermined collision prevention procedure and detects the RFID, the alarm device 3 The alarm control means 30 transmits a data read command to the RFID detected by the reader / writer 31 (S10).

  When the reader / writer 31 receives the data after transmitting the data read command using the reader / writer 31, the alarm control means 30 of the alarm device 3 determines whether the product code included in the data is the product code of the cigarette 2. Confirm (S11).

  If the product code included in the data received by the reader / writer 31 is not the product code of the cigarette 2, the alarm control means 30 of the alarm device 3 uses the RFID unit 20 of the cigarette 2 as the RFID responding to the radio wave transmitted by the reader / writer 31. This is the end of this procedure.

  If the product code included in the data received by the reader / writer 31 is the product code of the cigarette 2, the RFID responding to the radio wave transmitted by the reader / writer 31 becomes the RFID unit 20 of the cigarette 2. The alarm control means 30 confirms whether the missing flag is included in the data received by the reader / writer 31 (S12).

  The alarm control means 30 of the alarm device 3 is considered that the heat sensing unit 21 is missing from the cigarette 2 due to the burning of the cigarette 2 if the missing flag is included in the data received by the reader / writer 31. The process proceeds to S14 of No. 6 to perform an alarm transmission process, and this procedure is terminated.

  If the data received by the reader / writer 31 does not include a missing flag, the alarm control means 30 of the alarm device 3 next checks whether the data includes a heat sensing flag (S13). If the data detected by the reader / writer 31 does not include a heat detection flag, the purchaser has the cigarette 2 but has not smoked. End the procedure.

  Further, the alarm control means 30 of the alarm device 3 proceeds to S14 in FIG. 6 because the purchaser is considered to have ignited the cigarette 2 if the heat sensing flag is included in the data received by the reader / writer 31. An alarm transmission process is performed and this procedure is terminated.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the alarm transmission process. In the present embodiment, the alarm control means 30 of the alarm device 3 first transmits the personal ID included in the data received by the reader / writer 31 to the smoking violation management device 4 in the alarm transmission processing (S14) of FIG. S20).

  When receiving the personal ID from the alarm device 3, the smoking violation management means 40 of the smoking violation management device 4 refers to the personal DB 41 and increments the number of smoking violations associated with the personal ID received from the alarm device 3 by one. After (S21), the number of smoking violations after increment is confirmed (S22).

  The smoking violation management means 40 of the smoking violation management device 4 issues a warning message that does not include an individual name (for example, “This road is non-smoking on the road”) if the number of smoking violations after the increment is less than the specified number. 3 (S23a), if the number of smoking violations after increment is less than or equal to the specified number, refer to the personal DB 41, and an alarm message including the personal name associated with the personal ID received from the alarm device 3 (for example, “Mr. X, this road is non-smoking on the road” is transmitted to the alarm device 3 (S23b).

  When the warning control means 30 of the warning device 3 receives the warning message from the smoking violation management device 4, the warning control means 30 sends the warning message received from the smoking violation device to the warning means 32 (S24) and ends this procedure.

  In the case where the smoking violation management device 4 is not included, an alarm message not including the individual name is stored in the alarm device 3, and the alarm control means of the alarm device 3 in the alarm transmission processing (S14) of FIG. 30 causes the alarm means 32 to transmit an alarm message that does not include an individual name.

  As described above, according to the road smoking monitoring system 1 according to the present embodiment, when the purchaser who has purchased the cigarette 2 smokes on the road in the road non-smoking area, an alarm message is transmitted from the alarm device 3. Has the effect of quitting smoking on the streets in smoking prohibited areas.

  Further, by including the personal ID in the memory of the cigarette 2, the number of smoking violations can be grasped for each individual. By grasping the number of smoking violations in the personal DB 41, the warning message issued by the warning device 3 can be changed according to the number of smoking violations for each individual ID.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Road smoking monitoring system 2 Cigarette 20 RFID part 21 Heat sensing part 22 Antenna 23 Copper wire 3 Alarm device 30 Alarm control means 31 Reader / writer 32 Alarm means 4 Smoking violation management apparatus 40 Smoking violation management means 41 Personal DB
5 Network 6 Vending machine

Claims (6)

A system comprising at least a cigarette possessed by an individual and an alarm device installed in a non-smoking area,
When the cigarette is activated by receiving a heat sensing unit for sensing heat generated by combustion and a carrier wave for RFID, data indicating the heat sensing result obtained from the heat sensing unit is written in a memory, When receiving a read command, it comprises an RFID unit that wirelessly transmits data stored in the memory,
The alarm device transmits a data read command using the reader / writer that constantly transmits an RFID carrier, an alarm means that transmits an alarm message, and confirms the data received by the reader / writer And when this data indicates the detection of heat, it is provided with alarm control means for transmitting a predetermined alarm message to the alarm means.
A street smoking monitoring system characterized by that.   The RFID unit of the cigarette writes data indicating the absence of the heat sensing unit in a memory when a heat sensing result cannot be obtained from the heat sensing unit, and the alarm control unit of the alarm device is configured by the reader / writer. The road smoking monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein when the received data indicates heat detection or lack of the heat detection unit, a predetermined warning message is transmitted to the warning means.   A smoking violation management device that stores a personal name and the number of smoking violations in association with a personal ID, wherein the RFID part of the cigarette stores a purchaser's personal ID, and the alarm control means of the alarm device includes the reader / writer When the personal ID is included in the received data, the personal ID is transmitted to the smoking violation management apparatus, the alarm message received from the smoking violation management apparatus is transmitted to the alarm means, and the smoking violation management apparatus is When the personal ID is received from the alarm device, the number of smoking violations associated with the personal ID is incremented, and if the number of smoking violations after the increment is less than the specified number, an alarm message not including the personal name is incremented. A warning message including an individual name is transmitted to the warning device if the number of subsequent smoking violations is equal to or more than a prescribed number. That, street smoking monitoring system according to claim 1 or claim 2.   The RFID part of the cigarette stores a product code indicating the cigarette, and the alarm control means of the alarm device processes the product code included in the data received by the reader / writer if it is not a product code indicating the cigarette The road smoking monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the smoking is stopped.   When it operates by receiving the RFID carrier wave and the heat sensing part that senses the heat associated with combustion, it writes the data indicating the heat sensing result obtained from the heat sensing part to the memory and then receives the data read command Then, a cigarette characterized by comprising an RFID unit that wirelessly transmits data stored in a memory. The cigarette according to claim 5, wherein the RFID unit of the cigarette writes data indicating a lack of the heat sensing unit in a memory when a heat sensing result is not obtained from the heat sensing unit.

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