JP2020030541A - Emergency report system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an emergency report system that, when an emergency report is made from an emergency report device, automatically performs notification simultaneously to a plurality of report destinations.SOLUTION: An emergency report system comprises: a plurality of emergency report devices 1 each including an intercom slave unit 11 including an emergency report button 41 for transmitting an emergency signal and a telephone conversation function, a camera 44, a speaker 12, and a warning light 14; an intercom master unit 2a provided with a function to receive the emergency signal from the intercom slave unit and respond thereto and a display 21a displaying a video picked up by the camera 44. The camera is in a constant imaging state, and a video storage unit storing the picked-up video is provided in the intercom master unit; and a simultaneous report device 3 that performs simultaneous reporting to a plurality of report destinations including the emergency report devices. The intercom master unit receiving the emergency signal transmits an abnormality notification signal to the simultaneous report device, and the simultaneous report device receiving the abnormality notification signal executes simultaneous reporting to a plurality of abnormality report devices to cause the devices to issue a sound.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an emergency notification system for notifying a security officer or the like when an abnormal situation such as intrusion of a suspicious person occurs in a specific area.

When an emergency such as intrusion of a suspicious person into a specific area occurs, a device for notifying a security officer or the like of the emergency is, for example, a security light pole equipped with a notification device, a loudspeaker, and a warning light (for example, see Patent Literature) 1).
Security light poles are installed in areas where unspecified persons can enter, such as public facilities and university premises, and when the emergency call button installed on the security light pole is pressed, it is installed in a security room etc. A report is made to the calling device, and a call can be made with the caller by performing a response operation. Also, if necessary, it is possible to perform necessary measures such as sounding an alarm sound from a loudspeaker installed on a security light pole or sounding a warning message by operation of a security officer. I have.

JP 2010-282316 A

In a system provided with an emergency call device such as a security light pole, when an emergency call button is operated, an image taken by a camera provided in the emergency call device is transmitted together with a notification signal, and a security officer views the image. While being able to talk with the caller, it was effective in grasping the situation. In addition, a security officer who recognizes the situation can sound an alarm or warn a warning message with the emergency notification device to intimidate suspicious persons or call attention to surrounding people. did it.
However, in a large area such as a park, an alarm sound or the like does not reach the entire area, and only a part of persons close to the emergency call device of the caller can recognize the situation. In such a case, if the entire area was equipped with the function of broadcasting simultaneously, it was possible to notify the occurrence of an abnormal situation to a wide area by performing broadcasting at a predetermined operation by a security officer or the like. There was a problem that the security staff was delayed in responding to the occurrence of the abnormality because the broadcast operation was performed by the staff.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an emergency notification system that automatically performs simultaneous notification to a plurality of notification destinations when a notification is made from an emergency notification device.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first aspect of the present invention provides a plurality of emergency notification devices including an emergency notification button for transmitting an emergency signal and a communication function, a camera, a loudspeaker, and a warning light. An emergency notification system comprising: a function for enabling communication with a notification unit when an emergency signal is received; and a response device including a display unit for displaying an image captured by a camera. When a signal is received, a broadcast message device that broadcasts to a plurality of report destinations is provided, and the broadcast message device simultaneously broadcasts to a plurality of emergency report devices other than the emergency report device that transmitted the emergency signal. To alert the user of the occurrence of an abnormality.
According to this configuration, when the emergency call button of the emergency call device is operated, simultaneous notification is performed to a plurality of emergency call devices, so that a large number of people can be notified of the occurrence of an abnormal situation at the same time, and a warning is issued. Can be. On the other hand, a security guard or the like who receives the emergency call does not have to spend energy for reporting the occurrence of an abnormality, and can concentrate on responding to the abnormal situation that has occurred.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the configuration according to the first aspect, the broadcast message device has a report destination storage unit in which a group of broadcast report destination emergency report devices is set for each emergency report device that has transmitted an emergency signal. The abnormality notification signal transmitted to the broadcast device for broadcasting from the response device includes the source information of the emergency signal, and the broadcast device transmits the emergency notification device based on the source information of the received abnormality notification signal. And transmitting the abnormality occurrence information to the selected emergency notification device.
According to this configuration, the abnormality occurrence information is simultaneously reported from a plurality of emergency notification devices, but this notification can be performed within a certain range from the notification source, and a notification operation is performed so as not to report when the notification source is distant. Can be done. Therefore, it is not necessary for a distant person to have unnecessary worries.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the configuration according to the second aspect, the response device has a location information storage unit that stores location information of the emergency notification device, and the abnormality notification signal transmitted to the broadcast notification device is , The location information of the emergency signal transmission source is attached, and the abnormality occurrence information transmitted from the broadcast notification device to the emergency notification device includes the location information of the emergency signal transmission source, and the broadcast generated by the emergency notification device is broadcast. The notification is characterized by including location information.
According to this configuration, the information that is broadcast all at once includes the location information of the report source, so that the person who hears the report can grasp the location where the abnormal situation has occurred, which is useful for evacuation and other actions.

