JP3189788U - Emergency call device - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is an emergency call device capable of making an emergency call reliably even at a low cost even when closed in a closed space due to a disaster.
An emergency call device includes a push button for outgoing call, a light emitting element, a light emitting element driving circuit, a voice communication device, a voice driving circuit, a solar generator, a storage capacitor, a manual generator, It has a radio signal transmission circuit and a case for housing these.
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Description

The present invention relates to an emergency call device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various notification systems have been developed that are installed indoors and notify the outside using a telephone line when an emergency or the like is detected by a sensor or when an emergency notification button is operated. When the above-described notification system is installed indoors, it is usually connected to a telephone line to which a communication device such as an existing telephone and a facsimile device is connected together with these communication devices. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for calling a notification system from the outside using a telephone line and taking out notification data.

  Furthermore, a wireless emergency call system using a mobile phone has also been proposed. For example, in a mobile phone with a crime prevention / emergency notification function described in Patent Document 2, when an emergency bell button is pressed in the event of an emergency, an emergency bell, siren, or false sound is generated, and by pressing the position notification button The emergency call function of the mobile phone with crime prevention / emergency call function can be put on standby by informing the outside of the current position by the GPS function and pressing the emergency button.

  Moreover, in the sound detection crime prevention alarm system described in Patent Document 3, an alarm device including a sound collecting means, a buzzer sound detection unit, an emergency alarm siren, a loudspeaker, an emergency alarm rotating light, an automatic notification device, and a system control unit is provided. When the portable security buzzer is sounded, the sound generated by it is collected by the sound collecting means and detected by the buzzer sound detection unit, and is surrounded by the emergency alarm siren, loud speaker and emergency alarm rotating light. At the same time as issuing an alarm, it is possible to make an emergency call to a destination specified by the automatic notification device.

  However, these related systems are generally difficult to spread because they are expensive and have complicated configurations. In particular, since the transmitting wireless handset requires a battery, it has a drawback that it does not function due to damage due to rust or corrosion when left out for a long time, or due to vibration or water immersion during a disaster.

  On the other hand, the emergency disaster portable device described in Patent Document 4 proposes a device having a solar cell, a manual generator, and an external power supply connection unit. In the event of a disaster, you can carry the device and secure a power source to collect information, notify, and contact you. However, since the device has many functions other than notification, the size of the device tends to increase, making it unsuitable for permanent carrying. Especially when there is no reporting means when closed in a confined space due to severe disaster and many manual generators adopt a hand-turned type, so it can be used when one hand due to injury, pressure, etc. can not move There was a drawback of not.

JP 2002-27131 A JP 2005-135204 A JP 2004-310208 A JP 2007-267469 A

Report communication at the time of a disaster is extremely important, and if a disaster actually occurs, the victim will be more likely to be rescued as soon as possible if the distress information can be reported promptly and reliably. However, with the technology described in the above document, even in times of severe disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis, it is possible to make an emergency call reliably even at a low cost even when confined in a confined space due to a disaster as an auxiliary system for disaster assistance The emergency call device could not be provided.
An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for solving the above-described problems.

  In order to solve the above problems, an emergency call device according to the present invention includes a push button for outgoing call, a light emitting element, a light emitting element driving circuit, a voice communication device, a voice driving circuit, a solar battery, a storage capacitor, a manual generator, a general-purpose generator It has a radio transmitter circuit capable of receiving radio and a case for housing these.

  According to the present invention, a compact, inexpensive and maintenance-free emergency call device can be provided.

It is a block diagram for demonstrating the emergency call apparatus of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the emergency call system concerning embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the components described in the following embodiments are merely examples, and are not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention.

  The emergency call device 10 shown in the embodiment of FIG. 1 blinks a push button (switch) 11 attached to the front or side of the device, a manual power generation unit 12 capable of manual power generation, a solar power generation unit 13 of an auxiliary power source, and an LED blink light 14. A light conversion unit 15 that can emit light, a voice conversion unit 17 that utters a voice communication device 16, a control unit 18 for controlling the emergency call device 10, and a wireless transmission unit 19 that can transmit an emergency emergency signal wirelessly.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the system that operates the emergency call device 10 accepts an emergency call based on the report information transmitted from the emergency call device 10 in addition to the emergency call device 10 that can transmit that an emergency has occurred. It can be received by the mobile radio receiver 20 of the institution and notified to the emergency call center 21. In addition, a reporting system that can be received by a general-purpose receiver such as the general-purpose radio 22, the mobile phone 24 with radio, and the PDA terminal 23 is configured.

  The manual power generation unit 12 includes a power generator that can generate power with vibration force, and is operated by the power of pressing a push button (switch) 11 attached to the front or side of the apparatus. Thus, for example, even if an injury caused by a disaster or a part of the body is sandwiched, the button can be operated with one hand or foot.

  The solar power generation unit 13 charges an internal storage capacitor using a solar battery. A capacitor can be used as the storage capacitor. Due to the charge / discharge characteristics of the capacitor, it is possible to charge efficiently even for unstable power supply with a small electromotive force on the power source side, and it is possible to enable stable driving for more loads.

