JP6093124B2 - Supervisory system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a supervisory system suitable for supervising a supervised person such as an infant while a supervisor such as a mother works.

  Conventionally, a monitoring system for remotely monitoring a monitored person from a place where the monitoring person is remote has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  The monitoring system disclosed in Patent Document 1 is composed of a portable terminal carried by a monitor and an abnormality reporting device provided near the monitoring target and capable of communicating with the portable terminal wirelessly. The apparatus includes a face detection unit that detects a face to be monitored, a face state determination unit that determines a face state based on the detected face, a sound collection unit that collects surrounding sounds, and a peripheral sound from the detected sound. Control for determining abnormality of the face or surrounding sound based on a predetermined value stored in advance, and transmitting an abnormality notification signal to the portable terminal when it is determined that there is abnormality Means.

JP 2009-157780 A

  According to the conventional monitoring system, since the determination of the abnormal state depends on the image or the sound, it is not always possible to make an accurate determination. For this reason, supervisors cannot concentrate on work or activities.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a supervisory system that allows a supervisor to concentrate on work, activities, etc. while leaving the supervisor with peace of mind.

In one aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, the first room partitions a first room where a plurality of infants are present and a second room where a plurality of supervisors who are to supervise the plurality of infants are present. a partition wall in which can noise generated is transferred to the object to be supervisor who is in the second room, in association with identification information of the infant, and contact information for the supervisor of the infant, the infant when crying wants breastfeeding, sleepy when crying, and storage means for storing the face image data and the audio data when crying anxiety, from said changes and voice facial expressions of the infant Identifying means for identifying identification information of the infant by detecting the request for elimination of breastfeeding, sleep or anxiety with reference to the face image data and the audio data stored in the storage means, and identifying by the identifying means before that is Identification information wherein the infant the said contact of the supervisors storage means searched and the corresponding to the infant is detected by the specifying means and the feeding based on the infant, a request for cancellation of the sleep or the anxiety a notification unit for notifying having issued, to provide a supervisory system having a.

  According to the present invention, the supervisor can devote himself / herself to the supervisor and concentrate on the work and activities.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a layout of a facility to which the supervisory system according to the first embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a control system of the supervisory system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the supervisor specific information stored in the storage unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of supervisor contact information stored in the storage unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the supervisor specific information stored in the storage unit of the supervisor system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a control system of the supervisory system according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, in each figure, about the component which has the substantially same function, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the duplicate description is abbreviate | omitted.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a layout of a facility to which a supervisory system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

  The facility 10 to which the supervision system 1 is applied is arranged adjacent to the play room 11 through a play room 11 having a plurality of supervised persons and a partition wall (or partition) 12, and is in the play room 11. And a working room 13 having a supervisor who should supervise the supervisor. The play room 11 is provided with a nursing corner 15 via a corridor 14. Here, “adjacently arranged” includes not only adjacent rooms but also a relationship arranged via a corridor or the like.

  The supervised person is an infant in the present embodiment, but is not limited thereto, and may be an infant, an elementary school student, a care recipient or the like. The supervisor is a mother in this embodiment, but may be a father, a relative, a custody, or the like. The play room 11 is an example of a first room. The working room 13 is an example of a second room. In the play room 11, there are not only the supervised person but also a facility manager, a childcare worker, and the like.

  The partition wall 12 has an area in which the play room 11 side can be viewed from the working room 13 side, for example, a transparent plate such as a glass plate on the upper side, and an opaque plate made of wood, gypsum board or the like on the lower side. The height of the transparent plate is set such that the supervisor who is in the working room 13 cannot be seen from the supervisor, and the supervisor can be seen from the supervisor. Specifically, the height from the floor surface of the lower edge of the transparent plate is preferably 1 to 1.5 m. In addition, the partition wall 12 has a soundproof function that makes it difficult for noise generated in the play room 11 to be transmitted to the supervisor in the working room 13. In addition, the partition wall 12 may arrange | position the window by a transparent board in the several location of an opaque board. Further, as the transparent plate, for example, an optical element such as a magic mirror having a high light transmittance from the working room 13 side to the play room 11 side and a high light transmittance from the play room 11 side to the working room 13 side may be used.

  The supervision system 1 applied to the facility 10 includes a plurality of cameras 20 and microphones 21 disposed in various places of the play room 11 and a plurality of supervision systems disposed in the working room 13 corresponding to the plurality of supervisors. And a personal computer (PC) 3. The camera 20 and the microphone 21 are arranged in each place as a pair. The PC 3 is an example of an information processing apparatus used by the supervisor. The information processing apparatus may be a mobile phone or the like.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a control system of the supervisory system 1. The supervision system 1 is specified by a person specifying unit 2 that specifies a supervised person by detecting a predetermined request issued by a camera 20 and a microphone 21 by means of a facial expression, voice, etc. A control unit 5 that notifies the PC 3 used by the supervisor who should supervise the supervised person that the supervised person has issued a predetermined request, and a storage unit 4 connected to the person specifying unit 2 and the control unit 5 Prepare. The PC 3 is connected to the control unit 5 via, for example, a LAN. However, the PC 3 may not be connected to the control unit 5 if the environment can receive mail from the control unit 5.