  According to the present invention, when the emergency call button of the emergency call device is operated, the abnormality occurrence information is transmitted to a plurality of emergency call devices at the same time, so that a large number of people can be notified of the occurrence of the abnormal condition at the same time. Can be encouraged. On the other hand, a security guard or the like who receives an emergency call can concentrate on dealing with the abnormal situation that has occurred.

It is a lineblock diagram showing an example of an emergency call system concerning the present invention. It is a functional block diagram of an intercom slave unit. It is a functional block diagram of a response device. It is a functional block diagram of a simultaneous notification device. It is explanatory drawing of the map which shows the arrangement | positioning of the emergency notification apparatus displayed on a response device. It is a display explanatory view of the response device which received the emergency signal.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an emergency notification system according to the present invention, wherein 1 is an emergency notification device for notifying occurrence of an abnormality, 2 is a response device for responding to a call from the emergency notification device 1, Is a paging device for controlling a broadcast message, 4 is a paging speaker for broadcasting, and 5 is a paging device for controlling the paging speaker 4.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a signal conversion adapter for enabling communication between the response device 2 and the broadcast notification device 3, reference numeral 7 denotes a paging adapter for enabling communication between the paging device 5 and the broadcast notification device 3, and reference numeral 8 denotes a smartphone. Mobile phone.

  A plurality of the emergency notification devices 1 and the paging speakers 4 are installed in a specific area such as a park or a campus of a university. The response device 2 is installed in a security room S provided in the area. When there are a plurality of security rooms S according to the size of the monitoring area, the response device 2 is installed at a plurality of locations.

The emergency notification device 1 has a pillar-shaped housing 10 that is independently installed, and has an intercom slave unit 11 provided with a function of notifying the occurrence of an abnormality in the housing 10 and having a function of talking, a speaker for broadcasting (loud speaker). ) 12, a paging device 13 for controlling the broadcasting of the speaker 12, and a warning light 14 for notifying the surroundings of the occurrence of abnormality by emitting light.
The paging device 13 is connected to the intercom slave unit 11 in addition to the speaker 12 and the warning lamp 14, and also emits a sound from the speaker 12 and a warning of the warning lamp 14 by operating the intercom slave unit 11 in addition to an external signal. The operation is performed. Note that the warning light 14 is disposed at the top of the housing 10 so as to be easily visible from the surroundings.

FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram of the intercom slave unit 11. As shown in FIG. 2, a call button 42 is provided in addition to the emergency call button 41. Reference numeral 43 denotes a communication unit having a microphone and a speaker; 44, a camera for imaging the surroundings in addition to imaging of the caller; , 46 are slave CPUs for controlling the intercom slave 11, and 47 is a slave communication IF for communicating with the response device 2.
The call button 42 has the same function as the call button of the conventional intercom slave unit. When pressed, a call signal is transmitted to the answering device 2, and when the answering device 2 is operated for a call (answer operation), a call is possible. Becomes In addition, the image captured by the camera 44 is displayed on the response device 2 in conjunction with the reception of the call signal.

The answering apparatus 2 is composed of an intercom master unit 2a and a personal computer (hereinafter simply referred to as "PC master unit") 2b having a telephone call function, but it is sufficient if at least one of them is provided. Note that the PC base unit 2b has a call function, and application software that forms a call path when a response operation is performed is installed. When the call is received, a tone is sounded, and the call is enabled by the response operation. It has a display 21b (21) for displaying video, and has the same functions as the intercom master unit 2a.
As described above, the intercom master device 2a and the PC master device 2b have the same function, and either of them may be operated. Hereinafter, the description of the PC master device 2b will be omitted, and the interphone master device 2a will be described as the answering device 2. I do.

