JP2022174135A - Voice notification system, method for controlling voice notification system, and program for controlling voice notification system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a voice notification system, a method for controlling the voice notification system, and a program for controlling the voice notification system capable of enabling a protector to more reliably confirm the condition of a person to be protected.

SOLUTION: In a voice notification system 1, a communication device 300, which is associated with a child user and a parent user and includes an input unit for accepting an instruction input by voice information and an output unit for outputting the voice information according to the instruction input, includes: a first reception unit for receiving a predetermined wireless signal including identification information of a transmission device 400; and a first transmission unit for transmitting the information of the transmission device to an information processing device 100. The information processing device includes: a second reception unit for receiving location information of an information processing terminal 200 of the parent user; and a second transmission unit for transmitting predetermined output information to the information processing terminal when the information processing terminal is located at a predetermined distance or more from the location of the communication device. The communication device includes an output unit for outputting voice information corresponding to the identification information of the transmission device after receiving the predetermined wireless signal by the first reception unit.

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COPYRIGHT: (C)2023,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present disclosure relates to an audio notification system, a control method for an audio notification system, and a control program for an audio notification system.

For the purpose of ensuring the safety of the protected person (e.g. child), it is detected that the protected person has returned home, and a predetermined message corresponding to the detected protected person is sent to the protected person (e.g. parent) Some are transmitted (see, for example, US Pat. In the at-home information notification system disclosed in Patent Document 1, when a card reader connected to a home gateway reads information on an IC card storing user ID data read by the card reader, a predetermined event An at-home information notification system for notifying information is disclosed.

Further, in recent years, the development of a so-called smart speaker, which is a communication device that recognizes an instruction input by a user's voice and outputs a result of responding to the instruction input by voice, has progressed. The smart speaker acquires information desired by the user from various platforms connected to the communication network and transmits operation instructions to various devices connected to the communication network, based on the contents of the instruction input by the user. can be done.

Because of this nature of functioning as a user's assistant, smart speakers are preferably always connected and powered by a communication network. This state of the smart speaker is in line with the purpose of always watching over the victim, and it is conceivable to use the smart speaker to ensure the safety of the victim.

JP 2014-106662 A

Here, with the technique described in Patent Literature 1, the user who has returned home may forget to have the IC card read by the card reader. Moreover, the user associated with the IC card may be different from the person who caused the IC card to be read by the card reader, which poses a safety problem.

The present disclosure has been made in view of the above problems, and while utilizing the advantages of smart speakers, the voice notification system that allows the asylum seeker to more reliably confirm the status of the asylum seeker, and the voice notification system. An object of the present invention is to provide a control method and a control program for an audio notification system.

A voice notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is associated with a child user and a parent user, and includes an input unit that receives instruction input by voice information, and an output unit that outputs voice information according to the instruction input. a first receiving unit for receiving a predetermined radio signal including identification information of the transmitting device transmitted from the transmitting device of the child user; a communication device that includes at least a first transmission unit that transmits to the information processing device via a communication device; a second reception unit that receives information regarding the location of the information processing terminal of the parent user; A second transmission for transmitting output information for outputting information indicating that the identification information of the transmitting device has been received by the communication device to the information processing terminal via the communication network when the position is separated by a predetermined distance or more from the position of and an information processing device having at least a portion, wherein the communication device outputs voice information corresponding to the identification information of the transmission device from the output portion after receiving the predetermined radio signal by the first reception portion.

In the voice notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the output unit of the communication device outputs voice information according to the identification information of the transmission device when voice information associated with the child user is received by the input unit. .

In the audio notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second transmission unit of the information processing device satisfies a predetermined condition when a predetermined radio signal including identification information of the transmission device is received by the communication device. , may transmit the output information.

In the voice notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a child user is associated with a plurality of parent users, and the second transmission unit is configured such that at least one information processing terminal among the information processing terminals of each of the plurality of parent users If the position of the communication device is not separated by a predetermined distance or more, the output information may not be transmitted.

In a voice notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a child user is associated with two or more transmitting devices including at least another information processing terminal connectable to a communication network, and the other information processing terminal If it is within a predetermined range from the location of the communication device, it may receive a predetermined radio signal containing identification information of the transmission device, and transmit information about the transmission device to the information processing device via the communication network.

In the audio notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the output unit may output audio information according to instruction information transmitted via the wireless network via the information processing terminal.

A voice notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure further includes another communication device associated with a child user and another user different from the parent user, wherein the second transmission unit of the information processing device is the transmission device of the child user When information about the transmission device of the child user is transmitted from another communication device that has received a predetermined radio signal including identification information, it indicates that the other communication device has received the identification information of the transmission device of the child user. You may transmit the output information which outputs information to an information processing terminal via a communication network.

In the voice notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second transmission unit of the information processing device, when the position of the information processing terminal is not separated from the position of the communication device by a predetermined distance or more, Information that causes the output unit to output audio information indicating that the identification information of the transmission device of the child user has been received may be transmitted to the communication device.

In the audio notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second transmission unit of the information processing device outputs audio information based on instruction information transmitted by the parent user via the parent user's information processing terminal or communication device. The audio output information to be output from the unit may be transmitted to another communication device.

In the voice notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the information processing device is an information processing device relating to a predetermined messaging service, and the information indicating that the identification information of the transmission device has been received is displayed on the information processing terminal. It may be output in the form of a message on a predetermined messaging screen displayed on the unit.

The audio notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may further include a storage unit that associates and stores child users, parent users, and communication devices as a first group capable of transmitting and receiving messages in a predetermined messaging service. .

In the voice notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the storage unit defines child users, parent users, other users, communication devices, and other communication devices as a second group capable of transmitting and receiving messages in a predetermined messaging service. They may be stored in association with each other.

A voice notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a third receiving unit that receives at least one of predetermined radio signals including identification information of the transmitting device transmitted from a transmitting device of a child user; a third transmitting unit configured to transmit a notification request to the child user to the information processing device via the communication network when a predetermined time has elapsed since the latest time when the predetermined wireless signal was received by the receiving unit. an information processing device comprising: a terminal; and a second transmission unit configured to transmit, to the information processing terminal of the child user, output information for outputting notification information regarding the information processing terminal of the parent user associated with the child user when the notification request is received. and a device.

In the audio notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, multiple child users and multiple parent users are associated with each other, and the second transmission unit of the information processing device includes information processing terminals of the multiple parent users. It is also possible to transmit output information for outputting notification information when notification requests are received from all of them.

A control method for a voice notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a communication device that includes an input unit that receives an instruction input by voice information and an output unit that outputs voice information according to the instruction input. a first receiving step of receiving a predetermined radio signal including identification information of the transmitting device transmitted from the device; causing the information processing device to execute a first transmitting step of transmitting to the information processing device via a network; a second receiving step of receiving information regarding the position of the information processing terminal of the parent user; an information processing terminal, through a communication network, to output information indicating that the transmitting device exists within a first range from the position of the communication device when the position of the communication device is separated from the position of the communication device by a predetermined distance or more; and a second transmission step of transmitting to the communication device, after receiving the predetermined radio signal in the first reception step, the communication device transmits from the output unit to the identification information of the transmission device An output step of outputting corresponding audio information is further executed.

A control program for a voice notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is associated with a child user and a parent user, and identifies a transmission device transmitted from a transmission device of a child user to a communication device that accepts instruction input by voice. a first receiving function for receiving a predetermined radio signal containing information; a second receiving function of receiving information on the position of the information processing terminal of the parent user in the information processing device; a second transmission function of transmitting output information indicating that the transmission device exists within a first range from the position of the communication device to the information processing terminal via the communication network when the a control program for an audio notification system, further comprising an output function for outputting audio information corresponding to the identification information of the transmission device from the output unit to the communication device after receiving a predetermined radio signal by the first reception function make it happen.

