JP2016180924A - whistle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a whistle that enables rescue to be requested without fail in an emergency irrespective of the state of the person needing rescue.SOLUTION: A whistle is equipped with a sounding part, a memory and a transmitter. When the whistle is blown in an emergency, the sounding part issues a sound to ask people around for help. At the same time, the blowing of the whistle is detected, and information stored in the memory including a serial number is sent by the transmitter to a base station. As not only the whistle sound but also a radio message requesting rescue is transmitted, a rescue can still be requested even if it becomes impossible to blow the whistle.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a whistle, and more particularly to a whistle that generates a sound in an emergency and requests rescue.

  Conventionally, whistles have been used as a means of seeking help from the surroundings in the event of an emergency such as a disaster or accident. The whistle is convenient to carry because it is small and lightweight. In addition, since the structure of the whistle is simple, a magnetic compass and a whistle integrated (Patent Document 1), a name tag and a whistle integrated (Patent Document 2), etc. have been proposed for convenient portability. Yes. Furthermore, an emergency call system (Patent Document 3) has been proposed in which the sound of a horn is detected by an acoustic sensor arranged in the city and an emergency is detected by the sound.

  The operation for using the whistle to seek help in the event of an emergency is that the rescuer simply blows the whistle and makes a sound, and can be operated quickly and easily from children to the elderly. Whistle is an analog device, but it is an excellent means for emergency calls carried everyday.

Utility Model Registration No. 3050281 Utility Model Registration No. 3104371 JP 2006-003941 A

  Whistle has excellent portability and is easy to operate. Distribute the whistle to elderly people with relatively weak physical strength and carry it with you. It is being considered to seek help from others.

  However, if there is no person around the rescuer in the conventional whistle, the rescuer may need to blow the whistle alone for a long time until he or she appears to help. In addition, depending on the condition of the rescuer seeking help, there may be cases where there is no physical strength to continue blowing the whistle, or when it is impossible to blow the whistle due to loss of consciousness. This is not always possible.

  In view of the above-described problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a whistle in which a rescue request is reliably made regardless of the state of a rescuer in an emergency.

  In order to solve the above problems, the whistle of the present invention comprises a whistle part having a blower opening and a resonance part, a storage part, and a transmission part. When the blower is blown, the transmission part is registered in the storage part. The transmitted information is transmitted to the base station.

  A receiving unit that receives a signal from the base station is provided.

  The information processing apparatus includes an input unit that instructs transmission of information registered in the storage unit from the transmission unit to the base station.

  A fall detection unit is provided, and the transmission unit transmits information registered in the storage unit to a base station when the fall detection unit detects a fall.

  A plurality of the whistle parts are provided, and the plurality of whistle parts emit sounds having different frequencies.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a whistle in which a rescue request is reliably made regardless of the state of a rescuer in an emergency.

It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the whistle which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the whistle which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a usage pattern. It is a figure which shows the whistle of other embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state of practice mode.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  An appearance of a whistle according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. The whistle main body 1 has a whistle part 4 having a blower 2 and a resonance part 3, an input part 5 on which a whistle wearer inputs, and a display part 6. As the input unit 5, for example, a push button switch or the like can be used, and as the display unit 6, a liquid crystal display screen or a light emitting element such as an LED can be used.

  FIG. 2 shows a configuration of the whistle body 1 of the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a situation in which the whistle of the present embodiment is used. Inside the whistle body 1 are provided a sensor 41, a storage unit 7, a transmission unit 8, a reception unit 9, a fall detection unit 10, and a control unit 11 shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described by taking as an example a case where an elderly person who has gone out alone as shown in FIG.

  If the rescuer is conscious but injured and cannot move, the blower 2 of the whistle body 1 is blown to generate sound from the whistle part 4. The whistle part 4 is not particularly limited as long as it has a structure that emits sound by exhalation. However, it is preferable that the whistle part 4 has a structure that emits a sound of about 3 kHz in order to convey that the rescue is being requested far. Like the conventional whistle, the sound of the whistle part 4 can alert the people around and tell that there is a person seeking rescue.

  In the whistle part 4 of the present embodiment, for example, a sensor 41 that detects at least one of the flow rate, the flow rate, and the pressure of exhalation is disposed. When the rescuer blows a whistle from the blower 2, the sensor 41 arranged in the whistle part 4 detects that the whistle has been blown and notifies the control part 11. In addition, if the whistle unit 4 is provided with a system for generating electricity by exhalation, the control unit 11 and the like can be operated even if the battery runs out.