  The control unit 5 includes a CPU, an interface, and the like, and functions as a notification unit that notifies that the supervised person has issued a predetermined request.

  The storage unit 4 includes a ROM, a RAM, an HDD, and the like, and stores supervisor specific information 40, supervisor contact information 41, a program for operating the CPU of the control unit 5, and the like.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the supervisor specific information 40 stored in the storage unit 4. In the supervisor specific information 40, face image data and voice data unique to the supervisor, which are issued by the supervisor in response to requests such as “breast feeding”, “sleep”, “elimination of anxiety”, etc., are provided for each supervisor name. It is registered in. Since the facial expression and voice of the supervisor to be issued for each of these requests has individuality, the face image data and voice data can be information unique to the supervisor. For example, when an infant is crying for breastfeeding, sleepy and crying, crying with anxiety, etc., facial image data and audio data are acquired as samples from the infant, and these data are obtained. Representative data or averaged data may be used for face image data and audio data according to each request. Here, the supervisor name is an example of identification information of the supervisor. Note that the supervisor-specific information 40 may be limited to a request for “breast feeding”.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of supervisor contact information 41 stored in the storage unit 4. In the supervisor contact information 41, a supervisor name and a contact information for the supervisor, for example, an e-mail address are registered for each supervisor name. Here, the mail address is an example of contact information.

  When a microphone 21 of a plurality of microphones 21 detects a sound of a certain level or higher, the person specifying unit 2 takes an image taken by the camera 20 paired with the microphone 21 and uses the image to make a known face Infants' face images are extracted using image detection technology. Then, the person specifying unit 2 compares the face image and the sound detected by the microphone 21 with the face image data and voice data registered in the supervisor specific information 40 of the storage unit 4, and the most similar face image The infant name corresponding to the data and voice data is specified, and the content of the request such as breast feeding is specified. The person identification unit 2 notifies the control unit 5 of the identified infant name and request content.

(Operation of the first embodiment)
Next, an example of the operation of the supervisory system 1 according to the first embodiment will be described. It is assumed that one infant out of a plurality of infants in the play room 11 requests breast feeding and cries.

  When the microphone 21 near the infant who is crying for breastfeeding detects the cry, and is above a certain level, the person identification unit 2 takes a picture with the camera 20 paired with the microphone 21. The captured image is taken in, and the infant's face image is extracted from the image. Then, the person specifying unit 2 compares the face image and the sound detected by the microphone 21 with the face image data and voice data registered in the supervisor specific information 40 of the storage unit 4, and determines the name of the infant who requested breast feeding. In addition to specifying, breastfeeding is specified as the content of the request. The person specifying unit 2 outputs the specified infant name and the feeding of the requested content to the control unit 5.

  The control unit 5 receives the infant name output from the person specifying unit 2 and the content of the request, searches the supervisor contact information 41 in the storage unit 4 based on the received infant name, and mail corresponding to the infant name Notify the address of the infant name and the fact that the infant is requesting “feeding” by e-mail.

  When the supervisor's mother receives an e-mail from the PC 3, it knows that the infant is requesting “breast feeding”. The mother stands up and confirms the state of her infant through the transparent plate of the partition wall 12. When the mother confirms that “nursing” is requested from the facial expressions of the infants, the mother goes to the nursing corner 15 from the working room 13 and calls her baby. The nursery teacher takes the called infant to the nursing corner 15. The mother feeds the infant at the nursing corner 15.

(Effects of the first embodiment)
According to the first embodiment, the following effects are obtained.
(A) Career support Since a playroom 11 serving as a nursery room booth or childcare room and a working room 13 serving as a shared office are provided in the facility 10, career support for mothers raising children, especially mothers and infants with infants Can help.
(B) A feeling of security of the supervisor Although there is a qualified childcare worker at the facility 10, the mother who uses it wants to keep track of the condition of his child. In the present embodiment, complete management by the camera 20 is performed, and it is possible to automatically determine what state the child being entrusted is now. Infants' emotions are communicated to parents without human intervention (or at a minimum). Since the infant's request can be understood by the mother, it is easy to determine how to act next to the guardian. In particular, by distinguishing whether you are crying because you are sleepy or crying for breastfeeding from your facial expression and voice color, you can take care of your child and concentrate on your work and activities by notifying your parents. be able to.
(C) Skinship In the facility 10 provided with a shared office and a daycare room, the user can provide breastfeeding to the child, eat together, and perform skinship while working and social activities.
(D) Openness from chest tension The biggest concern of mothers with infants who are raising children is “chest tension”. According to the present embodiment, breastfeeding can be performed between work and activities, and the user is freed from headaches, dizziness, and chest pain that come from “chest tension”. Infants who receive breast milk are also mentally stable and can nurture mother-child bonds.