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an audio notification system in one aspect of an embodiment; FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing block configurations of a server and terminals included in the voice notification system in one aspect of the embodiment; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing block configurations of a communication device and a transmission device included in the voice notification system in one aspect of the embodiment; It is an example of a user information table. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an audio notification system according to a first embodiment; FIG. (a), (b) is a figure which shows an example of alerting|reporting by a communication apparatus. 4 is a sequence diagram of the first embodiment; FIG. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the audio|voice alerting|reporting system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an audio notification system according to a third embodiment; FIG. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram of the third embodiment; It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the audio|voice alerting|reporting system which concerns on 4th Embodiment. (a), (b) is a figure which shows an example of alerting|reporting which concerns on 4th Embodiment. FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram of the fourth embodiment; (a), (b) is a figure which shows schematic structure of the audio|voice alerting|reporting system which concerns on 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of alerting|reporting which concerns on 5th Embodiment.

<Compliance with legal matters>
Note that the disclosure provided herein is subject to compliance with the legal requirements of the implementing country required for the practice of this disclosure, such as confidentiality of communications.

Embodiments for implementing an audio notification system, a control method for the audio notification system, and a control program for the audio notification system according to the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings.

<System configuration>
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an audio notification system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As disclosed in FIG. 1, the voice notification system 1 includes a communication network 600, an information processing device (server) 100, information processing terminals (terminals) 200 (200A, 200B), a communication device 300, and a transmission device. 400 (transmitting device 400A, other information processing terminal (other terminal) 400B). Terminal 200 ( 200 A, 200 B) and communication device 300 are connected via communication network 600 . Further, although the details will be described later, another terminal 400B as a transmission device is also connected to the server 100 and the terminal 200 via the communication network 600 as necessary. Of the transmitters 400, the transmitter 400A is a wireless communication tag or beacon that transmits wireless signals by short-range wireless communication. Server 100 provides, via communication network 600, a service (instant messaging service) that implements message transmission/reception with terminal 200, communication device 300, and other terminal 400B owned by the user. Although the details will be described later, the “message” is not limited to text and includes voice output. The number of terminals 200 (200A, 200B), communication devices 300, and other information processing terminals 400B connected to communication network 600 is not limited to this. Hereinafter, the terminals 200 (200A, 200B) will be collectively referred to as terminals 200 when there is no particular need to distinguish between them.

The communication network 600 serves to connect one or more terminals 200 and one or more servers 100 . That is, the communication network 600 means a communication network that provides a connection path so that the terminal 200 can transmit and receive data after connecting to the server 100 . Also, in this specification, the term “communication network” is used to distinguish it from short-range wireless communication. Near-field wireless communication refers to Bluetooth (registered trademark), Zigbee (registered trademark), Wi-Fi, etc., with a communication distance of 100 meters or less. In the figure, short-range wireless communication is indicated by wavy line arrows, and other communication is indicated by solid line arrows.

Note that the communication network 600 may include short-range wireless communication as a part thereof as long as it includes connection to the Internet such as a wide area network. That is, one or more portions of communication network 600 may be wired networks or wireless networks. Communication network 600 may include, by way of example and not limitation, an ad hoc network, an intranet, an extranet, a virtual private network (VPN), a local area network (LAN), wireless LAN (WLAN), wide area network (WAN), wireless WAN (WWAN), metropolitan area network (MAN), part of the Internet, public switched telephone network ( Part of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), mobile phone networks, ISDNs (integrated service digital networks), wireless LANs, LTE (long term evolution), CDMA (code division multiple access), Bluetooth (registered trademark), It can include satellite communications, etc., or a combination of two or more of these. Communication network 600 may include one or more communication networks 600 .

The terminal 200 may be any terminal as long as it can implement the functions described in each embodiment. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the terminal 200 is preferably a terminal that can be carried by the user, for example, without limitation, a smart phone, a mobile phone (feature phone), a computer (for example, without limitation, a tablet). ), handheld computing devices (as non-limiting examples include personal digital assistants (PDAs), email clients, etc.), wearable terminals (eg, glasses-type devices, watch-type devices, etc.). However, it does not exclude other types of computers or communication platforms.

Terminals 200A and 200B and another terminal 400B have basically the same configuration, so terminal 200A will be described in the following description. In this specification, user information is user information associated with an account used by the user in a predetermined service. User information includes, by way of example and not limitation, the user's name, user's icon image, user's age, user's gender, user's address, user's type, input by the user, or provided by a predetermined service. , the user's identifier, the type of device associated with the user, and may be any one or combination of these.

The server 100 has a function of providing a predetermined service to the terminal 200 . The server 100 may be any information processing device capable of realizing the functions described in each embodiment. Server 100 may be, by way of example and without limitation, a server device, a computer (including but not limited to desktops, laptops, tablets, etc.), a media computer platform (including but not limited to cable, satellite set-top boxes, digital video recorders, etc.). ), handheld computing devices (eg, without limitation, PDAs, email clients, etc.), or other types of computers or communication platforms. Also, the server 100 may be expressed as an information processing device.

The communication device 300 may be, for example, a smart speaker installed in a home, office, or the like and connected to the communication network 600 . Here, the communication device 300 is not limited to wireless or wired, and is preferably in a state in which power is always supplied. For example, the communication device 300 may be always connected to a power supply and supplied with power, or may be supplied with power from an internal battery (including rechargeable and replaceable batteries). In the latter case, communication device 300 may be portable by the user if desired. The communication device 300 receives a predetermined wireless signal by short-range wireless communication (for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark), Wi-Fi, etc.) transmitted from a wireless communication tag or an information processing terminal existing in the surroundings ( detection) and transmission (transmission) of the radio signal. In the example of FIG. 1, communication device 300 is connected to communication network 600 via device (wireless LAN router) 500 for connecting to communication network 600, and information processing terminals 200A and 200B and other information processing terminals 400B is possible. Further, the communication device 300 is capable of receiving radio signals from within the range indicated by the area T10 around itself, and in the example of FIG. Transmission and reception of a predetermined radio signal with another information processing terminal 400B is possible. Note that, hereinafter, the area T10 may also be expressed as within the range of the communication device 300. FIG.

<Hardware (HW) configuration>
The HW configuration of each device included in the voice notification system will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG.

(1) Terminal HW Configuration The terminal 200 includes a control device 210 (CPU: central processing unit)
), a storage device 280 , a communication I/F 220 (interface), an input/output device 230 , a display device 240 , a microphone 250 , a speaker 260 and a camera 270 . Each component of the HW of terminal 200 is interconnected via bus B, by way of example and not limitation.

Communication I/F 220 includes first communication I/F 221 and second communication I/F 222 . The first communication I/F 221 is an interface related to short-range wireless communication, and transmits and receives various data using a predetermined wireless signal. Second communication I/F 222 has a function of executing communication with server 100 via communication network 600 .

The input/output device 230 includes a device for inputting various operations to the terminal 200 and a device for outputting processing results processed by the terminal 200 . The input/output device 230 may be an integrated input device and an output device, or may be separated into an input device and an output device. In the example of FIG. 2, typical input/output devices are individually shown.