  The control unit 11 notified of the whistle blowing from the sensor 41 instructs the transmission unit 8 to wirelessly transmit the information registered in the storage unit 7 in advance to the base station 12. Here, the information registered in advance in the storage unit 7 is information such as a serial number that can specify the owner of the whistle, for example.

  Information received by the base station 12 is sent to a local welfare center or emergency center, and from the information such as the serial number, the name and contact information of the rescuer is examined, and the family and rescue team are asked for help. It is told that there is. In the present embodiment, a rescue requester simply blows the whistle from the blow outlet 2 in an emergency, and the rescue request is transmitted by radio waves from the transmission unit 8 in addition to the sound emitted by the whistle unit 4, so the rescue is requested more reliably. be able to.

  The base station 12 that has received the information from the transmission unit 8 further transmits a signal indicating that the rescue request has been received to the reception unit 9 built in the whistle body 1. When the receiving unit 9 receives a signal from the base station 12, the control unit 11 causes the display unit 6 to display that the receiving unit 9 has received a reply from the base station 12. In FIG. 1, the fact that the rescue request has been received is displayed in characters on the display unit 6, but it may be displayed in a color such as, for example, the lamp color changes from red to green. In addition to the display unit 6, the whistle body 1 has a built-in vibrator and a vibration-notifying method, and a built-in speaker and voice, in order to tell that a rescue request has been received even for a hearing-impaired person or a visually-impaired person. You can also use the method of informing.

  The signal indicating that the rescue request has been received is received from the base station 12 by the receiving unit 9 of the whistle body 1 in response to an instruction from the welfare center or emergency center after the local welfare center or emergency center receives the rescue request. It can also be set as the system which transmits to. The base station 12 first transmits a signal indicating that the information from the transmission unit 8 has been received to the reception unit 9, and then receives instructions from the welfare center or emergency center from the base station 12 to the reception unit 9. A system that transmits a signal indicating that the center or the emergency center has received a rescue request may be used.

  The rescue requester can know that the rescue request has been received by the display unit 6. Knowing that the rescue request has been communicated, rescuers who are in need of anxiety can continue to blow whistles into the dark clouds and exhaust their physical strength and prevent them from getting worse by trying to move on their own.

  In addition, even if rescue is required in places where radio waves are difficult to reach, the function of the conventional whistle, which is an analog means, can be used to sound people around the rescuer regardless of radio wave conditions. Can communicate that they are seeking help. If the transmission from the transmission unit 8 is set so as to be performed only when the radio wave condition is good, useless transmission is eliminated and battery consumption can be prevented.

  If the base station 12 is provided with an acoustic sensor, even if the rescuer falls down in a place where radio waves are difficult to reach due to the shadows, etc., the sound from the whistle is detected and a rescue request from the rescuer is requested. Or to an emergency center.

  The above situation assumes that the rescuer is conscious and can whistle, but there may be situations where the whistle cannot be blown because the rescuer is not conscious. In the present embodiment, in order to make a request for rescue even in such a situation, as shown in FIG. 2, the fall detection unit 10 is built in the whistle body 1, and a push button switch that is operated by a rescuer is required. The input unit 5 is provided.

  When the control unit 11 detects that the whistle carrier has fallen by a signal from the fall detection unit 10, even if the sensor 41 does not detect that the whistle has been blown, the control unit 11 is registered in the transmission unit 8 in the storage unit 7. An instruction is issued to transmit the received information to the base station 12. The base station 12 sends the received information to a local welfare center or emergency center to inform the whistle owner that they are seeking rescue and that the whistle is not blown. Further, the fact that the rescue request has been received is transmitted to the receiving unit 9 of the whistle body 1, and the control unit 11 displays on the display unit 6 that there has been a reception notification from the base station 12.

  The fall detection unit 10 includes, for example, an acceleration sensor or a vibration sensor. When an impact or vibration exceeding a preset threshold is detected, the fall detection unit 10 determines that the whistle carrier has fallen. By analyzing the waveform of the impact or vibration, or analyzing the acceleration in the X, Y, and Z directions with a three-axis acceleration sensor, it is possible to detect falling more accurately.

  Further, the fall detection unit 10 continuously measures the shock or vibration for about several minutes after detecting the shock or vibration exceeding the preset threshold value, and when there is no shock or vibration exceeding the set value. The controller 11 can also be set so as to inform the user that the carrier has fallen.

