JP3551652B2 - Living information monitoring system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a living information monitoring system, and in particular, when a plurality of people are resident in a room or a dwelling unit, the room is set to an absent mode even though the person is left in the room. The present invention relates to a living information monitoring system that prevents the situation from occurring.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, daily information monitoring is used to quickly detect when an elderly or sick person living alone has fallen due to an unexpected illness, such as a stroke or myocardial infarction, or an accident in each room or dwelling unit. The system is being developed.
FIG. 7 is an overall configuration diagram schematically showing such a conventional living information monitoring system.
[0003]
This system 101 includes a living abnormality monitoring panel 102 provided in a caretaker room or a disaster prevention center of a nursing home or an apartment house, a living abnormality detection sensor 103 provided in each room and each dwelling unit, an electric lock 104, and presence confirmation. A switch 105 and a house information panel 106 are provided.
Here, as the life abnormality detection sensor 103, an infrared detection sensor that detects the movement of a person in each room and each dwelling unit, a water amount detection sensor that detects a usage state of toilet water, and a gas usage state are detected. For example, a sensor for detecting the amount of gas used has been proposed.
[0004]
In this system 101, for example, in the life abnormality monitoring panel 102, the infrared detection sensor does not detect the movement of a person for a predetermined time, or the water amount detection sensor determines that the water in the flush toilet has not been used for a predetermined time. When the gas consumption detection sensor detects that gas has not been used for a predetermined time, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in each room and in each dwelling unit. Or automatically dial a preset destination (eg, LSA room, security company, hospital, fire department, etc.) via the communication line L from the lifestyle abnormality monitoring panel 102, Or to report.
[0005]
In addition, when a person in each room or each dwelling unit goes out and another person is left in each room or each dwelling unit, for example, pressing the presence confirmation switch 105 and pressing the electric lock from outside the room within 3 minutes. When the electric lock 104 is locked, the room in which the electric lock 104 is locked is in the occupancy mode, and while the abnormality is monitored, when the electric lock 104 is locked without pressing the occupancy confirmation switch 105 when a person goes out, the absence mode is set. As a result, a false alarm is not output.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the living information monitoring system 101 shown in FIG. 7, a person who goes out accidentally locks the electric lock 104 without pressing the occupancy confirmation switch 105 even though another person is left in the room. In this case, even in the case where the person left in the room is in the absence mode, even if an abnormality occurs in the person left in the room, the monitoring room or There is a problem that it cannot be detected at the report destination and a serious situation occurs.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and it is possible to lock a room without leaving a person in each room and each dwelling unit, and to go out without pressing the presence check switch. It is an object of the present invention to provide a living information monitoring system that prevents it from happening.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The living information monitoring system according to claim 1, proposed to achieve the above object, has an occupancy confirmation switch that is operated when an electric lock installed at a front door of each room is locked and operated when going out. Then, when a room is detected, an in-room mode is detected. When a room is detected, the mode is set to the in-room mode, and living information in the room is monitored. If there is no living information within a predetermined period, an abnormality is notified. In the living information monitoring system, when the electric lock is locked without operating the occupancy confirmation switch, the home information panel installed in each room outputs a voice message in the room to operate the occupancy confirmation switch. It has a function to prompt.
[0009]
In this living information monitoring system, when the electric lock is locked without operating the occupancy confirmation switch, a voice message is output from the housing information panel installed in each room, so that people who go out, By listening to this voice message, you can alert and check whether or not a person is left in the room. The situation where the room is excluded from the monitoring target can be prevented beforehand.
[0010]
In addition, since a voice message is output from the housing information panel, the occupants are also alerted, even if the person who goes out forgets to operate the occupancy confirmation switch and locks and goes out, The person left in the room can switch to the occupancy mode by operating the occupancy confirmation switch by himself.
In the living information monitoring system according to the second aspect, by locking the electric lock from the outside, after the voice message is continuously output for a predetermined time, the absence information mode is automatically set. I have.
[0011]
The living information monitoring system according to the third aspect is configured to notify that the house information panel has been set to the absence mode by a voice message.