The input device is realized by any one or a combination of all types of devices that can receive input from the user and transmit information related to the input to the control device 210 . Input devices include, but are not limited to, touch panel 230, touch display 240, hardware keys such as keyboard, pointing device such as mouse, camera (operation input via moving image) 270, microphone (operation input by voice) 250 included.

The output device is implemented by any one or a combination of all kinds of devices capable of outputting processing results processed by the control device 210 . The output device includes, as non-limiting examples, the touch panel 230, the touch display 240, the speaker (audio output) 260, the lens (three dimensions (3D) output and hologram output as non-limiting examples), a printer, and the like.

The display device 240 is implemented by any one or a combination of all kinds of devices capable of displaying according to the display data written to the frame buffer. The display device 240 includes, as non-limiting examples, a touch panel, a touch display, a monitor (non-limiting examples include a liquid crystal display and an organic electroluminescence display (OELD)), a head mounted display (HDM), projection mapping, and a hologram. , including devices capable of displaying images, text information, etc. in the air (or even in a vacuum). Note that these display devices 240 may be capable of displaying display data in 3D.

When the input/output device 230 is a touch panel, the input/output device 230 and the display device 240 may be arranged facing each other with substantially the same size and shape. Also, as described above, the microphone 250 is used to input voice data. Speaker 260 is used to output audio data. Camera 270 is used to acquire moving image data.

Controller 210 comprises, by way of example and not limitation, a data processing device embodied in hardware comprising circuitry physically structured to carry out functions implemented by code or instructions contained within a program. It is realized by

Controller 210 may include, by way of example and not limitation, a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a processor core, a multiprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable FPGA (FPGA). gate array).

The storage device 280 has a function of storing various programs and various data necessary for the terminal 200 to operate. The storage device 280 includes, as non-limiting examples, various storage media such as HDD (hard disk drive), SSD (solid state drive), flash memory, RAM (random access memory), and ROM (read only memory).

Terminal 200 stores program P in storage device 280, and by executing program P, control device 210 executes processing as each unit included in control device 210. FIG. In other words, the program P stored in the storage device 280 causes the terminal 200 to implement each function executed by the control device 210 .

(2) Server HW Configuration The server 100 includes a control device 110 (CPU), a storage device 150, a communication I/F 140 (interface), an input/output device 120, and a display . Each component of the HW of the server 100 is interconnected via a bus B, by way of example and not limitation.

Controller 110 is a data processing device embodied in hardware, by way of example and not limitation, having circuitry physically structured to perform functions implemented by code or instructions contained within a program. It is realized by

Controller 110 is typically a central processing unit (CPU), but may alternatively be a microprocessor, processor core, multiprocessor, ASIC, or FPGA. However, in the present disclosure, the control device 110 is not limited to these.

The storage device 150 has a function of storing various programs and various data required for the server 100 to operate. The storage device 150 is realized by various storage media such as HDD, SSD, and flash memory. However, in the present disclosure, the storage device 150 is not limited to these.

Communication I/F 140 transmits and receives various data via communication network 600 . The communication may be performed by wire or wirelessly, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed. Communication I/F 140 has a function of executing communication with terminal 200 and other terminal 400B via communication network 600 . Communication I/F 140 transmits various data to terminal 200 and other terminal 400B according to instructions from control device 110 . Communication I/F 140 also receives various data transmitted from terminal 200 and transmits the data to control device 110 .

The input/output device 120 is realized by a device for inputting various operations to the server 100 . The input/output device 120 is implemented by any one or a combination of all types of devices that can receive input from a user and transmit information related to the input to the control device 110 . The input/output device 120 is implemented by hardware keys typically represented by a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse. Note that the input/output device 120 may include a touch panel, a camera (operation input via a moving image), and a microphone (operation input by voice) as examples without limitation. However, in the present disclosure, the input/output device 120 is not limited to these.

Display 130 is typically implemented by a monitor (eg, without limitation, a liquid crystal display or an organic electroluminescence display (OELD)). Note that the display 130 may be a head mounted display (HDM) or the like. Note that these displays 130 may be capable of displaying display data in 3D. However, in the present disclosure, the display 130 is not limited to these.

The server 100 stores the program P in the storage device 150 , and executes the program P so that the control device 110 executes processing as each unit included in the control device 110 . In other words, the program P stored in the storage device 150 causes the server 100 to implement each function executed by the control device 110 .

Each embodiment of the present disclosure will be described as being implemented by the CPU of the terminal 200 and/or the server 100 executing the program P. FIG.

(3) HW Configuration of Communication Device FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the HW configuration of the communication device 300 and the transmission device 400A. The communication device 300 includes a control device 310 (CPU: central processing unit (central processing unit)), a storage device 380 , a communication I/F 320 (interface), a microphone 350 and a speaker 360 . Each component of the HW of the communication device 300 is interconnected via a bus B, by way of example and not limitation.

Communication I/F 320 includes first communication I/F 321 and second communication I/F 322 . The first communication I/F 321 is an interface for short-range wireless communication, and transmits and receives various data using a predetermined wireless signal. Second communication I/F 322 has a function of executing communication with server 100 via communication network 600 .

A microphone 350 is used to input voice data. Speaker 360 is used to output audio data.

(4) HW Configuration of Transmitting Device The transmitting device 400A is a radio signal generating device such as a radio communication tag, and includes a control device 410 (CPU: central processing unit), a storage device 480, a communication I /F420 is provided. Communication I/F420 is provided with 1st communication I/F421. The first communication I/F 421 is an interface related to short-range wireless communication, and transmits a predetermined wireless signal under the control of the transmitter 411 of the control device 410 . The storage device 480 stores identification information (information specific to the control device 400, such as an identification ID and a serial number) of the transmission device 400A.

Note that the control device 210 of the terminal 200, the control device 110 of the server 100, and/or the control device 310 of the communication device 300 may include not only a CPU but also an integrated circuit (IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, LSI (Large Scale Integration)). ) or the like, or by a dedicated circuit. Moreover, these circuits may be realized by one or more integrated circuits, and a plurality of processes shown in each embodiment may be realized by one integrated circuit. LSIs are also called VLSIs, super LSIs, ultra LSIs, etc., depending on the degree of integration.

Also, the program P (software program/computer program) of each embodiment of the present disclosure may be provided in a state stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The storage medium can store the program in a "non-temporary tangible medium".

The storage medium may, where appropriate, be one or more semiconductor-based or other integrated circuits (ICs) such as, without limitation, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) or Application Specific ICs (ASICs). ), hard disk drive (HDD), hybrid hard drive (HHD), optical disk, optical disk drive (ODD), magneto-optical disk, magneto-optical drive, floppy diskette, floppy disk drive (FDD), magnetic It may include tapes, solid state drives (SSDs), RAM drives, secure digital cards or drives, any other suitable storage media, or suitable combinations of two or more thereof. Storage media may, where appropriate, be volatile, nonvolatile, or a combination of volatile and nonvolatile. Note that the storage medium is not limited to these examples, and any device or medium that can store the program P may be used.

The server 100, the terminal 200 and/or the communication device 300 read the program P stored in the storage medium and execute the read program P, thereby realizing the functions of the plurality of functional units shown in each embodiment. can.

Also, the program P of the present disclosure may be provided to the server 100, the terminal 200 and/or the communication device 300 via any transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.) capable of transmitting the program. The server 100, the terminal 200 and/or the communication device 300 realize the functions of the plurality of functional units shown in each embodiment by executing a program P downloaded via the Internet or the like, for example and not limitation.