[Second Embodiment]
In the first embodiment, the supervisor is specified based on the face image and the sound. However, in the second embodiment, the supervisor is specified based on the color assigned to the supervisor. The others are configured in the same manner as in the first embodiment. The following description will focus on differences from the first embodiment.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the supervisor specific information 140 stored in the storage unit of the supervisor system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. As the supervisor specific information 140, color information such as red and green is registered for each supervisor name.

  In this embodiment, cards of different colors depending on the infant are linked to the infant's clothes and the like via a string, and when the infant cries, the childcare person points the infant's card toward the camera 20 and the camera 20 photographs the card. The person identifying unit 2 extracts color information from the card image taken by the camera 20, compares the extracted color information with the color information registered in the supervisor specific information 140, and the most similar color The infant name corresponding to the information is specified, and the specified infant name is notified to the control unit 5.

  According to the second embodiment, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained, and the microphone 21 can be omitted.

  Information indicating the content of the request, for example, color information, character information, pattern information, etc. may be added to the card. Thereby, the infant and the content of a request | requirement can be specified from the image of the card | curd which the camera 20 image | photographed.

[Third Embodiment]
In the first and second embodiments, the supervised person is specified by using the person specifying unit. However, in the third embodiment, the supervised person specifies a childcare person or the like, Others are configured in the same manner as in the first embodiment. The following description will focus on differences from the first embodiment.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a control system of the supervisory system according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The supervisor system 1 is used by a plurality of signal generators 6 provided in the play room 11 corresponding to the supervisor and a supervisor who should supervise the supervisor based on signals from the signal generator 6. A control unit 5 that notifies the PC 3 that a supervisor has issued a predetermined request, for example, a request for breast feeding, and a storage unit 4 connected to the control unit 5 are provided.

  The storage unit 4 includes a ROM, a RAM, an HDD, and the like, and stores the supervisor specific information 40 shown in FIG.

  The signal generation unit 6 includes a button, for example, and outputs a signal indicating identification information of the supervisor to the control unit 5 when the button is pressed.

  The control unit 5 includes a CPU, an interface, and the like. Based on the signal output from the signal generation unit 6, the control unit 5 searches the supervised person specific information 40 in the storage unit 4 and contacts the corresponding supervisor. Notify by e-mail first.

  In the supervisory system 1 configured as described above, when an infant as a supervised person cries, the childcare person presses the button of the signal generation unit 6 corresponding to the infant. When the button is pressed, the signal generator 6 outputs a signal indicating the identification information of the supervisor to the controller 5. The control unit 5 searches the supervisor contact information 41 in the storage unit 4 based on the signal output from the signal generation unit 6 and transmits a mail to the corresponding mail address.

  According to the third embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained, and the supervision system can be configured simply by omitting the camera, the microphone, and the person specifying unit.

[Modification]
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and implementations are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, in the first and second embodiments, the supervisor is notified by e-mail, but when the PC 3 opens a Web page provided by the control unit 5, a supervised person is displayed by a pop-up that opens another window. And the contents of the request may be displayed. In the first embodiment, the supervised person is specified based on the face image and the sound. However, the supervised person may be specified based on one of the face image and the sound.

  Further, for example, it is possible to omit or change some of the constituent elements of the above-described embodiment within a range not changing the gist of the present invention.

  Since the present invention can detect human emotions from facial expressions and voice colors, it can improve accuracy, improve the performance of sampling acquisition methods, and prevent crimes and predict behavior. In addition, the range of use can be greatly expanded simply by programming according to the application, such as prevention of dementia for elderly people with dementia and smooth discovery of lost children when many people gather.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Supervision system 2 Person specific part 4 Memory | storage part 5 Control part 6 Signal generation part 10 Facility 11 Play room 12 Partition wall 13 Working room 14 Corridor 15 Feeding corner 20 Camera 21 Microphone 40, 140 Supervisor specific information 41 Supervisor contact information information

Claims (1)

Partitioning the second chamber in which a plurality of supervisor and first chamber in which a plurality of infants there should supervise the plurality of infant is present, the noise generated in the first chamber is in a second room the object A partition that can be communicated to the supervisor,
In association with the identification information of the infants, and the contact information of the supervisors of the infants, when the baby is crying and wants breastfeeding, when you are crying sleepy, and face image of when you're crying in anxiety Storage means for storing data and audio data ;
The face image data and the feeding with reference to the audio data, identification information of the infant by detecting a request for cancellation of sleep or anxiety from changes and voice facial expressions of the infant is stored in the storage means Identifying means for identifying
The breast feeding in which the infant is detected by the identifying means in the contact of the supervised person corresponding to the infant by searching the storage means based on the identification information of the infant identified by the identifying means , A notification means for notifying that sleep or a request for relieving the anxiety has been issued;
Supervision system with a.

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