In this living information monitoring system, when the electric lock is locked without operating the occupancy confirmation switch, for example, "Do you confirm that nobody is in the room? Please make sure that you are in the absence mode by outputting a voice message such as "Whether or not other people remain in the room when a person goes out. Can be confirmed.
[0012]
The living information monitoring system according to a fourth aspect is connected to the house information panel, and is configured to output a voice message for preventing the forgetting of the operation of the occupancy confirmation switch from a door phone slave installed outside.
With this living information monitoring system, people who go out can listen to voice messages clearly from the door phone handset even when the door is closed and the electric lock is locked from the outside as well as the housing information panel, Even if there is a person in the room, it is possible to further prevent a situation in which the user goes out while leaving in the absence mode by mistake.
[0013]
The living information monitoring system according to the fifth aspect is configured by an occupancy management lock that determines absence when the electric lock is locked from the outside and determines occupancy when locked from inside the room.
In this living information monitoring system, since an occupancy management lock for discriminating the presence or absence of a room other than the lock / unlock detection is used as the electric lock, the configuration of the lifestyle abnormality monitoring panel can be simplified.
[0014]
The life information monitoring system according to claim 6 relates to storage of a voice message, and includes a voice recording unit that records a voice message on a life abnormality monitoring panel installed in a manager's office, a disaster prevention center, or the like, The voice recording means is configured to record a voice message for preventing the operation confirmation switch from being forgotten.
In this living information monitoring system, the voice message recording means is provided on the life abnormality monitoring panel, so that the voice messages flowing to each room can be centrally managed by the manager's office or the like, and the voice messages of the same expression content can be stored in each room. Can be output.
[0015]
The living information monitoring system according to claim 7, further comprising voice recording means for recording a voice message on the house information panel, wherein the voice recording means is provided with a voice message for preventing forgetting to operate the presence check switch. It is configured to record.
In this living information monitoring system, the housing information panel installed in each room is equipped with voice recording means for recording voice messages. In addition to recording voice messages to prevent forgetting, other voice messages can also be recorded.
[0016]
In the living information monitoring system according to claim 8, an electric lock installed in each room is unlocked by inputting a secret number into a secret switch and unlocking the door when the door is closed. Is configured.
In this living information monitoring system, the electric lock is unlocked by inputting a secret number to a secret switch, and is automatically locked when the door is closed. And so on.
[0017]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In this example, the living information monitoring system includes a living abnormality monitoring panel installed in a manager's office, a disaster prevention center, or the like, and an audio recording unit that records a voice message is provided on the living abnormality monitoring panel.
[0018]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram schematically showing an example of a living information monitoring system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a main part of the living information monitoring system, and FIG. It is a flowchart explaining an operation.
As shown in FIG. 1, the living information monitoring system A includes a living abnormality monitoring panel 2 provided in a caretaker room of a retirement home, an apartment house, or a disaster prevention center, and a living abnormality detection sensor installed in each room. 3. Room presence switch 1, outing confirmation switch 5, house information panel 6, electric lock 4 installed at the entrance of each room, etc., installed at the entrance of each room, etc., and connected to house information panel 6. A door phone slave unit 7 is provided.
[0019]
Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the life abnormality monitoring panel 2 includes a controller (CPU) 21 for controlling the entire system A, a voice recording unit 22 for recording a voice message, and an abnormality in a person in each room. If it is determined that an alarm has occurred, an alarm is automatically dialed to a preset destination of an alarm (an LSA room, a security company, a hospital, a fire department, etc.), and an error is reported via the communication line L. An automatic dial notification unit 23 is provided.
[0020]
The life abnormality detection sensor 3 includes any of an infrared detection sensor that detects the movement of a person in each room, a water amount detection sensor that detects a usage state of water in a toilet, and a gas usage detection sensor that detects a usage state of gas. Alternatively, two or more of these may be combined.