Embodiments of the present disclosure may also be embodied in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which program P is embodied by electronic transmission. At least part of the processing in server 100, terminal 200 and/or communication device 300 may be realized by cloud computing configured by one or more computers. At least part of the processing in the terminal 200 may be configured to be performed by the server 100 . In this case, the server 100 may perform at least a part of the processing of the functional units of the control device 210 of the terminal 200 . Conversely, at least part of the processing in the server 100 may be configured to be performed by the terminal 200 . In this case, the terminal 200 may perform at least part of the processing of each functional unit of the control device 110 of the server 100 . Similarly, at least part of the processing in the server 100 may be configured to be performed by the communication device 300 . In this case, the communication device 300 may perform at least a part of the processing of each functional unit of the control device 110 of the server 100 .

Unless explicitly mentioned, the configuration of determination in the embodiments of the present disclosure is not essential, and predetermined processing is operated when the determination condition is satisfied, or predetermined processing is performed when the determination condition is not satisfied. You may

It should be noted that the programs of the present disclosure are not limited to, but include script languages such as ActionScript and JavaScript (registered trademark), object-oriented programming languages such as Objective-C and Java (registered trademark), markup languages such as HTML5, and the like. implemented using

<User information table>
Before describing each embodiment of the present invention, the user information table 151 stored in the storage device 150 of the server 100 will be described. FIG. 4 is an example of the user information table 151. As shown in FIG. The user information table 151 stores information on users who use services including the instant messaging service provided by the server 100 . User ID 152 is information that uniquely identifies a user and may consist of any alphanumeric characters and/or symbols. For ease of understanding, user names are represented by user IDs here. For example, the user with the user ID "L1" is referred to as "user L1". The user type 153 is a classification of services available by each user, and according to the present invention, either a "parent user" who is a guardian or a "child user" who is a protected person. is given. Although the details will be described later, the "parent user" is provided with information about the "child user" coming home or going out, etc., and the "child user" is provided with a message from the "parent user". . The device ID 154 stores the type of device associated with each user. For example, at least one of terminal (phone), communication device (home_device), and transmission device (tag_device or phone) is assigned. Group ID 156 identifies a group in the messaging service provided by server 100 . In the messaging service, users belonging to the same group can exchange messages within the group. The connection type 157 indicates the communication method of each device, and includes wide area communication (Cell) via a base station, short-range wireless communication (WiFi) using wireless LAN or the like, and Bluetooth. The friend ID 158 is information indicating association between users.

A correspondence relationship between the user information table 151 in FIG. 4 and the system diagram in FIG. 1 will be described. Regarding the first and third rows of the user information table 151, the user L1 with the user ID “L1” is of the user type “parent user” and is “terminal 200A” capable of wide-area communication and short-range wireless communication. ” is associated with the “communication device 300 ” capable of short-range wireless communication. User L1 belongs to group L together with users L2 and L3, and is associated with user N2 with user ID "N2" as a friend. Group L includes terminal 200A, communication device 300, parent user L2 with user ID "L2", and child user L3. The transmitting device 400A corresponds to the device type "tag_device" on the fourth line and is associated with the child user L3. Another terminal 400B, which is a transmitting device, corresponds to "phone" on the fifth line and is associated with child user L3. The users after the sixth line will be explained in the third embodiment.

<First embodiment>
In the first embodiment, the communication device 300 detects when the transmission device 400 of the child user enters and leaves the range of the communication device 300 and notifies the terminal 200 of the parent user. be. An overview of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 5 , when a child user's transmitting device 400 (wireless communication tag 400A and/or another terminal 400B) enters the range (area T10) of communication device 300, A certain parent user's terminal 200A is notified that the transmission terminal of the child user has entered the range of the communication device 300 . Further, the communication device 300 outputs voice information and, if necessary, information prompting the child user to input voice.

<Functional configuration>
(1) Functional Configuration of Terminal Returning to FIG. 2, the functional configuration of each device will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal 200 has an information processing unit 211, a display processing unit 212, a reception unit 213, a transmission unit 214, a determination unit 215, and a position information acquisition unit 216 as functions realized by the control device 210. . The information processing section 211 processes various types of information. For example, the information processing unit 211 processes information transmitted/received to/from the server 100, transmits display data to be displayed on the display device (display) 240, and the like. The display processing unit 212 has a function of converting display data transmitted from the information processing unit 211 into pixel information and writing the pixel information into a frame buffer of the display device 240 . The receiving unit 213 and the transmitting unit 214 control the communication I/F 220 to transmit and receive various information to and from the other terminal 400B and the server 100. FIG. The determination unit 215 performs various determination processes.

Location information acquisition section 216 has a function of measuring location information of the current location of terminal 200 . As a non-limiting example, position information acquisition section 216 measures the latitude and longitude of terminal 200 as the position information of the current position of terminal 200 using GPS (Global Positioning System). Note that measurement of the position information of the terminal 200 by the position information acquisition unit 216 is not limited to GPS, and any method may be used. As an example and not a limitation, the location information acquisition unit 216 may measure the location information of the terminal 200 using a wireless LAN such as public Wi-Fi. In addition, the location information acquisition unit 216 uses a communication method such as IMES (Indoor Messaging System), RFID (Radio Frequency Identifier), or BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) to obtain location information of the terminal 200 as an example without limitation. may be measured. In addition, location information acquisition section 216 may measure location information of terminal 200 using a mobile communication system such as LTE or CDMA as an example and not limitation.

(2) Functional Configuration of Server As shown in FIG. It has a timer 116 . For example, the information processing unit 111 processes information transmitted and received to and from the terminal 200 and the communication device 300, transmits display data to be displayed on the display 130, and analyzes the content of instructions input by voice transmitted from the communication device 300. . Further, the information processing section 111 processes messages transmitted and received between terminals. For example, the information processing unit 111 has a function of transmitting (transferring) the message to another user's terminal as a destination when receiving from the terminal 200 a message transmitted in a specific chat room, which is a message exchange screen. have The display processing unit 112 has a function of converting display data transmitted from the information processing unit 111 into pixel information and writing the pixel information into a frame buffer of the display 130 . Receiving section 113 and transmitting section 114 control transmission and reception of information with terminal 200 and communication device 300 via communication I/F 140 . The receiving unit 113 also receives information about the location of the terminal 200 . The determination unit 115 performs various determination processes. For example, the determination unit 115 determines whether or not the terminal 200 is separated from the communication device 300 by a predetermined distance or more. The transmission unit 114 outputs information indicating that the identification information of the transmission device 400 has been acquired by the communication device 300 when the position of the terminal 200 is separated from the position of the communication device 300 by a predetermined distance or more. to send. Clock unit 116 clocks the current time.

(3) Functional Configuration of Communication Device As shown in FIG. have The information processing unit 311 recognizes an instruction input by voice received by the microphone (input unit) 350 . The information processing section 311 also controls output of audio information via a speaker (output section) 360 . The receiving unit 313 receives, via the first communication I/F 321 , a predetermined radio signal including identification information of the transmitting device 400 transmitted from the transmitting device 400 of the child user. Transmitter 314 transmits information about transmitter 400 to server 100 via second communication I/F 322 .