In the present embodiment, when an emergency occurs, the emergency notification device 10 is used, and when a push button (switch) 11 is pressed, a manual generator is generated using the push button 11 as a power, and the emergency notification device 10 By being controlled by the control unit 18 for controlling, the wireless transmission unit 19 is operated and an emergency emergency signal is transmitted wirelessly.
The content of the emergency emergency signal may be, for example, a simple SOS Morse signal. Other sounds may be used in order to avoid sending an unexpected emergency signal due to a normal misoperation. It is only necessary to be able to identify this voice by a prior agreement at the time of an emergency call.
In addition, the radio frequency is a frequency that can be received by general-purpose radio, or an appropriate frequency for emergency communication designated by the government.

  The wireless transmission unit 19 uses short-range wireless that operates with low power. The communication distance is in the range of several hundred meters, and if the wireless signal can be received, it can be determined that the location of the refugee is in the range of several hundred meters of the wireless communication distance. This makes it easy to identify the location of the refugee. Further, by attaching a small sound collector to the voice communication device 16, it is possible to collect the voice of the transmission environment and transmit it wirelessly.

After transmitting the emergency notification, the light conversion unit 15 and the voice conversion unit 17 are operated under the control of the control unit 18 of the emergency notification device 10, and the blinking light 14 of the LED blinks and the voice communication device is uttered. Using the above notification means, it is possible to make an emergency call to the receiving organization or the related parties of the emergency call by using multiple means by light, voice, or radio.
Furthermore, the emergency notification can be automatically transmitted until the button is pressed again as long as the auxiliary storage battery has power. This automatic transmission function is performed in minutes to save power.

  As an example of an emergency call system that operates the present invention, an emergency call device 10 is a general-purpose radio reception device such as an administrative mobile radio station 20 or a radio 22, a mobile phone 24 with a radio function, and a PDA terminal 23 circulated by an emergency call receiving organization. If the signal is received, it can be determined that there is a victim in the vicinity of the reception area. In addition, it becomes possible to search for the victim using the light of an emergency call or the voice of the voice communication device in the range (several hundred meters) around the reception area.

  The emergency call receiving organizations include police, government disaster management agencies, and private security service companies. In addition, since it can be received by a general-purpose radio, a person who searches for a victim, such as a relative of the victim or a rescue Polandia, can receive a report or a signal.

  According to this embodiment, when a person encounters a severe natural disaster such as a crime, an accident, an earthquake, or a tsunami, the person concerned is in a dangerous state with a simple operation method with low cost and high reliability. It is possible to provide an emergency call device and an emergency call system that can promptly and reliably report to related organizations. That is, it is possible to provide a battery-free emergency notification device and system that enable notification of an emergency state by reporting to a general-purpose wireless receiver from a portable wireless power generator driven by manual power generation.

In particular, since the power supply unit includes a solar cell and a manual generator, it is possible to reliably supply power regardless of weather conditions, the presence or absence of an external power supply, and the like. The manual generator employs a push button type, and is attached to the front or so-called side of the emergency call device, and can be operated by pushing or holding it with one hand. This makes it possible to make emergency calls to the outside with simple operations.
In the event of an emergency, the above notification means can be used to notify the emergency call receiving organization and related parties using light, voice, and wireless multi-means. Even in the case of being locked in, emergency calls can be made at a low cost and with high reliability with respect to the above emergency.

In addition, because the short-range radio is used, the communication distance is within a range of several hundred meters, the location of the refugee is easily identified, and the possibility that the refugee can be found and rescued quickly is increased. I can expect. Operation of this system can be expected to save "as soon as possible" and "many lives alone".
In addition, it can be used to search for missing persons, such as elderly people with dementia and lost children.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Various changes that can be understood by those skilled in the art can be made to the configuration and details of the present invention within the technical scope of the present invention. In addition, a system or an apparatus in which different features included in each embodiment are combined in any way is also included in the scope of the present invention.
Further, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices, or may be applied to a single device.

  By carrying it in emergency and disaster, the present invention can make emergency calls reliably at low cost by using multiple means of light, voice and wireless to the emergency call receiving organization and related parties. It will be flexible at times.

10 Emergency call device 11 Push button (switch)
12 manual power generation unit 13 solar power generation unit 14 blink light 15 light conversion unit 16 voice communication device 17 voice conversion unit 18 control unit 19 wireless transmission unit 20 mobile radio receiver 21 emergency call management center (image diagram)
22 general-purpose radio receiver / radio receiver 23 mobile phone with radio 24 PDA terminal with radio

Claims (3)

  A push button for transmission, a light emitting element, a light emitting element drive circuit, a voice communication device, a voice drive circuit, a solar generator, a storage capacitor, a manual generator, a radio signal transmission circuit, and a case for housing these Emergency call device.   2. The emergency notification device according to claim 1, further comprising: a button that is provided on an outer periphery of the case and that can be manually operated; and a generator that is housed in the case and that is driven by an operation on the button.   The radio signal transmission circuit uses the electric power generated by the manual generator and the solar generator to transmit a radio signal that can be received by a general-purpose receiver, turns on the light emitting element, and drives a voice communication device. The emergency call device according to claim 1.

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