In such a lifestyle information monitoring system A, the detection signal from the lifestyle abnormality detection sensor 3 is determined by the lifestyle abnormality monitoring panel 2, and when the lifestyle abnormality detection sensor 3 has not detected the lifestyle information for a predetermined time, It is determined that an abnormality has occurred in a person in the room, and an alarm is output. If necessary, the automatic dial notification means 23 automatically dials a preset notification destination to notify the abnormality. ing.
In this example, the communication line L constitutes a reporting system assuming a telephone line. However, when the lifestyle abnormality monitoring panel 2 determines an abnormality, the alarm monitoring panel connected thereto through the house information panel 6. May be configured to be notified.
[0021]
The voice recording means 22 of the lifestyle abnormality monitoring board 2 can register a necessary voice message using an IC memory or a magnetic tape as a recording medium.
For example, when prompting an outsider to operate the occupancy confirmation switch, output a signal sound and then confirm the operation of the occupancy confirmation switch. Are there any people in the room? If you can record a voice message and notify the outsider of the transition to the absence mode, output a signal tone and then set to "absence mode. No people are left in the room. Please check if you can. "
[0022]
The house information panel 6 includes a controller (CPU) 61 for controlling the house information panel 6, a relay switch 62, a speaker 63, amplification circuits 64 and 65, an interphone communication circuit 66, a handset (not shown), and the like. When the call button 71 of the door phone handset 7 is pressed, the relay switch 62 is switched and connected to the interphone communication circuit 66, so that the interphone communication with the house information panel 6 can be performed for a predetermined time. ing.
[0023]
The electric lock 4 can be locked and unlocked by an unlocking signal from an electric lock control device provided in a manager's office or a disaster prevention center, and the door is closed from outside the room and the key 8 is locked. The door can be locked and unlocked by being inserted into the door 41. From the inside, the lock and unlock thumb turn 42 provided on the indoor side of the door can be operated to lock and unlock the door.
If the electric lock 4 is constituted by an occupancy control lock, the absence is determined when the electric lock 4 is locked from the outside, and the occupancy is determined when the electric lock 4 is locked from the inside of the room. This eliminates the need for the presence / absence determination circuit of the lifestyle abnormality monitoring panel 2 or the determination processing by the controller, and can simplify the circuit configuration of the lifestyle abnormality monitoring panel 2.
[0024]
In such an occupancy management lock, for example, a microswitch (not shown) is attached to the keyhole 41 or the locking / unlocking thumb turn, and the microswitch provided in the keyhole 41 is locked with the electric lock 4 from the outside. Is detected, the absence detection signal is output, and when the micro switch provided on the locking / unlocking thumb turn detects that the electric lock 4 is locked from the inside, an occupancy detection signal is output. .
[0025]
The outing confirmation switch 5 is used to forcibly shift the life monitoring system to the absence mode without outputting a voice message, and is operated when the person goes out without leaving the room, for example. It is provided to notify and display that the user has gone out to a human room or the like.
Next, the basic operation of the living information monitoring system A will be described.
[0026]
In this system A, when the occupancy confirmation switch 1 is pressed, the information is temporarily stored in the storage means of the controller (CPU) 21. For example, when the occupancy confirmation switch 1 is pressed, the occupancy flag is set, and the set flag is held for 3 minutes. If the electric lock is not locked or unlocked during that time, the set flag is set. Is automatically reset. The set holding of the flag for 3 minutes assumes a normal operation time required from the time when the occupancy confirmation switch 1 is operated to the time when it is locked, and can be set to an arbitrary time. (Refer to the flowchart of FIG. 3).
[0027]
When the electric lock 4 is locked, the controller 21 determines whether or not the electric lock 4 is set by referring to the flag. If the electric lock 4 is not set, the controller 21 determines that the occupancy confirmation switch 5 is not operated. Then, the voice message stored in the voice recording means 22 is read and output to the controller (CPU) 61 of the house information panel 6.
As a result, the voice message as described above is output from the speaker 63 of the house information panel 6, and the voice message output at this time is continuously output for one minute unless the locked electric lock is unlocked again. After one minute, the mode is automatically switched to the monitoring release mode, and the monitoring system executes the absence mode. In this example, the time is set to one minute, but this time is set to an optimum value in consideration of the use situation.