The description continues with reference to FIG. Determination unit 315 of communication device 300 determines whether or not a radio signal is being transmitted within the range of the device itself. When child user's transmitting device 400 (wireless communication tag 400A and/or other wireless communication terminal 400B) enters area T10, receiving unit 313 of communication device 300 causes transmitting unit 411 of transmitting device 400 to transmit receive radio signals that The radio signal transmitted by transmitting device 400 includes at least identification information (for example, device ID) of transmitting device 400 . The transmission unit 314 of the communication device 300 transmits information about the transmission device 400 including the device ID to the server 100 via the communication network 600 with identification information (for example, device ID) of the communication device 300 attached. Based on the identification information of the communication device 300 and the identification information of the transmission device 400, the determination unit 115 of the server 100 refers to the user information table 151 described above and acquires information about the parent user associated with the transmission device 300. . Then, the location information of the terminal 200 of the parent user is acquired from the terminal 200 . The determination unit 115 of the server 100 determines whether or not the position of the terminal 200 of the parent user is separated from the position of the communication device 300 by a predetermined distance or more. Here, the predetermined distance may determine whether or not the terminal 200 is in the area T10 within the range of the communication device 300, or may determine whether the terminal 200 is outside the home or office where the communication device 300 is installed. It may be determined whether or not there is In the former case, the determination may be made based on whether communication apparatus 300 can detect a radio signal transmitted from terminal 200, or the determination can be made based on whether terminal 200 can detect a radio signal transmitted from communication apparatus 300. good too. In the latter case, determination may be made based on the location information of terminal 200 and the location information of communication device 300 . Also, the predetermined distance may be configurable by the parent user. The location of the communication device 300 may be stored in advance in the storage device 150 of the server 100, or may be acquired from the IP address of the router 500 to which the communication device 300 is connected.

When the determination unit 115 of the server 100 determines that the position of the parent user's terminal 200 is separated from the position of the communication device 300 by a predetermined distance or more, the transmission unit 114 of the server 100 causes the communication device 300 to cause the transmission device 400 of the identification information is transmitted to the terminal 200 via the communication network 600 . Here, the information indicating that the identification information of transmitting device 400 has been received may be output by voice at terminal 200 or displayed as a pop-up on display device 240 of terminal 200 .

FIG. 6(a) shows an example of a voice message output from the communication device 300 when the transmission device 400 is in range, and FIG. 6(b) shows an example of notification information sent to the terminal 200. FIG. When the transmitting device 400 enters the area, the speaker 360 outputs a voice message M10 saying "Welcome back, user name (user L3)!" as shown in FIG. 6(a). The server 100 acquires the user name in the voice message to be output by referring to the user information table 151 based on the identification information of the transmission device 400, and transmits it to the communication device 300 by including it in the output information to be output as the message M10. . Note that the user information table may be stored in the storage device 380 of the communication device 300 and the output information may be generated by the information processing section 311 of the communication device 300 . At this time, the transmission unit 114 of the server 100 transmits to the terminal 200 output information for outputting information indicating that the identification information of the transmission device 400 has been received by the communication device 300 . Then, as shown in FIG. 6(b), on the message screen displayed on the display device 240 of the terminal 200, a message M20 stating "user L3 has been confirmed to be home" is displayed.

After that, after the radio signal transmitted from the transmission unit 411 of the transmission device 400 is received by the reception unit 313 of the communication device 300, voice information associated with the child user L3 is received from the microphone 350. do. In the illustrated example, the child user utters a voice M11 saying "I'm home." The microphone 350 of the communication device 300 picks up the voice M11 of “I'm home” uttered by the child user, and transmits it from the communication device 300 to the server 100 through digital processing and the like in the information processing unit 311 . Communication device 300 determines whether or not the speaker of voice M11 of "I'm home" is child user L3 associated with the identification information of transmitting device 400 that has transmitted the wireless signal. In this case, the voice M11 may be transmitted to the server 100. FIG. This can be realized by storing voice information as a user of communication device 300 in advance. Then, the server 100 outputs display information for displaying the message M21 of "I'm home" as a message from the user L3 on the display device 240 of the terminal 200. FIG. Note that the voice information associated with the child user is not limited to voice uttered by the child user. It may be an output sound or a pre-recorded predetermined sound.

Communication device 300 outputs audio information corresponding to audio information collected by microphone 350 from speaker 360 . For example, the communication device 300 sends a message preset by the guardian for user L3 (in the example of FIG. 4(b), message M12 "Apple pie for snack is in the refrigerator") to the speaker. You may output from 360. The message may be stored in storage device 380 of communication device 300 or may be stored in storage device 150 of server 100 and transmitted to communication device 300 via communication network 600 . Note that the operation of the communication device 300 after the child user's voice is collected is not limited to this. For example, the communication device 300 may play music according to the child user, or output a pre-stored schedule (for example, the start time of the lesson, the time when the parent user is scheduled to return home, etc.) from the speaker 360 .

Further, if the communication device 300 cannot confirm voice input by the child user for a predetermined time (not limited to, but for example, 10 seconds) after outputting the message M10, the information processing unit 311 of the communication device 300 may output from the speaker 360 information prompting the input of predetermined voice information. For example, speaker 360 may output a voice message that reads, "Please say I'm home." If the communication device 300 cannot collect the voice of the child user from the microphone 350 even after outputting the information prompting the child user to input the predetermined voice information, the communication device 300 may send the message to the child user, music, schedule, etc. You may choose not to output.

<Sequence diagram of processing according to the first embodiment>
Here, each process of the transmission device 400, the communication device 300, the server 100 and the terminal 200 will be described based on the sequence diagram of FIG. Transmission unit 411 of transmission device 400 transmits a radio signal including identification information of transmission device 400 (step S10). The receiving unit 313 of the communication device 300 receives a radio signal transmitted from the transmission device 400 when the child user's transmission device 400 enters the range of the own device (step S11). Then, the transmission unit 314 of the communication device 300 transmits information regarding the transmission device 400 to the server 100 (step S12). Also, the terminal 200 of the parent user transmits the location information of its own terminal to the server 100 (step S13). The transmission of the location information from the terminal 200 may be performed in response to a request from the server 100, or may be performed from the terminal 200 periodically. The receiving unit 113 of the server 100 receives information about the location of the parent user's terminal 200 (step S14). The determination unit 115 of the server 100 determines whether or not the position of the parent user's terminal 200 is separated from the communication device 300 by a predetermined distance or more (step S15). When the position of the parent user's terminal 200 is separated from the communication device 300 by a predetermined distance or more (Yes in step S15), the server 100 indicates that the radio signal from the transmission device 400 has been received by the communication device 300. Output information for outputting information is transmitted to the terminal 200 of the parent user (step S16). Information based on the output information received from the server 100 is output to the display device 240 of the terminal 200 (step S17). In addition, communication device 300 determines whether voice information associated with a child user has been received when a wireless signal from transmission device 400 is received, that is, whether microphone 350 has received the voice information of a child user. It is determined whether or not (step S18). When the voice information of the child user is received (Yes in step S18), the voice information corresponding to the identification information of the transmission device is output from the speaker 360 of the communication device 300 (step S20). When the child user's voice information is not received for a predetermined time or more (No in step S18), information prompting the input of predetermined voice information is output from the speaker 360 of the communication device 300 (step S19). After step S19, the process returns to step S18 to continuously determine whether or not the voice information of the child user has been received. If the position of the parent user's terminal 200 is not separated from the communication device 300 by a predetermined distance or more (No in step S15), the process ends.

<Effects of the first embodiment>
As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the communication device 300 detects that the transmission device 400 has entered the range, the information indicating that the transmission device 400 has entered the range of the communication device 300, and the communication device The terminal 200 notifies the information about the child user's vocalization received by the terminal 300 . Therefore, it is possible to reliably detect that the child user is at home and notify the parent user. In addition, since a message is output to the child user by voice from the communication device 300, the child user can be given a sense of security. Furthermore, since the notification information is transmitted to the terminal 200 when the terminal 200 is separated from the communication device 300 by a predetermined distance or more, the notification information may not be wasted when the parent user is at home. do not have. Therefore, it is possible to save power, prevent waste of communication resources, reduce the load on each device, and provide high convenience to the user.