  FIG. 3 shows a functional block diagram of the intercom master unit 2a. As shown in FIG. 3, the intercom master unit 2a displays a display 21a (21) for displaying various information including an image captured by the camera 44, performs processing such as demodulation of a transmitted video signal, and displays it on the display 21a. An image processing unit 22 for generating an image, an operation unit 23 for performing various operations, a communication unit 24 having a handset 24a, an image storage unit 25 for storing an image, a map information storage unit 26 for storing map information of a monitoring area. A location information storage unit 27 for storing the location of each emergency notification device 1, a base unit CPU 28 for controlling the intercom base unit 2a, a base unit communication IF 29 for communicating with the intercom slave unit 11 and the broadcast notification unit 3, and the like. ing.

The intercom slave unit 11 is connected to the response device 2 via the transmission line L1, and the response device 2 is connected to the signal conversion adapter 6 via the transmission line L2. The signal conversion adapter 6 is connected to the LAN 9 via the transmission line L3, and connected to the broadcast device 3 via the LAN 9.
The paging speaker 4 is connected to a paging device 5 via a transmission line L4, and the paging device 5 is connected to a paging adapter 7 via a transmission line L5. The paging adapter 7 is connected to the LAN 9 via the transmission line L6, and is connected to the broadcast device 3 via the LAN 9. The broadcast notification device 3 is connected to a communication network N, and can communicate with the mobile phone 8 via the communication network N.
The paging adapter 7 is connected to the paging device 13 of the emergency notification device 1 via the transmission line L7.

  FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the broadcast notification device 3. The message storage unit 31 stores a broadcast message, the report destination storage unit 32 stores the broadcast destination including the number or address of the mobile phone 8, and the broadcast notification device. A broadcast communication device CPU 33 for controlling the communication network 3, a first communication IF 34 for connecting to the LAN 9, a second communication IF 35 for connecting to the communication network N for communicating with the mobile phone 8, and the like.

The operation of the emergency call system configured as described above is as follows. In a standby state in which the emergency call button 41 and the call button 42 are not pressed, a map indicating the installation location of the emergency call device 1 is displayed on the display 21a of the main unit 2a.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the displayed map, in which a part of the monitoring area is displayed. In this display area, four emergency notification devices 1 are installed, and their positions are indicated by icons A1 to A4.
The display of the paging speaker 4 is omitted. B1, B2, and B3 indicate buildings such as buildings, and S indicates a security room in which the intercom master unit 2a is installed. D indicates a separately installed surveillance camera.

  On the other hand, the camera 44 constantly captures an image, and the captured image is transmitted to the intercom master device 2a and stored in the image storage unit 25. This storage is automatically overwritten on the video of a predetermined time, for example, 5 minutes, and the video from the predetermined time to the present is always stored. The warning light 14 is in a normal lighting state (in the case of a rotating light, the light is turned off).

In this state, if the emergency notification button 41 of the emergency notification device 1 of the icon A1 shown in FIG. 5 is pressed, the identification information (ID information) of the intercom slave 11 is included from the intercom slave 11 under the control of the slave CPU 46. An emergency signal is transmitted to intercom master device 2a. That is, an emergency call is made. In addition, an emergency signal is also transmitted from intercom slave device 11 to paging device 13 by this operation.
The paging device 13 that has received the emergency signal causes the speaker 12 to emit an alarm sound and shifts the light emission state of the warning light 14 from constant lighting to blinking (or an operation in which the light emitting unit that has been turned off emits light).

On the other hand, in intercom master unit 2a that has received the emergency signal, a ringing tone is sounded under the control of master unit CPU 28, and the current captured image of camera 44 is displayed on display 21a. Further, the location of the intercom slave 11 is specified by referring to the location information storage unit 27 from the ID information of the intercom slave 11 included in the emergency signal, and the emergency call is sent from the intercom master 2 a to the broadcast notification device 3 via the LAN 9. An abnormality notification signal including the location information of the signal transmission source is transmitted.
Further, under the control of the master unit CPU 28, the current captured image of the camera 44 transmitted from the other emergency notification device 1 is displayed on the display 21a. The display is displayed in a multi-window.
In addition, as the response device 2, a display for displaying an image may be provided separately from the intercom master unit 2a, and the images captured by the other cameras 44 including the monitoring camera D may be displayed on the display.