[0028]
If such a control operation is performed, if the door is closed and the door is locked from outside without operating the occupancy confirmation switch 1, a voice message is output from the house information panel 6 or the intercom 7 and the Even if the operation of the room confirmation switch 1 is forgotten, this can be recalled. When the user goes out with no people left in the room, the state in which the voice message is output is left as it is for a predetermined time (one minute in FIG. 4) to automatically switch to the absence mode. Therefore, it is not necessary to operate the outing confirmation switch 5 and the user can go out as it is.
[0029]
On the other hand, if the flag is held in the set state as a result of the controller 21 referring to the flag, it is determined that a person is left in the room, and without reading the voice message from the voice recording means 22, Continue the information monitoring system in monitoring mode.
Steps 200 to 204 in FIG. 3 are flowcharts showing a flag setting operation when the presence check switch is operated, and steps 300 to 308 in FIG. 4 show basic operations of the living information monitoring system of the present invention. Things.
[0030]
As understood from the above, according to the living information monitoring system of the present invention, when the electric lock is locked from the outside without operating the presence confirmation switch when going out, the house information panel installed in the room and Since a voice message is repeatedly output from the intercom slave unit, a person who intends to go out can check whether or not a person remains in the room by listening to the voice message. For this reason, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the user switches to the absence mode and goes out even when a person remains in the room.
[0031]
In addition, since a voice message is repeatedly output from the housing information panel or the door phone handset, those who are left in the room can also know that. Therefore, even if the person who goes out forgets the operation, the person who is left in the room can set the monitoring system to the in-room mode by operating the occupancy confirmation switch by himself, so that he can feel safe, It is especially beneficial for people with reduced mobility.
[0032]
Further, in the above embodiment, since the voice recording means 22 is provided in the life abnormality monitoring panel 2, voice messages to be sent to each room can be centrally registered in the manager's room or the like, and the same expression content is applied to each room. Can be output.
FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram schematically showing another example of the living information monitoring system, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically showing a circuit configuration of the living information monitoring system.
[0033]
In this example, a voice recording means 67 is provided in the house information panel 6, and a voice message is stored in the voice recording means 67. The electric lock 4A causes the card reader to read and scan the ID card 81. It is composed of an occupancy management lock to be unlocked. Therefore, the presence / absence determination circuit is not required in the life abnormality monitoring panel, and the configuration can be simplified.
[0034]
The electric lock uses an ID card, reads and scans an ID code registered in the ID card by a card reader, and unlocks the electric lock. In addition, a secret switch for inputting a secret number to the electric lock is provided. A configuration may be adopted in which a secret number is input from a switch to unlock the electric lock.
[0035]
【The invention's effect】
As described in detail above, in the living information monitoring system according to claim 1, when the electric lock is locked from outside without operating the presence check switch, the house information panel installed in each room is used. Output a voice message to confirm that nobody is left in the room, and give time to think about whether there is any person left in the room when the person locks and tries to go out. Can be.
For this reason, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the system is switched to the absence mode and the user goes out while the room is locked even though the room remains.
[0036]
In the living information monitoring system according to claim 2, the electric lock is locked from outside without operating the outside room confirmation switch, and after a notification to prompt the operation of the room confirmation switch by a voice message for a predetermined time. Since the system is automatically switched to the absence mode, the user can go out after confirming that the mode is switched and set when going out.
[0037]
In the living information monitoring system according to the third aspect, since the house information panel outputs a voice message indicating that the absence mode has been set, the system may erroneously warn the system even though a person is left in the room. It is possible to prevent a situation in which the mode is set to the release mode.
In the living information monitoring system according to the fourth aspect, when the electric lock is locked without operating the presence check switch, the home information panel outputs a voice message indicating that the absence mode has been set. It is possible to prevent a situation in which the system is mistakenly set to the alarm release mode even when a person is left.