Note that the transmission unit 114 of the server 100 may transmit the above-described output information when a predetermined condition is satisfied when the wireless signal including the identification information of the transmission device 400 is received by the communication device 300 . Here, the “predetermined condition” is a condition under which it can be determined that transmitting device 400 has entered the range of communication device 300 . For example, when the reception time of the radio signal from the transmission device 400 received by the communication device 300 has passed a predetermined period from the previous reception time, the transmission device 400 moves from outside the communication device 300 to within the communication device 300. It can be determined that Also, the “predetermined condition” is a condition by which it can be determined that the child user has returned home from outside. For example, the estimated return time of the child user is set in advance, and when the communication device 300 receives a radio signal from the transmission device 400 after the estimated return time, it is determined that the child user has returned home. can be done.

In this way, by notifying the terminal 200 only when a predetermined condition is satisfied when the communication device 300 receives a radio signal from the transmitting device 400, unnecessary notification to the parent user is performed. can be prevented from occurring.

<Second embodiment>
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, a child user is associated with a plurality of parent users, and when at least one parent user of the plurality of parent users is at home, a terminal located at a predetermined distance or more from the communication device 300 , no notification is made. Of parent users L1 and L2 associated with child user L3, terminal 200B of parent user L2 exists within range of communication device 300, as shown in FIG. The receiving unit 113 of the server 100 may receive the fact that the terminal 200B exists within the range of the communication device 300 from the communication device 300, may directly receive the information from the terminal 200B, or may receive the information that the terminal 200B is connected. may be obtained from the router 500 where In the case of the second embodiment, the parent users L1 and L2 are not notified. A voice message may be output.

<Effects of Second Embodiment>
According to the second embodiment, it is determined that at least one of the parent users associated with the child user is at home, and the parent user who is not at home is not notified. Therefore, it is possible to provide an audio notification system with high usability that prevents unnecessary notification from consuming power and does not make the user feel uncomfortable.

<Third Embodiment>
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the third embodiment. In the third embodiment, a terminal 400B connectable to a communication network 600 and a wireless communication tag 400A are associated as a transmission device 400 of a child user, and the other terminal 400B receives a wireless signal transmitted by the wireless communication tag 400A. It is a form functioning as a receiving device. Hereinafter, the other terminal associated with the child user as the transmission device 400 will be referred to as "another terminal 400B". Here, since the other terminal 400B has the same HW configuration and functional configuration as the terminal 200, the block diagram of the other terminal 400B corresponds to a block diagram of the other terminal 400B in which the 200s of the terminal shown in FIG. 2 are replaced with the 400s. It shall be.

Determination section 415 of other terminal 400B determines whether or not its own terminal is within a predetermined range from the position of communication device 300 . This determination can be made based on whether or not wireless signals can be transmitted and received by short-range wireless communication with communication device 300, or based on the location information of communication device 300 and the location information of other terminal 400B. can. Receiving section 413 of other terminal 400B receives a predetermined radio signal including the identification information of transmitting apparatus 400 when the own terminal is within a predetermined range from the position of communication apparatus 300B. Then, the transmission unit 414 of the other terminal 400B transmits information regarding the transmission device 400 to the server 100 via the communication network 600. FIG. Information may be transmitted from the other terminal 400B to the server 100 via the second communication I/F of the other information processing device 400, or via the first communication I/F. 300 or router 50.

<Sequence diagram of processing according to the third embodiment>
Here, each process of transmitting device 400, other device 400B, server 100 and terminal 200 will be described based on the sequence diagram of FIG. Transmission unit 411 of transmission device 400 transmits a radio signal including identification information of transmission device 400 (step T10). The receiving unit 313 of the other terminal 400B receives a radio signal transmitted from the transmitting device 400 when the transmitting device 400 of the child user enters the service area of the terminal 400B (step T11). Then, the transmission unit 314 of the other terminal 400B transmits information regarding the transmission device 400 to the server 100 (step T12). Also, the terminal 200 of the parent user transmits the location information of its own terminal to the server 100 (step T13). The transmission of the location information from the terminal 200 may be performed in response to a request from the server 100, or may be performed from the terminal 200 periodically. The receiving unit 113 of the server 100 receives information about the location of the parent user's terminal 200 (step T14). The determination unit 115 of the server 100 determines whether or not the position of the parent user's terminal 200 is separated from the other terminal 400B by a predetermined distance or more (step T15). If the position of the parent user's terminal 200 is separated from the other terminal 400B by a predetermined distance or more (Yes in step T15), the server 100 notifies the other terminal 400B that the radio signal from the transmitting device 400 has been received. to the terminal 200 of the parent user (step T16). Information based on the output information received from the server 100 is output to the display device 240 of the terminal 200 (step T18). Further, when the radio signal from the transmitting device 400 is received, the other terminal 400B outputs information prompting input of predetermined voice information (step T17). If the position of the parent user's terminal 200 is not separated from the other terminal 400B by a predetermined distance or more (No in step T15), the process ends.

Here, the “predetermined range” refers to whether or not another terminal 400B exists within the home based on the position of the communication device 300 regardless of the range (area T10) of the communication device 300. It may be a range (area T20). Area T20 is a range (arrow AR20) in which another terminal 400B can receive a radio signal transmitted by transmitting device 400 by short-range radio communication. The other terminal 400B does not require short-range wireless communication with the communication device 300 because it can connect to the wide-area communication network 600 by itself, unlike the wireless communication tag. Further, for this reason, it is possible to extend the detection range of transmitting terminal 400 to a range outside the service area of communication device 300 at home by other terminal 400B.

<Fourth Embodiment>
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of the fourth embodiment. In the fourth embodiment, when the child user goes to a place different from home (for example, a friend's house, cram school, etc.), the parent user is notified of this fact. Hereinafter, it is assumed that the child user L3 has visited the home of the user N2.

User N2 is associated as a friend of user L1 in the user information table 151 . Further, another communication device 300N is associated with the user N2. That is, another communication device 300N is installed in user N2's home, and can detect transmitting device 400 that has entered the range (area T30) of its own device. When the reception unit 313 of the other communication device 300N receives the wireless signal transmitted by the transmission device 400 of the child user, the transmission unit 314 of the other communication device 300N transmits information about the transmission device 400 to the server 100 . The information processing unit 111 of the server 100 generates output information to be transmitted to the terminal 200 of the parent user by referring to the user information table 151 based on the information regarding the other communication device 300N that transmitted the information regarding the transmitting device 400 . FIG. 12 shows an example of output of information indicating that the identification information of the transmission device of the child user has been received by the other communication device 300N in the terminal 200A of the parent user. As shown in FIG. 12(a), the display device 230 of the terminal 200A displays a message M30 to the effect that "user L3 has been confirmed at user N2's home."

After that, the server 100 outputs a voice message M40 saying "Hello, user L3" to the other communication device 300N from the speaker 360 of the other communication device 300N. After that, when the voice M41 of child user L3 saying "Hello" is received from the microphone 350 of the other communication device 300N, the voice is digitally processed by the information processing unit 311 of the other communication device 300N, and sent to the server 100. Information about the voice of user L3 is transmitted. The information processing unit 111 of the server 100 generates output information for outputting information indicating that child user L3 has uttered "I'm home" to terminal 200A of the parent user. A message M31 of "Hello" is displayed on the display device 240 of the terminal 200A that has received the output information. As in the first embodiment, if there is no voice input from the child user L3 for a certain period of time or longer, a message such as "Do you have Mr.-kun? Say hello if he is there." may be output.