The broadcast notification device 3 that has received the abnormality notification signal stores the associated group in the group information storage unit based on the location information of the transmission source emergency notification device 1 or the ID information of the transmission source intercom slave unit 11 included in the abnormality notification signal. 32a, and transmits the abnormality occurrence information including the location information to the emergency notification device 1 and the paging speaker 4 belonging to the group, and emits an alarm sound. For example, the four emergency notification devices 1 displayed in FIG. 5 are registered as a common group, and abnormality occurrence information is transmitted to them all at once.
Note that the group setting of the emergency notification device 1 to be broadcast may be set according to the size of the monitoring target area. If the area is large, it may be simply grouped by distance, or if it is composed of a plurality of small areas, It is good to make each area into one group.

The abnormality occurrence information is transmitted to each of the emergency notification devices 1 via the paging adapter 7, and each of the emergency notification devices 1 emits an alarm sound, and at the same time, the warning light 14 shifts from lighting to blinking, for example. In addition, an alarm sound is issued from the paging speaker 4 via the paging device 5. Thereafter, a message including location information such as a voice message based on the abnormality occurrence information, such as “The emergency call button of XX was pressed,” is sounded from the speaker 12 and the paging speaker 4 of the emergency notification device 1.
In addition, even when the intercom master unit 2a does not have the location information storage unit 27, a sound can be emitted from the emergency notification device 1 or the like. For example, the broadcast notification device 3 that has received the abnormality notification signal can select a report destination group from the ID information of the intercom slave unit 11 included in the abnormality notification signal, and can perform the general notification. In this case, for example, a message such as "A nearby emergency call button has been pressed."

  The broadcast notification device 3 that has received the abnormality occurrence information also transmits the abnormality occurrence information including the location information to the mobile phone 8 registered in the notification destination storage unit 32. For example, a message of abnormality occurrence information including location information such as “an emergency call has been issued from the emergency call device installed in XX now” is transmitted. This transmission is transmitted by e-mail, for example.

Then, intercom master device 2a that has received the emergency signal continues to operate as follows. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the display on the display 21a at the time of occurrence of the emergency call, which will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, M1 is a map display. For example, map information is continuously displayed in a size of about one half of the display 21a, and the camera 44 of the emergency notification device 1 which has transmitted an emergency signal adjacent thereto is displayed. The captured video M2 is displayed in a multi-window.
In the displayed map, the location of the emergency notification device 1 (or the icon A1 indicating the emergency notification device 1) P1 of the emergency signal transmission source performs a display operation different from the surroundings, such as blinking. Further, near the display of the source of the emergency signal displayed on the map, the elapsed time since the emergency call button 41 was pressed is indicated (indicated by P2).

  M3 is an image from the time 30 seconds before the time when the emergency call button 41 is pressed to the time when the emergency call button 41 is pressed, and is taken out from the video storage unit 25 and displayed. This display is repeatedly displayed until the end operation is performed. Further, by a predetermined operation of the operation unit 23, the image captured by the camera 44 of the other emergency notification device 1 in the vicinity can be obtained via the LAN and displayed collectively. M4 in FIG. 6 indicates this display unit.

  Then, the lighting state of the warning light 14 of each emergency notification device 1 is also displayed on the map, and when the warning light 14 changes from lighting to blinking, the icon on the map also changes the part of the warning light 14 such as blinking. Furthermore, if a failure occurs in the emergency notification device 1 or a communication error occurs with the intercom master unit 2a, the corresponding icon changes to red and can be confirmed on a map.

  If a response operation such as picking up the handset 24a is performed on the intercom master unit 2a that sounds a ringing tone upon receiving an emergency signal, a communication path is formed with the emergency notification device 1 and a communication path with the caller is formed. You can talk between them. When the call button 42 of the intercom slave 11 is depressed, a call signal is transmitted to the intercom master 2a and a ringing tone sounds. However, unlike the alarm signal, the call signal is simultaneously transmitted from the interphone master 2a. No signal is sent to the notification device 3, and the light emission state of the warning light 14 does not change.