  With this setting, when the whistle wearer falls and loses consciousness and does not move for a while, the fall detection unit 10 is informed to the control unit 11 and the control unit 11 transmits. The unit 8 is instructed to perform transmission. However, if the person falls and is conscious and can get up and move immediately without injury, the fall detection unit 10 detects that the person has started moving after the fall by detecting an impact or vibration exceeding the set value after the fall. When it starts to move after a fall, the fall detection unit 10 can be set not to notify the control unit 11 of the fall. Since there is no signal from the fall detection unit 10, the control unit 11 does not issue a transmission instruction to the transmission unit 8 until the sensor 41 detects that the whistle has been blown.

  Fortunately, if the whistle carrier is not injured and does not need to be rescued, the carrier operates the push button switch of the input unit 5. A signal from the input unit 5 is transmitted to the control unit 11, and the control unit 11 transmits to the transmission unit 8 a signal indicating that a rescue request is not required from the information registered in the storage unit 7. Instruct. When the base station 12 receives this signal, the base station 12 transmits to the receiving unit 9 of the whistle body 1 that the rescue request has been canceled, and the carrier can confirm by the display on the display unit 6 that the rescue request has been canceled.

  In the whistle of the present embodiment, the fall detection unit 10 detects the fall of the wearer, and a request for rescue is made to the base station 12. For this reason, for example, even when a person who suddenly loses consciousness and falls down, even if the rescuer is not conscious and cannot blow the whistle, a request for rescue is sent to a local welfare center or emergency center.

  Another embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. In another embodiment, the whistle part 4 is constituted by a plurality of whistle parts 4a, 4b. The whistle part 4a and the whistle part 4b are set so as to emit different frequencies f1 and f2, and the combination of the frequencies f1 and f2 is determined to be different for each whistle.

  Since the combination of the frequencies f1 and f2 is determined for each whistle, when a rescuer blows the whistle part 4a and the whistle part 4b at the same time, the sound frequency is analyzed and the combination of the frequencies f1 and f2 is determined. You can know if the sound is from the whistle.

  For example, a base station 12 equipped with an acoustic sensor analyzes the frequency of sound and transmits a combination of frequencies f1 and f2 to a local welfare center or emergency center, or a welfare center staff or an emergency center staff By holding a portable terminal equipped with an acoustic sensor capable of frequency analysis, the name of the rescuer can be checked from the frequency of the whistle sound, and the rescuer can be rescued while calling for the name of the rescuer.

  In yet another embodiment, one of the frequencies f1 and f2 of the sound emitted by the plurality of whistle parts 4a and 4b is set as an audible frequency and the other is set as a low frequency non-audible frequency. In an emergency, rescuers need to rest assured that the sound in the audible range comes out of the whistle, and the low-frequency non-audible range that reaches the far end without being attenuated. You can request rescue.

  The whistle can also have a practice mode. The practice mode here is a mode in which information is not sent from the base station 12 to a welfare center or an emergency center even when a carrier blows a whistle, and a rescue request is not made. For example, if an elderly person sometimes switches the whistle to the practice mode, and how strong the whistle blows, the transmitter 8 transmits to the base station 12, or if the practice of blowing the whistle, You can calm down and ask for help. In addition, it is possible to confirm that the person can be identified by the combination of the frequencies f1 and f2 by blowing the whistle. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the display on the display unit 6 in the practice mode, and displays that the base station 12 has received a rescue request in practice.

  The operation for switching to the practice mode may be switched depending on how to blow, for example, a short blow in about 1 second and then a continuous blow for 2 seconds or longer. In addition, after switching to the practice mode, the practice mode can be automatically canceled when a predetermined time elapses. For example, when the control unit 11 detects that no operation has been performed for one minute in the practice mode state, if the control unit 11 is set to cancel the practice mode, the elderly person Even if you forget to cancel the practice mode, the practice mode is automatically canceled, so you can use the whistle to make a rescue request in an emergency.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, it cannot be overemphasized that the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiments. Further, it is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Whistle main body 2 Air outlet 3 Resonance part 4 Whistle part 5 Input part 6 Display part 7 Storage part 8 Transmission part 9 Reception part
10 Fall detection unit
11 Control unit
12 Base station

Claims (5)

A whistle part having a blowing port and a resonance part, a storage part, and a transmission part,
When the blower is blown, the whistle transmits the information registered in the storage unit to a base station.   The whistle according to claim 1, further comprising a receiving unit that receives a signal from the base station.   The whistle according to claim 1, further comprising an input unit that instructs transmission of information registered in the storage unit from the transmission unit to the base station.   4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a fall detection unit, wherein the transmission unit transmits information registered in the storage unit to a base station when the fall detection unit detects a fall. 5. The whistle described.   The whistle according to claim 1, wherein the whistle part includes a plurality of whistle parts, and the plurality of whistle parts emit sounds having different frequencies.

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