The other communication device 300N, user N1, parent user L1, and child user L3 are associated with the same group in the messaging service, and as shown in FIG. 12(a), messages are exchanged in one talk room. may be broken. In the example of the figure, when the user L1 inputs the message M32 saying "Mr. A voice message M42 saying "This is a message from user L1. Sorry for disturbing user N2" may be output.

<Sequence diagram of processing in the fourth embodiment>
Here, each process of the transmitting device 400, the other communication device 300N, the server 100 and the information processing terminal 200 will be described based on the sequence diagram of FIG. Transmission unit 411 of transmission device 400 transmits a radio signal including identification information of transmission device 400 (step P10). The receiving unit 313 of the other communication device 300 receives a radio signal transmitted from the transmission device 400 when the child user's transmission device 400 enters the range of its own device (step P11). Then, the transmission unit 314 of the other communication device 300 transmits information regarding the transmission device 400 to the server 100 (step P12). Also, the terminal 200 of the parent user transmits the location information of its own terminal to the server 100 (step P13). The transmission of the location information from the terminal 200 may be performed in response to a request from the server 100, or may be performed from the terminal 200 periodically. The receiving unit 113 of the server 100 receives information about the location of the parent user's terminal 200 (step P14). The determination unit 115 of the server 100 determines whether or not the position of the terminal 200 of the parent user is separated from the other communication device 300 by a predetermined distance or more (step P15). If the position of the parent user's terminal 200 is separated from the other communication device 300 by a predetermined distance or more (Yes in step P15), the server 100 causes the other communication device 300 to receive the radio signal from the transmission device 400. The output information for outputting the information indicating that the parent user has received the information is transmitted to the terminal 200 of the parent user (step P16). Information based on the output information received from the server 100 is output to the display device 240 of the terminal 200 (step P17). Further, when the radio signal from the transmitting device 400 is received, the other communication device 300 determines whether or not the voice information associated with the child user has been accepted, that is, whether the microphone 350 has received the voice information of the child user. It is determined whether or not it has been done (step P18). When the voice information of the child user is received (Yes in step P18), the voice information corresponding to the identification information of the transmission device is output from the speaker 360 of the communication device 300 (step P20). If the child user's voice information is not received for a predetermined time or more (No in step P18), information prompting input of predetermined voice information is output from the speaker 360 of the communication device 300 (step P19). After step S19, the process returns to step S18 to continuously determine whether or not the voice information of the child user has been received. If the position of the terminal 200 of the parent user is not separated from the other communication device 300 by a predetermined distance or more (No in step P15), the process is terminated. Considering that this is the home of user N2 who is another user, the predetermined voice information in step P20 may not be output.

<Effects of the Fourth Embodiment>
As described above, according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, it is detected that the child user has entered a place different from the home, and the parent user is notified. safety can be ensured. In addition, detection of the child user entering a place different from the home can be achieved simply by associating and registering the user N2 of the other communication device 300N as a friend of the parent user L1 in the messaging service. Therefore, an easy-to-use voice notification system can be provided. Furthermore, it is possible to remotely transmit a message from the parent user to the child user, and the message may be displayed on the message screen of the group including the user N2 of the other communication device 300N. may be output by voice from Therefore, it is possible to increase the possibility that the message from the parent user will be reliably delivered to the child user.

<Modification of Fourth Embodiment>
In the above description, a mode in which user N2 is associated as a friend of user L1 has been described. However, if user N2 and user L1 use a predetermined messaging service and possess communication device 300N and communication device 300, respectively, then user L1 will know that user L3's sending device 400 has been detected by communication device 300N. can be notified to the terminal 200 of the In this case, the communication device 300N of the user N2 transmits the identification information of the transmitting device included in the radio signal to the server 100 when receiving the predetermined radio signal. The server 100 can determine the transmitting device that has entered the area T30 of the communication device 300N based on the identification information of the transmitting device, and extract information about the child user and the parent user associated with the transmitting device. In this case, the parent user L1 is notified based on the location information of the communication device 300N of the user N2, and the child user L3 detects the child user L3 in a predetermined block containing the communication device 300N (for example, ○○ town XX-chome). It may be performed in the form of Thereby, it is possible to give the parent user L1 a sense of security while considering the personal information of the user N2.

Note that, as described above, user N2 and user L1 may be able to exchange messages via communication device 300N even if they are not associated as friends in the messaging service. As described above, from the viewpoint of personal information, user L1 cannot know that the location where child user L3's transmission device 400 was detected is user N2's home. However, the message may also be sent by the server 100 to the user N2, for example by entering the message at the terminal 200 of the user L1. In that case, for example, the message may be supplemented with information such as "to user N2".

Furthermore, information prompting the user to become friends with the user N2 (information displayed as a friend candidate) may be transmitted to the terminal 200 of the user L1. Alternatively, information prompting the user to become friends with the user L1 may be transmitted to the terminal of the user N2. In this case, it is assumed that each user has permitted to display himself/herself as a friend candidate.

<Effects of Modification of Fourth Embodiment>
Thus, according to the modification of the fourth embodiment, the user N2 owns the communication device 300N and is set to detect a radio signal transmitted from the transmitting device of a user who is not associated as a friend. , the user L1 can be notified of the detection of a child user of the user L1 even if the user is not necessarily friends with the user L1.

<Fifth Embodiment>
FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of the fifth embodiment. In the fifth embodiment, while the parent user and the child users are out together (that is, the parent user's terminal 200 and the child user's transmission device 400 are away from the position of the communication device 300), the child user This is a form in which the parent user and the child user are notified when the user has left. As shown in FIG. 14, there are multiple parent users and child users, and as shown in the user information table 151, they are associated with each other. It is assumed that at least one other information processing terminal 400B is associated as the transmission device 400 with the child user. First, as shown in FIG. 14(a), a parent user and child users are collectively present within a predetermined area T40. Here, area T<b>40 is a range in which the terminal 200 of the parent user can detect the radio signal transmitted from the transmitting device 400 . After that, as shown in FIG. 14(b), it is assumed that the transmitting device 400 no longer exists in any of the areas T40 of the terminals 200 of the parent users.

First, the receiving unit 213 of the terminal 200 of the parent user receives a predetermined radio signal including the identification information of the communication device 300 transmitted from the communication device 300 and the transmission device 400 transmitted from the transmission device 400 of the child user. receive a predetermined radio signal containing the identification information of the After that, determination section 215 of terminal 200 determines whether or not a predetermined radio signal including identification information of communication device 300 has not been received for a first predetermined time or longer. This can be realized by storing the time of reception of the wireless signal from the communication device 300 in the storage device 280 and determining whether or not a first predetermined time has elapsed since the latest reception time. If no signal has been received for the first predetermined time or longer, the determining unit 215 determines the second predetermined time from the most recent time at which a predetermined radio signal containing the identification information of the transmitting device 400 transmitted from the child user's transmitting device 400 is received. Determine whether time has passed. The first predetermined time and the second predetermined time may be the same or different. If it is desired to immediately detect that the child user has left, it is preferable that the second predetermined time is short.

When the second predetermined time has passed, the transmission unit 214 of the terminal 200 transmits a notification request to the child user to the server 100 . Here, the "notification request" is information requesting output of some notification information from the terminal 400B of the child user. In response to the notification request, the transmission unit 114 of the server 100 transmits to the terminal 400 of the child user output information for outputting notification information regarding the information processing terminal 200 of the parent user to the terminal 400 of the child user.