As described above, when the emergency notification button 41 of the emergency notification device 1 is operated, the abnormality occurrence information is transmitted to a plurality of emergency notification devices 1 at the same time, so that a large number of people can be notified of the occurrence of the abnormal situation at the same time, You can call attention. On the other hand, a security guard or the like who receives the emergency call does not have to spend energy for reporting the occurrence of an abnormality, and can concentrate on responding to the abnormal situation that has occurred.
In addition, the abnormality occurrence information is reported from a plurality of emergency reporting devices 1 at the same time, but this reporting can be carried out within a certain range from the reporting source. it can. Therefore, it is not necessary for a distant person to have unnecessary worries.
In addition, since the information that is broadcast all at once includes the location information of the report source, the person who hears the report can understand the location of the occurrence of the abnormal situation, which is useful for evacuation and other actions.

In the above-described embodiment, the intercom master unit 2a and the PC master unit 2b perform the same operation. However, when both units are provided, different functions may be provided. For example, the intercom master unit 2a displays a current image image of the camera 44 of the notification source and an image image of the camera such as an image retroactive for a certain period of time at the time of notification, and the PC main unit 2b indicates the position of the emergency notification device 1. The displayed map may be displayed, and when a report is generated, the emergency report device 1 of the report source on the map may be blinked or the like, and the map information may be displayed mainly so that the location can be easily grasped.
When the number of the emergency notification devices 1 is large, the cameras 44 of the emergency notification devices 1 are grouped and registered for each emergency notification device 1, and the number of the cameras 44 to be displayed when an emergency notification is made. May be limited.
Further, the video storage unit 25 is provided in the intercom master device 2a (or the PC master device 2b), but may be provided in each intercom slave device 11.
Further, the abnormality occurrence information is transmitted to the mobile phone 8 by e-mail, but may be notified by short mail or may be notified by using SNS (Social Networking Service) represented by LINE (registered trademark). May be.

  1. Emergency notification device, 2. Response device, 2a Intercom master device (response device), 2b PC master device, 3. Broadcast notification device, 6. Signal conversion adapter, 7. Paging adapter , 9 LAN, 10 housing, 11 intercom slave (reporting means), 12 speaker (loudspeaker), 13 paging device, 14 warning light, 21, 21a display ( Display unit), 24 ... call unit, 25 ... video storage unit, 26 ... map information storage unit, 27 ... location information storage unit, 28 ... base unit CPU, 31 ... message storage unit, 32 ... Report destination storage unit, 33... Simultaneous report device CPU, 41... Emergency report button, 42... Call button, 44.

Claims (3)

A plurality of emergency notification devices including an emergency notification button and a call function for transmitting an emergency signal, a camera, a loudspeaker, and a warning light, and a plurality of the emergency notification devices when the emergency signal is received. An emergency call system including a function that enables a call, and a response device including a display unit that displays an image captured by the camera,
When the response device receives the emergency signal, a broadcast message device that performs a broadcast message to a plurality of report destinations,
The emergency notification system according to claim 1, wherein the simultaneous notification device performs a simultaneous notification to at least a plurality of emergency notification devices other than the emergency notification device that transmitted the emergency signal and sounds an abnormality. The broadcast message device has a report destination storage unit that sets a group of broadcast report destination emergency report devices for each of the emergency report devices that transmitted the emergency signal,
The abnormality notification signal transmitted to the broadcast device to broadcast from the response device includes transmission source information of the emergency signal,
The broadcast apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast apparatus selects the group of the emergency report apparatuses from the transmission source information of the received abnormality report signal, and transmits the abnormality occurrence information to the selected emergency report apparatus. Emergency call system. The response device has a location information storage unit that stores location information of the emergency notification device, the abnormality notification signal transmitted to the broadcast notification device, the location information of the emergency signal transmission source is attached Yes,
The abnormality occurrence information transmitted from the broadcast device to the emergency notification device includes location information of the emergency signal transmission source,
The emergency call system according to claim 2, wherein the simultaneous call sounded from the emergency call device includes the location information.

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