[0038]
In the living information monitoring system according to the fifth aspect, a voice message is output from the door phone handset installed outdoors to prevent forgetting to operate the presence check switch, so that the person closes the door and goes out of the room. Even after locking the electric lock, you can confirm by voice message. This further prevents a situation in which the system is set to the monitoring cancellation mode without operating the presence check switch even though a person remains in the room.
[0039]
In the living information monitoring system according to claim 6, as the electric lock, in addition to the locking / unlocking signal, a occupancy management lock that outputs a signal locked from the indoor side and a signal locked from the outside is used. Since the presence / absence determination circuit of the lifestyle abnormality monitoring panel or the determination processing by the controller is not required, the system configuration of the lifestyle abnormality monitoring panel can be simplified.
[0040]
In the living information monitoring system according to claim 7, since the living abnormality monitoring panel is provided with the voice recording means for recording the voice message, the voice message to be sent to each room can be centrally registered in the management room or the like, A voice message with the same expression can be sent to each room.
In the living information monitoring system according to the eighth aspect, the voice recording means for recording a voice message is provided on the house information panel, so that the user of the house information panel can freely forget the operation of the occupancy confirmation switch by using the expression. You can record a voice message to play, as well as other voice messages.
[0041]
In the living information monitoring system according to the ninth aspect, the electric lock is unlocked by inputting the secret number to the secret switch, and is automatically locked when the door is closed. There is no need for locking / unlocking means such as a key for locking.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram schematically showing an example of a living information monitoring system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing a main part of a circuit configuration of an example of a living information monitoring system according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart schematically showing an operation of an example of the living information monitoring system according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart schematically showing an operation of an example of the living information monitoring system according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an overall configuration diagram schematically showing another example of the living information monitoring system according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically showing a main part of a circuit configuration of another example of the living information monitoring system according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an overall configuration diagram schematically showing a conventional life information monitoring system.
[Explanation of symbols]
A, B Living information monitoring system 1 Living room check switch 2 Living abnormality monitoring panel 3 Living abnormality detection sensor 4 Electric lock 4A Room management lock 5 Outing confirmation switch 6 House information panel 7 Door phone cordless handset 8 Key 22, 66 Voice recording means

Claims (8)

It has an occupancy confirmation switch that locks the electric lock installed at the entrance of each room and operates when going out, detects the presence or absence of the room, and when the presence is detected, the presence mode is set. The living information in the room is monitored, and if there is no living information within a predetermined period, in a living-different-information monitoring system that reports an abnormality,
When the electric lock is locked from outside the room without operating the room confirmation switch , a voice message is output to the room by the housing information panel installed in each room to prompt the operation of the room confirmation switch. A living information monitoring system characterized by the following. In claim 1,
A living information monitoring system in which, after a voice message is continuously output for a predetermined period of time by locking an electric lock, the mode is automatically switched to an absence mode. In claim 1 or 2,
A living information monitoring system, wherein a voice message output from the house information panel notifies that the living information monitoring system has been switched to an absence mode. In any one of claims 1 to 3,
A living information monitoring system, wherein a door phone slave installed outdoors is connected to the house information panel, and a voice message is output from the door phone slave to prevent forgetting to operate a presence check switch. In any one of claims 1 to 4,
A living information monitoring system comprising an occupancy management lock configured to detect an absent room when the electric lock is locked from outside, and to detect an occupancy when locked from inside the room. In any one of claims 1 to 5,
The lifestyle information monitoring system includes a lifestyle abnormality monitoring panel, and the lifestyle abnormality monitoring panel includes a voice recording unit that records a voice message,
A living information monitoring system, wherein the voice recording means is configured to record a voice message output from the house information panel. In any one of claims 1 to 6,
The house information panel includes voice recording means for recording a voice message,
A living information monitoring system configured to cause the voice recording means to record a voice message. In any one of claims 1 to 7,
A living information monitoring system comprising an automatic lock which is automatically locked when a door is closed while the electric lock is unlocked by inputting a secret number into a secret switch.

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