FIG. 15 is an example of notification information displayed on the display device 440 of the terminal 400 of the child user. As shown in the figure, the notification information may be a message M40 displayed on the message screen. The notification information may be a message prompting a parent user to call as shown in the figure, or a message instructing a waiting place. Also, notification information may be output to the terminal 200 of the parent user by a message such as "child user has left".

<Effects of the Fifth Embodiment>
According to the fifth embodiment, when the child user moves away from the parent user, the child user is notified. Therefore, it is possible to ensure the safety of the refugee.

<Modification>
In addition, when a plurality of parent users are associated with a child user, the transmission unit 114 of the server 100 transmits output information for outputting notification information when notification requests are received from all terminals 200 of the parent users. . Thereby, the notification to the terminal of the child user is performed only when all the terminals of the parent user are separated from the child user, and unnecessary notification can be prevented from being performed.

<Sixth embodiment>
It is conceivable that the transmission device 400A and other terminal 400B are not worn by the child user, such as when connected to a charger. Such a case can be prevented in the sixth embodiment of the present invention. First, when the remaining battery level of the transmitting device 400 falls below a predetermined threshold, the transmitting device 400 includes information regarding the remaining battery level in the radio signal to be transmitted, and generates a predetermined warning sound from the transmitting device 400. , to the communication device 300, the terminal 200, and the user. Alternatively, communication device 300 or terminal 200 may determine the remaining battery level according to the strength of the radio signal transmitted from transmitting device 400 . Communication device 300 outputs voice information indicating that the remaining battery level of transmitting device 400 is low (for example, a message such as “please charge”) from speaker 360 . Thereby, it is possible to encourage charging before the battery of the transmitting device 400 runs out.

Also, when the transmitting device 400 is charged or the battery is replaced, the communication device 300 also outputs voice information (for example, "charging is complete, Please take it with you" and "The battery has been replaced, please put it on") are output. In addition, communication device 300 does not change the strength of the wireless signal from transmitting device 400 after charging is finished, or receives the wireless signal regardless of the time when the person usually goes out (for example, time to go to school). continues, voice information indicating that the transmission device 400 is left unattended (for example, a message such as "Have you forgotten the transmission device?") can be output. In this case, a text message may be sent to the terminal 200 of the parent user indicating that the transmission device 400 has been left unattended. It is also possible to make the transmission device 400 easily discoverable by the communication device 300, the terminal 200 of the parent user, and the user by generating a warning sound from the transmission device 400 or increasing the strength of the radio signal. As a result, it is possible to prevent the child user from forgetting to wear the device and affecting the watching over of the child user.

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described with reference to drawings and examples, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various variations and modifications based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these variations and modifications are included within the scope of this disclosure. As a non-limiting example, the functions included in each means, each step, etc. can be rearranged so as not to be logically inconsistent, and a plurality of means, steps, etc. can be combined into one or divided. is possible. Also, the configurations shown in the respective embodiments may be appropriately combined.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, it is detected that the communication device 300 enters the service area, but the terminal 200 of the parent user may be notified when the communication apparatus 300 leaves the service area.

Also, in the first embodiment, a mode of outputting predetermined voice information when voice from a child user is input from the microphone 350 has been described. However, the voice information does not have to be output after the voice from the child user is input. Also, a call may be made to terminal 200 of parent user L1 via communication device 300 in order to enable communication with terminal 200 of parent user L1.

Further, in the fifth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15(b), when the transmitting device of the child user is separated from any terminal of the parent user, the other terminal 400B of the child user is transmitted It may operate as the detection side of device 400B. This is effective when there are a plurality of child users, one child user is assigned the transmission device 400A, and at least one child user is assigned another terminal 400B.

In the fifth embodiment, when the state shown in FIG. 15B is reached, the terminal 200 of the parent user may be controlled to widen the radio signal detection range. Conversely, control may be performed to increase the strength of the radio signal transmitted from the transmission device 400 of the child user.

Note that the place where the communication device 300 is installed is not limited to the home, and may be a cram school, a school classroom, an amusement facility, or the like.

1 Voice Notification System 600 Communication Network 100 Information Processing Device (Server)
110 control device 111 information processing unit 112 display processing unit 113 reception unit 114 transmission unit 115 determination unit 116 timer unit 120 input/output device 130 display 150 storage device 151 user information table 152 user ID
153 User type 154 Device ID
156 Group ID
157 Connection type 200 (200A, 200B) Information processing terminal (terminal)
210 control device 211 information processing unit 212 display processing unit 213 reception unit 214 transmission unit 215 determination unit 216 position information acquisition unit 230 input/output device (touch panel)
240 display device (display)
250 microphone 260 speaker 270 camera 280 storage device 300 communication device 310 control device 311 information processing unit 313 reception unit 314 transmission unit 315 determination unit 316 timer unit 350 microphone (input unit)
360 speaker (output part)
380 storage device 400A transmission device (wireless communication tag)
400B transmitting device (information processing terminal (other terminal))
410 control device 411 transmission unit 413 reception unit 414 transmission unit 415 determination unit 480 storage device 500 routers T10, T20, T30, T40, areas M10 to M42 Message

Claims (6)

a third receiving unit that receives at least one of predetermined radio signals including identification information of the transmitting device transmitted from the transmitting device of the child user;
a third transmitting unit configured to transmit a notification request to the child user to an information processing device via a communication network when a predetermined time has elapsed since the latest time when the predetermined radio signal was received by the third receiving unit; an information processing terminal comprising
a second transmission unit configured to transmit output information for outputting notification information related to the information processing terminal of the parent user associated with the child user to the information processing terminal of the child user when the notification request is received; the information processing device;
an audio annunciation system comprising at least a plurality of the child users and a plurality of the parent users are associated with each other;
The second transmission unit of the information processing device,
Transmitting output information for outputting the notification information when the notification request is received from all of the information processing terminals of the plurality of parent users;
The voice notification system according to claim 1, characterized by: to the information processing terminal,
a third receiving step of receiving at least one of predetermined radio signals including identification information of the transmitting device transmitted from the transmitting device of the child user;
a third transmitting step of transmitting a notification request to the child user to an information processing device via a communication network when a predetermined time has passed since the latest time when the predetermined radio signal was received in the third receiving step;
and
In the information processing device,
a second transmission step of transmitting output information for outputting notification information related to the information processing terminal of the parent user associated with the child user to the information processing terminal of the child user when the notification request is received;
A control method for an audio notification system that causes the execution of a plurality of the child users and a plurality of the parent users are associated with each other;
The second transmission step includes
A step of transmitting output information for outputting the notification information when the notification request is received from all of the information processing terminals of the plurality of parent users,
4. The control method of the voice notification system according to claim 3, characterized in that: to the information processing terminal,
a third receiving function for receiving at least one of predetermined radio signals including identification information of the transmitting device transmitted from the transmitting device of the child user;
a third transmission function for transmitting a notification request to the child user to an information processing device via a communication network when a predetermined time has elapsed since the latest time when the predetermined radio signal was received by the third reception function;
to realize
In the information processing device,
a second transmission function of transmitting output information for outputting notification information relating to the information processing terminal of the parent user associated with the child user to the information processing terminal of the child user when the notification request is received;
A voice notification system control program that realizes a plurality of the child users and a plurality of the parent users are associated with each other;
The second transmission function includes:
A function of transmitting output information for outputting the notification information when the notification request is received from all of the information processing terminals of the plurality of parent users,
6. A control program for a voice notification system according to claim 5, characterized in that:

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